Ohai Chefs!
We’re happy to announce the release of ChefDK v1.5!
Release Highlights
Security Fixes
This release of Chef Client contains a new version of zlib, fixing 4
CVEs:
Chef 12.21
Chef has been updated to the 12.21 release, fixing a number of bugs:
- On Debian based systems, correctly prefer Systemd to Upstart
- Handle the supports pseudo-property more gracefully
- Don’t crash when we downgrade from Chef 13 to Chef 12
- Provide better system information when Chef crashes
See the Release Notes for further information
Notable Updated Gems
- cookstyle 1.3.1 -> 1.4.0 (Changelog)
ChefDK 1.4 Release Notes
InSpec
InSpec has been updated to 1.25.1 with the following new functionality:
- Consistent hashing for InSpec profiles
- Add platform info to json formatter
- Allow mysql_session to test databases on different hosts
- Add an oracledb_session resource
- Support new Chef Automate compliance backend
Find the full list of changes here.
Notable Updated Gems
- cookstyle 1.3.0 -> 1.3.1 (Changelog)
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 chefdk -v 1.5.0
Alternatively, you can install ChefDK using one of the following command options:
# In Shell
$ curl https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -P chefdk -v 1.5.0
# In Windows Powershell
. { iwr -useb https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.ps1 } | iex; install -project chefdk -version 1.5.0
If you want to give this version a spin in Test Kitchen, create or add the following to a .kitchen.local.yml file:
provisioner:
product_name: chefdk
product_version: 1.5.0