packages resource

Use the packages Chef InSpec audit resource to test the properties of multiple packages on the system.

Availability

This resource is distributed along with Chef InSpec itself. You can use it automatically.

This resource first became available in v1.51.15 of InSpec.

A packages resource block declares a regular expression search to select packages

describe packages(/name/) do
  its('statuses') { should cmp 'installed' }
end

The following examples show how to use this Chef InSpec audit resource.

describe packages(/xserver/) do
  its('statuses') { should_not cmp 'installed' }
end

describe packages(/openssl/) do
  its('versions') { should cmp '1.0.1e-42.el7' }
end

describe packages(/libgcc/) do
  its('architectures') { should include 'x86_64' }
  its('architectures') { should include 'i686' }
end

For a full list of available matchers, please visit our matchers page.

The statuses matcher tests if packages are installed on the system

its('statuses') { should cmp 'installed' }

The versions matcher tests the versions of the packages installed on the system

its('versions') { should cmp '3.4.0.2-4.el7' }

The architectures matcher tests the architecture of packages installed on the system

its('architectures') { should include 'i686' }