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Use the mssql_session Chef InSpec audit resource to test SQL commands run against a Microsoft SQL database.

Availability

Installation

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

Version

This resource first became available in v1.24.0 of InSpec.

Syntax

A mssql_session resource block declares the username and password to use for the session, and then the command to be run:

describe mssql_session(user: 'username', password: 'password').query('QUERY').row(0).column('result') do
  its('value') { should eq('') }
end

where

• mssql_session declares a username and password with permission to run the query. Omitting the username or password parameters results in the use of Windows authentication as the user Chef InSpec is executing as. You may also optionally pass a host and instance name. If omitted, they will default to host: localhost and the default instance.
• query('QUERY') contains the query to be run
• its('value') { should eq('') } compares the results of the query against the expected result in the test

Examples

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

Test for matching databases

sql = mssql_session(user: 'my_user', password: 'password')

describe sql.query("SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion') as result").row(0).column('result') do
  its("value") { should cmp > '12.00.4457' }
end

Test using Windows authentication

sql = mssql_session

describe sql.query("SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion') as result").row(0).column('result') do
  its("value") { should cmp > '12.00.4457' }
end

Test a specific host and instance

sql = mssql_session(user: 'my_user', password: 'password', host: 'mssqlserver', instance: 'foo')

describe sql.query("SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion') as result").row(0).column('result') do
  its("value") { should cmp > '12.00.4457' }
end

Test a specific database

sql = mssql_session(user: 'my_user', password: 'password', db_name: 'test')

describe sql.query("SELECT Name AS result FROM Product WHERE ProductID == 1").row(0).column('result') do
  its("value") { should eq 'foo' }
end

Matchers

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