More than likely most of you are familiar with Linux containers but let’s briefly review what the buzz is about. Application containers are an operating system feature that allows you to run your app in an isolated environment without the need for a separate kernel. They’re kind of like a mini-VM without all the overhead.

Ohai Chefs, The first version of Chef Development Kit (a.k.a. Chef DK) is here. What is Chef DK? Chef DK is a package that contains all the development tools you will need when coding Chef. It combines the best of the breed tools developed by Chef community with Chef Client.

Chef Continues Rapid Growth, Strengthens Partner Ecosystem, and Broadens Community Footprint to Help Companies Thrive in Today’s Digital Economy SEATTLE – April 14, 2014 – Chef, the leader in web-scale IT automation, today announced that this week’s #ChefConf 2014 will unveil a software and services ecosystem that helps businesses move faster and meet customer demands.

Survey from Chef Shows Majority of Software Developers Feel Empowered to Experiment and Will Be a Revolutionary Influence in the Next Five Years SEATTLE – April 14, 2014 – Chef, the leader in web-scale IT automation, today released results from a sweeping new survey  that indicates the emergence of a power class of developers.

Chef is Collaborating with AWS, Google, HP Cloud, IBM, Juniper, Microsoft, Rackspace, VMware, and Many More to Define how Businesses Deliver Software and Services to Customers SEATTLE – April 14, 2014 – In advance of #ChefConf 2014, Chef, the leader in web-scale IT automation, today announced that the company is working with a diverse group […]

Open Cloud Leader Bakes Enterprise Chef into New DevOps Service, Empowering Users to Easily Deploy and Scale Applications SEATTLE – April 14, 2014 – In advance of #ChefConf 2014, Chef, the leader in IT automation, today announced that Rackspace (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud company, is using Enterprise Chef for its DevOps Service.

Ohai Chefs, Last Tuesday 04-08-2014 7:12 PM, we released Chef Client 11.12.0 which contained 3 regressions (CHEF-5198, CHEF-5199 and OHAI-562). Subsequently, we released a new version of Chef Client which addressed these issues on Wednesday 04-09-2014 6:28 PM.

Ohai Chefs! As most of you are already aware, the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug has exposed a giant hole in the security of the Internet over the past few days.

Hello! We are pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Management Console for Enterprise Chef 11, 1.3.1. Please contact support@getchef.com for details on obtaining this release. Security Updates Update OpenSSL (CVE-2014-0160) Update Rack::SSL (CVE-2014-2538) Update libyaml (CVE-2014-2525) About the OpenSSL Update OpenSSL was updated to 1.0.1g to address The Heartbleed Bug.