[chef] Re: Re: Testing templates with mock node attributes

[AJ Christensen < >]

Check out fauxhai for combination with chefspec -- sethvargo project;
contains huge amounts of mock ohai data -- may be useful.

Cheers,

AJ

On 27 April 2013 06:37, Scott M. Likens 
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 wrote:
> Carlton,
>
> You can specify attributes for a test scenario in .kitchen.yml if you are
> using test-kitchen.  Review
> https://github.com/opscode/test-kitchen/blob/1.0/README.md and scan down to
> The Kitchen YAML Format.  chef-rvm uses attributes so it maybe worth a
> review.  https://github.com/fnichol/chef-rvm
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Scott
>
> On 4/26/13 11:32 AM, Carlton Stedman wrote:
>
> Ohai, Chefs,
>
> I have been trying to use a test-driven development method for baking Chef
> recipes and have been having good success with chefspec and
> minitest-chef-handler. However, one area that currently is difficult to test
> are templates.
>
> I am looking for a way to get the output of erb templates, correctly
> substituting in node attributes (e.g. have a <%= node[:something] %> and
> want to get it to substitute correctly). So far, I haven't found a solution.
>
> I was wondering if anyone has a solution to this?
>
> Otherwise, I am considering working on one, perhaps using Fauxhai to mock
> for node attribute substitution.
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Carlton
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