Manage Sensitive Data Discovery Rules

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Prerequisite

Sensitive data discovery must be enabled.

Command overview: immuta sdd classifier

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

Subcommands	Aliases	Description
create	save	Create an identifier.
delete	None	Delete the passed identifier.
get	None	Get an identifier.
search	ls, list	Search all identifiers.
update	None	Update an identifier.

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 an identifier

1. Save your identifier to a valid YAML or JSON file using these attributes.

   Attribute	Description	Required
   name	string Unique, request-friendly identifier name.	Yes
   displayName	string Unique, human-readable identifier name.	Yes
   description	string The identifier description.	Yes
   type	string The type of criteria: regex, dictionary, columnNameRegex, or builtIn.	Yes
   config	object The configuration of the identifier, 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.

2. 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.

Regex identifier

{
  "name": "MY_REGEX_IDENTIFIER",
  "displayName": "My Regex Identifier",
  "description": "A regex identifier",
  "type": "regex",
  "config": {
    "regex": "^[A-Z][a-z]+",
    "tags": ["Discovered.regex-example"]
  }
}

Dictionary identifier

Column name regex identifier

Example

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

Get an identifier

Run immuta sdd classifier get <classifierName> [flags], specifying the name of the identifier 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 an identifier called ACCOUNT_NUMBER_IDENTIFIER.

$ immuta sdd classifier get ACCOUNT_NUMBER_IDENTIFIER
Getting classifier ACCOUNT_NUMBER_IDENTIFIER...
{
  "createdBy": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Example User",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
  "name": "ACCOUNT_NUMBER_IDENTIFIER",
  "displayName": "Account Number Identifier",
  "description": "This identifier recognizes account numbers using a regex critiera",
  "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 identifiers

Run immuta sdd classifier search [string] [flags] to list all identifiers or search identifiers 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 criteria type.

Example

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

$ immuta sdd classifier search account
Searching all classifiers...
ACCOUNT_NUMBER_IDENTIFIER This identifier recognizes account numbers using a regex criteria.

Update an identifier

1. Update your identifier in a valid YAML or JSON file using these attributes:

   Attribute	Description	Required
   name	string Unique, request-friendly identifier name.	Yes
   displayName	string Unique, human-readable identifier name.	Yes
   description	string The identifier description.	Yes
   type	string The type of criteria: regex, dictionary, columnNameRegex, or builtIn.	Yes
   config	object The configuration of the identifier, 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

2. 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 an identifier named ACCOUNT_NUMBER_IDENTIFIER.

$ immuta sdd classifier update ACCOUNT_NUMBER_IDENTIFIER ./account-classifier -o json
{
  "createdBy": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Example User",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
  "name": "ACCOUNT_NUMBER_IDENTIFIER",
  "displayName": "Account Number Identifier",
  "description": "This identifier recognizes account numbers using a regex criteria.",
  "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 an identifier

Run immuta sdd classifier delete <classifierName> [flags] to delete the identifier. 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_IDENTIFIER -o json
{
  "createdBy": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Example User",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
  "name": "ACCOUNT_NUMBER_IDENTIFIER",
  "displayName": "Account Number Identifier",
  "description": "This identifier recognizes account numbers using a regex criteria.",
  "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"
}