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Installation
1 - Prerequisites
Google Cloud Services
The following table describes the Google Cloud services that may a part of your Protegrity installation.
| Service | Description |
|---|---|
| Cloud Run Functions | Provides serverless compute for Protegrity protection operations and the ESA integration to fetch policy updates. |
| Key Management Service | Provides cryptographic keys for envelope encryption/decryption of the policy. |
| Secret Manager Service | Stores secrets required during deployment, e.g., ESA credentials. |
| Cloud Storage Service | Storage location for the encrypted ESA policy package. |
| Identity and Access Management | Enforces access policies for deployed resources. |
| Cloud Logging Service | Application and audit logs, performance monitoring, and alerts. |
| Cloud VPC | Required for securing network access to On-Prem or cloud-based ESA. |
| Pub/Sub | Provides a messaging service when forwarding audit logs to ESA is enabled. |
| BIgQuery Connection API | Allows creating connection from BigQuery to Protect Cloud Function. |
ESA Version Requirements
The Protector and Log Forwarder functions require a security policy from a compatible ESA version.
The table below shows compatibility between different Protector and ESA versions.
Note
For the latest up-to-date information refer to: Protegrity Compatibility Matrix| Protector Version | ESA Version | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.x | 9.0 | 9.1 & 9.2 | 10.0 | |
| 2.x | No | Yes | * | No |
| 3.0.x & 3.1.x | No | No | Yes | No |
| 3.2.x | No | No | Yes | * |
| 4.0.x | No | No | No | Yes |
Legend | |
|---|---|
Yes | Protector was designed to work with this ESA version |
No | Protector will not work with this ESA version |
* | Backward compatible policy download supported:
|
Prerequisites
| Requirement | Detail |
|---|---|
| Protegrity distribution and installation scripts | These artifacts are provided by Protegrity |
| Protegrity ESA 10.0+ | The Cloud VNet must be able to obtain network access to the ESA |
| Google Cloud Account | Recommend creating a new project for Protegrity Serverless |
| Terraform CLI v0.14 or higher | Terraform is used to deploy resources to Google Cloud Account |
Required Skills and Abilities
| Requirements | Description |
|---|---|
| GCP Cloud Administrator | Run Terraform (or perform steps manually), create/configure a VPC and IAM permissions. |
| Protegrity Administrator | The ESA credentials required to extract the policy for the Policy Agent |
| Network Administrator | Open firewall to access ESA and evaluate Google Cloud network setup |
2 - Pre-Configuration
Google Cloud Project
Identify or create a new Google Cloud Project where the Protegrity solution will be installed. It is recommended to create a new project. This provides greater security controls and avoids conflicts with other applications that might impact regional account limits. An individual with the Owner role will be required for some of the subsequent installations.
Google Project ID: ___________________
Google Project Number: ___________________
Google Cloud Region: ___________________
Key Management Service
The Google Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) provides Protegrity Serverless solution the ability to encrypt and decrypt the Protegrity Security Policy.
To create KMS Key Ring and Asymmetric Encryption Master Key:
Log in to Google Account and select project where Protegrity service will be installed.
Navigate to Security > Key Management.
Select Create key ring.
Specify key ring name. For example, protegrity-policy-keyring.
select Key ring location which corresponds to the region where Protegrity solution will be installed.
Note
A key’s location impacts the performance of protect service.Select Create.
Select CREATE KEY to create encryption key.
Specify key name. For example, protegrity-policy-key.
under Purpose selection, select Asymmetric Decrypt .
Select Key Algorithm. For example, 3072-bit RSA with OAEP Padding and SHA256 digest.
Select Create.
Once the key is created, a screen opens on the key. If the screen does not appear, click on the key name.
Then click on the elipses under Actions that is next to the key version.
Select Copy Resource Name and record the value below, e.g., projects/{project-id}/locations/region/keyRings/{key-ring}/cryptoKeys/{key-name}/cryptoKeyVersions/1
Policy Encryption Key Version Resource Name: ___________________
Google Cloud Storage
Cloud Storage buckets are required for the Gen 2 Cloud Function sources, the Terraform backend, and the deployment of the Protegrity installation artifacts. It is recommended that you create 3 separate buckets to separate files used for different purposes. If you cannot create 3 separate buckets, you may reuse a bucket for multiple purposes.
Create the buckets:
Run the cloud command below to enable the Google Storage Transfer API.
gcloud services enable storagetransfer.googleapis.comCreate the Gen 2 Cloud Function sources bucket. This bucket is not required if you will be deploying to Gen 1 Cloud Functions. The bucket name much match the example below. Replace the <gcp-project-number> and <region> placeholders.
gcf-v2-sources-<gcp-project-number>-<region>Use the following gcloud command to obtain project number
gcloud projects describe <gcp-project-id> --format='value(projectNumber)'Create the deployment bucket or reuse an existing bucket. This bucket is used during the installation process to store the Protegrity installation artifacts.
Deployment Bucket Name:___________________
Create the Terraform backend bucket or reuse an existing bucket. This bucket is used by Terraform to store information about your Cloud Protect installation, and will be used if you upgrade to a later version of Cloud Protect in the future.
Terraform Backend Bucket Name:___________________
Note
You may delete the deployment bucket after you’ve completed the installation. A deployment bucket is required for upgrades, but it can be recreated at that time. The Terraform backend files must be retained for upgrading your Cloud Protect deployment in the future.Cloud Functions Service Accounts
Cloud Functions use the service accounts created in this deployment. You can create Service accounts manually or use the Protegrity Terraform installation script to create one. Each service account requires specific permissions, which must be granted through IAM roles. Run the following steps to create service accounts and configure the required IAM access. If you use Terraform scripts, skip these steps.
Agent Function IAM Role
To create Agent Function IAM Role:
Log in to Google Account and select project where Protegrity service will be installed.
Navigate to IAM & Admin > Roles, Select CREATE ROLE.
Specify role name and description.
Select ADD PERMISSIONS.
