Minimum Number of SQL Backups To Be Retained
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Ensure that SQL Instances have a reasonable number of backups retained in order to recover from failures.Risk Level
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Reliability, SecurityCompliance Standards
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Remediation
Using Console
Using Console
The “Minimum Number of SQL Backups To Be Retained” misconfiguration means that the minimum number of backups required for a Cloud SQL instance is not set. This can lead to data loss in case of unexpected failures or errors. To remediate this issue in GCP using GCP console, please follow the steps below:
- Open the GCP console and navigate to the Cloud SQL instances page.
- Select the instance for which you want to configure the backup retention policy.
- Click on the “Edit” button at the top of the page.
- In the “Backup” section, scroll down to the “Retention” field.
- Set the “Minimum number of backups to be retained” to the desired value. It is recommended to retain at least 7 backups.
- Click on the “Save” button to apply the changes.
- Verify that the backup retention policy has been updated by checking the “Backups” tab for the instance.
Using CLI
Using CLI
The misconfiguration “Minimum Number of SQL Backups To Be Retained” in GCP can be remediated by following these steps using GCP CLI:Replace [INSTANCE_NAME] with the name of your instance and [NUMBER_OF_DAYS] with the minimum number of days for which you want to retain the backups.For example, if you want to retain backups for a minimum of 7 days, run the following command:This will display the details of your instance, including the updated backup retention window.By following these steps, you can remediate the misconfiguration “Minimum Number of SQL Backups To Be Retained” for GCP using GCP CLI.
- Open the Cloud Shell in GCP Console.
- Run the following command to list all the available Cloud SQL instances:
- Choose the instance for which you want to remediate the misconfiguration.
- Run the following command to set the minimum number of backups to be retained:
- Verify that the configuration has been updated by running the following command:
Using Python
Using Python
The misconfiguration “Minimum Number of SQL Backups To Be Retained” means that there is no minimum number of backups set for the SQL database in GCP. This can lead to data loss in case of any disaster or system failure. To remediate this misconfiguration, we need to set the minimum number of backups to be retained.Here are the step-by-step instructions to remediate this misconfiguration for GCP using Python:
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First, we need to install the required libraries. Open the command prompt and run the following command:
- Next, we need to authenticate ourselves with the GCP project. For this, we need to create a service account and download the JSON key file. Follow the instructions given in the link to create a service account: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/creating-managing-service-accounts
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Once the service account is created, download the JSON key file and set the environment variable
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALSto the path of the JSON key file. -
Now, we can write a Python script to remediate the misconfiguration. Here is a sample script to set the minimum number of backups to be retained to 7:
Replace
project-id,instance-name, and/path/to/key.jsonwith the appropriate values. -
Save the script with a
.pyextension and run it using the following command: - After running the script, the minimum number of backups to be retained for the SQL database will be set to the specified value.