azurerm_role_definitions

Use the azurerm_role_definitions InSpec audit resource to test properties of some or all Azure Role Definitions.

Azure REST API version

This resource interacts with version 2015-07-01 of the Azure Graph API. For more information see the official Azure documentation.

At the moment, there doesn’t appear to be a way to select the version of the Azure API docs. If you notice a newer version being referenced in the official documentation please open an issue or submit a pull request using the updated version.

Availability

Installation

This resource is available in the inspec-azure resource pack. To use it, add the following to your inspec.yml in your top-level profile:

depends:
  - name: inspec-azure
    git: https://github.com/inspec/inspec-azure.git

You’ll also need to setup your Azure credentials; see the resource pack README.

Version

This resource first became available in 1.3.7 of the inspec-azure resource pack.

Syntax

An azurerm_role_definitions resource block returns all Role definitions within a subscription and allows testing of them.

describe azurerm_role_definitions do
  ...
end

Examples

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

Check a role has the correct permissions are present

describe azurermroledefinitions.where{name.eql?(‘Custom-Admin’)} do its (‘properties.first.permissions.first’) { should have_attributes(actions: [‘*’]) } end

Check a role does not have certain permissions

describe azurerm_role_definitions do
  its ('properties.first.permissions.first')  { should have_attributes(notActions: [
      'Microsoft.Authorization/*/Delete',
      'Microsoft.Authorization/*/Write',
      'Microsoft.Authorization/elevateAccess/Action',
      'Microsoft.Blueprint/blueprintAssignments/write',
      'Microsoft.Blueprint/blueprintAssignments/delete'
  ]) }
end

Filter Criteria

• names

names

Filters the results to include only those resource groups that match the given name. This is a string value.

describe azurerm_role_definitions.where{name.eql?('Custom-Admin') } do
  it { should exist }
end

Properties

• ids
• names
• properties

ids

The Object IDs of the Roles.

names

The names of the Roles. For a built-in role this will be an Azure generated UUID. For a CustomRole this will be the name you specified on creation.

properties

Additional properties available for the Roles. May be accessed with dot notation in controls.

Matchers

This InSpec audit resource has the following special matchers. For a full list of available matchers, please visit our Universal Matchers page.

exists

The control will pass if the filter returns at least one result. Use should_not if you expect zero matches.

describe azurerm_role_definitions do
  it { should exist }
end

Azure Permissions

Your Service Principal must be setup with a contributor role on the subscription you wish to test.