Select the following permissions:
- cloudkms.cryptoKeyVersions.useToEncrypt
- cloudkms.cryptoKeyVersions.viewPublicKey
- secretmanager.versions.access
- storage.objects.get
- storage.objects.create
- storage.objects.delete
- storage.objects.list
- storage.objects.update
- storage.buckets.get
- cloudfunctions.functions.get
- cloudfunctions.functions.update
- cloudfunctions.functions.sourceCodeGet
- cloudfunctions.functions.sourceCodeSet
- iam.serviceAccounts.actAs
Click Add and then Create.
Alternatively, you can run the following command from the Cloud Shell Terminal.
gcloud iam roles create role-id \
--project=project-id \
--title=role-title \
--description=role-description \
--permissions=cloudkms.cryptoKeyVersions.useToEncrypt,\
cloudkms.cryptoKeyVersions.viewPublicKey,\
secretmanager.versions.access,\
storage.objects.get,\
storage.objects.create,\
storage.objects.delete,\
storage.objects.list,\
storage.objects.update,\
storage.buckets.get,\
cloudfunctions.functions.get,\
cloudfunctions.functions.update,\
cloudfunctions.functions.sourceCodeGet,\
cloudfunctions.functions.sourceCodeSet,\
iam.serviceAccounts.actAs \
--stage=GA
role-id
is the name of the role, such as ptyProtectRole.
project-id
is the name of the project, such as my-project-id.
role-description
is a short description of the role, such as “My custom role description”.
Sample output:
Created role [role-id].
description: role-description
etag: *****************
includedPermissions:
- cloudfunctions.functions.get
- cloudfunctions.functions.sourceCodeGet
- cloudfunctions.functions.sourceCodeSet
- cloudfunctions.functions.update
- cloudkms.cryptoKeyVersions.useToEncrypt
- cloudkms.cryptoKeyVersions.viewPublicKey
- iam.serviceAccounts.actAs
- secretmanager.versions.access
- storage.buckets.get
- storage.objects.create
- storage.objects.delete
- storage.objects.get
- storage.objects.list
- storage.objects.update
name: projects/{project-id}/roles/{role-id}
stage: GA
title: role-title
Agent Service Account
To create Agent Service Account:
Log in to Google Account and select project where Protegrity service will be installed.
Navigate to IAM & Admin > Service Accounts.
Select CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT.
Specify service account name and description.
Select Create and Continue.
In the next step, click Select Role.
Select Custom and select the role created above .
Click Done.
Once the service account is created, the screen should open on the service account. If the screen does not appear, refresh the page with the service account list and select the service account created.
Record the full email. For example, service-account-name@project-id.iam.gserviceaccount.com
Agent Function Service Account Email: ___________________
Protect Function IAM role
To create Protect Function IAM role:
Log in to Google Account and select project where Protegrity service will be installed.
Navigate to IAM & Admin > Roles, Select CREATE ROLE.
Specify role name and description.
Select ADD PERMISSIONS.
Select the cloudkms.cryptoKeyVersions.useToDecrypt permission.
Click Add and then Create.
Protect Service Account
To create Protect Service Account:
Log in to Google Account and select the project where Protegrity service will be installed.
Navigate to IAM & Admin > Service Accounts.
Select CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT.
Specify service account name and description.
Select Create and Continue.
In the next step, click Select Role. Then select Custom and select the role created above .
Click Done.
Once the service account is created, the screen should open on the service account. If the screen does not appear, refresh the page with the service account list and select the service account created.
Record the full email. For example, service-account-name@project-id.iam.gserviceaccount.com.
Protect Function Service Account Email: ___________________
3 - Protect Service Installation
Preparation
Ensure that all the steps in pre-configuration are performed.
Log in to the Google Cloud account where Protegrity will be installed.
Select the project.
Ensure that you have access to shell command on your computer or Cloud Shell with Terraform CLI v0.14 or higher installed.
Ensure that the Terraform scripts provided by Protegrity are available on your local computer.
Install Protect Function via Terraform Scripts
Resources created with Terraform scripts include Protect Cloud Functions Service and other required resources depending on Terraform parameters. If you don’t specify the deployment bucket Terraform parameter, a new storage bucket will also be created. You can optionally choose to create a new service account with custom IAM role.
To install using Terraform:
From the command shell move to directory where you downloaded Protegrity installation bundle.
Unzip the bundle. Verify that the following files are available:
- pty-protect-gcp/
- main.tf
- outputs.tf
- protegrity-cloud-api-gcp-{version}.zip
- README.md
Unzip the protegrity-cloud-protect-gcp-{version}.zip file. Verify that the following files are available:
- pty-protect-gcp/
- main.tf
- outputs.tf
- protegrity-cloud-protect-gcp-{version}.zip
- README.md
Open the main.tf file and update Terraform backend information at the top of the file:
terraform { backend "gcs" { bucket = "" prefix = "protegrity/terraform/pty-protect-gcp/state" } }In the same main.tf file, specify the following Terraform variables: All the values were recorded in Google Cloud Project.
