Chef InSpec 4.16.0 Released!

Chef Release Announcements
1

Hello InSpec friends!
We are delighted to announce the availability of version 4.16.0 of Chef InSpec. Changes include:

New Features

  • One's Option: inspec exec now supports a new CLI option, --input name=value, which allows you to set an Input directly on the command line. While YAML files are still more practical and recommended for large numbers of inputs, use the --input option to set just one or two.
  • Mail Me Maybe: Manage your Postfix mail transfer agent configurations with its new available resource. Thank you to @dmgasper for this!
  • Slowly but Surely: InSpec now is ready to accept the input option from the audit cookbook and the kitchen-inspec plugin. This is another step on the journey of renaming 'attributes' to 'inputs'! You can use this immediately with kitchen-inspec, and stay tuned for the audit cookbook update!
  • All in One Place: InSpec and Train plugins may now store configuration data in the user configuration file at ~/.inspec/config.json. This change allows plugins to store things like authentication tokens, service discovery addresses, or other information in one place. Plugins are not required to use the configuration file, but it is one option.

Improvements

  • Check It Out!: We improved the output of inspec plugin list:
    • The output is now in a table format and includes built-in plugins
    • Installed plugins now display their versions
    • Filter which plugins to list via new CLI options
    • See inspec plugin list -h for more information
  • Heads Up: The inspec check command will now issue a warning if the inspec_version constraint in a profile cannot be satisfied by the current version of InSpec running it.

Bug Fixes

  • Entirely Set: Resources were not fully initialized in some cases, which lead to broken messaging during reporting, but we fixed this.

Get the Build

You can download binaries directly from downloads.chef.io.