PubSub Lite Subscription Should Have Dead Letter Queue
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Ensure dead letter queue is enabled for PubSub Lite subscriptionsRisk Level
LowAddress
Reliability, Operational Maturity, SecurityCompliance Standards
HIPAA, SOC2, PCIDSS, NISTTriage and Remediation
Remediation
Using Console
Using Console
Sure, here are the step by step instructions to remediate the PubSub Lite subscription without Dead Letter Queue in GCP:
- Open the GCP console and navigate to the Pub/Sub page.
- From the left-hand menu, select “Subscriptions”.
- Select the subscription that needs to be remediated.
- Click on the “Edit” button at the top of the page.
- Scroll down to the “Dead Letter Policy” section and click on the “Add Dead Letter Topic” button.
- In the “Dead Letter Topic” field, enter the name of the topic that will receive dead letter messages.
- In the “Max Delivery Attempts” field, enter the maximum number of delivery attempts before a message is considered a dead letter.
- Click on the “Save” button to apply the changes.
Using CLI
Using CLI
To remediate the misconfiguration of PubSub Lite Subscription not having a Dead Letter Queue in GCP, you can follow the below steps using GCP CLI:After following these steps, the PubSub Lite Subscription would have a Dead Letter Queue configured, and messages that cannot be delivered to the original subscriber will be redirected to the Dead Letter Topic for further analysis and processing.
- Open the Cloud Shell in the GCP Console.
- Set the environment variables for your GCP project ID and the name of the PubSub Lite subscription that you want to remediate. Replace [PROJECT_ID] and [SUBSCRIPTION_NAME] with your actual project ID and subscription name.
- Create a Dead Letter Topic for the subscription using the following gcloud command. Replace [DEAD_LETTER_TOPIC_NAME] with the name of the topic that you want to create.
- Grant the Pub/Sub service account permission to publish messages to the Dead Letter Topic using the following gcloud command.
- Update the subscription to set the Dead Letter Policy using the following gcloud command. Replace [DEAD_LETTER_TOPIC_NAME] with the name of the topic that you created in step 3.
- Verify that the Dead Letter Policy has been set for the subscription using the following gcloud command.
- You can also verify that the Dead Letter Topic has been created and that the Pub/Sub service account has been granted permission to publish messages to it using the following gcloud commands.
Using Python
Using Python
To remediate the misconfiguration of PubSub Lite Subscription should have a Dead Letter Queue in GCP using Python, follow the steps below:By following these steps, you can remediate the misconfiguration of PubSub Lite Subscription should have a Dead Letter Queue in GCP using Python.
- First, you need to create a Dead Letter Topic. You can use the following code to create a Dead Letter Topic:
- Once the Dead Letter Topic is created, you can create a subscription with the Dead Letter Topic attached to it. You can use the following code to create a subscription:
- Now, you can test the subscription by publishing a message to the topic and checking if the message is delivered to the Dead Letter Topic. You can use the following code to publish a message:
- Check the Dead Letter Topic to confirm that the message was delivered there. You can use the following code to check the messages in the Dead Letter Topic: