[Puppet Users] rspec testing; how to test a subclass that requires another class

[Trey Ormsbee]

I have a puppet module that I am not sure hot to write a test for: Example
below:

class appsuite (
$param1,
$param2,
$param3,
$param4,
) {

include appsuite::params
include appsuite::repo
include appsuite::preconfig

}

#nothing in params, repo or preconfig really matter, other then preconfig
lays down a shared settings file: /etc/appsuite/settings
# /etc/appsuite/settings is required to be in place during the install of
any component of appsuite as it is sued to do its own setup.

So then I have a seperate class

class appsuite::component1 (
$component_param1,
$component_param2,
) {

...
package { 'component1': ensure => installed }
...
}


Now, class appsuite::component1 requires appsuite to be defined and all
those classes to be ran before it starts all it's magic. How do I test
that?

I got this

describe 'appsuite' do
context "test appsuite" do
let :params do {
param1 = 'blah1',
param2 = 'blah2',
param3 = 'blah3',
param4 = 'blah4',
}
end
it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/appsuite/settings').with({'mode'
=> '0644'}) }
end
end

Now the above works fine, but I do not understand how to then call
appsuite::component1 from that test with those parameters, I tried
nesting in the descibe, but it then says i need to pass params to
appsuite. Seems like this would be a pretty common thing to do so I hope I
am just missing something.

Any ideas?


Thanks
Trey

[Gavin Williams]

Trey

You can use "let(:pre_condition)" to include any dependencies when testing...

E.g. https://github.com/fatmcgav/fatmcgav-glassfish/blob/develop/spec/classes/install_spec.rb#L14

Gav

[Trey Ormsbee]

Thank you, That is exactly what I was looking for. It's hard to actually
google that info :\

Post by Gavin Williams
Trey
You can use "let(:pre_condition)" to include any dependencies when testing...
E.g.
https://github.com/fatmcgav/fatmcgav-glassfish/blob/develop/spec/classes/install_spec.rb#L14
Gav