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, […]
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New Chef Automate Functionality and End of Life Impacts
Chef Automate Infra Server On the heels of an extremely successful virtual ChefConf 2020, we at Chef are proud of the receptiveness and positive feedback we’ve received from customers and prospects on the announcements we made. To continue this trend, we’re pleased to announce plans for Chef Automate, which will incrementally add Chef Infra Server’s […]
Read MoreNow Available: ServiceNow CMDB Integration
Today we’re pleased to announce the launch of our integration with ServiceNow’s Configuration Management Database (CMDB). With this release, every time Chef Infra gathers information about a system, it sends that data to an associated Configuration Item (CI) in ServiceNow’s CMDB in addition to Chef Automate. Combined with the existing Incident Management application, Chef ensures […]
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 MoreBe part of our Live Studio Audiences for our ChefConf Online sessions
Hello Chefs! Wherever you are in the world, you’re likely not in the place you usually are when you’re working. Sadly, we also won’t be where we usually are for ChefConf this year; ChefConf will be online, like so many other events that can no longer happen in person. Registration is open right now at […]
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 […]
Read MoreAn Award-Winning Way to Start 2020
Chef Rings in 2020 with Multiple Industry Award Wins for Chef EAS and Chef InSpec Chef is kicking off 2020 on a high note announcing five new industry awards signifying our ongoing recognition from the industry as the DevOps leader. These awards underscore the Chef team’s hard work and strong leadership, as well as the […]
Read MorePreparing for April End of Support Dates
This coming April will mark one year since the introduction of the Chef Enterprise Automation Stack. As part of this release, we announced that all of our products are now open source under the Apache 2 license and that Chef’s tested, enterprise-ready software distributions (binaries) are subject commercial license terms going forward. Today anyone can […]
Read MoreChefConf 2020 Registration is Now Open!
Registration for ChefConf 2020 is now open. Join us in Seattle or London (or both) this June! ChefConf provides a unique opportunity for technology practitioners, DevOps engineers, application delivery engineers, and IT security professionals to hear from some of the world’s largest companies about how they are driving innovation and capturing more value from their […]
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