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MySQL Database Server Should Enforce SSL Connection
More Info:
MySQL Database Server should have enforce ssl connection enabled
Risk Level
Medium
Address
Security
Compliance Standards
HIPAA, ISO27001, CISAZURE, CBP, HITRUST, SOC2, NISTCSF, PCIDSS
Triage and Remediation
Remediation
Sure, here are the step-by-step instructions to remediate the MySQL Database Server Should Enforce SSL Connection misconfiguration in Azure using the Azure console:
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Log in to the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com/).
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Navigate to the Azure Database for MySQL server that you want to remediate.
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Click on the “Connection security” option under the “Security” section in the left-hand menu.
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In the “Connection security” section, toggle the “Enforce SSL connection” option to “Enabled”.
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Click the “Save” button at the top of the page to save the changes.
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Once the changes are saved, the MySQL database server will now enforce SSL connections.
That’s it! By following these steps, you have successfully remediated the MySQL Database Server Should Enforce SSL Connection misconfiguration in Azure using the Azure console.
To remediate the MySQL Database Server Should Enforce SSL Connection misconfiguration in Azure using Azure CLI, you can follow the below steps:
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Open the Azure CLI and log in to your Azure account using the command
az login. -
Once you are logged in, select the Azure subscription that contains your MySQL database by using the command
az account set --subscription <subscription_id>. -
Next, retrieve the resource ID of your MySQL server using the command
az mysql server list --resource-group <resource_group_name> --query [0].id --output tsv. -
Now, enable SSL enforcement for the MySQL server by running the command
az mysql server update --resource-group <resource_group_name> --name <mysql_server_name> --ssl-enforcement Enabled. -
Finally, verify that SSL enforcement is enabled by running the command
az mysql server show --resource-group <resource_group_name> --name <mysql_server_name> --query sslEnforcement.
If the output of the above command is “Enabled”, then SSL enforcement has been successfully enabled for your MySQL server in Azure.
To remediate the misconfiguration of MySQL Database Server Should Enforce SSL Connection in AZURE, you can follow the below steps using Python:
- First, you need to install the ‘azure-mgmt-rdbms’ package. You can install it using the following command:
pip install azure-mgmt-rdbms
- Next, you need to authenticate to your Azure account. You can use the following code to authenticate:
from azure.common.credentials import ServicePrincipalCredentials
# Replace the values with your own
subscription_id = 'your_subscription_id'
client_id = 'your_client_id'
secret = 'your_client_secret'
tenant = 'your_tenant_id'
credentials = ServicePrincipalCredentials(
client_id=client_id,
secret=secret,
tenant=tenant
)
- After authentication, you need to create a client object for the Azure Database for MySQL server. You can use the following code to create the client object:
from azure.mgmt.rdbms.mysql import MySQLManagementClient
from azure.mgmt.rdbms.mysql.models import ServerForUpdate
# Replace the values with your own
resource_group_name = 'your_resource_group_name'
server_name = 'your_server_name'
location = 'your_server_location'
client = MySQLManagementClient(
credentials=credentials,
subscription_id=subscription_id
)
server = client.servers.get(resource_group_name, server_name)
- Once you have the client object, you can update the server configuration to enforce SSL connection. You can use the following code to update the server configuration:
server.ssl_enforcement = 'Enabled'
server_for_update = ServerForUpdate(
ssl_enforcement=server.ssl_enforcement
)
client.servers.begin_create_or_update(
resource_group_name=resource_group_name,
server_name=server_name,
parameters=server_for_update
)
- Finally, you can verify if the SSL connection is enforced by checking the server configuration. You can use the following code to check the server configuration:
server = client.servers.get(resource_group_name, server_name)
if server.ssl_enforcement == 'Enabled':
print('SSL connection is enforced')
else:
print('SSL connection is not enforced')
That’s it! You have successfully remediated the misconfiguration of MySQL Database Server Should Enforce SSL Connection in Azure using Python.