Oh man. What a week at Chef! Hopefully, you’ve seen our announcements about open sourcing our projects and changing our business model. We’ve been working on that for a while, and it’s been great to finally get to share it with you and start engaging open-source first. ChefConf has always been the real-life place for […]
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What Does the New Chef Mean for the Community?
Chef would not exist without its community. Our Open Source community built the foundation upon which every part of Chef stands. Together we continue to evolve and grow and shape each other as Chef moves into its third chapter. At Chef we firmly believe that Open Source Software – built by a community of contributors across […]
Read MoreHit the Cloud Running With Chef InSpec Profiles
Following on from the recent announcement that Chef has achieved CIS certification across AWS, Azure and GCP let’s take a deeper look at how to get started with Chef InSpec on these cloud providers. Starting with InSpec v3.7.7 there is profile generation support for AWS, Azure, and GCP. This makes it easier than ever to […]
Read MoreApplication Migration: End of Support, Beginning of Transformation
What does end of support for an Operating System (such as Windows Server 2008 or RHEL 5) have to do with Digital Transformation? The speed of modern business necessitates a much faster time to market and higher quality applications. But your existing application estate will determine your modernization strategy. Which is why the end of […]
Read MoreThe Four Duties of Reviewing Pull Requests
One of the greatest thrills of working in Open Source is receiving your first pull request. Learning that someone not only took an interest in your project, but took enough interest to fork the code, make a change, and then submit it as a pull request is such an incredible feeling. Receiving pull requests is […]
Read MoreNominate an Awesome Community Chef!
ChefConf 2019 is our time to get together with our community, learn from each other, and celebrate all the amazing things we’ve accomplished together over the year. One of the ways we love to recognize the contributions and hard work of our community is through the Awesome Community Chef Awards. Awesome Community Chefs are folks […]
Read MoreChef Software is the First CIS Partner Certified on AWS, Azure, and GCP
Chef is excited to announce that we have achieved official Center for Internet Security certification on the Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmarks (level 1 & level 2). With this certification, Chef Software is the first CIS partner to be certified on all three cloud providers for which they publish security benchmarks: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft […]
Read MoreAchieving Federal Compliance with Chef Automate and Chef InSpec
Federal agencies work hard to provide value to consumers of their services, but in order to deliver updates at the velocity their customers demand, they must ensure their infrastructure is hardened and secure throughout the software development lifecycle. Chef Software, for over a decade, has helped Federal agencies automate how they build and manage this […]
Read MoreNow accepting applications for the ChefConf 2019 Diversity Scholarship!
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, […]
Read More2019: 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. […]
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