Release 10.7.7.

Fixing documentation for scaleway_private_network module. (#11316)

(cherry picked from commit 3debc968a4)

Co-authored-by: Greg Harvey <greg.harvey@gmail.com>

.azure-pipelines/README.md

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+<!--
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+
+## Azure Pipelines Configuration
+
+Please see the [Documentation](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Testing:-Azure-Pipelines) for more information.

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+trigger:
+  batch: true
+  branches:
+    include:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+
+pr:
+  autoCancel: true
+  branches:
+    include:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+
+schedules:
+  - cron: 0 8 * * *
+    displayName: Nightly (main)
+    always: true
+    branches:
+      include:
+        - main
+  - cron: 0 10 * * *
+    displayName: Nightly (active stable branches)
+    always: true
+    branches:
+      include:
+        - stable-11
+  - cron: 0 11 * * 0
+    displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
+    always: true
+    branches:
+      include:
+        - stable-10
+
+variables:
+  - name: checkoutPath
+    value: ansible_collections/community/general
+  - name: coverageBranches
+    value: main
+  - name: entryPoint
+    value: tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
+  - name: fetchDepth
+    value: 0
+
+resources:
+  containers:
+    - container: default
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:7.0.0
+
+pool: Standard
+
+stages:
+### Sanity
+  - stage: Sanity_2_20
+    displayName: Sanity 2.20
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.20/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
+  - stage: Sanity_2_19
+    displayName: Sanity 2.19
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.19/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
+  - stage: Sanity_2_18
+    displayName: Sanity 2.18
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.18/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
+### Units
+  - stage: Units_2_20
+    displayName: Units 2.20
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.20/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.9
+            - test: '3.10'
+            - test: '3.11'
+            - test: '3.12'
+            - test: '3.13'
+            - test: '3.14'
+  - stage: Units_2_19
+    displayName: Units 2.19
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.19/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.8
+            - test: "3.11"
+            - test: "3.13"
+  - stage: Units_2_18
+    displayName: Units 2.18
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.18/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.8
+            - test: "3.11"
+            - test: "3.13"
+
+## Remote
+  - stage: Remote_2_20_extra_vms
+    displayName: Remote 2.20 extra VMs
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.20/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Alpine 3.22
+              test: alpine/3.22
+            # - name: Fedora 42
+            #   test: fedora/42
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu/22.04
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu/24.04
+          groups:
+            - vm
+  - stage: Remote_2_20
+    displayName: Remote 2.20
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.20/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: macOS 15.3
+              test: macos/15.3
+            - name: RHEL 10.0
+              test: rhel/10.0
+            - name: RHEL 9.6
+              test: rhel/9.6
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.3
+              test: freebsd/14.3
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.5
+              test: freebsd/13.5
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_19
+    displayName: Remote 2.19
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.19/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: RHEL 9.5
+              test: rhel/9.5
+            - name: RHEL 10.0
+              test: rhel/10.0
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.2
+              test: freebsd/14.2
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_18
+    displayName: Remote 2.18
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.18/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: macOS 14.3
+              test: macos/14.3
+            - name: RHEL 9.4
+              test: rhel/9.4
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.1
+              test: freebsd/14.1
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+
+### Docker
+  - stage: Docker_2_20
+    displayName: Docker 2.20
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.20/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 42
+              test: fedora42
+            - name: Alpine 3.22
+              test: alpine322
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu2204
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu2404
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_19
+    displayName: Docker 2.19
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.19/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 41
+              test: fedora41
+            - name: Alpine 3.21
+              test: alpine321
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_18
+    displayName: Docker 2.18
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.18/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 40
+              test: fedora40
+            - name: Alpine 3.20
+              test: alpine320
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu2404
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+
+### Community Docker
+  - stage: Docker_community_2_20
+    displayName: Docker (community images) 2.20
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.20/linux-community/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Debian 11 Bullseye
+              test: debian-bullseye/3.9
+            - name: Debian 12 Bookworm
+              test: debian-bookworm/3.11
+            - name: Debian 13 Trixie
+              test: debian-13-trixie/3.13
+            - name: ArchLinux
+              test: archlinux/3.13
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+
+### Generic
+# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+#  - stage: Generic_2_20
+#    displayName: Generic 2.20
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: 2.20/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.9'
+#            - test: '3.12'
+#            - test: '3.14'
+#  - stage: Generic_2_19
+#    displayName: Generic 2.19
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: 2.19/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.9'
+#            - test: '3.13'
+#  - stage: Generic_2_18
+#    displayName: Generic 2.18
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: 2.18/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.8'
+#            - test: '3.13'
+
+  - stage: Summary
+    condition: succeededOrFailed()
+    dependsOn:
+      - Sanity_2_20
+      - Sanity_2_19
+      - Sanity_2_18
+      - Units_2_20
+      - Units_2_19
+      - Units_2_18
+      - Remote_2_20_extra_vms
+      - Remote_2_20
+      - Remote_2_19
+      - Remote_2_18
+      - Docker_2_20
+      - Docker_2_19
+      - Docker_2_18
+      - Docker_community_2_20
+# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+#      - Generic_2_20
+#      - Generic_2_19
+#      - Generic_2_18
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/coverage.yml

.azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Aggregate code coverage results for later processing.
+
+set -o pipefail -eu
+
+agent_temp_directory="$1"
+
+PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
+
+mkdir "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/"
+
+options=(--venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v)
+
+ansible-test coverage combine --group-by command --export "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/" "${options[@]}"
+
+if ansible-test coverage analyze targets generate --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # Only analyze coverage if the installed version of ansible-test supports it.
+    # Doing so allows this script to work unmodified for multiple Ansible versions.
+    ansible-test coverage analyze targets generate "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/coverage-analyze-targets.json" "${options[@]}"
+fi

.azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+"""
+Combine coverage data from multiple jobs, keeping the data only from the most recent attempt from each job.
+Coverage artifacts must be named using the format: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) {StableUniqueNameForEachJob}"
+The recommended coverage artifact name format is: Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)
+Keep in mind that Azure Pipelines does not enforce unique job display names (only names).
+It is up to pipeline authors to avoid name collisions when deviating from the recommended format.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main program entry point."""
+    source_directory = sys.argv[1]
+
+    if '/ansible_collections/' in os.getcwd():
+        output_path = "tests/output"
+    else:
+        output_path = "test/results"
+
+    destination_directory = os.path.join(output_path, 'coverage')
+
+    if not os.path.exists(destination_directory):
+        os.makedirs(destination_directory)
+
+    jobs = {}
+    count = 0
+
+    for name in os.listdir(source_directory):
+        match = re.search('^Coverage (?P<attempt>[0-9]+) (?P<label>.+)$', name)
+        label = match.group('label')
+        attempt = int(match.group('attempt'))
+        jobs[label] = max(attempt, jobs.get(label, 0))
+
+    for label, attempt in jobs.items():
+        name = 'Coverage {attempt} {label}'.format(label=label, attempt=attempt)
+        source = os.path.join(source_directory, name)
+        source_files = os.listdir(source)
+
+        for source_file in source_files:
+            source_path = os.path.join(source, source_file)
+            destination_path = os.path.join(destination_directory, source_file + '.' + label)
+            print('"%s" -> "%s"' % (source_path, destination_path))
+            shutil.copyfile(source_path, destination_path)
+            count += 1
+
+    print('Coverage file count: %d' % count)
+    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=coverageFileCount]%d' % count)
+    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]%s' % output_path)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

.azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Check the test results and set variables for use in later steps.
+
+set -o pipefail -eu
+
+if [[ "$PWD" =~ /ansible_collections/ ]]; then
+    output_path="tests/output"
+else
+    output_path="test/results"
+fi
+
+echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]${output_path}"
+
+if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/junit/*.xml' > /dev/null; then
+    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveTestResults]true"
+fi
+
+if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/bot/ansible-test-*' > /dev/null; then
+    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveBotResults]true"
+fi
+
+if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/coverage/*' > /dev/null; then
+    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveCoverageData]true"
+fi

.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+"""
+Upload code coverage reports to codecov.io.
+Multiple coverage files from multiple languages are accepted and aggregated after upload.
+Python coverage, as well as PowerShell and Python stubs can all be uploaded.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import dataclasses
+import pathlib
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import typing as t
+import urllib.request
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class CoverageFile:
+    name: str
+    path: pathlib.Path
+    flags: t.List[str]
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Args:
+    dry_run: bool
+    path: pathlib.Path
+
+
+def parse_args() -> Args:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('path', type=pathlib.Path)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Store arguments in a typed dataclass
+    fields = dataclasses.fields(Args)
+    kwargs = {field.name: getattr(args, field.name) for field in fields}
+
+    return Args(**kwargs)
+
+
+def process_files(directory: pathlib.Path) -> t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...]:
+    processed = []
+    for file in directory.joinpath('reports').glob('coverage*.xml'):
+        name = file.stem.replace('coverage=', '')
+
+        # Get flags from name
+        flags = name.replace('-powershell', '').split('=')  # Drop '-powershell' suffix
+        flags = [flag if not flag.startswith('stub') else flag.split('-')[0] for flag in flags]  # Remove "-01" from stub files
+
+        processed.append(CoverageFile(name, file, flags))
+
+    return tuple(processed)
+
+
+def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, files: t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...], dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
+    for file in files:
+        cmd = [
+            str(codecov_bin),
+            '--name', file.name,
+            '--file', str(file.path),
+        ]
+        for flag in file.flags:
+            cmd.extend(['--flags', flag])
+
+        if dry_run:
+            print(f'DRY-RUN: Would run command: {cmd}')
+            continue
+
+        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+
+
+def download_file(url: str, dest: pathlib.Path, flags: int, dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
+    if dry_run:
+        print(f'DRY-RUN: Would download {url} to {dest} and set mode to {flags:o}')
+        return
+
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as resp:
+        with dest.open('w+b') as f:
+            # Read data in chunks rather than all at once
+            shutil.copyfileobj(resp, f, 64 * 1024)
+
+    dest.chmod(flags)
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    url = 'https://ansible-ci-files.s3.amazonaws.com/codecov/linux/codecov'
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='codecov-') as tmpdir:
+        codecov_bin = pathlib.Path(tmpdir) / 'codecov'
+        download_file(url, codecov_bin, 0o755, args.dry_run)
+
+        files = process_files(args.path)
+        upload_files(codecov_bin, files, args.dry_run)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

.azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Generate code coverage reports for uploading to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
+
+set -o pipefail -eu
+
+PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
+
+if ! ansible-test --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # Install the devel version of ansible-test for generating code coverage reports.
+    # This is only used by Ansible Collections, which are typically tested against multiple Ansible versions (in separate jobs).
+    # Since a version of ansible-test is required that can work the output from multiple older releases, the devel version is used.
+    pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
+fi
+
+ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v

.azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Configure the test environment and run the tests.
+
+set -o pipefail -eu
+
+entry_point="$1"
+test="$2"
+read -r -a coverage_branches <<< "$3"  # space separated list of branches to run code coverage on for scheduled builds
+
+export COMMIT_MESSAGE
+export COMPLETE
+export COVERAGE
+export IS_PULL_REQUEST
+
+if [ "${SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_TARGETBRANCH:-}" ]; then
+    IS_PULL_REQUEST=true
+    COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 HEAD^2)
+else
+    IS_PULL_REQUEST=
+    COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 HEAD)
+fi
+
+COMPLETE=
+COVERAGE=
+
+if [ "${BUILD_REASON}" = "Schedule" ]; then
+    COMPLETE=yes
+
+    if printf '%s\n' "${coverage_branches[@]}" | grep -q "^${BUILD_SOURCEBRANCHNAME}$"; then
+        COVERAGE=yes
+    fi
+fi
+
+"${entry_point}" "${test}" 2>&1 | "$(dirname "$0")/time-command.py"

.azure-pipelines/scripts/time-command.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+"""Prepends a relative timestamp to each input line from stdin and writes it to stdout."""
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import sys
+import time
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main program entry point."""
+    start = time.time()
+
+    sys.stdin.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
+    sys.stdout.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
+
+    for line in sys.stdin:
+        seconds = time.time() - start
+        sys.stdout.write('%02d:%02d %s' % (seconds // 60, seconds % 60, line))
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# This template adds a job for processing code coverage data.
+# It will upload results to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
+# Use it from a job stage that completes after all other jobs have completed.
+# This can be done by placing it in a separate summary stage that runs after the test stage(s) have completed.
+
+jobs:
+  - job: Coverage
+    displayName: Code Coverage
+    container: default
+    workspace:
+      clean: all
+    steps:
+      - checkout: self
+        fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
+        path: $(checkoutPath)
+      - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
+        displayName: Download Coverage Data
+        inputs:
+          path: coverage/
+          patterns: "Coverage */*=coverage.combined"
+      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py coverage/
+        displayName: Combine Coverage Data
+      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh
+        displayName: Generate Coverage Report
+        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
+      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py "$(outputPath)"
+        displayName: Publish to codecov.io
+        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
+        continueOnError: true

.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# This template uses the provided targets and optional groups to generate a matrix which is then passed to the test template.
+# If this matrix template does not provide the required functionality, consider using the test template directly instead.
+
+parameters:
+  # A required list of dictionaries, one per test target.
+  # Each item in the list must contain a "test" or "name" key.
+  # Both may be provided. If one is omitted, the other will be used.
+  - name: targets
+    type: object
+
+  # An optional list of values which will be used to multiply the targets list into a matrix.
+  # Values can be strings or numbers.
+  - name: groups
+    type: object
+    default: []
+
+  # An optional format string used to generate the job name.
+  # - {0} is the name of an item in the targets list.
+  - name: nameFormat
+    type: string
+    default: "{0}"
+
+  # An optional format string used to generate the test name.
+  # - {0} is the name of an item in the targets list.
+  - name: testFormat
+    type: string
+    default: "{0}"
+
+  # An optional format string used to add the group to the job name.
+  # {0} is the formatted name of an item in the targets list.
+  # {{1}} is the group -- be sure to include the double "{{" and "}}".
+  - name: nameGroupFormat
+    type: string
+    default: "{0} - {{1}}"
+
+  # An optional format string used to add the group to the test name.
+  # {0} is the formatted test of an item in the targets list.
+  # {{1}} is the group -- be sure to include the double "{{" and "}}".
+  - name: testGroupFormat
+    type: string
+    default: "{0}/{{1}}"
+
+jobs:
+  - template: test.yml
+    parameters:
+      jobs:
+        - ${{ if eq(length(parameters.groups), 0) }}:
+            - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
+                - name: ${{ format(parameters.nameFormat, coalesce(target.name, target.test)) }}
+                  test: ${{ format(parameters.testFormat, coalesce(target.test, target.name)) }}
+        - ${{ if not(eq(length(parameters.groups), 0)) }}:
+            - ${{ each group in parameters.groups }}:
+                - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
+                    - name: ${{ format(format(parameters.nameGroupFormat, parameters.nameFormat), coalesce(target.name, target.test), group) }}
+                      test: ${{ format(format(parameters.testGroupFormat, parameters.testFormat), coalesce(target.test, target.name), group) }}

.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# This template uses the provided list of jobs to create test one or more test jobs.
+# It can be used directly if needed, or through the matrix template.
+
+parameters:
+  # A required list of dictionaries, one per test job.
+  # Each item in the list must contain a "job" and "name" key.
+  - name: jobs
+    type: object
+
+jobs:
+  - ${{ each job in parameters.jobs }}:
+      - job: test_${{ replace(replace(replace(job.test, '/', '_'), '.', '_'), '-', '_') }}
+        displayName: ${{ job.name }}
+        container: default
+        workspace:
+          clean: all
+        steps:
+          - checkout: self
+            fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
+            path: $(checkoutPath)
+          - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh "$(entryPoint)" "${{ job.test }}" "$(coverageBranches)"
+            displayName: Run Tests
+          - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh
+            condition: succeededOrFailed()
+            displayName: Process Results
+          - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh "$(Agent.TempDirectory)"
+            condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
+            displayName: Aggregate Coverage Data
+          - task: PublishTestResults@2
+            condition: eq(variables.haveTestResults, 'true')
+            inputs:
+              testResultsFiles: "$(outputPath)/junit/*.xml"
+            displayName: Publish Test Results
+          - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
+            condition: eq(variables.haveBotResults, 'true')
+            displayName: Publish Bot Results
+            inputs:
+              targetPath: "$(outputPath)/bot/"
+              artifactName: "Bot $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"
+          - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
+            condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
+            displayName: Publish Coverage Data
+            inputs:
+              targetPath: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/coverage/"
+              artifactName: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"

.git-blame-ignore-revs

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+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# YAML reformatting
+2b4882549908b5b1fafe5fa10efb47f613a71f94
+8196cacff8e83dc5d7fb88b43ef3cab5d3751c39
+bd4f1a3e5ca1af5afc53636c36767e81a4566978
+a9e892952deef6f91977d7032dd95237a9867509

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+name: Bug report
+description: Create a report to help us improve
+
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ⚠
+        Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
+        Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
+        *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
+
+        [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Summary
+      description: Explain the problem briefly below.
+      placeholder: >-
+        When I try to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub, Y
+        breaks in a way Z under the env E. Here are all the details I know
+        about this problem...
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    attributes:
+      label: Issue Type
+      # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+      options:
+        - Bug Report
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      # For smaller collections we could use a multi-select and hardcode the list
+      # May generate this list via GitHub action and walking files under https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/tree/main/plugins
+      # Select from list, filter as you type (`mysql` would only show the 3 mysql components)
+      # OR freeform - doesn't seem to be supported in adaptivecards
+      label: Component Name
+      description: >-
+        Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
+        *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+      placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Ansible Version
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` between
+        tripple backticks.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible --version
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Community.general Version
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
+        between tripple backticks.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Configuration
+      description: >-
+        If this issue has an example piece of YAML that can help to reproduce this problem, please provide it.
+        This can be a piece of YAML from, e.g., an automation, script, scene or configuration.
+        Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed` between quotes
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
+
+        ```
+
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: OS / Environment
+      description: >-
+        Provide all relevant information below, e.g. target OS versions,
+        network device firmware, etc.
+      placeholder: RHEL 8, CentOS Stream etc.
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Steps to Reproduce
+      description: |
+        Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also passed any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
+
+        **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+      value: |
+        <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
+        ```yaml (paste below)
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Expected Results
+      description: >-
+        Describe what you expected to happen when running the steps above.
+      placeholder: >-
+        I expected X to happen because I assumed Y.
+        that it did not.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Actual Results
+      description: |
+        Describe what actually happened. If possible run with extra verbosity (`-vvvv`).
+
+        Paste verbatim command output between quotes.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+
+        ```
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: Code of Conduct
+      description: |
+        Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+          required: true
+...

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Ref: https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser
+blank_issues_enabled: false  # default: true
+contact_links:
+  - name: Security bug report
+    url: https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible-core/devel/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
+    about: |
+      Please learn how to report security vulnerabilities here.
+
+      For all security related bugs, email security@ansible.com
+      instead of using this issue tracker and you will receive
+      a prompt response.
+
+      For more information, see
+      https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html
+  - name: Ansible Code of Conduct
+    url: https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
+    about: Be nice to other members of the community.
+  - name: Talks to the community
+    url: https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser#mailing-list-information
+    about: Please ask and answer usage questions here
+  - name: Working groups
+    url: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki
+    about: Interested in improving a specific area? Become a part of a working group!
+  - name: For Enterprise
+    url: https://www.ansible.com/products/engine?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
+    about: Red Hat offers support for the Ansible Automation Platform

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+name: Documentation Report
+description: Ask us about docs
+# NOTE: issue body is enabled to allow screenshots
+
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ⚠
+        Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
+        Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
+        *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
+
+        [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Summary
+      description: |
+        Explain the problem briefly below, add suggestions to wording or structure.
+
+        **HINT:** Did you know the documentation has an `Edit on GitHub` link on every page?
+      placeholder: >-
+        I was reading the Collection documentation of version X and I'm having
+        problems understanding Y. It would be very helpful if that got
+        rephrased as Z.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    attributes:
+      label: Issue Type
+      # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+      options:
+        - Documentation Report
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: input
+    attributes:
+      label: Component Name
+      description: >-
+        Write the short name of the file, module, plugin, task or feature below,
+        *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+      placeholder: mysql_user
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Ansible Version
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` between
+        tripple backticks.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible --version
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Community.general Version
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
+        between tripple backticks.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Configuration
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed` between quotes.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: OS / Environment
+      description: >-
+        Provide all relevant information below, e.g. OS version,
+        browser, etc.
+      placeholder: Fedora 33, Firefox etc.
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Additional Information
+      description: |
+        Describe how this improves the documentation, e.g. before/after situation or screenshots.
+
+        **Tip:** It's not possible to upload the screenshot via this field directly but you can use the last textarea in this form to attach them.
+
+        **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+      placeholder: >-
+        When the improvement is applied, it makes it more straightforward
+        to understand X.
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: Code of Conduct
+      description: |
+        Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+          required: true
+...

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+name: Feature request
+description: Suggest an idea for this project
+
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ⚠
+        Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
+        Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
+        *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
+
+        [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Summary
+      description: Describe the new feature/improvement briefly below.
+      placeholder: >-
+        I am trying to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub and
+        I think that implementing a feature Y would be very helpful for me and
+        every other user of community.general because of Z.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    attributes:
+      label: Issue Type
+      # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+      options:
+        - Feature Idea
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: input
+    attributes:
+      label: Component Name
+      description: >-
+        Write the short name of the module or plugin, or which other part(s) of the collection this feature affects.
+        *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+      placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Additional Information
+      description: |
+        Describe how the feature would be used, why it is needed and what it would solve.
+
+        **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+      value: |
+        <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
+        ```yaml (paste below)
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: false
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: Code of Conduct
+      description: |
+        Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+          required: true
+...

.github/dependabot.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"

.github/patchback.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+backport_branch_prefix: patchback/backports/
+backport_label_prefix: backport-
+target_branch_prefix: stable-
+...

.github/pull_request_template.md

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+##### SUMMARY
+<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
+
+<!--- HINT: Include "Fixes #nnn" if you are fixing an existing issue -->
+
+<!--- Please do not forget to include a changelog fragment:
+      https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/collection_development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments
+      No need to include one for docs-only or test-only PR, and for new plugin/module PRs.
+      Read about more details in CONTRIBUTING.md.
+      -->
+
+##### ISSUE TYPE
+<!--- Pick one or more below and delete the rest.
+      'Test Pull Request' is for PRs that add/extend tests without code changes. -->
+- Bugfix Pull Request
+- Docs Pull Request
+- Feature Pull Request
+- New Module/Plugin Pull Request
+- Refactoring Pull Request
+- Test Pull Request
+
+##### COMPONENT NAME
+<!--- Write the SHORT NAME of the module, plugin, task or feature below. -->
+
+##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
+<!--- Include additional information to help people understand the change here -->
+<!--- A step-by-step reproduction of the problem is helpful if there is no related issue -->
+
+<!--- Paste verbatim command output below, e.g. before and after your change -->
+```paste below
+
+```

.github/pull_request_template.md.license

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+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later

.github/settings.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # DO NOT MODIFY
 
 # Settings: https://probot.github.io/apps/settings/

.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# For the comprehensive list of the inputs supported by the ansible-community/ansible-test-gh-action GitHub Action, see
+# https://github.com/marketplace/actions/ansible-test
+
+name: EOL CI
+"on":
+  # Run EOL CI against all pushes (direct commits, also merged PRs), Pull Requests
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+  pull_request:
+  # Run EOL CI once per day (at 08:00 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
+
+concurrency:
+  # Make sure there is at most one active run per PR, but do not cancel any non-PR runs
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ (github.head_ref && github.event.number) || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  sanity:
+    name: EOL Sanity (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }})
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - '2.15'
+          - '2.16'
+          - '2.17'
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Perform sanity testing
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          testing-type: sanity
+          pre-test-cmd: >-
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
+
+  units:
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: EOL Units (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+py${{ matrix.python }})
+    strategy:
+      # As soon as the first unit test fails, cancel the others to free up the CI queue
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - ''
+        python:
+          - ''
+        exclude:
+          - ansible: ''
+        include:
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            python: '2.7'
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            python: '3.5'
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            python: '3.10'
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            python: '2.7'
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            python: '3.6'
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            python: '3.11'
+          - ansible: '2.17'
+            python: '3.7'
+          - ansible: '2.17'
+            python: '3.10'
+          - ansible: '2.17'
+            python: '3.12'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: >-
+          Perform unit testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          pre-test-cmd: >-
+            mkdir -p ../../ansible
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          testing-type: units
+
+  integration:
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: EOL I (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+${{ matrix.docker }}+py${{ matrix.python }}:${{ matrix.target }})
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - ''
+        docker:
+          - ''
+        python:
+          - ''
+        target:
+          - ''
+        exclude:
+          - ansible: ''
+        include:
+          # 2.15
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            docker: fedora37
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            docker: fedora37
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.15'
+            docker: fedora37
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          # 2.16
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: fedora38
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: fedora38
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: fedora38
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: opensuse15
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: opensuse15
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: opensuse15
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          # 2.17
+          - ansible: '2.17'
+            docker: fedora39
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.17'
+            docker: fedora39
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.17'
+            docker: fedora39
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.17'
+            docker: alpine319
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.17'
+            docker: alpine319
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.17'
+            docker: alpine319
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.17'
+            docker: ubuntu2004
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.17'
+            docker: ubuntu2004
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.17'
+            docker: ubuntu2004
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+
+    steps:
+      - name: >-
+          Perform integration testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          under Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          docker-image: ${{ matrix.docker }}
+          integration-continue-on-error: 'false'
+          integration-diff: 'false'
+          integration-retry-on-error: 'true'
+          # TODO: remove "--branch stable-2" from community.crypto install once we're only using ansible-core 2.17 or newer!
+          pre-test-cmd: >-
+            mkdir -p ../../ansible
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git ../../ansible/posix
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch --branch stable-2 https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ../../community/crypto
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git ../../community/docker
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+          target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          testing-type: integration

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+name: "Code scanning - action"
+
+"on":
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '26 19 * * 1'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  CodeQL-Build:
+
+    permissions:
+      actions: read  # for github/codeql-action/init to get workflow details
+      contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+      security-events: write  # for github/codeql-action/autobuild to send a status report
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
+        with:
+          languages: python
+
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4

.github/workflows/nox.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+name: nox
+'on':
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+  pull_request:
+  # Run CI once per day (at 08:00 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  nox:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: "Run extra sanity tests"
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out collection
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Run nox
+        uses: ansible-community/antsibull-nox@main

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/git,linux,pydev,python,windows,pycharm+all,jupyternotebook,vim,webstorm,emacs,dotenv
-# Edit at https://www.gitignore.io/?templates=git,linux,pydev,python,windows,pycharm+all,jupyternotebook,vim,webstorm,emacs,dotenv
+# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/vim,git,macos,linux,pydev,emacs,dotenv,python,windows,webstorm,pycharm+all,jupyternotebooks
+# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=vim,git,macos,linux,pydev,emacs,dotenv,python,windows,webstorm,pycharm+all,jupyternotebooks
 
 ### dotenv ###
 .env
@@ -71,7 +74,19 @@ flycheck_*.el
 *_LOCAL_*.txt
 *_REMOTE_*.txt
 
-#!! ERROR: jupyternotebook is undefined. Use list command to see defined gitignore types !!#
+### JupyterNotebooks ###
+# gitignore template for Jupyter Notebooks
+# website: http://jupyter.org/
+
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+*/.ipynb_checkpoints/*
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# Remove previous ipynb_checkpoints
+#   git rm -r .ipynb_checkpoints/
 
 ### Linux ###
 
@@ -87,8 +102,41 @@ flycheck_*.el
 # .nfs files are created when an open file is removed but is still being accessed
 .nfs*
 
+### macOS ###
+# General
+.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+# Icon must end with two \r
+Icon
+
+
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+
+# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
+.DocumentRevisions-V100
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
+
+# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
+.AppleDB
+.AppleDesktop
+Network Trash Folder
+Temporary Items
+.apdisk
+
+### macOS Patch ###
+# iCloud generated files
+*.icloud
+
 ### PyCharm+all ###
-# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio and WebStorm
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
 # Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
 
 # User-specific stuff
@@ -98,6 +146,9 @@ flycheck_*.el
 .idea/**/dictionaries
 .idea/**/shelf
 
+# AWS User-specific
+.idea/**/aws.xml
+
 # Generated files
 .idea/**/contentModel.xml
 
@@ -118,6 +169,9 @@ flycheck_*.el
 # When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
 # since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
 # auto-import.
+# .idea/artifacts
+# .idea/compiler.xml
+# .idea/jarRepositories.xml
 # .idea/modules.xml
 # .idea/*.iml
 # .idea/modules
@@ -145,6 +199,9 @@ atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
 # Cursive Clojure plugin
 .idea/replstate.xml
 
+# SonarLint plugin
+.idea/sonarlint/
+
 # Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
 com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
 crashlytics.properties
@@ -158,20 +215,13 @@ fabric.properties
 .idea/caches/build_file_checksums.ser
 
 ### PyCharm+all Patch ###
-# Ignores the whole .idea folder and all .iml files
-# See https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186 and https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/360
+# Ignore everything but code style settings and run configurations
+# that are supposed to be shared within teams.
 
