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title: About the rabbitmq_config Resource
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# rabbitmq_config

Use the `rabbitmq_config` InSpec audit resource to test configuration data for the RabbitMQ daemon located at `/etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config` on Linux and Unix platforms.

## Syntax

A `rabbitmq_config` resource block declares the RabbitMQ configuration data to be tested:

    describe rabbitmq_config.params('rabbit', 'ssl_listeners') do
      it { should cmp 5671 }
    end

where

* `params` is the list of parameters configured in the RabbitMQ config file
* `{ should cmp 5671 }` tests the value of `rabbit.ssl_listeners` as read from `rabbitmq.config` versus the value declared in the test


## Matchers

This InSpec audit resource has the following matchers:

### be

<%= partial "/shared/matcher_be" %>

### cmp

<%= partial "/shared/matcher_cmp" %>

### eq

<%= partial "/shared/matcher_eq" %>

### include

<%= partial "/shared/matcher_include" %>

### match

<%= partial "/shared/matcher_match" %>

## Examples

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

### Test the list of TCP listeners

    describe rabbitmq_config.params('rabbit', 'tcp_listeners') do
      it { should eq [5672] }
    end