Conditional Execution

InSpec controls can be conditionally executed based on additional requirements expressed through InSpec helpers and language constructs.

Profile Attributes:

  • only_if

    only_if do
    command('git').exist?
end

  • if

    if os.linux?
  ...
end

  • describe.one

    describe.one do
  describe file('primary.cfg) do
      its('content') { ... }
  end

  describe file('seconday.cfg) do
      its('content') { ... }
  end
end

  • supports

    supports:
  os-family: OSFAMILY

My Activity

For this activity I have two docker instances running, a CentOS and a Ubuntu image. The Ubuntu instance has git installed, and in the CentOS instance I have created a file hello.txt in the root directory with a content of "Conditional test" inside of it.

  • Execution on CentOS

    Output:

  • Execution on Ubuntu:

    Output:

  • When I change supports os-family to windows in the inspec.yml file and execute on the linux instances i.e. Ubuntu & CentOS in my case. My inspec.yml file looked like this:

    Execute:

    Output:

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