Commit a4b6a5a3 authored by Mitchell Hashimoto's avatar Mitchell Hashimoto

Update README

parent bec978fd
......@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ real-world cost associated with running the tests. Be aware of that prior
to running the tests. Additionally, many tests will leave left-over artifacts
(AMIs) that you'll have to manually clean up.
## Required Software
## Running Tests
### Required Software
Before running the tests, you'll need the following installed. If you're
running on Mac OS X, most of these are available with `brew`:
......@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ running on Mac OS X, most of these are available with `brew`:
* [AWS cli](http://aws.amazon.com/cli/)
## Configuring Tests
### Configuring Tests
**For tests that require AWS credentials:**
......@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ Set the following self-explanatory environmental variables:
* `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`
* `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`
## Running Tests
### Running
These tests are meant to be run _one file at a time_. There are some
test files (such as the amazon-chroot builder test) that simply won't
......@@ -40,3 +42,10 @@ never work.
If you're working on Packer and want to test that your change didn't
adversely affect something, try running only the test that is related to
your change.
```
$ bats builder_amazon_ebs.bats
```
Note: Working directory doesn't matter. You can call the bats test file
from any directory.
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