Omnitruck API

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Chef’s Omnitruck API powers the Chef Software Install script as well as downloads.chef.io site. It can be used to query available versions of Chef Software Inc. products and to provide direct download URLs.

Syntax

The URL from which these downloads can be obtained has the following syntax:

https://omnitruck.chef.io/<CHANNEL>/<PRODUCT>/download?p=$PLATFORM&pv=$PLATFORM_VERSION&m=$MACHINE_ARCH&v=latest&prerelease=false&nightlies=false

or:

https://omnitruck.chef.io/<CHANNEL>/<PRODUCT>/metadata?p=$PLATFORM&pv=$PLATFORM_VERSION&m=$MACHINE_ARCH&v=latest&prerelease=false&nightlies=false

where the difference between these URLs is the metadata and download options. Use the metadata option to verify the build before downloading it. Use the download option to download the package in a single step.

Downloads

The /metadata and/or /download endpoints can be used to download packages for all products:

https://omnitruck.chef.io/<CHANNEL>/<PRODUCT>/download?p=$PLATFORM&pv=$PLATFORM_VERSION&m=$MACHINE_ARCH&v=latest

or:

https://omnitruck.chef.io/<CHANNEL>/<PRODUCT>/metadata?p=$PLATFORM&pv=$PLATFORM_VERSION&m=$MACHINE_ARCH&v=latest

where:

<CHANNEL> is the release channel to install from. See Chef Software Inc Packages for full details on the available channels.
<PRODUCT> is the Chef Software Inc product to install. A list of valid product keys can be found at https://github.com/chef/mixlib-install/blob/master/PRODUCT_MATRIX.md
p is the platform. Possible values: debian, el (for CentOS), freebsd, mac_os_x, solaris2, sles, suse, ubuntu or windows.
pv is the platform version. Possible values depend on the platform. For example, Ubuntu: 16.04, or 18.04 or for macOS: 10.14 or 10.15.
m is the machine architecture for the machine on which the product will be installed. Possible values depend on the platform. For example, for Ubuntu or Debian: i386 or x86_64 or for macOS: x86_64.
v is the version of the product to be installed. A version always takes the form x.y.z, where x, y, and z are decimal numbers that are used to represent major (x), minor (y), and patch (z) versions. One-part (x) and two-part (x.y) versions are allowed. For more information about application versioning, see https://semver.org/. Default value: latest.

Platforms

Omnitruck accepts the following platforms:

Platform	p	m	pv
AIX	`aix`	`powerpc`	`6.1`, `7.1`, `7.2`
Amazon Linux	`amazon`	`x86_64`,`aarch64`	`201X, 2`
Cisco IOS XR	`ios_xr`	`x86_64`	`6`
Cisco NX-OS	`nexus`	`x86_64`	`7`
Debian	`debian`	`i386`, `x86_64`	`6`, `7`, `8`, `9`, `10`
FreeBSD	`freebsd`	`x86_64`	`9`, `10`, `11`, `12`
macOS	`mac_os_x`	`x86_64`	`10.6`, `10.7`, `10.8`, `10.9`, `10.10`, `10.11`, `10.12`, `10.13`, `10.14`, `10.15`, `11.0`
Solaris	`solaris2`	`i386`, `sparc`	`5.10`, `5.11`
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	`sles`	`x86_64`, `s390x`, `aarch64`	`11`, `12`, `15`
Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS	`el`	`i386`, `x86_64`, `ppc64`, `ppc64le`, `aarch64`	`5`, `6`, `7`, `8`
Ubuntu	`ubuntu`	`i386`, `x86_64`, `aarch64`, `ppc64le`	`10.04`, `10.10`, `11.04`, `11.10`, `12.04`, `12.10`, `13.04`, `13.10`, `14.04`, `14.10`, `16.04`, `16.10`, `17.04`, `17.10`, `18.04`, `20.04`
Microsoft Windows	`windows`	`x86_64`, `i386`	`7`, `8`, `10`, 2008r2, `2012`, `2012r2`, `2016`, `2019`

Examples

Get the Latest Build

To get the latest supported build for Ubuntu 20.04, enter the following:

https://omnitruck.chef.io/stable/chef/metadata?p=ubuntu&pv=20.04&m=x86_64

to return something like:

sha1 b56f0ebce281d360613ee4f8ca8ce654e915d726
sha256 d28696b523eaa1040f5c17693fc102e2c22a9ecc0e1296284f9c610e250eb66c
url https://packages.chef.io/files/stable/chef/16.0.257/ubuntu/20.04/chef_16.0.257-1_amd64.deb
version 16.0.257

Download Directly

To use cURL to download a package directly, enter the following:

curl -LOJ 'https://omnitruck.chef.io/<CHANNEL>/<PRODUCT>/download?p=debian&pv=10&m=x86_64'

To use GNU Wget to download a package directly, enter the following:

wget --content-disposition https://omnitruck.chef.io/<CHANNEL>/<PRODUCT>/download?p=debian&pv=10&m=x86_64

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