Automate version 3.0.49 Released!

We are delighted to announce the availability of version 3.0.49 of Chef Automate.

Announcement

The upcoming release will be a Major Version Upgrade with support for Open Search. Chef Automate will not automatically upgrade to the major upgrade. Click here to know more.

Upgrade Journey

Chef lets you choose your Upgrade Journey based on your current version of Chef Automate. You have to manually upgrade to the major versions.

Your Current Version Upgrade To
Any version before 20220329091442 20220329091442
20220329091442 3.0.x

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Improvements

  • The Check-In history in node details will have an improved look and feel on desktop dashboard (#6702).
  • Included opt-in telemetry for Profiles search, Data Feed, Data Lifecycle, Identity Management, Access Management, and Node Management (#6840, #6863, #6864, #6903, #6913, #6917).

Compliance Profile Updates

  • Compliance profiles are updated to version 1.0.0/20220422141333, which includes the following profile changes:

STIG Windows 2012R2 v3 release 1
STIG Windows 2016 2.1.0
CIS Windows 2012R2 2.5.0
CIS Windows 2012 2.3.0
Mac OS 11 1.2.0
Microsoft IIS
Windows 2016 1.3.0
CIS Windows 2019 1.2.1
Ubuntu 20.04 1.1.0
CIS Oracle Database 19c (Linux) 1.0.0
CIS AWS Linux 2 2.0.0
CIS Oracle Database 12c 3.0.0
RHEL 7 3.1.1
RHEL 8 1.0.1
Centos 8 1.0.1
Centos 7 3.1.2
RHEL 6 3.0.0
Ubuntu 18.04 2.1.0
Debian Linux 9 1.0.1
Windows 10 H2 1.10.0
Centos 6 3.0.0
Oracle Linux 7 3.1.1
Oracle 18c 1.0.0
STIG RHEL8 1.2.0
CIS MSSQL Server 2016 v1.3.0
IS MSSQL Server 2019 v1.2.0

Bug Fixes

  • The Infinite render loop in check-in history on the desktop dashboard has been fixed (#6756).
  • The 0-byte file download of Compliance Reports in Chrome/Edge has been fixed (#6824).
  • The visualization of the check-in time of nodes in the Nodes tab under Infra Server has been fixed(#6858).

Maintenance

  • Updated Inspec version to 4.56.22 (#6958)

Security

Security Improvements

(examples: new security configurations)

  • Enable Strict Transport Security header for Automate services (#6846)

Chef Packaged Product Versions

This release uses:

  • Chef Habitat version: 1.6.181/20201030172917
  • Chef Habitat Builder version: 9978/20211221122808
  • Chef Infra Server version: 14.13.42/20220228221324
  • Chef InSpec version: 4.56.22/20220423215911

Service Versions

This release uses:

  • Postgres: 13.5
  • ElasticSearch: 6.8.23
  • Nginx: 1.21.3
  • Haproxy: 2.2.2

Supported External Chef Products

This release supports the following external chef products:

  • Chef Infra Server version: 14.0.58+
  • Chef Inspec version: 4.3.2+
  • Chef Infra Client: 17.0.242+
  • Chef Habitat: 0.81+

View the package manifest for the latest release.


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