aws_albs Resource

Use the aws_albs InSpec audit resource to test the configuration of a collection of Application Load Balancers.

For additional information, including details on parameters and properties, see the AWS documentation on Elastic Load Balancing.

Install

This resource is available in the Chef InSpec AWS resource pack.

For information on configuring your AWS environment for Chef InSpec and creating an InSpec profile that uses the InSpec AWS resource pack, see the Chef InSpec documentation on the AWS cloud platform.

Syntax

Ensure that an aws_albs exists

describe aws_albs do
  its('load_balancer_arns') { should include 'arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing' }
end

Parameters

This resource does not require any parameters.

Properties

load_balancer_names

The names of the load balancers.

load_balancer_addresses

A collection of the load balancers addresses.

canonical_hosted_zone_ids

The IDs of the Amazon Route 53 hosted zone for the load balancers.

dns_names

The DNS names of the load balancers.

availability_zones

The Availability Zones for the load balancers.

security_groups

The security groups for the load balancers. Valid only for load balancers in a VPC.

schemes

The types of load balancers. Valid only for load balancers in a VPC.

states

The states of the load balancers.

subnets

A collection of the subnet ids.

types

The types of the load balancers.

vpc_ids

The IDs of the VPCs for the load balancers.

zone_names

A collection of the names of the availability zones.

Examples

Test that an ALB has its availability zones configured correctly.

describe aws_alb('arn::alb') do
  its('zone_names.count')  { should be > 1 }
  its('zone_names')        { should include 'us-east-2a' }
  its('zone_names')        { should include 'us-east-2b' }
end

Matchers

This resource has the following special matchers.

exist

The control will pass if the describe returns at least one result.

Use should_not to test the entity should not exist.

describe aws_albs do
  it                             { should exist }
  its('availability_zones')      { should_not include 'us-east-1a'}
end

AWS Permissions

Your Principal will need the ElasticLoadBalancing:Client:DescribeLoadBalancers action with Effect set to Allow.

You can find detailed documentation at Authentication and Access Control for Your Load Balancers