This is happening with all my serverspec tests.
This is where the problem occurs:
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/serverspec-0.6.9/lib/serverspec.rb:42:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
Which has:
RSpec.configure do |c|
c.include(Serverspec::Helper::Configuration)
c.include(Serverspec::Helper::RedHat, :os => :redhat)
c.include(Serverspec::Helper::Debian, :os => :debian)
c.include(Serverspec::Helper::Gentoo, :os => :gentoo)
c.include(Serverspec::Helper::Solaris, :os => :solaris)
c.include(Serverspec::Helper::Darwin, :os => :darwin)
c.add_setting :os, :default => nil
c.add_setting :host, :default => nil
c.add_setting :ssh, :default => nil
c.add_setting :sudo_password, :default => nil
Serverspec.configuration.defaults.each { |k, v| c.add_setting k, :default => v }
c.before :each do
backend.set_example(example)
end
end
The backend.set_example line inside the before :each block is the one that breaks. That backend name is not defined anywhere previously, was it supposed to “just work” somehow? Or am I missing something in my tests?
Any help is appreciated, right now I’m clueless. 
On Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 22:30, Cassiano Leal wrote:
The spec_helper so far has only “require ‘serverspec’” in it.
localhost/logstash_agent_spec.rb has:
require 'spec_helper'
describe 'Logstash Agent' do
it 'downloads and installs the logstash jar' do
jar = file '/opt/logstash/agent/lib/logstash-1.1.1-monolithic-es0.19.10.jar'
expect(jar).to be_file
expect(jar).to match_md5checksum '3eb8159a1566b3d21ec62b34c5984427'
end
A couple of other specs here
end
And that’s it, really.
On Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 18:23, Jesse Nelson wrote:
Whats your helper and spec files look like ? I have working / simple example in my skeleton repo that should work test_cook_skeleton/test/integration/default/serverspec at master · spheromak/test_cook_skeleton · GitHub
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Cassiano Leal <cassianoleal@gmail.com (mailto:cassianoleal@gmail.com)> wrote:
Hey ho!
I’m having a bit of trouble running serverspec ... erm... specs in Test Kitchen 1.0.0.alpha.7.
This is an exerpt of the kind of error I’m seeing:
-----> Running serverspec test suite
/opt/chef/embedded/bin/ruby -I/opt/busser/suites/serverspec -S /opt/chef/embedded/bin/rspec /opt/busser/suites/serverspec/localhost/logstash_agent_spec.rb
FFF
Failures:
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Logstash Agent downloads the jar and install it
Failure/Error: Unable to find matching line from backtrace
NameError: undefined local variable or method `backend' for #RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x00000002e96068
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rspec-expectations-2.13.0/lib/rspec/matchers/method_missing.rb:9:in `method_missing'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/serverspec-0.6.6/lib/serverspec.rb:42:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/rspec-core-2.13.1/lib/rspec/core/example.rb:237:in `instance_eval’
(...)
I have my specs in test/integration/default/serverspec/localhost (with a spec_helper.rb in its parent dir). All three specs fail with the same error.
The node conversion ran without problems, and I manually verified that it worked as expected, but the specs failed miserably.
Any ideas where should I look for the problem?