Remove CI.

modprobe: fix --check mode not being honored for persistent option (#9052)

* modprobe: fix --check mode not being honored for persistent option

* Add CHANGELOG

* Update CHANGELOG

* Update changelogs/fragments/9052-modprobe-bugfix.yml

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

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Co-authored-by: d-usuba <d-usuba@sakura.ad.jp>
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
(cherry picked from commit d0b4e91cac)

Co-authored-by: salmon111 <campfire@kumachans.net>

.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

@@ -1,105 +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
-
-"""
-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

@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: ddelnano shinuza
   $lookups/:
     labels: lookups
+  $lookups/bitwarden_secrets_manager.py:
+    maintainers: jantari
   $lookups/bitwarden.py:
     maintainers: lungj
   $lookups/cartesian.py: {}
@@ -247,9 +249,11 @@ 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
@@ -274,6 +278,8 @@ files:
   $module_utils/gconftool2.py:
     labels: gconftool2
     maintainers: russoz
+  $module_utils/gio_mime.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
   $module_utils/gitlab.py:
     keywords: gitlab source_control
     labels: gitlab
@@ -326,6 +332,9 @@ files:
   $module_utils/scaleway.py:
     labels: cloud scaleway
     maintainers: $team_scaleway
+  $module_utils/snap.py:
+    labels: snap
+    maintainers: russoz
   $module_utils/ssh.py:
     maintainers: russoz
   $module_utils/storage/hpe3par/hpe3par.py:
@@ -333,6 +342,9 @@ files:
   $module_utils/utm_utils.py:
     labels: utm_utils
     maintainers: $team_e_spirit
+  $module_utils/vardict.py:
+    labels: vardict
+    maintainers: russoz
   $module_utils/wdc_redfish_utils.py:
     labels: wdc_redfish_utils
     maintainers: $team_wdc
@@ -428,7 +440,7 @@ files:
     ignore: resmo
     maintainers: dmtrs
   $modules/consul:
-    ignore: colin-nolan
+    ignore: colin-nolan Hakon
     maintainers: $team_consul
   $modules/copr.py:
     maintainers: schlupov
@@ -507,6 +519,8 @@ files:
   $modules/gem.py:
     labels: gem
     maintainers: $team_ansible_core johanwiren
+  $modules/gio_mime.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
   $modules/git_config.py:
     maintainers: djmattyg007 mgedmin
   $modules/github_:
@@ -527,10 +541,15 @@ files:
     keywords: gitlab source_control
     maintainers: $team_gitlab
     notify: jlozadad
+    ignore: dj-wasabi
   $modules/gitlab_branch.py:
     maintainers: paytroff
+  $modules/gitlab_merge_request.py:
+    maintainers: zvaraondrej
   $modules/gitlab_project_variable.py:
     maintainers: markuman
+  $modules/gitlab_instance_variable.py:
+    maintainers: benibr
   $modules/gitlab_runner.py:
     maintainers: SamyCoenen
   $modules/gitlab_user.py:
@@ -623,6 +642,7 @@ files:
     maintainers: bregman-arie
   $modules/ipa_:
     maintainers: $team_ipa
+    ignore: fxfitz
   $modules/ipbase_info.py:
     maintainers: dominikkukacka
   $modules/ipa_pwpolicy.py:
@@ -659,7 +679,9 @@ files:
     labels: jboss
     maintainers: $team_jboss jhoekx
   $modules/jenkins_build.py:
-    maintainers: brettmilford unnecessary-username
+    maintainers: brettmilford unnecessary-username juanmcasanova
+  $modules/jenkins_build_info.py:
+    maintainers: juanmcasanova
   $modules/jenkins_job.py:
     maintainers: sermilrod
   $modules/jenkins_job_info.py:
@@ -669,9 +691,9 @@ 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:
@@ -680,8 +702,16 @@ files:
     maintainers: $team_keycloak
   $modules/keycloak_authentication.py:
     maintainers: elfelip Gaetan2907
+  $modules/keycloak_authentication_required_actions.py:
+    maintainers: Skrekulko
   $modules/keycloak_authz_authorization_scope.py:
     maintainers: mattock
+  $modules/keycloak_authz_permission.py:
+    maintainers: mattock
+  $modules/keycloak_authz_custom_policy.py:
+    maintainers: mattock
