Molecule
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Test Kitchen
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| Fact | Molecule | Test Kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| Drivers | Molecule uses the delegated driver by default, and other drivers can be installed separately, most through the molecule-plugins package. | Documented drivers target Amazon EC2, Apache CloudStack, DigitalOcean, Docker via Dokken, Google Cloud Platform, Hetzner Cloud, Vagrant, Azure, Hyper-V, OpenStack, VMware vCenter, and VMware vRealize Automation. |
| Installation | The documentation names pip as the only supported installation method and recommends installing Molecule through the ansible-dev-tools package. | Users can install the gem with gem install test-kitchen or install Cinc Workstation. |
| License | The project GitHub page identifies Molecule as MIT licensed. | The project is released under the Apache License 2.0. |
| Purpose | Molecule is an Ansible testing framework for developing and testing collections, playbooks, and roles. | Test Kitchen is a test harness for executing infrastructure code on one or more platforms in isolation. |
| Support | The project directs users to the Ansible community forum for questions and help, and says possible security bugs can be reported to [email protected]. | The documentation directs users to the #test-kitchen channel on Chef Community Slack for assistance from community members. |
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Pick Molecule if…
Molecule suits Ansible role, playbook, and collection developers who need repeatable provisioning and verification workflows. It is also relevant to teams integrating those tests into continuous integration.
Pick Test Kitchen if…
Test Kitchen suits infrastructure developers who want to provision isolated environments and verify infrastructure code, including Chef cookbook workflows. Users should be comfortable with its Ruby environment and prerequisite virtualization setup.