This cookbook includes support for running tests via Test Kitchen (1.0). This has some requirements. 1. You must be using the Git repository, rather than the downloaded cookbook from the Chef Community Site. 2. You must have Vagrant 1.1 installed. 3. You must have a "sane" Ruby 1.9.3 environment. Once the above requirements are met, install the additional requirements: Install the berkshelf plugin for vagrant, and berkshelf to your local Ruby environment. vagrant plugin install berkshelf-vagrant gem install berkshelf Install Test Kitchen 1.0 (unreleased yet, use the alpha / prerelease version). gem install test-kitchen --pre Install the Vagrant driver for Test Kitchen. gem install kitchen-vagrant Once the above are installed, you should be able to run Test Kitchen: kitchen list kitchen test