Missing roles in run list, Chef kitchen chef_solo

Question

When running kitchen converge I get the follow error:

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Error expanding the run_list:
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Missing Role(s) in Run List:

What do I need to do so that the test kitchen run can find the role? I'm running from the chef-repo/ directory that contains the roles/ directory.

kitchen.yml file contents

---
driver:
  name: vagrant

provisioner:
  name: chef_solo
  roles_path: ./roles

platforms:
  - name: centos-7.1

suites:
  - name: default
    run_list: role['role-name']
    attributes:

The role is in ./roles and is a role-name.rb ruby file. – Johnny5 Dec 08 '15 at 23:36 — Johnny5, Dec 08 '15 at 23:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 18 '15 at 00:25

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You need to configure the roles path on the provisioner to use roles with Kitchen, and this is generally not recommended as it is kind of against the point.

edited Dec 18 '15 at 00:25

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answered Dec 08 '15 at 19:51

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sorry, didn't see your reply – Johnny5 Dec 08 '15 at 19:57
would you kindly elaborate a little bit about why it's against the point? – Johnny5 Dec 08 '15 at 19:58
Test Kitchen is a cookbook testing tool, it works best when testing single cookbooks in isolation. Testing a role is harder because it relies on Chef's version solution to know what actual cookbooks will be used in the end so you can't test as usefully. – coderanger Dec 08 '15 at 20:01
Where can I find the correct syntax to add the roles path on the provisioner? I looked at the chef docs, google, and the kitchenci site, but I couldn't find it. I guess'd it might be this: provisioner: name: chef_solo roles_path: roles/ and tried that. The roles/ with the rolename.rb files is indeed right there where the .kitchen.yml file is. Still the same error though when running kitchen test, "Missing Roles in the Run List" – Johnny5 Dec 08 '15 at 21:55
That is indeed the value, see https://github.com/test-kitchen/test-kitchen/blob/master/lib/kitchen/provisioner/chef_base.rb#L71-L74 for the relevant code. – coderanger Dec 08 '15 at 23:16
For future reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43586096/can-we-add-a-role-in-kitchen-yml Under provisioner, add role_path: /path/to/roles – Moshe Zvi Aug 07 '20 at 00:40

Missing roles in run list, Chef kitchen chef_solo

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