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# aws_shield_protection{% #aws_shield_protection %}

## `account_id`{% #account_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `application_layer_automatic_response_configuration`{% #application_layer_automatic_response_configuration %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `ApplicationLayerAutomaticResponseConfiguration`**Description**: The automatic application layer DDoS mitigation settings for the protection. This configuration determines whether Shield Advanced automatically manages rules in the web ACL in order to respond to application layer events that Shield Advanced determines to be DDoS attacks.

- `action`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `Action`**Description**: Specifies the action setting that Shield Advanced should use in the WAF rules that it creates on behalf of the protected resource in response to DDoS attacks. You specify this as part of the configuration for the automatic application layer DDoS mitigation feature, when you enable or update automatic mitigation. Shield Advanced creates the WAF rules in a Shield Advanced-managed rule group, inside the web ACL that you have associated with the resource.
  - `block`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `Block`**Description**: Specifies that Shield Advanced should configure its WAF rules with the WAF `Block` action. You must specify exactly one action, either `Block` or `Count`.

  - `count`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `Count`**Description**: Specifies that Shield Advanced should configure its WAF rules with the WAF `Count` action. You must specify exactly one action, either `Block` or `Count`.
- `status`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Status`**Description**: Indicates whether automatic application layer DDoS mitigation is enabled for the protection.

## `health_check_ids`{% #health_check_ids %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`**Provider name**: `HealthCheckIds`**Description**: The unique identifier (ID) for the Route 53 health check that's associated with the protection.

## `id`{% #id %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Id`**Description**: The unique identifier (ID) of the protection.

## `name`{% #name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Name`**Description**: The name of the protection. For example, `My CloudFront distributions`.

## `protection_arn`{% #protection_arn %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `ProtectionArn`**Description**: The ARN (Amazon Resource Name) of the protection.

## `resource_arn`{% #resource_arn %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `ResourceArn`**Description**: The ARN (Amazon Resource Name) of the Amazon Web Services resource that is protected.

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`