Hi Chefs,
Since we announced the 11.6 Release Candidate, we've been busy running test scenarios to verify new features and bug fixes. This round of testing is complete, and we've released a new RC with a handful of fixes. Unless any new issues are found, this RC will become the 11.6.0 release. If you've been wondering how you can contribute to Chef, testing this release in your environment is a great way to help out.
For the full list of changes in this release, please see the draft release notes:
http://docs.opscode.com/release_notes.html
If you encounter any bugs in this RC, please create a bug report on our tracker: http://tickets.opscode.com
Installation and upgrade instructions for various platforms/installation methods are below.
gem install chef ohai mixlib-shellout --pre
curl -L "https://www.opscode.com/chef/install.sh" | sudo bash -s -- -p
Links for most platforms are below. Only the 64-bit versions are shown for Intel-based platforms. If you need a 32-bit package, use the shell script installer, or see the "omnitruck API" instructions.
- url https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/13.04/x86_64/chef_11.6.0.rc.2-1.ubuntu.13.04_amd64.deb
- md5 98c5443fcdc46aee75da4205d267185a
- sha256 aa02aeebc5bee581c629c7519b1fc5a8bbf0e4175fcba5ebacf5d17a85ce283c
- url https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/12.04/x86_64/chef_11.6.0.rc.2-1.ubuntu.12.04_amd64.deb
- md5 6c7beae3515e2925ace345616c0527fe
- sha256 e0b2cf96a6cdea2b8b8e54f644ef2239b7c015b3e0fc866adcc13f0c1ece7ad2
- url https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu/10.04/x86_64/chef_11.6.0.rc.2-1.ubuntu.10.04_amd64.deb
- md5 f6dbc2c1b760f3a652e54e4aead8b8b7
- sha256 90f34bb9fc8ec2d848c38d79d4110bfd25cf571fec7047656b2abf91c7e1ae7a
- url https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/el/6/x86_64/chef-11.6.0.rc.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
- md5 e5520f33bd85fd1606d7fdfca63eab38
- sha256 eaacd90f59f9422304eb87ef3c3e2999425f93c9933b13dd0a02198fecf027f5
- url https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/el/5/x86_64/chef-11.6.0.rc.2-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
- md5 0e4b9fc0a7721106242bff7aa4c20630
- sha256 c82532d921d687fe110d610a6442b14b634c70d33ead3f0743358b135a1fae3e
- url https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/debian/6/x86_64/chef_11.6.0.rc.2-1.debian.6.0.5_amd64.deb
- md5 a7117c3b5cf2cac20a30d53c9fe20a74
- sha256 4c585a7d117a857ae45aac80c24cbdf7af9605ac8a8dd2bc13f650daa99da6ec
- url https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/windows/2008r2/x86_64/chef-client-11.6.0.rc.2-1.windows.msi
- md5 eaf9d428b742e3c0d5cf93198d8fcf42
- sha256 b55070fa9dd5cf263d003ef361be9f6278b21dad212f24efbd832bbe0fcedc71
- url https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/solaris2/5.10/i386/chef.11.6.0.rc.2-1.solaris2.5.10.i386.solaris
- md5 aca8a8625701e726417370dd28b316be
- sha256 5fb1a1f53a76bc9a1f6d3973fc7f546c24d2c688ca13830cf98a5a53f2607715
- url https://opscode-omnibus-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/solaris2/5.9/sparc/chef.11.6.0.rc.2-1.solaris2.5.9.sparc.solaris
- md5 4f3a42a782be728702544c38c519bc91
- sha256 10bec780681bb6aa863e465e94369c899c2241cd21d340469688f4cf95741b51
To fetch a package URL and checksums, you can use the Omnitruck metadata API:
curl 'https://www.opscode.com/chef/metadata?p=ubuntu&pv=13.04&m=x86_64&prerelease=true'
Valid values for platform, platform version, and architecture are defined here: https://github.com/opscode/omnibus-chef/blob/master/jenkins/chef.json
Tried Windows link and it works for me, so looks good. I'm curious about the order in which platforms are listed -- is there a particular reason for the order (e.g. most popular distribution), or was it just arbitrary?
Are there any caveats to gem install approach? They'll still end up with the same gems as if they had installed via Omnibus, correct?