azurerm_load_balancers resource

Use the azurerm_load_balancers InSpec audit resource to test properties and configuration of Azure Load Balancers.

Azure REST API version

This resource interacts with version 2018-11-01 of the Azure Management 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

Install

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:
  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 1.7.2 of the inspec-azure resource pack.

Syntax

An azurerm_load_balancers resource block returns all Azure Load Balancers, either within a Resource Group (if provided), or within an entire Subscription.

describe azurerm_load_balancer do
  ...
end

or

describe azurerm_load_balancers(resource_group: 'my-rg') do
  ...
end

Examples

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

Check Load balancers are present

describe azurerm_load_balancers do
  it            { should exist }
  its('names')  { should include 'my-lb' }
end

Filter Criteria

names

Filters the results to include only those load balancers which match the given name. This is a string value.

describe azurerm_load_balancers.where{ name.eql?('production-lb-5') } do
  it { should exist }
end

location

Filters the results to include only those load balancers which reside in a given location. This is a string value.

describe azurerm_load_balancers.where{ location.eql?('eastus') } do
  it { should exist }
end

Attributes

• id
• name
• sku
• location
• properties
• tags
• type

ids

Azure resource ID.

names

Load balancer name, e.g. my-lb.

its('names') { should include 'my-lb' }

SKU

SKU of load balancer. This is metadata used for the Azure portal experience.

locations

Resource location, e.g. eastus.

its('locations') { should_not include 'eastus' }

properties

A collection of additional configuration properties related to the Load Balancer, e.g. loadBalancingRules.

tag

Resource tags applied to the Load balancer.

type

The type of Resource, typically Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers.

Matchers

For a full list of available matchers, see our Universal Matchers page.

This resource has the following special matchers.

exists

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

describe azurerm_load_balancers do
  it { should exist }
end

Azure Permissions

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