-.idea/
+.idea/*
 
-# Reason: https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186#issuecomment-249601023
-
-*.iml
-modules.xml
-.idea/misc.xml
-*.ipr
-
-# Sonarlint plugin
-.idea/sonarlint
+!.idea/codeStyles
+!.idea/runConfigurations
 
 ### pydev ###
 .pydevproject
@@ -198,7 +248,6 @@ parts/
 sdist/
 var/
 wheels/
-pip-wheel-metadata/
 share/python-wheels/
 *.egg-info/
 .installed.cfg
@@ -225,13 +274,25 @@ htmlcov/
 nosetests.xml
 coverage.xml
 *.cover
+*.py,cover
 .hypothesis/
 .pytest_cache/
+cover/
 
 # Translations
 *.mo
 *.pot
 
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
 # Scrapy stuff:
 .scrapy
 
@@ -239,10 +300,17 @@ coverage.xml
 docs/_build/
 
 # PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
 target/
 
+# Jupyter Notebook
+
+# IPython
+
 # pyenv
-.python-version
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
 
 # pipenv
 #   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
@@ -251,12 +319,39 @@ target/
 #   install all needed dependencies.
 #Pipfile.lock
 
-# celery beat schedule file
+# poetry
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
+#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
+#   commonly ignored for libraries.
+#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
+#poetry.lock
+
+# pdm
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include pdm.lock in version control.
+#pdm.lock
+#   pdm stores project-wide configurations in .pdm.toml, but it is recommended to not include it
+#   in version control.
+#   https://pdm.fming.dev/#use-with-ide
+.pdm.toml
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
 celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
 
 # SageMath parsed files
 *.sage.py
 
+# Environments
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
 # Spyder project settings
 .spyderproject
 .spyproject
@@ -264,10 +359,6 @@ celerybeat-schedule
 # Rope project settings
 .ropeproject
 
-# Mr Developer
-.mr.developer.cfg
-.project
-
 # mkdocs documentation
 /site
 
@@ -279,9 +370,33 @@ dmypy.json
 # Pyre type checker
 .pyre/
 
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
+
+# PyCharm
+#  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
+#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
+#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
+#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
+#.idea/
+
+### Python Patch ###
+# Poetry local configuration file - https://python-poetry.org/docs/configuration/#local-configuration
+poetry.toml
+
+# ruff
+.ruff_cache/
+
+# LSP config files
+pyrightconfig.json
+
 ### Vim ###
 # Swap
 [._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
+!*.svg  # comment out if you don't need vector files
 [._]*.sw[a-p]
 [._]s[a-rt-v][a-z]
 [._]ss[a-gi-z]
@@ -299,11 +414,13 @@ tags
 [._]*.un~
 
 ### WebStorm ###
-# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio and WebStorm
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
 # Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
 
 # User-specific stuff
 
+# AWS User-specific
+
 # Generated files
 
 # Sensitive or high-churn files
@@ -314,6 +431,9 @@ tags
 # When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
 # since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
 # auto-import.
+# .idea/artifacts
+# .idea/compiler.xml
+# .idea/jarRepositories.xml
 # .idea/modules.xml
 # .idea/*.iml
 # .idea/modules
@@ -334,6 +454,8 @@ tags
 
 # Cursive Clojure plugin
 
+# SonarLint plugin
+
 # Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
 
 # Editor-based Rest Client
@@ -349,15 +471,31 @@ tags
 # *.ipr
 
 # Sonarlint plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7973-sonarlint
 .idea/**/sonarlint/
 
 # SonarQube Plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7238-sonarqube-community-plugin
 .idea/**/sonarIssues.xml
 
 # Markdown Navigator plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7896-markdown-navigator-enhanced
 .idea/**/markdown-navigator.xml
+.idea/**/markdown-navigator-enh.xml
 .idea/**/markdown-navigator/
 
+# Cache file creation bug
+# See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-2257
+.idea/$CACHE_FILE$
+
+# CodeStream plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12206-codestream
+.idea/codestream.xml
+
+# Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8053-azure-toolkit-for-intellij
+.idea/**/azureSettings.xml
+
 ### Windows ###
 # Windows thumbnail cache files
 Thumbs.db
@@ -384,4 +522,11 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 # Windows shortcuts
 *.lnk
 
-# End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/git,linux,pydev,python,windows,pycharm+all,jupyternotebook,vim,webstorm,emacs,dotenv
+# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/vim,git,macos,linux,pydev,emacs,dotenv,python,windows,webstorm,pycharm+all,jupyternotebooks
+
+# Integration tests cloud configs
+tests/integration/cloud-config-*.ini
+
+
+# VSCode specific extensions
+.vscode/settings.json

