Manage Sensitive Data Discovery Rules

In previous documentation, rule is referred to as classifier or identifier and framework is referred to as template.

Prerequisite

Sensitive data discovery must be enabled.

Command overview: `immuta sdd classifier`

This command allows you to manage rules that will apply tags to data that matches patterns you specify during SDD. The table below illustrates subcommands and arguments.

Subcommands

Aliases

Description

create

save

Create a rule.

delete

None

Delete the passed rule.

get

None

Get a rule.

search

ls, list

Search all rules.

update

None

Update a rule.

Options

Use these options to get more details about the sdd classifier command or any of its subcommands:

-h
--help

$ immuta sdd classifier -h
Manage Sensitive Data Discovery Classifiers

Usage:
  immuta sdd classifier [command]

Available Commands:
  create      Create an SDD classifier
  delete      Delete the passed SDD classifier
  get         Get an SDD classifier
  search      Search all classifiers
  update      Update an SDD classifier

Flags:
  -h, --help   Help for classifier

Global Flags:
      --config string    Config file (default $HOME/.immutacfg.yaml)
  -p, --profile string   Specifies the profile for what instance/api the cli will use (default "default")

Use "immuta sdd classifier [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Create a rule

Save your rule to a valid YAML or JSON file using these attributes.
Attribute
Description
Required
name
string Unique, request-friendly rule name.
Yes
displayName
string Unique, human-readable rule name.
Yes
description
string The rule description.
Yes
type
string The type of pattern: regex, dictionary, columnNameRegex, or builtIn.
Yes
config
object The configuration of the rule, which may include config.values, config.caseSensitive, config.regex, config.columnNameRegex, and config.tags.
Yes
config.tags
array[string] The name of the tags to apply to the data source.
Yes
config.regex
string A case-insensitive regular expression to match against column values.
No
config.columnNameRegex
string A case-insensitive regular expression to match against column names.
No
config.values
array[string] The list of words to include in the dictionary.
No
config.caseSensitive
boolean Indicates whether or not values are case sensitive. Defaults to false.
No
Examples are provided below.
Run immuta sdd classifier create <filepath> [flags], referencing the file you just created. The options you can specify include
- -h or --help: Get more information about the command.
- -o or --output json | yaml: Specify the output format.
- --outputTemplate string: Format the response using a Go template.

{
  "name": "MY_REGEX_RULE",
  "displayName": "My Regex Rule",
  "description": "A rule using regex pattern",
  "type": "regex",
  "config": {
    "regex": "^[A-Z][a-z]+",
    "tags": ["Discovered.regex-example"]
  }
}

{
  "name": "MY_DICTIONARY_RULE",
  "displayName": "My Dictionary Rule",
  "description": "A rule using dictionary pattern",
  "type": "dictionary",
  "config": {
    "values": ["Bob", "Eve"],
    "caseSensitive": true,
    "tags": ["Discovered.dictionary-example", "Discovered.dictionary-pattern-example"]
  }
}

{
  "name": "MY_COLUMN_NAME_REGEX_RULE",
  "displayName": "My Column Name Regex Rule",
  "description": "A rule using column name regex pattern",
  "type": "columnNameRegex",
  "config": {
    "columnNameRegex": "ssn|social ?security",
    "tags": ["Discovered.column-name-regex-example"]
  }
}

Example

$ immuta sdd classifier create ./account-classifier.json
Creating classifier from ./account-classifier...
Create successful.

Get a rule

Run immuta sdd classifier get <classifierName> [flags], specifying the name of the rule you would like to get. Options you can specify include

-h or --help: Get more information about the command.
-o or --output json | yaml: Specify the output format.
--outputTemplate string: Format the response using a Go template.

Example

The example below illustrates a user getting a rule called ACCOUNT_NUMBER_RULE.

