# \[Pre-Release Announcement\] Chef 14.5.27

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/pre-release-announcement-chef-14-5-27/13690>\
**Category:** Chef Release Announcements\
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/pre-release-announcement-chef-14-5-27/13690 "2018-09-18T22:20:02Z")\
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Ohai Chefs!

We have selected 14.5.27 as our Chef v14.5 release candidate which is scheduled for release on Thursday September 20, 2018.

# Release Highlights

## New Resources

We've added new resources to Chef 14.5. Cookbooks using these resources will continue to take precedent until the Chef 15.0 release

### windows\_workgroup

Use the `windows_workgroup` resource to join or change a Windows host workgroup.

See the [windows\_workgroup](https://docs.chef.io/resource_windows_workgroup.html) documentation for more information.

Thanks [@derekgroh](https://github.com/derekgroh) for contributing this new resource.

### locale

Use the `locale` resource to set the system's locale.

See the [locale](https://docs.chef.io/resource_locale.html) documentation for more information.

Thanks [@vincentaubert](https://github.com/vincentaubert) for contributing this new resource.

## Updated Resources

### windows\_ad\_join

`windows_ad_join` now includes a `new_hostnname` property for setting the hostname for the node upon joining the domain.

Thanks [@derekgroh](https://github.com/derekgroh) for contributing this new property.

## InSpec 2.2.102

InSpec has been updated to from 2.2.70 to 2.2.102. This new version includes the following improvements:

- Support for using ERB templating within the .yml files
- HTTP basic auth support for fetching dependent profiles
- A new global attributes concept
- Better error handling with Automate reporting
- Vendor command now vendors profiles when using path://

## Ohai 14.5

### Windows Improvements

How we detect the `root_group` attribute on Windows has been simplified and improved to properly support non-English systems. With this change we've also deprecated the `Ohai::Util::Win32::GroupHelper` helper, which is no longer necessary. Thanks to [@jugatsu](https://github.com/jugatsu) for putting this together.

We've also added a new `encryption_status` attribute to volumes on Windows. Thanks to [@kmf](https://github.com/kmf) for suggesting this new feature.

### Configuration Improvements

The timeout period for communicating with OpenStack metadata servers can now be configured with the `openstack_metadata_timeout` config option. Thanks to [@sawanoboly](https://github.com/sawanoboly) for this improvement.

Ohai now properly handles relative paths to config files when running on the command line. This means commands like `ohai -c ../client.rb` will now properly use your config values.

## Security updates

### Rubyzip

The rubyzip gem has been updated to 1.2.2 to resolve [CVE-2018-1000544](https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-1000544/)

Please see the [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/chef/chef/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) for the complete list of changes.

# Get the Build

As always, you can download binaries directly from [downloads.chef.io](https://downloads.chef.io/chef/current/14.5.27) or by using the `mixlib-install` command line utility:

```auto
$ mixlib-install download chef -v 14.5.27 -c current

```

Alternatively, you can install Chef using one of the following command options:

```auto
# In Shell
$ curl https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -P chef -v 14.5.27 -c current

# In Windows PowerShell
. { iwr -useb https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.ps1 } | iex; install -project chef -version 14.5.27 -channel current

```

If you want to give this version a spin in Test Kitchen, create or add the following to your `kitchen.yml` file:

```auto
provisioner:
  product_name: chef
  channel: current
  product_version: 14.5.27

```