CHANGELOG.md.license

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Ansible Project

CHANGELOG.rst.license

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Ansible Project

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+<!--
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+
+# Contributing
+
+We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our contributions and interactions within this repository.
+
+If you are a committer, also refer to the [collection's committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/commit-rights.md).
+
+## Issue tracker
+
+Whether you are looking for an opportunity to contribute or you found a bug and already know how to solve it, please go to the [issue tracker](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues).
+There you can find feature ideas to implement, reports about bugs to solve, or submit an issue to discuss your idea before implementing it which can help choose a right direction at the beginning of your work and potentially save a lot of time and effort.
+Also somebody may already have started discussing or working on implementing the same or a similar idea,
+so you can cooperate to create a better solution together.
+
+* If you are interested in starting with an easy issue, look for [issues with an `easyfix` label](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/labels/easyfix).
+* Often issues that are waiting for contributors to pick up have [the `waiting_on_contributor` label](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/labels/waiting_on_contributor).
+
+## Review pull requests
+
+Look through currently [open pull requests](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pulls).
+
+You can help by reviewing them. Reviews help move pull requests to merge state. Some good pull requests cannot be merged only due to a lack of reviews. And it is always worth saying that good reviews are often more valuable than pull requests themselves.
+Note that reviewing does not only mean code review, but also offering comments on new interfaces added to existing plugins/modules, interfaces of new plugins/modules, improving language (not everyone is a native English speaker), or testing bugfixes and new features!
+
+Also, consider taking up a valuable, reviewed, but abandoned pull request which you could politely ask the original authors to complete yourself.
+
+## Open pull requests
+
+Please read our ['Contributing to collections'](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections_contributing.html#contributing-to-a-collection-community-general) guide.
+
+* Try committing your changes with an informative but short commit message.
+* Do not squash your commits and force-push to your branch if not needed. Reviews of your pull request are much easier with individual commits to comprehend the pull request history. All commits of your pull request branch will be squashed into one commit by GitHub upon merge.
+* Do not add merge commits to your PR. The bot will complain and you will have to rebase ([instructions for rebasing](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_rebasing.html)) to remove them before your PR can be merged. To avoid that git automatically does merges during pulls, you can configure it to do rebases instead by running `git config pull.rebase true` inside the repository checkout.
+* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/collection_development_process.html#creating-a-changelog-fragment).
+  * You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. (If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
+  * Please always include a link to the pull request itself, and if the PR is about an issue, also a link to the issue. Also make sure the fragment ends with a period, and begins with a lower-case letter after `-`. (Again, if you don't do this, we'll add suggestions to fix it, so don't worry too much :) )
+* Avoid reformatting unrelated parts of the codebase in your PR. These types of changes will likely be requested for reversion, create additional work for reviewers, and may cause approval to be delayed.
+
+You can also read the Ansible community's [Quick-start development guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/create_pr_quick_start.html).
+
+## Test pull requests
+
+If you want to test a PR locally, refer to [our testing guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/collection_contributors/collection_test_pr_locally.html) for instructions on how do it quickly.
+
+If you find any inconsistencies or places in this document which can be improved, feel free to raise an issue or pull request to fix it.
+
+## Run sanity or unit locally (with antsibull-nox)
+
+The easiest way to run sanity and unit tests locally is to use [antsibull-nox](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/antsibull-nox/).
+(If you have [nox](https://nox.thea.codes/en/stable/) installed, it will automatically install antsibull-nox in a virtual environment for you.)
+
+### Sanity tests
+
+The following commands show how to run ansible-test sanity tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run basic sanity tests for all files in the collection:
+nox -Re ansible-test-sanity-devel
+
+# Run basic sanity tests for the given files and directories:
+nox -Re ansible-test-sanity-devel -- plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
+
+# Run all other sanity tests for all files in the collection:
+nox -R
+```
+
+If you replace `-Re` with `-e`, respectively. If you leave `-R` away, then the virtual environments will be re-created. The `-R` re-uses them (if they already exist).
+
+### Unit tests
+
+The following commands show how to run unit tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run all unit tests:
+nox -Re ansible-test-units-devel
+
+# Run all unit tests for one Python version (a lot faster):
+nox -Re ansible-test-units-devel -- --python 3.13
+
+# Run a specific unit test (for the nmcli module) for one Python version:
+nox -Re ansible-test-units-devel -- --python 3.13 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools/test_nmcli.py
+```
+
+If you replace `-Re` with `-e`, then the virtual environments will be re-created. The `-R` re-uses them (if they already exist).
+
+## Run basic sanity, unit or integration tests locally (with ansible-test)
+
+Instead of using antsibull-nox, you can also run sanity and unit tests with ansible-test directly.
+This also allows you to run integration tests.
+
+You have to check out the repository into a specific path structure to be able to run `ansible-test`. The path to the git checkout must end with `.../ansible_collections/community/general`. Please see [our testing guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/collection_contributors/collection_test_pr_locally.html) for instructions on how to check out the repository into a correct path structure. The short version of these instructions is:
+
+```.bash
+mkdir -p ~/dev/ansible_collections/community
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/general
+cd ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/general
+```
+
+Then you can run `ansible-test` (which is a part of [ansible-core](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core/)) inside the checkout. The following example commands expect that you have installed Docker or Podman. Note that Podman has only been supported by more recent ansible-core releases. If you are using Docker, the following will work with Ansible 2.9+.
+
+### Basic sanity tests
+
+The following commands show how to run basic sanity tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run basic sanity tests for all files in the collection:
+ansible-test sanity --docker -v
+
+# Run basic sanity tests for the given files and directories:
+ansible-test sanity --docker -v plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
+```
+
+### Unit tests
+
+Note that for running unit tests, you need to install required collections in the same folder structure that `community.general` is checked out in.
+Right now, you need to install [`community.internal_test_tools`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools).
+If you want to use the latest version from GitHub, you can run:
+```
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/internal_test_tools
+```
+
+The following commands show how to run unit tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run all unit tests:
+ansible-test units --docker -v
+
+# Run all unit tests for one Python version (a lot faster):
+ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8
+
+# Run a specific unit test (for the nmcli module) for one Python version:
+ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools/test_nmcli.py
+```
+
+### Integration tests
+
+Note that for running integration tests, you need to install required collections in the same folder structure that `community.general` is checked out in.
+Right now, depending on the test, you need to install [`ansible.posix`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix), [`community.crypto`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto), and [`community.docker`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker):
+If you want to use the latest versions from GitHub, you can run:
+```
+mkdir -p ~/dev/ansible_collections/ansible
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/ansible/posix
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/crypto
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/docker
+```
+
+The following commands show how to run integration tests:
+
+#### In Docker
+
+Integration tests on Docker have the following parameters:
+- `image_name` (required): The name of the Docker image. To get the list of supported Docker images, run
+  `ansible-test integration --help` and look for _target docker images_.
+- `test_name` (optional): The name of the integration test.
+  For modules, this equals the short name of the module; for example, `pacman` in case of `community.general.pacman`.
+  For plugins, the plugin type is added before the plugin's short name, for example `callback_yaml` for the `community.general.yaml` callback.
+```.bash
+# Test all plugins/modules on fedora40
+ansible-test integration -v --docker fedora40
+
+# Template
+ansible-test integration -v --docker image_name test_name
+
+# Example community.general.ini_file module on fedora40 Docker image:
+ansible-test integration -v --docker fedora40 ini_file
+```
+
+#### Without isolation
+
+```.bash
+# Run integration tests for the flattened lookup **without any isolation**:
+ansible-test integration -v lookup_flattened
+```
+
+If you are unsure about the integration test target name for a module or plugin, you can take a look in `tests/integration/targets/`. Tests for plugins have the plugin type prepended.
+
+## Creating new modules or plugins
+
+Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Requests.
+
+1. Please make sure that your new module or plugin is of interest to a larger audience. Very specialized modules or plugins that
+   can only be used by very few people should better be added to more specialized collections.
+
+2. Please do not add more than one plugin/module in one PR, especially if it is the first plugin/module you are contributing.
+   That makes it easier for reviewers, and increases the chance that your PR will get merged. If you plan to contribute a group
+   of plugins/modules (say, more than a module and a corresponding ``_info`` module), please mention that in the first PR. In
+   such cases, you also have to think whether it is better to publish the group of plugins/modules in a new collection.
+
+3. When creating a new module or plugin, please make sure that you follow various guidelines:
+
+   - Follow [development conventions](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.html);
+   - Follow [documentation standards](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_documenting.html) and
+     the [Ansible style guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/style_guide/index.html#style-guide);
+   - Make sure your modules and plugins are [GPL-3.0-or-later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html) licensed
+     (new module_utils can also be [BSD-2-clause](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause) licensed);
+   - Make sure that new plugins and modules have tests (unit tests, integration tests, or both); it is preferable to have some tests
+     which run in CI.
+
+4. Action plugins need to be accompanied by a module, even if the module file only contains documentation
+   (`DOCUMENTATION`, `EXAMPLES` and `RETURN`). The module must have the same name and directory path in `plugins/modules/`
+   than the action plugin has in `plugins/action/`.
+
+5. Make sure to add a BOTMETA entry for your new module/plugin in `.github/BOTMETA.yml`. Search for other plugins/modules in the
+   same directory to see how entries could look. You should list all authors either as `maintainers` or under `ignore`. People
+   listed as `maintainers` will be pinged for new issues and PRs that modify the module/plugin or its tests.
+
+   When you add a new plugin/module, we expect that you perform maintainer duty for at least some time after contributing it.

LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+

LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../COPYING

LICENSES/MIT.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2
+--------------------------------------------
+
+1. This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between the Python Software Foundation
+("PSF"), and the Individual or Organization ("Licensee") accessing and
+otherwise using this software ("Python") in source or binary form and
+its associated documentation.
+
+2. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, PSF hereby
+grants Licensee a nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce,
+analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works,
+distribute, and otherwise use Python alone or in any derivative version,
+provided, however, that PSF's License Agreement and PSF's notice of copyright,
+i.e., "Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
+2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Python Software Foundation;
+All Rights Reserved" are retained in Python alone or in any derivative version
+prepared by Licensee.
+
+3. In the event Licensee prepares a derivative work that is based on
+or incorporates Python or any part thereof, and wants to make
+the derivative work available to others as provided herein, then
+Licensee hereby agrees to include in any such work a brief summary of
+the changes made to Python.
+
+4. PSF is making Python available to Licensee on an "AS IS"
+basis.  PSF MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED.  BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PSF MAKES NO AND
+DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
+FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF PYTHON WILL NOT
+INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.
+
+5. PSF SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY OTHER USERS OF PYTHON
+FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS AS
+A RESULT OF MODIFYING, DISTRIBUTING, OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON,
+OR ANY DERIVATIVE THEREOF, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF.
+
+6. This License Agreement will automatically terminate upon a material
+breach of its terms and conditions.
+
+7. Nothing in this License Agreement shall be deemed to create any
+relationship of agency, partnership, or joint venture between PSF and
+Licensee.  This License Agreement does not grant permission to use PSF
+trademarks or trade name in a trademark sense to endorse or promote
+products or services of Licensee, or any third party.
+
+8. By copying, installing or otherwise using Python, Licensee
+agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this License
+Agreement.

README.md

@@ -1,17 +1,59 @@
-[![Run Status](https://api.shippable.com/projects/5e664a167c32620006c9fa50/badge?branch=master)](https://app.shippable.com/github/ansible-collections/community.general/dashboard) [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)
+<!--
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
 
-# Ansible Collection: community.general
+# Community General Collection
 
-This repo contains the `community.general` Ansible Collection.
+[![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-brightgreen.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/)
+[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-10)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
+[![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions/workflows/ansible-test.yml/badge.svg?branch=stable-10)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
+[![Nox CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions/workflows/nox.yml/badge.svg?branch=stable-10)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
+[![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)
+[![REUSE status](https://api.reuse.software/badge/github.com/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://api.reuse.software/info/github.com/ansible-collections/community.general)
 
-The collection includes the modules and plugins supported by Ansible community.
+This repository contains the `community.general` Ansible Collection. The collection is a part of the Ansible package and includes many modules and plugins supported by Ansible community which are not part of more specialized community collections.
 
+You can find [documentation for this collection on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
 
-## Installation and Usage
+Please note that this collection does **not** support Windows targets. Only connection plugins included in this collection might support Windows targets, and will explicitly mention that in their documentation if they do so.
 
-### Installing the Collection from Ansible Galaxy
+## Code of Conduct
 
-Before using the General community collection, you need to install the collection with the `ansible-galaxy` CLI:
+We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our interactions within this project.
+
+If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html), please refer to the [policy violations](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html#policy-violations) section of the Code of Conduct for information on how to raise a complaint.
+
+## Communication
+
+* Join the Ansible forum:
+  * [Get Help](https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6): get help or help others. This is for questions about modules or plugins in the collection. Please add appropriate tags if you start new discussions.
+  * [Tag `community-general`](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/community-general): discuss the *collection itself*, instead of specific modules or plugins.
+  * [Social Spaces](https://forum.ansible.com/c/chat/4): gather and interact with fellow enthusiasts.
+  * [News & Announcements](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/5): track project-wide announcements including social events.
+
+* The Ansible [Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn): used to announce releases and important changes.
+
+For more information about communication, see the [Ansible communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
+
+## Tested with Ansible
+
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.15, ansible-core 2.16, ansible-core 2.17, ansible-core 2.18, ansible-core 2.19, and ansible-core 2.20 releases. Ansible-core versions before 2.15.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
+
+## External requirements
+
+Some modules and plugins require external libraries. Please check the requirements for each plugin or module you use in the documentation to find out which requirements are needed.
+
+## Included content
+
+Please check the included content on the [Ansible Galaxy page for this collection](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/) or the [documentation on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
+
+## Using this collection
+
+This collection is shipped with the Ansible package. So if you have it installed, no more action is required.
+
+If you have a minimal installation (only Ansible Core installed) or you want to use the latest version of the collection along with the whole Ansible package, you need to install the collection from [Ansible Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/) manually with the `ansible-galaxy` command-line tool:
 
     ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
 
@@ -22,48 +64,81 @@ collections:
 - name: community.general
 ```
 
-## Testing and Development
+Note that if you install the collection manually, it will not be upgraded automatically when you upgrade the Ansible package. To upgrade the collection to the latest available version, run the following command:
 
-If you want to develop new content for this collection or improve what is already here, the easiest way to work on the collection is to clone it into one of the configured [`COLLECTIONS_PATHS`](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#collections-paths), and work on it there.
+```bash
+ansible-galaxy collection install community.general --upgrade
+```
 
-You can find more information in the [developer guide for collections](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#contributing-to-collections)
+You can also install a specific version of the collection, for example, if you need to downgrade when something is broken in the latest version (please report an issue in this repository). Use the following syntax where `X.Y.Z` can be any [available version](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/):
 
-### Testing with `ansible-test`
+```bash
+ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==X.Y.Z
+```
 
-See [here](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#testing-collections).
+See [Ansible Using collections](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/user_guide/collections_using.html) for more details.
 
-## Release notes
+## Contributing to this collection
 
-See [here](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/tree/master/CHANGELOG.rst).
+The content of this collection is made by good people just like you, a community of individuals collaborating on making the world better through developing automation software.
+
+We are actively accepting new contributors.
+
+All types of contributions are very welcome.
+
+You don't know how to start? Refer to our [contribution guide](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)!
+
+The current maintainers are listed in the [commit-rights.md](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/commit-rights.md#people) file. If you have questions or need help, feel free to mention them in the proposals.
+
+You can find more information in the [developer guide for collections](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#contributing-to-collections), and in the [Ansible Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/index.html).
+
+Also for some notes specific to this collection see [our CONTRIBUTING documentation](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+### Running tests
+
+See [here](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#testing-collections).
+
+## Collection maintenance
+
+To learn how to maintain / become a maintainer of this collection, refer to:
+
+* [Committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/commit-rights.md).
+* [Maintainer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/maintaining.rst).
+
+It is necessary for maintainers of this collection to be subscribed to:
+
+* The collection itself (the `Watch` button → `All Activity` in the upper right corner of the repository's homepage).
+* The "Changes Impacting Collection Contributors and Maintainers" [issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/issues/45).
+
+They also should be subscribed to Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn).
 
 ## Publishing New Version
 
-Basic instructions without release branches:
+See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/releasing_collections.rst) to learn how to release this collection.
 
-1. Create `changelogs/fragments/<version>.yml` with `release_summary:` section (which must be a string, not a list).
-2. Run `antsibull-changelog release --collection-flatmap yes`
-3. Make sure `CHANGELOG.rst` and `changelogs/changelog.yaml` are added to git, and the deleted fragments have been removed.
-4. Tag the commit with `<version>`. Push changes and tag to the main repository.
+## Release notes
 
-## More Information
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-10/CHANGELOG.md).
 
-TBD
+## Roadmap
 
-## Communication
+In general, we plan to release a major version every six months, and minor versions every two months. Major versions can contain breaking changes, while minor versions only contain new features and bugfixes.
 
-We have a dedicated Working Group for Ansible development.
+See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/582) for information on releasing, versioning, and deprecation.
 
-You can find other people interested on the following Freenode IRC channels -
-- `#ansible` - For general use questions and support.
-- `#ansible-devel` - For discussions on developer topics and code related to features or bugs.
-- `#ansible-community` - For discussions on community topics and community meetings.
+## More information
 
-For more information about communities, meetings and agendas see [Community Wiki](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Community).
+- [Ansible Collection overview](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview)
+- [Ansible User guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/user_guide/index.html)
+- [Ansible Developer guide](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/dev_guide/index.html)
+- [Ansible Community code of conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html)
 
-For more information about [communication](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html)
+## Licensing
 
-## License
+This collection is primarily licensed and distributed as a whole under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
 
-GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
+See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-10/COPYING) for the full text.
 
-See [LICENSE](COPYING) to see the full text.
+Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-10/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-10/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-10/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt).
+
+All files have a machine readable `SDPX-License-Identifier:` comment denoting its respective license(s) or an equivalent entry in an accompanying `.license` file. Only changelog fragments (which will not be part of a release) are covered by a blanket statement in `REUSE.toml`. This conforms to the [REUSE specification](https://reuse.software/spec/).

REUSE.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+version = 1
+
+[[annotations]]
+path = "changelogs/fragments/**"
+precedence = "aggregate"
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "Ansible Project"
+SPDX-License-Identifier = "GPL-3.0-or-later"

antsibull-nox.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
+
+[collection_sources]
+"ansible.posix" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git,main"
+"community.crypto" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git,main"
+"community.docker" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git,main"
+"community.internal_test_tools" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git,main"
+
+[collection_sources_per_ansible.'2.15']
+# community.crypto's main branch needs ansible-core >= 2.17
+"community.crypto" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git,stable-2"
+
+[collection_sources_per_ansible.'2.16']
+# community.crypto's main branch needs ansible-core >= 2.17
+"community.crypto" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git,stable-2"
+
+[vcs]
+vcs = "git"
+development_branch = "main"
+stable_branches = [ "stable-*" ]
+
+[sessions]
+
+[sessions.docs_check]
+validate_collection_refs="all"
+
+[sessions.license_check]
+
+[sessions.extra_checks]
+run_no_unwanted_files = true
+no_unwanted_files_module_extensions = [".py"]
+no_unwanted_files_yaml_extensions = [".yml"]
+run_action_groups = true
+
+[[sessions.extra_checks.action_groups_config]]
+name = "consul"
+pattern = "^consul_.*$"
+exclusions = [
+    "consul_acl_bootstrap",
+    "consul_kv",
+]
+doc_fragment = "community.general.consul.actiongroup_consul"
+
+[[sessions.extra_checks.action_groups_config]]
+name = "keycloak"
+pattern = "^keycloak_.*$"
+exclusions = [
+    "keycloak_realm_info",
+]
+doc_fragment = "community.general.keycloak.actiongroup_keycloak"
+
+[[sessions.extra_checks.action_groups_config]]
+name = "proxmox"
+pattern = "^proxmox(_.*)?$"
+exclusions = []
+doc_fragment = "community.general.proxmox.actiongroup_proxmox"
+
+[sessions.build_import_check]
+run_galaxy_importer = true
+
+[sessions.ansible_test_sanity]
+include_devel = true
+
+[sessions.ansible_test_units]
+include_devel = true

changelogs/.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 /.plugin-cache.yaml

changelogs/changelog.yaml.license

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Ansible Project

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -1,29 +1,43 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 changelog_filename_template: ../CHANGELOG.rst
 changelog_filename_version_depth: 0
 changes_file: changelog.yaml
 changes_format: combined
+ignore_other_fragment_extensions: true
 keep_fragments: false
 mention_ancestor: true
-flatmap: true
 new_plugins_after_name: removed_features
 notesdir: fragments
+output_formats:
+  - md
+  - rst
 prelude_section_name: release_summary
 prelude_section_title: Release Summary
 sections:
-- - major_changes
-  - Major Changes
-- - minor_changes
-  - Minor Changes
-- - breaking_changes
-  - Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
-- - deprecated_features
-  - Deprecated Features
-- - removed_features
-  - Removed Features (previously deprecated)
-- - security_fixes
-  - Security Fixes
-- - bugfixes
-  - Bugfixes
-- - known_issues
-  - Known Issues
+  - - major_changes
+    - Major Changes
+  - - minor_changes
+    - Minor Changes
+  - - breaking_changes
+    - Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+  - - deprecated_features
+    - Deprecated Features
+  - - removed_features
+    - Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+  - - security_fixes
+    - Security Fixes
+  - - bugfixes
+    - Bugfixes
+  - - known_issues
+    - Known Issues
 title: Community General
+trivial_section_name: trivial
+use_fqcn: true
+add_plugin_period: true
+changelog_nice_yaml: true
+changelog_sort: version
+vcs: auto

changelogs/fragments/303-consul_kv-fix-env-variables-handling.yaml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - consul_kv lookup - fix ``ANSIBLE_CONSUL_URL`` environment variable handling (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/51960).
-  - consul_kv lookup - fix arguments handling (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/303).

changelogs/fragments/33979-xfs_growfs.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- "filesystem - resizefs of xfs filesystems is fixed. Filesystem needs to be mounted."

changelogs/fragments/442-log_plays-add_playbook_task_name_and_action.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- log_plays callback - use v2 methods (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/442).
-breaking_changes:
-- log_plays callback - add missing information to the logs generated by the callback plugin. This changes the log message format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/442).

changelogs/fragments/547-start-service-condition.yaml

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - docker_compose - add a condition to prevent service startup
-    if parameter ``stopped`` is true. Otherwise, the service will be
-    started on each play and stopped again immediately due to
-    the ``stopped`` parameter and breaks the idempotency of the module
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/532).
-  - docker_compose - disallow usage of the parameters ``stopped`` and ``restarted``
-    at the same time. This breaks also the idempotency
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/532).

changelogs/fragments/548_apk.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- apk - added ``no_cache`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/548).

changelogs/fragments/55903_kubevirt.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-- kubevirt - Add aliases 'interface_name' for network_name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55641).

changelogs/fragments/560-pkgng-add-stdout-and-stderr.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - pkgng - added ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` attributes to the result (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/560).

changelogs/fragments/568_packaging.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-- xbps - the ``force`` option never had any effect. It is now deprecated, and will be removed in 3.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/568).

changelogs/fragments/airbrake_deployment_add_version.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - "airbrake_deployment - add ``version`` param; clarified docs on ``revision`` param (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/583)."

changelogs/fragments/aix_filesystem-module_util-routing-issue.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - aix_filesystem - fix issues with ismount module_util pathing for Ansible 2.9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/567).

changelogs/fragments/logicmonitor-removal.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
