Author:
Nischal Reddy
Nischal works as a Principal Product Manager at Progress, working with the Chef team and he is based out of Boston. Nischal is a seasoned product manager with a knack for innovation and love for speed, both on and off track. As an avid Formula 1 fan and enthusiastic go-kart racer, he brings a competitive edge to product development. Nischal specializes in driving new growth initiatives and products and is currently leading the PM team for Chef Platform and Cloud products.
Introducing Progress Chef Opsmith Early Access: AI-Driven Operations in Chef 360
Chef Opsmith is an AI‑driven capability within the Chef 360 platform that transforms how IT operations teams automate infrastructure. Instead of manually writing and orchestrating scripts, users can describe desired outcomes in plain language and Opsmith generates, validates and prepares automation in a sandbox before execution, ensuring faster, safer and more consistent results. By combining intent‑driven automation with built‑in governance and scalability, it helps teams move from fragmented, manual workflows to reliable, repeatable operations at enterprise scale.
Read moreBe the First to Try AI in Chef: Automate Operations with Confidence Using Opsmith
Opsmith is an AI-powered operational assistant from the Chef team that turns operational intent into ready-to-run automation. It lets users describe what they want to achieve, automatically generates scripts, and validates them in secure sandboxes before deployment. The early access Alpha focuses on Bash script generation and Linux testing, with broader automation capabilities planned.
Read moreUpgrading Golang Version in the Early June ‘23 Automate Release
Read more about the new version of Chef Automate that will be released in the early June 2023, which includes an upgrade to Golang 1.19.
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