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Use the azurerm_load_balancer InSpec audit resource to test properties and configuration of an Azure Load Balancer.

Azure REST API version

This resource interacts with version 2018-11-01 of the Azure Management API. For more information see the Official Azure Documentation.

At the moment, there doesn’t appear to be a way to select the version of the Azure API docs. If you notice a newer version being referenced in the official documentation please open an issue or submit a pull request using the updated version.

Availability

Installation

This resource is available in the inspec-azure resource pack. To use it, add the following to your inspec.yml in your top-level profile:

depends:
  inspec-azure:
    git: https://github.com/inspec/inspec-azure.git

You’ll also need to setup your Azure credentials; see the resource pack README.

Version

This resource first became available in 1.7.2 of the inspec-azure resource pack.

Syntax

The resource_group and loadbalancer_name must be given as a parameter.

describe azurerm_load_balancer(resource_group: 'inspec-resource-group-9', loadbalancer_name: 'example_lb') do
  it { should exist }
end

Examples

If a Load Balancer is referenced with a valid Resource Group and Load balancer Name

describe azurerm_load_balancer(resource_group: 'my-rg', loadbalancer_name: 'lb-1') do
  it { should exist }
end

If a Load Balancer is referenced with an invalid Resource Group or Load balancer Name

describe azurerm_load_balancer(resource_group: 'invalid-rg', loadbalancer_name: 'i-dont-exist') do
  it { should_not exist }
end

Parameters

• resource_group - The resource Group to which the Load Balancer belongs.
• loadbalancer_name - The unique name of the Load balancer.

Attributes

• id
• name
• sku
• location
• properties
• tags
• type

id

Azure resource ID.

name

Load Balancer name, e.g. lb-1.

sku

SKU of load balancer. This is billing information related properties of a load balancer.

location

Resource location, e.g. eastus.

properties

A collection of additional configuration properties related to the Load balancer, e.g. loadBalancingRules.

tags

Resource tags applied to the Load balancer.

type

The type of Resource, typically Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers.

Other Attributes

There are additional attributes that may be accessed that we have not documented. Please take a look at the Azure documentation. Any attribute in the response may be accessed with the key names separated by dots (.).

The API may not always return keys that do not have any associated data. There may be cases where the deeply nested property may not have the desired attribute along your call chain. If you find yourself writing tests against properties that may be nil, fork this resource pack and add an accessor to the resource. Within that accessor you’ll be able to guard against nil keys. Pull requests are always welcome.

Matchers

This InSpec audit resource has the following special matchers. For a full list of available matchers, please visit our Universal Matchers page.

exists

describe azurerm_load_balancer(resource_group: 'my-rg', loadbalancer_name: 'lb-1') do
    it { should exist }
end

Azure Permissions

Your Service Principal must be setup with a contributor role on the subscription you wish to test.