- - "logicmonitor - the module has been removed in 1.0.0 since it is unmaintained and the API used by the module has been turned off in 2017 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/539, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/541)."
- - "logicmonitor_facts - the module has been removed in 1.0.0 since it is unmaintained and the API used by the module has been turned off in 2017 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/539, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/541)."

changelogs/fragments/parted_negative_numbers.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- - "parted - accept negative numbers in ``part_start`` and ``part_end``"

commit-rights.md

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<!--
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+
+Committers Guidelines for community.general
+===========================================
+
+This document is based on the [Ansible committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/b57444af14062ec96e0af75fdfc2098c74fe2d9a/docs/docsite/rst/community/committer_guidelines.rst) ([latest version](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/community/committer_guidelines.html)).
+
+These are the guidelines for people with commit privileges on the Ansible Community General Collection GitHub repository. Please read the guidelines before you commit.
+
+These guidelines apply to everyone. At the same time, this is NOT a process document. So just use good judgment. You have been given commit access because we trust your judgment.
+
+That said, use the trust wisely.
+
+If you abuse the trust and break components and builds, and so on, the trust level falls and you may be asked not to commit or you may lose your commit privileges.
+
+Our workflow on GitHub
+----------------------
+
+As a committer, you may already know this, but our workflow forms a lot of our team policies. Please ensure you are aware of the following workflow steps:
+
+* Fork the repository upon which you want to do some work to your own personal repository
+* Work on the specific branch upon which you need to commit
+* Create a Pull Request back to the collection repository and await reviews
+* Adjust code as necessary based on the Comments provided
+* Ask someone from the other committers to do a final review and merge
+
+Sometimes, committers merge their own pull requests. This section is a set of guidelines. If you are changing a comma in a doc or making a very minor change, you can use your best judgement. This is another trust thing. The process is critical for any major change, but for little things or getting something done quickly, use your best judgement and make sure people on the team are aware of your work.
+
+Roles
+-----
+* Release managers: Merge pull requests to `stable-X` branches, create tags to do releases.
+* Committers: Fine to do PRs for most things, but we should have a timebox. Hanging PRs may merge on the judgement of these devs.
+* Module maintainers: Module maintainers own specific modules and have indirect commit access through the current module PR mechanisms. This is primary [ansibullbot](https://github.com/ansibullbot)'s `shipit` mechanism.
+
+General rules
+-------------
+Individuals with direct commit access to this collection repository are entrusted with powers that allow them to do a broad variety of things--probably more than we can write down. Rather than rules, treat these as general *guidelines*, individuals with this power are expected to use their best judgement.
+
+* Do NOTs:
+
+  - Do not commit directly.
+  - Do not merge your own PRs. Someone else should have a chance to review and approve the PR merge. You have a small amount of leeway here for very minor changes.
+  - Do not forget about non-standard / alternate environments. Consider the alternatives. Yes, people have bad/unusual/strange environments (like binaries from multiple init systems installed), but they are the ones who need us the most.
+  - Do not drag your community team members down. Discuss the technical merits of any pull requests you review. Avoid negativity and personal comments. For more guidance on being a good community member, read the [Ansible Community Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html).
+  - Do not forget about the maintenance burden. High-maintenance features may not be worth adding.
+  - Do not break playbooks. Always keep backwards compatibility in mind.
+  - Do not forget to keep it simple. Complexity breeds all kinds of problems.
+  - Do not merge to branches other than `main`, especially not to `stable-X`, if you do not have explicit permission to do so.
+  - Do not create tags. Tags are used in the release process, and should only be created by the people responsible for managing the stable branches.
+
+* Do:
+
+  - Squash, avoid merges whenever possible, use GitHub's squash commits or cherry pick if needed (bisect thanks you).
+  - Be active. Committers who have no activity on the project (through merges, triage, commits, and so on) will have their permissions suspended.
+  - Consider backwards compatibility (goes back to "do not break existing playbooks").
+  - Write tests. PRs with tests are looked at with more priority than PRs without tests that should have them included. While not all changes require tests, be sure to add them for bug fixes or functionality changes.
+  - Discuss with other committers, specially when you are unsure of something.
+  - Document! If your PR is a new feature or a change to behavior, make sure you've updated all associated documentation or have notified the right people to do so.
+  - Consider scope, sometimes a fix can be generalized.
+  - Keep it simple, then things are maintainable, debuggable and intelligible.
+
+Committers are expected to continue to follow the same community and contribution guidelines followed by the rest of the Ansible community.
+
+
+People
+------
+
+Individuals who have been asked to become a part of this group have generally been contributing in significant ways to the community.general collection for some time. Should they agree, they are requested to add their names and GitHub IDs to this file, in the section below, through a pull request. Doing so indicates that these individuals agree to act in the ways that their fellow committers trust that they will act.
+
+| Name                | GitHub ID            | IRC Nick           | Other                |
+| ------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------ | -------------------- |
+| Alexei Znamensky    | russoz               | russoz             |                      |
+| Andrew Klychkov     | andersson007         | andersson007_      |                      |
+| Andrew Pantuso      | Ajpantuso            | ajpantuso          |                      |
+| Felix Fontein       | felixfontein         | felixfontein       |                      |
+| John R Barker       | gundalow             | gundalow           |                      |

docs/docsite/config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+changelog:
+  write_changelog: true

docs/docsite/extra-docs.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+sections:
+  - title: Guides
+    toctree:
+      - filter_guide
+      - test_guide
+  - title: Cloud Guides
+    toctree:
+      - guide_alicloud
+      - guide_online
+      - guide_packet
+      - guide_scaleway
+  - title: Developer Guides
+    toctree:
+      - guide_deps
+      - guide_vardict
+      - guide_cmdrunner
+      - guide_modulehelper
+      - guide_uthelper

docs/docsite/helper/keep_keys/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<!--
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+
+# Docs helper. Create RST file.
+
+The playbook `playbook.yml` writes a RST file that can be used in
+docs/docsite/rst. The usage of this helper is recommended but not
+mandatory. You can stop reading here and update the RST file manually
+if you don't want to use this helper.
+
+## Run the playbook
+
+If you want to generate the RST file by this helper fit the variables
+in the playbook and the template to your needs. Then, run the play
+
+```sh
+shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml
+```
+
+## Copy RST to docs/docsite/rst
+
+Copy the RST file to `docs/docsite/rst` and remove it from this
+directory.
+
+## Update the checksums
+
+Substitute the variables and run the below commands
+
+```sh
+shell> sha1sum {{ target_vars }} > {{ target_sha1 }}
+shell> sha1sum {{ file_rst }} > {{ file_sha1 }}
+```
+
+## Playbook explained
+
+The playbook includes the variable *tests* from the integration tests
+and creates the RST file from the template. The playbook will
+terminate if:
+
+* The file with the variable *tests* was changed
+* The RST file was changed
+
+This means that this helper is probably not up to date.
+
+### The file with the variable *tests* was changed
+
+This means that somebody updated the integration tests. Review the
+changes and update the template if needed. Update the checksum to pass
+the integrity test. The playbook message provides you with the
+command.
+
+### The RST file was changed
+
+This means that somebody updated the RST file manually. Review the
+changes and update the template. Update the checksum to pass the
+integrity test. The playbook message provides you with the
+command. Make sure that the updated template will create identical RST
+file. Only then apply your changes.

docs/docsite/helper/keep_keys/filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries-keep_keys.rst.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+keep_keys
+"""""""""
+
+Use the filter :ansplugin:`community.general.keep_keys#filter` if you have a list of dictionaries and want to keep certain keys only.
+
+.. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See :ansplugin:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <community.general.yaml#callback>`.
+
+
+Let us use the below list in the following examples:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   input:
+     {{ tests.0.input | to_yaml(indent=2) | indent(5) }}
+
+{% for i in tests[0:1]|subelements('group') %}
+* {{ i.1.d }}
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1
+
+   target: {{ i.1.tt }}
+   result: "{{ lookup('file', target ~ '/templates/' ~ i.0.template) }}"
+
+{% endfor %}
+
+gives
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     {{ tests.0.result | to_yaml(indent=2) | indent(5) }}
+ 
+.. versionadded:: 9.1.0
+
+* The results of the below examples 1-5 are all the same:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     {{ tests.1.result | to_yaml(indent=2) | indent(5) }}
+
+{% for i in tests[1:2]|subelements('group') %}
+{{ loop.index }}. {{ i.1.d }}
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: {{ i.1.mp }}
+   target: {{ i.1.tt }}
+   result: "{{ lookup('file', target ~ '/templates/' ~ i.0.template) }}"
+
+{% endfor %}
+
+* The results of the below examples 6-9 are all the same:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     {{ tests.2.result | to_yaml(indent=2) | indent(5) }}
+
+{% for i in tests[2:3]|subelements('group') %}
+{{ loop.index + 5 }}. {{ i.1.d }}
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: {{ i.1.mp }}
+   target: {{ i.1.tt }}
+   result: "{{ lookup('file', target ~ '/templates/' ~ i.0.template) }}"
+
+{% endfor %}

docs/docsite/helper/keep_keys/keep_keys.rst.sha1

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8690afce792abc95693c2f61f743ee27388b1592  ../../rst/filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries-keep_keys.rst

docs/docsite/helper/keep_keys/keep_keys.rst.sha1.license

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later

docs/docsite/helper/keep_keys/playbook.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+# Create docs REST files
+# shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml
+#
+# Proofread and copy created *.rst file into the directory
+# docs/docsite/rst. Do not add *.rst in this directory to the version
+# control.
+#
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+# community.general/docs/docsite/helper/keep_keys/playbook.yml
+
+- name: Create RST file for docs/docsite/rst
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: false
+
+  vars:
+
+    plugin: keep_keys
+    plugin_type: filter
+    docs_path:
+      - filter_guide
+      - abstract_informations
+      - lists_of_dictionaries
+
+    file_base: "{{ (docs_path + [plugin]) | join('-') }}"
+    file_rst: ../../rst/{{ file_base }}.rst
+    file_sha1: "{{ plugin }}.rst.sha1"
+
+    target: "../../../../tests/integration/targets/{{ plugin_type }}_{{ plugin }}"
+    target_vars: "{{ target }}/vars/main/tests.yml"
+    target_sha1: tests.yml.sha1
+
+  tasks:
+
+    - name: Test integrity tests.yml
+      when:
+        - integrity | d(true) | bool
+        - lookup('file', target_sha1) != lookup('pipe', 'sha1sum ' ~  target_vars)
+      block:
+
+        - name: Changed tests.yml
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            msg: |
+              Changed {{ target_vars }}
+              Review the changes and update {{ target_sha1 }}
+              shell> sha1sum {{ target_vars }} > {{ target_sha1 }}
+
+        - name: Changed tests.yml end host
+          ansible.builtin.meta: end_play
+
+    - name: Test integrity RST file
+      when:
+        - integrity | d(true) | bool
+        - lookup('file', file_sha1) != lookup('pipe', 'sha1sum ' ~ file_rst)
+      block:
+
+        - name: Changed RST file
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            msg: |
+              Changed {{ file_rst }}
+              Review the changes and update {{ file_sha1 }}
