[chef] Re: Updating Chef on a Vagrant Basebox

[Chris Roberts < >]

Actual repository:

https://github.com/hw-cookbooks/omnibus_updater

Hector Castro writes:

> If you're using the Omnibus installer to install Chef initially, you
> can add this to your run list:
>
>     https://github.com/cookbooks/hw-chef-omnibus_updater
>
> --
> Hector
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Torben Knerr 
> <
>  >
>  wrote:
> > Hey Chefs,
> >
> > what's the best way to update the Chef version that is installed on a
> > Vagrant Basebox?
> >
> > Right now I'm using an Ubuntu 12.04 basebox with Chef 10.12.0. Is
> > there a recipe or so to update the chef client to a specific version?
> > Or would it be better to do that with a :shell provisionier before the
> > :chef_solo provision so that the latest version will be readily
> > availabe upopn the first chef run?
> >
> > I wouldn't want to manage thousands of baseboxes for any comnbination
> > of OS + Chef (+ VBox Guestadditions btw) version.
> >
> > Whats your appoach to this?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Torben