Pipeline: 5.3.4 Ensure server parameter 'audit_log_events' has 'CONNECTION' set for MySQL flexible Server

Description

Set audit_log_events to include CONNECTION on MySQL flexible servers.

Enabling CONNECTION helps MySQL Database to log items such as successful and failed connection attempts to the server. Log data can be used to identify, troubleshoot, and repair configuration errors and suboptimal performance.

Remediation

From Azure Portal

Login to Azure Portal using https://portal.azure.com.
Go to Azure Database for MySQL flexible servers.
For each database, under Settings, click Server parameters.
In the filter bar, type audit_log.
Set audit_log_enabled to ON.
In the drop-down next to audit_log_events, check CONNECTION.
Click Save.
Under Monitoring, select Diagnostic settings.
Select + Add diagnostic setting.
Provide a diagnostic setting name.
Under Categories, select MySQL Audit Logs.
Specify destination details.
Click Save.

It may take up to 10 minutes for the logs to appear in the configured destination.

From Azure CLI

Use the below command to set audit_log_events to CONNECTION:

az mysql flexible-server parameter set --resource-group <resourceGroup> --server-name <serverName> --name audit_log_events --value CONNECTION

From PowerShell

Use the below command to set audit_log_events to CONNECTION:

Update-AzMySqlFlexibleServerConfiguration -ResourceGroupName <resourceGroup> -ServerName <serverName> -Name audit_log_events -Value CONNECTION

Default Value

By default audit_log_events is set to CONNECTION.

Run the pipeline

To run this pipeline from your terminal:

flowpipe pipeline run azure_cis.pipeline.cis_v300_5_3_4

Use this pipeline

To call this pipeline from your pipeline, use a step:

step "pipeline" "step_name" {
  pipeline = azure_cis.pipeline.cis_v300_5_3_4  
}

Params

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
database	connection.steampipe	Yes	Database connection string.	`connection.steampipe.default`
notifier	notifier	Yes	The name of the notifier to use for sending notification messages.	`notifier.default`
notification_level	string	Yes	The verbosity level of notification messages to send. Valid options are 'verbose', 'info', 'error'.	`info`
approvers	list(notifier)	Yes	List of notifiers to be used for obtaining action/approval decisions.	`notifier.default`

Outputs

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