Chef Infra Client 17.10.114 Released!

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We are delighted to announce the availability of version 17.10.114 of Chef Infra Client.

Resource Updates

This release backports the following updates from Chef Infra Client 18.4:

  • Fixed the chef_client_systemd_timer resource to accept integer values for a unit's CPU quota. (#14152). Backports (#14011).
  • Fixed the windows_service resource, which would trigger a change on every execution if you specify a service description. (#14151). Backports (#14064)
  • Fixed the zypper_package resource to properly handle error 104 when removing a non-existent package. (#14160). Backports (#14150).
  • Added support for homebrew_cask, homebrew_cask, and homebrew_tap resources on ARM64 systems and fixed a pathing issue. (#14153). Backports (#13669) and (#13937).

Security

  • Updated inspec-core Gem to 5.22.36 and its dependencies to fix security (CVE) issues. (#14147)

Bug fixes

  • Refactored Berkshelf because it failed to install and run on macOS during Test Kitchen runs. (#14149)

Dependencies

  • Updated net-ssh from 7.1.0 to 7.2.1. (#14162)
  • Updated ffi-yajl. (#14176)
  • Bump Ruby version for Chef 17 to 3.0.6. (#14056)
  • Bump Omnibus to 9.0.2, which downgrades Bash on Solaris to allow Chef to run correctly. (#14177)

Get the Build

As always, you can download binaries directly from chef.io/downloads or by using the mixlib-install command-line utility:

$ mixlib-install download chef -v 17.10.114

Alternatively, you can install Chef Infra Client using one of the following command options:

# In Shell
$ curl https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -P chef -v 17.10.114
# In Windows Powershell
. { iwr -useb https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.ps1 } | iex