PostgreSQL Log Min Error Statement Flag Should Be Error Or Stricter
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Auditing helps in troubleshooting operational problems and also permits forensic analysis. If log_min_error_statement is not set to the correct value, messages may not be classified as error messages appropriately. An organization will need to decide their own threshold for logging log_min_messages flag. This recommendation is applicable to PostgreSQL database instances.Risk Level
LowAddress
Reliability, SecurityCompliance Standards
CISGCP, CBPTriage and Remediation
Remediation
Using Console
Using Console
To remediate the PostgreSQL Log Min Error Statement Flag Should Be Error Or Stricter misconfiguration for GCP using GCP console, please follow the below steps:
- Login to GCP console.
- Navigate to the Cloud SQL instances page.
- Select the instance for which you want to remediate the misconfiguration.
- Click on the “Edit” button at the top of the page.
- Scroll down to the “Flags” section.
- Click on the “Add item” button.
- In the “Name” field, enter “log_min_error_statement”.
- In the “Value” field, enter “error”.
- Click on the “Save” button at the bottom of the page.
Using CLI
Using CLI
To remediate the PostgreSQL Log Min Error Statement Flag Should Be Error Or Stricter misconfiguration for GCP using GCP CLI, you can follow the below steps:
- Open the Cloud Shell in your GCP console.
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Run the following command to list all the Cloud SQL instances in your project:
- Identify the instance for which you want to remediate the misconfiguration and note down its name.
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Run the following command to update the instance and set the
log_min_error_statementflag toerrororpanic:orNote: Setting thelog_min_error_statementflag toerrororpanicwill ensure that any statement causing an error or above is logged in the PostgreSQL logs. -
Verify if the flag has been set correctly by running the following command:
The output should show the value of
log_min_error_statementaserrororpanic.
Using Python
Using Python
To remediate the PostgreSQL Log Min Error Statement Flag Should Be Error or Stricter misconfiguration in GCP using python, you can follow the below steps:In the above code, you need to replace the
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First, you need to authenticate to your GCP project using the Google Cloud SDK by running the command
gcloud auth loginin your terminal. -
Next, you need to install the
google-cloud-logginglibrary by running the commandpip install google-cloud-logging. - After installing the required library, you can use the below python code to update the PostgreSQL log_min_error_statement flag:
[PROJECT_ID], [INSTANCE_NAME], and [PATH_TO_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON] placeholders with your actual GCP project ID, PostgreSQL instance name, and the path to your GCP service account JSON file respectively.This code creates a sink object to update the PostgreSQL log_min_error_statement flag to either ‘error’ or ‘strict’ based on the provided value. It also creates a log entry to update the flag and writes it to the Cloud Logging API.