Sql backup retention count remediation

Using Console

Using CLI

The misconfiguration “Minimum Number of SQL Backups To Be Retained” in GCP can be remediated by following these steps using GCP CLI:

Open the Cloud Shell in GCP Console.
Run the following command to list all the available Cloud SQL instances:

gcloud sql instances list

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:

gcloud sql instances patch [INSTANCE_NAME] --backup-retention-window [NUMBER_OF_DAYS]

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:

gcloud sql instances patch my-instance --backup-retention-window 7

Verify that the configuration has been updated by running the following command:

gcloud sql instances describe [INSTANCE_NAME]

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.

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:

First, we need to install the required libraries. Open the command prompt and run the following command:
```
pip install google-cloud-storage google-auth google-auth-oauthlib google-auth-httplib2 google-cloud-sql
```
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
Once the service account is created, download the JSON key file and set the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS to the path of the JSON key file.
```
export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/path/to/key.json"
```

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:

from google.oauth2 import service_account
from google.cloud import sql_v1beta4
from google.cloud.sql_v1beta4.services.sql_backup_runs_service import SqlBackupRunsServiceClient

# Authenticate with GCP using the service account key file
credentials = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file('/path/to/key.json')

# Set the project ID and instance name
project_id = 'project-id'
instance_name = 'instance-name'

# Set the minimum number of backups to be retained
retention_count = 7

# Create a client object for the SQL Backup Runs API
backup_runs_client = SqlBackupRunsServiceClient(credentials=credentials)

# Get the latest backup run for the instance
backup_runs = backup_runs_client.list(project=project_id, instance=instance_name).items
latest_backup_run = sorted(backup_runs, key=lambda x: x.end_time, reverse=True)[0]

# Set the retention policy for the latest backup run
retention_policy = sql_v1beta4.types.BackupRetentionSettings(retention_unit='COUNT', retention_count=retention_count)
backup_runs_client.update(project=project_id, instance=instance_name, id=latest_backup_run.id, body={'settings': {'backupRetentionSettings': retention_policy}})

Replace project-id, instance-name, and /path/to/key.json with the appropriate values.

Save the script with a .py extension and run it using the following command:
```
python script_name.py
```
After running the script, the minimum number of backups to be retained for the SQL database will be set to the specified value.

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