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Chef Infra Best Practices: #1 Using Cookstyle for Infra Client Upgrades
Believe it or not, infrastructure configuration solutions like Chef have been around for more than 10 years now. Over those 10 years, Chef has continued to improve the functionality of Chef Infra, requiring clients to not only upgrade to a new version, but also update some of the associated automation they have built.
Case Study: A Lesson in Digital Transformation in the Midst of a Global Pandemic with Edgenuity
Edgenuity provides online learning and teacher resources and is used by 75% of U.S. school districts. Over the past five years, the company has seen explosive growth both organically and through acquisitions. In addition to mounting capacity challenges, they also faced gaps in the way they built, tested and deployed applications.
Test Your Chef Knowledge with the Chef Principles Certification
I’m pleased to announce the release of a new Chef-approved certification program: Chef Principles. This certification exam was built from the ground up to test your knowledge of Chef OSS tools, products, and solutions. It also provides a measuring stick against modern DevOps practices that we encourage within our community.
Progress’ Commitment to the Chef Open Source Community
Since the acquisition of Chef by Progress there has been a lot of opportunity for us to intentionally make decisions around the amazing products that Chef provides. The same products that all members of the Chef Community (past, present, internal and external) have had a big part in shaping and building.
Re-cap: Compliance as Code Roundtable
In case you missed it, here is a recap of our Roundtable – Compliance as Code Webinar. Organizations are struggling with balancing the need for speed of innovation delivery and the need for a secure environment to do so.
What is Compliance as Code? The New Frontier in Compliance Automation
There is no doubt that DevSecOps practices accelerate the pace of digital transformation, but those same practices also introduce new challenges to maintaining compliance. Traditional compliance approaches risk slowing software delivery, exacerbating audit pain, and leaving organizations with an incomplete view of compliance posture.
Goodbye ChefDK, Hello Chef Workstation
With the end of 2020 fast approaching, ChefDK is nearing end-of-life status. Don’t panic just yet though, because we have a simple upgrade path that will give you even better functionality for managing Chef products.
Announcing the Chef Infra Server 13 Deprecation
Today we are announcing the deprecation of Chef Infra Server 13, with the eventual end of life (EOL) date of June 30th, 2021. On the EOL date, all development will terminate and no new versions will be released.
Begin Your DevSecOps Journey on Learn Chef
For some time now, Learn Chef has been the destination of choice for IT ops practitioners to learn how to expand their DevOps skill sets. Whether it be learning about securing your infrastructure, managing a fleet of IT resources, or consistently delivering applications, Learn Chef has you covered.