Mute a finding

Demonstrates how to manually mute an individual finding

Code sample

Go

To authenticate to Security Command Center, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	securitycenter "cloud.google.com/go/securitycenter/apiv1"
	"cloud.google.com/go/securitycenter/apiv1/securitycenterpb"
)

// setMute mutes an individual finding, can also unmute or reset the mute state of a finding.
// If a finding is already muted, muting it again has no effect.
// Various mute states are: UNDEFINED/MUTE/UNMUTE.
func setMute(w io.Writer, findingPath string) error {
	// findingPath: The relative resource name of the finding. See:
	// https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/resource_names#relative_resource_name
	// Use any one of the following formats:
	//  - organizations/{organization_id}/sources/{source_id}/finding/{finding_id}
	//  - folders/{folder_id}/sources/{source_id}/finding/{finding_id}
	//  - projects/{project_id}/sources/{source_id}/finding/{finding_id}
	// findingPath := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/sources/%s/finding/%s", "your-google-cloud-project-id", "source", "finding-id")
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := securitycenter.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("securitycenter.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	req := &securitycenterpb.SetMuteRequest{
		Name: findingPath,
		Mute: securitycenterpb.Finding_MUTED}

	finding, err := client.SetMute(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set the specified mute value: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Mute value for the finding: %s is %s", finding.Name, finding.Mute)
	return nil
}

Java

To authenticate to Security Command Center, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 


import com.google.cloud.securitycenter.v1.Finding;
import com.google.cloud.securitycenter.v1.Finding.Mute;
import com.google.cloud.securitycenter.v1.SecurityCenterClient;
import com.google.cloud.securitycenter.v1.SetMuteRequest;
import java.io.IOException;

public class SetMuteFinding {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO: Replace the variables within {}

    // findingPath: The relative resource name of the finding. See:
    // https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/resource_names#relative_resource_name
    // Use any one of the following formats:
    //  - organizations/{organization_id}/sources/{source_id}/finding/{finding_id}
    //  - folders/{folder_id}/sources/{source_id}/finding/{finding_id}
    //  - projects/{project_id}/sources/{source_id}/finding/{finding_id}
    String findingPath = "{path-to-the-finding}";
    setMute(findingPath);
  }

  // Mute an individual finding.
  // If a finding is already muted, muting it again has no effect.
  // Various mute states are: MUTE_UNSPECIFIED/MUTE/UNMUTE.
  public static Finding setMute(String findingPath) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (SecurityCenterClient client = SecurityCenterClient.create()) {

      SetMuteRequest setMuteRequest =
          SetMuteRequest.newBuilder().setName(findingPath).setMute(Mute.MUTED).build();

      Finding finding = client.setMute(setMuteRequest);
      System.out.println(
          "Mute value for the finding " + finding.getName() + " is: " + finding.getMute());
      return finding;
    }
  }
}

Python

To authenticate to Security Command Center, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

def set_mute_finding(finding_path: str) -> None:
    """
      Mute an individual finding.
      If a finding is already muted, muting it again has no effect.
      Various mute states are: MUTE_UNSPECIFIED/MUTE/UNMUTE.
    Args:
        finding_path: The relative resource name of the finding. See:
        https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/resource_names#relative_resource_name
        Use any one of the following formats:
        - organizations/{organization_id}/sources/{source_id}/finding/{finding_id},
        - folders/{folder_id}/sources/{source_id}/finding/{finding_id},
        - projects/{project_id}/sources/{source_id}/finding/{finding_id}.
    """
    from google.cloud import securitycenter

    client = securitycenter.SecurityCenterClient()

    request = securitycenter.SetMuteRequest()
    request.name = finding_path
    request.mute = securitycenter.Finding.Mute.MUTED

    finding = client.set_mute(request)
    print(f"Mute value for the finding: {finding.mute.name}")

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