gcloud-sql-auto-storage-disabled: Automatic Storage Increase Disabled for Google Cloud SQL Instances

2025-08-01 Google Cloud SQL PoC Public

Description

Ensure that the Automatic Storage Increase feature is enabled for your production Google Cloud SQL database instances. This feature prevents database servers from running out of storage space and becoming read-only, disrupting normal operations. When a database instance runs out of available space, it can drop existing connections and cause downtime, potentially violating the Google Cloud SQL Service Level Agreement (SLA).

PoC

id: gcloud-sql-auto-storage-disabled

info:
  name: Automatic Storage Increase Disabled for Google Cloud SQL Instances
  author: princechaddha
  severity: high
  description: |
    Ensure that the Automatic Storage Increase feature is enabled for your production Google Cloud SQL database instances. This feature prevents database servers from running out of storage space and becoming read-only, disrupting normal operations. When a database instance runs out of available space, it can drop existing connections and cause downtime, potentially violating the Google Cloud SQL Service Level Agreement (SLA).
  impact: |
    If Automatic Storage Increase is disabled, Cloud SQL database instances may run out of space, leading to service disruptions, dropped connections, and downtime.
  remediation: |
    Enable the Automatic Storage Increase feature for your Google Cloud SQL database instances to prevent storage exhaustion and ensure uninterrupted operations.
  reference:
    - https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/overview#automatic-storage-increase
  tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,google-cloud-sql,gcp-cloud-config

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let projectId of iterate(template.projectIds)){
    set("projectId", projectId)
    code(2)
    for(let sqlInstance of iterate(template.sqlInstances)){
      set("sqlInstance", sqlInstance)
      code(3)
    }
  }

self-contained: true

code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud projects list --format="json(projectId)"

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: projectIds
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.[].projectId'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud sql instances list --project $projectId --format="json(name)"

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: sqlInstances
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.[].name'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud sql instances describe $sqlInstance --format="value(settings.storageAutoResize)"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - 'False'
        condition: or

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"Automatic Storage Increase is disabled for SQL instance " + sqlInstance + " in project " + projectId'
# digest: 490a00463044022034f0b736298bed60d74658f208392e24b52d8aa2b1ff2dc509a5c17b3ff9221402200b12677cba62b9a83955fc3c86e3c8c022578c953fc176c8ad637f64c6c20f35:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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