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

This resource is distributed with Chef InSpec and is automatically available for use.

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 is 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