Platforms and Supported Versions¶
Chef software is supported on the various operating systems (platforms) listed below. To see which versions of our software we currently support, see the Supported Versions section.
Platforms¶
The sections below list the platforms that Chef Software Inc. supports. Support is divided into two levels:
- Commercial Support consists of the platforms that are supported as part of a paid commercial support contract with Chef Software Inc.
- Community Support is made up of platforms for which support is only available through the Chef community
Any platforms or versions not explicitly listed here are unsupported, both commercially and by the community.
Commercial support generally follows Chef community support policies, which track the lifecycle policies of the underlying operating system vendor.
In all cases (beyond community support), a maintenance contract with Chef Software Inc. is required in order to open support tickets and get SLA-based assistance from our support desk.
Chef Client¶
Commercial Support¶
The following table lists the commercially-supported platforms and versions for Chef Client:
| Platform | Architecture | Version |
|---|---|---|
| AIX | ppc64 |
7.1 (TL0 SP3 or higher, recommended), 7.2 |
| Amazon Linux | 2013+ and 2.0 | |
| CentOS | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| FreeBSD | amd64 |
10, 11 |
| macOS | x86_64 |
10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14 |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux | x86_64 |
6.x, 7.x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | x86_64, s390x, ppc64le (7.x only), ppc64 (7.x only) |
6, 7 |
| Solaris | sparc, x86 |
11.2, 11.3, 11.4 |
| SUSE Enterprise Linux Server | x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, ppc64 |
11 SP4, 12 SP1+ |
| Ubuntu (LTS releases) | x86, x86_64, ppc64le (14.04 only) |
14.04, 16.04, 18.04 |
| Microsoft Windows | x86, x86_64 |
7, 8.1, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 10 (all channels except "insider" builds), 2019 (Long-term servicing channel (LTSC), both Desktop Experience and Server Core) |
Community Support¶
The following platforms are supported only via the community:
| Platform | Architecture | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | current version | |
| Debian | i686, x86_64 |
8, 9 |
| Fedora | current non-EOL releases | |
| Gentoo | current version | |
| OmniOS | stable and LTS releases | |
| openSUSE | 42 |
|
| Scientific Linux | x86-64 |
6.x, 7.x |
| Ubuntu | x86, x86_64 |
Current non-LTS releases |
| Windows | x86_64 |
Windows Server, Semi-annual channel (SAC) (Server Core only) |
ChefDK¶
Commercial Support¶
The following table lists the commercially-supported platforms and versions for the Chef Development Kit (ChefDK):
| Platform | Architecture | Version |
|---|---|---|
| macOS | 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14 |
|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 6, 7 |
|
| SUSE Enterprise Linux Server | 11 SP4, 12 SP1+ |
|
| Ubuntu | 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 |
|
| Microsoft Windows | 7, 8.1, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 10 (all channels except "insider" builds), 2019 (Long-term servicing channel (LTSC), Desktop Experience only) |
Community Support¶
The following platforms are supported only via the community:
| Platform | Architecture | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Debian | 8, 9 |
|
| Scientific Linux | x86-64 |
6, 7 |
Chef Server¶
Commercial Support¶
The following table lists the commercially-supported platforms and versions for the Chef Server:
| Platform | Architecture | Version |
|---|---|---|
| CentOS | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | x86_64, ppc64le (7.x only), ppc64 (7.x only) |
6, 7 |
| SUSE Enterprise Linux Server | x86_64 |
11 SP4, 12 SP1+ |
| Ubuntu | x86_64, ppc64le (14.04 only) |
14.04, 16.04 |
Chef Automate Server¶
Commercial Support¶
Commercial support for the Chef Automate 2 Server is available for platforms that use
- a Linux kernel version of 3.2 or greater
systemdas the init systemuseraddcurlorwget
The following table lists the commercially-supported platforms and versions for Chef Automate 1 Server. Do not mix platforms or platform versions within the Chef Automate cluster.
| Platform | Architecture | Version |
|---|---|---|
| CentOS | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| SUSE Enterprise Linux Server | x86_64 |
11 SP4, 12 SP2 |
| Ubuntu | x86_64 |
14.04, 16.04 |
Chef Automate Job Runners¶
Commercial Support¶
Chef Automate Job Runners are supported on the Commercial Support platforms for Chef Automate Server listed above as well as on the following platforms:
| Platform | Architecture | Version |
|---|---|---|
| macOS | x86_64 |
10.12 |
Chef Push Jobs Client¶
Commercial Support¶
The following table lists the commercially-supported platforms for the Chef push jobs client:
| Platform | Architecture | Version |
|---|---|---|
| CentOS | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| macOS | x86_64 |
10.11, 10.12, 10.13 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| Ubuntu (LTS releases) | x86, x86_64 |
14.04, 16.04 |
| Microsoft Windows | x86, x86_64 |
2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 10 |
Chef Push Jobs Server¶
Commercial Support¶
The following table lists the commercially-supported platforms for the Chef push jobs server:
| Platform | Architecture | Version |
|---|---|---|
| CentOS | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| Ubuntu (LTS releases) | x86_64 |
14.04, 16.04 |
Chef Backend¶
Commercial Support¶
The following table lists the commercially-supported platforms for Chef Backend, the high-availability solution for Chef Server:
| Platform | Architecture | Version |
|---|---|---|
| CentOS | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| Ubuntu (LTS releases) | x86_64 |
14.04, 16.04 |
Chef Compliance Server¶
Warning
The standalone Chef Compliance server is deprecated. The standalone Chef Compliance server’s end-of-life date is December 31, 2018. Chef Automate 2 has all of the functionality of Chef Compliance Server and also includes newer out-of-the-box compliance profiles, an improved compliance scanner with total cloud scanning functionality, better visualizations, role-based access control and many other features not found in Chef Compliance Server.
