Links:
- github page (Contains 45 second intro gif at the top)
- benchmarks - Go is fast!
The tool is intended to be a simple take on server validation. The idea is to be able to quickly define a system manifest and validate a system against it.
Differences from serverspec:
- 10-30x faster depending on test suite (tests are run in parallel), near-instantaneous results, see benchmarks link above.
- Can derive server state and generate a manifest from a running server
- goss is meant to be simple, albeit less flexible
- Uses JSON instead of DSL, but generates JSON for you
- Manifests are static - no variables, conditionals, etc. If you need this, you should dynamically generate the JSON manifest.
- Being in Go, it’s a self contained binary, no need for ruby
- Supports a much smaller set of OSes/test types
- The tool tries to be UNIXY, for more complicated workflows, the tool can be chained with other commands, ex:
curl http://url/to/static/or/dynamic/goss.json | goss validate
Note: This is my first go program, wanted to learn the language. Any feedback on code and/or tool would be greatly appreciated.