# Chef 0.9.6 CentOS/RHEL 5 packages - testing

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-9-6-centos-rhel-5-packages-testing/1476>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [July 19, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-9-6-centos-rhel-5-packages-testing/1476 "2010-07-19T06:55:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Kent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/matthew_kent/32/884_2.png) [@Matthew\_Kent](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Matthew_Kent)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-9-6-centos-rhel-5-packages-testing/1476/1 "2010-07-19T06:55:51Z")

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Chef 0.9.6 CentOS/RHEL 5 packages as provided by ELFF  
([http://elff.bravenet.com/](http://elff.bravenet.com/)) are ready for testing.

Installation instructions have been updated here

[http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installation+on+RHEL+and+CentOS+5+with+RPMs](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installation+on+RHEL+and+CentOS+5+with+RPMs)

Changes:

- Lots of build shuffling in the specs to account for chef-server  
changes. chef-server is now just a meta package that installs all the  
server components.
- Init scripts have been updated to correctly start/stop chef-server and  
the webui.
- A couple new config variables mirrored from the Debian configs.
- Added role\_path to solo.rb by request of Andrew Shafer.
- Dropped some patches that were included.

I’ve run through a few test installs (install chef server/client, using  
chef-repo, uploading cookbooks/roles etc) on fresh vm’s without issue  
but am looking for further testing.

Please note I have not yet tested the upgrade path from the 0.8.16  
packages as time is a bit tight lately. If you want to try do let me  
know how it goes.

## Unless I hear of any issues I’ll bump the new packages over to the stable repository soon.

Matthew Kent | [http://magoazul.com](http://magoazul.com)

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**Author:** ![kallistec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/kallistec/32/23_2.png) [@kallistec](https://discourse.chef.io/u/kallistec)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-0-9-6-centos-rhel-5-packages-testing/1476/2 "2010-07-19T17:56:11Z")

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On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Matthew Kent [mkent@magoazul.com](mailto:mkent@magoazul.com) wrote:

> Chef 0.9.6 CentOS/RHEL 5 packages as provided by ELFF  
> ([http://elff.bravenet.com/](http://elff.bravenet.com/)) are ready for testing.

Awesome, thanks for all the effort that goes into this.

Dan DeLeo

> ## Unless I hear of any issues I'll bump the new packages over to the stable repository soon.
> 
> Matthew Kent | [http://magoazul.com](http://magoazul.com)