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Add REUSE badge (#8365)

Add REUSE badge.

(cherry picked from commit cd01a928ab)

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

.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-7
-        - stable-6
-  - cron: 0 11 * * 0
-    displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
-    always: true
-    branches:
-      include:
-        - stable-5
-
-variables:
-  - name: checkoutPath
-    value: ansible_collections/community/general
-  - name: coverageBranches
-    value: main
-  - name: pipelinesCoverage
-    value: coverage
-  - name: entryPoint
-    value: tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
-  - name: fetchDepth
-    value: 0
-
-resources:
-  containers:
-    - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:3.0.0
-
-pool: Standard
-
-stages:
-### Sanity
-  - stage: Sanity_devel
-    displayName: Sanity devel
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: devel/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-            - test: extra
-  - stage: Sanity_2_15
-    displayName: Sanity 2.15
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.15/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_14
-    displayName: Sanity 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_13
-    displayName: Sanity 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.13/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_12
-    displayName: Sanity 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-### Units
-  - stage: Units_devel
-    displayName: Units devel
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.6
-            - test: 3.7
-            - test: 3.8
-            - test: 3.9
-            - test: '3.10'
-            - test: '3.11'
-  - stage: Units_2_15
-    displayName: Units 2.15
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.15/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: "3.10"
-  - stage: Units_2_14
-    displayName: Units 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Units_2_13
-    displayName: Units 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.13/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.8
-  - stage: Units_2_12
-    displayName: Units 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.6
-            - test: 3.8
-
-## Remote
-  - stage: Remote_devel_extra_vms
-    displayName: Remote devel extra VMs
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.17
-              test: alpine/3.17
-            # - name: Fedora 37
-            #   test: fedora/37
-            # - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-            #   test: ubuntu/20.04
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu/22.04
-          groups:
-            - vm
-  - stage: Remote_devel
-    displayName: Remote devel
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: macOS 13.2
-              test: macos/13.2
-            - name: RHEL 9.1
-              test: rhel/9.1
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
-              test: freebsd/13.2
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.4
-              test: freebsd/12.4
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_15
-    displayName: Remote 2.15
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.15/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-              test: freebsd/13.1
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_14
-    displayName: Remote 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.3
-              test: freebsd/12.3
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_13
-    displayName: Remote 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.13/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: macOS 12.0
-              test: macos/12.0
-            - name: RHEL 8.5
-              test: rhel/8.5
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_12
-    displayName: Remote 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.12/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: macOS 11.1
-              test: macos/11.1
-            - name: RHEL 8.4
-              test: rhel/8.4
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.0
-              test: freebsd/13.0
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-
-### Docker
-  - stage: Docker_devel
-    displayName: Docker devel
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 37
-              test: fedora37
-            - name: openSUSE 15
-              test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu2004
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu2204
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_15
-    displayName: Docker 2.15
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.15/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: CentOS 7
-              test: centos7
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_14
-    displayName: Docker 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 36
-              test: fedora36
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_13
-    displayName: Docker 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.13/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 35
-              test: fedora35
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
-              test: opensuse15py2
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_12
-    displayName: Docker 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.12/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: CentOS 6
-              test: centos6
-            - name: Fedora 34
-              test: fedora34
-            - name: Ubuntu 18.04
-              test: ubuntu1804
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-
-### Community Docker
-  - stage: Docker_community_devel
-    displayName: Docker (community images) devel
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/linux-community/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Debian Bullseye
-              test: debian-bullseye/3.9
-            - name: ArchLinux
-              test: archlinux/3.11
-            - name: CentOS Stream 8
-              test: centos-stream8/3.9
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-
-### Generic
-  - stage: Generic_devel
-    displayName: Generic devel
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: '3.11'
-  - stage: Generic_2_15
-    displayName: Generic 2.15
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.15/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Generic_2_14
-    displayName: Generic 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: '3.10'
-  - stage: Generic_2_13
-    displayName: Generic 2.13
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.13/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Generic_2_12
-    displayName: Generic 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.8
-
-  - stage: Summary
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-    dependsOn:
-      - Sanity_devel
-      - Sanity_2_12
-      - Sanity_2_13
-      - Sanity_2_14
-      - Sanity_2_15
-      - Units_devel
-      - Units_2_12
-      - Units_2_13
-      - Units_2_14
-      - Units_2_15
-      - Remote_devel_extra_vms
-      - Remote_devel
-      - Remote_2_12
-      - Remote_2_13
-      - Remote_2_14
-      - Remote_2_15
-      - Docker_devel
-      - Docker_2_12
-      - Docker_2_13
-      - Docker_2_14
-      - Docker_2_15
-      - Docker_community_devel
-# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
-#      - Generic_devel
-#      - Generic_2_12
-#      - Generic_2_13
-#      - Generic_2_14
-#      - Generic_2_15
-    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

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/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

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/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

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/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

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
----
-# 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: $(checkoutPath)
-      - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
-        displayName: Download Coverage Data
-        inputs:
-          path: coverage/
-          patterns: "Coverage */*=coverage.combined"
-      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py coverage/
-        displayName: Combine Coverage Data
-      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh
-        displayName: Generate Coverage Report
-        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
-      - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@1
-        inputs:
-          codeCoverageTool: Cobertura
-          # Azure Pipelines only accepts a single coverage data file.
-          # That means only Python or PowerShell coverage can be uploaded, but not both.
-          # Set the "pipelinesCoverage" variable to determine which type is uploaded.
-          # Use "coverage" for Python and "coverage-powershell" for PowerShell.
-          summaryFileLocation: "$(outputPath)/reports/$(pipelinesCoverage).xml"
-        displayName: Publish to Azure Pipelines
-        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
-      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py "$(outputPath)"
-        displayName: Publish to codecov.io
-        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
-        continueOnError: true

.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
----
-# 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

@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
----
-# 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)"

.github/BOTMETA.yml

@@ -247,9 +247,11 @@ files:
     labels: onepassword
     maintainers: samdoran
   $lookups/onepassword.py:
-    maintainers: azenk scottsb
+    ignore: scottsb
+    maintainers: azenk
   $lookups/onepassword_raw.py:
-    maintainers: azenk scottsb
+    ignore: scottsb
+    maintainers: azenk
   $lookups/passwordstore.py: {}
   $lookups/random_pet.py:
     maintainers: Akasurde
@@ -527,6 +529,7 @@ files:
     keywords: gitlab source_control
     maintainers: $team_gitlab
     notify: jlozadad
+    ignore: dj-wasabi
   $modules/gitlab_branch.py:
     maintainers: paytroff
   $modules/gitlab_project_variable.py:
@@ -539,6 +542,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: zimbatm
   $modules/gunicorn.py:
     maintainers: agmezr
+  $modules/hana_query.py:
+    maintainers: rainerleber
   $modules/haproxy.py:
     maintainers: ravibhure Normo
   $modules/heroku_collaborator.py:
@@ -623,8 +628,6 @@ files:
     maintainers: bregman-arie
   $modules/ipa_:
     maintainers: $team_ipa
-  $modules/ipbase_info.py:
-    maintainers: dominikkukacka
   $modules/ipa_pwpolicy.py:
     maintainers: adralioh
   $modules/ipa_service.py:
@@ -669,9 +672,9 @@ files:
   $modules/jenkins_script.py:
     maintainers: hogarthj
   $modules/jira.py:
-    ignore: DWSR
+    ignore: DWSR tarka
     labels: jira
-    maintainers: Slezhuk tarka pertoft
+    maintainers: Slezhuk pertoft
   $modules/kdeconfig.py:
     maintainers: smeso
   $modules/kernel_blacklist.py:
@@ -929,7 +932,7 @@ files:
   $modules/pamd.py:
     maintainers: kevensen
   $modules/parted.py:
-    maintainers: ColOfAbRiX rosowiecki jake2184
+    maintainers: ColOfAbRiX jake2184
   $modules/pear.py:
     ignore: jle64
     labels: pear
@@ -1100,6 +1103,10 @@ files:
     maintainers: nerzhul
   $modules/runit.py:
     maintainers: jsumners
+  $modules/sap_task_list_execute:
+    maintainers: rainerleber
+  $modules/sapcar_extract.py:
+    maintainers: RainerLeber
   $modules/say.py:
     maintainers: $team_ansible_core
     ignore: mpdehaan
@@ -1353,6 +1360,8 @@ files:
     ignore: matze
     labels: zypper
     maintainers: $team_suse
+  $plugin_utils/unsafe.py:
+    maintainers: felixfontein
   $tests/a_module.py:
     maintainers: felixfontein
 #########################
@@ -1372,7 +1381,6 @@ macros:
   becomes: plugins/become
   caches: plugins/cache
   callbacks: plugins/callback
-  cliconfs: plugins/cliconf
   connections: plugins/connection
   doc_fragments: plugins/doc_fragments
   filters: plugins/filter
@@ -1380,7 +1388,7 @@ macros:
   lookups: plugins/lookup
   module_utils: plugins/module_utils
   modules: plugins/modules
-  terminals: plugins/terminal
+  plugin_utils: plugins/plugin_utils
   tests: plugins/test
   team_ansible_core:
   team_aix: MorrisA bcoca d-little flynn1973 gforster kairoaraujo marvin-sinister mator molekuul ramooncamacho wtcross
@@ -1389,7 +1397,7 @@ macros:
   team_cyberark_conjur: jvanderhoof ryanprior
   team_e_spirit: MatrixCrawler getjack
   team_flatpak: JayKayy oolongbrothers
-  team_gitlab: Lunik Shaps dj-wasabi marwatk waheedi zanssa scodeman metanovii sh0shin nejch lgatellier suukit
+  team_gitlab: Lunik Shaps marwatk waheedi zanssa scodeman metanovii sh0shin nejch lgatellier suukit
   team_hpux: bcoca davx8342
   team_huawei: QijunPan TommyLike edisonxiang freesky-edward hwDCN niuzhenguo xuxiaowei0512 yanzhangi zengchen1024 zhongjun2
   team_ipa: Akasurde Nosmoht fxfitz justchris1

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ body:
     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.`!
+      *use your best guess if unsure*.
     placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
   validations:
     required: true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ body:
   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.`!
+      Write the short name of the rst file, module, plugin, task or
+      feature below, *use your best guess if unsure*.
     placeholder: mysql_user
   validations:
     required: true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ body:
   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.`!
+      Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
+      *use your best guess if unsure*.
     placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
   validations:
     required: true

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-##### 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/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/workflows/ansible-test.yml

@@ -1,193 +0,0 @@
----
-# 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:
-          - '2.11'
-    # 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: >-
-      ${{ contains(fromJson(
-          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
-      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Perform sanity testing
-        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
-        with:
-          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: felixfontein/ansible
-          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
-          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
-          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
-          testing-type: sanity
-
-  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: >-
-      ${{ contains(fromJson(
-          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
-      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
-    name: EOL Units (Ⓐ${{ 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: '2.11'
-            python: '2.7'
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            python: '3.5'
-
-    steps:
-      - name: >-
-          Perform unit testing against
-          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
-        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
-        with:
-          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: felixfontein/ansible
-          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
-          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: >-
-      ${{ contains(fromJson(
-          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
-      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
-    name: EOL I (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+${{ matrix.docker }}+py${{ matrix.python }}:${{ matrix.target }})
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        ansible:
-          - ''
-        docker:
-          - ''
-        python:
-          - ''
-        target:
-          - ''
-        exclude:
-          - ansible: ''
-        include:
-          # 2.11
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: fedora32
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: fedora32
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: fedora32
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/3/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: fedora33
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: fedora33
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: fedora33
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/3/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: alpine3
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: alpine3
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            docker: alpine3
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/3/
-          # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
-          # - ansible: '2.11'
-          #   docker: default
-          #   python: '2.7'
-          #   target: azp/generic/1/
-          # - ansible: '2.11'
-          #   docker: default
-          #   python: '3.5'
-          #   target: azp/generic/2/
-
-    steps:
-      - name: >-
-          Perform integration testing against
-          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
-          under Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
-        with:
-          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: felixfontein/ansible
-          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
-          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
-          docker-image: ${{ matrix.docker }}
-          integration-continue-on-error: 'false'
-          integration-diff: 'false'
-          integration-retry-on-error: 'true'
-          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 https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ../../community/crypto
-            ;
-            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

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
----
-# 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@v3
-
-    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
-    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
-      with:
-        languages: python
-
-    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2

.github/workflows/reuse.yml

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
----
-# 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: Verify REUSE
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
-    branches: [main]
-  # Run CI once per day (at 07:30 UTC)
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '30 7 * * *'
-
-jobs:
-  check:
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || '' }}
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install reuse
-
-      - name: Check REUSE compliance
-        run: |
-          reuse lint

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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
-
-repos:
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.0.1
-    hooks:
-      - id: trailing-whitespace
-      - id: end-of-file-fixer
-      - id: mixed-line-ending
-        args: [--fix=lf]
-      - id: fix-encoding-pragma
-      - id: check-ast
-      - id: check-merge-conflict
-      - id: check-symlinks
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
-    rev: v1.9.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: rst-backticks
-        types: [file]
-        files: changelogs/fragments/.*\.(yml|yaml)$

