rspec-puppet tests fail undefined method - ruby

Question

I'm trying to write my first rspec test for a simple puppet class. Here's the class, rspec test and results. I'm new to rspec and would like to know what I'm doing wrong here. I follow the directions here http://rspec-puppet.com/setup/ to configure rspec-puppet for these tests. Thanks.
Class example for cron module init.pp
class cron {
service { 'crond' :
ensure => running,
enable => true
}
}
Rspec Test
require '/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/modules/cron/spec/spec_helper'
describe 'cron', :type => :module do
it { should contain_class('cron') }
it do should contain_service('crond').with(
'ensure' => 'running',
'enable' => 'true'
) end
end
Results
FF
Failures:
1) cron
Failure/Error: it { should contain_class('cron') }
NoMethodError:
undefined method `contain_class' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x00000001c66d70>
# ./cron_spec.rb:5:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
2) cron
Failure/Error: it do should contain_service('crond').with(
NoMethodError:
undefined method `contain_service' for #<RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup::Nested_1:0x00000001c867b0>
# ./cron_spec.rb:6:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
Finished in 0.00237 seconds
2 examples, 2 failures
Failed examples:
rspec ./cron_spec.rb:5 # cron
rspec ./cron_spec.rb:6 # cron

Answer 1

Where did you pick up the
describe 'cron', :type => :module
syntax? That may be obsolete.
With current versions of rspec-puppet, you describe
classes
defined types
functions
hosts
You basically just want to put your spec right into spec/classes/cron_spec.rb, that should do half your work for you, e.g.
# spec/classes/cron.rb
require "#{File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),'..','spec_helper.rb')}"
describe 'cron' do
it { should contain_service('crond').with('ensure' => 'running') }
it { should contain_service('crond').with('enable' => 'true') }
end
It is good practice to have distinct tests for each attribute value, so that possible future regressions can be identified more accurately.
Do see the README.
For a nice example of a well structured module test-suite see example42's modules.