# Meeting Notes for January 12th, 2023

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/meeting-notes-for-january-12th-2023/21757>\
**Category:** Community Meetings\
**Created:** [January 12, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/meeting-notes-for-january-12th-2023/21757 "2023-01-12T17:25:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![ktolliver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@ktolliver](https://discourse.chef.io/u/ktolliver)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/meeting-notes-for-january-12th-2023/21757/1 "2023-01-12T17:25:49Z")

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Below are the meeting notes for this week's Community Meeting, a text-based meeting held weekly in #Community Meetings on our community slack, which you can join: [https://community-slack.chef.io/](https://community-slack.chef.io/)

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**DevRel/Community**

Kiah shared

_Ohai Chefs! Thanks for joining me for another community meeting_

_Kicking things off with a few DevRel updates:_

_We’d love for you to join our Community Advisory Council meeting **today at 1pm ET.** Here’s the_ [_Zoom link_](https://progress.zoom.us/j/2857352905)_._

_Don’t miss the next episode of How To Human tomorrow at 10am ET on Twitch_ [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/chef/original/2X/4/4c38ce447e7208b5df2e2247ab76380be0b72e4b.png)CodeItLive - Twitch](http://twitch.tv/codeitlive)_._ [_@Jeff Strauss_](https://chefcommunity.slack.com/team/U03LSMH1WR2) _and the crew will chat with Progress's_ [_Courtney Gagné_](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAqL3YABuqgM26ox0Yf22_opk9J0Ikp0TWs) _about attaining meaningful **Change Through Activism**. Catch previous episodes on_ [_YouTube_](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL11cZfNdwNyMr053jV9tH4Mxe9_7-t9vZ)_!_

_Progress Chef announced that its automation solutions are recognized by G2 as a leading technology in its respective space and took home 11 badges. Learn more about it in this_ [_blog post_](https://www.chef.io/blog/progress-chef-wins-an-unprecedented-11-enterprise-cloud-infrastructure-automation-award-badges-in-g2-s-winter-report)_!_

_Here’s what’s coming up in webinars: **Jan 17** _ [_Simplifying SOC2 Compliance for Cloud Security_](https://www.chef.io/webinars/simplifying-soc2-compliance-for-cloud-security)

# This week’s releases

**Chef Automate**

Kiah shared

[_Automate version 4.5.2 Released!_](https://discourse.chef.io/t/automate-version-4-5-2-released/21756) _This release brings the ability to add new frontend and backend nodes for the AWS deployment of Automate HA._

**Chef Infra Server**

Kiah shared

[_Chef Infra Server 15.4.0 Released!_](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-server-15-4-0-released/21739) _With this release Chef Infra Server Habitat packages are now built against Erlang 24._

**Chef Infra Client**

Kiah shared

[_Chef Infra Client 18.1.0 Released!_](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-infra-client-18-1-0-released/21738) _This release contains a host of resource updates, security patches, and bug fixes including resolving FIPS mode breakage in Windows._

**Chef Workstation**

Kiah shared

[_Chef Workstation 22.12.1024 Released!_](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-workstation-22-12-1024-released/21742) _The Chef Workstation App on Windows and macOS now includes a dashboard to help manage cookbooks. You can access the dashboard from the system tray menu._

# Updates

**Chef Automate**

Ankur Mundhra shared

_Hello community_

_Highlights of this week include:_

- _Upgraded embedded Chef Infra Server to 15.4.0_
- _Added support in AWS deployment to add additional nodes in HA cluster_
- _Fixed a bug to ensure that node recipe can be accessed while using policy files_
- _Fixed a bug to get correct certificates of RDS for AWS deployment of Automate HA_
- _Improved error messages for backup failures in different situations_
- _Fixed a bug to ensure that database EBS volume is not mandatorily asked for managed services deployment of Automate HA_
- _Root CA is now optional in config during deployment of Automate HA_

_Team Automate_

**Chef Infra Client**

Thomas Powell shared

_Chef Infra Client:_

- _16 in focus_
- _Triaging and troubleshooting bug reports from 18_

**Chef Infra Server**

Lincoln Baker shared

_In Progress_

- _[DAST Scan] Cacheable SSL page found_
- _[Chef Infra Server] Investigate unable to upload cookbooks after upgrading from 15.1.7 to 15.3.2_
- _[Courier] Define Job State API and generate Open API structure_
- _[Courier] Implement schedulemanager.UpdateJobById_
- _[Courier] Include next scheduled run time and current execution time GET /job/{id}_
- _[Courier Server] Implement schedulemanager.EstimateJobRunTimes_
- _[Docs] Clarify documentation for FQDNs_
- _[Docs] Update release process documentation_
- _Add el-9 to the builders, testers, and the Umbrella pipeline for Infra Server_

_Completed_

- _Chef Infra Server 15.4.0 released_
- _[Chef Infra Server] Investigate Commons vulnerability_

**Chef Workstation**

Kiah Tolliver shared

_From_ [_@Vikram Karve_](https://chefcommunity.slack.com/team/U025KBHLLKY) _and the Workstation/Community Tools team:_

- _We released Chef Workstation 22.12.1024, this includes few bug fixes and a preview GUI feature_
- _Working on a followup release to include Chef Infra Client v18 and InSpec v5_
- _Exploring ways to revamp kitchen-azure plugin so we don't need to continue relying on EOL Azure Ruby SDK_

**Sous Chefs**

ramereth shared

_Hello from Sous Chefs!_

- _powershell - 6.3.0_
- _Remove deprecation warning when depend of EOL cookbook_
- _Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management_

_A note to that cookbook, it looks like we may need to do an additional release to properly fix what that release above was about_

**Cinc Updates**

ramereth shared

_Hello from the Cinc Project!_

- _Cinc Client 18.1.0 has been released_
- _Cinc Server 15.4.0 has been released_
- _Cinc Workstation 22.12.1024 status_
- _Build issue with Windows it preventing us from getting getting this out the door_
- _I may go ahead and release for all other platforms and work on getting this fixed in the meantime_

## **See you next week!**

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