CHANGELOG.md

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+# Community General Release Notes
+
+**Topics**
+
+- <a href="#v6-6-9">v6\.6\.9</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-8">v6\.6\.8</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes-1">Security Fixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-1">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-7">v6\.6\.7</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-2">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-6">v6\.6\.6</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-5">v6\.6\.5</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-4">v6\.6\.4</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-1">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-3">v6\.6\.3</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-6">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-2">v6\.6\.2</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-7">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-7">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-1">v6\.6\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-8">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-3">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-8">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-0">v6\.6\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-9">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-9">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v6-5-0">v6\.5\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-10">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-5">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-10">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup">Lookup</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v6-4-0">v6\.4\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-11">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-6">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-11">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-3-0">v6\.3\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-12">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-7">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#breaking-changes--porting-guide">Breaking Changes / Porting Guide</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-1">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-12">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-2">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v6-2-0">v6\.2\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-13">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-8">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-2">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-13">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-1-0">v6\.1\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-14">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-9">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-3">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-14">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-3">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v6-0-1">v6\.0\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-15">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-15">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-0-0">v6\.0\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-16">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#major-changes">Major Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-10">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#breaking-changes--porting-guide-1">Breaking Changes / Porting Guide</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-4">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#removed-features-previously-deprecated">Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-16">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins-1">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#filter">Filter</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup-1">Lookup</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-4">New Modules</a>
+This changelog describes changes after version 5\.0\.0\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-9"></a>
+## v6\.6\.9
+
+<a id="release-summary"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Maintenance release\.
+
+This is the last 6\.x\.y release\. The 6\.x\.y release train is now effectively End of Life\.
+Thanks to everyone who contributed to the community\.general 6\.x\.y releases\!
+
+<a id="security-fixes"></a>
+### Security Fixes
+
+* keycloak\_identity\_provider \- the client secret was not correctly sanitized by the module\. The return values <code>proposed</code>\, <code>existing</code>\, and <code>end\_state</code>\, as well as the diff\, did contain the client secret unmasked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8355](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8355)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* inventory plugins \- add unsafe wrapper to avoid marking strings that do not contain <code>\{</code> or <code>\}</code> as unsafe\, to work around a bug in AWX \(\([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8212](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8212)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8225)\)\.
+* xml \- make module work with lxml 5\.1\.1\, which removed some internals that the module was relying on \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8169](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8169)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-8"></a>
+## v6\.6\.8
+
+<a id="release-summary-1"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Security and bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="security-fixes-1"></a>
+### Security Fixes
+
+* cobbler\, gitlab\_runners\, icinga2\, linode\, lxd\, nmap\, online\, opennebula\, proxmox\, scaleway\, stackpath\_compute\, virtualbox\, and xen\_orchestra inventory plugin \- make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe\, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible \([https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/](https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-1"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* aix\_filesystem \- fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052)\)\.
+* pacemaker\_cluster \- actually implement check mode\, which the module claims to support\. This means that until now the module also did changes in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8081](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8081)\)\.
+* pam\_limits \- when the file does not exist\, do not create it in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-7"></a>
+## v6\.6\.7
+
+<a id="release-summary-2"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release\.
+
+From now on\, community\.general 6\.x\.y will only receive major bugfixes and security fixes anymore\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-2"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* composer \- fix impossible to run <code>working\_dir</code> dependent commands\. The module was throwing an error when trying to run a <code>working\_dir</code> dependent command\, because it tried to get the command help without passing the <code>working\_dir</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3787](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3787)\)\.
+* github\_deploy\_key \- fix pagination behaviour causing a crash when only a single page of deploy keys exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7375](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7375)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_members \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_group\_members</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_members \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_project\_members</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* gitlab\_protected\_branches \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_protected\_branches</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* gitlab\_user \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_user</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- properly evaluate options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369)\)\.
+* memset module utils \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.17 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- use the right D\-Bus options for the consumer type when
+  registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9\.2
+  and using <code>consumer\_type</code>
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7378](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7378)\)\.
+* selective callback plugin \- fix length of task name lines in output always being 3 characters longer than desired \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7374](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7374)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-6"></a>
+## v6\.6\.6
+
+<a id="release-summary-3"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-3"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* mail \- skip headers containing equals characters due to missing <code>maxsplit</code> on header key/value parsing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303)\)\.
+* onepassword \- fix KeyError exception when trying to access value of a field that is not filled out in OnePassword item \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241)\)\.
+* terraform \- prevents <code>\-backend\-config</code> option double encapsulating with <code>shlex\_quote</code> function\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7301](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7301)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-5"></a>
+## v6\.6\.5
+
+<a id="release-summary-4"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* make \- allows <code>params</code> to be used without value \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180)\)\.
+* pritunl module utils \- ensure <code>validate\_certs</code> parameter is honoured in all methods \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-4"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* CmdRunner module utils \- does not attempt to resolve path if executable is a relative or absolute path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- now handles <code>remote\_addr</code> defaulting to <code>inventory\_hostname</code> correctly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- fix a possible <code>list index out of range</code> exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/836)\)\.
+* oci\_utils module util \- fix inappropriate logical comparison expressions and makes them simpler\. The previous checks had logical short circuits \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7125](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7125)\)\.
+* pritunl module utils \- fix incorrect URL parameter for orgnization add method \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-4"></a>
+## v6\.6\.4
+
+<a id="release-summary-5"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-1"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* redfish\_utils \- use <code>Controllers</code> key in redfish data to obtain Storage controllers properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7081](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7081)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-5"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- the plugin made assumptions about the structure of a Bitwarden JSON object which may have been broken by an update in the Bitwarden API\. Remove assumptions\, and allow queries for general fields such as <code>notes</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- when a parameter in <code>argument\_spec</code> has no type\, meaning it is implicitly a <code>str</code>\, <code>CmdRunner</code> would fail trying to find the <code>type</code> key in that dictionary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6968](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6968)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- module was failing to detect whether user was already created and/or password was changed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- provide meaningful error message when the <code>ejabberdctl</code> command is not found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949)\)\.
+* oci\_utils module utils \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
+* proxmox module utils \- fix proxmoxer library version check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6974](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6974)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6975](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6975)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6980](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6980)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- when <code>name</code> option is provided without <code>vmid</code> and VM with that name already exists then no new VM will be created \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981)\)\.
+* proxmox\_user\_info \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
+* rundeck \- fix <code>TypeError</code> on 404 API response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6983](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6983)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-3"></a>
+## v6\.6\.3
+
+<a id="release-summary-6"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-2"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6923](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6923)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- fix for <code>GetVolumeInventory</code>\, Controller name was getting populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-6"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* datadog\_downtime \- presence of <code>rrule</code> param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811)\)\.
+* icinga2\_host \- fix a key error when updating an existing host \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6748](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6748)\)\.
+* ipa\_dnszone \- fix \'idnsallowsyncptr\' key error for reverse zone \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- now works for locales without the underscore character such as <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6774](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6774)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5142](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5142)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4305](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4305)\)\.
+* machinectl become plugin \- mark plugin as <code>require\_tty</code> to automatically disable pipelining\, with which this plugin is not compatible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6932](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6932)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6935](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6935)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix support for empty list \(in compare and scrape\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6769](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6769)\)\.
+* openbsd\_pkg \- the pkg\_info\(1\) behavior has changed in OpenBSD \>7\.3\. The error message <code>Can\'t find</code> should not lead to an error case \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6785](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6785)\)\.
+* pacman \- module recognizes the output of <code>yay</code> running as <code>root</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6713](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6713)\)\.
+* proxmox \- fix error when a configuration had no <code>template</code> field \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6838](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6838)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5372](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5372)\)\.
+* proxmox module utils \- add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains about the <code>token\_name</code> and <code>token\_value</code> parameters and provide a better error message when that happens \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6839)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5371](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5371)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- fix unable to create <code>cdrom</code> media due to <code>size</code> always being appended \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6770](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6770)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- <code>absent</code> state with <code>force</code> specified failed to stop the VM due to the <code>timeout</code> value not being passed to <code>stop\_vm</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6827](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6827)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- fix <code>ListUsers</code> to not show empty account slots \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6771](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6771)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6772](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6772)\)\.
+* refish\_utils module utils \- changing variable names to avoid issues occuring when fetching Volumes data \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883)\)\.
+* rhsm\_repository \- when using the <code>purge</code> option\, the <code>repositories</code>
+  dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
+  to the pruning operation
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-2"></a>
+## v6\.6\.2
+
+<a id="release-summary-7"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-7"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* csv module utils \- detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV content \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group \- the module passed parameters to the API call even when not set\. The module is now filtering out <code>None</code> values to remediate this \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- fix a bug where the inactive options were not used when possible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575)\)\.
+* keycloak module utils \- fix <code>is\_struct\_included</code> handling of lists of lists/dictionaries \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6688)\)\.
+* keycloak module utils \- the function <code>get\_user\_by\_username</code> now return the user representation or <code>None</code> as stated in the documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-1"></a>
+## v6\.6\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary-8"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-3"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* dconf \- if <code>gi\.repository\.GLib</code> is missing\, try to respawn in a Python interpreter that has it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6491](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6491)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-8"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* deps module utils \- do not fail when dependency cannot be found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6479](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6479)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix bond option <code>xmit\_hash\_policy</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.16 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6447](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6447)\)\.
+* portage \- fix <code>changed\_use</code> and <code>newuse</code> not triggering rebuilds \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548)\)\.
+* portage \- update the logic for generating the emerge command arguments to ensure that <code>withbdeps\: false</code> results in a passing an <code>n</code> argument with the <code>\-\-with\-bdeps</code> emerge flag \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6451](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6451)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6456](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6456)\)\.
+* proxmox\_tasks\_info \- remove <code>api\_user</code> \+ <code>api\_password</code> constraint from <code>required\_together</code> as it causes to require <code>api\_password</code> even when API token param is used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201)\)\.
+* puppet \- handling <code>noop</code> parameter was not working at all\, now it is has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6452](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6452)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6458](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6458)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix broken <code>warn\(\)</code> call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6497)\)\.
+* xfs\_quota \- in case of a project quota\, the call to <code>xfs\_quota</code> did not initialize/reset the project \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5143](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5143)\)\.
+* zypper \- added handling of zypper exitcode 102\. Changed state is set correctly now and rc 102 is still preserved to be evaluated by the playbook \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6534](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6534)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-0"></a>
+## v6\.6\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-9"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-4"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* cpanm \- minor change\, use feature from <code>ModuleHelper</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6385](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6385)\)\.
+* dconf \- be forgiving about boolean values\: convert them to GVariant booleans automatically \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6206](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6206)\)\.
+* dconf \- minor refactoring improving parameters and dependencies validation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6336](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6336)\)\.
+* deps module utils \- add function <code>failed\(\)</code> providing the ability to check the dependency check result without triggering an exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6383](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6383)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- Support multiple domains to be queried as indicated in docs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6334](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6334)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add new option <code>topics</code> for adding topics to GitLab projects \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6278](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6278)\)\.
+* homebrew\_cask \- allows passing <code>\-\-greedy</code> option to <code>upgrade\_all</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6267](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6267)\)\.
+* idrac\_redfish\_command \- add <code>job\_id</code> to <code>CreateBiosConfigJob</code> response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5603](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5603)\)\.
+* ipa\_hostgroup \- add <code>append</code> parameter for adding a new hosts to existing hostgroups without changing existing hostgroup members \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6203](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6203)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authentication \- add flow type option to sub flows to allow the creation of \'form\-flow\' sub flows like in Keycloak\'s built\-in registration flow \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318)\)\.
+* mksysb \- improved the output of the module in case of errors \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6263)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- added environment variables for configure <code>address</code> and <code>exclude</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6351](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6351)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add <code>macvlan</code> connection type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6312](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6312)\)\.
+* pipx \- add <code>system\_site\_packages</code> parameter to give application access to system\-wide packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6308](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6308)\)\.
+* pipx \- ensure <code>include\_injected</code> parameter works with <code>state\=upgrade</code> and <code>state\=latest</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6212](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6212)\)\.
+* puppet \- add new options <code>skip\_tags</code> to exclude certain tagged resources during a puppet agent or apply \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6293](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6293)\)\.
+* terraform \- remove state file check condition and error block\, because in the native implementation of terraform will not cause errors due to the non\-existent file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6296](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6296)\)\.
+* udm\_dns\_record \- minor refactor to the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6382](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6382)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-9"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* archive \- reduce RAM usage by generating CRC32 checksum over chunks \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6274)\)\.
+* flatpak \- fixes idempotency detection issues\. In some cases the module could fail to properly detect already existing Flatpaks because of a parameter witch only checks the installed apps \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6289](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6289)\)\.
+* icinga2\_host \- fix the data structure sent to Icinga to make use of host templates and template vars \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6286](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6286)\)\.
+* idrac\_redfish\_command \- allow user to specify <code>resource\_id</code> for <code>CreateBiosConfigJob</code> to specify an exact manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/2090](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/2090)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- make <code>section</code> parameter not required so it is possible to pass <code>null</code> as a value\. This only was possible in the past due to a bug in ansible\-core that now has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6404](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6404)\)\.
+* keycloak \- improve error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318)\)\.
+* one\_vm \- fix syntax error when creating VMs with a more complex template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6225)\)\.
+* pipx \- fixed handling of <code>install\_deps\=true</code> with <code>state\=latest</code> and <code>state\=upgrade</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6303)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not use D\-Bus for registering when <code>environment</code> is specified\, so it possible to specify again the environment names for registering\, as the D\-Bus APIs work only with IDs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6319)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- try to unregister only when already registered when <code>force\_register</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6258](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6258)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6259)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- use the right D\-Bus options for environments when registering a CentOS Stream 8 system and using <code>environment</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6275](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6275)\)\.
+* rhsm\_release \- make <code>release</code> parameter not required so it is possible to pass <code>null</code> as a value\. This only was possible in the past due to a bug in ansible\-core that now has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6401](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6401)\)\.
+* rundeck module utils \- fix errors caused by the API empty responses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)
+* rundeck\_acl\_policy \- fix <code>TypeError \- byte indices must be integers or slices\, not str</code> error caused by empty API response\. Update the module to use <code>module\_utils\.rundeck</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5887](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5887)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)\.
+* rundeck\_project \- update the module to use <code>module\_utils\.rundeck</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5742](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5742)\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)
+* snap\_alias \- module would only recognize snap names containing letter\, numbers or the underscore character\, failing to identify valid snap names such as <code>lxd\.lxc</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6361](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6361)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* btrfs\_info \- Query btrfs filesystem info
+* btrfs\_subvolume \- Manage btrfs subvolumes
+* ilo\_redfish\_command \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
+* keycloak\_authz\_authorization\_scope \- Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization scopes via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_clientscope\_type \- Set the type of aclientscope in realm or client via Keycloak API
+
+<a id="v6-5-0"></a>
+## v6\.5\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-10"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Feature and bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-5"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* apt\_rpm \- adds <code>clean</code>\, <code>dist\_upgrade</code> and <code>update\_kernel</code>  parameters for clear caches\, complete upgrade system\, and upgrade kernel packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5867](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5867)\)\.
+* dconf \- parse GVariants for equality comparison when the Python module <code>gi\.repository</code> is available \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6049](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6049)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- allow to register group runner \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3935](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3935)\)\.
+* jira \- add worklog functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6209](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6209)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6210](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6210)\)\.
+* ldap modules \- add <code>ca\_path</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6185](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6185)\)\.
+* make \- add <code>command</code> return value to the module output \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6160](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6160)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- add new option <code>open</code> for only returning open ports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6200)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- add new option <code>port</code> for port specific scan \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6165](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6165)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add <code>default</code> and <code>default\-or\-eui64</code> to the list of valid choices for <code>addr\_gen\_mode6</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5974](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5974)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add support for <code>team\.runner\-fast\-rate</code> parameter for <code>team</code> connections \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6065](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6065)\)\.
+* openbsd\_pkg \- set <code>TERM</code> to <code>\'dumb\'</code> in <code>execute\_command\(\)</code> to make module less dependant on the <code>TERM</code> environment variable set on the Ansible controller \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6149](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6149)\)\.
+* pipx \- optional <code>install\_apps</code> parameter added to install applications from injected packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6198)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- add new <code>archive</code> parameter\. This is needed to create a VM from an archive \(backup\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6159](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6159)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- adds commands to retrieve the HPE ThermalConfiguration and FanPercentMinimum settings from iLO \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6208](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6208)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- credentials \(<code>username</code>\, <code>activationkey</code>\, and so on\) are required now only if a system needs to be registered\, or <code>force\_register</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5664](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5664)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- the registration is done using the D\-Bus <code>rhsm</code> service instead of spawning a <code>subscription\-manager register</code> command\, if possible\; this avoids passing plain\-text credentials as arguments to <code>subscription\-manager register</code>\, which can be seen while that command runs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6122](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6122)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- add <code>proxyjump</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5970](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5970)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- vendored StormSSH\'s config parser to avoid having to install StormSSH to use the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6117](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6117)\)\.
+* znode module \- optional <code>use\_tls</code> parameter added for encrypted communication \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6154](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6154)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-10"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* archive \- avoid deprecated exception class on Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6180)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- fix <code>KeyError</code> on runner creation and update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6112](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6112)\)\.
+* influxdb\_user \- fix running in check mode when the user does not exist yet \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6111)\)\.
+* interfaces\_file \- fix reading options in lines not starting with a space \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6120](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6120)\)\.
+* jail connection plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> to vars under <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6118](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6118)\)\.
+* memset \- fix memset urlerror handling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6114](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6114)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fixed idempotency issue for bridge connections\. Module forced default value of <code>bridge\.priority</code> to nmcli if not set\; if <code>bridge\.stp</code> is disabled nmcli ignores it and keep default \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3216](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3216)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4683](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4683)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fixed idempotency issue when module params is set to <code>may\_fail4\=false</code> and <code>method4\=disabled</code>\; in this case nmcli ignores change and keeps their own default value <code>yes</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6106](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6106)\)\.
+* nmcli \- implemented changing mtu value on vlan interfaces \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4387](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4387)\)\.
+* opkg \- fixes bug when using <code>update\_cache\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6004](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6004)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription\, rhsm\_release\, rhsm\_repository \- cleanly fail when not running as root\, rather than hanging on an interactive <code>console\-helper</code> prompt\; they all interact with <code>subscription\-manager</code>\, which already requires to be run as root \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/734](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/734)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6211](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6211)\)\.
+* xenorchestra inventory plugin \- fix failure to receive objects from server due to not checking the id of the response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6227](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6227)\)\.
+* yarn \- fix <code>global\=true</code> to not fail when <em class="title-reference">executable</em> wasn\'t specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6132)\)
+* yarn \- fixes bug where yarn module tasks would fail when warnings were emitted from Yarn\. The <code>yarn\.list</code> method was not filtering out warnings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6127](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6127)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="lookup"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* merge\_variables \- merge variables with a certain suffix
+
+<a id="new-modules-1"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* kdeconfig \- Manage KDE configuration files
+
+<a id="v6-4-0"></a>
+## v6\.4\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-11"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-6"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* dnsimple \- set custom User\-Agent for API requests to DNSimple \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5927](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5927)\)\.
+* flatpak\_remote \- add new boolean option <code>enabled</code>\. It controls\, whether the remote is enabled or not \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5926](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5926)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add <code>releases\_access\_level</code>\, <code>environments\_access\_level</code>\, <code>feature\_flags\_access\_level</code>\, <code>infrastructure\_access\_level</code>\, <code>monitor\_access\_level</code>\, and <code>security\_and\_compliance\_access\_level</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5986](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5986)\)\.
+* jc filter plugin \- added the ability to use parser plugins \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6043](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6043)\)\.
+* keycloak\_group \- add new optional module parameter <code>parents</code> to properly handle keycloak subgroups \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5814](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5814)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- make <code>org\.keycloak\.storage\.ldap\.mappers\.LDAPStorageMapper</code> the default value for mappers <code>providerType</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5863](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5863)\)\.
+* ldap modules \- add <code>xorder\_discovery</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6045](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6045)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6109](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6109)\)\.
+* lxd\_container \- add diff and check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5866](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5866)\)\.
+* mattermost\, rocketchat\, slack \- replace missing default favicon with docs\.ansible\.com favicon \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5928)\)\.
+* modprobe \- add <code>persistent</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4028)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/542)\)\.
+* osx\_defaults \- include stderr in error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6011](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6011)\)\.
+* proxmox \- suppress urllib3 <code>InsecureRequestWarnings</code> when <code>validate\_certs</code> option is <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5931](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5931)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- adding <code>EnableSecureBoot</code> functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5899](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5899)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- adding <code>VerifyBiosAttributes</code> functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5900](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5900)\)\.
+* sefcontext \- add support for path substitutions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1193)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* gitlab\_runner \- the option <code>access\_level</code> will lose its default value in community\.general 8\.0\.0\. From that version on\, you have set this option to <code>ref\_protected</code> explicitly\, if you want to have a protected runner \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5925)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-11"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* cartesian and flattened lookup plugins \- adjust to parameter deprecation in ansible\-core 2\.14\'s <code>listify\_lookup\_plugin\_terms</code> helper function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6074](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6074)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fixed the idempotency for SRV DNS records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fixed the possiblity of setting a root\-level SRV DNS record \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972)\)\.
+* github\_webhook \- fix always changed state when no secret is provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5994](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5994)\)\.
+* jenkins\_plugin \- fix error due to undefined variable when updates file is not downloaded \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6100](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6100)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- fix accidental replacement of value for attribute <code>saml\.signing\.private\.key</code> with <code>no\_log</code> in wrong contexts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5934](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5934)\)\.
+* lxd\_\* modules\, lxd inventory plugin \- fix TLS/SSL certificate validation problems by using the correct purpose when creating the TLS context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5616](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5616)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6034](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6034)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix change handling of values specified as an integer 0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix failure to handle WIFI settings when connection type not specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix improper detection of changes to <code>wifi\.wake\-on\-wlan</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
+* nmcli \- order is significant for lists of addresses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6048](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6048)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- Changed to ignore errors from \"op account get\" calls\. Previously\, errors would prevent auto\-signin code from executing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5942](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5942)\)\.
+* terraform and timezone \- slight refactoring to avoid linter reporting potentially undefined variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5933)\)\.
+* various plugins and modules \- remove unnecessary imports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5940](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5940)\)\.
+* yarn \- fix <code>global\=true</code> to check for the configured global folder instead of assuming the default \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829)\)
+* yarn \- fix <code>state\=absent</code> not working with <code>global\=true</code> when the package does not include a binary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829)\)
+* yarn \- fix <code>state\=latest</code> not working with <code>global\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5712)\)\.
+* zfs\_delegate\_admin \- zfs allow output can now be parsed when uids/gids are not known to the host system \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5943](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5943)\)\.
+* zypper \- make package managing work on readonly filesystem of openSUSE MicroOS \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5615](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5615)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-3-0"></a>
+## v6\.3\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-12"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-7"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* apache2\_module \- add module argument <code>warn\_mpm\_absent</code> to control whether warning are raised in some edge cases \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5793](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5793)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- can now retrieve secrets from custom fields \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5694](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5694)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- implement filtering results by <code>collection\_id</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5849](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5849)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- support CAA record type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5913](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5913)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add <code>builds\_access\_level</code>\, <code>container\_registry\_access\_level</code> and <code>forking\_access\_level</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5706](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5706)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- add new boolean option <code>access\_level\_on\_creation</code>\. It controls\, whether the value of <code>access\_level</code> is used for runner registration or not\. The option <code>access\_level</code> has been ignored on registration so far and was only used on updates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5907](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5907)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908)\)\.
+* ilo\_redfish\_utils module utils \- change implementation of DNS Server IP and NTP Server IP update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5804](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5804)\)\.
+* ipa\_group \- allow to add and remove external users with the <code>external\_user</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5897](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5897)\)\.
+* iptables\_state \- minor refactoring within the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5844](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5844)\)\.
+* one\_vm \- add a new <code>updateconf</code> option which implements the <code>one\.vm\.updateconf</code> API call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5812](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5812)\)\.
+* opkg \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> for executing <code>opkg</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5718](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5718)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- adds <code>token</code> parameter for subscription\-manager authentication using Red Hat API token \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5725](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5725)\)\.
+* snap \- minor refactor when executing module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5773](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5773)\)\.
+* snap\_alias \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>snap</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5486)\)\.
+* sudoers \- add <code>setenv</code> parameters to support passing environment variables via sudo\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5883)\)
+
+<a id="breaking-changes--porting-guide"></a>
+### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+
+* ModuleHelper module utils \- when the module sets output variables named <code>msg</code>\, <code>exception</code>\, <code>output</code>\, <code>vars</code>\, or <code>changed</code>\, the actual output will prefix those names with <code>\_</code> \(underscore symbol\) only when they clash with output variables generated by ModuleHelper itself\, which only occurs when handling exceptions\. Please note that this breaking change does not require a new major release since before this release\, it was not possible to add such variables to the output [due to a bug](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5765](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5765)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-1"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* consul \- deprecate using parameters unused for <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5772](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5772)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- the default of the new option <code>access\_level\_on\_creation</code> will change from <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> in community\.general 7\.0\.0\. This will cause <code>access\_level</code> to be used during runner registration as well\, and not only during updates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-12"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* ModuleHelper \- fix bug when adjusting the name of reserved output variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755)\)\.
+* alternatives \- support subcommands on Fedora 37\, which uses <code>follower</code> instead of <code>slave</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5794](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5794)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- clarify what to do\, if the bitwarden vault is not unlocked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5811)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- correctly handle DNSKEY record type\'s <code>algorithm</code> field \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5914](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5914)\)\.
+* gem \- fix force parameter not being passed to gem command when uninstalling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5822](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5822)\)\.
+* gem \- fix hang due to interactive prompt for confirmation on specific version uninstall \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5751](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5751)\)\.
+* gitlab\_deploy\_key \- also update <code>title</code> and not just <code>can\_push</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5888](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5888)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fixes federation creation issue\. When a new federation was created and at the same time a default / standard mapper was also changed / updated the creation process failed as a bad None set variable led to a bad malformed url request \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5750](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5750)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fixes idempotency detection issues\. In some cases the module could fail to properly detect already existing user federations because of a buggy seemingly superflous extra query parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5732](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5732)\)\.
+* loganalytics callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* logdna callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* logstash callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- fix zone lookup\. The SOA record for an existing zone is returned as an answer RR and not as an authority RR \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5817](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5817)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5818](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5818)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- fixed issue with read timeout on import action \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5803)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils \- removed basic auth HTTP header when performing a GET on the service root resource and when performing a POST to the session collection \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5886](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5886)\)\.
+* splunk callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* sumologic callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* syslog\_json callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix <code>current</code> workspace never getting appended to the <code>all</code> key in the <code>workspace\_ctf</code> object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix <code>terraform init</code> failure when there are multiple workspaces on the remote backend and when <code>default</code> workspace is missing by setting <code>TF\_WORKSPACE</code> environmental variable to the value of <code>workspace</code> when used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735)\)\.
+* terraform module \- disable ANSI escape sequences during validation phase \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5843)\)\.
+* xml \- fixed a bug where empty <code>children</code> list would not be set \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5808](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5808)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules-2"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* ocapi\_command \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Open Composable API \(OCAPI\)
+* ocapi\_info \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Open Composable API \(OCAPI\)
+
+<a id="v6-2-0"></a>
+## v6\.2\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-13"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-8"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* opkg \- allow installing a package in a certain version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5688)\)\.
+* proxmox \- added new module parameter <code>tags</code> for use with PVE 7\+ \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5714](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5714)\)\.
