Chef v17.2.29 Release Notes

Release Date: 2021-06-09 // almost 3 years ago
  • πŸ”€ Merged Pull Requests

    • πŸ›  Fix markdown code blocks #11567 (tas50)
    • πŸ›  More minor docs fixes #11568 (tas50)
    • πŸ‘‰ Make sure we have description fields in actions and fix periods #11573 (tas50)
    • βž• Add additional action descriptions for docs #11575 (tas50)
    • βœ‚ Remove extraneous double mixin for the require. #11581 (Dylan-M)
    • ⚑️ Update validation on the ResetLockoutCount to limit it to LockoutDuration rather than limiting it to 30 minutes #11583 (chef-davin)
    • πŸ— Enables kernel2 habitat package builds/promotions #11588 (collinmcneese)
    • ⚑️ Updated the hostname resource to remove WMI support and use PowerShell… #11584 (johnmccrae)
    • πŸ›  Fix failing Test Kitchen tests in GitHub actions #11589 (tas50)
    • βœ‚ Remove comment no longer relevant #11595 (deivid-rodriguez)
    • βž• Add introduced fields to the hostname resource #11608 (tas50)
    • βž• Adds promotion of kernel2 package to current channel in expeditor config #11605 (collinmcneese)
    • pass homebrew_path, owner props to homebrew_tap if installing cask #11607 (mattlqx)
    • βž• Additional dist constants used in chef-cli and InSpec #11594 (ramereth)
    • Do not set sensitive true for SSL certificate #11578 (jasonwbarnett)
    • πŸ“„ Properly generate the docs markdown notes sections #11601 (tas50)
    • ⚑️ Make sure we can run dep update on 2+ branches #11610 (tas50)
    • ⚑️ Update InSpec to 4.37.17 and bump omnibus #11611 (tas50)
    • ⬆️ Bump ffi to 1.15.1 #11612 (chef-expeditor[bot])
    • inspec_waiver_file_entry: Autoload yaml and use dist file #11552 (tas50)
    • ⬆️ Bump the knife ffi dep #11618 (lamont-granquist)
    • ⬆️ Bump inspec-core-bin to 4.37.20 #11632 (chef-expeditor[bot])
    • πŸ’… Bump chef/chefstyle to 082bbaf73d76000724f8d8ae3ba7f89c9123ad3f #11635 (chef-expeditor[bot])
    • βž• Add a slow resources report to chef-client #11642 (lamont-granquist)
    • ⬆️ Bump all deps to the latest #11643 (tas50)
    • πŸ”§ Make sure we load ohai in knife configure correctly #11647 (tas50)
    • πŸ‘Œ Support recipes that and in .yaml as well as .yml #11629 (marcparadise)
    • πŸ›  Fix Chef::Handler specs and slow report behavior #11648 (lamont-granquist)
    • πŸ›  Fix incorrect require_relative causing failures in knife org user add #11649 (marcparadise)
    • βž• Add tests to verify knife command load & execution #11653 (marcparadise)
    • ⬆️ Bump inspec-core-bin to 4.37.23 #11655 (chef-expeditor[bot])
    • ⚑️ Updated the Windows Pagefile resource to use PowerShell over WMI, added a corresponding test file #11636 (johnmccrae)
    • πŸ–¨ windows_printer: use powershell_exec to delete the printer instead of slower/double logging powershell_script #11663 (tas50)
    • πŸ–¨ Cleanup windows_printer_port and allow updating the port #11662 (tas50)
    • πŸ‘ Cleanup the zypper_repository resource + support multiple GPG Keys #11660 (tas50)
    • βž• Add ed25519 gem back to the omnibus install #11664 (tas50)
    • windows_firewall_rule: allow for multiple remote addresses #11657 (johnmccrae)
    • πŸ‘Œ Improve the automatically generated docs #11670 (tas50)
    • ⚑️ Update omnibus-software to the latest #11673 (tas50)
    • πŸ‘Œ Support attribute block/allow list in data collector #11674 (marcparadise) <!-- latest_stable_release -->