controls::program name for postgresql syslog messages is correct

Overview

The syslog_ident setting specifies the program name used to identify PostgreSQL messages in syslog logs. An example of a possible program name is postgres.

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Benchmarks

This control is used in the following benchmarks:

Skipping

To deliberately skip this control (e.g. meaning don’t use Puppet to enforce this setting), we provide you with three ways:

1) Add pg_secured::controls::program_name_for_postgresql_syslog_messages_is_correct: skip to your hiera data. This will skip this control for ALL databases.
2) Add pg_secured::controls::program_name_for_postgresql_syslog_messages_is_correct::dbname: skip to your hiera data. This will skip this control for specified database only.
3) Add an entry with the content program_name_for_postgresql_syslog_messages_is_correct to the array value pg_secured::skip_list in your hiera data.

Attributes

Attribute Name Short Description
title The instance to apply the control to.

title

The instance to apply the control to.

All controls need an instance to apply the control to. Here is a simple example:

pg_secured::controls::control_name { 'instance':}

In this example, the string instance is the instance to apply the control to.

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