How to setup kitchen-ansible test env download and install ruby install bundler create Gemfile with following contents in directory where kitchen is required. In this case its preprod env :: source "https://rubygems.org" gem "test-kitchen" gem "kitchen-ansible" gem "serverspec" gem "kitchen-verifier-serverspec" gem 'kitchen-docker', :git => 'https://github.com/test-kitchen/kitchen-docker.git' run BUNDLE_GEMFILE=Gemfile bundler install command to install all packages. setup .kitchen.yml file run following commands :: bundler exec kitchen create basic-ubuntu-2004 bundler exec kitchen converge basic-ubuntu-2004 bundler exec kitchen verify basic-ubuntu-2004