RELEASE_NOTES.md

This file holds "in progress" release notes for the current release under development and is intended for consumption by the Chef Documentation team. Please see https://docs.chef.io/release_notes.html for the official Chef release notes.

Chef Client Release Notes 12.15:

Highlighted enhancements for this release:

• Omnibus packages are now available for Ubuntu 16.04.

• Added cab_package resource and provider which supports the installation of CAB/cabinet packages on Windows. Example:

  cab_package 'Install .NET 3.5 sp1 via KB958488' do
    source 'C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\Windows6.1-KB958488-x64.cab'
    action :install
  end
  
  cab_package 'Remove .NET 3.5 sp1 via KB958488' do
    source 'C:\Users\xyz\AppData\Local\Temp\Windows6.1-KB958488-x64.cab'
    action :remove
  end

  NOTE: cab_package resource does not support URLs in source.

• Added exit code 213 (Chef Upgrades) from RFC062

  • This allows for easier testing of chef client upgrades in Test Kitchen. See omnibus_updater

• Set yum_repository gpgcheck default to true.

• Allow deletion of registry_key without the need for users to pass data key in values hash.

• knife ssh will pass the -P option on the command line, if it is given, as the sudo password and will bypass prompting.

Highlighted bug fixes for this release: