AWS Provider Hardcoded Regions

Rule: aws_provider_hardcoded_region

This rule checks AWS provider configurations for hardcoded regions. It detects:

• Hardcoded regions in provider region attribute
• Hardcoded regions in assume_role ARNs

Example violations

provider "aws" {
  region = "us-east-1"  # ❌ Hardcoded region
}

Recommended fix

provider "aws" {
  region = var.aws_region  # ✅ Use variables
}

Enabling this rule

This rule is disabled by default. To enable it, add it to your .tflint.hcl:

rule "aws_provider_hardcoded_region" {
  enabled = true
}