PostgreSQL Log Lock Waits Flag Should Be Disabled
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Ensure that the log_lock_waits database flag for Cloud SQL PostgreSQL instance is set to on.Risk Level
MediumAddress
SecurityCompliance Standards
SOC2Triage and Remediation
Remediation
Using Console
Using Console
To remediate the PostgreSQL Log Lock Waits Flag Should Be Disabled misconfiguration in GCP using GCP console, please follow these steps:
- Open the GCP Console and navigate to the Cloud SQL instances page.
- Select the instance that you want to remediate.
- Click on the Edit button at the top of the page.
- Scroll down to the Flags section and click on the Add database flag button.
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In the Name field, enter
log_lock_waitsand in the Value field, enteroff. - Click on the Save button at the bottom of the page to save the changes.
- Wait for a few minutes for the changes to take effect.
Using CLI
Using CLI
To remediate the PostgreSQL Log Lock Waits Flag misconfiguration in GCP using GCP CLI, follow these steps:
- Open the Cloud Shell in your GCP console.
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Connect to your instance using the following command:
Replace
[INSTANCE_NAME]with the name of your Cloud SQL instance and[USER_NAME]with the name of the user you want to connect as. - Enter the user’s password when prompted.
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Run the following command to disable the log_lock_waits flag:
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Restart your instance to apply the changes:
Replace
[INSTANCE_NAME]with the name of your Cloud SQL instance. -
Verify that the flag has been disabled by running the following command:
If the output is
off, then the flag has been successfully disabled.
Using Python
Using Python
To remediate the “PostgreSQL Log Lock Waits Flag Should Be Disabled” misconfiguration in GCP using Python, follow these steps:Make sure to replace This code gets the current database settings, disables the This code gets the updated database settings and prints the value of the
- First, you need to authenticate and set up the GCP client library for Python. You can follow the instructions provided in the official documentation to do this.
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Next, you need to create a connection to your PostgreSQL instance using the
google-cloud-sqllibrary. You can use the following code to do this:
path/to/credentials.json, project-id, and instance-id with the appropriate values for your setup.- Once you have a reference to your instance, you can disable the
log_lock_waitsflag by updating the instance settings. You can use the following code to do this:
log_lock_waits flag, and updates the settings. The update_database_flags method returns an operation object, which you can use to check the status of the update.- Finally, you can check that the flag has been disabled by querying the instance settings again:
log_lock_waits flag. It should be False if the remediation was successful.That’s it! You have successfully remediated the “PostgreSQL Log Lock Waits Flag Should Be Disabled” misconfiguration in GCP using Python.