Installing InSpec on Linux
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Install InSpec on Linux
Option 1 (Package installer)
The InSpec package is available for MacOS, RedHat, Ubuntu and Windows. Download the latest package at InSpec Downloads or install InSpec via script:
# RedHat, Ubuntu, and macOS
$ curl https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -P inspec
Option 2 (Terminal install)
Another option is to install InSpec via a command line:
1. Install Ruby
When installing from source, gem dependencies may require ruby build tools to be installed.
For CentOS/RedHat/Fedora:$ yum -y install ruby ruby-devel make gcc gcc-c++
For Debian/Ubuntu:$ apt-get -y install ruby ruby-dev gcc g++ make
2. Installing InSpec
Now we’re on to the good stuff. Let’s install InSpec:
To install inspec from rubygems:$ gem install inspec
3. Installing additional gems
Install the following gems:
$ gem install bundler
$ gem install test-kitchen
After Install
Once InSpec is installed, run inspec version
to verify that the installation was successful.