Commercial Support¶
The following table lists the commercially-supported platforms for Chef Compliance Server:
| Platform | Architecture | Version |
|---|---|---|
| CentOS | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | x86_64 |
6, 7 |
| Ubuntu (LTS releases) | x86_64 |
14.04, 16.04 |
Platform End-of-Life Policy¶
Chef’s products on particular platforms and versions generally reach end-of-life on the same date as the vendor EOL milestone for that operating systems. Because different vendors use different terminology, the following table clarifies when Chef products are end-of-life according to those vendors’ terms:
| Platform | Vendor End-of-Life |
|---|---|
| AIX | IBM End of Support Date |
| Debian | End of maintenance updates |
| Enterprise Linux (covers RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS) | End of Production 3 |
| FreeBSD | End of Life |
| Microsoft Windows | End of Extended Support |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux | Premier Support Ends |
| Oracle Solaris | Premier Support Ends |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | General Support Ends |
| Ubuntu Linux | End of maintenance updates |
At Chef’s option, additional support may be provided to customers beyond the vendor end-of-life in the above table. As such, the following table indicates upcoming product end-of-life dates for particular platforms. On the Chef end-of-life date, Chef discontinues building software for that platform and version.
| Platform and Version | Vendor End-of-Life Date | Chef End-of-Life Date |
|---|---|---|
| AIX 6.1 | April 30, 2017 | December 31, 2017 |
| Debian 7 (Wheezy) | May 31st, 2018 | May 31st, 2018 |
| Debian 8 (Jessie) | June 6th, 2020 | June 6th, 2020 |
| Enterprise Linux 5 (covers Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS) | April 30, 2017 | December 31, 2017 |
| Enterprise Linux 6 (covers Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS) | November 30, 2020 | November 30, 2020 |
| FreeBSD 10-STABLE | October 31, 2018 | October 31, 2018 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (SP2)/R2 (SP1) | January 13, 2015 | January 14, 2020 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 | October 10, 2023 | October 10, 2023 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | November 11, 2027 | November 11, 2027 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | October 10, 2028 | October 10, 2028 |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 | June 30, 2017 | December 31, 2017 |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 | March 31, 2021 | March 31, 2021 |
| Oracle Solaris 10 | January 30, 2018 | January 30, 2018 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 | March 31, 2019 | March 31, 2019 |
| Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS | April 30, 2017 | April 30, 2017 |
| Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS | April 30, 2019 | April 30, 2019 |
Supported Versions¶
This section lists the versions of the OSS and commercial Chef products we currently support as well as the support level (expressed as a lifecycle status) for each product. The lifecycle status defines the involvement by Chef Software in updating and maintaining each product in the list below.
Lifecycle Definitions¶
Generally Available (GA)
This stage indicates that an application or version is in active development or is considered feature complete.
- 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.
Premium Supported Open Source
| Product | Version | Lifecycle Status | EOL Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chef Client | 14.x | GA | n/a |
| Chef Client | 13.x | Deprecated | n/a |
| Chef Client | 12.x | EOL | April 30, 2018 |
| ChefDK | 3.x | GA | n/a |
| ChefDK | 2.x | Deprecated | n/a |
| ChefDK | 1.x | EOL | April 30, 2018 |
| Chef Server | 12.x | GA | n/a |
| Chef Provisioning | 1.6.0 or later | GA | n/a |
| InSpec | Latest | GA | n/a |
| Habitat Supervisor | Latest | GA | n/a |
Push Jobs Client
Push Jobs Server
|
2.1.0 or later | GA | n/a |
| Supermarket | 2.2.1 or later | GA | n/a |
Commercial
| Product | Version | Lifecycle Status | EOL Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chef Automate | 0.8.5 or later | GA | n/a |
| Chef Backend | Latest | GA | n/a |
| Chef Compliance | 0.9.0 or later | Deprecated | December 31, 2018 |
| Chef Manage | 2.1.0 or later | GA | n/a |
| Enterprise Chef | 11.2.2 or later | EOL | December 31, 2018 |
| Reporting | 1.5.5 or later | EOL | December 31, 2018 |
| Analytics | 1.5.0 or later | EOL | December 31, 2018 |