$ immuta sdd classifier get ACCOUNT_NUMBER_RULE
Getting classifier ACCOUNT_NUMBER_RULE...
{
  "createdBy": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Example User",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
  "name": "ACCOUNT_NUMBER_RULE",
  "displayName": "Account Number Rule",
  "description": "This rule recognizes account numbers using a regex pattern",
  "type": "regex",
  "config": {
    "tags": [
      "Discovered.account-number"
    ],
    "regex": "^[0-9]{9}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{1}$"
  },
  "id": 69,
  "createdAt": "2022-03-28T14:52:14.004Z",
  "updatedAt": "2022-03-28T14:52:14.004Z"
}

Search rules

Run immuta sdd classifier search [string] [flags] to list all rules or search rules by name. Options you can specify include

-h, --help: Help for search.
--limit int The search limit for pagination (default 25).
--offset int: The search offset for pagination.
--order asc | desc: The sort order.
-o, --output json | yaml: The output format.
--outputTemplate string: Format the response using a Go template.
-s, --sort id | name | displayName | type | createdAt | updatedAt: Field to sort by.
--type regex | columnNameRegex | dictionary | builtIn: Limit results to the specified pattern type.

Example

The example below illustrates a user searching all rules containing account.

$ immuta sdd classifier search account
Searching all classifiers...
ACCOUNT_NUMBER_RULE This rule recognizes account numbers using a regex pattern.

Update a rule

Update your rule in a valid YAML or JSON file using these attributes:
Attribute
Description
Required
name
string Unique, request-friendly rule name.
Yes
displayName
string Unique, human-readable rule name.
Yes
description
string The rule description.
Yes
type
string The type of pattern: regex, dictionary, columnNameRegex, or builtIn.
Yes
config
object The configuration of the rule, which may include config.values, config.caseSensitive, config.regex, config.columnNameRegex, and config.tags.
Yes
config.tags
array[string] The name of the tags to apply to the data source.
Yes
config.regex
string A case-insensitive regular expression to match against column values.
No
config.columnNameRegex
string A case-insensitive regular expression to match against column names.
No
config.values
array[string] The list of words to include in the dictionary.
No
config.caseSensitive
boolean Indicates whether or not values are case sensitive. Defaults to false.
No
Run immuta sdd classifier update <classifierName> <filepath> [flags], referencing the file you just updated. The options you can specify include
- -h or --help: Get more information about the command.
- -o or --output json | yaml: Specify the output format.
- --outputTemplate string: Format the response using a Go template.

Example

The example below illustrates a user updating a rule named ACCOUNT_NUMBER_RULE.

$ immuta sdd classifier update ACCOUNT_NUMBER_RULE ./account-classifier -o json
{
  "createdBy": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Example User",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
  "name": "ACCOUNT_NUMBER_RULE",
  "displayName": "Account Number Rule",
  "description": "This rule recognizes account numbers using a regex pattern.",
  "type": "regex",
  "config": {
    "tags": [
      "Discovered.account-number"
    ],
    "regex": "^[0-9]{9}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{1}$"
  },
  "id": 69,
  "createdAt": "2022-03-28T14:52:14.004Z",
  "updatedAt": "2022-03-28T15:25:28.575Z"
}

Delete a rule

Run immuta sdd classifier delete <classifierName> [flags] to delete the rule. The options you can specify include

-h or --help: Get more information about the command.
-o or --output json | yaml: Specify the output format.
--outputTemplate string: Format the response using a Go template.

Example

$ immuta sdd classifier delete ACCOUNT_NUMBER_RULE -o json
{
  "createdBy": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Example User",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
  "name": "ACCOUNT_NUMBER_RULE",
  "displayName": "Account Number Rule",
  "description": "This rule recognizes account numbers using a regex pattern.",
  "type": "regex",
  "config": {
    "tags": [
      "Discovered.account-number"
    ],
    "regex": "^[0-9]{9}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{1}$"
  },
  "id": 69,
  "createdAt": "2022-03-28T14:52:14.004Z",
  "updatedAt": "2022-03-28T15:25:28.575Z"
}

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Prerequisite

Command overview: immuta sdd classifier

Options

Create a rule

Example

Get a rule

Example

Search rules

Example

Update a rule

Example

Delete a rule

Example

Command overview: `immuta sdd classifier`