diff --git a/.gitreview b/.gitreview
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be7183e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitreview
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[gerrit]
+host=review.openstack.org
+port=29418
+project=stackforge/cookbook-monasca-thresh
diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5500e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+AllCops:
+  Includes:
+    - metadata.rb
+    - Gemfile
+    - attributes/**
+    - libraries/**
+    - providers/**
+    - recipes/**
+    - resources/**
+    - spec/**
+
+Encoding:
+  Exclude:
+    - metadata.rb
+    - Gemfile
+
+NumericLiterals:
+  Enabled: false
+
+LineLength:
+  Enabled: false
+
+WordArray:
+  MinSize: 3
diff --git a/Berksfile b/Berksfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..850a120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Berksfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+metadata
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eeb359d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+gem 'chef', '~> 11.8'
+gem 'json', '<= 1.7.7' # chef 11 dependency
+gem 'berkshelf', '~> 2.0.18'
+gem 'hashie', '~> 2.0'
+gem 'chefspec', '~> 3.4.0'
+gem 'rspec', '~> 2.14.1'
+gem 'foodcritic', '~> 3.0.3'
+gem 'strainer'
+gem 'rubocop', '~> 0.18.1'
diff --git a/Strainerfile b/Strainerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf2ff52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Strainerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Strainerfile
+rubocop: rubocop $SANDBOX/$COOKBOOK
+knife test: knife cookbook test $COOKBOOK
+foodcritic: foodcritic -f any -t ~FC003 -t ~FC023 $SANDBOX/$COOKBOOK
+chefspec: rspec $SANDBOX/$COOKBOOK/spec
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 883031d..d0ef9ed 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+#
 default[:mon_thresh][:data_bag] = 'mon_thresh'
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 8d696f2..d212c5e 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+#
 name             'mon_thresh'
-maintainer       "Monitoring Team"
-maintainer_email "hpcs-mon@hp.com"
+maintainer       'Monitoring Team'
+maintainer_email 'hpcs-mon@hp.com'
 license          'All rights reserved'
 description      'Installs/Configures mon_thresh'
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 5fb2c21..1bfd150 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+#
 # The user/group thresh are created by the package, as well as /etc/mon/
-package 'mon-thresh' do #The package depends on openjdk-7-jre-headless
+package 'mon-thresh' do # The package depends on openjdk-7-jre-headless
   action :upgrade
 end
 
@@ -7,8 +9,8 @@ service 'mon-thresh' do
   action :enable
 end
 
-# todo - an encrypted credentials data bag
-credentials = { 'mysql' => { 'user' => 'thresh', 'password' => 'password'}}
+# TODO: an encrypted credentials data bag
+credentials = { 'mysql' => { 'user' => 'thresh', 'password' => 'password' } }
 settings = data_bag_item(node[:mon_thresh][:data_bag], 'mon_thresh')
 
 template '/etc/mon/mon-thresh-config.yml' do
@@ -18,8 +20,8 @@ template '/etc/mon/mon-thresh-config.yml' do
   mode '640'
   source 'mon-thresh-config.yml.erb'
   variables(
-    :credentials => credentials,
-    :settings => settings
+    credentials: credentials,
+    settings: settings
   )
-  notifies :restart, "service[mon-thresh]"
+  notifies :restart, 'service[mon-thresh]'
 end
diff --git a/spec/empty.rb b/spec/empty.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc2f6d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/empty.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+# No unit tests at this time.