Warning
Google Cloud Function 2nd Generation currently does not support CMEK.Parameter Description project_id The project id recorded in the pre-configuration step region The Region recorded in the pre-configuration step. deployment_id Specify short name to identify deployment. This id will be added to all resources deployed with Terraform. deployment_bucket Use Deployment Bucket Name recorded in pre-configuration or leave empty to create new bucket. deployment_bucket_location Geographical location of deployment bucket, e.g., US, EU, ASIA. deployment_file_directory_path Path to directory where deployment zip file is located. By default the deployment file should be in the same directory as this main.tf file. create_service_account Leave this as false if you created service account in pre-configuration. Otherwise set to true. protect_function_service_account_email Use Protect Function Service account recorded in pre-configuration or leave empty. min_log_level Minimum log level for log forwarder function. One of off|severe|warning|info|config|all. Defaults to ‘severe’ pty_log_output Audit log output. Accepted values: “"(empty string), “pub_sub”. Note
When set to “pub_sub” audit logs will be aggregated and sent to Pub/Sub topic. See Log Forwarder installation section for more details.audit_log_flush_interval Time interval in seconds used to accumulate audit logs before sending to Pub/Sub topic. Default value: 30, Min value: 1, Max value: 900 pty_pub_sub_topic Pub/Sub topic where audit logs will be sent. username_regex If username_regex is set, the effective policy user will be extracted from the user in the request. Note
See gcp_username_regex_appendix to learn how to extract username from the request.max_instance_count GCP Cloud Functions advanced configuration available_memory_mb GCP Cloud Functions advanced configuration timeout_seconds GCP Cloud Functions advanced configuration gen2_available_cpu 2nd Gen Cloud Function advanced configuration gen2_container_concurrency 2nd Gen Cloud Function advanced configuration upgrade_step Set this variable when upgrading to the latest version. labels You can set this map to include labels for deployed resources. Pay attention to GCP label requirements. For more information, refer to Labeling Resources. For example, only use lowercase and maximum length of 63 characters. From local command line or Cloud Shell, change directory to location of the main.tf, for example:
protegrity-gcp-bigquery-{version}/pty-protect-gcp/Run the following command.
terraform initTerraform will download necessary providers.
Run the following command to verify configuration and print out deployment plan.
terraform planRun the following command to deploy resources to your account.
terraform applyOnce deployment is complete Terraform will print output variables.
Record the following values:
- protect_function_name: ________________________________
- protect_function_url: __________________________
- api_gateway_managed_service: _____________________________
- api_gateway_protect_service_url: ____________________
- protect_function_resource_name: _______________________
Test Protect Function Installation
Before continuing with next steps, you can verify whether Cloud Functions are installed correctly. This step is optional and can be skipped.
Below you can find example Linux curl command to test your function.
Before you can execute it, you need to obtain temporary authentication token. Run the
gcloud auth loginand thengcloud auth print-identity-tokencommands. The logged in gcloud user must have theCloud Run Invoker Role (roles/run.invoker)role. Record the output of print identity token command.gcloud_auth_token: _________________
Replace
{protect_function_url}with value recorded in previous step.Replace
{gcloud_auth_token}with value recorded in above step.Run the following CURL command to test Function deployment.
curl -X POST "{protect_function_url}" \ -H 'Authorization:Bearer {gcloud_auth_token}' \ -d '{ "caller": "bigquery.googleapis.com/projects/my-project-id/jobs/123456", "requestId": "124ab1c", "sessionUser": "test-user@test-company.com", "userDefinedContext": { "data_element": "alpha", "op_type": "unprotect" }, "calls": [ [ "UtfVk UHgcD!" ] ] }'Verify the following output:
{"replies":["hello world!"]}
4 - Policy Agent Installation
Policy Agent Function installation is done via Terraform scripts provided by Protegrity. Before running the template, some resources must be created manually.
ESA Server
Policy Agent function requires ESA server running and accessible from Agent Cloud Function on TCP port 8443. Make sure inbound connections on TCP:8443 are allowed for the network where ESA is hosted.
Note down ESA IP address:
ESA IP Address (EsaIpAddress): ___________________
Certificates on ESA
By default, ESA is configured with self-signed certificates, which can only be validated using self-signed CA certificate supplied in Cloud Function Environment variables configuration.
In case ESA is configured with publicly signed certificates, this section can be skipped since the Cloud Function will use public CA to validate ESA certificates.
To obtain self-signed CA certificate from ESA:
Log in to ESA Web UI.
Select Settings > Network > Manage Certificates.
Hover over Server Certificate and click on download icon to download the CA certificate.
After certificate is downloaded, open the PEM file in text editor and replace all new lines with escaped new line: \n.
To escape new lines from command line, use one of the following commands depending on your operating system:
Linux Bash:
awk 'NF {printf "%s\\n",$0;}' ProtegrityCA.pem > output.txtWindows PowerShell:
(Get-Content '.\ProtegrityCA.pem') -join '\n' | Set-Content 'output.txt'Record the certificate content with new lines escaped.
ESA CA Server Certificate (EsaCaCert): ___________________
This value will be used to set pty_esa_ca_server_cert Terraform variable in installation section.
For more information about ESA certificate management refer to Certificate Management Guide in ESA documentation.
Identify or Create a new VPC
Google Cloud VPC is used to route traffic from Policy Agent Cloud Function to ESA. If your ESA is in a Google Cloud VPC, it is recommended to create a serverless VPC access and record its name:
google_vpc_access_connector_name: ___________________
Note
For more information on serverless VPC connector, refer to the following link. https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/configure-serverless-vpc-accessIf ESA is not on Google Cloud VPC, you can either create one or choose to let Terraform script to create one. The Terraform script will create the following elements:
NAT gateway
To connect to ESA outside the Google Cloud Network
External IP address
Can add it to the allowlist by the firewall in the network environment where ESA is hosted.
Serverless VPC access
Allows connectivity from the Cloud function to the VPC.
Note
These services will incur additional Google Cloud charges.Creating ESA Credentials
Policy Agent Function requires ESA credentials to be provided as one of the two options:
Note
The username and password of the ESA user requires role with DPS Admin and Export Certificates permissions. Security Administrator is one of the predefined roles which contains the above permissions, however for separation of duties it is recommended to create custom role.Secret Manager
Secret Manager is the recommended option for storing ESA credentials.
Create ESA credentials secrets:
Log in to Google Account and select project where Protegrity service will be installed.
Go to Security > Secret Manager.
Select CREATE SECRET.
Specify the Secret Value:
{ "username": "{esa_username}", "password": "{esa_password}" }Select Create Secret.
Once the secret is created, you should see the secret screen opened. If not click on the secret name to see a screen with secret versions.
Click on Actions, next to the secret version you just created.
Select Copy Resource ID and record the full secret version path, For example, projects/{project-id}/secrets/{secret name}/versions/2.
Secret resource id: ___________________
Custom Cloud Function
If you have the skills to write code, you may provide a custom Cloud Function that returns the ESA credentials to the Policy Agent. One use case is when reading the ESA credentials from a third-party password vault.
