azurerm_role_definitions resource
Warning
This resource will be deprecated when version 2 of the inspec-azure resource pack is released. Please use the azure_role_definitions resource instead.
Use the azurerm_role_definitions
InSpec audit resource to test properties of
some or all Azure Role Definitions.
Azure REST API version
This resource interacts with version 2015-07-01
of the Azure Graph API. For more
information see the official Azure documentation.
At the moment, there doesn’t appear to be a way to select the version of the Azure API docs. If you notice a newer version being referenced in the official documentation please open an issue or submit a pull request using the updated version.
Availability
Install
This resource is available in the inspec-azure
resource
pack. To use it, add the
following to your inspec.yml
in your top-level profile:
depends:
- name: inspec-azure
git: https://github.com/inspec/inspec-azure.git
You’ll also need to setup your Azure credentials; see the resource pack README.
Version
This resource first became available in 1.3.7 of the inspec-azure resource pack.
Syntax
An azurerm_role_definitions
resource block returns all Role definitions within a subscription and allows testing of them.
describe azurerm_role_definitions do
...
end
Examples
The following examples show how to use this InSpec audit resource.
Check a role has the correct permissions are present
describe azurerm_role_definitions.where{name.eql?('Custom-Admin')} do
its ('properties.first.permissions.first') { should have_attributes(actions: ['*']) }
end
Check a role does not have certain permissions
describe azurerm_role_definitions do
its ('properties.first.permissions.first') { should have_attributes(notActions: [
'Microsoft.Authorization/*/Delete',
'Microsoft.Authorization/*/Write',
'Microsoft.Authorization/elevateAccess/Action',
'Microsoft.Blueprint/blueprintAssignments/write',
'Microsoft.Blueprint/blueprintAssignments/delete'
]) }
end
Filter Criteria
names
Filters the results to include only those resource groups that match the given name. This is a string value.
describe azurerm_role_definitions.where{name.eql?('Custom-Admin') } do
it { should exist }
end
Properties
ids
names
properties
ids
The Object IDs of the Roles.
names
The names of the Roles. For a built-in role this will be an Azure generated UUID. For a CustomRole this will be the name you specified on creation.
properties
Additional properties available for the Roles. May be accessed with dot notation in controls.
Matchers
For a full list of available matchers, see our Universal Matchers page.This resource has the following special matchers.
exists
The control will pass if the filter returns at least one result. Use
should_not
if you expect zero matches.
describe azurerm_role_definitions do
it { should exist }
end
Azure Permissions
Your Service
Principal
must be setup with a contributor
role on the subscription you wish to test.