+  $modules/keycloak_authz_permission_info.py:
+    maintainers: mattock
   $modules/keycloak_client_rolemapping.py:
     maintainers: Gaetan2907
   $modules/keycloak_clientscope.py:
@@ -700,8 +730,12 @@ files:
     maintainers: kris2kris
   $modules/keycloak_realm_info.py:
     maintainers: fynncfchen
+  $modules/keycloak_realm_key.py:
+    maintainers: mattock
   $modules/keycloak_role.py:
     maintainers: laurpaum
+  $modules/keycloak_user.py:
+    maintainers: elfelip
   $modules/keycloak_user_federation.py:
     maintainers: laurpaum
   $modules/keycloak_user_rolemapping.py:
@@ -748,6 +782,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: nerzhul
   $modules/lvg.py:
     maintainers: abulimov
+  $modules/lvg_rename.py:
+    maintainers: lszomor
   $modules/lvol.py:
     maintainers: abulimov jhoekx zigaSRC unkaputtbar112
   $modules/lxc_container.py:
@@ -917,7 +953,7 @@ files:
     labels: pagerduty
     maintainers: suprememoocow thaumos
   $modules/pagerduty_alert.py:
-    maintainers: ApsOps
+    maintainers: ApsOps xshen1
   $modules/pagerduty_change.py:
     maintainers: adamvaughan
   $modules/pagerduty_user.py:
@@ -929,7 +965,7 @@ files:
   $modules/pamd.py:
     maintainers: kevensen
   $modules/parted.py:
-    maintainers: ColOfAbRiX rosowiecki jake2184
+    maintainers: ColOfAbRiX jake2184
   $modules/pear.py:
     ignore: jle64
     labels: pear
@@ -960,6 +996,9 @@ files:
     maintainers: $team_solaris dermute
   $modules/pmem.py:
     maintainers: mizumm
+  $modules/pnpm.py:
+    ignore: chrishoffman
+    maintainers: aretrosen
   $modules/portage.py:
     ignore: sayap
     labels: portage
@@ -976,7 +1015,8 @@ files:
   $modules/proxmox:
     keywords: kvm libvirt proxmox qemu
     labels: proxmox virt
-    maintainers: $team_virt
+    maintainers: $team_virt UnderGreen
+    ignore: tleguern
   $modules/proxmox.py:
     ignore: skvidal
     maintainers: UnderGreen
@@ -1174,6 +1214,8 @@ files:
     ignore: ryansb
   $modules/shutdown.py:
     maintainers: nitzmahone samdoran aminvakil
+  $modules/simpleinit_msb.py:
+    maintainers: vaygr
   $modules/sl_vm.py:
     maintainers: mcltn
   $modules/slack.py:
@@ -1186,7 +1228,7 @@ files:
     maintainers: $team_solaris
   $modules/snap.py:
     labels: snap
-    maintainers: angristan vcarceler
+    maintainers: angristan vcarceler russoz
   $modules/snap_alias.py:
     labels: snap
     maintainers: russoz
@@ -1353,6 +1395,8 @@ files:
     ignore: matze
     labels: zypper
     maintainers: $team_suse
+  $plugin_utils/unsafe.py:
+    maintainers: felixfontein
   $tests/a_module.py:
     maintainers: felixfontein
 #########################
@@ -1372,7 +1416,6 @@ 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 +1423,7 @@ 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
@@ -1389,10 +1432,10 @@ 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
+  team_ipa: Akasurde Nosmoht justchris1
   team_jboss: Wolfant jairojunior wbrefvem
   team_keycloak: eikef ndclt mattock
   team_linode: InTheCloudDan decentral1se displague rmcintosh Charliekenney23 LBGarber
@@ -1408,5 +1451,5 @@ macros:
   team_scaleway: remyleone abarbare
   team_solaris: bcoca fishman jasperla jpdasma mator scathatheworm troy2914 xen0l
   team_suse: commel evrardjp lrupp toabctl AnderEnder alxgu andytom sealor
-  team_virt: joshainglis karmab tleguern Thulium-Drake Ajpantuso
+  team_virt: joshainglis karmab Thulium-Drake Ajpantuso
   team_wdc: mikemoerk

.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 10:00 UTC)
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 10 * * *'
-
-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

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -1,23 +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
-
-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.license

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

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,598 @@ Community General Release Notes
 
 This changelog describes changes after version 6.0.0.
 
