diff --git a/sandbox/serverspec/getting-started/.rspec b/sandbox/serverspec/getting-started/.rspec
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+--color
+--format documentation
diff --git a/sandbox/serverspec/getting-started/Gemfile b/sandbox/serverspec/getting-started/Gemfile
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+gem 'serverspec'
diff --git a/sandbox/serverspec/getting-started/Rakefile b/sandbox/serverspec/getting-started/Rakefile
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+require 'rake'
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+
+task :spec    => 'spec:all'
+task :default => :spec
+
+namespace :spec do
+  targets = []
+  Dir.glob('./spec/*').each do |dir|
+    next unless File.directory?(dir)
+    target = File.basename(dir)
+    target = "_#{target}" if target == "default"
+    targets << target
+  end
+
+  task :all     => targets
+  task :default => :all
+
+  targets.each do |target|
+    original_target = target == "_default" ? target[1..-1] : target
+    desc "Run serverspec tests to #{original_target}"
+    RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(target.to_sym) do |t|
+      ENV['TARGET_HOST'] = original_target
+      t.pattern = "spec/#{original_target}/*_spec.rb"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/sandbox/serverspec/getting-started/spec/localhost/sample_spec.rb b/sandbox/serverspec/getting-started/spec/localhost/sample_spec.rb
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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe package('apache'), if: os[:family] == 'arch' do
+  it { should be_installed }
+end
+
+describe service('httpd'), if: os[:family] == 'arch' do
+  it { should be_enabled }
+  it { should be_running }
+end
+
+describe package('httpd'), if: os[:family] == 'redhat' do
+  it { should be_installed }
+end
+
+describe package('apache2'), if: os[:family] == 'ubuntu' do
+  it { should be_installed }
+end
+
+describe service('httpd'), if: os[:family] == 'redhat' do
+  it { should be_enabled }
+  it { should be_running }
+end
+
+describe service('apache2'), if: os[:family] == 'ubuntu' do
+  it { should be_enabled }
+  it { should be_running }
+end
+
+describe service('org.apache.httpd'), if: os[:family] == 'darwin' do
+  it { should be_enabled }
+  it { should be_running }
+end
+
+describe port(80) do
+  it { should be_listening }
+end
diff --git a/sandbox/serverspec/getting-started/spec/spec_helper.rb b/sandbox/serverspec/getting-started/spec/spec_helper.rb
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+require 'serverspec'
+
+set :backend, :exec
+