Create the Cloud Function:
Create a new 2nd gen Cloud Function using any runtime.
The Policy Agent does not provide an input payload.
The Cloud Function must return a response according to the following schema:
response: type: object properties: username: string password: stringFor example,
example output: {"username": "admin", "password": "Password1234"}Sample GCP Function in Python:
def handler(request): return {"username": "admin", "password": "password1234"}Warning
Protegrity does not recommend hardcoding ESA password in the clear.
Grant the Cloud Run Invoker role to the Policy Agent function service account.
Grant the cloudfunctions.functions.get permission to the Policy Agent function service account role.
Record the Function name:
ESA CREDENTIALS FUNCTION NAME: _______________
Install Policy Agent Function through Terraform Scripts
Agent Terraform scripts provided by Protegrity create a Cloud Function in your Google account. If you don’t specify the deployment bucket Terraform parameter, a new storage bucket will also be created. You can also create the following optional resources by specifying the corresponding parameters:
- Service account with IAM role
- VPC with NAT external IP
- VPC access connector
To install Policy Agent Function through Terraform:
From command shell, move to the directory where you downloaded Protegrity installation bundle.
Unzip the bundle, then unzip the protegrity-agent-gcp-{version}.zip. Verify that the following files are available:
- pty-agent-gcp/
- main.tf
- outputs.tf
- README.md
Open the main.tf file and update Terraform backend information at the top of the file:
terraform { backend "gcs" { bucket = "" prefix = "protegrity/terraform/pty-protect-gcp/state" } }Set the bucket property to Terraform Backend Bucket Name recorded in Google Cloud Storage
Set the prefix property with value unique to your deployment.
In the same main.tf file, specify the following Terraform variables.
Parameter Description project_id The Project ID recorded in the pre-configuration step region The Region recorded in the pre-configuration step, for example, us-central1. deployment_id Specify short name to identify deployment. This id will be added to all resources deployed with Terraform. deployment_bucket Use Deployment Bucket Name recorded in pre-configuration or leave empty to create new bucket. deployment_bucket_location Geographical location of deployment bucket, e.g., US, EU, ASIA. deployment_file_directory_path Path to directory where deployment zip file is located. By default the deployment file should be in the same directory as this main.tf file. policy_download_cron_expression Cron expression determining how often policy agent function will run to synchronize security policy from ESA. create_service_account Leave this as false if you created service account in pre-configuration. Otherwise set to true. agent_function_service_account_email Use Agent Function Service account recorded in pre-configuration or leave empty. create_vpc Set this to true, if you would like to create VPC with NAT, external IP and vpc access connector, otherwise leave empty. This will be ignored if google_vpc_access_connector_name is specified. google_vpc_access_connector_name Specify the existing VPC access connector name you identified in earlier step, otherwise leave empty. This setting will disable create_vpc = true. google_vpc_access_connector_full_resource_name Alternative configuration for VPC access connector. If this parameter is set the google_vpc_access_connector_name will be ignored. Use this parameter, if vpc connector is in different region/project that the one specified for the deployment. labels You can set this map to include labels for deployed resources. Pay attention to gcp label requirements. More information in: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/labeling-resources. For example, only use lowercase and maximum length of 63 characters. All the values were recorded in Pre-Configuration and this section’s previous steps.
Provide Policy update Terraform variables. In the same main.tf file, you can specify configuration related to policy update. Any of these variables can be updated at any given time by running the terraform again or directly in the GCP Console. Most of the values were recorded in previous installation steps.
Parameter
Description
Notes
pty_esa_ip
ESA IP address or hostname
pty_esa_ca_server_cert
ESA self-signed CA certificate used by policy Agent Function to ensure ESA is the trusted server.
Recorded in step Certificates on ESA
In case ESA is configured with publicly signed certificates, the pty_esa_ca_server_cert configuration will be ignored.
gcp_esa_credentials_secret_resource_id
ESA username and password (encrypted value by Google Cloud Secrets Manager). For example, projects/{project-id}/secrets/{secret name}/versions/{version}
pty_esa_credentials_function
ESA credentials GCP function resource name. For example, projects/{project-name}/locations/{region}/functions/{esa-credentials-function-name}.
Recorded in step Option 2: Custom Cloud Function ESA CREDENTIALS FUNCTION NAME. Presence of gcp_esa_credentials_secret_resource_id will cause this value to be ignored. The Policy Agent Function must have network access and IAM permissions to call the ESA Credentials function you have created in Option 2: Custom Cloud Function.
gcp_kms_key_resource_name
The Key full resource name. For Example, projects/{project-id}/locations/region/keyRings/ {key-ring}/cryptoKeys/{key-name}/cryptoKeyVersions/1
gcp_protect_function_resource_name
List of comma separated Protect function resource names. For Example, projects/{project-id}/ locations/{region}/functions/{function-name1},projects/{project-id}/ locations/{region}/functions/{function-name2}
Use protect_function_resource_name recorded in Protect Service Installation section.
gcp_policy_retention_storage_bucket
Deployment Bucket Name where the encrypted policy will be written.
You can use deployment bucket recorded in Google Cloud Storage section, or you can specify other existing bucket.
gcp_policy_version_object_key
Filename of the encrypted policy stored in the Deployment Bucket Name
Default: policy.zip
retain_policy_versions
Number of policy versions to retain as backup. (e.g. 2 will retain the latest 2 policies and remove older ones). -1 retains all.
Default: 10
disable_deploy
This flag can be either 1 or 0. If set to 1, then the agent will not update protector function with the newest policy. Else, the policy will be saved in the cloud storage bucket and deployed to the protector function.
