Berksfile and metadata.rb

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Hi!

If I add

cookbook ‘apt’

to the Berksfile, do I have to add

depends ‘apt’

to the metadata.rb?

If I understand it correctly, sometimes I may want to add cookbooks to the
Berksfile (for example, local ones) for the run list in .kitchen.yml, but I may
not want to add them to the metadata.rb file. I’m a bit confused…

Thanks,

David Gil
Agència Estatal de Meteorologia a Catalunya

2

If it’s something your cookbooks are dependent on, not just for tests, then always add it to your metadata.

Otherwise, you can add an :integration group to your Berksfile (and leave the cookbook out of the metadata) and test kitchen will always pickup that group. Granted they’re local cookbooks, you can see the jenkins cookbook (https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/jenkins/blob/master/Berksfile) for an example.

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On May 16, 2014, at 5:50 AM, dgilo@aemet.esmailto:dgilo@aemet.es wrote:

Hi!

If I add

cookbook ‘apt’

to the Berksfile, do I have to add

depends ‘apt’

to the metadata.rb?

If I understand it correctly, sometimes I may want to add cookbooks to the
Berksfile (for example, local ones) for the run list in .kitchen.yml, but I may
not want to add them to the metadata.rb file. I’m a bit confused…

Thanks,

David Gil
Agència Estatal de Meteorologia a Catalunya

3

Right, and in case that example wasn't clear, you can mix-and-match fixture
cookbooks and regular cookbooks in that :integration clause.

  • Julian

On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 7:39 AM, Stewart, Curtis cstewart@momentumsi.comwrote:

If it’s something your cookbooks are dependent on, not just for tests,
then always add it to your metadata.

Otherwise, you can add an :integration group to your Berksfile (and
leave the cookbook out of the metadata) and test kitchen will always pickup
that group. Granted they’re local cookbooks, you can see the jenkins
cookbook (
https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/jenkins/blob/master/Berksfile) for
an example.

 *Curtis Stewart*

Consultant
m 217.390.5067
Skype cstewart8710
cstewart@momentumsi.com
www.momentumsi.com

On May 16, 2014, at 5:50 AM, dgilo@aemet.es wrote:

Hi!

If I add

cookbook 'apt'

to the Berksfile, do I have to add

depends 'apt'

to the metadata.rb?

If I understand it correctly, sometimes I may want to add cookbooks to the
Berksfile (for example, local ones) for the run list in .kitchen.yml, but
I may
not want to add them to the metadata.rb file. I'm a bit confused...

Thanks,

David Gil
Agència Estatal de Meteorologia a Catalunya

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