+* puppet \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> for executing <code>puppet</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5612)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- add a <code>server\_proxy\_scheme</code> parameter to configure the scheme for the proxy server \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5662)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- refactor code to module util to fix sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5720](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5720)\)\.
+* sudoers \- adds <code>host</code> parameter for setting hostname restrictions in sudoers rules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5702](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5702)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-2"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* manageiq\_policies \- deprecate <code>state\=list</code> in favour of using <code>community\.general\.manageiq\_policies\_info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5721](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5721)\)\.
+* rax \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_cbs \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_cbs\_attachments \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_cdb \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_cdb\_database \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_cdb\_user \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_clb \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_clb\_nodes \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_clb\_ssl \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_dns \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_dns\_record \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_facts \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_files \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_files\_objects \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_identity \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_keypair \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_meta \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_alarm \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_check \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_entity \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_notification \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_notification\_plan \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_network \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_queue \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_scaling\_group \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_scaling\_policy \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-13"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- set default to raise exception if command\'s return code is different from zero \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- try <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> and then fall back to <code>en\_US\.UTF\-8</code> before failing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_variables \- fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variables \- fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667)\)\.
+* lxc\_container \- fix the arguments of the lxc command which broke the creation and cloning of containers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5578](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5578)\)\.
+* opkg \- fix issue that <code>force\=reinstall</code> would not reinstall an existing package \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5705](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5705)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- fixed possible issues with redundant <code>vmid</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672)\)\.
+* proxmox\_nic \- fixed possible issues with redundant <code>vmid</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- fix typo introduced when updating to use Ansible\'s configuration manager for handling options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-1-0"></a>
+## v6\.1\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-14"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-9"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_bool\(\)</code> can now take an extra parameter to format when value is false \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5647](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5647)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- refactor using <code>ModuleHelper</code> and <code>CmdRunner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5545](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5545)\)\.
+* java\_certs \- add more detailed error output when extracting certificate from PKCS12 fails \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5550](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5550)\)\.
+* jenkins\_plugin \- refactor code to module util to fix sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5565](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5565)\)\.
+* lxd\_project \- refactored code out to module utils to clear sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5549](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5549)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- add new options <code>udp\_scan</code>\, <code>icmp\_timestamp</code>\, and <code>dns\_resolve</code> for different types of scans \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5566](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5566)\)\.
+* rax\_scaling\_group \- refactored out code to the <code>rax</code> module utils to clear the sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5563](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5563)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>PerformRequestedOperations</code> command to perform any operations necessary to continue the update flow \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>update\_apply\_time</code> to <code>SimpleUpdate</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3910](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3910)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>update\_status</code> to output of <code>SimpleUpdate</code> command to allow a user monitor the update in progress \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add <code>GetUpdateStatus</code> command to check the progress of a previous update request \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- added PUT \(<code>put\_request\(\)</code>\) functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5490](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5490)\)\.
+* slack \- add option <code>prepend\_hash</code> which allows to control whether a <code>\#</code> is prepended to <code>channel\_id</code>\. The current behavior \(value <code>auto</code>\) is to prepend <code>\#</code> unless some specific prefixes are found\. That list of prefixes is incomplete\, and there does not seem to exist a documented condition on when exactly <code>\#</code> must not be prepended\. We recommend to explicitly set <code>prepend\_hash\=always</code> or <code>prepend\_hash\=never</code> to avoid any ambiguity \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5629](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5629)\)\.
+* spotinst\_aws\_elastigroup \- add <code>elements</code> attribute when missing in <code>list</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5553](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5553)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- add <code>host\_key\_algorithms</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5605](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5605)\)\.
+* udm\_share \- added <code>elements</code> attribute to <code>list</code> type parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5557](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5557)\)\.
+* udm\_user \- add <code>elements</code> attribute when missing in <code>list</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5559](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5559)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-3"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* The <code>sap</code> modules <code>sapcar\_extract</code>\, <code>sap\_task\_list\_execute</code>\, and <code>hana\_query</code>\, will be removed from this collection in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and replaced with redirects to <code>community\.sap\_libs</code>\. If you want to continue using these modules\, make sure to also install <code>community\.sap\_libs</code> \(it is part of the Ansible package\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5614](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5614)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-14"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* chroot connection plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> to vars under <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5570](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5570)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- fixed bug when handling default cases in <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_map\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- formatting arguments <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_fixed\(\)</code> was expecting an non\-existing argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- calculate <code>proposed</code> and <code>after</code> return values properly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- remove only listed mappings with <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- fix bug while templating when using templates for the <code>url</code>\, <code>user</code>\, <code>password</code>\, <code>token\_id</code>\, or <code>token\_secret</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5640](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5640)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- handle tags delimited by semicolon instead of comma\, which happens from Proxmox 7\.3 on \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5602](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5602)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not ignore <code>consumer\_name</code> and other variables if <code>activationkey</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3486)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5627](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5627)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not pass arguments to <code>subscription\-manager register</code> for things already configured\; now a specified <code>rhsm\_baseurl</code> is properly set for subscription\-manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5583)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- fix plugin to work with ansible\-core 2\.14 by using Ansible\'s configuration manager for handling options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600)\)\.
+* vdo \- now uses <code>yaml\.safe\_load\(\)</code> to parse command output instead of the deprecated <code>yaml\.load\(\)</code> which is potentially unsafe\. Using <code>yaml\.load\(\)</code> without explicitely setting a <code>Loader\=</code> is also an error in pyYAML 6\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5632](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5632)\)\.
+* vmadm \- fix for index out of range error in <code>get\_vm\_uuid</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5628](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5628)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules-3"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* gitlab\_project\_badge \- Manage project badges on GitLab Server
+* keycloak\_clientsecret\_info \- Retrieve client secret via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_clientsecret\_regenerate \- Regenerate Keycloak client secret via Keycloak API
+
+<a id="v6-0-1"></a>
+## v6\.0\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary-15"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release for Ansible 7\.0\.0\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-15"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* dependent lookup plugin \- avoid warning on deprecated parameter for <code>Templar\.template\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5543](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5543)\)\.
+* jenkins\_build \- fix the logical flaw when deleting a Jenkins build \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5514](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5514)\)\.
+* one\_vm \- avoid splitting labels that are <code>None</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5489](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5489)\)\.
+* onepassword\_raw \- add missing parameter to plugin documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5506)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- avoid duplicate <code>vmid</code> reference \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5493](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5493)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-0-0"></a>
+## v6\.0\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-16"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+New major release of community\.general with lots of bugfixes\, new features\, some removed deprecated features\, and some other breaking changes\. Please check the coresponding sections of the changelog for more details\.
+
+<a id="major-changes"></a>
+### Major Changes
+
+* The internal structure of the collection was changed for modules and action plugins\. These no longer live in a directory hierarchy ordered by topic\, but instead are now all in a single \(flat\) directory\. This has no impact on users <em>assuming they did not use internal FQCNs</em>\. These will still work\, but result in deprecation warnings\. They were never officially supported and thus the redirects are kept as a courtsey\, and this is not labelled as a breaking change\. Note that for example the Ansible VScode plugin started recommending these internal names\. If you followed its recommendation\, you will now have to change back to the short names to avoid deprecation warnings\, and potential errors in the future as these redirects will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5461](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5461)\)\.
+* newrelic\_deployment \- removed New Relic v1 API\, added support for v2 API \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341)\)\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-10"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* Added MIT license as <code>LICENSES/MIT\.txt</code> for tests/unit/plugins/modules/packaging/language/test\_gem\.py \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5065](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5065)\)\.
+* All software licenses are now in the <code>LICENSES/</code> directory of the collection root \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5065](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5065)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5079](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5079)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5080](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5080)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5083](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5083)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5087](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5087)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5095](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5095)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5098](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5098)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5106](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5106)\)\.
+* ModuleHelper module utils \- added property <code>verbosity</code> to base class \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5035](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5035)\)\.
+* ModuleHelper module utils \- improved <code>ModuleHelperException</code>\, using <code>to\_native\(\)</code> for the exception message \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4755](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4755)\)\.
+* The collection repository conforms to the [REUSE specification](https\://reuse\.software/spec/) except for the changelog fragments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5138](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5138)\)\.
+* ali\_instance \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5240](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5240)\)\.
+* ali\_instance\_info \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5240](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5240)\)\.
+* alternatives \- add <code>state\=absent</code> to be able to remove an alternative \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4654](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4654)\)\.
+* alternatives \- add <code>subcommands</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4654](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4654)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- minor refactoring using latest <code>ModuleHelper</code> updates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4752)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>ansible\-galaxy</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5477](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5477)\)\.
+* apk \- add <code>world</code> parameter for supporting a custom world file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4976](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4976)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- add option <code>search</code> to search for other attributes than name \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5297](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5297)\)\.
+* cartesian lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module util \- added parameters <code>check\_mode\_skip</code> and <code>check\_mode\_return</code> to <code>CmdRunner\.context\(\)</code>\, so that the command is not executed when <code>check\_mode\=True</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4736](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4736)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- add <code>\_\_call\_\_</code> method to invoke context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4791](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4791)\)\.
+* consul \- adds <code>ttl</code> parameter for session  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4996)\)\.
+* consul \- minor refactoring \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5367](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5367)\)\.
+* consul\_session \- adds <code>token</code> parameter for session \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5193)\)\.
+* cpanm \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>cpanm</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5485](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5485)\)\.
+* cpanm \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
+* credstash lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* dependent lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- add option <code>fail\_on\_error</code> to allow stopping execution on lookup failures \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4973](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4973)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options\. All documented options can now also be passed as lookup parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* dnstxt lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* filetree lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* flattened lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* gitlab module util \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_branch \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_deploy\_key \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_members \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_variable \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_hook \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_hook \- minor refactoring \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5271](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5271)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_members \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variable \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_protected\_branch \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_user \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* hiera lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options\. The Hiera executable and config file can now also be passed as lookup parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* homebrew\, homebrew\_tap \- added Homebrew on Linux path to defaults \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5241)\)\.
+* hponcfg \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>hponcfg</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5483](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5483)\)\.
+* keycloak\_\* modules \- add <code>http\_agent</code> parameter with default value <code>Ansible</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5023](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5023)\)\.
+* keyring lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* lastpass \- use config manager for handling plugin options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5022](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5022)\)\.
+* ldap\_attrs \- allow for DNs to have <code>\{x\}</code> prefix on first RDN \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/977](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/977)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5450](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5450)\)\.
+* linode inventory plugin \- simplify option handling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5438](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5438)\)\.
+* listen\_ports\_facts \- add new <code>include\_non\_listening</code> option which adds <code>\-a</code> option to <code>netstat</code> and <code>ss</code>\. This shows both listening and non\-listening \(for TCP this means established connections\) sockets\, and returns <code>state</code> and <code>foreign\_address</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4762](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4762)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4953](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4953)\)\.
+* lmdb\_kv lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* lxc\_container \- minor refactoring \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5358)\)\.
+* machinectl become plugin \- can now be used with a password from another user than root\, if a polkit rule is present \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4849](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4849)\)\.
+* machinectl become plugin \- combine the success command when building the become command to be consistent with other become plugins \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5287](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5287)\)\.
+* manifold lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* maven\_artifact \- add a new <code>unredirected\_headers</code> option that can be used with ansible\-core 2\.12 and above\. The default value is to not use <code>Authorization</code> and <code>Cookie</code> headers on redirects for security reasons\. With ansible\-core 2\.11\, all headers are still passed on for redirects \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4812](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4812)\)\.
+* mksysb \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>mksysb</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5484](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5484)\)\.
+* mksysb \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
+* nagios \- minor refactoring on parameter validation for different actions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5239](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5239)\)\.
+* netcup\_dnsapi \- add <code>timeout</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5301](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5301)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add <code>transport\_mode</code> configuration for Infiniband devices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5361](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5361)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add bond option <code>xmit\_hash\_policy</code> to bond options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5148](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5148)\)\.
+* nmcli \- adds <code>vpn</code> type and parameter for supporting VPN with service type L2TP and PPTP \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4746](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4746)\)\.
+* nmcli \- honor IP options for VPNs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5228](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5228)\)\.
+* onepassword \- support version 2 of the OnePassword CLI \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4728](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4728)\)
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- allow configuring opentelementry callback via config file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4916](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4916)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- send logs\. This can be disabled by setting <code>disable\_logs\=false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4175](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4175)\)\.
+* pacman \- added parameters <code>reason</code> and <code>reason\_for</code> to set/change the install reason of packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4956](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4956)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- allow options to be passed lookup options instead of being part of the term strings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5444](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5444)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- allow using alternative password managers by detecting wrapper scripts\, allow explicit configuration of pass and gopass backends \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4766](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4766)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- improve error messages to include stderr \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5436](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5436)\)
+* pipx \- added state <code>latest</code> to the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5105](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5105)\)\.
+* pipx \- changed implementation to use <code>cmd\_runner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5085)\)\.
+* pipx \- module fails faster when <code>name</code> is missing for states <code>upgrade</code> and <code>reinstall</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5100](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5100)\)\.
+* pipx \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
+* pipx module utils \- created new module util <code>pipx</code> providing a <code>cmd\_runner</code> specific for the <code>pipx</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5085)\)\.
+* portage \- add knobs for Portage\'s <code>\-\-backtrack</code> and <code>\-\-with\-bdeps</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5349](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5349)\)\.
+* portage \- use Portage\'s python module instead of calling gentoolkit\-provided program in shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5349](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5349)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- added new flag <code>qemu\_extended\_statuses</code> and new groups <code>\<group\_prefix\>prelaunch</code>\, <code>\<group\_prefix\>paused</code>\. They will be populated only when <code>want\_facts\=true</code>\, <code>qemu\_extended\_statuses\=true</code> and only for <code>QEMU</code> machines \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4723](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4723)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- simplify option handling code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5437](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5437)\)\.
+* proxmox module utils\, the proxmox\* modules \- add <code>api\_task\_ok</code> helper to standardize API task status checks across all proxmox modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5274)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- allow <code>agent</code> argument to be a string \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5107](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5107)\)\.
+* proxmox\_snap \- add <code>unbind</code> param to support snapshotting containers with configured mountpoints \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5274)\)\.
+* puppet \- adds <code>confdir</code> parameter to configure a custom confir location \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4740](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4740)\)\.
+* redfish \- added new command GetVirtualMedia\, VirtualMediaInsert and VirtualMediaEject to Systems category due to Redfish spec changes the virtualMedia resource location from Manager to System \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5124](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5124)\)\.
+* redfish\_config \- add <code>SetSessionService</code> to set default session timeout policy \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5008](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5008)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add <code>GetManagerInventory</code> to report list of Manager inventory information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4899](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4899)\)\.
+* seport \- added new argument <code>local</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5203](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5203)\)
+* snap \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
+* sudoers \- will attempt to validate the proposed sudoers rule using visudo if available\, optionally skipped\, or required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4794](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4794)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4745](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4745)\)\.
+* terraform \- adds capability to handle complex variable structures for <code>variables</code> parameter in the module\. This must be enabled with the new <code>complex\_vars</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4797](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4797)\)\.
+* terraform \- run <code>terraform init</code> with <code>\-no\-color</code> not to mess up the stdout of the task \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5147](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5147)\)\.
+* wdc\_redfish\_command \- add <code>IndicatorLedOn</code> and <code>IndicatorLedOff</code> commands for <code>Chassis</code> category \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5059](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5059)\)\.
+* wdc\_redfish\_command \- add <code>PowerModeLow</code> and <code>PowerModeNormal</code> commands for <code>Chassis</code> category \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5145](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5145)\)\.
+* xfconf \- add <code>stdout</code>\, <code>stderr</code> and <code>cmd</code> to the module results \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5037](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5037)\)\.
+* xfconf \- changed implementation to use <code>cmd\_runner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776)\)\.
+* xfconf \- use <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> instead of defining custom exception class \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4975](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4975)\)\.
+* xfconf \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
+* xfconf module utils \- created new module util <code>xfconf</code> providing a <code>cmd\_runner</code> specific for <code>xfconf</code> modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776)\)\.
+* xfconf\_info \- changed implementation to use <code>cmd\_runner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776)\)\.
+* xfconf\_info \- use <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> instead of defining custom exception class \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4975](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4975)\)\.
+* znode \- possibility to use ZooKeeper ACL authentication \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5306](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5306)\)\.
+
+<a id="breaking-changes--porting-guide-1"></a>
+### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+
+* newrelic\_deployment \- <code>revision</code> is required for v2 API \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341)\)\.
+* scaleway\_container\_registry\_info \- no longer replace <code>secret\_environment\_variables</code> in the output by <code>SENSITIVE\_VALUE</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5497)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-4"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* ArgFormat module utils \- deprecated along <code>CmdMixin</code>\, in favor of the <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370)\)\.
+* CmdMixin module utils \- deprecated in favor of the <code>CmdRunner</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370)\)\.
+* CmdModuleHelper module utils \- deprecated in favor of the <code>CmdRunner</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370)\)\.
+* CmdStateModuleHelper module utils \- deprecated in favor of the <code>CmdRunner</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- deprecated <code>fmt</code> in favour of <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt</code> as the parameter format object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4777](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4777)\)\.
+* django\_manage \- support for Django releases older than 4\.1 has been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5400](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5400)\)\.
+* django\_manage \- support for the commands <code>cleanup</code>\, <code>syncdb</code> and <code>validate</code> that have been deprecated in Django long time ago will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5400](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5400)\)\.
+* django\_manage \- the behavior of \"creating the virtual environment when missing\" is being deprecated and will be removed in community\.general version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5405](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5405)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- deprecates <code>state\=get</code> in favor of using the module <code>gconftool2\_info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4778](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4778)\)\.
+* lxc\_container \- the module will no longer make any effort to support Python 2 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5304](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5304)\)\.
+* newrelic\_deployment \- <code>appname</code> and <code>environment</code> are no longer valid options in the v2 API\. They will be removed in community\.general 7\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341)\)\.
+* proxmox \- deprecated the current <code>unprivileged</code> default value\, will be changed to <code>true</code> in community\.general 7\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/pull/5224](https\://github\.com/pull/5224)\)\.
+* xfconf \- deprecated parameter <code>disable\_facts</code>\, as since version 4\.0\.0 it only allows value <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4520](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4520)\)\.
+
+<a id="removed-features-previously-deprecated"></a>
+### Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)
+
+* bitbucket\* modules \- <code>username</code> is no longer an alias of <code>workspace</code>\, but of <code>user</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* gem \- the default of the <code>norc</code> option changed from <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_members \- <code>gitlab\_group</code> must now always contain the full path\, and no longer just the name or path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authentication \- the return value <code>flow</code> has been removed\. Use <code>end\_state</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* keycloak\_group \- the return value <code>group</code> has been removed\. Use <code>end\_state</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* lxd\_container \- the default of the <code>ignore\_volatile\_options</code> option changed from <code>true</code> to <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* mail callback plugin \- the <code>sender</code> option is now required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* module\_helper module utils \- remove the <code>VarDict</code> attribute from <code>ModuleHelper</code>\. Import <code>VarDict</code> from <code>ansible\_collections\.community\.general\.plugins\.module\_utils\.mh\.mixins\.vars</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- the default of the <code>want\_proxmox\_nodes\_ansible\_host</code> option changed from <code>true</code> to <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* vmadm \- the <code>debug</code> option has been removed\. It was not used anyway \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-16"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* Include <code>PSF\-license\.txt</code> file for <code>plugins/module\_utils/\_mount\.py</code>\.
+* Include <code>simplified\_bsd\.txt</code> license file for various module utils\, the <code>lxca\_common</code> docs fragment\, and the <code>utm\_utils</code> unit tests\.
+* alternatives \- do not set the priority if the priority was not set by the user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4810](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4810)\)\.
+* alternatives \- only pass subcommands when they are specified as module arguments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4803)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4804](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4804)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4836)\)\.
+* alternatives \- when <code>subcommands</code> is specified\, <code>link</code> must be given for every subcommand\. This was already mentioned in the documentation\, but not enforced by the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4836)\)\.
+* apache2\_mod\_proxy \- avoid crash when reporting inability to parse balancer\_member\_page HTML caused by using an undefined variable in the error message \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
+* archive \- avoid crash when <code>lzma</code> is not present and <code>format</code> is not <code>xz</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5393](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5393)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- fix bug caused by using the <code>command</code> variable instead of <code>self\.command</code> when looking for binary path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4903](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4903)\)\.
+* consul \- fixed bug introduced in PR 4590 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4680)\)\.
+* credstash lookup plugin \- pass plugin options to credstash for all terms\, not just for the first \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- add option to return empty result without empty strings\, and return empty list instead of <code>NXDOMAIN</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5439](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5439)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5428)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- fix evaluation of falsy values for boolean parameters <code>fail\_on\_error</code> and <code>retry\_servfail</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5129](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5129)\)\.
+* dnsimple\_info \- correctly report missing library as <code>requests</code> and not <code>another\_library</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
+* dnstxt lookup plugin \- add option to return empty result without empty strings\, and return empty list instead of <code>NXDOMAIN</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5457](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5457)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5428)\)\.
+* dsv lookup plugin \- do not ignore the <code>tld</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4911](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4911)\)\.
+* filesystem \- handle <code>fatresize \-\-info</code> output lines without <code>\:</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4700](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4700)\)\.
+* filesystem \- improve error messages when output cannot be parsed by including newlines in escaped form \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4700](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4700)\)\.
+* funcd connection plugin \- fix signature of <code>exec\_command</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- minor refactor fixing a python lint error \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5307](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5307)\)\.
+* iso\_create \- the module somtimes failed to add folders for Joliet and UDF formats \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5275](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5275)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm \- fix default groups and roles \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4241)\)\.
+* keyring\_info \- fix the result from the keyring library never getting returned \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4964](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4964)\)\.
+* ldap\_attrs \- fix bug which caused a <code>Bad search filter</code> error\. The error was occuring when the ldap attribute value contained special characters such as <code>\(</code> or <code>\*</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5434](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5434)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5435](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5435)\)\.
+* ldap\_attrs \- fix ordering issue by ignoring the <code>\{x\}</code> prefix on attribute values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/977](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/977)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5385](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5385)\)\.
+* listen\_ports\_facts \- removed leftover <code>EnvironmentError</code> \. The <code>else</code> clause had a wrong indentation\. The check is now handled in the <code>split\_pid\_name</code> function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5202](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5202)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- fix support for Ubuntu \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5281](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5281)\)\.
+* lxc\_container \- the module has been updated to support Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5304](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5304)\)\.
+* lxd connection plugin \- fix incorrect <code>inventory\_hostname</code> in <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4886](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4886)\)\.
+* manageiq\_alert\_profiles \- avoid crash when reporting unknown profile caused by trying to return an undefined variable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
+* nmcli \- avoid changed status for most cases with VPN connections \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5126)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix error caused by adding undefined module arguments for list options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4373](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4373)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4813](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4813)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix error when setting previously unset MAC address\, <code>gsm\.apn</code> or <code>vpn\.data</code>\: current values were being normalized without checking if they might be <code>None</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5291](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5291)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix int options idempotence \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4998)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- compatibility with NS records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5112](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5112)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- fix silent failures when updating <code>NS</code> entries from Bind9 managed DNS zones \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4657](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4657)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- support opentelemetry\-api 1\.13\.0 that removed support for <code>\_time\_ns</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5342](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5342)\)\.
+* osx\_defaults \- no longer expand <code>\~</code> in <code>value</code> to the user\'s home directory\, or expand environment variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5234](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5234)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5243](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5243)\)\.
+* packet\_ip\_subnet \- fix error reporting in case of invalid CIDR prefix lengths \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
+* pacman \- fixed name resolution of URL packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4959](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4959)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- fix <code>returnall</code> for gopass \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5027](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5027)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- fix password store path detection for gopass \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4955](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4955)\)\.
+* pfexec become plugin \- remove superflous quotes preventing exe wrap from working as expected \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3671](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3671)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3889](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3889)\)\.
+* pip\_package\_info \- remove usage of global variable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
+* pkgng \- fix case when <code>pkg</code> fails when trying to upgrade all packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5363](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5363)\)\.
+* proxmox \- fix error handling when getting VM by name when <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4945](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4945)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- fix crash when <code>enabled\=1</code> is used in agent config string \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4910](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4910)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- fixed extended status detection for qemu \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4816](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4816)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- fix <code>agent</code> parameter when boolean value is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5198)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- fix error handling when getting VM by name when <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4945](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4945)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- fix exception when no <code>agent</code> argument is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5194](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5194)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- fix wrong condition \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5108](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5108)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- replace new condition with proper condition to allow for using <code>vmid</code> on update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5206](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5206)\)\.
+* rax\_clb\_nodes \- fix code to be compatible with Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4933)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- fix the check if a virtual media is unmounted to just check for <code>instered\= false</code> caused by Supermicro hardware that does not clear the <code>ImageName</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4839)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- the Supermicro Redfish implementation only supports the <code>image\_url</code> parameter in the underlying API calls to <code>VirtualMediaInsert</code> and <code>VirtualMediaEject</code>\. Any values set \(or the defaults\) for <code>write\_protected</code> or <code>inserted</code> will be ignored \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4839)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- fix to <code>GetChassisPower</code> to correctly report power information when multiple chassis exist\, but not all chassis report power information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4901](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4901)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- centralize payload checking when performing modification requests to a Redfish service \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5210/](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5210/)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- fix unsubscribing on RHEL 9 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4741](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4741)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- make module idempotent when <code>pool\_ids</code> are used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5313](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5313)\)\.
+* redis\* modules \- fix call to <code>module\.fail\_json</code> when failing because of missing Python libraries \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4733)\)\.
+* slack \- fix incorrect channel prefix <code>\#</code> caused by incomplete pattern detection by adding <code>G0</code> and <code>GF</code> as channel ID patterns \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5019](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5019)\)\.
+* slack \- fix message update for channels which start with <code>CP</code>\. When <code>message\-id</code> was passed it failed for channels which started with <code>CP</code> because the <code>\#</code> symbol was added before the <code>channel\_id</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5249](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5249)\)\.
+* snap \- allow values in the <code>options</code> parameter to contain whitespaces \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5475](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5475)\)\.
+* sudoers \- ensure sudoers config files are created with the permissions requested by sudoers \(0440\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4814](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4814)\)\.
+* sudoers \- fix incorrect handling of <code>state\: absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4852](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4852)\)\.
+* tss lookup plugin \- adding support for updated Delinea library \([https\://github\.com/DelineaXPM/python\-tss\-sdk/issues/9](https\://github\.com/DelineaXPM/python\-tss\-sdk/issues/9)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5151)\)\.
+* virtualbox inventory plugin \- skip parsing values with keys that have both a value and nested data\. Skip parsing values that are nested more than two keys deep \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5332](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5332)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5348](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5348)\)\.
+* xcc\_redfish\_command \- for compatibility due to Redfish spec changes the virtualMedia resource location changed from Manager to System \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4682](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4682)\)\.
+* xenserver\_facts \- fix broken <code>AnsibleModule</code> call that prevented the module from working at all \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5383](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5383)\)\.
+* xfconf \- fix setting of boolean values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4999](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4999)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5007](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5007)\)\.
+* zfs \- fix wrong quoting of properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4707](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4707)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4726](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4726)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins-1"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="filter"></a>
+#### Filter
+
+* counter \- Counts hashable elements in a sequence
+
+<a id="lookup-1"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* bitwarden \- Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden
+
+<a id="new-modules-4"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* gconftool2\_info \- Retrieve GConf configurations
+* iso\_customize \- Add/remove/change files in ISO file
+* keycloak\_user\_rolemapping \- Allows administration of Keycloak user\_rolemapping with the Keycloak API
+* keyring \- Set or delete a passphrase using the Operating System\'s native keyring
+* keyring\_info \- Get a passphrase using the Operating System\'s native keyring
+* manageiq\_policies\_info \- Listing of resource policy\_profiles in ManageIQ
+* manageiq\_tags\_info \- Retrieve resource tags in ManageIQ
+* pipx\_info \- Rretrieves information about applications installed with pipx
+* proxmox\_disk \- Management of a disk of a Qemu\(KVM\) VM in a Proxmox VE cluster\.
+* scaleway\_compute\_private\_network \- Scaleway compute \- private network management
+* scaleway\_container \- Scaleway Container management
+* scaleway\_container\_info \- Retrieve information on Scaleway Container
+* scaleway\_container\_namespace \- Scaleway Container namespace management
+* scaleway\_container\_namespace\_info \- Retrieve information on Scaleway Container namespace
+* scaleway\_container\_registry \- Scaleway Container registry management module
+* scaleway\_container\_registry\_info \- Scaleway Container registry info module
+* scaleway\_function \- Scaleway Function management
+* scaleway\_function\_info \- Retrieve information on Scaleway Function
+* scaleway\_function\_namespace \- Scaleway Function namespace management
+* scaleway\_function\_namespace\_info \- Retrieve information on Scaleway Function namespace
+* wdc\_redfish\_command \- Manages WDC UltraStar Data102 Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
+* wdc\_redfish\_info \- Manages WDC UltraStar Data102 Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Redfish APIs