Warning
Agent deployment requires a deployed Protect or Log Forwarder Cloud Run function when disable_deploy is setDefault: 0
log_level
Application and audit logs verbiage level
Default: INFO. Allowed values: DEBUG – the most verbose INFO, WARNING, ERROR – the least verbose
policy_pull_timeout
Time in seconds to wait for the ESA to send the full policy
Default: 20
pty_core_casesensitive
Specifies whether policy usernames should be case sensitive
Default: no. Allowed values: yes, no
pty_core_emptystring
Override default behavior. Empty string response values are returned as null values. For instance, (un)protect(’’) -> null (un)protect(’’) -> ''
Default: empty. Allowed values: null, empty
esa_connection_timeout
Time in seconds to wait for the ESA response
Default: 5s
pty_addipaddressheader
When enabled, agent will send its source IP address in the request header. This configuration works in conjunction with ESA hubcontroller configuration ASSIGN_DATASTORE_USING_NODE_IP (default=false). See Associating ESA Data Store With Cloud Protect Agent for more information.
Default: yes. Allowed values: yes, no
pty_datastore_key
ESA policy datastore public key fingerprint (64 char long) e.g. 123bff642f621123d845f006c6bfff27737b21299e8a2ef6380aa642e76e89e5.
Note
This configuration is not applicable for ESA versions lower than 10.2.The export key is the public part of an asymmetric key pair created in a Create KMS Key. A user with Security Officer permissions adds the public key to the data store in ESA via Policy Management > Data Stores > Export Keys. The fingerprint can then be copied using the Copy Fingerprint icon next to the key. Refer to Exporting Keys to Datastore for details.
Note
For PPC deployments, see PPC Appendix: Policy Agent Certificate and Key Guidance for details on obtaining and using the datastore key fingerprint.pty_sync_datastore
Optional name of the policy datastore to sync with ESA. Refer to ESA documentation for more information on policy datastore sync.
Default: "" From local command line or Cloud Shell, change directory to location of the main.tf, for example:
protegrity-agent-gcp-{version}/pty-agent-gcp/Run terraform init.
Terraform will download necessary providers.
Run terraform plan to verify configuration and print out deployment plan.
Run terraform apply to deploy resources to your account. Once deployment is complete, Terraform will print output variables.
Below is the sample output from successful deployment.
Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed. Outputs: agent_function_service_account_email = "pty-agent-test@test.iam.gserviceaccount.com" deployment_bucket_name = "test-bucket" nat_ip = 0 policy_agent_function_deployment_object = "pty-agent-test-1.0.1.zip" policy_agent_function_name = "pty-agent-test"
Test Agent Function Installation
After configuration is complete, you can test the function.
To test and run the Policy Agent Function:
From the Google Cloud console, go to Cloud Run Functions or Cloud Run.
Click on the function you just deployed: pty_agent_{deployment_id}.
Click Test button at the top right section of the screen.
Scroll down to CLI test command.
Copy and run the curl command to trigger the agent. Alternatively, use the option Test in Cloud Shell.
Wait for the function to complete.
Note
The Policy Agent function deploys a new version of the Cloud Protect Function with updated policy. This process may take several minutes. During this time, the previous policy version remains available until the function update is complete.Navigate to the LOGS tab to view agent execution logs.
Alternatively, you may review the logs by navigating to Logging from your Google Console. In the Log Explorer select the All resources dropdown, then Cloud Run Revision > pty-agent-{deployment-id} and apply.
Note
Example logs (most recent first):Function execution took 23892 ms, finished with status: 'ok' iap.policy_deployer:INFO:Deleting object [policy_v07-26-2021_21-00-00.zip] iap.policy_deployer:INFO:Deleting object [policy_v07-26-2021_19-03-23.zip] iap.policy_deployer:INFO:Removing old function versions in [test-artifacts]. Will retain [1] versions. iap.policy_deployer:INFO:Updating function [projects/cloud-engineering-315519/locations/us-central1/functions/pty-protect-test] with new deployment artifact [test-artifacts/policy_v07-26-2021_21-00-01.zip] ... iap.imp_creator:INFO:Uploading encrypted policy data to: [test-artifacts/policy_v07-26-2021_19-03-23.zip] iap.imp_creator:INFO:Preparing deployment package ... iap_agent_gcp.cloud_functions_util:INFO:Downloading function deployment package ... iap.imp_creator:INFO:Encrypting policy package ... iap.policy_agent:INFO:Preparing new policy deployment ... iap.policy_agent:WARNING:Current policy deployment has no checksum_mapping metadata: iap.imp_creator:INFO:Checking current policy version ... iap.policy_agent:INFO:Current deployment package version: [policy_v07-26-2021_18-51-43.zip]. iap.policy_agent:INFO:Getting current policy metadata ... iap.imp_creator:INFO:Policy downloaded successfully ... iap.imp_creator:INFO:PepServer started ... iap.imp_creator:INFO:Starting PepServer ... iap.imp_creator:INFO:PepServer configured successfully iap.imp_creator:INFO:Downloading certificates from ESA ... iap.imp_creator:INFO:Configuring PepServer ... iap.policy_agent:INFO:Starting policy agent ... iap.policy_agent:INFO:Using Secret Manager [GCP_ESA_CREDENTIALS_SECRET_RESOURCE_ID] to retreive ESA credentials. iap.policy_agent:INFO:PTY_CORE_CASESENSITIVE [no] iap.policy_agent:INFO:PTY_CORE_EMPTYSTRING [empty] iap.policy_agent:INFO:RETAIN_POLICY_VERSIONS [1] iap.policy_agent:INFO:GCP_PROTECT_FUNCTION_RESOURCE_NAME [projects/test/locations/us-central1/functions/pty-protect-test] iap.policy_agent:INFO:GCP_POLICY_VERSION_OBJECT_KEY [policy.zip] iap.policy_agent:INFO:GCP_POLICY_RETENTION_STORAGE_BUCKET [test-artifacts] iap.policy_agent:INFO:GCP_KMS_KEY_RESOURCE_NAME [projects/test/locations/us-central1/keyRings/test-key-ring/cryptoKeys/test-protect-asymmetric/cryptoKeyVersions/1] iap.policy_agent:INFO:GCP_ESA_CREDENTIALS_SECRET_RESOURCE_ID [projects/1234/secrets/ESA_ADMIN_CREDENTIALS/versions/2] iap.policy_agent:INFO:PTY_ESA_IP [54.236.107.39] iap.policy_agent:INFO:POLICY_PULL_TIMEOUT [20] iap.policy_agent:INFO:DISABLE_DEPLOY [0] Function execution started
Troubleshooting
Configure additional logging:
Set log_level Terraform variable on the Agent function to DEBUG.
