Sample configuration files for a test-kitchen setup based on vagrant-lxc and chef-zero.

.kitchen.yml

---
driver_plugin: vagrant
provisioner: chef_zero
driver_config:
  require_chef_omnibus: 11.6.0
  http_proxy: http://10.0.3.1:8123
  https_proxy: https://10.0.3.1:8123
  provider: lxc

platforms:
- name: ubuntu-12.04
  driver_config:
    box: ubuntu-12.04
    box_url: file:///some/where/sensible/vagrant-lxc-precise.box

suites:
- name: default
  run_list:
  - recipe[minitest-handler]
  - recipe[my_sample::default]
  data_bags_path: ../../data_bags
  attributes: {}

Berksfile

metadata

cookbook 'minitest-handler', github: 'btm/minitest-handler-cookbook'

build_lxc_base_box.sh

#!/bin/bash
# based on http://fabiorehm.com/blog/2013/07/18/crafting-your-own-vagrant-lxc-base-box/

export RELEASE=precise
BASEDIR=`pwd`
TARGETDIR=$BASEDIR/base_boxes

mkdir -p /tmp/vagrant-lxc-${RELEASE}
cd /var/lib/lxc/${RELEASE}-base
sudo tar --numeric-owner -czf /tmp/vagrant-lxc-${RELEASE}/rootfs.tar.gz ./rootfs/*
cd /tmp/vagrant-lxc-${RELEASE}
sudo chown $USER:`id -gn` rootfs.tar.gz
wget https://raw.github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-lxc/master/boxes/common/lxc-template
wget https://raw.github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-lxc/master/boxes/common/lxc.conf
wget https://raw.github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-lxc/master/boxes/common/metadata.json
chmod +x lxc-template
tar -czf $TARGETDIR/vagrant-lxc-${RELEASE}.box *

cd $BASEDIR
sudo rm -fr /tmp/vagrant-lxc-${RELEASE}

foo_test.rb

# cookbooks/my_sample/files/default/test/foo_test.rb

require 'minitest/spec'

describe_recipe 'my_sample::foo' do
  include ::Chef::DSL::DataQuery

  describe 'application user setup' do
    it 'adds the "foo" user' do
      user('foo').must_exist
    end

    it 'allows any active developer to login as application user' do
      file('/home/foo/.ssh/authorized_keys').must_exist
      search(:users, 'groups:developer AND NOT action:remove').each do |user|
        file('/home/foo/.ssh/authorized_keys').must_include user[:ssh_keys]
      end
    end
  end
end