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

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Also, consider taking up a valuable, reviewed, but abandoned pull request which
 * 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/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/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments). (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 :) )
+* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments). (You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins, except for test and filter 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 :) )
 * 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 [our Quick-start development guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/create_pr_quick_start_guide.rst).
@@ -121,19 +121,3 @@ Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Reques
    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.
-
-## pre-commit
-
-To help ensure high-quality contributions this repository includes a [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) configuration which
-corrects and tests against common issues that would otherwise cause CI to fail. To begin using these pre-commit hooks see
-the [Installation](#installation) section below.
-
-This is optional and not required to contribute to this repository.
-
-### Installation
-
-Follow the [instructions](https://pre-commit.com/#install) provided with pre-commit and run `pre-commit install` under the repository base. If for any reason you would like to disable the pre-commit hooks run `pre-commit uninstall`.
-
-This is optional to run it locally.
-
-You can trigger it locally with `pre-commit run --all-files` or even to run only for a given file `pre-commit run --files YOUR_FILE`.

README.md

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 # Community General Collection
 
-[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-7)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
+[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-6)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
 [![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/workflows/EOL%20CI/badge.svg?event=push)](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)
 
 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.
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https:
 
 ## Tested with Ansible
 
-Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.11.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15, and ansible-core 2.16 releases. Ansible-core versions before 2.11.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
 
 Parts of this collection will not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.
 
@@ -34,13 +35,13 @@ Some modules and plugins require external libraries. Please check the requiremen
 
 ## Included content
 
-Please check the included content on the [Ansible Galaxy page for this collection](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general) or the [documentation on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
+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/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/community/general) manually with the `ansible-galaxy` command-line tool:
+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
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ Note that if you install the collection manually, it will not be upgraded automa
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general --upgrade
 ```
 
-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/community/general):
+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/):
 
 ```bash
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==X.Y.Z
@@ -73,13 +74,13 @@ 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/stable-7/CONTRIBUTING.md)!
+You don't know how to start? Refer to our [contribution guide](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/CONTRIBUTING.md)!
 
-The current maintainers are listed in the [commit-rights.md](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/commit-rights.md#people) file. If you have questions or need help, feel free to mention them in the proposals.
+The current maintainers are listed in the [commit-rights.md](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/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/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#contributing-to-collections), and in the [Ansible Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/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/stable-7/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+Also for some notes specific to this collection see [our CONTRIBUTING documentation](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ### Running tests
 
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ See [here](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collectio
 
 To learn how to maintain / become a maintainer of this collection, refer to:
 
-* [Committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/commit-rights.md).
+* [Committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/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:
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/ma
 
 ## Release notes
 
-See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CHANGELOG.rst).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## Roadmap
 
@@ -136,8 +137,8 @@ See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues
 
 This collection is primarily licensed and distributed as a whole under the 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-7/COPYING) for the full text.
+See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/COPYING) for the full text.
 
-Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt).
+Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/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/dep5`. This conforms to the [REUSE specification](https://reuse.software/spec/).

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ 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:

galaxy.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 namespace: community
 name: general
-version: 7.0.0
+version: 6.6.9
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -22,120 +22,6 @@ plugin_routing:
     nios_next_network:
       redirect: infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_network
   modules:
-    rax_cbs_attachments:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_cbs:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_cdb_database:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_cdb_user:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_cdb:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_clb_nodes:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_clb_ssl:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_clb:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_dns_record:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_dns:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_facts:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_files_objects:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_files:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_identity:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_keypair:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_meta:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_mon_alarm:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_mon_check:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_mon_entity:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_mon_notification_plan:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_mon_notification:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_network:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_queue:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_scaling_group:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_scaling_policy:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rhn_channel:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 10.0.0
-        warning_text: RHN is EOL, please contact the community.general maintainers
-          if still using this; see the module documentation for more details.
-    rhn_register:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 10.0.0
-        warning_text: RHN is EOL, please contact the community.general maintainers
-          if still using this; see the module documentation for more details.
     database.aerospike.aerospike_migrations:
       redirect: community.general.aerospike_migrations
       deprecation:
@@ -1086,8 +972,6 @@ plugin_routing:
         warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.heroku_collaborator
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
-    hana_query:
-      redirect: community.sap_libs.sap_hdbsql
     hetzner_failover_ip:
       redirect: community.hrobot.failover_ip
     hetzner_failover_ip_info:
@@ -3505,10 +3389,6 @@ plugin_routing:
         warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.redfish_info
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
-    sapcar_extract:
-      redirect: community.sap_libs.sapcar_extract
-    sap_task_list_execute:
-      redirect: community.sap_libs.sap_task_list_execute
     packaging.os.redhat_subscription:
       redirect: community.general.redhat_subscription
       deprecation:
@@ -4613,10 +4493,6 @@ plugin_routing:
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
   doc_fragments:
-    rackspace:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This doc fragment is used by rax modules, that rely on the deprecated package pyrax.
     _gcp:
       redirect: community.google._gcp
     docker:
@@ -4632,10 +4508,6 @@ plugin_routing:
     postgresql:
       redirect: community.postgresql.postgresql
   module_utils:
-    rax:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module util relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
     docker.common:
       redirect: community.docker.common
     docker.swarm:

plugins/action/shutdown.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure
@@ -81,6 +80,13 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                     getattr(self, default_value))))
         return value
 
+    def get_shutdown_command_args(self, distribution):
+        args = self._get_value_from_facts('SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS', distribution, 'DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS')
+        # Convert seconds to minutes. If less that 60, set it to 0.
+        delay_sec = self.delay
+        shutdown_message = self._task.args.get('msg', self.DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_MESSAGE)
+        return args.format(delay_sec=delay_sec, delay_min=delay_sec // 60, message=shutdown_message)
+
     def get_distribution(self, task_vars):
         # FIXME: only execute the module if we don't already have the facts we need
         distribution = {}
@@ -95,8 +101,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                     to_native(module_output['module_stdout']).strip(),
                     to_native(module_output['module_stderr']).strip()))
             distribution['name'] = module_output['ansible_facts']['ansible_distribution'].lower()
-            distribution['version'] = to_text(
-                module_output['ansible_facts']['ansible_distribution_version'].split('.')[0])
+            distribution['version'] = to_text(module_output['ansible_facts']['ansible_distribution_version'].split('.')[0])
             distribution['family'] = to_text(module_output['ansible_facts']['ansible_os_family'].lower())
             display.debug("{action}: distribution: {dist}".format(action=self._task.action, dist=distribution))
             return distribution
@@ -104,23 +109,6 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             raise AnsibleError('Failed to get distribution information. Missing "{0}" in output.'.format(ke.args[0]))
 
     def get_shutdown_command(self, task_vars, distribution):
-        def find_command(command, find_search_paths):
-            display.debug('{action}: running find module looking in {paths} to get path for "{command}"'.format(
-                action=self._task.action,
-                command=command,
-                paths=find_search_paths))
-            find_result = self._execute_module(
-                task_vars=task_vars,
-                # prevent collection search by calling with ansible.legacy (still allows library/ override of find)
-                module_name='ansible.legacy.find',
-                module_args={
-                    'paths': find_search_paths,
-                    'patterns': [command],
-                    'file_type': 'any'
-                }
-            )
-            return [x['path'] for x in find_result['files']]
-
         shutdown_bin = self._get_value_from_facts('SHUTDOWN_COMMANDS', distribution, 'DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND')
         default_search_paths = ['/sbin', '/usr/sbin', '/usr/local/sbin']
         search_paths = self._task.args.get('search_paths', default_search_paths)
@@ -139,53 +127,45 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         except TypeError:
             raise AnsibleError(err_msg.format(search_paths))
 
-        full_path = find_command(shutdown_bin, search_paths)  # find the path to the shutdown command
-        if not full_path:  # if we could not find the shutdown command
-            display.vvv('Unable to find command "{0}" in search paths: {1}, will attempt a shutdown using systemd '
-                        'directly.'.format(shutdown_bin, search_paths))  # tell the user we will try with systemd
-            systemctl_search_paths = ['/bin', '/usr/bin']
-            full_path = find_command('systemctl', systemctl_search_paths)  # find the path to the systemctl command
-            if not full_path:  # if we couldn't find systemctl
-                raise AnsibleError(
-                    'Could not find command "{0}" in search paths: {1} or systemctl command in search paths: {2}, unable to shutdown.'.
-                    format(shutdown_bin, search_paths, systemctl_search_paths))  # we give up here
-            else:
-                return "{0} poweroff".format(full_path[0])  # done, since we cannot use args with systemd shutdown
+        display.debug('{action}: running find module looking in {paths} to get path for "{command}"'.format(
+            action=self._task.action,
+            command=shutdown_bin,
+            paths=search_paths))
+        find_result = self._execute_module(
+            task_vars=task_vars,
+            # prevent collection search by calling with ansible.legacy (still allows library/ override of find)
+            module_name='ansible.legacy.find',
+            module_args={
+                'paths': search_paths,
+                'patterns': [shutdown_bin],
+                'file_type': 'any'
+            }
+        )
 
-        # systemd case taken care of, here we add args to the command
-        args = self._get_value_from_facts('SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS', distribution, 'DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS')
-        # Convert seconds to minutes. If less that 60, set it to 0.
-        delay_sec = self.delay
-        shutdown_message = self._task.args.get('msg', self.DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_MESSAGE)
-        return '{0} {1}'. \
-            format(
-                full_path[0],
-                args.format(
-                    delay_sec=delay_sec,
-                    delay_min=delay_sec // 60,
-                    message=shutdown_message
-                )
-            )
+        full_path = [x['path'] for x in find_result['files']]
+        if not full_path:
+            raise AnsibleError('Unable to find command "{0}" in search paths: {1}'.format(shutdown_bin, search_paths))
+        self._shutdown_command = full_path[0]
+        return self._shutdown_command
 
     def perform_shutdown(self, task_vars, distribution):
         result = {}
         shutdown_result = {}
-        shutdown_command_exec = self.get_shutdown_command(task_vars, distribution)
+        shutdown_command = self.get_shutdown_command(task_vars, distribution)
+        shutdown_command_args = self.get_shutdown_command_args(distribution)
+        shutdown_command_exec = '{0} {1}'.format(shutdown_command, shutdown_command_args)
 
         self.cleanup(force=True)
         try:
             display.vvv("{action}: shutting down server...".format(action=self._task.action))
-            display.debug("{action}: shutting down server with command '{command}'".
-                          format(action=self._task.action, command=shutdown_command_exec))
+            display.debug("{action}: shutting down server with command '{command}'".format(action=self._task.action, command=shutdown_command_exec))
             if self._play_context.check_mode:
                 shutdown_result['rc'] = 0
             else:
                 shutdown_result = self._low_level_execute_command(shutdown_command_exec, sudoable=self.DEFAULT_SUDOABLE)
         except AnsibleConnectionFailure as e:
             # If the connection is closed too quickly due to the system being shutdown, carry on
-            display.debug(
-                '{action}: AnsibleConnectionFailure caught and handled: {error}'.format(action=self._task.action,
-                                                                                        error=to_text(e)))
+            display.debug('{action}: AnsibleConnectionFailure caught and handled: {error}'.format(action=self._task.action, error=to_text(e)))
             shutdown_result['rc'] = 0
 
         if shutdown_result['rc'] != 0:

plugins/become/machinectl.py

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class BecomeModule(BecomeBase):
     prompt = 'Password: '
     fail = ('==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED ====',)
     success = ('==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ====',)
+    require_tty = True  # see https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6932
 
     @staticmethod
     def remove_ansi_codes(line):

plugins/callback/selective.py

@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
             line_length = 120
             if self.last_skipped:
                 print()
-            msg = colorize("# {0} {1}".format(task_name,
-                                              '*' * (line_length - len(task_name))), 'bold')
+            line = "# {0} ".format(task_name)
+            msg = colorize("{0}{1}".format(line, '*' * (line_length - len(line))), 'bold')
             print(msg)
 
     def _indent_text(self, text, indent_level):

plugins/connection/chroot.py

@@ -48,6 +48,27 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         default: chroot
 '''
 
+EXAMPLES = r"""
+# Plugin requires root privileges for chroot, -E preserves your env (and location of ~/.ansible):
+# sudo -E ansible-playbook ...
+#
+# Static inventory file
+# [chroots]
+# /path/to/debootstrap
+# /path/to/feboostrap
+# /path/to/lxc-image
+# /path/to/chroot
+
+# playbook
+---
+- hosts: chroots
+  connection: community.general.chroot
+  tasks:
+    - debug:
+        msg: "This is coming from chroot environment"
+
+"""
+
 import os
 import os.path
 import subprocess

plugins/connection/lxc.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             - Container identifier
         default: inventory_hostname
         vars:
+            - name: inventory_hostname
             - name: ansible_host
             - name: ansible_lxc_host
       executable:
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
     def __init__(self, play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs):
         super(Connection, self).__init__(play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs)
 
-        self.container_name = self._play_context.remote_addr
+        self.container_name = None
         self.container = None
 
     def _connect(self):
@@ -67,12 +68,14 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         super(Connection, self)._connect()
 
         if not HAS_LIBLXC:
-            msg = "lxc bindings for python2 are not installed"
+            msg = "lxc python bindings are not installed"
             raise errors.AnsibleError(msg)
 
         if self.container:
             return
 
+        self.container_name = self.get_option('remote_addr')
+
         self._display.vvv("THIS IS A LOCAL LXC DIR", host=self.container_name)
         self.container = _lxc.Container(self.container_name)
         if self.container.state == "STOPPED":
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         super(Connection, self).exec_command(cmd, in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)
 
         # python2-lxc needs bytes. python3-lxc needs text.
-        executable = to_native(self._play_context.executable, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+        executable = to_native(self.get_option('executable'), errors='surrogate_or_strict')
         local_cmd = [executable, '-c', to_native(cmd, errors='surrogate_or_strict')]
 
         read_stdout, write_stdout = None, None

plugins/doc_fragments/proxmox.py

@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ options:
   api_token_id:
     description:
       - Specify the token ID.
+      - Requires C(proxmoxer>=1.1.0) to work.
     type: str
     version_added: 1.3.0
   api_token_secret:
     description:
       - Specify the token secret.
+      - Requires C(proxmoxer>=1.1.0) to work.
     type: str
     version_added: 1.3.0
   validate_certs:

plugins/doc_fragments/rackspace.py

@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ options:
       - Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
     type: bool
     aliases: [ verify_ssl ]
-deprecated:
-  removed_in: 9.0.0
-  why: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-  alternative: Use the Openstack modules instead.
 requirements:
   - python >= 2.6
   - pyrax

plugins/filter/from_csv.py

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 - name: Parse a CSV file's contents
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
-      {{ csv_data | community.genera.from_csv(dialect='unix') }}
+      {{ csv_data | community.general.from_csv(dialect='unix') }}
   vars:
     csv_data: |
       Column 1,Value

plugins/inventory/cobbler.py

@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable, to_safe_group_name
+from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type
+
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 
 # xmlrpc
 try:
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
             self.connection = xmlrpc_client.Server(self.cobbler_url, allow_none=True)
             self.token = None
             if self.get_option('user') is not None:
-                self.token = self.connection.login(self.get_option('user'), self.get_option('password'))
+                self.token = self.connection.login(text_type(self.get_option('user')), text_type(self.get_option('password')))
         return self.connection
 
     def _init_cache(self):
@@ -238,7 +241,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
 
         for host in self._get_systems():
             # Get the FQDN for the host and add it to the right groups
-            hostname = host['hostname']  # None
+            hostname = make_unsafe(host['hostname'])  # None
             interfaces = host['interfaces']
 
             if self._exclude_profile(host['profile']):
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
                     if ivalue['management'] or not ivalue['static']:
                         this_dns_name = ivalue.get('dns_name', None)
                         if this_dns_name is not None and this_dns_name != "":
-                            hostname = this_dns_name
+                            hostname = make_unsafe(this_dns_name)
                             self.display.vvvv('Set hostname to %s from %s\n' % (hostname, iname))
 
             if hostname == '':
@@ -282,6 +285,6 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
             # Add host variables
             if self.get_option('want_facts'):
                 try:
-                    self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler', host)
+                    self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler', make_unsafe(host))
                 except ValueError as e:
                     self.display.warning("Could not set host info for %s: %s" % (hostname, to_text(e)))

plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py

@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 try:
     import gitlab
     HAS_GITLAB = True
@@ -106,11 +108,11 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
             else:
                 runners = gl.runners.all()
             for runner in runners:
-                host = str(runner['id'])
+                host = make_unsafe(str(runner['id']))
                 ip_address = runner['ip_address']
-                host_attrs = vars(gl.runners.get(runner['id']))['_attrs']
+                host_attrs = make_unsafe(vars(gl.runners.get(runner['id']))['_attrs'])
                 self.inventory.add_host(host, group='gitlab_runners')
-                self.inventory.set_variable(host, 'ansible_host', ip_address)
+                self.inventory.set_variable(host, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(ip_address))
                 if self.get_option('verbose_output', True):
                     self.inventory.set_variable(host, 'gitlab_runner_attributes', host_attrs)
 

