All requests to the Chef Zero server in local mode use Chef Zero's new
socketless request mechanism. By default, Chef Zero will still bind to a
port and accept HTTP requests on localhost; this can be disabled with
the --no-listen CLI flag or by adding listen false to the relevant
configuration file.
Chef Client, Solo, and Apply all now support a --minimal-ohai flag.
When set, Chef will only run the bare minimum Ohai plugins necessary to
support node name detection and resource/provider selection. The primary
motivation for this feature is to speed up Chef's integration tests
which run chef-client (and solo) many times in various contexts,
however advanced users may find it useful in certain use cases. Any
cookbook that relies on other ohai data will absolutely not work in this
mode unless the user implements workarounds such as running the ohai
resource during the compile phase.