Install Chef InSpec

Use Chef Downloads, an installer, script, or package manager to install Chef InSpec.

To see which platforms and platform versions Chef InSpec is supported on, see the InSpec’s platforms documentation.

macOS

CLI

You can install Chef InSpec using a curl script.

curl https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -P inspec

Windows

Installer

Download a Windows Chef InSpec package from Chef Downloads, then double-click on the .msi file to launch the installer and follow the prompts.

Powershell

You can install Chef InSpec using the following Powershell script.

. { iwr -useb https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.ps1 } | iex; install -project inspec

Once you have installed Chef InSpec, run inspec version to verify that the installation was successful.

Linux

CLI

The following curl script will install Chef InSpec for Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise Linux:

curl https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -P inspec

If you prefer, you can use a package manager to install Chef InSpec. Once you downloaded the latest Chef InSpec package relevant to your Linux-based platform, use the command for the respective package manager listed below. Replace the example file path with the file path leading to your downloaded package.

For Ubuntu, use the following command to install Chef InSpec:

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/inspec.deb

For Red Hat Enterprise Linux, use the following command to install Chef InSpec:

sudo rpm -U /path-to/inspec.rpm

For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, use the following command to install Chef InSpec:

sudo zypper install /path-to/inspec.rpm

Next steps

After installing Chef InSpec, you must accept the Chef EULA and—starting with Chef InSpec 6—add a license key. See the Chef InSpec license documentation to complete these tasks.