Windows Cookbook testing

Friday, Greenwood, 11:00

Convener

Participants

Summary of Discussions

• Assuming test-kitchen and winrm is solved
• Sever spec used for tests
• Shell out to powershell
• How to get the machine up and running quickly?
• Sysprepped images
• WinRM takes awhile to show up on older SKUs
• Windows Server Core (NO GUI) server up a little bit faster.
• Use ChefSpec
• Trouble running windows chef spec on MAC / Linux
• WINRM on Server 2012 is an automatic start service
• Pester - Unit test framework for native powershell. Use as a Busser in Test Kitchen
• Issues with Progress bar in Powershell with Vagrant
• PASH from Mono - Implement PS Remoting - Not currently
• WINRM Encryption
  • Have to use Basic and unencrypted
  • Encryption at Session layer, Payload
• Strategy for executing chef-client - SSH, WinRM, Service
• Running as System or User
• CI testing because of long vagrant up takes awhile
• Packer is 4-5 hours with Windows
• Once WinRM support in Test-Kitchen Opscode base box would be nice
• box starter
• PR for Windows - When? Don't want to break Test Kitchen
• See about adding a Chef Windows IRC Channel
• Pain with Chef Development on Windows

What will we do now? What needs to happen next?