@bigkraig Ideally these tests would require no chef-server and use the net/http/httptest  package to present the request/responses from the 'server'. 

 If i am understanding you right.  you were using the `test/support/start_server.sh` script right? You don't want to mod/create/delete the client/node  thats built-in?  Just create a new node/client or w/e in the tests for this then.