Custom inspec resources not loaded: 'undefined method'

[rauchrob]

I'm trying to implement some kitchen-inspec tests using a custom inspec resource in the spirit of this blog post. Thus I have created a file named test/integration/my-suite/libraries/query.rb with the following content:

module Inspec::Resources
  class QueryResource < Inspec.resource(1)
    name 'query'
    desc 'dummy inspec resource'

    def initialize(args)
      @args = args
    end

    def bar?
      @args == 'foo'
    end
  end
end

My test case test/integration/my-suite/default_spec.rb is

describe query('foo') do
  it { should be_bar }
end

When running kitchen via kitchen verify my-suite the new resource doesn't seem to be available:

$ kitchen verify my-suite
Ignoring unf_ext-0.0.7.2 because its extensions are not built.  Try: gem pristine unf_ext --version 0.0.7.2
-----> Starting Kitchen (v1.13.2)
-----> Verifying <zabbix-resources-ubuntu-1404>...
       Use `/Users/robert/work/westernacher/chef-repo/cookbooks/zabbix_wps/test/integration/zabbix-resources` for testing
>>>>>> ------Exception-------
>>>>>> Class: Kitchen::ActionFailed
>>>>>> Message: 1 actions failed.
>>>>>>     Failed to complete #verify action: [undefined method `query' for #<#<Class:0x007ffd8ad6a058>:0x007ffd8ad697c0>] on zabbix-resources-ubuntu-1404
>>>>>> ----------------------
>>>>>> Please see .kitchen/logs/kitchen.log for more details
>>>>>> Also try running `kitchen diagnose --all` for configuration

I also tried putting the inspec resource definition directly in my test-case with the same result.

Thanks in advance!

[nibroc]

I'm running into this issue as well.

Whenever I put a custom resource into test/integration/default/libraries/blah.rb, the file is simply not loaded. When I put the custom resource into the actual spec file, it is actually registered into the inspec resource registry, but by that point, the inspec context has already been created (see here where it defines the methods for the resources).

I don't understand how to get it to load my files before create_dsl is called. I've tried putting them in a million places. I also wish that attempting to register a resource after create_dsl had already been called would output a warning so this had been easier to track down, but I'm guessing it's sometimes called more than once per registry.

In short, I'm stumped on this, and I feel like I'm going crazy. As far as I can tell, the official documentation is still in line with that article, so I'm not quite sure why it doesn't work.

kitchen 1.14.2
kitchen-inspec 0.17.0
inspec 1.12.0

[dee-kryvenko]

It works for me using the following directory structure https://github.com/chef/kitchen-inspec#directory-structure-with-complete-profile
Seems like if you need to create custome resources, you need to use full profile format and not just tests.

[nibroc]

I tried that but was getting errors of an invalid format:

Failed to complete #verify action: [Don't understand inspec profile in removed/test/integration/apps, it doesn't look like a supported profile structure.]

Turns out I simply needed the inspec.yml file. I assumed since I didn't actually care to put any configuration in there I could just omit it, but I should have realized that's why it wasn't finding a supported structure. Thanks!

[adamleff]

Custom resources in profiles cannot be in the Inspec::Resources namespace. If you move your class up one level and remove the module Inspec::Resources line, you should be fine.

[FilBot3]

@adamleff what do you mean by move your class up one level?