Improve speed of readiness detection for Windows instances

lib/kitchen/driver/ec2.rb

@@ -251,14 +251,6 @@ def create(state)
           wait_until_ready(server, state)
         end
 
-        if windows_os? &&
-            instance.transport[:username] =~ /administrator/i &&
-            instance.transport[:password].nil?
-          # If we're logging into the administrator user and a password isn't
-          # supplied, try to fetch it from the AWS instance
-          fetch_windows_admin_password(server, state)
-        end
-
         info("EC2 instance <#{state[:server_id]}> ready (hostname: #{state[:hostname]}).")
         instance.transport.connection(state).wait_until_ready
         attach_network_interface(state) unless config[:elastic_network_interface_id].nil?
@@ -536,12 +528,19 @@ def wait_until_ready(server, state)
             state[:hostname] = hostname(aws_instance, nil)
           end
           if ready && windows_os?
-            output = server.console_output.output
-            unless output.nil?
-              output = Base64.decode64(output)
-              debug "Console output: --- \n#{output}"
+            if instance.transport[:username] =~ /administrator/i &&
+                instance.transport[:password].nil?
+              # If we're logging into the administrator user and a password isn't
+              # supplied, try to fetch it from the AWS instance
+              fetch_windows_admin_password(server, state)
+            else
+              output = server.console_output.output
+              unless output.nil?
+                output = Base64.decode64(output)
+                debug "Console output: --- \n#{output}"
+              end
+              ready = !!(output =~ /Windows is Ready to use/)
             end
-            ready = !!(output =~ /Windows is Ready to use/)
           end
           ready
         end

spec/kitchen/driver/ec2_spec.rb

@@ -311,6 +311,46 @@
         expect(driver.wait_until_ready(server, state)).to eq(true)
       end
     end
+
+    context "when windows instance" do
+      let(:hostname) { "windows" }
+
+      before do
+        expect(aws_instance).to receive(:exists?).and_return(true)
+        expect(aws_instance).to receive_message_chain("state.name").and_return("running")
+        expect(driver).to receive(:windows_os?).and_return(true)
+      end
+
+      context "does define a username/password" do
+        before do
+          expect(transport).to receive(:[]).with(:username).and_return("foo")
+        end
+
+        context "console output is ready" do
+          it "returns true" do
+            # base64 encoded `Windows is Ready to use`
+            expect(server).to receive_message_chain("console_output.output").and_return("V2luZG93cyBpcyBSZWFkeSB0byB1c2U=")
+            expect(driver.wait_until_ready(server, state)).to eq(true)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context "console output is not ready" do
+          it "returns false" do
+            expect(server).to receive_message_chain("console_output.output").and_return("")
+            expect(driver.wait_until_ready(server, state)).to eq(false)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "does not define a username/password" do
+        it "returns true" do
+          expect(transport).to receive(:[]).with(:username).and_return("administrator")
+          expect(transport).to receive(:[]).with(:password).and_return(nil)
+          expect(driver).to receive(:fetch_windows_admin_password).with(server, state)
+          expect(driver.wait_until_ready(server, state)).to eq(true)
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#fetch_windows_admin_password" do
@@ -482,11 +522,7 @@
 
     context "instance is a windows machine" do
       before do
-        expect(driver).to receive(:windows_os?).and_return(true)
-        expect(transport).to receive(:[]).with(:username).and_return("administrator")
-        expect(transport).to receive(:[]).with(:password).and_return(nil)
         expect(driver).to receive(:submit_server).and_return(server)
-        expect(driver).to receive(:fetch_windows_admin_password).with(server, state)
       end
 
       include_examples "common create"