Thanks Mike, able to achieve the desired results.
On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 12:36:15 PM UTC-7, Mike Bayer wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2020, at 8:59 PM, Venkata Siva Naga Tatikonda wrote: > > Hello Mike, > > I've embedded the following code within the get_session function where the > get_engine function returns the engine object. However, I'm still seeing > that the rotated database credentials are not being used when creating new > connections > > def get_engine(args): > # our code to create engine > return engine > > def get_session(args): > db = get_engine(args) > > @event.listens_for(db, "do_connect") > def receive_do_connect(dialect, conn_rec, cargs, cparams): > secret = get_new_secret() # used our custom code to get > password from secrets manager > cparams['password'] = secret > > # create scoped_session using sessionmaker by binding the engine > returned from above > return session > > We import get_session from the respective module and import it into other > application related modules where it needs database communication. > > > wherever the create_engine() is being called, that's where this event must > be set up. there must be only exactly one event established on this Engine > object and it must be before the engine has been used to make any > connections. > > that is, this event listener must be independent of any logic that is > related to per-request / per-session / etc. must be global to the Engine. > > > > > > Here're the steps I followed for my testing: > 1. Initial working database credentials in both database & AWS > SecretsManager > 2. Ran tests and all went good (created new connection & checked out from > pool for this step) > 3. Closed session (It returned the connection back to pool, did > rollback-on-return) > 4. Waited for 6 mins (pool_recycle is 5 mins) and also rotated credentials > in both DB & AWS SecretsManager > 5. Right after 6th minute, exceeded timeout; recycling and closed > connection > 6. Tried to create new connection but failed, "Error on connect(): (1045, > \"Access denied for user '<username>'@'<host>' (using password: YES)\")" > 7. It kept re-trying as we wait for 3 mins > 8. We reverted the database credentials to old set of user/pass where > tests worked in step#2 and its able to created new connection & checkout > from pool > 9. Ran tests again and succeeded this time. > > > Would you be able to take a look at my scenario and provide some insight > on the behavior ? > > Thanks, > Pavan > > On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 3:10:41 PM UTC-7, Venkata Siva Naga > Tatikonda wrote: > > Basically, within get_session function we call get_engine method and if an > engine already exists it skips the creation and uses it. If an engine > doesn't exist then it will create one and uses it. After that, we create a > sessionmaker object by binding that engine & some other arguments and then > create a scoped_session. > > Thanks, > Pavan > > On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 2:17:35 PM UTC-7, Venkata Siva Naga > Tatikonda wrote: > > Hello Mike, > > Thanks for your insight and response. > > Just want to let you know that, we are using scoped_session with a > session_factory object to db connections. Does this approach still suitable > for connections using session ? > > Also, we have custom module where we have separate functions for > generating an engine and creating session object and we import this custom > module in other application python files to create and close sessions > accordingly. > > Thanks, > Pavan. > > On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 5:35:59 AM UTC-7, Mike Bayer wrote: > > We're going to need an FAQ entry for this since this now comes up > regularly for everyone using AWS. > > There are two methods to manipulate the parameters sent to connect that > are independent of the URL. They are both described now at > https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/13/core/engines.html#custom-dbapi-args and > you probably want to use the "do_connect" event. > > so you have the pool_recycle, that's good. the next part is the event is > like this: > > from sqlalchemy import event > > db = create_engine('mysql://<aws url>') > > @event.listens_for(db, "do_connect") > def receive_do_connect(dialect, conn_rec, cargs, cparams): > secret = get_new_secret() > cparams['password'] = secret > > Above assumes you are setting just the password, but "cargs, cparams" are > the literal arguments passed to mysqldb.connect(), so you can put whatever > you need into either of those collections (modify the list and/or > dictionary in place). I'm assuming you have some function that can > retrieve the latest credentials. > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2020, at 1:28 AM, Venkata Siva Naga Tatikonda wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > Need some suggestion/insight on some use case we have: > > We have python django web application which uses sqlalchemy v1.3.13 > (mysqldb) to communicate with AWS Aurora (RDS). This application uses AWS > Secrets Manager for managing database credentials and utilizing sqlalchemy > (w/ mysqldb & queuepool) to read user/password during application start-up > via settings.py/manage.py. > > For security reasons, we have to rotate database credentials frequently > and for that we are using AWS Lambda to update in the Aurora DB & secrets > manager. We are using pool_recycle w/ 5 mins and also MYSQL database issues > a disconnect if there is any connection is open & idle for more than 8 > hours, so when this happens and pool creates a new connection then it fails > the authentication. We don't see anyway for engine object to > reload/refresh/re-read updated credentials other than re-deploying or > restarting our services for this issue. > > Is there any documentation on how we could re-create/reload engine or > other mechanisms to handle/address this situation ? > > > Thanks, > Pavan. > > > -- > SQLAlchemy - > The Python SQL Toolkit and Object Relational Mapper > > http://www.sqlalchemy.org/ > > To post example code, please provide an MCVE: Minimal, Complete, and > Verifiable Example. 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