plugins/inventory/icinga2.py

@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
     ''' Host inventory parser for ansible using Icinga2 as source. '''
@@ -233,15 +235,15 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         """Convert Icinga2 API data to JSON format for Ansible"""
         groups_dict = {"_meta": {"hostvars": {}}}
         for entry in json_data:
-            host_attrs = entry['attrs']
+            host_attrs = make_unsafe(entry['attrs'])
             if self.inventory_attr == "name":
-                host_name = entry.get('name')
+                host_name = make_unsafe(entry.get('name'))
             if self.inventory_attr == "address":
                 # When looking for address for inventory, if missing fallback to object name
                 if host_attrs.get('address', '') != '':
-                    host_name = host_attrs.get('address')
+                    host_name = make_unsafe(host_attrs.get('address'))
                 else:
-                    host_name = entry.get('name')
+                    host_name = make_unsafe(entry.get('name'))
             if self.inventory_attr == "display_name":
                 host_name = host_attrs.get('display_name')
             if host_attrs['state'] == 0:
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
             # If the address attribute is populated, override ansible_host with the value
             if host_attrs.get('address') != '':
                 self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'ansible_host', host_attrs.get('address'))
-            self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'hostname', entry.get('name'))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'hostname', make_unsafe(entry.get('name')))
             self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'display_name', host_attrs.get('display_name'))
             self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'state',
                                         host_attrs['state'])

plugins/inventory/linode.py

@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ compose:
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 try:
     from linode_api4 import LinodeClient
@@ -199,20 +201,21 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
     def _add_instances_to_groups(self):
         """Add instance names to their dynamic inventory groups."""
         for instance in self.instances:
-            self.inventory.add_host(instance.label, group=instance.group)
+            self.inventory.add_host(make_unsafe(instance.label), group=instance.group)
 
     def _add_hostvars_for_instances(self):
         """Add hostvars for instances in the dynamic inventory."""
         ip_style = self.get_option('ip_style')
         for instance in self.instances:
             hostvars = instance._raw_json
+            hostname = make_unsafe(instance.label)
             for hostvar_key in hostvars:
                 if ip_style == 'api' and hostvar_key in ['ipv4', 'ipv6']:
                     continue
                 self.inventory.set_variable(
-                    instance.label,
+                    hostname,
                     hostvar_key,
-                    hostvars[hostvar_key]
+                    make_unsafe(hostvars[hostvar_key])
                 )
             if ip_style == 'api':
                 ips = instance.ips.ipv4.public + instance.ips.ipv4.private
@@ -221,9 +224,9 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
                 for ip_type in set(ip.type for ip in ips):
                     self.inventory.set_variable(
-                        instance.label,
+                        hostname,
                         ip_type,
-                        self._ip_data([ip for ip in ips if ip.type == ip_type])
+                        make_unsafe(self._ip_data([ip for ip in ips if ip.type == ip_type]))
                     )
 
     def _ip_data(self, ip_list):
@@ -254,21 +257,22 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         self._add_instances_to_groups()
         self._add_hostvars_for_instances()
         for instance in self.instances:
-            variables = self.inventory.get_host(instance.label).get_vars()
+            hostname = make_unsafe(instance.label)
+            variables = self.inventory.get_host(hostname).get_vars()
             self._add_host_to_composed_groups(
                 self.get_option('groups'),
                 variables,
-                instance.label,
+                hostname,
                 strict=strict)
             self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(
                 self.get_option('keyed_groups'),
                 variables,
-                instance.label,
+                hostname,
                 strict=strict)
             self._set_composite_vars(
                 self.get_option('compose'),
                 variables,
-                instance.label,
+                hostname,
                 strict=strict)
 
     def verify_file(self, path):

plugins/inventory/lxd.py

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.lxd import LXDClient, LXDClientException
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 
 try:
     import ipaddress
@@ -656,7 +657,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
 
         if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/network_interfaces'.format(instance_name)):  # instance have network interfaces
             self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_connection', 'ssh')
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_host', interface_selection(instance_name))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(interface_selection(instance_name)))
         else:
             self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_connection', 'local')
 
@@ -682,31 +683,39 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
                 if self.filter.lower() != instance_state:
                     continue
             # add instance
+            instance_name = make_unsafe(instance_name)
             self.inventory.add_host(instance_name)
             # add network informations
             self.build_inventory_network(instance_name)
             # add os
             v = self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/os'.format(instance_name))
             if v:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_os', v.lower())
+                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_os', make_unsafe(v.lower()))
             # add release
             v = self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/release'.format(instance_name))
             if v:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_release', v.lower())
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
+                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_release', make_unsafe(v.lower()))
             # add profile
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_profile', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/profile'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_profile', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/profile'.format(instance_name))))
             # add state
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_state', instance_state)
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_state', make_unsafe(instance_state))
             # add type
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_type', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/type'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_type', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/type'.format(instance_name))))
             # add location information
             if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name)) != "none":  # wrong type by lxd 'none' != 'None'
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_location', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name)))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
+                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_location', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name))))
             # add VLAN_ID information
             if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name)):
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_vlan_ids', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name)))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
+                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_vlan_ids', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name))))
             # add project
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_project', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/project'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_project', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/project'.format(instance_name))))
 
     def build_inventory_groups_location(self, group_name):
         """create group by attribute: location
@@ -979,7 +988,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             for group_name in self.groupby:
                 if not group_name.isalnum():
                     raise AnsibleParserError('Invalid character(s) in groupname: {0}'.format(to_native(group_name)))
-                group_type(group_name)
+                group_type(make_unsafe(group_name))
 
     def build_inventory(self):
         """Build dynamic inventory

plugins/inventory/nmap.py

@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         strict = self.get_option('strict')
 
         for host in hosts:
+            host = make_unsafe(host)
             hostname = host['name']
             self.inventory.add_host(hostname)
             for var, value in host.items():

plugins/inventory/online.py

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.ansible_release import __version__ as ansible_version
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
     NAME = 'community.general.online'
@@ -169,20 +171,20 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             "support"
         )
         for attribute in targeted_attributes:
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, attribute, host_infos[attribute])
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, attribute, make_unsafe(host_infos[attribute]))
 
         if self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "ansible_host", self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", make_unsafe(self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "ansible_host", make_unsafe(self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos)))
 
         if self.extract_private_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", self.extract_private_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", make_unsafe(self.extract_private_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos)))
 
         if self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_name", self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_name", make_unsafe(self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos)))
 
         if self.extract_os_version(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_version", self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_version", make_unsafe(self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos)))
 
     def _filter_host(self, host_infos, hostname_preferences):
 
@@ -201,6 +203,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         if not hostname:
             return
 
+        hostname = make_unsafe(hostname)
+
         self.inventory.add_host(host=hostname)
         self._fill_host_variables(hostname=hostname, host_infos=host_infos)
 
@@ -210,6 +214,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             if not group:
                 return
 
+            group = make_unsafe(group)
+
             self.inventory.add_group(group=group)
             self.inventory.add_host(group=group, host=hostname)
 

plugins/inventory/opennebula.py

@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 from collections import namedtuple
 import os
 
@@ -215,6 +217,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         filter_by_label = self.get_option('filter_by_label')
         servers = self._retrieve_servers(filter_by_label)
         for server in servers:
+            server = make_unsafe(server)
             hostname = server['name']
             # check for labels
             if group_by_labels and server['LABELS']:

plugins/inventory/proxmox.py

@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 
 # 3rd party imports
 try:
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
             self._cache[self.cache_key][url] = data
 
-        return self._cache[self.cache_key][url]
+        return make_unsafe(self._cache[self.cache_key][url])
 
     def _get_nodes(self):
         return self._get_json("%s/api2/json/nodes" % self.proxmox_url)

plugins/inventory/scaleway.py

@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ else:
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.scaleway import SCALEWAY_LOCATION, parse_pagination_link
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         zone_info = SCALEWAY_LOCATION[zone]
 
         url = _build_server_url(zone_info["api_endpoint"])
-        raw_zone_hosts_infos = _fetch_information(url=url, token=token)
+        raw_zone_hosts_infos = make_unsafe(_fetch_information(url=url, token=token))
 
         for host_infos in raw_zone_hosts_infos:
 
@@ -341,4 +342,4 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         hostname_preference = self.get_option("hostnames")
 
         for zone in self._get_zones(config_zones):
-            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=zone, token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)
+            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=make_unsafe(zone), token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)

plugins/inventory/stackpath_compute.py

@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ from ansible.plugins.inventory import (
 )
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 display = Display()
 
@@ -271,7 +273,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         if not cache or cache_needs_update:
             results = self._query()
 
-        self._populate(results)
+        self._populate(make_unsafe(results))
 
         # If the cache has expired/doesn't exist or
         # if refresh_inventory/flush cache is used

plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import MutableMapping
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
     ''' Host inventory parser for ansible using local virtualbox. '''
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(self.get_option('keyed_groups'), hostvars[host], host, strict=strict)
 
     def _populate_from_cache(self, source_data):
+        source_data = make_unsafe(source_data)
         hostvars = source_data.pop('_meta', {}).get('hostvars', {})
         for group in source_data:
             if group == 'all':
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             v = v.strip()
             # found host
             if k.startswith('Name') and ',' not in v:  # some setting strings appear in Name
-                current_host = v
+                current_host = make_unsafe(v)
                 if current_host not in hostvars:
                     hostvars[current_host] = {}
                     self.inventory.add_host(current_host)
@@ -170,12 +173,13 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
                 # try to get network info
                 netdata = self._query_vbox_data(current_host, netinfo)
                 if netdata:
-                    self.inventory.set_variable(current_host, 'ansible_host', netdata)
+                    self.inventory.set_variable(current_host, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(netdata))
 
             # found groups
             elif k == 'Groups':
                 for group in v.split('/'):
                     if group:
+                        group = make_unsafe(group)
                         group = self.inventory.add_group(group)
                         self.inventory.add_child(group, current_host)
                         if group not in cacheable_results:
@@ -185,17 +189,17 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
             else:
                 # found vars, accumulate in hostvars for clean inventory set
-                pref_k = 'vbox_' + k.strip().replace(' ', '_')
+                pref_k = make_unsafe('vbox_' + k.strip().replace(' ', '_'))
                 leading_spaces = len(k) - len(k.lstrip(' '))
                 if 0 < leading_spaces <= 2:
                     if prevkey not in hostvars[current_host] or not isinstance(hostvars[current_host][prevkey], dict):
                         hostvars[current_host][prevkey] = {}
-                    hostvars[current_host][prevkey][pref_k] = v
+                    hostvars[current_host][prevkey][pref_k] = make_unsafe(v)
                 elif leading_spaces > 2:
                     continue
                 else:
                     if v != '':
-                        hostvars[current_host][pref_k] = v
+                        hostvars[current_host][pref_k] = make_unsafe(v)
                 if self._ungrouped_host(current_host, cacheable_results):
                     if 'ungrouped' not in cacheable_results:
                         cacheable_results['ungrouped'] = {'hosts': []}

plugins/inventory/xen_orchestra.py

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 
 # 3rd party imports
 try:
@@ -347,4 +348,4 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             self.protocol = 'ws'
 
         objects = self._get_objects()
-        self._populate(objects)
+        self._populate(make_unsafe(objects))

plugins/lookup/bitwarden.py

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
     requirements:
       - bw (command line utility)
       - be logged into bitwarden
+      - bitwarden vault unlocked
+      - C(BW_SESSION) environment variable set
     short_description: Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden
     version_added: 5.4.0
     description:
@@ -130,20 +132,29 @@ class Bitwarden(object):
         If field is None, return the whole record for each match.
         """
         matches = self._get_matches(search_value, search_field, collection_id)
-
-        if field in ['autofillOnPageLoad', 'password', 'passwordRevisionDate', 'totp', 'uris', 'username']:
-            return [match['login'][field] for match in matches]
-        elif not field:
+        if not field:
             return matches
-        else:
-            custom_field_matches = []
-            for match in matches:
+        field_matches = []
+        for match in matches:
+            # if there are no custom fields, then `match` has no key 'fields'
+            if 'fields' in match:
+                custom_field_found = False
                 for custom_field in match['fields']:
-                    if custom_field['name'] == field:
-                        custom_field_matches.append(custom_field['value'])
-            if matches and not custom_field_matches:
-                raise AnsibleError("Custom field {field} does not exist in {search_value}".format(field=field, search_value=search_value))
-            return custom_field_matches
+                    if field == custom_field['name']:
+                        field_matches.append(custom_field['value'])
+                        custom_field_found = True
+                        break
+                if custom_field_found:
+                    continue
+            if 'login' in match and field in match['login']:
+                field_matches.append(match['login'][field])
+                continue
+            if field in match:
+                field_matches.append(match[field])
+                continue
+        if matches and not field_matches:
+            raise AnsibleError("field {field} does not exist in {search_value}".format(field=field, search_value=search_value))
+        return field_matches
 
 
 class LookupModule(LookupBase):

plugins/lookup/onepassword.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2018, Scott Buchanan <sbuchanan@ri.pn>
+# Copyright (c) 2018, Scott Buchanan <scott@buchanan.works>
 # Copyright (c) 2016, Andrew Zenk <azenk@umn.edu> (lastpass.py used as starting point)
 # Copyright (c) 2018, 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)
@@ -74,18 +74,18 @@ EXAMPLES = """
 
 - name: Retrieve password for HAL when not signed in to 1Password
   ansible.builtin.debug:
-    var: lookup('community.general.onepassword'
-                'HAL 9000'
-                subdomain='Discovery'
+    var: lookup('community.general.onepassword',
+                'HAL 9000',
+                subdomain='Discovery',
                 master_password=vault_master_password)
 
 - name: Retrieve password for HAL when never signed in to 1Password
   ansible.builtin.debug:
-    var: lookup('community.general.onepassword'
-                'HAL 9000'
-                subdomain='Discovery'
-                master_password=vault_master_password
-                username='tweety@acme.com'
+    var: lookup('community.general.onepassword',
+                'HAL 9000',
+                subdomain='Discovery',
+                master_password=vault_master_password,
+                username='tweety@acme.com',
                 secret_key=vault_secret_key)
 """
 
@@ -451,10 +451,10 @@ class OnePassCLIv2(OnePassCLIBase):
                 # If the field name doesn't exist in the section, match on the value of "label"
                 # then "id" and return "value"
                 if field.get("label") == field_name:
-                    return field["value"]
+                    return field.get("value", "")
 
                 if field.get("id") == field_name:
-                    return field["value"]
+                    return field.get("value", "")
 
             # Look at the section data and get an indentifier. The value of 'id' is either a unique ID
             # or a human-readable string. If a 'label' field exists, prefer that since
@@ -464,10 +464,10 @@ class OnePassCLIv2(OnePassCLIBase):
             if section_title == current_section_title:
                 # In the correct section. Check "label" then "id" for the desired field_name
                 if field.get("label") == field_name:
-                    return field["value"]
+                    return field.get("value", "")
 
                 if field.get("id") == field_name:
-                    return field["value"]
+                    return field.get("value", "")
 
         return ""
 

plugins/lookup/random_string.py

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r"""
     version_added: '3.2.0'
     description:
       - Generates random string based upon the given constraints.
+      - Uses L(random.SystemRandom,https://docs.python.org/3/library/random.html#random.SystemRandom),
+        so should be strong enough for cryptographic purposes.
     options:
       length:
         description: The length of the string.

plugins/lookup/tss.py

@@ -26,18 +26,6 @@ options:
         description: The integer ID of the secret.
         required: true
         type: int
-    fetch_attachments:
-        description:
-            - Boolean flag which indicates whether attached files will get downloaded or not.
-            - The download will only happen if I(file_download_path) has been provided.
-        required: false
-        type: bool
-        version_added: 7.0.0
-    file_download_path:
-        description: Indicate the file attachment download location.
-        required: false
-        type: path
-        version_added: 7.0.0
     base_url:
         description: The base URL of the server, e.g. C(https://localhost/SecretServer).
         env:
@@ -169,35 +157,10 @@ EXAMPLES = r"""
   tasks:
       - ansible.builtin.debug:
           msg: the password is {{ secret_password }}
-
-# Private key stores into certificate file which is attached with secret.
-# If fetch_attachments=True then private key file will be download on specified path
-# and file content will display in debug message.
-- hosts: localhost
-  vars:
-      secret: >-
-        {{
-            lookup(
-                'community.general.tss',
-                102,
-                fetch_attachments=True,
-                file_download_path='/home/certs',
-                base_url='https://secretserver.domain.com/SecretServer/',
-                token='thycotic_access_token'
-            )
-        }}
-  tasks:
-    - ansible.builtin.debug:
-        msg: >
-          the private key is {{
-            (secret['items']
-              | items2dict(key_name='slug',
-                           value_name='itemValue'))['private-key']
-          }}
 """
 
 import abc
-import os
+
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleOptionsError
 from ansible.module_utils import six
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
@@ -248,27 +211,13 @@ class TSSClient(object):
         else:
             return TSSClientV0(**server_parameters)
 
-    def get_secret(self, term, fetch_file_attachments, file_download_path):
+    def get_secret(self, term):
         display.debug("tss_lookup term: %s" % term)
+
         secret_id = self._term_to_secret_id(term)
         display.vvv(u"Secret Server lookup of Secret with ID %d" % secret_id)
 
-        if fetch_file_attachments:
-            obj = self._client.get_secret(secret_id, fetch_file_attachments)
-            for i in obj['items']:
-                if file_download_path and os.path.isdir(file_download_path):
-                    if i['isFile']:
-                        try:
-                            with open(os.path.join(file_download_path, str(obj['id']) + "_" + i['slug']), "w") as f:
-                                f.write(i['itemValue'].text)
-                            i['itemValue'] = "*** Not Valid For Display ***"
-                        except ValueError:
-                            raise AnsibleOptionsError("Failed to download {0}".format(str(i['slug'])))
-                else:
-                    raise AnsibleOptionsError("File download path does not exist")
-            return obj
-        else:
-            return self._client.get_secret_json(secret_id)
+        return self._client.get_secret_json(secret_id)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _term_to_secret_id(term):
@@ -345,6 +294,6 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
         )
 
         try:
-            return [tss.get_secret(term, self.get_option("fetch_attachments"), self.get_option("file_download_path")) for term in terms]
+            return [tss.get_secret(term) for term in terms]
         except SecretServerError as error:
             raise AnsibleError("Secret Server lookup failure: %s" % error.message)

plugins/module_utils/cmd_runner.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+import os
 from functools import wraps
 
 from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_sequence
@@ -199,11 +200,16 @@ class CmdRunner(object):
             environ_update = {}
         self.environ_update = environ_update
 
-        self.command[0] = module.get_bin_path(self.command[0], opt_dirs=path_prefix, required=True)
+        _cmd = self.command[0]
+        self.command[0] = _cmd if (os.path.isabs(_cmd) or '/' in _cmd) else module.get_bin_path(_cmd, opt_dirs=path_prefix, required=True)
 
         for mod_param_name, spec in iteritems(module.argument_spec):
             if mod_param_name not in self.arg_formats:
-                self.arg_formats[mod_param_name] = _Format.as_default_type(spec['type'], mod_param_name)
+                self.arg_formats[mod_param_name] = _Format.as_default_type(spec.get('type', 'str'), mod_param_name)
+
+    @property
+    def binary(self):
+        return self.command[0]
 
     def __call__(self, args_order=None, output_process=None, ignore_value_none=True, check_mode_skip=False, check_mode_return=None, **kwargs):
         if output_process is None:
@@ -309,3 +315,11 @@ class _CmdRunnerContext(object):
 
 
 cmd_runner_fmt = _Format()
+
+#
+# The fmt form is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 7.0.0
+# Please use:
+#   cmd_runner_fmt
+# Or, to retain the same effect, use:
+#   from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner import cmd_runner_fmt as fmt
+fmt = cmd_runner_fmt

plugins/module_utils/csv.py

@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ def initialize_dialect(dialect, **kwargs):
 
 
 def read_csv(data, dialect, fieldnames=None):
-
+    BOM = to_native(u'\ufeff')
     data = to_native(data, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+    if data.startswith(BOM):
+        data = data[len(BOM):]
 
     if PY3:
         fake_fh = StringIO(data)

plugins/module_utils/gitlab.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
-from ansible.module_utils.six import integer_types, string_types
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
@@ -122,38 +121,3 @@ def filter_returned_variables(gitlab_variables):
             if key not in KNOWN:
                 item.pop(key)
     return existing_variables
-
-
-def vars_to_variables(vars, module):
-    # transform old vars to new variables structure
-    variables = list()
-    for item, value in vars.items():
-        if isinstance(value, (string_types, integer_types, float)):
-            variables.append(
-                {
-                    "name": item,
-                    "value": str(value),
-                    "masked": False,
-                    "protected": False,
-                    "variable_type": "env_var",
-                }
-            )
-
-        elif isinstance(value, dict):
-            new_item = {
-                "name": item,
-                "value": value.get('value'),
-                "masked": value.get('masked'),
-                "protected": value.get('protected'),
-                "variable_type": value.get('variable_type'),
-            }
-
-            if value.get('environment_scope'):
-                new_item['environment_scope'] = value.get('environment_scope')
-
-            variables.append(new_item)
-
-        else:
-            module.fail_json(msg="value must be of type string, integer, float or dict")
-
-    return variables

plugins/module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py

@@ -207,24 +207,30 @@ def is_struct_included(struct1, struct2, exclude=None):
             Return True if all element of dict 1 are present in dict 2, return false otherwise.
     """
     if isinstance(struct1, list) and isinstance(struct2, list):
+        if not struct1 and not struct2:
+            return True
         for item1 in struct1:
             if isinstance(item1, (list, dict)):
                 for item2 in struct2:
-                    if not is_struct_included(item1, item2, exclude):
-                        return False
+                    if is_struct_included(item1, item2, exclude):
+                        break
+                else:
+                    return False
             else:
                 if item1 not in struct2:
                     return False
         return True
     elif isinstance(struct1, dict) and isinstance(struct2, dict):
+        if not struct1 and not struct2:
+            return True
         try:
             for key in struct1:
                 if not (exclude and key in exclude):
                     if not is_struct_included(struct1[key], struct2[key], exclude):
                         return False
-            return True
         except KeyError:
             return False
+        return True
     elif isinstance(struct1, bool) and isinstance(struct2, bool):
         return struct1 == struct2
     else:
@@ -747,8 +753,15 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         users_url = URL_USERS.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm)
         users_url += '?username=%s&exact=true' % username
         try:
-            return json.loads(to_native(open_url(users_url, method='GET', headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
-                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
+            userrep = None
+            users = json.loads(to_native(open_url(users_url, method='GET', headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
+                                                  validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
+            for user in users:
+                if user['username'] == username:
+                    userrep = user
+                    break
+            return userrep
+
         except ValueError as e:
             self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain the user for realm %s and username %s: %s'
                                       % (realm, username, str(e)))

plugins/module_utils/memset.py

@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
-from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url, urllib_error
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import json
+import ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error as urllib_error
 
 
 class Response(object):

plugins/module_utils/mh/mixins/deps.py

@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ class DependencyCtxMgr(object):
 
 
 class DependencyMixin(ModuleHelperBase):
-    """
-    THIS CLASS IS BEING DEPRECATED.
-    See the deprecation notice in ``DependencyMixin.fail_on_missing_deps()`` below.
-
-    Mixin for mapping module options to running a CLI command with its arguments.
-    """
     _dependencies = []
 
