| RFC | Author | Title | Status | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
21 |
Julian Dunn <[email protected]> |
Chef Platform Support Policy |
Accepted |
Informational |
The purpose of this RFC is to clarify which platforms the Chef community chooses to work on, and how those platforms are maintained.
The chef docs site has details of the platforms Chef Software, Inc validates for release.
Community maintenance of a platform requires that core chef resources,
including package, file, and service, MUST have working providers
for the platform. For example, on Debian the package provider supports both
dpkg and apt. Ohai SHOULD also be able to gather relevant
information on the platform.
In addition to support in code, there SHOULD be a Lieutenant for the platform, per RFC 30. There MAY also be one or more Maintainers for the platform. The Lieutenant and any Maintainers are responsible for reviewing RFCs and code that affects the platform, and SHOULD be responsible for ensuring that new versions of the platform are supported.
If not specified, chef works with all versions of a given platform that the manufacturer supports.
| Platform | Versions | Architectures | Package Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIX | 6.1, 7.1, 7.2 | ppc64 | bff |
| CentOS | 5, 6, 7 | i386, x86_64 | rpm |
| Cisco IOS XR | 6 | x86_64 | rpm |
| Cisco NX-OS | 7 | x86_64 | rpm |
| Debian | 7, 8 | i386, x86_64 | deb |
| FreeBSD | 9, 10 | i386, amd64 | pkg_add pkg |
| Mac OS X | 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12 | x86_64 | dmg |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux | 5, 6, 7 | i386, x86_64 | rpm |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 5, 6, 7 | i386, x86_64 | rpm |
| Solaris | 10u11, 11 | sparc, x86 | shar |
| Windows | 7, 8, 8.1, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2 | x86, x86_64 | msi |
| Ubuntu Linux | x86, x86_64 | deb | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 11, 12 | x86_64 | |
| Scientific Linux | 5.x, 6.x and 7.x | i386, x86_64 | |
| Fedora | x86_64 | ||
| OpenSUSE | x86_64 | ||
| OmniOS | x86_64 | ||
| Gentoo Linux | x86_64 | ||
| Arch Linux | x86_64 |
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