Example showing how to pre-populate node data using Test Kitchen.

The included recipe performs a search and returns some test node data. To see the recipe in action, run:

kitchen converge

To shut down the test VM and release all resources:

kitchen destroy

Node data is contained in .json files in the test/nodes/ subdirectory of this cookbook. Example:

{
  "name": "node1",
  "chef_type": "node",
  "json_class": "Chef::Node",
  "chef_environment": "_default",
  "run_list": [],
  "automatic": {
    "ipaddress": "192.168.33.31",
    "hostname": "node1"
  }
}

In order to tell Test Kitchen to use the fake node data, use the chef_zero provisioner and pass Chef Zero a nodes_path: as part of a provisioner stanza.

provisioner:
  name: chef_zero
  nodes_path: test/nodes

The nodes_path: is a relative path containing node .json files. You must use the .json format for test data. Chef Zero does not currently recognize files in the Chef DSL format.

The easiest way to get the correct file format for this fake node data is to dump a node from a real Chef Server with the following command, then edit the values as needed:

knife node show <node_name> -l -F json > node.json

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/misheska-cookbooks/test-search

Install the Chef Development Kit for your platform.

Install the following virtualization software:

[VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads)
[Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html)