gistfile1.txt

(sprint.ly)Joes-MacBook-Air:rstudio-chef jstump$ bundle exec rake
/usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.0.0-p353/bin/ruby -S rspec ./spec/server_spec.rb
chefspec
FF

Failures:

  1) rstudio::server should install r-base
     Failure/Error: expect(chef_run).to install_package('r-base')
       expected "package[r-base] with" action :install to be in Chef run. Other package resources:
       
         
        
     # ./spec/server_spec.rb:19:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

  2) rstudio::server should install rstudio-server
     Failure/Error: expect(chef_run).to install_package('rstudio-server')
     NoMethodError:
       undefined method `resource_collection' for nil:NilClass
     # ./spec/server_spec.rb:23:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

Finished in 1.51 seconds
2 examples, 2 failures

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/server_spec.rb:15 # rstudio::server should install r-base
rspec ./spec/server_spec.rb:22 # rstudio::server should install rstudio-server
/usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.0.0-p353/bin/ruby -S rspec ./spec/server_spec.rb failed

server.rb

puts node["platform"]
# Set up the package repository.
case node["platform"].downcase
when "ubuntu", "debian"
    include_recipe "apt"

    apt_repository "rstudio-cran" do
        uri node['rstudio']['apt']['uri']
        keyserver node['rstudio']['apt']['keyserver']
        key node['rstudio']['apt']['key']
        distribution "#{node['lsb']['codename']}/"
    end

    package "r-base" do
        action :install
    end

    package "rstudio-server" do
        action :install
    end
end

service "rstudio-server" do
    provider Chef::Provider::Service::Upstart
    supports :start => true, :stop => true, :restart => true
    action :start
end

template "/etc/rstudio/rserver.conf" do
    source "etc/rstudio/rserver.conf.erb"
    mode 0644
    owner "root"
    group "root"
    notifies :restart, resources(:service => "rstudio-server")
end

template "/etc/rstudio/rsession.conf" do
    source "etc/rstudio/rsession.conf.erb"
    mode 0644
    owner "root"
    group "root"
    notifies :restart, resources(:service => "rstudio-server")
end

server_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'

describe 'rstudio::server' do
  let(:chef_run) do
#    ChefSpec::Runner.new do |node|
#      node.set['lsb']['codename'] = 'ubuntu'
#    end.converge(described_recipe)
    ChefSpec::Runner.new
  end

  before do 
    Fauxhai.mock(platform: 'ubuntu', version: '12.04')
  end

  it('should install r-base') do
#    chef_run.node.set['cookbook']['attribute'] = 'hello'
    chef_run.node.set['platform'] = 'ubuntu'
    chef_run.converge(described_recipe)
    expect(chef_run).to install_package('r-base')
  end

  it('should install rstudio-server') do
    expect(chef_run).to install_package('rstudio-server')
  end
end

Set those attributes in the runner:

ChefSpec::Runner.new(platform: 'ubuntu', version: '12.04').new