Test Driven Cookbooks
Chef 13.6.4
| Intermediate
- 14 videos | 1h 16m 38s
- Includes Assessment
- Earns a Badge
The most important role of a Cookbook developer is to test a code before it enters production. Explore how to test Chef cookbooks consistently and effectively.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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Use behavior-driven development (bdd) in the context of chef cookbook development
Identify the chef development kit tools used for unit and integration testing
Generate unit and integration tests inside of a cookbook
List the components of the .kitchen.yml file
Configure a test kitchen driver to support deploying to physical, virtual, or cloud machines
Execute the chef-client on a virtual machine generated by test kitchen
Define an integration test and verify the results with kitchen login -
Use the inspec compliance language to write simple integration tests
Refactor a recipe and run kitchen verify with a test-driven approach
Execute the rspec utility to test chef recipes in memory
Utilize a simple formula to write chefspec tests
Configure the pry ruby gem to insert a breakpoint into a recipe
Use chefspec to check case statement evaluation of node attributes
Use test kitchen to verify a simple apache cookbook on ubuntu and centos
IN THIS COURSE
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5m 25sDuring this video, you will learn how to use Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) in the context of Chef cookbook development. FREE ACCESS
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5m 18sIn this video, find out how to identify the Chef Development Kit tools used for unit and integration testing. FREE ACCESS
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3. Generating Tests4m 55sIn this video, learn how to generate unit and integration tests for a cookbook. FREE ACCESS
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4. Test Kitchen Setup5m 46sUpon completion of this video, you will be able to list the components of the .kitchen.yml file. FREE ACCESS
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5. The .kitchen.yml Driver5m 21sIn this video, you will learn how to configure a Test Kitchen driver to support deploying to physical, virtual, or cloud machines. FREE ACCESS
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6. Kitchen Converge4m 39sIn this video, find out how to run the chef-client on a virtual machine generated by Test Kitchen. FREE ACCESS
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7. Writing the First Test5m 46sIn this video, learn how to define an integration test and verify the results with kitchen login. FREE ACCESS
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8. InSpec5m 8sDuring this video, you will learn how to use the InSpec compliance language to write simple integration tests. FREE ACCESS
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9. Kitchen Verify6mIn this video, you will refactor a recipe using a test-driven approach, and then run kitchen verify. FREE ACCESS
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10. ChefSpec and RSpec5m 43sLearn how to use the RSpec utility to test Chef recipes in memory. FREE ACCESS
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11. Writing Unit Tests5m 9sFind out how to use a simple formula to write ChefSpec tests. FREE ACCESS
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12. Pausing Tests with Pry5m 2sIn this video, learn how to configure the Pry Ruby gem to insert a breakpoint into your code. FREE ACCESS
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13. Testing Case Statements5m 47sLearn how to use ChefSpec to check case statement evaluation of node attributes. FREE ACCESS
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14. Exercise: Test an Apache Cookbook on Two Platforms6m 39sDuring this video, you will learn how to use Test Kitchen to verify a simple Apache cookbook on Ubuntu and CentOS. FREE ACCESS
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