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    Recommenders

    A recommender is a service on Google Cloud that provides usage recommendations for Google Cloud resources. Recommenders are specific to a single Google Cloud product and resource type. A single product can have multiple recommenders, where each provides a different type of recommendation for a different resource.

    Recommender has the following recommenders:

    Value Category
    Name
    Recommender ID
    Short Description
    Included in BigQuery Export
    Cost
    BigQuery edition slot recommender
    google.bigquery.capacityCommitments.Recommender
    Optimize BigQuery spend with slot commitments
    No
    BigQuery partitioning and clustering recommender
    google.bigquery.table.PartitionClusterRecommender
    Partition or cluster your tables
    Yes
    Soft delete recommender
    google.storage.bucket.SoftDeleteRecommender
    Enable or disable soft delete based on costs and security
    No
    Cloud Run CPU allocation recommender
    google.run.service.CostRecommender
    Switch to CPU always allocated
    Yes
    Cloud SQL idle instance recommender
    google.cloudsql.instance.IdleRecommender
    Remove unused SQL instances
    Yes
    Cloud SQL overprovisioned instance recommender
    google.cloudsql.instance.OverprovisionedRecommender
    Resize overprovisioned SQL instances
    Yes
    Committed use discount recommender
    google.compute.commitment.UsageCommitmentRecommender
    Reduce costs through Compute Engine resource-based commitments
    Yes
    Idle custom image recommender
    google.compute.image.IdleResourceRecommender
    Remove unused images
    Yes
    Idle GKE cluster recommender
    google.container.DiagnosisRecommender
    Remove unused GKE clusters
    Yes
    Idle IP address recommender
    google.compute.address.IdleResourceRecommender
    Remove unused IPs
    Yes
    Idle persistent disk recommender
    google.compute.disk.IdleResourceRecommender
    Backup and remove unused disks
    Yes
    Idle VM recommender
    google.compute.instance.IdleResourceRecommender
    Remove unused VMs
    Yes
    Idle reservations recommender
    google.compute.IdleResourceRecommender
    Delete unused resource reservations
    Yes
    Underutilized reservations recommender
    google.compute.RightSizeResourceRecommender
    Right-size underutilized reservations
    Yes
    Security
    Identity and Access Management recommender
    google.iam.policy.Recommender
    Remove excess permissions
    Yes
    Cloud Run Service Security recommenders
    google.run.service.IdentityRecommender
    google.run.service.SecurityRecommender
    Increase Cloud Run Service security
    Yes
    Unattended project recommender
    google.resourcemanager.projectUtilization.Recommender
    Reclaim or remove unused projects
    Yes
    Advisory Notifications recommender
    google.cloud.security.GeneralRecommender
    Ensure that the right parties within your organization have access to view critical security and privacy notifications
    Yes

    Cloud SQL security recommender

  • Remove broad public IP ranges
  • Disable public IP connection
  • Enable database auditing
  • Remove authorized networks
  • Require SSL for direct connections
  • Rotate server certificate
  • Enable instance password policies
  • Enable user password policies
    • google.cloudsql.instance.SecurityRecommender

    Secure Cloud SQL instances

  • Remove broad public IP ranges from authorized networks
  • Disable public IP connection to comply with your organization policy
  • Enable database auditing
  • Remove authorized networks to comply with your organization policy
  • Require SSL for direct connections
  • Rotate server certificate before it expires
  • Enable instance password policies
  • Enable user password policies
    • Yes
    Cloud Firestore Security rules recommender
    google.firestore.database.FirebaseRulesRecommender

    Improve Cloud Firestore database firebase rules security. It has the following subtypes:

  • Update insecure policy
    • No
    Performance
    Anywhere Cache recommender
    google.storage.bucket.AnywhereCacheRecommender
    Cache your data in Cloud Storage with Anywhere Cache
    Yes
    Managed instance group machine type recommender
    google.compute.instanceGroupManager.MachineTypeRecommender
    Resize MIG machine types
    Yes
    VM machine type recommender
    google.compute.instance.MachineTypeRecommender
    Resize VM machine types
    Yes
    Cloud Functions minimum instances recommender
    google.cloudfunctions.PerformanceRecommender
    Prevent cold starts for deployed functions
    Yes

    Cloud SQL performance recommender

  • MySQL high number of open tables
  • MySQL high number of tables
  • PostgreSQL high transaction id utilization
    • google.cloudsql.instance.PerformanceRecommender

    Improve Cloud SQL instance performance

  • MySQL: increase the table open cache size
  • MySQL: manage high number of tables
  • PostgreSQL: prevent transaction ID wraparound
    • Yes
    Cloud SQL underprovisioned recommender
    google.cloudsql.instance.UnderprovisionedRecommender
    Optimize underprovisioned Cloud SQL instances
    Yes
    Reliability
    GKE diagnosis recommender
    google.container.DiagnosisRecommender
    Mitigate risks, troubleshoot and optimize your usage of GKE
    Yes
    Service limit (quota) recommender
    google.resourcemanager.serviceLimit.Recommender
    Manage service and quota usage to avoid hitting limits
    Yes
    Cloud SQL Reliability recommender
    google.cloudsql.instance.ReliabilityRecommender
    Enable High Availability on Cloud SQL Instances
    Yes
    Cloud SQL out-of-disk recommender
    google.cloudsql.instance.OutOfDiskRecommender
    Prevent Cloud SQL out-of-disk outage
    Yes
    Change Risk Recommendations
    google.resourcemanager.project.ChangeRiskRecommender
    google.iam.serviceAccount.ChangeRiskRecommender
    google.iam.policy.ChangeRiskRecommender
    Reduce risk of misconfigurations
    No
    Recent Change Recommendations
    google.cloud.RecentChangeRecommender
    Reduce risk of misconfigurations
    Yes
    Cloud Firestore Reliability recommender
    google.firestore.database.ReliabilityRecommender

    Improve Cloud Firestore database disaster recovery plan. It has the following subtypes:

  • Enable scheduled backups
  • Enable PITR
    • No
    Manageability
    Deprecation and Breaking Changes recommender
    google.cloud.deprecation.GeneralRecommender
    Prevent service interruptions due to deprecations and breaking changes
    Yes
    Error Reporting notification recommender
    google.clouderrorreporting.Recommender
    Receive notifications for errors in your project
    No
    Google Maps Platform project management recommender
    google.gmp.project.ManagementRecommender
    Restrict your API keys
    No
    Product suggestion recommender
    google.logging.productSuggestion.ContainerRecommender
    Explore more helpful products
    No
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