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puppet repo with serverspec acceptance tests via ssh to a server. The tests are stored in the repository rather than separately in /test/integration (as is the chef format)

This demonstrates using test-kitchen, puppet and kitchen-verifier-serverspec to build and verify a server that is in a cloud and accessible by ssh.

Workstation Software Installation

The first thing you need to do is install the test-kitchen environment on your workstation. A useful link is: http://misheska.com/blog/2013/12/26/set-up-a-sane-ruby-cookbook-authoring-environment-for-chef/

The follow instructions are for Windows PC (it will be similar for Mac):

  1. Download and install the Windows RubyInstaller for 64 bit Ruby 2.1 from http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads.
    • Check the option to add ruby to your path.
  2. Download and install the Windows Ruby DevKit for use with Ruby 2.0 and above (64bits version only) from http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads.
  3. Configure the Ruby DevKit
    • In the devkit directory run �ruby dk.rb init�.
    • Check the config.yml generated has added the the path of the ruby install, if not add it manaully.
    • run �ruby dk.rb install� to bind it to the ruby installation.
  4. Then install the following gems
  1. git clone the repository https://github.com/neillturner/puppet_repo
  2. review settings in the .kitchen.yml file

Check everything installed

In a command window in the puppet_repo directory run command

kitchen list

This will return a list if everyting is correctly installed.

Connect to server via ssh.

kitchen create base-nocm-centos-65 -l debug

Build the server.

kitchen converge base-nocm-centos-65 -l debug

Verify the server.

kitchen verify base-nocm-centos-65 -l debug

Shutdown the server.

kitchen destroy base-nocm-centos-65 -l debug