In the GCP Logs Explorer, you can run the query below, replacing placeholders with your deployment id and project name.
resource.type="cloud_run_revision" resource.labels.service_name=~"pty-agent-<deploymentd-id>" severity=ERROR OR textPayload=~"\[error\]" -logName="projects/<gcp-project-id>/logs/run.googleapis.com%2Frequests"Expand each log entry for more details. Check for jsonPayload > exception to see more detailed error.
Error message | Details |
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| This error may indicate the following configuration issues:
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| This error may indicate the following configuration issues:
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| Indicates the Agent Cloud Run function’s identity does not have permissions to sourceCodeGet for Protect/Log Forwarder function(s) provided to the gcp_protect_function_resource_name configuration. |
5 - Audit Log Forwarder Installation
Audit Log Forwarder installation is done via Terraform scripts provided by Protegrity in the installation bundle.
ESA Audit Store Configuration
ESA server is required as the recipient of audit logs. Verify the information below to ensure ESA is accessible and configured properly.
ESA server running and accessible on TCP port 9200.
Audit Store service is configured and running on ESA. For information related to ESA Audit Store configuration, refer to Audit Store Guide.
Certificates on ESA
By default, ESA is configured with self-signed certificates, which can only be validated using self-signed CA certificate supplied in Log Forwarder configuration.
Note
Certificate Validation can be bypassed for testing purposes, see section: Install Log Forwarder via TerraformIn case ESA is configured with publicly signed certificates, this section can be skipped since the Log Forwarder will use public CA to validate ESA certificates.
To obtain self-signed CA certificate from ESA:
Download ESA CA certificate from the /etc/ksa/certificates/plug directory of the ESA
After certificate is downloaded, open the PEM file in text editor and replace all new lines with escaped new line: \n.
To escape new lines from command line, use one of the following commands depending on your operating system:
Linux Bash:
awk 'NF {printf "%s\\n",$0;}' CA.pem > output.txtWindows PowerShell:
(Get-Content '.\CA.pem') -join '\n' | Set-Content 'output.txt'Record the certificate content with new lines escaped.
ESA CA Server Certificate (EsaCaCert): ___________________
This value will be used to set pty_esa_ca_server_cert Terraform variable in installation section. Install Log Forwarder via Terraform
For more information about ESA certificate management refer to Certificate Management Guide in ESA documentation.
VPC configuration
Similar to Policy Agent Function, log forwarder function requires Google Cloud VPC to route traffic from the function to ESA. Review the VPC configuration steps for agent in section Identify or Create a new VPC. Same VPC connector as the policy agent can be used. Note down VPC connector name:
google_vpc_access_connector_name: ___________________
ESA Authentication
Audit Log Forwarder must authenticate with ESA using certificate-based authentication with client certificate and certificate key. Download the following certificates from the /etc/ksa/certificates/plug directory of the ESA:
| File Name | Description |
|---|---|
| client.key | Client certificate key |
| client.pem | Client certificate (PEM) |
Both certificate and certificate key must be converted to single-line values using code similar to the following examples.
Client certificate (client.pem):
$folder = 'C:\Temp'
cd $folder
(Get-Content "$folder\client.pem") -join '\n' | Set-Content "$folder\one-liner-client.pem"
cat "$folder\one-liner-client.pem"
folder="/tmp"
cd "$folder"
awk 'NF {printf "%s\\n",$0}' "client.pem" > "one-liner-client.pem"
cat "one-liner-client.pem"
Client certificate key (client.key):
$folder = 'C:\Temp'
cd $folder
(Get-Content "$folder\client.key") -join '\n' | Set-Content "$folder\one-liner-client.key"
cat "$folder\one-liner-client.key"
folder="/tmp"
cd "$folder"
awk 'NF {printf "%s\\n",$0}' "client.key" > "one-liner-client.key"
cat "one-liner-client.key"
Note
Use single-line certificate and single-line certificate key values below when configuring Log Forwarder.While installing using Terraform template:
- Provide single-line client certificate for pty_esa_client_cert
- Provide ID of the GCP secret containing the single-line certificate key for pty_esa_client_cert_key_secret_id Secret is created in a later step
Configure ESA Secrets In GCP Secret Manager
Audit Log Forwarder Function uses GCP Secret Manager to store ESA Audit Store credentials used during authentication.
For information on how to configure basic and certificate authentication for Audit Store on ESA refer to Audit Store Guide.
Log in to Google Account and select project where Protegrity service will be installed.
Go to Security > Secret Manager.
Select CREATE SECRET.
Specify the Secret Value:
{ "username": "admin", "password": "{esa_password}" }Select Create Secret.
Once the secret is created, you should see the secret screen opened. If not click on the secret name to see a screen with secret versions.
Click on Actions, next to the secret version you just created.
Select Copy Resource ID and record the full secret version path, for example, projects/{project-id}/secrets/{secret name}/versions/2.
ESA Log Forwarder Credentials Secret Name: _________________
Create another secret with single-line contents of ESA client certificate key file
See Certificate Authentication for details on client certificate key
Record the full secret version path, for example, projects/{project-id}/secrets/{secret name}/versions/1.
ESA Log Forwarder Client Certificate Key Secret Name: _________________
Create Log Forwarder Service Account
To create Log Forwarder Service Account:
Log in to Google Account and select the project where Protegrity service will be installed.
Navigate to IAM & Admin > Service Accounts.
Select CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT.
Specify service account name and description.
Select Create and Continue.
