Upgrade to Chef Server 12

Upgrade to Chef Server 12

The following sections describe the upgrade process for Chef server 12.

Note

Be sure to back up the Chef server data before starting the upgrade process.

From Chef Server 12

There are two upgrade scenarios for upgrades from earlier versions of Chef server 12 to a newer version of Chef server 12:

Standalone

This section describes the upgrade process for a standalone configuration. The upgrade process will require downtime equal to the amount of time it takes to stop the server, run dpkg or RPM Package Manager, and then upgrade the server.

To upgrade