# Downloading Chef 11 (Not 12)

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/downloading-chef-11-not-12/6208>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [January 23, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/downloading-chef-11-not-12/6208 "2015-01-23T21:43:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Douglas\_Garstang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@Douglas\_Garstang](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Douglas_Garstang)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/downloading-chef-11-not-12/6208/1 "2015-01-23T21:43:18Z")

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Where can I download recent releases of chef 11?

Reason I ask is that I just got this when running chef-client. No  
description of error. Runlist previously worked on chef 11.

Recipe: memcached::default

- package[memcached] action install[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] INFO:  
Processing package[memcached] action install (memcached::default line 23)  
(up to date)
- package[libmemcache-dev] action install[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00]  
INFO: Processing package[libmemcache-dev] action install  
(memcached::default line 25)  
(up to date)
- service[memcached] action enable[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] INFO:  
Processing service[memcached] action enable (memcached::default line 42)  
(up to date)
- template[/etc/memcached.conf] action create[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00]  
INFO: Processing template[/etc/memcached.conf] action create  
(memcached::default line 75)  
(up to date)  
Recipe: slice-memcached::default
- file[/var/log/memcached.log] action create[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00]  
INFO: Processing file[/var/log/memcached.log] action create  
(slice-memcached::default line 31)  
(up to date)  
[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] INFO: HTTP Request Returned 403 Forbidden: error

Running handlers:  
[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers  
Running handlers complete

[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete  
[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to  
/var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out  
Chef Client failed. 8 resources updated in 9.9027676 seconds  
[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] ERROR: 403 “Forbidden”  
[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError:  
Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)

The /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out file contains:

Generated at 2015-01-23 21:36:35 +0000  
Net::HTTPServerException: 403 “Forbidden”  
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:2633:in `error!' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/http.rb:143:in`request’  
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/http.rb:116:in  
`put' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/node.rb:523:in`save’  
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/client.rb:287:in  
`save_updated_node' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/client.rb:433:in`do\_run’  
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/client.rb:213:in  
`block in run' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/client.rb:207:in`fork’  
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/client.rb:207:in  
`run' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/application.rb:217:in`run\_chef\_client’  
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:328:in  
`block in run_application' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:317:in`loop’  
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:317:in  
`run_application' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/application.rb:67:in`run’  
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/bin/chef-client:26:in  
`<top (required)>' /usr/bin/chef-client:23:in`load’  
/usr/bin/chef-client:23:in `’

Spectacularly useless. Is chef 12 ready for use? If all the community  
cookbooks aren’t going to work with chef 12, then downloading chef 11 must  
be an option somewhere. I tried using version 12.0.3 of the client (was  
using 11.12.4) and got the same ‘Forbidden’ result.

Doug.

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**Author:** ![dcondomitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/dcondomitti/32/104_2.png) [@dcondomitti](https://discourse.chef.io/u/dcondomitti)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/downloading-chef-11-not-12/6208/2 "2015-01-23T21:49:16Z")

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Everything is still available, from 11.0.4 to 11.1.6-1, at [https://downloads.chef.io/](https://downloads.chef.io/) You just need to read the entire page.

That stacktrace isn’t “spectacularly useless.” It identifies that it’s a problem while saving the node:

> /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/node.rb:523:in `save'  
> Run chef with -ldebug to see exactly what is failing.

On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Douglas Garstang wrote:

> Where can I download recent releases of chef 11?
> 
> Reason I ask is that I just got this when running chef-client. No description of error. Runlist previously worked on chef 11.
> 
> Recipe: memcached::default
> 
> - package[memcached] action install[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] INFO: Processing package[memcached] action install (memcached::default line 23)  
> (up to date)
> - package[libmemcache-dev] action install[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] INFO: Processing package[libmemcache-dev] action install (memcached::default line 25)  
> (up to date)
> - service[memcached] action enable[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] INFO: Processing service[memcached] action enable (memcached::default line 42)  
> (up to date)
> - template[/etc/memcached.conf] action create[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] INFO: Processing template[/etc/memcached.conf] action create (memcached::default line 75)  
> (up to date)  
> Recipe: slice-memcached::default
> - file[/var/log/memcached.log] action create[2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] INFO: Processing file[/var/log/memcached.log] action create (slice-memcached::default line 31)  
> (up to date)  
> [2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] INFO: HTTP Request Returned 403 Forbidden: error
> 
> Running handlers:  
> [2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers  
> Running handlers complete
> 
> [2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete  
> [2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out  
> Chef Client failed. 8 resources updated in 9.9027676 seconds  
> [2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] ERROR: 403 "Forbidden"  
> [2015-01-23T21:36:35+00:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)
> 
> The /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out file contains:
> 
> Generated at 2015-01-23 21:36:35 +0000  
> Net::HTTPServerException: 403 "Forbidden"  
> /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:2633:in `error!' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/http.rb:143:in `request'  
> /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/http.rb:116:in `put' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/node.rb:523:in `save'  
> /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/client.rb:287:in `save_updated_node' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/client.rb:433:in `do\_run'  
> /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/client.rb:213:in `block in run' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/client.rb:207:in `fork'  
> /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/client.rb:207:in `run' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/application.rb:217:in `run\_chef\_client'  
> /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:328:in `block in run_application' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:317:in `loop'  
> /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:317:in `run_application' /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/lib/chef/application.rb:67:in `run'  
> /opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.12.4/bin/chef-client:26:in `<top (required)>' /usr/bin/chef-client:23:in `load'  
> /usr/bin/chef-client:23:in `'
> 
> Spectacularly useless. Is chef 12 ready for use? If all the community cookbooks aren't going to work with chef 12, then downloading chef 11 must be an option somewhere. I tried using version 12.0.3 of the client (was using 11.12.4) and got the same 'Forbidden' result.
> 
> Doug.