Test Kitchen with bats - A Lightning Guide

shell.sh

SUITE_NAME=default

# create a bats subdirectory under your desired suite
mkdir -p test/integration/$SUITE_NAME/bats

# create an initial "canary" bats test file
# more examples at:
# * https://github.com/fnichol/chef-rvm/tree/master/test/integration/rubies/bats
# * https://github.com/fnichol/chef-ruby_build/tree/master/test/integration/alltherubies/bats
# * https://github.com/sstephenson/bats
cat <<'_EOF_' > test/integration/$SUITE_NAME/bats/sanity.bats
@test "gives me a /tmp directory" {
  [ -d /tmp ]
}
_EOF_

# run the suite
kitchen verify ${SUITE_NAME}-

Thanks.
That allowed me to write initial tests for the sysctl cookbook.