Spanner Database Backups Should Be Enabled
More Info:
Ensure backups in enabled for spanner databasesRisk Level
MediumAddress
Reliability, SecurityCompliance Standards
HIPAA, SOC2, HITRUST, NISTCSF, PCIDSSTriage and Remediation
Remediation
Using Console
Using Console
To remediate the misconfiguration “Spanner Database Backups Should Be Enabled” for GCP using GCP console, please follow the below steps:
- Go to the Google Cloud Console and select the project where your Spanner instance is located.
- In the left-hand menu, select “Spanner.”
- Click on the name of the Spanner instance you want to remediate.
- In the Spanner instance details page, click on the “Backups” tab.
- Click on the “Create Backup” button.
- In the “Create Backup” dialog box, enter a name for the backup.
- Select the “Frequency” at which you want the backups to be taken.
- Select the “Retention period” for the backups.
- Click on the “Create” button to create the backup.
- Verify that the backup has been created by checking the “Backups” tab.
Using CLI
Using CLI
To remediate the misconfiguration “Spanner Database Backups Should Be Enabled” in GCP using GCP CLI, follow the below steps:
- Open the Cloud Shell in the GCP console.
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Run the following command to enable backups for the Spanner database:
Replace
[DATABASE_ID]with the ID of the Spanner database that needs to have backups enabled. -
Verify that the backups have been enabled by running the following command:
If the output displays a timestamp, it means that backups have been enabled for the database.
- Repeat the above steps for all the Spanner databases in your GCP project.
Using Python
Using Python
To remediate the misconfiguration “Spanner Database Backups Should Be Enabled” for GCP using Python, you can use the following steps:Putting it all together, the full Python code to remediate the misconfiguration “Spanner Database Backups Should Be Enabled” for GCP would look like this:This script will enable backups for all Cloud Spanner databases in your GCP project. You can run it periodically to ensure that backups remain enabled.
- Import the necessary libraries:
- Set up the Spanner client:
- Iterate through all the instances and databases in the project:
- Check if the backup configuration is set for the database:
- If the backup configuration is not set, enable it:
- Print the status of the backup configuration: