Quick Start Guide

The following example walks you through enabling Litmus testing in a module.

The process involves editing or adding code to the following files:

1. The Gemfile
2. The Rakefile
3. The.fixtures.yml file
4. The spec_helper_acceptance.rb file
5. The spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb file

Before you begin

This guide assumes your module is compatible with Puppet Development Kit (PDK), meaning it was either created with pdk new module or has been converted to use PDK using the pdk convert command. To verify that your module is compatible with PDK, look in the modules metadata.json file and see whether there is an entry that states the PDK version. It will look something like "pdk-version": "1.18.0". The PDK ships litmus as an experimental component.

To enable it, follow the steps below.

1. Add required development dependencies

Inside the root directory of your module, add the following entries to the .fixtures.yml:

---
fixtures:
  repositories:
    facts: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-facts.git'
    puppet_agent: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-puppet_agent.git'
    provision: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/provision.git'

2. Create the spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb file

Inside the spec folder of the module, create a spec_helper_acceptance.rb file with the following contents:

# frozen_string_literal: true

require 'puppet_litmus'
PuppetLitmus.configure!

require 'spec_helper_acceptance_local' if File.file?(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb'))

This file will later become managed by the PDK. For local changes, see the next step.

3. Create the spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb file

Optional: For module-specific methods to be used during acceptance testing, create a spec/spec_helper_acceptance_local.rb file. This will be loaded at the start of each test run. If you need to use any of the Litmus methods in this file, include Litmus as a singleton class:

# frozen_string_literal: true
require 'singleton'

class Helper
  include Singleton
  include PuppetLitmus
end

def some_helper_method
  Helper.instance.bolt_run_script('path/to/file')
end

4. Add tests to spec/acceptance

You can find litmus test examples on their own page.