diff --git a/content/release_notes_local_license_service.md b/content/release_notes_local_license_service.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f7d7a128eff --- /dev/null +++ b/content/release_notes_local_license_service.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ ++++ +title = "Chef Local License Service Release Notes" +draft = false +product = [] + +[menu] + [menu.release_notes] + title = "Chef Local License Service" + identifier = "release_notes/Chef Local License Service" + parent = "release_notes" + weight = 70 ++++ + +Chef Local License Service provides license keys to commercially licensed Chef software in an online or air-gapped environment. +You load license key data on Local License Service and then specify the Local License Service URL or IP address to each instance of a Chef application, then the application connects with Local License Service and retrieves a license key each time it runs automatically. + +For large or isolated (airgapped) fleets, Chef Local License Service has several benefits: + +- End users don't need to know the license keys for the Chef products they're using, only the Local License Service URL. +- You can control network communications to the internet as Local License Service is designed to work in isolation with Chef products. +- You don't have to manage secrets on each node that a Chef application is installed on. +- The Local License Service URL changes less frequently than a license key. +- You can scale Chef Local License Service to match your workload. + +See the [Chef Local License Service documentation](/licensing/local_license_service/) for more information. + +## 0.1.0 + +### Features + +Chef Local License Service has four API endpoints that you can use to manage licenses. + +#### /v1/listLicenses + +The `/v1/listLicenses` endpoint lists all licenses present on Chef Local Licensing Service. + +#### /v1/loadLicense + +The `/v1/loadLicense` endpoint loads a single license by passing in a license key. This endpoint isn't available in airgapped environments. + +#### /v1/syncAllLicenses + +The `/v1/syncAllLicenses` endpoint syncs the license data from the local License datastore to Chef's licensing server. This endpoint isn't available in airgapped environments. + +#### /v1/uploadLicense + +The `/v1/uploadLicense` endpoint uploads a license. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/release_notes_manage.md b/content/release_notes_manage.md index 499c118a06e..128df8a0526 100644 --- a/content/release_notes_manage.md +++ b/content/release_notes_manage.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ toc_layout = "release_notes_toc" title = "Chef Manage" identifier = "release_notes/release_notes_manage.md Chef Manage" parent = "release_notes" - weight = 70 + weight = 80 +++ Chef Manage provides a web-based user interface that manages Chef Infra nodes and other policy objects, such as data bags and roles, on the instance of Chef Infra Server that it is installed on. diff --git a/content/release_notes_supermarket.md b/content/release_notes_supermarket.md index c80c3c69dad..8f129979252 100644 --- a/content/release_notes_supermarket.md +++ b/content/release_notes_supermarket.md @@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ toc_layout = "release_notes_toc" title = "Chef Supermarket" identifier = "release_notes/Chef Supermarket" parent = "release_notes" - weight = 80 + weight = 90 +++ diff --git a/content/release_notes_workstation.md b/content/release_notes_workstation.md index df501d2ebcb..ed80a3e9577 100644 --- a/content/release_notes_workstation.md +++ b/content/release_notes_workstation.md @@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ toc_layout = "release_notes_toc" title = "Chef Workstation" identifier = "release_notes/release_notes.md Chef Workstation" parent = "release_notes" - weight = 90 + weight = 100 +++ \ No newline at end of file