selinux resource

Use the selinux Chef InSpec audit resource to test the configuration data of the SELinux policy, SELinux modules and SELinux booleans.

The selinux resource extracts and exposes data reported by the sestatus, semodule -lfull, and semanage boolean -l -n command.

Availability

Installation

This resource is distributed with Chef InSpec and is automatically available for use.

Version

This resource first became available in v4.35.1 of InSpec.

Syntax

The selinux Chef InSpec resource block tests the state and mode of SELinux policy.

describe selinux do
  it { should be_installed }
  it { should_not be_disabled }
  it { should be_enforcing }
  it { should_not be_permissive }
end

The selinux resource block also allows you to write tests for multiple modules:

describe selinux.modules.where("zebra") do
  it { should exist }
  it { should be_installed }
  it { should be_enabled }
end

or:

describe selinux.modules.where(status: "installed") do
  it { should exist }
  its('count') { should cmp 404 }
end

where:

.where() specifies the parameter and expected value.
name, status, state, and priority are valid parameters.

The selinux resource block also allows you to write tests for multiple booleans:

describe selinux.booleans.where(name: "httpd_enable_homedirs") do
  it { should_not be_on }
end

or:

describe selinux.booleans.where(name: "xend_run_blktap", state: "on") do
  it { should exist }
  its('defaults') { should cmp "on" }
end

.where() specifies the parameter and expected value.
name, state, and default are valid parameters for booleans.

Examples

The following examples show how to use this Chef InSpec selinux resource.

Test if SELinux is installed and enabled

describe selinux do
  it { should be_installed }
  it { should_not be_disabled }
end

Test if SELinux is enabled and running in enforcing mode

describe selinux do
  it { should_not be_disabled }
  it { should be_enforcing }
end

Test the selinux policy type

describe selinux do
  its('policy') { should eq "targeted"}
end

Matchers

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

be_installed

The be_installed matcher tests if the SElinux policy or SElinux modules are installed on the system:

it { should be_installed }

be_disabled

The be_disabled matcher tests if the SELinux is disabled on the system:

it { should be_disabled }

be_enforcing

The be_enforcing matcher tests if the SELinux mode is set to enforcing:

it { should be_enforcing }

be_permissive

The be_permissive matcher tests if the SELinux mode is set to permissive:

it { should be_permissive }

be_on

The be_on matcher tests if the SELinux boolean is on:

it { should be_on }

be_enabled

The be_enabled matcher tests if the SElinux module is enabled:

it { should be_enabled }

Resource Parameters

names, status, states, and priorities are valid parameters for SELinux policy modules.
names, status, states, and defaults are valid parameters for SELinux booleans.

Resource Parameter Examples

modules

modules returns information about SELinux modules using the semodule -lfull command.

Note: The semodule -l command does not provide version information for newer versions of Linux-based systems like RHEL8 and Centos8, so we do not support that option.

describe selinux.modules do
  its("names") { should include "zebra" }
  its("status") { should include "installed" }
  its("states") { should include "enabled" }
  its("priorities") { should include "100" }
end

booleans

booleans returns information about SELinux booleans using the semanage boolean -l -n command.

describe selinux.booleans do
  its("names") { should include "httpd_enable_homedirs" }
  its("states") { should include "on" }
  its("states") { should include "off" }
  its("defaults") { should include "on" }
  its("defaults") { should include "off" }
end