Supported Versions¶
This section lists the free and commercial Chef products and versions we currently support. The lifecycle stage defines the involvement by Chef Software in updating and maintaining each product.
Lifecycle Definitions¶
Generally Available (GA)¶
This stage indicates that the product or version is in active development and/or maintenance.
- Chef continues to provide releases to the application or version in response to customer needs and security vulnerabilities
- Chef welcomes customer feature requests for the product roadmap for the application
Deprecated¶
This stage indicates that an application or version is no longer in active development and will eventually move to end of life status. Chef continues to provide support according to our SLAs.
- Chef no longer provides scheduled releases
- Customers should use the GA alternative to these products; contact us for help with product selection and deployment
- Chef may provide a release for a critical defect or security vulnerability
End of Life (EOL)¶
This stage indicates that Chef has set a date after which the application or version will no longer be supported or recommended for use by customers.
- As of the end of life date, the application will no longer be supported by Chef and will no longer be available for download
- Documentation for the application will be moved to https://docs-archive.chef.io
Versions and Status¶
Important
Unless otherwise stated, versions older than those listed below are EOL.
Supported Commercial Distributions¶
Use of these and later versions of these distributions must be in accordance with the Chef End User License Agreement or a commercial agreement with Chef. Additional information is available in this announcement.
| Product | Version | Lifecycle Status | EOL Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chef Automate | 2 | GA | n/a |
| Chef Infra Client | 15.x | GA | n/a |
| Chef Infra Server | 13.x | GA | n/a |
| Chef Habitat | 0.81+ | GA | n/a |
| Chef InSpec | 4.x | GA | n/a |
| Chef Workstation | 0.4+ | GA | n/a |
| ChefDK | 4.x | GA | n/a |
| Chef Backend¹ | 3.x | Releasing 2020 | n/a |
- These distributions do not directly require acceptance of the Chef EULA, but have functionality that requires its acceptance in other products.
Supported Free Distributions¶
Use of the following distributions is governed by the Apache License, version 2.0.
| Product | Version | Lifecycle Status | EOL Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chef Client | 14.x | GA | April 30, 2020 |
| Chef Workstation | 0.3 | GA | April 30, 2020 |
| ChefDK | 3.x | GA | April 30, 2020 |
| Chef InSpec | 3.x | GA | April 30, 2020 |
| Chef Infra Server | 12.x | GA | TBD |
| Push Jobs | 2.5.x | GA | TBD |
| Supermarket | 3.x | GA | TBD |
Deprecated Products and Versions¶
The following products are deprecated. Users are advised to move to newer versions or products.
| Product | Version | Lifecycle Status | EOL Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chef Manage | 2.5.x | Deprecated | TBD |
| Chef Workflow | 2.x | Deprecated | TBD |
End of Life (EOL) Products¶
| Product | Version | Lifecycle Status | EOL Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analytics | All | EOL | December 31, 2018 |
| Automate | 1.x | EOL | December 31, 2019 |
| Chef Client | 13 and under | EOL | April 30, 2019 |
| Chef Compliance | All | EOL | December 31, 2018 |
| ChefDK | 2 and under | EOL | April 30, 2019 |
| Enterprise Chef | All | EOL | December 31, 2018 |
| Chef InSpec | 2 and under | EOL | December 31, 2019 |
| Chef Provisioning | All | EOL | August 31, 2019 |
| Chef Replication/Sync | All | EOL | August 31, 2019 |
| Reporting | All | EOL | December 31, 2018 |
| Chef Server DRBD HA | All | EOL | March 31, 2019 |