Tag chefspec

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ChefSpec Gotcha: Using render_file When Deleting Files (2 mins read).

How to use render_file with ChefSpec when you're deleting the file.

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:44 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #chefspec.

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Chef Attributes and default.rb - it's in the name (3 mins read).

Why you should only be setting defaults in your Chef attributes, and moving heavy lifting elsewhere.

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:49 by Jamie Tanna . #nablopomo #chef #chefspec.

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Using Fake Cookbooks for Writing ChefSpec Tests for your Custom Chef Resources (3 mins read).

A directory structure I've found quite useful for writing ChefSpec tests for custom resources, by creating a fake cookbook within the cookbook you're testing.

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:18 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #custom-resource #chefspec.

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Chef 14 Upgrade: Custom Resource Properties are Silently Coerced to Hash if they are a nil (2 mins read).

Finding out that a nil gets silently coerced to an empty Hash if given to a custom resource's property of type Hash.

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:47 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef-14 #chef-14-upgrade #chefspec #test-coverage.

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Chef 14: ChefSpec Coverage Reporting Deprecation (1 mins read).

Noting the deprecation of using ChefSpec::Coverage.start! when using Chef 14 and above.

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:23 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef-14 #chef-14-upgrade #chefspec #test-coverage.

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Chef 14 Upgrade: Change in ValidationFailed error messages when setting required properties (2 mins read).

The updated error message returned by a Chef ValidationFailed error, when you're specifying which properties are required on a custom resource.

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 23:35 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef-14-upgrade #chef #chefspec #chef-14.

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Test-Driven Chef Cookbook Development Using ChefSpec (and a sprinkling of InSpec) (38 mins read).

Using the example of deploying and running a Java JAR file as a way to show the lifecycle of a fully test-driven Chef cookbook.

Tue, 04 Sep 2018 14:52 by Jamie Tanna . #howto #blogumentation #chef #test-kitchen #chefspec #tdd #testing #guide.

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Testing Chef's ruby_blocks with ChefSpec (3 mins read).

Testing implementation of a ruby_block in ChefSpec, to ensure that the code executes as expected.

Wed, 07 Mar 2018 12:01 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #chefspec #testing.

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Chef 13 Upgrade: Lessons Learnt and Documented for Posterity (1 mins read).

Notes on the main problems encountered when upgrading from Chef 12 to Chef 13, both with ChefSpec and Rubocop.

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 20:34 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef-13-upgrade #chef-13-upgrade-rubocop #chef-13-upgrade-chefspec #chef #rubocop #chefspec #chef-13 #chefspec-7 #rubocop-0-49.

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Chef 13 Upgrade: Rubocop Changes for Testing render_file with ChefSpec and a with_content Block (1 mins read).

How to resolve the Parenthesize the param render_file Rubocop error when upgrading your cookbook to Chef 13.

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 20:34 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef-13-upgrade #chef-13-upgrade-chefspec #chef #chefspec.

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Chef 13 Upgrade: Testing ruby_blocks with ChefSpec (1 mins read).

Replace your block.old_run_action with block.block.call to trigger ruby_blocks within ChefSpec 7 and Chef 13.

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 20:34 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef-13-upgrade #chef-13-upgrade-chefspec #chef #chefspec #chef-13 #chefspec-7.

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Getting around Permission Denied when running ChefSpec (3 mins read).

How to handle getting an EACCES when trying to run ChefSpec on a recipe.

Sat, 12 Aug 2017 14:23 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #chefspec #chefdk.

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Testing include_recipes with Chef and ChefSpec (2 mins read).

How to best test include_recipes within your Chef recipes, as well as how to ensure that you aren't running any dependent recipes in your tests.

Sun, 16 Jul 2017 16:35 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #chef #tdd #chefspec.