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title: About the apache Resource
platform: linux
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# apache

**Warning**:This resource is deprecated and should not be used. It was removed in Chef InSpec 4.0.  The documentation below is preserved as a reference. Replacement functionality is available in the [`apache_conf`](/docs/reference/resources/apache_conf) resource.

Use the `apache` Chef InSpec audit resource to test the state of the Apache server on Linux/Unix systems.

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## Availability

### Installation

This resource was distributed along with Chef InSpec itself.

### Version

This resource first became available in v1.51.15 of InSpec and was removed in version 4.0.

## Syntax

An `apache` Chef InSpec audit resource block declares settings that should be tested:

    describe apache do
      its('setting_name') { should cmp 'value' }
    end

where

* `'setting_name'` is description of the Apache configuration file
* `{ should cmp 'value' }` is the value that is expected

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## Properties

* `service`, `conf_dir`, `conf_path`, `user`

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## Property Examples

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

### Test the service name.

    describe apache do
      its ('service') { should cmp 'apache2' }
    end

### Test the configuration location

    describe apache do
      its ('conf_dir') { should cmp '/etc/apache2' }
    end

### Test the path of the configuration file

    describe apache do
      its ('conf_path') { should cmp '/etc/apache2/apache2.conf' }
    end

### Test the apache user

    describe apache do
      its ('user') { should cmp 'www-data' }
    end

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## Matchers

For a full list of available matchers, please visit our [matchers page](https://www.inspec.io/docs/reference/matchers/).