Ohai Chefs!
We’re happy to announce the release of Chef v13.8!
Release Highlights
Revert attributes changes from 13.7
Per Regression in Chef Client 13.7.16 , there was a regression in how arrays and hashes were handled in 13.7. In 13.8, we’ve reverted to the same code as 13.6.
Continuing work on windows_task
13.8 has better validation for the idle_time property, when using the on_idle frequency.
Security Updates
- Updated libxml2 to 2.9.7; fixes: CVE-2017-15412
Please see the CHANGELOG for the complete list of changes.
Get the Build
As always, you can download binaries directly from downloads.chef.io or by using the new mixlib-install command line utility available in ChefDK 0.19.6 or greater.
$ mixlib-install download chef -v 13.8.0
Alternatively, you can install Chef using one of the following command options:
# In Shell
$ curl https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -P chef -v 13.8.0
# In Windows Powershell
. { iwr -useb https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.ps1 } | iex; install -project chef -version 13.8.0