Azure PostgreSQL - Single or Flexible Database
Rotating Admin/Regular Azure PostgreSQL Single or Flexible Database Users with Keeper
Overview
In this guide, you'll learn how to rotate passwords for Azure PostgreSQL Database Users and Admin accounts on your Azure environment using Keeper Rotation. Azure PostgreSQL is an Azure managed resource where the PostgreSQL Admin Credentials are defined in the PAM Database record type and the configurations of the PostgreSQL Users are defined in the PAM User record type.
For Azure Managed PostgreSQL database, the Azure SDK will be used to rotate the password of Database Admin Accounts. To rotate the passwords of Regular Database Users, Keeper connects to the DB instance with the provided admin credentials and executes the necessary SQL statements to change the password. For a high-level overview on the rotation process in the Azure network, visit this page.
Prerequisites
This guide assumes the following tasks have already taken place:
Keeper Secrets Manager is enabled for your enterprise and your role
Keeper Rotation is enabled for your role
A Keeper Secrets Manager application has been created
A Keeper Rotation gateway is already installed, running, and is able to communicate with your Azure PostgreSQL Server Database
Your Azure environment is configured per our document
1. Set up a PAM Database Record
The PAM Database record contains the admin credentials and necessary configurations to connect to the PostgreSQL Server on Azure. Keeper Rotation will use these provided configurations to rotate passwords of regular database user accounts in the Azure PostgreSQL Server instance. These provided admin credentials need to also have sufficient database permissions to successfully change the credentials of the database user accounts.
The following table lists all the required fields on the PAM Database Record:
Note: Adding Provider Group, Provider Region, and Database ID will enable managing the PAM Database Record through the Azure SDK.
This PAM Database Record with the admin credential needs to be in a shared folder that is shared to the KSM application created in the pre-requisites. Only the KSM application needs access to this privileged account, it does not need to be shared with any users.
2. Set up PAM Configuration
If you already have a PAM Configuration for your Azure environment, you can simply add the additional Resource Credentials required for rotating machine users to the existing PAM Configuration.
If you are creating a new PAM Configuration, login to the Keeper Vault and select "Secrets Manager", then select the "PAM Configurations" tab, and click on "New Configuration". The following table lists all the required fields on the PAM Configuration Record:
For more details on all the configurable fields in the PAM Network Configuration record, visit this page.
3. Set up one or more PAM User records
Keeper Rotation will use the credentials in the PAM Database record to rotate the PAM User records on your Azure environment. The PAM User credential needs to be in a shared folder that is shared to the KSM application created in the prerequisites.
The following table lists all the required fields on the PAM User record:
4. Configure Rotation on the Record - Azure PostgreSQL User
Select the PAM User record(s) from Step 3, edit the record and open the "Password Rotation Settings".
Select the desired schedule and password complexity.
The "Rotation Settings" should use the PAM Configuration setup previously.
The "Resource Credential" field should select the PAM Database credential setup from Step 1.
Upon saving, the rotation button will be enabled and available to rotate on demand, or via the selected schedule.
Any user with edit
rights to a PAM User record has the ability to setup rotation for that record.
If the desired Admin Credential is not showing in the rotation settings screen, go to Secrets Manager > PAM Configuration > and add the necessary resource credentials.
5. Configure Rotation on the Record - Azure PostgreSQL Admin
Select the PAM Database record from Step 1, edit the record and open the "Password Rotation Settings".
Select the desired schedule and password complexity.
The "Rotation Settings" should use the PAM Configuration setup previously.
The "Resource Credential" field should select the PAM Database credential setup from Step 1.
Upon saving, the rotation button will be enabled and available to rotate on demand, or via the selected schedule.
If the desired Admin Credential is not showing in the rotation settings screen, go to Secrets Manager > PAM Configuration > and add the necessary resource credentials.
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