     @classmethod
@@ -52,12 +46,6 @@ class DependencyMixin(ModuleHelperBase):
         return cls._dependencies[-1]
 
     def fail_on_missing_deps(self):
-        self.module.deprecate(
-            'The DependencyMixin is being deprecated. '
-            'Modules should use community.general.plugins.module_utils.deps instead.',
-            version='9.0.0',
-            collection_name='community.general',
-        )
         for d in self._dependencies:
             if not d.has_it:
                 self.module.fail_json(changed=False,

plugins/module_utils/mh/module_helper.py

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-
 from ansible.module_utils.common.dict_transformations import dict_merge
 
 # (TODO: remove AnsibleModule!) pylint: disable-next=unused-import

plugins/module_utils/module_helper.py

@@ -7,17 +7,14 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-# pylint: disable=unused-import
 
-
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.module_helper import (
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.module_helper import (  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
     ModuleHelper, StateModuleHelper, CmdModuleHelper, CmdStateModuleHelper, AnsibleModule
 )
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.cmd import CmdMixin, ArgFormat  # noqa: F401
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.state import StateMixin  # noqa: F401
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.deps import DependencyCtxMgr, DependencyMixin  # noqa: F401
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.exceptions import ModuleHelperException  # noqa: F401
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.deco import (
-    cause_changes, module_fails_on_exception, check_mode_skip, check_mode_skip_returns,
-)
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.vars import VarMeta, VarDict, VarsMixin  # noqa: F401
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.cmd import CmdMixin, ArgFormat  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.state import StateMixin  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.deps import DependencyCtxMgr  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.exceptions import ModuleHelperException  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+# pylint: disable-next=unused-import
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.deco import cause_changes, module_fails_on_exception  # noqa: F401
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.vars import VarMeta, VarDict  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import

plugins/module_utils/net_tools/pritunl/api.py

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def _post_pritunl_organization(
         api_secret=api_secret,
         base_url=base_url,
         method="POST",
-        path="/organization/%s",
+        path="/organization",
         headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
         data=json.dumps(organization_data),
         validate_certs=validate_certs,
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def post_pritunl_organization(
         api_secret=api_secret,
         base_url=base_url,
         organization_data={"name": organization_name},
-        validate_certs=True,
+        validate_certs=validate_certs,
     )
 
     if response.getcode() != 200:
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def post_pritunl_user(
             base_url=base_url,
             organization_id=organization_id,
             user_data=user_data,
-            validate_certs=True,
+            validate_certs=validate_certs,
         )
 
         if response.getcode() != 200:
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def post_pritunl_user(
             organization_id=organization_id,
             user_data=user_data,
             user_id=user_id,
-            validate_certs=True,
+            validate_certs=validate_certs,
         )
 
         if response.getcode() != 200:
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def delete_pritunl_organization(
         api_secret=api_secret,
         base_url=base_url,
         organization_id=organization_id,
-        validate_certs=True,
+        validate_certs=validate_certs,
     )
 
     if response.getcode() != 200:
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def delete_pritunl_user(
         base_url=base_url,
         organization_id=organization_id,
         user_id=user_id,
-        validate_certs=True,
+        validate_certs=validate_certs,
     )
 
     if response.getcode() != 200:

plugins/module_utils/oracle/oci_utils.py

@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ def are_lists_equal(s, t):
     if s is None and t is None:
         return True
 
-    if (s is None and len(t) >= 0) or (t is None and len(s) >= 0) or (len(s) != len(t)):
+    if s is None or t is None or (len(s) != len(t)):
         return False
 
     if len(s) == 0:
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ def are_lists_equal(s, t):
     s = to_dict(s)
     t = to_dict(t)
 
-    if type(s[0]) == dict:
+    if isinstance(s[0], dict):
         # Handle list of dicts. Dictionary returned by the API may have additional keys. For example, a get call on
         # service gateway has an attribute `services` which is a list of `ServiceIdResponseDetails`. This has a key
         # `service_name` which is not provided in the list of `services` by a user while making an update call; only
@@ -604,9 +604,9 @@ def get_attr_to_update(get_fn, kwargs_get, module, update_attributes):
         user_provided_attr_value = module.params.get(attr, None)
 
         unequal_list_attr = (
-            type(resources_attr_value) == list or type(user_provided_attr_value) == list
+            isinstance(resources_attr_value, list) or isinstance(user_provided_attr_value, list)
         ) and not are_lists_equal(user_provided_attr_value, resources_attr_value)
-        unequal_attr = type(resources_attr_value) != list and to_dict(
+        unequal_attr = not isinstance(resources_attr_value, list) and to_dict(
             resources_attr_value
         ) != to_dict(user_provided_attr_value)
         if unequal_list_attr or unequal_attr:
@@ -936,9 +936,9 @@ def tuplize(d):
     list_of_tuples = []
     key_list = sorted(list(d.keys()))
     for key in key_list:
-        if type(d[key]) == list:
+        if isinstance(d[key], list):
             # Convert a value which is itself a list of dict to a list of tuples.
-            if d[key] and type(d[key][0]) == dict:
+            if d[key] and isinstance(d[key][0], dict):
                 sub_tuples = []
                 for sub_dict in d[key]:
                     sub_tuples.append(tuplize(sub_dict))
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ def tuplize(d):
                 list_of_tuples.append((sub_tuples is None, key, sub_tuples))
             else:
                 list_of_tuples.append((d[key] is None, key, d[key]))
-        elif type(d[key]) == dict:
+        elif isinstance(d[key], dict):
             tupled_value = tuplize(d[key])
             list_of_tuples.append((tupled_value is None, key, tupled_value))
         else:
@@ -969,13 +969,13 @@ def sort_dictionary(d):
     """
     sorted_d = {}
     for key in d:
-        if type(d[key]) == list:
-            if d[key] and type(d[key][0]) == dict:
+        if isinstance(d[key], list):
+            if d[key] and isinstance(d[key][0], dict):
                 sorted_value = sort_list_of_dictionary(d[key])
                 sorted_d[key] = sorted_value
             else:
                 sorted_d[key] = sorted(d[key])
-        elif type(d[key]) == dict:
+        elif isinstance(d[key], dict):
             sorted_d[key] = sort_dictionary(d[key])
         else:
             sorted_d[key] = d[key]
@@ -1026,10 +1026,7 @@ def check_if_user_value_matches_resources_attr(
             return
 
         if (
-            resources_value_for_attr is None
-            and len(user_provided_value_for_attr) >= 0
-            or user_provided_value_for_attr is None
-            and len(resources_value_for_attr) >= 0
+            resources_value_for_attr is None or user_provided_value_for_attr is None
         ):
             res[0] = False
             return
@@ -1044,7 +1041,7 @@ def check_if_user_value_matches_resources_attr(
 
         if (
             user_provided_value_for_attr
-            and type(user_provided_value_for_attr[0]) == dict
+            and isinstance(user_provided_value_for_attr[0], dict)
         ):
             # Process a list of dict
             sorted_user_provided_value_for_attr = sort_list_of_dictionary(
@@ -1547,7 +1544,7 @@ def delete_and_wait(
     except ServiceError as ex:
         # DNS API throws a 400 InvalidParameter when a zone id is provided for zone_name_or_id and if the zone
         # resource is not available, instead of the expected 404. So working around this for now.
-        if type(client) == oci.dns.DnsClient:
+        if isinstance(client, oci.dns.DnsClient):
             if ex.status == 400 and ex.code == "InvalidParameter":
                 _debug(
                     "Resource {0} with {1} already deleted. So returning changed=False".format(

plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import traceback
 PROXMOXER_IMP_ERR = None
 try:
     from proxmoxer import ProxmoxAPI
+    from proxmoxer import __version__ as proxmoxer_version
     HAS_PROXMOXER = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_PROXMOXER = False
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ class ProxmoxAnsible(object):
             module.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib('proxmoxer'), exception=PROXMOXER_IMP_ERR)
 
         self.module = module
+        self.proxmoxer_version = proxmoxer_version
         self.proxmox_api = self._connect()
         # Test token validity
         try:
@@ -98,6 +100,8 @@ class ProxmoxAnsible(object):
         if api_password:
             auth_args['password'] = api_password
         else:
+            if self.proxmoxer_version < LooseVersion('1.1.0'):
+                self.module.fail_json('Using "token_name" and "token_value" require proxmoxer>=1.1.0')
             auth_args['token_name'] = api_token_id
             auth_args['token_value'] = api_token_secret
 

plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py

@@ -652,7 +652,8 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
         properties = ['CacheSummary', 'FirmwareVersion', 'Identifiers',
                       'Location', 'Manufacturer', 'Model', 'Name', 'Id',
                       'PartNumber', 'SerialNumber', 'SpeedGbps', 'Status']
-        key = "StorageControllers"
+        key = "Controllers"
+        deprecated_key = "StorageControllers"
 
         # Find Storage service
         response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + systems_uri)
@@ -680,7 +681,30 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                 data = response['data']
 
                 if key in data:
-                    controller_list = data[key]
+                    controllers_uri = data[key][u'@odata.id']
+
+                    response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + controllers_uri)
+                    if response['ret'] is False:
+                        return response
+                    result['ret'] = True
+                    data = response['data']
+
+                    if data[u'Members']:
+                        for controller_member in data[u'Members']:
+                            controller_member_uri = controller_member[u'@odata.id']
+                            response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + controller_member_uri)
+                            if response['ret'] is False:
+                                return response
+                            result['ret'] = True
+                            data = response['data']
+
+                            controller_result = {}
+                            for property in properties:
+                                if property in data:
+                                    controller_result[property] = data[property]
+                            controller_results.append(controller_result)
+                elif deprecated_key in data:
+                    controller_list = data[deprecated_key]
                     for controller in controller_list:
                         controller_result = {}
                         for property in properties:
@@ -735,7 +759,25 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                         return response
                     data = response['data']
                     controller_name = 'Controller 1'
-                    if 'StorageControllers' in data:
+                    if 'Controllers' in data:
+                        controllers_uri = data['Controllers'][u'@odata.id']
+
+                        response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + controllers_uri)
+                        if response['ret'] is False:
+                            return response
+                        result['ret'] = True
+                        cdata = response['data']
+
+                        if cdata[u'Members']:
+                            controller_member_uri = cdata[u'Members'][0][u'@odata.id']
+
+                            response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + controller_member_uri)
+                            if response['ret'] is False:
+                                return response
+                            result['ret'] = True
+                            cdata = response['data']
+                            controller_name = cdata['Name']
+                    elif 'StorageControllers' in data:
                         sc = data['StorageControllers']
                         if sc:
                             if 'Name' in sc[0]:
@@ -832,14 +874,32 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
             if data.get('Members'):
                 for controller in data[u'Members']:
                     controller_list.append(controller[u'@odata.id'])
-                for c in controller_list:
+                for idx, c in enumerate(controller_list):
                     uri = self.root_uri + c
                     response = self.get_request(uri)
                     if response['ret'] is False:
                         return response
                     data = response['data']
-                    controller_name = 'Controller 1'
-                    if 'StorageControllers' in data:
+                    controller_name = 'Controller %s' % str(idx)
+                    if 'Controllers' in data:
+                        response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + data['Controllers'][u'@odata.id'])
+                        if response['ret'] is False:
+                            return response
+                        c_data = response['data']
+
+                        if c_data.get('Members') and c_data['Members']:
+                            response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + c_data['Members'][0][u'@odata.id'])
+                            if response['ret'] is False:
+                                return response
+                            member_data = response['data']
+
+                            if member_data:
+                                if 'Name' in member_data:
+                                    controller_name = member_data['Name']
+                                else:
+                                    controller_id = member_data.get('Id', '1')
+                                    controller_name = 'Controller %s' % controller_id
+                    elif 'StorageControllers' in data:
                         sc = data['StorageControllers']
                         if sc:
                             if 'Name' in sc[0]:
@@ -848,6 +908,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                                 sc_id = sc[0].get('Id', '1')
                                 controller_name = 'Controller %s' % sc_id
                     volume_results = []
+                    volume_list = []
                     if 'Volumes' in data:
                         # Get a list of all volumes and build respective URIs
                         volumes_uri = data[u'Volumes'][u'@odata.id']
@@ -1079,6 +1140,12 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                 if property in data:
                     user[property] = data[property]
 
+            # Filter out empty account slots
+            # An empty account slot can be detected if the username is an empty
+            # string and if the account is disabled
+            if user.get('UserName', '') == '' and not user.get('Enabled', False):
+                continue
+
             users_results.append(user)
         result["entries"] = users_results
         return result

plugins/module_utils/rundeck.py

@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ def api_request(module, endpoint, data=None, method="GET"):
     if info["status"] == 403:
         module.fail_json(msg="Token authorization failed",
                          execution_info=json.loads(info["body"]))
-    if info["status"] == 409:
+    elif info["status"] == 404:
+        return None, info
+    elif info["status"] == 409:
         module.fail_json(msg="Job executions limit reached",
                          execution_info=json.loads(info["body"]))
     elif info["status"] >= 500:

plugins/module_utils/snap.py

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2023, Alexei Znamensky <russoz@gmail.com>
-# 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
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner import CmdRunner, cmd_runner_fmt
-
-
-_alias_state_map = dict(
-    present='alias',
-    absent='unalias',
-    info='aliases',
-)
-
-_state_map = dict(
-    present='install',
-    absent='remove',
-    enabled='enable',
-    disabled='disable',
-)
-
-
-def snap_runner(module, **kwargs):
-    runner = CmdRunner(
-        module,
-        "snap",
-        arg_formats=dict(
-            state_alias=cmd_runner_fmt.as_map(_alias_state_map),  # snap_alias only
-            name=cmd_runner_fmt.as_list(),
-            alias=cmd_runner_fmt.as_list(),                       # snap_alias only
-            state=cmd_runner_fmt.as_map(_state_map),
-            _list=cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed("list"),
-            _set=cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed("set"),
-            get=cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed(["get", "-d"]),
-            classic=cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool("--classic"),
-            channel=cmd_runner_fmt.as_func(lambda v: [] if v == 'stable' else ['--channel', '{0}'.format(v)]),
-            options=cmd_runner_fmt.as_list(),
-        ),
-        check_rc=False,
-        **kwargs
-    )
-    return runner

plugins/modules/aix_filesystem.py

@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ options:
     type: list
     elements: str
     default:
-      - agblksize='4096'
-      - isnapshot='no'
+      - agblksize=4096
+      - isnapshot=no
   auto_mount:
     description:
       - File system is automatically mounted at system restart.
@@ -365,7 +365,53 @@ def create_fs(
         # Creates a LVM file system.
         crfs_cmd = module.get_bin_path('crfs', True)
         if not module.check_mode:
-            cmd = [crfs_cmd, "-v", fs_type, "-m", filesystem, vg, device, mount_group, auto_mount, account_subsystem, "-p", permissions, size, "-a", attributes]
+            cmd = [crfs_cmd]
+
+            cmd.append("-v")
+            cmd.append(fs_type)
+
+            if vg:
+                (flag, value) = vg.split()
+                cmd.append(flag)
+                cmd.append(value)
+
+            if device:
+                (flag, value) = device.split()
+                cmd.append(flag)
+                cmd.append(value)
+
+            cmd.append("-m")
+            cmd.append(filesystem)
+
+            if mount_group:
+                (flag, value) = mount_group.split()
+                cmd.append(flag)
+                cmd.append(value)
+
+            if auto_mount:
+                (flag, value) = auto_mount.split()
+                cmd.append(flag)
+                cmd.append(value)
+
+            if account_subsystem:
+                (flag, value) = account_subsystem.split()
+                cmd.append(flag)
+                cmd.append(value)
+
+            cmd.append("-p")
+            cmd.append(permissions)
+
+            if size:
+                (flag, value) = size.split()
+                cmd.append(flag)
+                cmd.append(value)
+
+            if attributes:
+                splitted_attributes = attributes.split()
+                cmd.append("-a")
+                for value in splitted_attributes:
+                    cmd.append(value)
+
             rc, crfs_out, err = module.run_command(cmd)
 
             if rc == 10:
@@ -461,7 +507,7 @@ def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
             account_subsystem=dict(type='bool', default=False),
-            attributes=dict(type='list', elements='str', default=["agblksize='4096'", "isnapshot='no'"]),
+            attributes=dict(type='list', elements='str', default=["agblksize=4096", "isnapshot=no"]),
             auto_mount=dict(type='bool', default=True),
             device=dict(type='str'),
             filesystem=dict(type='str', required=True),

plugins/modules/apache2_module.py

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def _get_ctl_binary(module):
         if ctl_binary is not None:
             return ctl_binary
 
-    module.fail_json(msg="Neither of apache2ctl nor apachctl found. At least one apache control binary is necessary.")
+    module.fail_json(msg="Neither of apache2ctl nor apachectl found. At least one apache control binary is necessary.")
 
 
 def _module_is_enabled(module):

plugins/modules/composer.py

@@ -170,10 +170,15 @@ def get_available_options(module, command='install'):
     return command_help_json['definition']['options']
 
 
-def composer_command(module, command, arguments="", options=None, global_command=False):
+def composer_command(module, command, arguments="", options=None):
     if options is None:
         options = []
 
+    global_command = module.params['global_command']
+
+    if not global_command:
+        options.extend(['--working-dir', "'%s'" % module.params['working_dir']])
+
     if module.params['executable'] is None:
         php_path = module.get_bin_path("php", True, ["/usr/local/bin"])
     else:
@@ -217,7 +222,6 @@ def main():
         module.fail_json(msg="Use the 'arguments' param for passing arguments with the 'command'")
 
     arguments = module.params['arguments']
-    global_command = module.params['global_command']
     available_options = get_available_options(module=module, command=command)
 
     options = []
@@ -234,9 +238,6 @@ def main():
             option = "--%s" % option
             options.append(option)
 
-    if not global_command:
-        options.extend(['--working-dir', "'%s'" % module.params['working_dir']])
-
     option_params = {
         'prefer_source': 'prefer-source',
         'prefer_dist': 'prefer-dist',
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ def main():
         else:
             module.exit_json(skipped=True, msg="command '%s' does not support check mode, skipping" % command)
 
-    rc, out, err = composer_command(module, command, arguments, options, global_command)
+    rc, out, err = composer_command(module, command, arguments, options)
 
     if rc != 0:
         output = parse_out(err)

plugins/modules/datadog_downtime.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ short_description: Manages Datadog downtimes
 version_added: 2.0.0
 description:
   - Manages downtimes within Datadog.
-  - Options as described on U(https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/v1/downtimes/s).
+  - Options as described on U(https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/v1/downtimes/).
 author:
   - Datadog (@Datadog)
 requirements:
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ def build_downtime(module):
         downtime.timezone = module.params["timezone"]
     if module.params["rrule"]:
         downtime.recurrence = DowntimeRecurrence(
-            rrule=module.params["rrule"]
+            rrule=module.params["rrule"],
+            type="rrule",
         )
     return downtime
 

plugins/modules/dconf.py

@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ notes:
     I(value="'myvalue'") - with single quotes as part of the Ansible parameter
     value.
   - When using loops in combination with a value like
-    :code:`"[('xkb', 'us'), ('xkb', 'se')]"`, you need to be aware of possible
-    type conversions. Applying a filter :code:`"{{ item.value | string }}"`
+    "[('xkb', 'us'), ('xkb', 'se')]", you need to be aware of possible
+    type conversions. Applying a filter C({{ item.value | string }})
     to the parameter variable can avoid potential conversion problems.
   - The easiest way to figure out exact syntax/value you need to provide for a
     key is by making the configuration change in application affected by the

plugins/modules/dnsimple_info.py

@@ -239,9 +239,9 @@ with deps.declare("requests"):
 
 def build_url(account, key, is_sandbox):
     headers = {'Accept': 'application/json',
-               'Authorization': 'Bearer {0}'.format(key)}
-    sandbox = '.sandbox' if is_sandbox else ''
-    url = 'https://api{sandbox}.dnsimple.com/v2/{account}'.format(sandbox=sandbox, account=account)
+               'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + key}
+    url = 'https://api{sandbox}.dnsimple.com/'.format(
+        sandbox=".sandbox" if is_sandbox else "") + 'v2/' + account
     req = Request(url=url, headers=headers)
     prepped_request = req.prepare()
     return prepped_request
@@ -250,21 +250,19 @@ def build_url(account, key, is_sandbox):
 def iterate_data(module, request_object):
     base_url = request_object.url
     response = Session().send(request_object)
-    if 'pagination' not in response.json():
+    if 'pagination' in response.json():
+        data = response.json()["data"]
+        pages = response.json()["pagination"]["total_pages"]
+        if int(pages) > 1:
+            for page in range(1, pages):
+                page = page + 1
+                request_object.url = base_url + '&page=' + str(page)
+                new_results = Session().send(request_object)
+                data = data + new_results.json()["data"]
+        return data
+    else:
         module.fail_json('API Call failed, check ID, key and sandbox values')
 