+v7.5.9
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Maintenance release.
+
+This is the last 7.x.y release. The 7.x.y release train is now effectively End of Life.
+
+Thanks to everyone who contributed to the community.general 7.x.y releases!
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ini_file - pass absolute paths to ``module.atomic_move()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
+- ipa_hostgroup - fix ``enabled `` and ``disabled`` states (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8408, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8900).
+- java_keystore - pass absolute paths to ``module.atomic_move()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
+- jenkins_plugin - pass absolute paths to ``module.atomic_move()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
+- kdeconfig - pass absolute paths to ``module.atomic_move()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
+- modprobe - fix check mode not being honored for ``persistent`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/9051, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9052).
+- pam_limits - pass absolute paths to ``module.atomic_move()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8925).
+
+v7.5.8
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Note that this is the last regular bugfix release. From now on, the 7.x.y release train
+will only receive major and security bugfixes.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- gitlab_deploy_key, gitlab_group_members, gitlab_group_variable, gitlab_hook, gitlab_instance_variable, gitlab_project_badge, gitlab_project_variable, gitlab_user - improve API pagination and compatibility with different versions of ``python-gitlab`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7790).
+
+Security Fixes
+--------------
+
+- keycloak_identity_provider - the client secret was not correctly sanitized by the module. The return values ``proposed``, ``existing``, and ``end_state``, as well as the diff, did contain the client secret unmasked (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8355).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- gitlab_runner - fix pagination when checking for existing runners (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7790).
+- keycloak_user_federation - fix diff of empty ``krbPrincipalAttribute`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8320).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - close spans always (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8367).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - honour the ``disable_logs`` option to avoid storing task results since they are not used regardless (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8373).
+
+v7.5.7
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- aix_filesystem - fix ``_validate_vg`` not passing VG name to ``lsvg_cmd`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8151).
+- apt_rpm - when checking whether packages were installed after running ``apt-get -y install <packages>``, only the last package name was checked (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8263).
+- bitwarden_secrets_manager lookup plugin - implements retry with exponential backoff to avoid lookup errors when Bitwardn's API rate limiting is encountered (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8230, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8238).
+- haproxy - fix an issue where HAProxy could get stuck in DRAIN mode when the backend was unreachable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8092).
+- inventory plugins - add unsafe wrapper to avoid marking strings that do not contain ``{`` or ``}`` 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/pull/8225).
+- ipa - fix get version regex in IPA module_utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8175).
+- keycloak_client - add sorted ``defaultClientScopes`` and ``optionalClientScopes`` to normalizations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8223).
+- keycloak_realm - add normalizations for ``enabledEventTypes`` and ``supportedLocales`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8224).
+- puppet - add option ``environment_lang`` to set the environment language encoding. Defaults to lang ``C``. It is recommended to set it to ``C.UTF-8`` or ``en_US.UTF-8`` depending on what is available on your system. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8000)
+- riak - support ``riak admin`` sub-command in newer Riak KV versions beside the legacy ``riak-admin`` main command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8211).
+- 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).
+
+v7.5.6
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release with security fixes.
+
+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://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8098).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- aix_filesystem - fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8052).
+- homebrew - error returned from brew command was ignored and tried to parse empty JSON. Fix now checks for an error and raises it to give accurate error message to users (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8047).
+- ipa_hbacrule - the module uses a string for ``ipaenabledflag`` for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7880).
+- ipa_sudorule - the module uses a string for ``ipaenabledflag`` for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7880).
+- iptables_state - fix idempotency issues when restoring incomplete iptables dumps (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8029).
+- linode inventory plugin - add descriptive error message for linode inventory plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8133).
+- 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).
+- 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/pull/8057).
+- proxmox_kvm - fixed status check getting from node-specific API endpoint (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7817).
+
+v7.5.5
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- cargo - fix idempotency issues when using a custom installation path for packages (using the ``--path`` parameter). The initial installation runs fine, but subsequent runs use the ``get_installed()`` function which did not check the given installation location, before running ``cargo install``. This resulted in a false ``changed`` state. Also the removal of packeges using ``state: absent`` failed, as the installation check did not use the given parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7970).
+- keycloak_client - fixes issue when metadata is provided in desired state when task is in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1226, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7881).