In the next step, click Select Role. Then select the following roles:
- Cloud KMS CryptoKey Decrypter
- Pub/Sub Publisher
- Secret Manager Secret Accessor
Click Done.
Once the service account is created, the screen should open on the service account. If the screen does not appear, refresh the page with the service account list and select the service account created.
Record the full email. For example, service-account-name@project-id.iam.gserviceaccount.com.
Log Forwarder Function Service Account Email: ___________________
Create Service Account For Forwarder Pub/Sub
Pub/Sub service requires Cloud Run Invoker permissions in order to be able to send messages to the Forwarder function.
Log in to Google Account and select the project where Protegrity forwarder will be installed.
Navigate to IAM & Admin > Service Accounts.
Select CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT.
Specify service account name and description.
Select Create and Continue.
In the next step, click Select Role. Then select Cloud Run Invoker.
Click Done.
Once the service account is created, the screen should open on the service account. If the screen does not appear, refresh the page with the service account list and select the service account created.
Record the full email. For example, service-account-name@project-id.iam.gserviceaccount.com.
Pub/Sub Log Forwarder Service Account Email: ___________________
Preparation
Ensure that all the steps in Google Cloud Project are performed.
Log in to the Google Cloud account where Protegrity will be installed.
Select the project.
Ensure that you have access to shell command on your computer or Cloud Shell with Terraform CLI v0.14 or higher installed.
Ensure that the Terraform scripts provided by Protegrity are available on your local computer.
Install Log Forwarder Function via Terraform Scripts
Resources created with Terraform scripts include Audit Log Forwarder Cloud Functions Service and Pub/Sub topic. If you don’t specify the deployment bucket Terraform parameter, a new storage bucket will also be created. You can optionally choose to create a new service account with custom IAM role.
To install using Terraform:
From the command shell move to directory where you downloaded Protegrity installation bundle.
Unzip the bundle, then unzip the protegrity-gcp-bigquery-{version}.zip. Navigate to pty-log-forwarder-gcp/. Verify that the following files are available:
- pty-log-forwarder-gcp/
- main.tf
- outputs.tf
- protegrity-cloud-api-gcp-{version}.zip
- README.md
Open the main.tf file and update Terraform backend information at the top of the file:
terraform { backend "gcs" { bucket = "" # The bucket/prefix combination must be unique for different deployments # to avoid conflicting Terraform states and accidental resources destruction. # prefix = "protegrity-gcp-bigquery/forwarder/<deployment_id>/tf-state" } }Set the bucket property to Terraform Backend Bucket Name recorded in Google Cloud Storage
Set the prefix property with value unique to your deployment.
In the same main.tf file, specify the following Terraform variables: All the values were recorded in Google Cloud Project.
Warning
Google Cloud Function 2nd Generation currently does not support CMEK.Parameter Description project_id The project id recorded in the pre-configuration step region The Region recorded in the pre-configuration step. deployment_id Specify short name to identify deployment. This id will be added to all resources deployed with Terraform. deployment_bucket Use Deployment Bucket Name recorded in pre-configuration or leave empty to create new bucket. create_service_account Leave this as false if you created service account in pre-configuration. Otherwise set to true. forwarder_function_service_account_email Use Forwarder Function Service account recorded in pre-configuration or leave empty. pub_sub_log_forwarder_service_account_email Service account of the audit log Pub/Sub trigger. The service account must be assigned Cloud Run Invoker (roles/run.invoker) role. create_vpc If create_vpc flag is set, new vpc will be created together with vpc connector, NAT and external IP Use this flag if you have VPC admin permissions in your Google Account. If you set it to false, you can specify the existing VPC in the google_vpc_access_connector_name parameter. google_vpc_access_connector_name Use existing VPC connector to associate with Log Forwarder Function. You can specify either the VPC connector name or the full resource name if vpc connector is in different region/project that the one specified for the deployment. You can alternatively set the use google_vpc_access_connector_full_resource_name. Both parameters are optional. Full resource name takes precedence over connector name. log_destination_esa_ip Ip address of the ESA where Protector logs will be sent to. pty_esa_ca_server_cert ESA self-signed CA certificate used by log forwarder function to ensure ESA is the trusted server. See documentation for more details. esa_credentials_secret_resource_id GCP Secret Manager secret id where ESA Fluent Bit logger credentials are stored. pty_esa_client_cert Single-line ESA client certificate content. See Certificate Authentication for details on client certificate pty_esa_client_cert_key_secret_id GCP Secret Manager secret id where single-line ESA client certificate key content is stored. See Configure ESA Secrets In GCP Secret Manager for details on client certificate key secret min_log_level Minimum log level for log forwarder function. Must be one of the following: [off,severe,warning,info,config,all]. esa_tls_disable_cert_verify Disable certificate verification when connecting to ESA. This is only for dev purposes, should not be used in production environment. esa_connect_timeout Esa connection timeout in seconds. esa_virtual_host ESA Virtual Host. audit_log_flush_interval Time interval in seconds used to accumulate audit logs before sending to ESA. Default value: 10
Min value: 1
Max value: 900dlq_topic_message_retention_duration Indicates the minimum duration to retain a message in dead letter queue topic in case log destination server is not available. Value must be decimal number, followed by the letter s (seconds). Cannot be more than 31 days or less than 10 minutes. Default value is 1 day audit_log_dead_letter_topic This parameter is expected to be used in a separate deployment to replay dead letter queue messages. max_instance_count GCP Cloud Functions advanced configuration available_memory_mb GCP Cloud Functions advanced configuration timeout_seconds GCP Cloud Functions advanced configuration gen2_available_cpu 2nd Gen Cloud Function advanced configuration gen2_container_concurrency 2nd Gen Cloud Function advanced configuration upgrade_step Set this variable when upgrading to the latest version. labels You can set this map to include labels for deployed resources. Pay attention to GCP label requirements. For more information, refer to the following link https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/labeling-resources. For example, only use lowercase and maximum length of 63 characters. From local command line or Cloud Shell, change directory to location of the main.tf, for example:
pty-log-forwarder-gcp-{version}/pty-log-forwarder-gcp/Run the following command.
terraform initTerraform will download necessary providers.
