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@cx-andre-pereira cx-andre-pereira commented Oct 20, 2025

Reason for Proposed Changes

  • Currently there is no query to ensure that a "google_sql_database_instance" resource with a "POSTGRES" based "database_version" has the 'log_connections' flag enabled.

  • Quoting CIS_Google_Cloud_Platform_Foundation_Benchmark_v4.0.0 page 220: "PostgreSQL does not log attempted connections by default. Enabling the log_connections setting will create log entries for each attempted connection as well as successful completion of client authentication which can be useful in troubleshooting issues and to determine any unusual connection attempts to the server. "

Proposed Changes

  • Implemented the missing query.

  • The query will flag for 4 separate instances : (all after ensuring "database_version" is POSTGRES based (possible values list))

    • Missing the "settings" field
    • Missing the "settings.database_flags" field
    • Missing a definition for the "log_connections" flag on the "database_flags" field
    • Setting the "log_connections" flag to a value that is not "on" (default value is off)

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I submit this contribution under the Apache-2.0 license.

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@cx-andre-pereira cx-andre-pereira marked this pull request as ready for review October 21, 2025 10:34
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LGTM

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