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Using Rego for Database Devops Steps

This guide explains how to use Harness Policy Agent to enforce policies on DataBase Devops steps. Rego is a declarative policy language used by Open Policy Agent (OPA) for policy-based control.

Prerequisites​

  • Basic knowledge of Rego

Writing a Rego Policy for Database Devops Steps​

A Rego policy can validate that changesets conform to specific rules, such as enforcing naming conventions or restricting certain SQL operations.

Example Policy: Restricting DROP TABLE​

Go to DB Governance section and create a new policy

package db_sql
policies := [
{
        “error_message”: “Dropping of table is not allowed.“,
        “rules”: [
            {
                “types”: [
                    “jdbc:sqlserver”,“jdbc:mysql”,“jdbc:postgresql”,“jdbc:oracle:thin”
                ],
                “regex”: [
                    “drop”
                ]
            }
        ]
}
]
deny[msg] {
    some i,j,k,l
    policy := policies[i];
    type := input.dbInstance.type;
    rule := policy.rules[j];
    type = rule.types[_];
    regex.match(lower(concat(“”,[“.*“,rule.regex[k],“.*“])),lower(input.sqlStatements[l]));
    msg := concat(“”,[“Policy violation:\n The following sql statement:\n”,input.sqlStatements[l],“\n\n Matches the following regex: \n”,rule.regex[k]])
}

Rego Policy Flow

Sample Payload:​

You can test the polcy on sample payloads

{
  "dbInstance": {
    "dbConnectionUrl": "jdbc:sqlserver://35.xxx.125.32:1433;trustServerCertificate=true;databaseName=db_oajzu",
    "identifier": "enkkMcacHU",
    "name": "enkkMcacHU",
    "tags": {
      "tag1": "val1",
      "tag2": "val2"
    },
    "type": "jdbc:sqlserver"
  },
  "dbSchema": {
    "identifier": "CTJPjhVwkU",
    "name": "CTJPjhVwkU"
  },
  "sqlStatements": [
    "DROP TABLE public;"
  ]
}

Create a custom policy set and attach above policy​

Rego Policy Flow)

Attach the policy set in Database Devops step configuration​

Add evaluation

Validating Liquibase Steps with OPA​

Run the OPA policy check against the changeset during pipeline run:

If a violation occurs, OPA will output a message indicating the problem (e.g., "Dropping tables is not allowed: users") and result in error / warning as per configuration.

failed pipeline