ChefConf 2019 is getting closer! Come hang with us in our hometown! ChefConf 2019 will be our 8th annual event, and we’ll be at Chef’s home in Seattle, WA. Join us this May for talks, workshops, and community! The Chef community hails from all over the world and includes dozens of industries – from healthcare, […]
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2019: The “Third Chapter” of Chef Software
Dear Members of the Chef Community, Now that the buzz from closing out 2018 and Chef Rally (our annual all company kick-off) has died down, I wanted to share a quick update on Chef, along with a glimpse into the amazing opportunity that lies ahead for the company and our community. First of all, 2018. […]
Read MoreAnnouncing Chef Automate integration with Google Cloud Security Command Center
Digital security continues to be a critical area of focus for enterprises. This should not be a surprise given the continuous drumbeat of serious security breaches in the news as hackers seek to exploit databases full of valuable customer information. At the same time, companies are also seeking to improve their time-to-market by moving applications […]
Read MoreNovember 2018 OSS Updates
Here’s this month’s round up of what happened in November across the Chef, Habitat, and InSpec open-source communities. Many thanks to all of our contributors this month. Chef This month’s release of Chef 14 is Chef 14.7.17. This release includes three new resources for users on Windows: windows_firewall_rule, to let you manage Windows firewall rules; […]
Read More25,000 Users and Introducing Learn Chef Rally Demos!
This week we passed a significant Learn Chef Rally milestone: more than 25,000 of you have created an account to track your progress! This reinforces that we have an amazing community of users interested in honing their chef skills. With the number of Rally-goers continuing to increase, we’ve decided to spice things up a bit […]
Read MoreEnd-of-Life Announcement for Chef Server for Linux on IBM Z and Linux on IBM Power Systems
Today we are announcing the end-of-life date of Chef Server for Linux on IBM Z and Linux on IBM Power Systems to be May 1, 2019. Support for Chef Server on the x86_64 processor architecture is not affected by this announcement. Chef also continues to support Chef Client for Linux on IBM Z and Linux […]
Read MoreChef Open Source Community News – October 2018
Here’s this month’s round up of what happened in October across the Chef, Habitat, and InSpec open-source communities. Chef This month’s release of Chef 14 is Chef 14.6.47. In this release, we are rolling out some major improvements to the package size of Chef Client that resulted in a 50% size reduction on Linux/macOS and […]
Read MoreHabitat® and Chef® Automate for Applications
A little over two years ago, the Habitat project was begun, with the idea that applications can move much faster if we design automation from the application’s point of view. This took the form of an abstraction, and a contract, between the application layer and the underlying infrastructure beneath it. Since then, we have worked […]
Read MoreAnnouncing General Availability of Chef Workstation
We are excited to announce that Chef Workstation, which we first released in beta at ChefConf 2018, is now generally available. Chef Workstation provides everything you need to get started with Chef in a straightforward one-click installation, and to start delivering infrastructure automation without the need to set up any other software like a Chef […]
Read MoreAnnouncing InSpec 3.0
We’re excited to announce the release of InSpec 3.0! Since the last major revision of InSpec in February, InSpec has been downloaded 49270 times, we’ve merged more than 330 pull requests from 85 contributors, and added dozens of new resources. The 3.0 release includes a ton of bug fixes, usability improvements, and additional platform support. […]
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