diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 2c2b8b48..eacaebc9 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ AllCops:
     - metadata.rb
     - attributes/**
     - spec/**
+    - recipes/**
 
   Excludes:
     - files/**
-    - recipes/**
     - templates/**
 
 # UTF-8 headers not generally in these files
diff --git a/recipes/common.rb b/recipes/common.rb
index 1d1c4d52..cec666c2 100644
--- a/recipes/common.rb
+++ b/recipes/common.rb
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ identity_admin_endpoint = endpoint 'identity-admin'
 auth_uri = ::URI.decode identity_endpoint.to_s
 
 db_user = node['openstack']['db']['network']['username']
-db_pass = get_password "db", 'neutron'
+db_pass = get_password 'db', 'neutron'
 sql_connection = db_uri('network', db_user, db_pass)
 
 api_endpoint = endpoint 'network-api'
-service_pass = get_password "service", 'openstack-network'
+service_pass = get_password 'service', 'openstack-network'
 
 if node['openstack']['network']['api']['bind_interface'].nil?
   bind_address = api_endpoint.host
diff --git a/recipes/l3_agent.rb b/recipes/l3_agent.rb
index 846071d4..ead052dc 100644
--- a/recipes/l3_agent.rb
+++ b/recipes/l3_agent.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ template '/etc/neutron/l3_agent.ini' do
   notifies :restart, 'service[neutron-l3-agent]', :immediately
 end
 
-unless ['nicira', 'plumgrid', 'bigswitch', 'linuxbridge'].include?(main_plugin)
+unless %w(nicira plumgrid bigswitch linuxbridge).include?(main_plugin)
   # See http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-network/admin/content/install_neutron-l3.html
   ext_bridge = node['openstack']['network']['l3']['external_network_bridge']
   ext_bridge_iface = node['openstack']['network']['l3']['external_network_bridge_interface']
diff --git a/recipes/server.rb b/recipes/server.rb
index f66d3dfc..c6d6739c 100644
--- a/recipes/server.rb
+++ b/recipes/server.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ end
 # Migrate network database
 # If the database has never migrated, make the current version of alembic_version to havana,
 # else migrate the database to latest version.
-bash "migrate network database" do
+bash 'migrate network database' do
   plugin_config_file = node['openstack']['network']['plugin_config_file']
   migrate_command = "neutron-db-manage --config-file /etc/neutron/neutron.conf --config-file #{plugin_config_file}"
   code <<-EOF