No http on Windows Server 2016 Datacenter VM?

Chef InSpec
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Hi,

I'm trying out InSpec to test our infrastructure in Azure. I've got a simple check working that checks if one of the VMs has IIS installed. But when I try a simple test that checks if the same VM can access a certain internal web service it fails.

My script:

describe http('http://dev-consul-1.xxxxxxxxxx:8500') do
  its('status') { should cmp 301 }
end

The error when running:

Unsupported resource/backend combination: http / windows_server_2016_datacenter. Exiting.

That sounds like http is not supported on this type of VM. Am I right? If so, is there a way I can work around this?

I'm using InSpec version 4.18.24.

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,

Ongoonku

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Hello Ongoonku,
Unfortunately, inspec does not support the http resource on Windows at this time - see https://github.com/inspec/inspec/issues/3959 for details. One alternative until such support is added would be to use the powershell resource to fetch the URL you are looking for.

Cheers,
Clinton Wolfe

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Hi Clinton,

Thanks, searching for my problem didn't turn up that issue. Good to know.
Is this mentioned anywhere in the documentation?

Cheers,

Ongoonku