+- modprobe - listing modules files or modprobe files could trigger a FileNotFoundError if ``/etc/modprobe.d`` or ``/etc/modules-load.d`` did not exist. Relevant functions now return empty lists if the directories do not exist to avoid crashing the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7717).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - failed for fields that were in sections and had uppercase letters in the label/ID. Field lookups are now case insensitive in all cases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7919).
+- pkgin - pkgin (pkgsrc package manager used by SmartOS) raises erratic exceptions and spurious ``changed=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7971).
+- redfish_info - allow for a GET operation invoked by ``GetUpdateStatus`` to allow for an empty response body for cases where a service returns 204 No Content (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8003).
+- redfish_info - correct uncaught exception when attempting to retrieve ``Chassis`` information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7952).
+
+v7.5.4
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- homebrew - detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from ``brew info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/864).
+- ipa_otptoken - the module expect ``ipatokendisabled`` as string but the ``ipatokendisabled`` value is returned as a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7795).
+- ldap - previously the order number (if present) was expected to follow an equals sign in the DN. This makes it so the order number string is identified correctly anywhere within the DN (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7646).
+- mssql_script - make the module work with Python 2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7818, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7821).
+- nmcli - fix ``connection.slave-type`` wired to ``bond`` and not with parameter ``slave_type`` in case of connection type ``wifi`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7389).
+
+v7.5.3
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- keycloak_identity_provider - ``mappers`` processing was not idempotent if the mappers configuration list had not been sorted by name (in ascending order). Fix resolves the issue by sorting mappers in the desired state using the same key which is used for obtaining existing state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7418).
+- keycloak_identity_provider - it was not possible to reconfigure (add, remove) ``mappers`` once they were created initially. Removal was ignored, adding new ones resulted in dropping the pre-existing unmodified mappers. Fix resolves the issue by supplying correct input to the internal update call (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7418).
+- keycloak_user - when ``force`` is set, but user does not exist, do not try to delete it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7696).
+- statusio_maintenance - fix error caused by incorrectly formed API data payload. Was raising "Failed to create maintenance HTTP Error 400 Bad Request" caused by bad data type for date/time and deprecated dict keys (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7754).
+
+v7.5.2
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- elastic callback plugin - close elastic client to not leak resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7517).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- cloudflare_dns - fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7652).
+- interface_files - also consider ``address_family`` when changing ``option=method`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7610, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7612).
+- irc - replace ``ssl.wrap_socket`` that was removed from Python 3.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7542).
+- keycloak_* - fix Keycloak API client to quote ``/`` properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7641).
+- keycloak_authz_permission - resource payload variable for scope-based permission was constructed as a string, when it needs to be a list, even for a single item (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7151).
+- log_entries callback plugin - replace ``ssl.wrap_socket`` that was removed from Python 3.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7542).
+- lvol - test for output messages in both ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7601, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7182).
+- ocapi_utils, oci_utils, redfish_utils module utils - replace ``type()`` calls with ``isinstance()`` calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7501).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - field and section titles are now case insensitive when using op CLI version two or later. This matches the behavior of version one (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7564).
+- pipx module utils - change the CLI argument formatter for the ``pip_args`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7497, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7506).
+- redhat_subscription - use the D-Bus registration on RHEL 7 only on 7.4 and
+  greater; older versions of RHEL 7 do not have it
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7622,
+  https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7624).
+- terraform - fix multiline string handling in complex variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7535).
+
+v7.5.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- composer - fix impossible to run ``working_dir`` dependent commands. The module was throwing an error when trying to run a ``working_dir`` dependent command, because it tried to get the command help without passing the ``working_dir`` (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).
+- gitlab_group_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_group_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_project_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_project_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_protected_branches - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_protected_branches`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- gitlab_user - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_user`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).
+- kernel_blacklist - simplified the mechanism to update the file, fixing the error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7382, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7362).
+- memset module utils - make compatible with ansible-core 2.17 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7379).
+- proxmox_pool_member - absent state for type VM did not delete VMs from the pools (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7464).
