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+# Testing the Cookbook #
+
+This cookbook uses [bundler](http://gembundler.com/) and [berkshelf](http://berkshelf.com/) to isolate dependencies.
+
+To setup the dependencies:
+
+    $ bundle install --path=.bundle # install gem dependencies
+    $ bundle exec berks vendor .cookbooks # install cookbook dependencies and create the folder .cookbooks
+
+To run the tests:
+
+    $ export COOKBOOK='openstack-ceph'
+    $ bundle exec foodcritic -f any -t ~FC003 -t ~FC023 .cookbooks/$COOKBOOK
+    $ bundle exec rubocop .cookbooks/$COOKBOOK
+    $ bundle exec rspec --format documentation .cookbooks/$COOKBOOK/spec
+
+## Rubocop  ##
+
+[Rubocop](https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop) is a static Ruby code analyzer, based on the community [Ruby style guide](https://github.com/bbatsov/ruby-style-guide). We are attempting to adhere to this where applicable, slowly cleaning up the cookbooks until we can turn on Rubocop for gating the commits.
+
+## Foodcritic ##
+
+[Foodcritic](http://acrmp.github.io/foodcritic/) is a lint tool for Chef cookbooks. We ignore the following rules:
+
+* [FC003](http://acrmp.github.io/foodcritic/#FC003) These cookbooks are not intended for Chef Solo.
+* [FC023](http://acrmp.github.io/foodcritic/#FC023) Prefer conditional attributes.
+
+## Chefspec
+
+[ChefSpec](http://code.sethvargo.com/chefspec/) is a unit testing framework for testing Chef cookbooks. ChefSpec makes it easy to write examples and get fast feedback on cookbook changes without the need for virtual machines or cloud servers.