-    data = response.json()["data"]
-    total_pages = response.json()["pagination"]["total_pages"]
-    page = 1
-
-    while page < total_pages:
-        page = page + 1
-        request_object.url = '{url}&page={page}'.format(url=base_url, page=page)
-        new_results = Session().send(request_object)
-        data = data + new_results.json()['data']
-
-    return data
-
 
 def record_info(dnsimple_mod, req_obj):
     req_obj.url, req_obj.method = req_obj.url + '/zones/' + dnsimple_mod.params["name"] + '/records?name=' + dnsimple_mod.params["record"], 'GET'

plugins/modules/ejabberd_user.py

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
         changed.   It will return True if the user does not match the supplied
         credentials and False if it does not
         """
-        return self.run_command('check_password', [self.user, self.host, self.pwd])
+        return bool(self.run_command('check_password', [self.user, self.host, self.pwd])[0])
 
     @property
     def exists(self):
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
         host specified.  If the user exists True is returned, otherwise False
         is returned
         """
-        return self.run_command('check_account', [self.user, self.host])
+        return not bool(self.run_command('check_account', [self.user, self.host])[0])
 
     def log(self, entry):
         """ This method will log information to the local syslog facility """
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
         """ This method will run the any command specified and return the
         returns using the Ansible common module
         """
-        cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path('ejabberdctl'), cmd] + options
+        cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path('ejabberdctl', required=True), cmd] + options
         self.log('command: %s' % " ".join(cmd))
         return self.module.run_command(cmd)
 

plugins/modules/gconftool2.py

@@ -35,13 +35,12 @@ options:
     type: str
     description:
     - Preference keys typically have simple values such as strings,
-      integers, or lists of strings and integers.
-      This is ignored unless I(state=present). See man gconftool-2(1).
+      integers, or lists of strings and integers. This is ignored if the state
+      is "get". See man gconftool-2(1).
   value_type:
     type: str
     description:
-    - The type of value being set.
-      This is ignored unless I(state=present). See man gconftool-2(1).
+    - The type of value being set. This is ignored if the state is "get".
     choices: [ bool, float, int, string ]
   state:
     type: str
@@ -57,8 +56,8 @@ options:
       See man gconftool-2(1).
   direct:
     description:
-    - Access the config database directly, bypassing server.  If I(direct) is
-      specified then the I(config_source) must be specified as well.
+    - Access the config database directly, bypassing server.  If direct is
+      specified then the config_source must be specified as well.
       See man gconftool-2(1).
     type: bool
     default: false
@@ -74,26 +73,17 @@ EXAMPLES = """
 
 RETURN = '''
   key:
-    description: The key specified in the module parameters.
+    description: The key specified in the module parameters
     returned: success
     type: str
     sample: /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name
   value_type:
-    description: The type of the value that was changed.
+    description: The type of the value that was changed
     returned: success
     type: str
     sample: string
   value:
-    description:
-      - The value of the preference key after executing the module or C(null) if key is removed.
-      - From community.general 7.0.0 onwards it returns C(null) for a non-existent I(key), and returns C("") before that.
-    returned: success
-    type: str
-    sample: "Serif 12"
-  previous_value:
-    description:
-      - The value of the preference key before executing the module.
-      - From community.general 7.0.0 onwards it returns C(null) for a non-existent I(key), and returns C("") before that.
+    description: The value of the preference key after executing the module
     returned: success
     type: str
     sample: "Serif 12"
@@ -105,6 +95,7 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.gconftool2 impor
 
 
 class GConftool(StateModuleHelper):
+    change_params = ('value', )
     diff_params = ('value', )
     output_params = ('key', 'value_type')
     facts_params = ('key', 'value_type')
@@ -120,6 +111,7 @@ class GConftool(StateModuleHelper):
         ),
         required_if=[
             ('state', 'present', ['value', 'value_type']),
+            ('state', 'absent', ['value']),
             ('direct', True, ['config_source']),
         ],
         supports_check_mode=True,
@@ -133,7 +125,6 @@ class GConftool(StateModuleHelper):
 
         self.vars.set('previous_value', self._get(), fact=True)
         self.vars.set('value_type', self.vars.value_type)
-        self.vars.set('_value', self.vars.previous_value, output=False, change=True)
         self.vars.set_meta('value', initial_value=self.vars.previous_value)
         self.vars.set('playbook_value', self.vars.value, fact=True)
 
@@ -141,8 +132,7 @@ class GConftool(StateModuleHelper):
         def process(rc, out, err):
             if err and fail_on_err:
                 self.ansible.fail_json(msg='gconftool-2 failed with error: %s' % (str(err)))
-            out = out.rstrip()
-            self.vars.value = None if out == "" else out
+            self.vars.value = out.rstrip()
             return self.vars.value
         return process
 
@@ -158,18 +148,11 @@ class GConftool(StateModuleHelper):
     def state_absent(self):
         with self.runner("state key", output_process=self._make_process(False)) as ctx:
             ctx.run()
-            if self.verbosity >= 4:
-                self.vars.run_info = ctx.run_info
         self.vars.set('new_value', None, fact=True)
-        self.vars._value = None
 
     def state_present(self):
         with self.runner("direct config_source value_type state key value", output_process=self._make_process(True)) as ctx:
-            ctx.run()
-            if self.verbosity >= 4:
-                self.vars.run_info = ctx.run_info
-        self.vars.set('new_value', self._get(), fact=True)
-        self.vars._value = self.vars.new_value
+            self.vars.set('new_value', ctx.run(), fact=True)
 
 
 def main():

plugins/modules/github_deploy_key.py

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class GithubDeployKey(object):
                 yield self.module.from_json(resp.read())
 
                 links = {}
-                for x, y in findall(r'<([^>]+)>;\s*rel="(\w+)"', info["link"]):
+                for x, y in findall(r'<([^>]+)>;\s*rel="(\w+)"', info.get("link", '')):
                     links[y] = x
 
                 url = links.get('next')

plugins/modules/github_key.py

@@ -82,8 +82,14 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     name: Access Key for Some Machine
     token: '{{ github_access_token }}'
     pubkey: '{{ ssh_pub_key.stdout }}'
-'''
 
+# Alternatively, a single task can be used reading a key from a file on the controller
+- name: Authorize key with GitHub
+  community.general.github_key:
+    name: Access Key for Some Machine
+    token: '{{ github_access_token }}'
+    pubkey: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '/home/foo/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"
+'''
 
 import json
 import re

plugins/modules/gitlab_group.py

@@ -255,7 +255,10 @@ class GitLabGroup(object):
             return True
 
         try:
-            group = self._gitlab.groups.create(arguments)
+            # Filter out None values
+            filtered = dict((arg_key, arg_value) for arg_key, arg_value in arguments.items() if arg_value is not None)
+
+            group = self._gitlab.groups.create(filtered)
         except (gitlab.exceptions.GitlabCreateError) as e:
             self._module.fail_json(msg="Failed to create group: %s " % to_native(e))
 

plugins/modules/gitlab_group_members.py

@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@ def main():
     ensure_gitlab_package(module)
 
     access_level_int = {
-        'guest': gitlab.GUEST_ACCESS,
-        'reporter': gitlab.REPORTER_ACCESS,
-        'developer': gitlab.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
-        'maintainer': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
-        'owner': gitlab.OWNER_ACCESS,
+        'guest': gitlab.const.GUEST_ACCESS,
+        'reporter': gitlab.const.REPORTER_ACCESS,
+        'developer': gitlab.const.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
+        'maintainer': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
+        'owner': gitlab.const.OWNER_ACCESS,
     }
 
     gitlab_group = module.params['gitlab_group']

plugins/modules/gitlab_group_variable.py

@@ -166,11 +166,52 @@ group_variable:
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.api import basic_auth_argument_spec
+from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.module_utils.six import integer_types
+
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.gitlab import (
-    auth_argument_spec, gitlab_authentication, ensure_gitlab_package, filter_returned_variables, vars_to_variables
+    auth_argument_spec, gitlab_authentication, ensure_gitlab_package, filter_returned_variables
 )
 
 
+def vars_to_variables(vars, module):
+    # transform old vars to new variables structure
+    variables = list()
+    for item, value in vars.items():
+        if (isinstance(value, string_types) or
+           isinstance(value, (integer_types, float))):
+            variables.append(
+                {
+                    "name": item,
+                    "value": str(value),
+                    "masked": False,
+                    "protected": False,
+                    "variable_type": "env_var",
+                }
+            )
+
+        elif isinstance(value, dict):
+            new_item = {"name": item, "value": value.get('value')}
+
+            new_item = {
+                "name": item,
+                "value": value.get('value'),
+                "masked": value.get('masked'),
+                "protected": value.get('protected'),
+                "variable_type": value.get('variable_type'),
+            }
+
+            if value.get('environment_scope'):
+                new_item['environment_scope'] = value.get('environment_scope')
+
+            variables.append(new_item)
+
+        else:
+            module.fail_json(msg="value must be of type string, integer, float or dict")
+
+    return variables
+
+
 class GitlabGroupVariables(object):
 
     def __init__(self, module, gitlab_instance):

plugins/modules/gitlab_project_members.py

@@ -282,10 +282,10 @@ def main():
     ensure_gitlab_package(module)
 
     access_level_int = {
-        'guest': gitlab.GUEST_ACCESS,
-        'reporter': gitlab.REPORTER_ACCESS,
-        'developer': gitlab.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
-        'maintainer': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
+        'guest': gitlab.const.GUEST_ACCESS,
+        'reporter': gitlab.const.REPORTER_ACCESS,
+        'developer': gitlab.const.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
+        'maintainer': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
     }
 
     gitlab_project = module.params['project']

plugins/modules/gitlab_project_variable.py

@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ project_variable:
 import traceback
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
 from ansible.module_utils.api import basic_auth_argument_spec
+from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.module_utils.six import integer_types
 
 GITLAB_IMP_ERR = None
 try:
@@ -194,10 +196,47 @@ except Exception:
     HAS_GITLAB_PACKAGE = False
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.gitlab import (
-    auth_argument_spec, gitlab_authentication, ensure_gitlab_package, filter_returned_variables, vars_to_variables
+    auth_argument_spec, gitlab_authentication, ensure_gitlab_package, filter_returned_variables
 )
 
 
+def vars_to_variables(vars, module):
+    # transform old vars to new variables structure
+    variables = list()
+    for item, value in vars.items():
+        if (isinstance(value, string_types) or
+           isinstance(value, (integer_types, float))):
+            variables.append(
+                {
+                    "name": item,
+                    "value": str(value),
+                    "masked": False,
+                    "protected": False,
+                    "variable_type": "env_var",
+                }
+            )
+
+        elif isinstance(value, dict):
+
+            new_item = {
+                "name": item,
+                "value": value.get('value'),
+                "masked": value.get('masked'),
+                "protected": value.get('protected'),
+                "variable_type": value.get('variable_type'),
+            }
+
+            if value.get('environment_scope'):
+                new_item['environment_scope'] = value.get('environment_scope')
+
+            variables.append(new_item)
+
+        else:
+            module.fail_json(msg="value must be of type string, integer, float or dict")
+
+    return variables
+
+
 class GitlabProjectVariables(object):
 
     def __init__(self, module, gitlab_instance):
@@ -283,7 +322,7 @@ def compare(requested_variables, existing_variables, state):
 def native_python_main(this_gitlab, purge, requested_variables, state, module):
 
     change = False
-    return_value = dict(added=[], updated=[], removed=[], untouched=[])
+    return_value = dict(added=list(), updated=list(), removed=list(), untouched=list())
 
     gitlab_keys = this_gitlab.list_all_project_variables()
     before = [x.attributes for x in gitlab_keys]
@@ -352,7 +391,7 @@ def native_python_main(this_gitlab, purge, requested_variables, state, module):
     if module.check_mode:
         return_value = dict(added=added, updated=updated, removed=return_value['removed'], untouched=untouched)
 
-    if any(return_value[x] for x in ['added', 'removed', 'updated']):
+    if return_value['added'] or return_value['removed'] or return_value['updated']:
         change = True
 
     gitlab_keys = this_gitlab.list_all_project_variables()
@@ -413,7 +452,7 @@ def main():
 
     if state == 'present':
         if any(x['value'] is None for x in variables):
-            module.fail_json(msg='value parameter is required for all variables in state present')
+            module.fail_json(msg='value parameter is required in state present')
 
     gitlab_instance = gitlab_authentication(module)
 

plugins/modules/gitlab_protected_branch.py

@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ class GitlabProtectedBranch(object):
         self._module = module
         self.project = self.get_project(project)
         self.ACCESS_LEVEL = {
-            'nobody': gitlab.NO_ACCESS,
-            'developer': gitlab.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
-            'maintainer': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS
+            'nobody': gitlab.const.NO_ACCESS,
+            'developer': gitlab.const.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
+            'maintainer': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS
         }
 
     def get_project(self, project_name):

plugins/modules/gitlab_runner.py

@@ -114,9 +114,8 @@ options:
       - Whether the runner should be registered with an access level or not.
       - If set to C(true), the value of I(access_level) is used for runner registration.
       - If set to C(false), GitLab registers the runner with the default access level.
-      - The default of this option changed to C(true) in community.general 7.0.0. Before, it was C(false).
+      - The current default of this option is C(false). This default is deprecated and will change to C(true) in commuinty.general 7.0.0.
     required: false
-    default: true
     type: bool
     version_added: 6.3.0
   maximum_timeout:
@@ -253,6 +252,13 @@ class GitLabRunner(object):
             arguments['token'] = options['registration_token']
 
             access_level_on_creation = self._module.params['access_level_on_creation']
+            if access_level_on_creation is None:
+                message = "The option 'access_level_on_creation' is unspecified, so 'false' is assumed. "\
+                          "That means any value of 'access_level' is ignored and GitLab registers the runner with its default value. "\
+                          "The option 'access_level_on_creation' will switch to 'true' in community.general 7.0.0"
+                self._module.deprecate(message, version='7.0.0', collection_name='community.general')
+                access_level_on_creation = False
+
             if not access_level_on_creation:
                 arguments.pop('access_level', None)
 
@@ -360,7 +366,7 @@ def main():
         run_untagged=dict(type='bool', default=True),
         locked=dict(type='bool', default=False),
         access_level=dict(type='str', choices=["not_protected", "ref_protected"]),
-        access_level_on_creation=dict(type='bool', default=True),
+        access_level_on_creation=dict(type='bool'),
         maximum_timeout=dict(type='int', default=3600),
         registration_token=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
         project=dict(type='str'),

plugins/modules/gitlab_user.py

@@ -244,12 +244,12 @@ class GitLabUser(object):
         self._gitlab = gitlab_instance
         self.user_object = None
         self.ACCESS_LEVEL = {
-            'guest': gitlab.GUEST_ACCESS,
-            'reporter': gitlab.REPORTER_ACCESS,
-            'developer': gitlab.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
-            'master': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
-            'maintainer': gitlab.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
-            'owner': gitlab.OWNER_ACCESS,
+            'guest': gitlab.const.GUEST_ACCESS,
+            'reporter': gitlab.const.REPORTER_ACCESS,
+            'developer': gitlab.const.DEVELOPER_ACCESS,
+            'master': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
+            'maintainer': gitlab.const.MAINTAINER_ACCESS,
+            'owner': gitlab.const.OWNER_ACCESS,
         }
 
     '''

plugins/modules/hana_query.py

@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2021, Rainer Leber <rainerleber@gmail.com>
+# 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
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
+---
+module: hana_query
+short_description: Execute SQL on HANA
+version_added: 3.2.0
+description: This module executes SQL statements on HANA with hdbsql.
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+    - community.general.attributes
+attributes:
+    check_mode:
+        support: none
+    diff_mode:
+        support: none
+options:
+    sid:
+        description: The system ID.
+        type: str
+        required: true
+    instance:
+        description: The instance number.
+        type: str
+        required: true
+    user:
+        description: A dedicated username. The user could be also in hdbuserstore. Defaults to C(SYSTEM).
+        type: str
+        default: SYSTEM
+    userstore:
+        description: If C(true) the user must be in hdbuserstore.
+        type: bool
+        default: false
+        version_added: 3.5.0
+    password:
+        description:
+          - The password to connect to the database.
+          - "B(Note:) Since the passwords have to be passed as command line arguments, I(userstore=true) should
+            be used whenever possible, as command line arguments can be seen by other users
+            on the same machine."
+        type: str
+    autocommit:
+        description: Autocommit the statement.
+        type: bool
+        default: true
+    host:
+        description: The Host IP address. The port can be defined as well.
+        type: str
+    database:
+        description: Define the database on which to connect.
+        type: str
+    encrypted:
+        description: Use encrypted connection. Defaults to C(false).
+        type: bool
+        default: false
+    filepath:
+        description:
+        - One or more files each containing one SQL query to run.
+        - Must be a string or list containing strings.
+        type: list
+        elements: path
+    query:
+        description:
+        - SQL query to run.
+        - Must be a string or list containing strings. Please note that if you supply a string, it will be split by commas (C(,)) to a list.
+          It is better to supply a one-element list instead to avoid mangled input.
+        type: list
+        elements: str
+author:
+    - Rainer Leber (@rainerleber)
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+- name: Simple select query
+  community.general.hana_query:
+    sid: "hdb"
+    instance: "01"
+    password: "Test123"
+    query: "select user_name from users"
+
+- name: Run several queries
+  community.general.hana_query:
+    sid: "hdb"
+    instance: "01"
+    password: "Test123"
+    query:
+    - "select user_name from users;"
+    - select * from SYSTEM;
+    host: "localhost"
+    autocommit: false
+
+- name: Run several queries from file
+  community.general.hana_query:
+    sid: "hdb"
+    instance: "01"
+    password: "Test123"
+    filepath:
+    - /tmp/HANA_CPU_UtilizationPerCore_2.00.020+.txt
+    - /tmp/HANA.txt
+    host: "localhost"
+
+- name: Run several queries from user store
+  community.general.hana_query:
+    sid: "hdb"
+    instance: "01"
+    user: hdbstoreuser
+    userstore: true
+    query:
+    - "select user_name from users;"
+    - select * from users;
+    autocommit: false
+'''
+
+RETURN = r'''
+query_result:
+    description: List containing results of all queries executed (one sublist for every query).
+    returned: on success
+    type: list
+    elements: list
+    sample: [[{"Column": "Value1"}, {"Column": "Value2"}], [{"Column": "Value1"}, {"Column": "Value2"}]]
+'''
+
+import csv
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.six import StringIO
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+
+
+def csv_to_list(rawcsv):
+    reader_raw = csv.DictReader(StringIO(rawcsv))
+    reader = [dict((k, v.strip()) for k, v in row.items()) for row in reader_raw]
+    return list(reader)
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            sid=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            instance=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            encrypted=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+            host=dict(type='str', required=False),
+            user=dict(type='str', default="SYSTEM"),
+            userstore=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+            password=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
+            database=dict(type='str', required=False),
+            query=dict(type='list', elements='str', required=False),
+            filepath=dict(type='list', elements='path', required=False),
+            autocommit=dict(type='bool', default=True),
+        ),
+        required_one_of=[('query', 'filepath')],
+        required_if=[('userstore', False, ['password'])],
+        supports_check_mode=False,
+    )
+    rc, out, err, out_raw = [0, [], "", ""]
+
+    params = module.params
+
+    sid = (params['sid']).upper()
+    instance = params['instance']
+    user = params['user']
+    userstore = params['userstore']
+    password = params['password']
+    autocommit = params['autocommit']
+    host = params['host']
+    database = params['database']
+    encrypted = params['encrypted']
+
+    filepath = params['filepath']
+    query = params['query']
+
+    bin_path = "/usr/sap/{sid}/HDB{instance}/exe/hdbsql".format(sid=sid, instance=instance)
+
+    try:
+        command = [module.get_bin_path(bin_path, required=True)]
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg='Failed to find hdbsql at the expected path "{0}". Please check SID and instance number: "{1}"'.format(bin_path, to_native(e)))
+
+    if encrypted is True:
+        command.extend(['-attemptencrypt'])
+    if autocommit is False:
+        command.extend(['-z'])
+    if host is not None:
+        command.extend(['-n', host])
+    if database is not None:
+        command.extend(['-d', database])
+    # -x Suppresses additional output, such as the number of selected rows in a result set.
+    if userstore:
+        command.extend(['-x', '-U', user])
+    else:
+        command.extend(['-x', '-i', instance, '-u', user, '-p', password])
+
+    if filepath is not None:
+        command.extend(['-I'])
+        for p in filepath:
+            # makes a command like hdbsql -i 01 -u SYSTEM -p secret123# -I /tmp/HANA_CPU_UtilizationPerCore_2.00.020+.txt,
+            # iterates through files and append the output to var out.
+            query_command = command + [p]
+            (rc, out_raw, err) = module.run_command(query_command)
+            out.append(csv_to_list(out_raw))
+    if query is not None:
+        for q in query:
+            # makes a command like hdbsql -i 01 -u SYSTEM -p secret123# "select user_name from users",
+            # iterates through multiple commands and append the output to var out.
+            query_command = command + [q]
+            (rc, out_raw, err) = module.run_command(query_command)
+            out.append(csv_to_list(out_raw))
+    changed = True
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=changed, rc=rc, query_result=out, stderr=err)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

plugins/modules/icinga2_host.py

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def main():
                 module.exit_json(changed=False, name=name, data=data)
 
