packages resource
Use the packages
Chef InSpec audit resource to test the properties of multiple packages on the system.
Availability
Install
This resource is distributed with Chef InSpec and is automatically available for use.Version
This resource first became available in v1.51.15 of InSpec.
Syntax
A packages
resource block declares a regular expression search to select packages
describe packages(/name/) do
its('statuses') { should cmp 'installed' }
end
Properties
statuses
The statuses
property tests if packages are installed on the system:
its('statuses') { should cmp 'installed' }
versions
The versions
property tests the versions of the packages installed on the system
its('versions') { should cmp '3.4.0.2-4.el7' }
architectures
The architectures
property tests the architecture of packages installed on the system
its('architectures') { should include 'i686' }
Examples
The following examples show how to use this Chef InSpec audit resource.
Verify that no xserver
packages are installed
describe packages(/xserver/) do
its('statuses') { should_not cmp 'installed' }
end
Verify all openssl
packages match a certain version
describe packages(/openssl/) do
its('versions') { should cmp '1.0.1e-42.el7' }
end
Verify that both the i686
and x86_64
versions of libgcc
are installed
describe packages(/libgcc/) do
its('architectures') { should include 'x86_64' }
its('architectures') { should include 'i686' }
end