EC2Dream - Build and Manage Cloud Servers

Testing with Test Kitchen

Test Kitchen is a test harness tool that can test a wide variety of config management tools on a wide variety of platforms using a variety of test tools. Here we will test chef scripts on Vagrant.

Install Pre-Requisites

To use vagrant with Test Kitchen install:
Oracle Virtual Box
Vagrant

Create an EC2Dream Environment

In a command line run ec2dream and create a new "Servers" environment called say test.

Create an Instance

Click on "Test Kitchen" and a list of kitchen instances are displayed.



Select instance "default-ubuntu-1204" and the Server will display.



Click on to create the instance. First time will be slow as the test kitchen and related software is automatically installed and the virtual box is downloaded for ubuntu 1204



Eventually the instance will be created and you will have a running instance in vagrant



Click on to ssh to the instance

Converge and Verify instance

Run the chef cookbooks by clicking on the converge button



Run the integration tests by clicking on the verify button



NOTE: Instance Create, Converge and Verify can be run in one step by pressing the test button

Click on to display the kitchen and instance logs

Destroy instance

Click on to destroy to the instance.

Configure Test Kitchen

Click on the edit button to configure the kitchen.yaml file

Foodcritic - Code Style and lint checking

Foodcritic can be run by entering the cookbook directory in the foodcritic parameter and pressing the foodcritic button



NOTE: These run on your workstation and don't use test kitchen.

RSpec - unit tests

RSpec can be run by entering the rspec scripts in the rspec parameter and pressing the rspec button



NOTE: These run on your workstation and don't use test kitchen.