chef_12_roadmap

base product is now all open source - including organizations and role base access control extensions api is now in the

licensing model

• all open source is apache 2 - everyone who contributes now owns their code
• sign up for subscription - billed per node if small; big firms pay a flat subscription (e.g. global 3000)

hosted chef

• always been the same as enterprise chef
• same app code, but architected as a service oriented architecture
• deployed continuously, runs ahead of the latest release

what do you get by paying?

• management console (webui) (chef 11 webui is no longer being updated)
• analytics
• high availability
• federation replication to another chef server
• support

chef 12

what is the role of the users password and

• chef-user-ctl - password is used for the management console, ocid, supermarket authenticated
• chan be changed with

what is the role of real name and email?

• for supermarket, and enterprise features
• needs better documentation
• needs a way to change password

chef-solo

• is not going away
• punch whoever started this rumour. Julian :)
• all the things you used to have to guard against you no longer need to do so
• chef-zero will become called chef-solo

what is the roadmap for chef 13?

• "no"
• there is no roadmap yet, or when (maybe Oct 2015)
• we do roadmaps is started as themes - what we need to accomplish - pushed to team themes
• we want to release more often
• chef 12 has the same api as chef 11.
• chef 12.? may include a universe endpoint

Push jobs (job dispatch and feedback loops)

• is an extension
• and is open source

Press release also stated the following (already released)

• Windows DSC from 11.16
• Supermarket
• VMware support
• Azure support

Push jobs

• run the push job server against hosted chef
• can't do it today

Chef Metal

• Chef Inc are in the process of speeding up their release cadence
• Want the metal gem to get into core

Chef the Co

• profitability expectations from venture backing (maybe $40-50M)
• thesis: long lasting infrastructure company that will last forever - making money and keep acquiring customers
• access to capital, and ability to be independent is dependent on this

Is X a competitor with you?

• don't care

Chef 11 to Chef 12

• install the chef server core
• it will do downloads and transformations to chef 12
• now you run a new chef server, now you have a default org, and that's where your existing content will go