+- redfish_command - fix usage of message parsing in ``SimpleUpdate`` and ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` commands to treat the lack of a ``MessageId`` as no message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7465, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7471).
+- 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 ``consumer_type``
+  (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).
+
+v7.5.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Please note that this is the last minor 7.x.0 release. Further releases
+with major version 7 will be bugfix releases 7.5.y.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- cargo - add option ``executable``, which allows user to specify path to the cargo binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7352).
+- cargo - add option ``locked`` which allows user to specify install the locked version of dependency instead of latest compatible version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6134).
+- dig lookup plugin - add TCP option to enable the use of TCP connection during DNS lookup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7343).
+- gitlab_group - add option ``force_delete`` (default: false) which allows delete group even if projects exists in it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7364).
+- ini_file - add ``ignore_spaces`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7273).
+- newrelic_deployment - add option ``app_name_exact_match``, which filters results for the exact app_name provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7355).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - introduce ``account_id`` option which allows specifying which account to use (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7308).
+- onepassword_raw lookup plugin - introduce ``account_id`` option which allows specifying which account to use (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7308).
+- parted - on resize, use ``--fix`` option if available (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7304).
+- pnpm - set correct version when state is latest or version is not mentioned. Resolves previous idempotency problem (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7339).
+- proxmox - add ``vmid`` (and ``taskid`` when possible) to return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7263).
+- random_string - added new ``ignore_similar_chars`` and ``similar_chars`` option to ignore certain chars (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7242).
+- redfish_command - add new option ``update_oem_params`` for the ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7331).
+- redfish_config - add ``CreateVolume`` command to allow creation of volumes on servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6813).
+- redfish_config - adding ``SetSecureBoot`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7129).
+- redfish_info - add support for ``GetBiosRegistries`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7144).
+- redfish_info - adds ``LinkStatus`` to NIC inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7318).
+- redis_info - refactor the redis_info module to use the redis module_utils enabling to pass TLS parameters to the Redis client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7267).
+- supervisorctl - allow to stop matching running processes before removing them with ``stop_before_removing=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7284).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- The next major release, community.general 8.0.0, will drop support for ansible-core 2.11 and 2.12, which have been End of Life for some time now. This means that this collection no longer supports Python 2.6 on the target. Individual content might still work with unsupported ansible-core versions, but that can change at any time. Also please note that from now on, for every new major community.general release, we will drop support for all ansible-core versions that have been End of Life for more than a few weeks on the date of the major release (https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/discussions/271, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7259).
+- redfish_info, redfish_config, redfish_command - the default value ``10`` for the ``timeout`` option is deprecated and will change to ``60`` in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7295).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- gitlab_group_variable - deleted all variables when used with ``purge=true`` due to missing ``raw`` property in KNOWN attributes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7250).
+- gitlab_project_variable - deleted all variables when used with ``purge=true`` due to missing ``raw`` property in KNOWN attributes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7250).
+- ldap_search - fix string normalization and the ``base64_attributes`` option on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5704, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7264).
+- lxc connection plugin - properly evaluate options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7369).
+- mail - skip headers containing equals characters due to missing ``maxsplit`` on header key/value parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7303).
+- nmap inventory plugin - fix ``get_option`` calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7323).
+- 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).
+- snap - change the change detection mechanism from "parsing installation" to "comparing end state with initial state" (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7340, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7265).
+- terraform - prevents ``-backend-config`` option double encapsulating with ``shlex_quote`` function. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7301).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- community.general.consul_role - Manipulate Consul roles
+- community.general.gio_mime - Set default handler for MIME type, for applications using Gnome GIO
+- community.general.keycloak_authz_custom_policy - Allows administration of Keycloak client custom Javascript policies via Keycloak API
+- community.general.keycloak_realm_key - Allows administration of Keycloak realm keys via Keycloak API
+- community.general.simpleinit_msb - Manage services on Source Mage GNU/Linux
+
+v7.4.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``exclude_mgmt_classes`` and ``include_mgmt_classes`` options to exclude or include hosts based on management classes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7184).
+- cpanm - minor refactor when creating the ``CmdRunner`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7231).
+- gitlab_group_variable - add support for ``raw`` variables suboption (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7132).
+- gitlab_project_variable - add support for ``raw`` variables suboption (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7132).
+- jenkins_build - add new ``detach`` option, which allows the module to exit successfully as long as the build is created (default functionality is still waiting for the build to end before exiting) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7204).
+- jenkins_build - add new ``time_between_checks`` option, which allows to configure the wait time between requests to the Jenkins server (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7204).
+- make - allows ``params`` to be used without value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7180).
+- nmap inventory plugin - now has a ``use_arp_ping`` option to allow the user to disable the default ARP ping query for a more reliable form (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7119).
+- pagerduty - adds in option to use v2 API for creating pagerduty incidents (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6151)
+- pritunl module utils - ensure ``validate_certs`` parameter is honoured in all methods (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7156).
+- redfish_info - report ``Id`` in the output of ``GetManagerInventory`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7140).
+- redfish_utils module utils - support ``Volumes`` in response for ``GetDiskInventory`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6819).
+- unixy callback plugin - add support for ``check_mode_markers`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7179).
+
+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).
+- nmap inventory plugin - now uses ``get_option`` in all cases to get its configuration information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7119).
+- nsupdate - fix a possible ``list index out of range`` exception (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).
+- pritunl module utils - fix incorrect URL parameter for orgnization add method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7161).
+- snap - an exception was being raised when snap list was empty (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7124, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7120).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- community.general.jenkins_build_info - Get information about Jenkins builds
+- community.general.pnpm - Manage node.js packages with pnpm
+
+v7.3.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Feature and bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- chroot connection plugin - add ``disable_root_check`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7099).
+- ejabberd_user - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7075).
+- ipa_config - add module parameters to manage FreeIPA user and group objectclasses (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7019).
+- ipa_config - adds ``idp`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7051).
+- npm - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6989).
+- proxmox_kvm - enabled force restart of VM, bringing the ``force`` parameter functionality in line with what is described in the docs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6914).
+- proxmox_vm_info - ``node`` parameter is no longer required. Information can be obtained for the whole cluster (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6976).
+- proxmox_vm_info - non-existing provided by name/vmid VM would return empty results instead of failing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7049).
+- redfish_config - add ``DeleteAllVolumes`` command to allow deletion of all volumes on servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6814).
+- redfish_utils - use ``Controllers`` key in redfish data to obtain Storage controllers properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7081).
+- redfish_utils module utils - add support for ``PowerCycle`` reset type for ``redfish_command`` responses feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7083).
+- redfish_utils module utils - add support for following ``@odata.nextLink`` pagination in ``software_inventory`` responses feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7020).
+- shutdown - use ``shutdown -p ...`` with FreeBSD to halt and power off machine (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7102).
+- sorcery - add grimoire (repository) management support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- ejabberd_user - deprecate the parameter ``logging`` in favour of producing more detailed information in the module output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7043).
+
+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 ``notes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7061).
+- 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).
+- keycloak module util - fix missing ``http_agent``, ``timeout``, and ``validate_certs`` ``open_url()`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7067).
+- keycloak_client inventory plugin - fix missing client secret (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6931).
+- lvol - add support for percentage of origin size specification when creating snapshot volumes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1630, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7053).
+- lxc connection plugin - now handles ``remote_addr`` defaulting to ``inventory_hostname`` correctly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7104).
+- oci_utils module utils - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
+- proxmox_user_info - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
+- snap - fix crash when multiple snaps are specified and one has ``---`` in its description (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7046).
+- sorcery - fix interruption of the multi-stage process (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+- sorcery - fix queue generation before the whole system rebuild (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+- sorcery - latest state no longer triggers update_cache (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+
+v7.2.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- cmd_runner module utils - when a parameter in ``argument_spec`` has no type, meaning it is implicitly a ``str``, ``CmdRunner`` would fail trying to find the ``type`` key in that dictionary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6968).
+- ejabberd_user - provide meaningful error message when the ``ejabberdctl`` command is not found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7028, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6949).
+- 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/6975, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6980).
+- proxmox_kvm - when ``name`` option is provided without ``vmid`` 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/pull/6981).
