bsd_service

Use the bsd_service Chef InSpec audit resource to test a service using a Berkeley OS-style init on the FreeBSD platform.

Availability

This resource is distributed along with Chef InSpec itself. You can use it automatically.

This resource first became available in v1.0.0 of InSpec.

A bsd_service resource block declares the name of a service and then one (or more) matchers to test the state of the service:

describe bsd_service('service_name') do
  it { should be_installed }
  it { should be_enabled }
  it { should be_running }
end

where

('service_name') must specify a service name
be_installed, be_enabled, and be_running are valid matchers for this resource.

The path to the service manager’s control may be specified for situations where the path isn’t available in the current PATH. For example:

describe bsd_service('service_name', '/path/to/control') do
  it { should be_enabled }
  it { should be_installed }
  it { should be_running }
end

All properties available to the service resource may be used.

For a full list of available matchers, please visit our matchers page.

The be_enabled matcher tests if the named service is enabled:

it { should be_enabled }

The be_installed matcher tests if the named service is installed:

it { should be_installed }

The be_running matcher tests if the named service is running:

it { should be_running }