ChefConf returns this fall and is celebrating a noteworthy milestone; the event is now 10 years old! Along with commemorating this occasion, ChefConf ‘21 will feature an abundance of panels and discussions surrounding all subjects related to the Chef platform.

As an organization grows, so does its IT footprint. To manage and troubleshoot endpoint issues, every enterprise has its own trusted team of System Administrators who usually juggle various tasks such as deploying operating systems, managing and baselining assets, reporting on endpoints, and much more. But as issues keep mounting, so does the pressure on the IT resource management team.

In this day and age of automation, automating repetitive and mundane tasks is highly valued to developer productivity and efficiency. Tasks like user management and creating backups, though simple, can eat away a lot of time and effort to execute.

ChefConf ‘21: Online is coming up soon and it’s an event you don’t want to miss! We have lined up some of the brightest minds from DevOps and IT from companies like Google, SAP, PagerDuty, HashiCorp, Netflix, and many more.

Coded enterprises have a distinct advantage with an automated pipeline, plus DevSecOps trends for the rest of 2021 revealed.   A single path to production was one topic we touched upon in our June 2021 Progress Chef Partner Webinar. What does that mean?

Two top Chef consultants take you on a lively tour of the Chef ecosystem Thomas Heinen and Patrick Schaumburg work as consultants at the tecRacer Group (Hanover, Germany). tecRacer is a Chef partner and Thomas and Patrick have been using Chef in customer projects since 2016. They’re both actively involved in the further development of  the ecosystem.

Whether you’re new to Chef or an old pro, Test Kitchen can be a boon to anyone looking to dive into test-driven automation practices and rapid code development.

September 7-9, 2021 will mark the 10th annual ChefConf! The journey from 2012 to 2021 has been a ride full of excitement, sleepless nights, innovative talks, and all kinds of fun. From “Doing DevOps Right” to “Chef helps teams accelerate their DevOps journeys” this year, we have aimed to be a medium for thousands of DevOps and IT folks to learn, interact, and expand their knowledge through keynotes, technical sessions, networking, hack days, charitable events, and more. We thank all of the #ChefFriends in our community; you have been an integral part of the success of ChefConf.

A Microsoft publicly disclosed remote code execution zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-34527), now known as “PrintNightmare”, could allow attackers to run code, including malware or ransomware, and take full control of impacted vulnerable systems. Microsoft is urging Administrators to deploy the proper patches as quickly as possible or disable inbound remote printing until the patches can be applied.