[chef] Re: Re: Chef 11

[Peter Reilly < >]

On 02/06/2015 11:44 AM, Daniel DeLeo wrote:
> On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Peter Reilly wrote:
>
> > I'm evaluating using Chef, and now that Chef 12 is out, how long will
> > Chef 11 be supported? Chef 11 seems to be better documented at the moment.
> >   
> > Thanks,
> Chef 11 will be supported until Chef 13 comes out. Historically, it’s been 
> about a year and half or so between major releases.
>
> That said, I think you’re better off starting with Chef 12. The differences 
> between 11 and 12 are pretty minor, and all of the documentation at 
> http://docs.chef.io is kept up to date with the latest ;(though see 
> http://docs.chef.io/releases.html if you want the docs for a specific ;
> version).
>
> Was there a specific problem you encountered with Chef 12?
>
> --
> Daniel DeLeo

Thanks for the information about Chef 11.  I'm trying to use just the 
non-premium features so I can stay with the free license.  With Chef 12, 
I think that means no management console, analytics, etc. I had initial 
problems with creating a user with knife.  Here is the error below.  I 
could easily have done something wrong...

Creating initial API user...
Please enter a password for the new user:
ERROR: The data in your request was invalid
Response: Field 'display_name' missing