[chef] Chef Server 12 RC 5 Release

[Mark Mzyk < >]

Hello Chefs,

We've been remiss in not mentioning the release of the Chef Server 12 RC 
5. This RC went out when we updated all of the Chef Server packages to 
disable SSLv3 by default in response to the POODLE exploit.[1][2] During 
that series of releases we disabled SSLv3 by default in the Chef Server 
12 RC and rolled it forward to version 5.

Highlights include LDAP support being fixed and the removal of the 
max_client check which will ensure Chef Client 12 will function properly 
against the server. This release also includes the disabling of SSLv3 by 
default, as mentioned, as well as updating OpenSSL to 1.0.1j. In 
addition to these changes there have been many other improvements and 
fixes that went into this RC. The full list can be seen in the changelog.[3]

As we continue to work on the Chef Server 12 release, we've created a 
Google Doc where you can follow along with the issue list and how it is 
triaged.[4] This document receives periodic updates as we remove or add 
issues to the list. It also gets updated with other info that might 
pertain to the Chef Server 12 release.

One such piece of info is that Ubuntu 14.04 will officially be supported 
for the Chef Server with the 12 release. We're working on adding this 
support now. Note that RHEL/CentOS 7 will not be supported with the 
initial Chef Server 12 release, but we plan to add it shortly thereafter.

If you encounter any issues while trying out this RC, please feel free 
to open an issue against the opscode-omnibus[5] or chef-server[6] repos. 
We watch both repos for now as we work on transitioning over to using 
chef-server as the official repo to submit issues.

Thanks for all you all do. It makes the Chef Server better.

Mark Mzyk

1. 
https://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/10/14/security-response-ssl-poodle-attack-and-mitigation/
2. 
https://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/10/17/security-release-chef-server-and-analytics-poodle-and-openssl-vulnerabilites/ 

3. https://github.com/opscode/opscode-omnibus/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
4.https://docs.google.com/a/opscode.com/document/d/1xqVTMt1_8q23VCkQOQGFcMMvSf3ZKj1wjsmx8O7vqRI/edit
5.https://github.com/opscode/opscode-omnibus
6.https://github.com/opscode/chef-server