Failed to complete #create action: [undefined method `windows_version_parts' for nil:NilClass]

[mmclane]

Version:

(Windows)
Test Kitchen version 1.24.0
ruby 2.6.3p62 (2019-04-16 revision 67580) [x64-mingw32]
or
(Linux)
Test Kitchen version 2.4.0
ruby 2.5.1p57 (2018-03-29 revision 63029) [x86_64-linux-gnu]

[Version of the project installed]

Environment:

I have been trying on both Windows and Linux.

Scenario:

I am trying to use test-kitchen to spin up an AMI I just created with packer and run inspec tests on it. I get an error when it tries to detect the platform.

Steps to Reproduce:

here is my kitchen.yml file

driver:
  name: ec2

provisioner:
  name: shell
  command: 'echo "hellow world!"'

platforms:
  - name: windows
    driver:
      name: ec2
      image_search:
        owner-id: "927623560008"
        name: m3-packer-example-*
      security_group_ids: ["sg-0796fbc3b0b696022"]
      region: us-east-1
      availability_zone: a
      subnet_id: subnet-06677fba897d72122
      instance_type: t2.xlarge
      aws_ssh_key_id: matt-mclane
      retryable_tries: 120
      tags:
        Name: m3-packer-testing
    transport:
      name: winrm
      elevated: true
      ssh_key: /home/mmclane/.ssh/matt-mclane.pem
      username: Administrator

suites:
  - name: default
    run_list:
    verifier:
      inspec_tests:
        - test/default
    attributes:

I run kitchen test

Expected Result:

I expect it to create the instance in ec2

Actual Result:

mmclane@MM-01661:/mnt/c/users/matt.mclane/repos/llamasoft/matt.mclane/packer/sql-servers$ kitchen diagnose --all
Traceback (most recent call last):
30: from /usr/local/bin/kitchen:23:in <main>' 29: from /usr/local/bin/kitchen:23:in load'
28: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/bin/kitchen:13:in <top (required)>' 27: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/errors.rb:171:in with_friendly_errors'
26: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/bin/kitchen:13:in block in <top (required)>' 25: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor/base.rb:466:in start'
24: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor.rb:387:in dispatch' 23: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in invoke_command'
22: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in run' 21: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/cli.rb:142:in diagnose'
20: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/cli.rb:52:in perform' 19: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/command/diagnose.rb:38:in call'
18: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/diagnostic.rb:52:in read' 17: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/diagnostic.rb:125:in prepare_instances'
16: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/diagnostic.rb:125:in each' 15: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/diagnostic.rb:125:in block in prepare_instances'
14: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:257:in diagnose' 13: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:257:in each'
12: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/instance.rb:259:in block in diagnose' 11: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/configurable.rb:120:in diagnose'
10: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/configurable.rb:120:in each' 9: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/configurable.rb:120:in block in diagnose'
8: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/lazy_hash.rb:76:in []' 7: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/test-kitchen-2.4.0/lib/kitchen/lazy_hash.rb:143:in proc_or_val'
6: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/kitchen-ec2-3.4.0/lib/kitchen/driver/ec2.rb:379:in default_ami' 5: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/kitchen-ec2-3.4.0/lib/kitchen/driver/aws/standard_platform.rb:106:in find_image'
4: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/kitchen-ec2-3.4.0/lib/kitchen/driver/aws/standard_platform.rb:224:in sort_images' 3: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/kitchen-ec2-3.4.0/lib/kitchen/driver/aws/standard_platform/windows.rb:65:in sort_by_version'
2: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/kitchen-ec2-3.4.0/lib/kitchen/driver/aws/standard_platform/windows.rb:65:in group_by' 1: from /var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/kitchen-ec2-3.4.0/lib/kitchen/driver/aws/standard_platform/windows.rb:65:in each'
/var/lib/gems/2.5.0/gems/kitchen-ec2-3.4.0/lib/kitchen/driver/aws/standard_platform/windows.rb:65:in block in sort_by_version': undefined method windows_version_parts' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)

[mmclane]

I sorted this out. I believe I needed to have 'windows' in the AMI name somewhere. Once I renamed it from m3-packer-test-{timestamp} to m3-packer-windows-{timestamp} it started working.