Load Balancer Regional Urlmaps Should Accept Https Connections
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Load Balancer regional urlmaps should be configured to block HTTP connection and allow only HTTPS connections.Risk Level
HighAddress
SecurityCompliance Standards
GDPR, PCIDSSTriage and Remediation
Remediation
Using Console
Using Console
To remediate the misconfiguration “Load Balancer Regional Urlmaps Should Accept Https Connections” for GCP using GCP console, you can follow the steps below:
- Open the GCP console and navigate to the Load Balancing menu.
- Select the load balancer that you want to update.
- Click on the “Edit” button at the top of the page.
- Scroll down to the “Frontend configuration” section and click on the “Edit” button next to it.
- In the “Protocol” drop-down menu, select “HTTPS”.
- Under “Certificate”, select the SSL certificate that you want to use for the load balancer.
- In the “Port numbers” section, enter the port numbers that you want to use for HTTPS connections.
- Click on the “Update” button to save the changes.
Using CLI
Using CLI
To remediate the “Load Balancer Regional Urlmaps Should Accept Https Connections” misconfiguration in GCP, you can follow these steps using GCP CLI:
- Open the Cloud Shell in your GCP console.
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Run the following command to list all the URL maps in your project:
- Identify the URL map that you want to modify and note down its name.
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Run the following command to update the URL map to accept HTTPS connections:
Replace
[URL_MAP_NAME]with the name of the URL map that you want to update,[BACKEND_SERVICE_NAME]with the name of the backend service that you want to use, and[SSL_CERTIFICATE_NAME]with the name of the SSL certificate that you want to use for HTTPS connections. Note: You can create an SSL certificate using the GCP console or CLI. Refer to the GCP documentation for more information on creating SSL certificates. - After running the above command, your URL map will be updated to accept HTTPS connections.
Using Python
Using Python
To remediate the misconfiguration “Load Balancer Regional Urlmaps Should Accept Https Connections” in GCP using Python, follow these steps:That’s it! This code will update the URL map for the specified load balancer to accept HTTPS connections.
- Import the necessary libraries:
- Define the project ID and the name of the load balancer:
- Create a client object for the Compute Engine API:
- Get the URL map configuration for the load balancer:
- Update the URL map to accept HTTPS connections:
- Verify that the update was successful: