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Use data retention strategies to schedule and manage your database cleanup

Manage the records in your PostgreSQL database with the configure_db_maintenance command.

Use configure_db_maintenance to set options for the db_maintenance tool. A set of options is called a strategy. Strategies are applied to models.

Strategy
The set of configurable parameters that define when a record should be deleted, either automatically or when the db_maintenance tool runs.
Model
Any PostgreSQL database record or Django object is called a model. Models have characteristics that define what sort of information the model represents.
Model name Description
container Containers. See About .
indicator Indicators or Indicators of Compromise. See About .
container_audit_trail, audit Audit logs. See Enable and download audit trail logs in .
device_profile Mobile device profiles. See Enable or disable registered mobile devices.
notification Notifications.
playbook_run_log Records of playbook runs.

To use the configure_db_maintenance.py tool, follow these steps:

  1. SSH to your instance.
    SSH <username>@<phantom_hostname>
  2. Use the following tool to manage data deletion based on your installation.
    1. For an unprivileged installation, use this command:
      phenv configure_db_maintenance
    2. For a privileged installation, use this command:
      sudo phenv configure_db_maintenance
  3. Append your desired argument to the data retention tool command line to schedule, list, enable, or disable data retention actions.

On clustered systems, the configure_db_maintenance.py tool can be run from any node, but only the leader node runs the data retention strategy.

Data retention tool arguments

Append the --help argument to your tool to get information on the data retention tool arguments;

phenv configure_db_maintenance --help

Optional arguments

Use these optional arguments to manage your data retention strategy.

Argument Description
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
--schedule Schedule data retention to execution schedule.
--cron-schedule <CRON_SCHEDULE> How often to query Data Retention Schedule. Must be a cron schedule expression.
--list List strategies in data retention strategy.
--target-model <TARGET_MODEL>, -m <TARGET_MODEL> Name of model to run action on.
-v {0,1,2,3}, --verbosity {0,1,2,3} Verbosity level; 0=minimal output, 1=normal output, 2=verbose output, 3=very verbose output.

You must specify the target model to add, delete, enable, or disable a model.

Add a model to your data retention strategy

The following arguments are required to successfully add a model to the data retention strategy.

Argument Description
--add Add a model strategy to the data retention strategy. You must supply the following sub-arguments:
  • -m the name of the model to add; container, indicator, audit, device_profile, notifications, or playbook_run_log.
  • -u unit of time; hours,days,months, or years.
  • -a number of time units to use
--age-to-keep-time-unit {hours,days,months,years}, -u {hours,days,months,years} Set the unit of time to use, hours, days, months, or years.
--max-age-to-keep <MAX_AGE_TO_KEEP>, -a <MAX_AGE_TO_KEEP> How many units of time to keep model.
--disabled Set the strategy to disabled when it is created.

If you add a data retention strategy for a model that already has one, the new strategy replaces the existing strategy.

Edit a model's entry in your data retention strategy

The following arguments are required to edit a model in the data retention strategy.

Argument Description
--delete Delete a model strategy from the data retention strategy. You must supply the -m argument with the name of the model to delete.
--enable Enable a model strategy in the data retention strategy. You must supply the -m argument with the name of the model to enable.
--disable Disable a model strategy in the data retention strategy. You must supply the -m argument with the name of the model to disable.

Examples

Delete indicator records after three months:

phenv configure_db_maintenance --add -m indicator -u months -a 3

Change the schedule on which configure_db_maintenance runs:

phenv configure_db_maintenance --schedule --cron-schedule "0 * * * *"
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® SOAR (On-premises): 5.1.0, 5.2.1, 5.3.1, 5.3.2


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