With the end of 2020 fast approaching, ChefDK is nearing end-of-life status. Don’t panic just yet though, because we have a simple upgrade path that will give you even better functionality for managing Chef products. ChefDK was first shipped in 2014 as a way to bundle various tools necessary for developing Chef Infra cookbooks in […]
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Announcing the Chef Infra Server 13 Deprecation
Today we are announcing the deprecation of Chef Infra Server 13, with the eventual end of life (EOL) date of June 30th, 2021. On the EOL date, all development will terminate and no new versions will be released. Why Deprecate Chef Infra Server 13 On October 5th, 2020 we released Chef Infra Server 14, which […]
Read MoreProduct Announcement: Chef Infra Server 14 Now Available
Chef Infra Server acts as an enterprise hub for configuration data. Chef Infra Server stores cookbooks, the policies that are applied to nodes, and metadata that describes each registered node that is being managed by Chef. Nodes use the Chef Infra Client to ask the Chef Infra Server for configuration details, such as recipes, templates, […]
Read MoreUpgrading the Chef Infra Client
Welcome back to the upgrading Chef Infra blog series! Over the past weeks we’ve talked about why you should upgrade and how to upgrade your cookbooks for compatibility through the use of cookstyle. Your cookbooks are now ready to function with the newest Chef Infra versions. After the chef-infra-client upgrade, we will see the following […]
Read MoreUpgrading Your Cookbooks for Compatibility with Chef Infra Client 16
It’s time to talk about Chef Infra upgrades! Last time around, we covered why it’s important to run on the latest client, and reviewed some of the improvements that have been made in the last few years of releases. Today we’re going to dive into some practical advice on how to go about undergoing a […]
Read MoreUpgrading Chef Infra: Why Upgrade
Welcome back to Upgrading Chef Infra! Last week we kicked things off with a brief introduction and a review of some key concepts. Today we’ll see how Chef Infra has evolved in recent years, and take a look at improvements that have been implemented throughout major releases. While we will discuss some items in detail, […]
Read MoreUpgrading Chef Infra: Introduction
Last week, I had the privilege of announcing the launch of Chef Infra Client 16. In addition to providing a slew of features to improve ease of use, expand platform support and generally improve performance, we’ve invested significantly into improving the process of upgrading Chef Infra. In particular, we’ve added nearly 200 new cops to […]
Read MoreChefConf Online Session Recordings: Chef Infra Week
Hello Chefs! Are you new to the wonders of Automation and Chef Infra? Or are you a battle-scarred professional looking for some deep magic to manage your Chef Server with ease? ChefConf Online has some sessions for you! Join us this week as we record some of the ChefConf Online sessions for Chef Infra. This […]
Read MoreIntroducing Chef Infra Client 16
Today we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Chef Infra Client 16, a smaller, faster version that is chock full of new resources, features, and supported platforms. What makes this release particularly exciting, however, is an unprecedented focus on streamlining the user experience for newcomers and seasoned veterans alike. With Chef Infra 16, your automation […]
Read MoreChef Infra End-of-Life Announcement for Linux Client on IBM s390x Architecture
Updated Dec. 23, 2020: After receiving customer feedback on this deprecation we’ve decided to reverse our plan to remove support for the s390x architecture in Chef Infra Client. We’ve published s390x architecture packages for Chef Infra Client on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12/15 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7/8. We have no planned […]
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