Rakefile for running spec tests for puppet modules

example

# Run the following tasks inside your puppet directory

# run unit tests
rake spec:unit

# run the default system tests
rake spec:system

# run the system tests for node1
rake spec:system[node1]

Puppet-Spec-Rakefile

require 'rake'
require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
require 'yaml'

namespace :spec do
  desc 'Run unit tests'
  task :unit do
    FileList["modules/*/Rakefile"].each do |project|
      dir = project.pathmap("%d")
      sh "cd #{dir}; rake spec:unit"
    end
    puts "Unit tests complete"
  end

  desc 'Run system tests'
  task :system, [:node] do |t, args|
    properties = YAML.load_file("tests.yml")
    node = 'default'
    if !args[:node].nil?
      node = args[:node]
    end
    modules = properties[node]
    if !modules.nil? && modules.any?
      modules.sort.each do |project|
        if !Dir.glob("modules/#{project}/spec/system/**/*_spec_system.rb").empty?
          sh "cd modules/#{project}; rake spec:system"
        end
      end
    end
    puts "System tests complete"
  end
end

tests.yml

# Define all the system tests for each node
default:
  - 'network'
  - 'firewall'

node1:
  - 'network'
  - 'java'

node2:
  - 'network'
  - 'python'