From 0c4a623beebc9f0cb32b1f756c0571833e8418b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seth Vargo Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 18:07:51 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify different channel types for Chef Fixes GH-6767 --- website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/chef_common.html.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/chef_common.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/chef_common.html.md index 48d3f12cf..40224936b 100644 --- a/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/chef_common.html.md +++ b/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/chef_common.html.md @@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ their purpose. "chefdk", which will install the Chef Development Kit. - `channel` (string) - The release channel from which to pull the Chef Client - or the Chef Development Kit. The default value is `"current"`. + or the Chef Development Kit. The default value is `"current"` which will pull + ChefDK and the latest released version of Chef. For older versions, you may + need to change the channel to "stable". Because Chef Software floats the + versions that are contained in the channel, they may change and Vagrant is + unable to detect this. - `version` (string) - The version of Chef to install on the guest. If Chef is already installed on the system, the installed version is compared with the