<p><a href="https://github.com/aelsabbahy/goss#goss-in-45-seconds">goss</a></p>
<p>This is my first go program, wanted to learn the language. Any feedback on code and/or tool would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Differences from serverspec:</p>
<ul>
<li>10-30x faster depending on test suite (tests are run in parallel)</li>
<li>Can derive server state and generate a manifest from a running server</li>
<li>goss is meant to be simple, albeit less flexible</li>
<li>Uses JSON instead of DSL</li>
<li>Manifests are static - no variables, conditionals, etc. If you need this, you should dynamically generate the JSON manifest.</li>
<li>Being in Go, it's a self contained binary, no need for ruby</li>
<li>Supports a much smaller set of OSes/test types</li>
</ul>
<p>For more complicated workflows, the tool can be chained with other commands, ex:</p>
<pre><code>curl http://url/to/static/or/dynamic/goss.json | goss validate
</code></pre>
