nginx resource

Use the nginx Chef InSpec audit resource to test the fields and validity of nginx.

Nginx resource extracts and exposes data reported by the command ’nginx -V'

Availability

Install

Version

This resource first became available in v1.37.6 of InSpec.

Syntax

An nginx Chef InSpec audit resource block extracts configuration settings that should be tested:

describe nginx do
  its('attribute') { should eq 'value' }
end

describe nginx('path to nginx') do
  its('attribute') { should eq 'value' }
end

where:

• 'attribute' is a configuration parsed from result of the command ’nginx -V'
• 'value' is the value that’s expected of the attribute

Properties

• compiler_info, error_log_path, http_client_body_temp_path, http_fastcgi_temp_path, http_log_path, http_proxy_temp_path, http_scgi_temp_path, http_uwsgi_temp_path, lock_path, modules, modules_path, openssl_version, prefix, sbin_path, service, support_info, version

Property Examples

version(String)

version returns a string of the version of the running nginx instance

describe nginx do
  its('version') { should eq '1.12.0' }
end

modules(String)

modules returns a array modules in the running nginx instance

describe nginx do
  its('modules') { should include 'my_module' }
end

openssl_version(Hash)

openssl_version returns a hash with ‘version’ and ‘date’ as keys

describe nginx do
  its('openssl_version.date') { should eq '11 Feb 2013' }
end

compiler_info(Hash)

compiler_info returns a hash with ‘compiler’ , version’ and ‘date’ as keys

describe nginx do
  its('compiler_info.compiler') { should eq 'gcc' }
end

support_info(String)

support_info returns a string containing supported protocols

describe nginx do
  its('support_info') { should match /TLS/ }
end