Install specific version of client

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How do I install a specific version of the chef-client? I can’t find this
documented anywhere. The install.sh script takes a -v input to specify the
version number, but how do I get a list of version numbers? The S3 bucket
isn’t listable, so I can’t look through that.

I have to go back to an older version of the client than 12.0.0. The
decision to make the client wait interval + splay for it’s first run makes
it unusable.

Doug.

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Choose your OS, version, and arch then you can see a list of valid version under the Downloads section:

You could also check out the releases on the Chef github page here:

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Douglas Garstang doug.garstang@gmail.com
wrote:

How do I install a specific version of the chef-client? I can't find this
documented anywhere. The install.sh script takes a -v input to specify the
version number, but how do I get a list of version numbers? The S3 bucket
isn't listable, so I can't look through that.
I have to go back to an older version of the client than 12.0.0. The
decision to make the client wait interval + splay for it's first run makes
it unusable.
Doug.

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This is one method:
$ knife bootstrap --bootstrap-version --...
I can't help you with the list of version numbers, though.

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Douglas Garstang doug.garstang@gmail.com
wrote:

How do I install a specific version of the chef-client? I can't find this
documented anywhere. The install.sh script takes a -v input to specify the
version number, but how do I get a list of version numbers? The S3 bucket
isn't listable, so I can't look through that.

I have to go back to an older version of the client than 12.0.0. The
decision to make the client wait interval + splay for it's first run makes
it unusable.

Doug.

4

Also, the S3 bucket is listable, go to https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com You might have to page through, though.

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Daniel DeLeo

On Friday, December 5, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Jordan Wesolowski wrote:

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Choose your OS, version, and arch then you can see a list of valid version under the Downloads section:

You could also check out the releases on the Chef github page here:
Releases · chef/chef · GitHub

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Douglas Garstang <doug.garstang@gmail.com (mailto:doug.garstang@gmail.com)> wrote:

How do I install a specific version of the chef-client? I can't find this documented anywhere. The install.sh (http://install.sh) script takes a -v input to specify the version number, but how do I get a list of version numbers? The S3 bucket isn't listable, so I can't look through that.

I have to go back to an older version of the client than 12.0.0. The decision to make the client wait interval + splay for it's first run makes it unusable.

Doug.