Upgrade Chef Workstation and its components

Use the following command to upgrade Chef Workstation or one of its components:

sudo hab pkg install --binlink --force <PACKAGE_IDENT> --channel unstable

Replace <PACKAGE_IDENT> with the package identifier.

To update to the latest version, specify the origin and package:

• chef/chef-workstation
• chef/berkshelf
• chef/chef-cli
• chef/chef-infra-client
• chef/chef-test-kitchen-enterprise
• chef/chef-vault
• chef/cookstyle
• chef/fauxhai
• chef/knife
• chef/ohai

To update to a specific package version, include the version. For example:

• chef/<PACKAGE>/<VERSION>

To update to specific release build, include the package version and build timestamp. For example:

• chef/<PACKAGE/<VERSION>/<TIMESTAMP>

The --binlink --force options overwrite existing package symbolic links in the system’s PATH directory with the new version so you can run it directly in the command line.

If you omit --binlink --force, Chef Habitat installs the new version alongside existing versions. To execute this version, you’d have to invoke the package’s file path, for example /hab/bin/hab pkg exec chef/<PACKAGE> <COMMAND>.