# Upgrade process

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/upgrade-process/3268>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [November 9, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/upgrade-process/3268 "2012-11-09T14:44:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Blaine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/jeff_blaine/32/19_2.png) [@Jeff\_Blaine](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Jeff_Blaine)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/upgrade-process/3268/1 "2012-11-09T14:44:01Z")

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I see that the wiki has information about upgrading from 0.9 to  
0.10 and similar. Aside from that, the wiki’s other information  
on the topic is… less than encouraging.

Has anyone developed a workable upgrade process for minor[sic]  
revisions? Care to share? Have we re-embraced bash + SSH in a  
for-loop?

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**Author:** ![Mike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/mike/32/18_2.png) [@Mike](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/upgrade-process/3268/2 "2012-11-09T14:51:38Z")

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I've seen this: [http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/omnibus\_updater](http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/omnibus_updater)  
Caveat emptor - haven't used it myself, but have heard good things.

Also - Omnibus packages for platforms have repos at [yum.opscode.com](http://yum.opscode.com) and  
[apt.opscode.com](http://apt.opscode.com) - might be worth looking in to.

-Mike

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Jeff Blaine [jblaine@kickflop.net](mailto:jblaine@kickflop.net) wrote:

> I see that the wiki has information about upgrading from 0.9 to  
> 0.10 and similar. Aside from that, the wiki's other information  
> on the topic is... less than encouraging.
> 
> Has anyone developed a workable upgrade process for minor[sic]  
> revisions? Care to share? Have we re-embraced bash + SSH in a  
> for-loop?

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**Author:** ![Pete\_Cheslock1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/pete_cheslock1/32/610_2.png) [@Pete\_Cheslock1](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Pete_Cheslock1)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/upgrade-process/3268/3 "2012-11-09T15:01:38Z")

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I just converted our rubygems deploy of chef to the omnibus using the  
heavywater cookbook. It does a great job of deploying and making sure the  
version of omnibus is the right one.

Highly recommended.

> **[GitHub - chef-boneyard/omnibus\_updater: DEPRECATED: Chef cookbook to update...](https://github.com/chef-boneyard/omnibus_updater)**
>
> DEPRECATED: Chef cookbook to update the omnibus packaged Chef client - GitHub - chef-boneyard/omnibus\_updater: DEPRECATED: Chef cookbook to update the omnibus packaged Chef client

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Mike [miketheman@gmail.com](mailto:miketheman@gmail.com) wrote:

> I've seen this: [http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/omnibus\_updater](http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/omnibus_updater)  
> Caveat emptor - haven't used it myself, but have heard good things.
> 
> Also - Omnibus packages for platforms have repos at [yum.opscode.com](http://yum.opscode.com) and  
> [apt.opscode.com](http://apt.opscode.com) - might be worth looking in to.
> 
> -Mike
> 
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Jeff Blaine [jblaine@kickflop.net](mailto:jblaine@kickflop.net) wrote:
> 
> > I see that the wiki has information about upgrading from 0.9 to  
> > 0.10 and similar. Aside from that, the wiki's other information  
> > on the topic is... less than encouraging.
> > 
> > Has anyone developed a workable upgrade process for minor[sic]  
> > revisions? Care to share? Have we re-embraced bash + SSH in a  
> > for-loop?

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**Author:** ![Mike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/mike/32/18_2.png) [@Mike](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/upgrade-process/3268/4 "2012-11-09T15:33:14Z")

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> [GitHub - chef-boneyard/omnibus\_updater: DEPRECATED: Chef cookbook to update the omnibus packaged Chef client](https://github.com/hw-cookbooks/omnibus_updater)  
> I suspect this is the same cookbook as the one on the community website.  
> It would be great if the maintainer would post the Github repo source  
> link on the Community website.

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Pete Cheslock [pete.cheslock@sonian.net](mailto:pete.cheslock@sonian.net) wrote:

> I just converted our rubygems deploy of chef to the omnibus using the  
> heavywater cookbook. It does a great job of deploying and making sure the  
> version of omnibus is the right one.
> 
> Highly recommended.
> 
> [GitHub - chef-boneyard/omnibus\_updater: DEPRECATED: Chef cookbook to update the omnibus packaged Chef client](https://github.com/hw-cookbooks/omnibus_updater)
> 
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Mike [miketheman@gmail.com](mailto:miketheman@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > I've seen this: [http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/omnibus\_updater](http://community.opscode.com/cookbooks/omnibus_updater)  
> > Caveat emptor - haven't used it myself, but have heard good things.
> > 
> > Also - Omnibus packages for platforms have repos at [yum.opscode.com](http://yum.opscode.com) and  
> > [apt.opscode.com](http://apt.opscode.com) - might be worth looking in to.
> > 
> > -Mike
> > 
> > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Jeff Blaine [jblaine@kickflop.net](mailto:jblaine@kickflop.net) wrote:
> > 
> > > I see that the wiki has information about upgrading from 0.9 to  
> > > 0.10 and similar. Aside from that, the wiki's other information  
> > > on the topic is... less than encouraging.
> > > 
> > > Has anyone developed a workable upgrade process for minor[sic]  
> > > revisions? Care to share? Have we re-embraced bash + SSH in a  
> > > for-loop?