Local Salt development environment

saltdevenv.txt

[CentOS 7]

Required Packages
vagrant >= 1.9.5
qemu-system-x86 >= 2.0.0
ruby >= 2.0.0
ruby-devel >= 2.0.0
pytest >= 2.7.0
python-pip >= 7.1.0
testinfra >= 1.6.3
groupinstall Development

# Gemfile 
source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem "test-kitchen", '>=1.2.1'
gem "kitchen-vagrant"
gem "kitchen-qemu"
gem "unf"
gem "kitchen-salt", ">=0.0.11"


#Install steps
yum groupinstall Development
yum install install https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/1.9.5/vagrant_1.9.5_x86_64.rpm
yum install ruby ruby-devel pytest python-pip qemu-system-x86
cd </path/of/Gemfile>
bundle install

# qcow image setup


[kitchen-salt setup]
---
driver:
  name: qemu

platforms:
  - name: rhel7_test
    driver:
      image: <path/to/qcow2_image>

provisioner:
  name: salt_solo
  formula: dummy
  state_top:
    base:
      '*':
        - dummy
  pillars:
    top.sls:
      base:
        '*':
          - dummy
    dummy.sls:
      role: dummy

suites:
  - name: default
  - name: non-target
    provisioner:
      pillars:
        top.sls:
          base:
            '*':
              - fidget
        fidget.sls:
          role: fidget_spinner

verifier:
  name: shell
  command: testinfra -vvv test/integration/$KITCHEN_SUITE
  
# Workflow

# write/refactor
kitchen converge
<update states, write testinfra integration tests>
kitchen verify

#Full test
kitchen test