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

Availability

Installation

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

Version

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

Syntax

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

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

Properties

statuses

The statuses property tests if packages are installed on the system:

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

versions

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

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

architectures

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

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

Examples

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

Verify that no xserver packages are installed

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

Verify all openssl packages match a certain version

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

Verify that both the i686 and x86_64 versions of libgcc are installed

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

Matchers

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