             # Template attribute is not allowed in modification
-            del data['attrs']['templates']
+            del data['templates']
 
             ret = icinga.modify(name, data)
 

plugins/modules/ini_file.py

@@ -316,14 +316,14 @@ def do_ini(module, filename, section=None, option=None, values=None,
         # override option with no value to option with value if not allow_no_value
         if len(values) > 0:
             for index, line in enumerate(section_lines):
-                if not changed_lines[index] and match_active_opt(option, line):
+                if not changed_lines[index] and match_opt(option, line):
                     newline = assignment_format % (option, values.pop(0))
                     (changed, msg) = update_section_line(changed, section_lines, index, changed_lines, newline, msg)
                     if len(values) == 0:
                         break
         # remove all remaining option occurrences from the rest of the section
         for index in range(len(section_lines) - 1, 0, -1):
-            if not changed_lines[index] and match_active_opt(option, section_lines[index]):
+            if not changed_lines[index] and match_opt(option, section_lines[index]):
                 del section_lines[index]
                 del changed_lines[index]
                 changed = True

plugins/modules/ipa_dnsrecord.py

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ options:
   record_values:
     description:
     - Manage DNS record name with this value.
-    - Mutually exclusive with I(record_values), and exactly one of I(record_value) and I(record_values) has to be specified.
+    - Mutually exclusive with I(record_value), and exactly one of I(record_value) and I(record_values) has to be specified.
     - In the case of 'A' or 'AAAA' record types, this will be the IP address.
     - In the case of 'A6' record type, this will be the A6 Record data.
     - In the case of 'CNAME' record type, this will be the hostname.

plugins/modules/ipa_dnszone.py

@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ def ensure(module, client):
             changed = True
             if not module.check_mode:
                 client.dnszone_add(zone_name=zone_name, details={'idnsallowdynupdate': dynamicupdate, 'idnsallowsyncptr': allowsyncptr})
-        elif ipa_dnszone['idnsallowdynupdate'][0] != str(dynamicupdate).upper() or ipa_dnszone['idnsallowsyncptr'][0] != str(allowsyncptr).upper():
+        elif ipa_dnszone['idnsallowdynupdate'][0] != str(dynamicupdate).upper() or \
+                ipa_dnszone.get('idnsallowsyncptr') and ipa_dnszone['idnsallowsyncptr'][0] != str(allowsyncptr).upper():
             changed = True
             if not module.check_mode:
                 client.dnszone_mod(zone_name=zone_name, details={'idnsallowdynupdate': dynamicupdate, 'idnsallowsyncptr': allowsyncptr})

plugins/modules/ipa_user.py

@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ options:
     default: 'always'
     choices: [ always, on_create ]
   givenname:
-    description: First name.
+    description:
+    - First name.
+    - If user does not exist and I(state=present), the usage of I(givenname) is required.
     type: str
   krbpasswordexpiration:
     description:
@@ -54,7 +56,9 @@ options:
     - Will not be set for an existing user unless I(update_password=always), which is the default.
     type: str
   sn:
-    description: Surname.
+    description:
+    - Surname.
+    - If user does not exist and I(state=present), the usage of I(sn) is required.
     type: str
   sshpubkey:
     description:

plugins/modules/ipbase_info.py

@@ -1,304 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2023, Dominik Kukacka <dominik.kukacka@gmail.com>
-# 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
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-DOCUMENTATION = '''
----
-module: "ipbase_info"
-version_added: "7.0.0"
-short_description: "Retrieve IP geolocation and other facts of a host's IP address using the ipbase.com API"
-description:
-  - "Retrieve IP geolocation and other facts of a host's IP address using the ipbase.com API"
-author: "Dominik Kukacka (@dominikkukacka)"
-extends_documentation_fragment:
-  - "community.general.attributes"
-  - "community.general.attributes.info_module"
-options:
-  ip:
-    description:
-      - "The IP you want to get the info for. If not specified the API will detect the IP automatically."
-    required: false
-    type: str
-  apikey:
-    description:
-      - "The API key for the request if you need more requests."
-    required: false
-    type: str
-  hostname:
-    description:
-      - "If the hostname parameter is set to C(true), the API response will contain the hostname of the IP."
-    required: false
-    type: bool
-    default: false
-  language:
-    description:
-      - "An ISO Alpha 2 Language Code for localizing the IP data"
-    required: false
-    type: str
-    default: "en"
-notes:
-  - "Check U(https://ipbase.com/) for more information."
-'''
-
-EXAMPLES = '''
-- name: "Get IP geolocation information of the primary outgoing IP"
-  community.general.ipbase_info:
-  register: my_ip_info
-
-- name: "Get IP geolocation information of a specific IP"
-  community.general.ipbase_info:
-    ip: "8.8.8.8"
-  register: my_ip_info
-
-
-- name: "Get IP geolocation information of a specific IP with all other possible parameters"
-  community.general.ipbase_info:
-    ip: "8.8.8.8"
-    apikey: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
-    hostname: true
-    language: "de"
-  register: my_ip_info
-
-'''
-
-RETURN = '''
-data:
-  description: "JSON parsed response from ipbase.com. Please refer to U(https://ipbase.com/docs/info) for the detailled structure of the response."
-  returned: success
-  type: dict
-  sample: {
-    "ip": "1.1.1.1",
-    "hostname": "one.one.one.one",
-    "type": "v4",
-    "range_type": {
-      "type": "PUBLIC",
-      "description": "Public address"
-    },
-    "connection": {
-      "asn": 13335,
-      "organization": "Cloudflare, Inc.",
-      "isp": "APNIC Research and Development",
-      "range": "1.1.1.1/32"
-    },
-    "location": {
-      "geonames_id": 5332870,
-      "latitude": 34.053611755371094,
-      "longitude": -118.24549865722656,
-      "zip": "90012",
-      "continent": {
-        "code": "NA",
-        "name": "North America",
-        "name_translated": "North America"
-      },
-      "country": {
-        "alpha2": "US",
-        "alpha3": "USA",
-        "calling_codes": [
-          "+1"
-        ],
-        "currencies": [
-          {
-            "symbol": "$",
-            "name": "US Dollar",
-            "symbol_native": "$",
-            "decimal_digits": 2,
-            "rounding": 0,
-            "code": "USD",
-            "name_plural": "US dollars"
-          }
-        ],
-        "emoji": "...",
-        "ioc": "USA",
-        "languages": [
-          {
-            "name": "English",
-            "name_native": "English"
-          }
-        ],
-        "name": "United States",
-        "name_translated": "United States",
-        "timezones": [
-          "America/New_York",
-          "America/Detroit",
-          "America/Kentucky/Louisville",
-          "America/Kentucky/Monticello",
-          "America/Indiana/Indianapolis",
-          "America/Indiana/Vincennes",
-          "America/Indiana/Winamac",
-          "America/Indiana/Marengo",
-          "America/Indiana/Petersburg",
-          "America/Indiana/Vevay",
-          "America/Chicago",
-          "America/Indiana/Tell_City",
-          "America/Indiana/Knox",
-          "America/Menominee",
-          "America/North_Dakota/Center",
-          "America/North_Dakota/New_Salem",
-          "America/North_Dakota/Beulah",
-          "America/Denver",
-          "America/Boise",
-          "America/Phoenix",
-          "America/Los_Angeles",
-          "America/Anchorage",
-          "America/Juneau",
-          "America/Sitka",
-          "America/Metlakatla",
-          "America/Yakutat",
-          "America/Nome",
-          "America/Adak",
-          "Pacific/Honolulu"
-        ],
-        "is_in_european_union": false,
-        "fips": "US",
-        "geonames_id": 6252001,
-        "hasc_id": "US",
-        "wikidata_id": "Q30"
-      },
-      "city": {
-        "fips": "644000",
-        "alpha2": null,
-        "geonames_id": 5368753,
-        "hasc_id": null,
-        "wikidata_id": "Q65",
-        "name": "Los Angeles",
-        "name_translated": "Los Angeles"
-      },
-      "region": {
-        "fips": "US06",
-        "alpha2": "US-CA",
-        "geonames_id": 5332921,
-        "hasc_id": "US.CA",
-        "wikidata_id": "Q99",
-        "name": "California",
-        "name_translated": "California"
-      }
-    },
-    "tlds": [
-      ".us"
-    ],
-    "timezone": {
-      "id": "America/Los_Angeles",
-      "current_time": "2023-05-04T04:30:28-07:00",
-      "code": "PDT",
-      "is_daylight_saving": true,
-      "gmt_offset": -25200
-    },
-    "security": {
-      "is_anonymous": false,
-      "is_datacenter": false,
-      "is_vpn": false,
-      "is_bot": false,
-      "is_abuser": true,
-      "is_known_attacker": true,
-      "is_proxy": false,
-      "is_spam": false,
-      "is_tor": false,
-      "is_icloud_relay": false,
-      "threat_score": 100
-    },
-    "domains": {
-      "count": 10943,
-      "domains": [
-        "eliwise.academy",
-        "accountingprose.academy",
-        "pistola.academy",
-        "1and1-test-ntlds-fr.accountant",
-        "omnergy.africa"
-      ]
-    }
-  }
-'''
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-
-from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url
-
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
-
-
-USER_AGENT = 'ansible-community.general.ipbase_info/0.1.0'
-BASE_URL = 'https://api.ipbase.com/v2/info'
-
-
-class IpbaseInfo(object):
-
-    def __init__(self, module):
-        self.module = module
-
-    def _get_url_data(self, url):
-        response, info = fetch_url(
-            self.module,
-            url,
-            force=True,
-            timeout=10,
-            headers={
-                'Accept': 'application/json',
-                'User-Agent': USER_AGENT,
-            })
-
-        if info['status'] != 200:
-            self.module.fail_json(msg='The API request to ipbase.com returned an error status code {0}'.format(info['status']))
-        else:
-            try:
-                content = response.read()
-                result = self.module.from_json(content.decode('utf8'))
-            except ValueError:
-                self.module.fail_json(
-                    msg='Failed to parse the ipbase.com response: '
-                    '{0} {1}'.format(url, content))
-            else:
-                return result
-
-    def info(self):
-
-        ip = self.module.params['ip']
-        apikey = self.module.params['apikey']
-        hostname = self.module.params['hostname']
-        language = self.module.params['language']
-
-        url = BASE_URL
-
-        params = {}
-        if ip:
-            params['ip'] = ip
-
-        if apikey:
-            params['apikey'] = apikey
-
-        if hostname:
-            params['hostname'] = 1
-
-        if language:
-            params['language'] = language
-
-        if params:
-            url += '?' + urlencode(params)
-
-        return self._get_url_data(url)
-
-
-def main():
-    module_args = dict(
-        ip=dict(type='str', required=False, no_log=False),
-        apikey=dict(type='str', required=False, no_log=True),
-        hostname=dict(type='bool', required=False, no_log=False, default=False),
-        language=dict(type='str', required=False, no_log=False, default='en'),
-    )
-
-    module = AnsibleModule(
-        argument_spec=module_args,
-        supports_check_mode=True,
-    )
-
-    ipbase = IpbaseInfo(module)
-    module.exit_json(**ipbase.info())
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()

plugins/modules/jenkins_plugin.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ options:
   group:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Name of the Jenkins group on the OS.
+      - GID or name of the Jenkins group on the OS.
     default: jenkins
   jenkins_home:
     type: path
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ options:
   owner:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Name of the Jenkins user on the OS.
+      - UID or name of the Jenkins user on the OS.
     default: jenkins
   state:
     type: str
@@ -195,6 +195,29 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     url_password: p4ssw0rd
     url: http://localhost:8888
 
+#
+# Example of how to authenticate with serverless deployment
+#
+- name: Update plugins on ECS Fargate Jenkins instance
+  community.general.jenkins_plugin:
+    # plugin name and version
+    name: ws-cleanup
+    version: '0.45'
+    # Jenkins home path mounted on ec2-helper VM (example)
+    jenkins_home: "/mnt/{{ jenkins_instance }}"
+    # matching the UID/GID to one in official Jenkins image
+    owner: 1000
+    group: 1000
+    # Jenkins instance URL and admin credentials
+    url: "https://{{ jenkins_instance }}.com/"
+    url_username: admin
+    url_password: p4ssw0rd
+  # make module work from EC2 which has local access
+  # to EFS mount as well as Jenkins URL
+  delegate_to: ec2-helper
+  vars:
+    jenkins_instance: foobar
+
 #
 # Example of a Play which handles Jenkins restarts during the state changes
 #

plugins/modules/keycloak_clientscope_type.py

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ author:
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
 - name: Set default client scopes on realm level
-  community.general.keycloak_clientsecret_info:
+  community.general.keycloak_clientscope_type:
     auth_client_id: admin-cli
     auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
     auth_realm: master
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 
 
 - name: Set default and optional client scopes on client level with token auth
-  community.general.keycloak_clientsecret_info:
+  community.general.keycloak_clientscope_type:
     auth_client_id: admin-cli
     auth_keycloak_url: https://auth.example.com/auth
     token: TOKEN

plugins/modules/keycloak_identity_provider.py

@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def sanitize(idp):
     idpcopy = deepcopy(idp)
     if 'config' in idpcopy:
         if 'clientSecret' in idpcopy['config']:
-            idpcopy['clientSecret'] = '**********'
+            idpcopy['config']['clientSecret'] = '**********'
     return idpcopy
 
 

plugins/modules/ldap_search.py

@@ -61,17 +61,6 @@ options:
     description:
       - Set to C(true) to return the full attribute schema of entries, not
         their attribute values. Overrides I(attrs) when provided.
-  base64_attributes:
-    description:
-      - If provided, all attribute values returned that are listed in this option
-        will be Base64 encoded.
-      - If the special value C(*) appears in this list, all attributes will be
-        Base64 encoded.
-      - All other attribute values will be converted to UTF-8 strings. If they
-        contain binary data, please note that invalid UTF-8 bytes will be omitted.
-    type: list
-    elements: str
-    version_added: 7.0.0
 extends_documentation_fragment:
   - community.general.ldap.documentation
   - community.general.attributes
@@ -92,27 +81,10 @@ EXAMPLES = r"""
   register: ldap_group_gids
 """
 
-RESULTS = """
-results:
-  description:
-    - For every entry found, one dictionary will be returned.
-    - Every dictionary contains a key C(dn) with the entry's DN as a value.
-    - Every attribute of the entry found is added to the dictionary. If the key
-      has precisely one value, that value is taken directly, otherwise the key's
-      value is a list.
-    - Note that all values (for single-element lists) and list elements (for multi-valued
-      lists) will be UTF-8 strings. Some might contain Base64-encoded binary data; which
-      ones is determined by the I(base64_attributes) option.
-  type: list
-  elements: dict
-"""
-
-import base64
 import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types, text_type
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.ldap import LdapGeneric, gen_specs
 
 LDAP_IMP_ERR = None
@@ -133,7 +105,6 @@ def main():
             filter=dict(type='str', default='(objectClass=*)'),
             attrs=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
             schema=dict(type='bool', default=False),
-            base64_attributes=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True,
     )
@@ -147,30 +118,16 @@ def main():
     except Exception as exception:
         module.fail_json(msg="Attribute action failed.", details=to_native(exception))
 
-
-def _normalize_string(val, convert_to_base64):
-    if isinstance(val, string_types):
-        if isinstance(val, text_type):
-            val = to_bytes(val, encoding='utf-8')
-        if convert_to_base64:
-            val = to_text(base64.b64encode(val))
-        else:
-            # See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80258#issuecomment-1477038952 for details.
-            # We want to make sure that all strings are properly UTF-8 encoded, even if they were not,
-            # or happened to be byte strings.
-            val = to_text(val, 'utf-8', errors='replace')
-            # See also https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5704.
-    return val
+    module.exit_json(changed=False)
 
 
-def _extract_entry(dn, attrs, base64_attributes):
+def _extract_entry(dn, attrs):
     extracted = {'dn': dn}
     for attr, val in list(attrs.items()):
-        convert_to_base64 = '*' in base64_attributes or attr in base64_attributes
         if len(val) == 1:
-            extracted[attr] = _normalize_string(val[0], convert_to_base64)
+            extracted[attr] = val[0]
         else:
-            extracted[attr] = [_normalize_string(v, convert_to_base64) for v in val]
+            extracted[attr] = val
     return extracted
 
 
@@ -183,10 +140,9 @@ class LdapSearch(LdapGeneric):
         self._load_scope()
         self._load_attrs()
         self._load_schema()
-        self._base64_attributes = set(self.module.params['base64_attributes'] or [])
 
     def _load_schema(self):
-        self.schema = self.module.params['schema']
+        self.schema = self.module.boolean(self.module.params['schema'])
         if self.schema:
             self.attrsonly = 1
         else:
@@ -223,7 +179,7 @@ class LdapSearch(LdapGeneric):
                     if self.schema:
                         ldap_entries.append(dict(dn=result[0], attrs=list(result[1].keys())))
                     else:
-                        ldap_entries.append(_extract_entry(result[0], result[1], self._base64_attributes))
+                        ldap_entries.append(_extract_entry(result[0], result[1]))
             return ldap_entries
         except ldap.NO_SUCH_OBJECT:
             self.module.fail_json(msg="Base not found: {0}".format(self.dn))

plugins/modules/locale_gen.py

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ options:
             - Whether the locale shall be present.
         choices: [ absent, present ]
         default: present
+notes:
+    - This module does not support RHEL-based systems.
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -74,11 +76,10 @@ def is_available(name, ubuntuMode):
     checking either :
     * if the locale is present in /etc/locales.gen
     * or if the locale is present in /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED"""
+    __regexp = r'^#?\s*(?P<locale>\S+[\._\S]*) (?P<charset>\S+)\s*$'
     if ubuntuMode:
-        __regexp = r'^(?P<locale>\S+_\S+) (?P<charset>\S+)\s*$'
         __locales_available = '/usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED'
     else:
-        __regexp = r'^#{0,1}\s*(?P<locale>\S+_\S+) (?P<charset>\S+)\s*$'
         __locales_available = '/etc/locale.gen'
 
     re_compiled = re.compile(__regexp)
@@ -88,7 +89,8 @@ def is_available(name, ubuntuMode):
         if result and result.group('locale') == name:
             return True
     fd.close()
-    return False
+    # locale may be installed but not listed in the file, for example C.UTF-8 in some systems
+    return is_present(name)
 
 
 def is_present(name):
@@ -106,20 +108,6 @@ def fix_case(name):
     return name
 
 
-def replace_line(existing_line, new_line):
-    """Replaces lines in /etc/locale.gen"""
-    try:
-        f = open("/etc/locale.gen", "r")
-        lines = [line.replace(existing_line, new_line) for line in f]
-    finally:
-        f.close()
-    try:
-        f = open("/etc/locale.gen", "w")
-        f.write("".join(lines))
-    finally:
-        f.close()
-
-
 def set_locale(name, enabled=True):
     """ Sets the state of the locale. Defaults to enabled. """
     search_string = r'#{0,1}\s*%s (?P<charset>.+)' % name
@@ -209,7 +197,7 @@ def main():
             # We found the common way to manage locales.
             ubuntuMode = False
         else:
-            module.fail_json(msg="/etc/locale.gen and /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local are missing. Is the package \"locales\" installed?")
+            module.fail_json(msg="/etc/locale.gen and /var/lib/locales/supported.d/local are missing. Is the package 'locales' installed?")
     else:
         # Ubuntu created its own system to manage locales.
         ubuntuMode = True

plugins/modules/mail.py

@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ def main():
         # NOTE: Backward compatible with old syntax using '|' as delimiter
         for hdr in [x.strip() for x in header.split('|')]:
             try:
-                h_key, h_val = hdr.split('=')
+                h_key, h_val = hdr.split('=', 1)
                 h_val = to_native(Header(h_val, charset))
                 msg.add_header(h_key, h_val)
             except Exception:

plugins/modules/make.py

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ options:
   params:
     description:
       - Any extra parameters to pass to make.
+      - If the value is empty, only the key will be used. For example, C(FOO:) will produce C(FOO), not C(FOO=).
     type: dict
   target:
     description:
@@ -81,6 +82,18 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project
     target: all
     file: /some-project/Makefile
+
+- name: build arm64 kernel on FreeBSD, with 16 parallel jobs
+  community.general.make:
+    chdir: /usr/src
+    jobs: 16
+    target: buildkernel
+    params:
+      # This adds -DWITH_FDT to the command line:
+      -DWITH_FDT:
+      # The following adds TARGET=arm64 TARGET_ARCH=aarch64 to the command line:
+      TARGET: arm64
+      TARGET_ARCH: aarch64
 '''
 
 RETURN = r'''
@@ -174,7 +187,7 @@ def main():
             make_path = module.get_bin_path('make', required=True)
     make_target = module.params['target']
     if module.params['params'] is not None:
-        make_parameters = [k + '=' + str(v) for k, v in iteritems(module.params['params'])]
+        make_parameters = [k + (('=' + str(v)) if v is not None else '') for k, v in iteritems(module.params['params'])]
     else:
         make_parameters = []