Tag Archives: Server

Ad-hoc Rack Test Servers for Integration Tests

Boots up test servers so integration tests can connect to them (when running in the same process try webmock) … works for RSpec and Minitest (with minitest-around/maxitest or similar gem)

The server boot takes about 5 seconds, might be better with a different web-server, but WEBrick is simplest.

Code from this post is now the stub_server gem.

require 'stub_server'

describe 'CLI' do
  let(:service_a_replies) {{'/v1/catalog/services' => {}}}
  let(:service_b_replies) {{'/api/v1/nodes' => {}}}

  around do |test|
    StubServer.open(8500, service_a_replies) do |a|
      StubServer.open(9000, service_b_replies) do |b|
        a.wait
        b.wait
        test.call
      end
    end
  end

  it "works" do
    ...
  end
end

Improving sparkle_formation method_missing

Sparkle formation has the habit of swallowing all typos, which makes debugging hard:

foo typo
dynanic! :bar
# ... builds
{
  "typo": {},
  "foo": "<#SparkleFormation::Struct",
  "dymanic!": {"bar": {}}
}

let’s make these fail:

  • no arguments or block
  • looks like a method (start with _ or end with !)
# calling methods without arguments or blocks smells like a method missing
::SparkleFormation::SparkleStruct.prepend(Module.new do
   def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
     caller = ::Kernel.caller.first

     called_without_args = (
       args.empty? &&
       !block &&
       caller.start_with?(File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__))) &&
       !caller.include?("vendor/bundle")
     )
     internal_method = (name =~ /^_|\!$/)

     if called_without_args || internal_method
       message = "undefined local variable or method `#{name}` (use block helpers if this was not a typo)"
       ::Kernel.raise NameError, message
     end
     super
   end
end)

Trusted wildcard SSL certs for localhost on osx / mac

Screen Shot 2013-11-27 at 6.58.11 PM

Create cert

openssl genrsa 2048 > host.key
openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -sha1 -days 3650 -key host.key > host.cert
#[enter *.localhost.dev for the Common Name]
openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -text < host.cert > host.info
cat host.cert host.key > host.pem

Trust cert

sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot \
 -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain host.cert

boxen / puppet config

# nginx.conf
server {
  listen 80;
  listen 443 default ssl;

  ssl_certificate     <%= scope.lookupvar "nginx::config::configdir" %>/ssl/localhost.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key <%= scope.lookupvar "nginx::config::configdir" %>/ssl/localhost.key;

  server_name *.localhost *.localhost.dev;



# nginx.pp
  file { "${nginx::config::configdir}/ssl":
    ensure => 'directory'
  }

  $cert = "${nginx::config::configdir}/ssl/localhost.crt"

  exec {"trust-nginx-cert":
    command => "sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain ${cert}",
    require => File[$cert],
    user => root,
  }

  file { $cert:
    ensure => present,
    source => 'puppet:///modules/company-name/ssl/localhost.crt',
    notify  => Service['dev.nginx']
  }

  file { "${nginx::config::configdir}/ssl/localhost.key":
    ensure => present,
    source => 'puppet:///modules/company-name/ssl/localhost.key',
    notify  => Service['dev.nginx']
  }