inspec/docs/resources/nginx.md.erb
Rony Xavier 7d2da0c199 nginx resource: audit the nginx binary and how it was compiled (#1958)
* nginx base resource

Signed-off-by: Aaron Lippold <lippold@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Rony Xavier <rx294@gmail.com>
2017-09-13 08:15:09 -04:00

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---
title: The Nginx Resource
---
# nginx
Use the `nginx` InSpec audit resource to test the fields and validity of nginx.
Nginx resource extracts and exposes data reported by the command 'nginx -V'
## Syntax
An `nginx` InSpec audit resource block extracts configuration settings that should be tested:
describe nginx do
its('attribute') { should eq 'value' }
end
describe nginx('path to nginx') do
its('attribute') { should eq 'value' }
end
where
* `'attribute'` is a configuration parsed from result of the command 'nginx -V'
* `'value'` is the value that is expected of the attribute
## Supported Properties
* 'compiler_info', 'error_log_path', 'http_client_body_temp_path', 'http_fastcgi_temp_path', 'http_log_path', 'http_proxy_temp_path', 'http_scgi_temp_path', 'http_uwsgi_temp_path', 'lock_path', 'modules', 'modules_path', 'openssl_version', 'prefix', 'sbin_path', 'service', 'support_info', 'version'
## Property Examples and Return Types
### version(String)
`version` returns a string of the version of the running nginx instance
describe nginx do
its('version') { should eq '1.12.0' }
end
### modules(String)
`modules` returns a array modules in the running nginx instance
describe nginx do
its('modules') { should include 'my_module' }
end
### openssl_version(Hash)
`openssl_version ` returns a hash with 'version' and 'date' as keys
describe nginx do
its('openssl_version.date') { should eq '11 Feb 2013' }
end
### compiler_info(Hash)
`compiler_info ` returns a hash with 'compiler' , version' and 'date' as keys
describe nginx do
its('compiler_info.compiler') { should eq 'gcc' }
end
### support_info(String)
`support_info ` returns a string containing supported protocols
describe nginx do
its('support_info') { should match /TLS/ }
end