The document provides an overview of the Crowbar 2 update. It discusses Crowbar's architecture and components. Crowbar is an open source platform for server provisioning and deployment. The Crowbar 2 update aims to simplify Chef usage, support multiple operating systems, improve networking abstractions, scale to larger environments, and enhance documentation and testing. Details on Crowbar's architecture, features, and the goals of the 2.0 update are presented.