[Pre-Release Announcement] ChefDK 2.2.1

Ohai Chefs!

We have selected 2.2.1 as our ChefDK v2.2 release candidate which is scheduled for release on Wednesday September 6, 2017.

Release Highlights

The 2.2.1 release includes RubyGems 2.6.13 to fix the following CVEs:

  • CVE-2017-0899
  • CVE-2017-0900
  • CVE-2017-0901
  • CVE-2017-0902

ChefDK 2.2 includes:

  • Chef 13.3.42
  • InSpec 1.35.1
  • Berkshelf 6.3.1
  • Chef Vault 3.3.0
  • Foodcritic 11.3.1
  • Test Kitchen 1.17.0

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 2.2.1 -c current

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 2.2.1 -c current

# In Windows Powershell
. { iwr -useb https://omnitruck.chef.io/install.ps1 } | iex; install -project chefdk -version 2.2.1 -channel current

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
  channel: current
  product_version: 2.2.1