Chef Infra Client 18.3.0 Released!

[chef-ci]

We are delighted to announce the availability of version 18.3.0 of Chef Infra Client.

Improvements

• Reformatted the output of the knife cookbook list -a -F json command so it returns a hierarchical JSON object of cookbook versions instead of a flat array. (#13654) Thanks aknarts!

Resource updates

• Added an options parameter to the apt_repository resource to set arbitrary options for Apt repositories. (#13728) Thanks, tmccombs!

Resource bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where the homebrew_tap resource on ARM64 (Apple Silicon) machines would not untap a Homebrew tap with the :untap action. (#13669).
• Fixed an issue where an integer passed to the program_arguments property in the launchd resource would cause a kernel panic in launchd because it requires a string. (#13682) Thanks, gbatye!
• Fixed an idempotency issue in the zypper_package resource by verifying that the named package is already installed. (#13691) Thanks, ramereth!
• Fixed a bug in the windows_security_policy resource when the user running Chef Infra Client has a space in their username. (#13809) Thanks, jwdean!
• Updated the chocolatey_package resource to handle changes introduced in Chocolatey CLI v2.0. (#13833)
• Fixed a type error in the yum_package resource when the makecache_fast property is false. (#13829). Thanks chouetz!

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where attributes loaded slowly due to a regression in net/http in Ruby 3.1. (#13745)
• Fixed an Invalid Memory object error when Infra Client runs on Windows. (#13677)
• Fixed an issue where knife bootstrap would fail using the --sudo option on EL8 systems. (#13636)

Dependencies

• Bundled chef-powershell updated from 18.0.2 to 18.1.0. (Also addresses #13357)

Packaging

• We are now building packages for Rocky Linux 8. (#13867)

Security

• Update OpenSSL to 1.0.2zf to address CVE-2022-2068 and CVE-2022-1292. (#13890)

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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 18.3.0

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 18.3.0
# In Windows Powershell
. { iwr -useb https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.ps1 } | iex