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about chef inspec skip to main content search chef io blog community training downloads version chef inspec 6 8 chef inspec v 7 1 chef inspec v 7 0 chef inspec v 6 8 chef inspec v 5 24 chef inspec v 5 23 main menu chef io blog community training downloads about chef inspec install platforms install license uninstall configure audit log configuration file inspec parallel plugins reporters waivers profiles about profiles inspec yml controls custom resources dependencies files inputs platforms profile style guide signed profiles inspec shell troubleshooting chef tools chef habitat integration kitchen inspec related projects rspec and serverspec migration from serverspec resources inspec resources resource packs core resources core resources aide_conf apache apache_conf apt audit_policy auditd auditd_conf bash bond bridge bsd_service cassandradb_conf cassandradb_session cgroup chocolatey_package chrony_conf command cpan cran cron crontab csv default_gateway dh_params directory docker 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selinux service shadow ssh_config ssh_key sshd_active_config sshd_config ssl sybase_conf sybase_session sys_info systemd_service sysv_service timezone toml upstart_service user users vbscript virtualization windows_feature windows_firewall windows_firewall_rule windows_hotfix windows_task wmi x509_certificate x509_private_key xinetd_conf xml yaml yum zfs zfs_dataset zfs_pool custom resources reference inspec executable matchers glossary version chef inspec 6 8 chef inspec v 7 1 chef inspec v 7 0 chef inspec v 6 8 chef inspec v 5 24 chef inspec v 5 23 about chef inspec install platforms install license uninstall configure audit log configuration file inspec parallel plugins reporters waivers profiles about profiles inspec yml controls custom resources dependencies files inputs platforms profile style guide signed profiles inspec shell troubleshooting chef tools chef habitat integration kitchen inspec related projects rspec and serverspec migration from serverspec resources inspec 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passwd php_config pip podman podman_container podman_image podman_network podman_pod podman_volume port postfix_conf postgres_conf postgres_hba_conf postgres_ident_conf postgres_session powershell ppa processes rabbitmq_config registry_key routing_table runit_service security_identifier security_policy selinux service shadow ssh_config ssh_key sshd_active_config sshd_config ssl sybase_conf sybase_session sys_info systemd_service sysv_service timezone toml upstart_service user users vbscript virtualization windows_feature windows_firewall windows_firewall_rule windows_hotfix windows_task wmi x509_certificate x509_private_key xinetd_conf xml yaml yum zfs zfs_dataset zfs_pool custom resources reference inspec executable matchers glossary documentation about chef inspec table of contents chef inspec is an open source framework for testing and auditing your applications and infrastructure it compares the actual state of your system with the desired state that you express in easy to read and easy to write chef inspec code it detects violations and displays findings in the form of a report but puts you in control of remediation chef inspec is a run time framework and rule language used to specify compliance security and policy requirements it includes a collection of resources that help you write auditing controls quickly and easily how does chef inspec work chef inspec uses profiles to audit infrastructure an inspec profile organizes multiple controls into a reusable artifact you can describe your profiles with metadata version them pin them to specific versions of inspec define specific platforms that a profile can test and define profile dependencies a control defines a regulatory recommendation or requirement for the state of a system each profile can have many controls and each control audits different aspects of a system chef inspec resources allow you to test specific parts of your infrastructure chef inspec has resources for testing different applications and platforms including aws azure alicloud and gcp cloud infrastructure and you can create your own custom resources if we don t have a resource that meets your needs inspec reporters format and deliver the results of an inspec audit run you can output results to the standard output to text formats like json html or plain text or send the results directly to chef automate use cases run your tests wherever your infrastructure is locally or in the cloud chef inspec is designed for platforms and treats operating systems as special cases chef inspec helps you whether you use windows server on your own hardware or run linux in docker containers in the cloud as for the cloud you can use chef inspec to target applications and services running on alibaba aws azure and gcp additional resources open source profiles the inspec community created several open source profiles that are free to use use the inspec supermarket profiles command to list the available profiles or view them in chef supermarket this includes the devsec hardening framework a set of server hardening profiles premium profiles chef offers premium cis and stig based profiles for compliance scanning across a range of enterprise assets learning chef training chef inspec webinars chef resource library community chef inspec on discourse chef inspec in the chef blog chef inspec community resources support chef support chef help center github repositories inspec github organization inspec repository inspec alicloud repository inspec aws repository inspec azure inspec gcp repository inspec k8s repository inspec train repository table of contents about chef inspec how does chef inspec work use cases additional resources open source profiles premium profiles learning community support github repositories was this page helpful yes no still stuck contact support ask the community how can we improve this document do not fill in this field submit feedback thank you for your feedback table of contents about chef inspec how does 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