Control: Ensure 'Enable connecting to serial ports' is not enabled for VM Instance

Description

Interacting with a serial port is often referred to as the serial console, which is similar to using a terminal window, in that input and output is entirely in text mode and there is no graphical interface or mouse support.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run gcp_compliance.control.compute_instance_serial_port_connection_disabled

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run gcp_compliance.control.compute_instance_serial_port_connection_disabled --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

select
  self_link resource,
  case
    when metadata -> 'items' @> '[{"key": "serial-port-enable", "value": "true"}]' then 'alarm'
    else 'ok'
  end as status,
  case
    when metadata -> 'items' @> '[{"key": "serial-port-enable", "value": "true"}]'
      then title || ' serial port connections enabled.'
    else title || ' serial port connections disabled.'
  end as reason
  
  , location as location, project as project
from
  gcp_compute_instance;

Control: Ensure 'Enable connecting to serial ports' is not enabled for VM Instance

Description

Usage

SQL

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