Run the following command to verify configuration and print out deployment plan.
terraform planRun the following command to deploy resources to your account.
terraform applyOnce deployment is complete Terraform will print output variables.
Record the following values:
- forwarder_function_name: ____________________________
- forwarder_function_url: ____________________________
- forwarder_function_resource_name: __________________
Turn on Instance-based billing.
Both Protect and Log Forwarder functions must run for a short period of time after all requests are handled. In order for the GCP Cloud Run service to allow that, the Instance-based billing feature must be enabled for both function deployments.
To enable Instance-based billing:
Log in to Google Account and select the project where Protegrity Cloud Run Function was installed.
Navigate to Cloud Run.
Click on the Cloud Function name.
In Cloud Run revision view, select Edit & deploy new revision.
Scroll down to Billing.
Select Instance-based.
Click DEPLOY.
Repeat the steps for Log Forwarder function.
Test Log Forwarder Function Installation
Before continuing with next steps, you can verify whether Log Forwarder Function is installed correctly. This step is optional and can be skipped.
Below you can find example CURL command to test your function.
Before you can execute it, test if you can obtain temporary authentication token. Run the gcloud auth login and then gcloud auth print-identity-token commands. The logged in gcloud user must have the Cloud Run Invoker permissions. Continue to the next step if the command succeeds and prints the token.
Replace {forwarder_function_url}; with value recorded in previous step.
Run the following CURL command to test Function deployment.
curl {forwarder_function_url} \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $(gcloud auth print-identity-token)" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "ce-id: 123451234512345" \ -H "ce-specversion: 1.0" \ -H "ce-time: 2020-01-02T12:34:56.789Z" \ -H "ce-type: google.cloud.pubsub.topic.v1.messagePublished" \ -H "ce-source: //pubsub.googleapis.com/projects/MY-PROJECT/topics/MY-TOPIC" \ -d '{ "message": { "data": "'"$(echo '{"additional_info":{"description":"Data unprotect operation was successful.","query_id":"sf-query-id:k6-test-df51a612-4739-4cfb-9fe4-6ec548b70d23"},"client":{},"cnt":4000,"correlationid":"sf-query-id:k6-test-df51a612-4739-4cfb-9fe4-6ec548b70d23","level":"SUCCESS","logtype":"Protection","origin":{"hostname":"localhost","time_utc":1725558586},"process":{"id":1},"protection":{"audit_code":8,"dataelement":"alpha","datastore":"SAMPLE_POLICY","mask_setting":"","operation":"Unprotect","policy_user":"master_user"},"protector":{"core_version":"1.2.2+42.g01eb3.HEAD","family":"cp","pcc_version":"3.4.0.20","vendor":"gcp.snowflake","version":"3.1.0.158"},"signature":{"checksum":"7CE5FFCE9DBE570AAA72D1BB20CD083532EF8FAD3E96E38629EB92E837272D8E","key_id":"676c5178-756d-4363-9"}}' | base64 -w 0)"'", "attributes": {}, "messageId": "", "publishTime": "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z", "orderingKey": "" } }'In GCP Logs Explorer console verify that the following output appears in the logs:
Request finished HTTP/1.1 POST http://pty-forwarder-31-smoke-jf-pfadh7riaq-uc.a.run.app/ - 200 0 - 75.6570ms- .
Warning
Test steps will only succeed if the Policy Agent has not updated the Log Forwarder policy. Once updated, logs must be signed with your policy, and the sample data blob above will no longer pass the check, resulting in the error below:[/jenkins/workspace/iaplambda_release_3.1/src/iap/logging/log-aggregator.cpp:66] Failed to aggregate log entry at index 0
Grant Pub/Sub Publisher Permission to the Protect Function Service Account
Protect function requires permissions to publish audit log messages to Pub/Sub.
Log in to Google Account and select the project where Protegrity service will be installed.
Navigate to IAM & Admin.
Search for protector function service account email recorded in protect service installation step.
Select Edit principal pencil icon.
Select ADD ANOTHER ROLE.
Select Pub/Sub Publisher.
Click Save.
Protect Function Pub/Sub Log Output
Protect function must be configured to output audit logs to Pub/Sub topic.
To configure Protect function audit log output:
Go to Protect function Terraform deployment.
Navigate to pty-protect-gcp/main.tf.
Set Terraform variable pty_log_output=“pub_sub”.
Set Terraform variable pty_pub_sub_topic to log forwarder Pub/Sub topic.
Note
You can obtain the topic resource name from Log Forwarder Terraform output: audit_log_topic.Run terraform apply.
Troubleshooting
Configure additional logging:
Set min_log_level Terraform variable on both Protect function and Log Forwarder function to config.
In the GCP Logs Explorer, you can run the query below, replacing placeholders with your deployment id and project name.
resource.type="cloud_run_revision" resource.labels.service_name=~"pty-(protect|forwarder)-<deploymentd-id>" severity=ERROR OR textPayload=~"\[error\]" -logName="projects/<gcp-project-id>/logs/run.googleapis.com%2Frequests"Expand each log entry for more details. Check for jsonPayload > exception to see more detailed error.
Error message | Details |
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Prerequisites
| Requirement | Detail |
|---|---|
| Protegrity distribution and installation scripts | These artifacts are provided by Protegrity |
| Protegrity ESA 10.0+ | The Cloud VNet must be able to obtain network access to the ESA |
| Google Cloud Account | Recommend creating a new project for Protegrity Serverless |
| Terraform CLI v0.14 or higher | Terraform is used to deploy resources to Google Cloud Account |
7 -
Required Skills and Abilities
| Requirements | Description |
|---|---|
| GCP Cloud Administrator | Run Terraform (or perform steps manually), create/configure a VPC and IAM permissions. |
| Protegrity Administrator | The ESA credentials required to extract the policy for the Policy Agent |
| Network Administrator | Open firewall to access ESA and evaluate Google Cloud network setup |