Typescript objects for InSpec profiles

This repository contains the source code that facilitates the writing of InSpec profiles (for use in things like stub generation and delta comparisons) more consistent with Chef Cookstyle formatting for ease of use when comparing with new changes from delta and when generating InSpec stubs that match a standard format.

For more information about Chef Cookstyle see:

• chef/cookstyle on GitHub
• Chef Cookstyle on Chef documents page

The process code maintained in this repository generates a npm executable that is published to the npm registry as mitre-inspec-objects.

To use the mitre-inspec-objects npm package, simply add the package as a dependency to your project application using the npm install command:

npm install mitre-inspec-objects

The package is a CommonJS-based npm written in TypeScript

When using this library to parse InSpec profiles or xccdf files for the purposes of generating InSpec profiles, the general workflow is as follows:

  - The input is processed, read into a typescript object
  - Operated on with any required action / logic
  - Then written into an InSpec profile as output. 

This means that we can not simply write out in the same format we got in. Instead, we have to make choices about formatting for how to write out content.

Here are some formatting choices that are being made.

1. String quotation

   The string contains	Use
   single (') and double (") quotes	percent string syntax - %q()
   single (') quotes	double (") quotes
   other	single (') quotes

2. Tag keywords are not quoted (ex: tag severity: 'medium')

3. Each control file ends with a newline

To install the project, clone the repository and install the dependencies:

# SSH
git clone [email protected]:mitre/ts-inspec-objects.git 
# HTTPS
git clone https://github.com/mitre/ts-inspec-objects.git

cd project
npm install

Use the build script command to generate the executable libraries:

npm run build

Use either the lint or lint:ci command to invoke the linter:

# Auto fix
npm run lint

# Display linting findings
npm run lint:ci

Use the test script command to run all tests contained in the tests directory:

npm run test

To run a specific test use the npx jest --findRelatedTests command:

npx jest --findRelatedTests <test\testName.ts>

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