+              shell> sha1sum {{ file_rst }} > {{ file_sha1 }}
+
+        - name: Changed RST file end host
+          ansible.builtin.meta: end_play
+
+    - name: Include target vars
+      include_vars:
+        file: "{{ target_vars }}"
+
+    - name: Create RST file
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: "{{ file_base }}.rst.j2"
+        dest: "{{ file_base }}.rst"

docs/docsite/helper/keep_keys/tests.yml.sha1

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c6fc4ee2017d9222675bcd13cc4f88ba8d14f38d  ../../../../tests/integration/targets/filter_keep_keys/vars/main/tests.yml

docs/docsite/helper/keep_keys/tests.yml.sha1.license

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/default-common.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+list1:
+  - {name: foo, extra: true}
+  - {name: bar, extra: false}
+  - {name: meh, extra: true}
+
+list2:
+  - {name: foo, path: /foo}
+  - {name: baz, path: /baz}

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/default-recursive-true.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+list1:
+  - name: myname01
+    param01:
+      x: default_value
+      y: default_value
+      list: [default_value]
+  - name: myname02
+    param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
+
+list2:
+  - name: myname01
+    param01:
+      y: patch_value
+      z: patch_value
+      list: [patch_value]
+  - name: myname02
+    param01: [3, 4, 4]

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-001.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- name: 1. Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-001_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-001.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-001_vars/default-common.yml

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+../default-common.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-001_vars/list3.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+list3: "{{ list1 |
+           community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-002.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- name: 2. Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-002_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-002.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-002_vars/default-common.yml

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+../default-common.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-002_vars/list3.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-003.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- name: 3. Merge recursive by 'name', replace lists (default)
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-003_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-003.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-003_vars/default-recursive-true.yml

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+../default-recursive-true.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-003_vars/list3.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                           recursive=true) }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-004.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- name: 4. Merge recursive by 'name', keep lists
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-004_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-004.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-004_vars/default-recursive-true.yml

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+../default-recursive-true.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-004_vars/list3.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                           recursive=true,
+                                           list_merge='keep') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-005.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- name: 5. Merge recursive by 'name', append lists
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-005_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-005.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-005_vars/default-recursive-true.yml

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+../default-recursive-true.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-005_vars/list3.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                           recursive=true,
+                                           list_merge='append') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-006.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- name: 6. Merge recursive by 'name', prepend lists
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-006_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-006.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-006_vars/default-recursive-true.yml

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+../default-recursive-true.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-006_vars/list3.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                           recursive=true,
+                                           list_merge='prepend') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-007.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- name: 7. Merge recursive by 'name', append lists 'remove present'
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-007_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug|d(false) | bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-007.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-007_vars/default-recursive-true.yml

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+../default-recursive-true.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-007_vars/list3.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                           recursive=true,
+                                           list_merge='append_rp') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-008.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- name: 8. Merge recursive by 'name', prepend lists 'remove present'
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-008_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-008.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-008_vars/default-recursive-true.yml

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+../default-recursive-true.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-008_vars/list3.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                           recursive=true,
+                                           list_merge='prepend_rp') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-009.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+- name: 9. Merge single list by common attribute 'name'
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-009_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug | d(false) | bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-009.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-009_vars/default-common.yml

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+../default-common.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-009_vars/list3.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+list3: "{{ [list1 + list2, []] |
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/examples.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+examples:
+  - title: Two lists
+    description: 'In the example below the lists are merged by the attribute ``name``:'
+    file: example-001_vars/list3.yml
+    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
+    file: example-001.out
+    lang: 'yaml'
+  - title: List of two lists
+    description: 'It is possible to use a list of lists as an input of the filter:'
+    file: example-002_vars/list3.yml
+    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces the same result as in the previous example:'
+    file: example-002.out
+    lang: 'yaml'
+  - title: Single list
+    description: 'It is possible to merge single list:'
+    file: example-009_vars/list3.yml
+    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces the same result as in the previous example:'
+    file: example-009.out
+    lang: 'yaml'
+  - title: list_merge=replace (default)
+    description: 'Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=replace` (default):'
+    file: example-003_vars/list3.yml
+    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
+    file: example-003.out
+    lang: 'yaml'
+  - title: list_merge=keep
+    description: 'Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=keep`:'
+    file: example-004_vars/list3.yml
+    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
+    file: example-004.out
+    lang: 'yaml'
+  - title: list_merge=append
+    description: 'Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append`:'
+    file: example-005_vars/list3.yml
+    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
+    file: example-005.out
+    lang: 'yaml'
+  - title: list_merge=prepend
+    description: 'Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend`:'
+    file: example-006_vars/list3.yml
+    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
+    file: example-006.out
+    lang: 'yaml'
+  - title: list_merge=append_rp
+    description: 'Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append_rp`:'
+    file: example-007_vars/list3.yml
+    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
+    file: example-007.out
+    lang: 'yaml'
+  - title: list_merge=prepend_rp
+    description: 'Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend_rp`:'
+    file: example-008_vars/list3.yml
+    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
+  - title:
+    description: 'This produces:'
+    file: example-008.out
+    lang: 'yaml'

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/examples_all.rst.j2

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+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+{% for i in examples %}
+{{ i.description }}
+
+.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
+
+  {{ lookup('file', i.file) | split('\n') | reject('match', '^(#|---)') | join ('\n') | indent(2) }}
+
+{% endfor %}

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/extra-vars.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+examples_one: true
+examples_all: true
+merging_lists_of_dictionaries: true

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst.j2

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+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+Merging lists of dictionaries
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby <community.general.lists_mergeby#filter>` filter.
+
+.. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See the documentation for the :ansplugin:`community.general.yaml callback plugin <community.general.yaml#callback>`.
+
+Let us use the lists below in the following examples:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  {{ lookup('file', 'default-common.yml') | split('\n') | reject('match', '^(#|---)') | join ('\n')  | indent(2) }}
+
+{% for i in examples[0:2] %}
+{% if i.title | d('', true) | length > 0 %}
+{{ i.title }}
+{{ "%s" % ('"' * i.title|length) }}
+{% endif %}
+{{ i.description }}
+
+.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
+
+  {{ lookup('file', i.file) | split('\n') | reject('match', '^(#|---)') | join ('\n') | indent(2) }}
+
+{% endfor %}
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.0.0
+
+{% for i in examples[2:6] %}
+{% if i.title | d('', true) | length > 0 %}
+{{ i.title }}
+{{ "%s" % ('"' * i.title|length) }}
+{% endif %}
+{{ i.description }}
+
+.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
+
+  {{ lookup('file', i.file) | split('\n') | reject('match', '^(#|---)') | join ('\n') | indent(2) }}
+
+{% endfor %}
+
+The filter also accepts two optional parameters: :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:recursive` and :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge`. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
+
+**recursive**
+    Is a boolean, default to ``false``. Should the :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter` filter recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.
+
+**list_merge**
+    Is a string, its possible values are :ansval:`replace` (default), :ansval:`keep`, :ansval:`append`, :ansval:`prepend`, :ansval:`append_rp` or :ansval:`prepend_rp`. It modifies the behaviour of :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.
+
+The examples below set :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:recursive=true` and display the differences among all six options of :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge`. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.combine#filter`. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
+
+Let us use the lists below in the following examples
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  {{ lookup('file', 'default-recursive-true.yml') | split('\n') | reject('match', '^(#|---)') | join ('\n') |indent(2) }}
+
+{% for i in examples[6:] %}
+{% if i.title | d('', true) | length > 0 %}
+{{ i.title }}
+{{ "%s" % ('"' * i.title|length) }}
+{% endif %}
+{{ i.description }}
+
+.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
+
+  {{ lookup('file', i.file) | split('\n') | reject('match', '^(#|---)') | join ('\n') |indent(2) }}
+
+{% endfor %}

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/list3.out.j2

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+{#
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#}
+list3:
+  {{ list3 | to_yaml(indent=2, sort_keys=false) | indent(2) }}