train-pgsql - Train Plugin for connecting via pgsql

This plugin allows applications that rely on Train to communicate via postgres SQL.

Installation

This is published to rubygems.org at https://rubygems.org/gems/train-pgsql.

You can install the gem directly:

gem install train-pgsql

Or you can install it as an inspec plugin:

inspec plugin install train-pgsql

Transport parameters

Option Explanation Default
host Hostname (required)
user Username to connect (required)
password Password to connect (required)
database Database to connect postgres
port Remote port 5432

Example use

This will work for a Cisco IOS XE device with Telnet enabled:

require "train"
train  = Train.create("pgsql", {
            host:     "localhost",
            user:     "username",
            password: "password",
         })
conn   = train.connection
result = conn.run_command("show version\n")
conn.close

Local development

If you are building this on a Mac you may run into an issue trying to install this locally due to the PG gem not installing due to code signing issues. You can build it and run it in a docker container.

Requirements

  • Postgres running locally
  • docker

Steps

1) Build the train-pgsql gem

   rake build

2) Build the docker image. Be sure to set the appropriate GEM_VERSION arg based upon the value of the version.rb

   docker build --build-arg GEM_VERSION=1.0.0 . -t train-pgsql-test 

3) Run the test.rb file

   docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd)/test:/share -e PG_HOST="host.docker.internal" --entrypoint ruby train-pgsql-test test.rb

Note: This test assumes you are running postgres locally on a mac. If you are running postgres in some other location, update the PG_HOST environment variable appropriately. You may have to set the username/password in the pgsql train instantiation.

You should see output resembling the following:

   #<struct Train::Extras::CommandResult stdout="1", stderr="", exit_status=0>

Deploy

To publish a new version to RubyGems: 1) Ensure the version.rb has been bumped with the appropriate semver update. 2) Run rake release

   rake release

Note: you may have to authenticate with rubygems to publish. The [email protected] group has a rubygems account that is an owner of this gem.

Acknowledgements