The End of an Era: Chef Infra Server Transitions to Chef 360 Platform
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Progress Chef Infra Server is now deprecated (open source) and will no longer receive support. It is reaching the end of its life as of November 2026.
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Announcing the Eventual Retirement of Omnibus
Progress Chef is moving to Habitat-based packaging of its client tools and is sunsetting the Omnibus project. While this won't impact most customers, we take a moment to look back at this historic project and its important role in our products.
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