+- rundeck - fix ``TypeError`` on 404 API response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6983).
+
+v7.2.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+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).
+- consul_session - drops requirement for the ``python-consul`` library to communicate with the Consul API, instead relying on the existing ``requests`` library requirement (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6755).
+- gitlab_project_variable - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- gitlab_runner - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6927).
+- htpasswd - the parameter ``crypt_scheme`` is being renamed as ``hash_scheme`` and added as an alias to it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6841).
+- keycloak_authentication - added provider ID choices, since Keycloak supports only those two specific ones (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6763).
+- keyring - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6927).
+- locale_gen - module has been refactored to use ``ModuleHelper`` and ``CmdRunner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6903).
+- locale_gen - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6820).
+- make - add new ``targets`` parameter allowing multiple targets to be used with ``make`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6882, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4919).
+- nmcli - add support for ``ipv4.dns-options`` and ``ipv6.dns-options`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6902).
+- npm - minor improvement on parameter validation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6848).
+- opkg - add ``executable`` parameter allowing to specify the path of the ``opkg`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6862).
+- pubnub_blocks - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- redfish_command - add ``account_types`` and ``oem_account_types`` as optional inputs to ``AddUser`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6823, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6871).
+- redfish_info - add ``AccountTypes`` and ``OEMAccountTypes`` to the output of ``ListUsers`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6823, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6871).
+- redfish_info - adds ``ProcessorArchitecture`` to CPU inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6864).
+- redfish_info - fix for ``GetVolumeInventory``, Controller name was getting populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6719).
+- rhsm_repository - the interaction with ``subscription-manager`` was
+  refactored by grouping things together, removing unused bits, and hardening
+  the way it is run; also, the parsing of ``subscription-manager repos --list``
+  was improved and made slightly faster; no behaviour change is expected
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6783,
+  https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6837).
+- scaleway_security_group_rule - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- snap - add option ``dangerous`` to the module, that will map into the command line argument ``--dangerous``, allowing unsigned snap files to be installed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6908, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5715).
+- tss lookup plugin - allow to fetch secret by path. Previously, we could not fetch secret by path but now use ``secret_path`` option to indicate to fetch secret by secret path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6881).
+- xenserver_guest_info - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- xenserver_guest_powerstate - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- yum_versionlock - add support to pin specific package versions instead of only the package itself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6861, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4470).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- flowdock - module relies entirely on no longer responsive API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6930).
+- proxmox - old feature flag ``proxmox_default_behavior`` will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6836).
+- stackdriver - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6887).
+- webfaction_app - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_db - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_domain - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_mailbox - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_site - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- cobbler inventory plugin - fix calculation of cobbler_ipv4/6_address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6925).
+- datadog_downtime - presence of ``rrule`` param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6811).
+- 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/issues/6905).
+- keycloak_authentication - fix Keycloak authentication flow (step or sub-flow) indexing during update, if not specified by the user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6734).
+- locale_gen - now works for locales without the underscore character such as ``C.UTF-8`` (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/4305).
+- machinectl become plugin - mark plugin as ``require_tty`` 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/pull/6935).
+- nmcli - fix support for empty list (in compare and scrape) (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 ``Can't find`` should not lead to an error case (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6785).
+- pacman - module recognizes the output of ``yay`` running as ``root`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6713).
+- proxmox - fix error when a configuration had no ``template`` field (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6838, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5372).
+- proxmox module utils - add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains about the ``token_name`` and ``token_value`` 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/issues/5371).
+- proxmox_disk - fix unable to create ``cdrom`` media due to ``size`` always being appended (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6770).
+- proxmox_kvm - ``absent`` state with ``force`` specified failed to stop the VM due to the ``timeout`` value not being passed to ``stop_vm`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6827).
+- proxmox_kvm - ``restarted`` state did not actually restart a VM in some VM configurations. The state now uses the Proxmox reboot endpoint instead of calling the ``stop_vm`` and ``start_vm`` functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6773).
+- proxmox_template - require ``requests_toolbelt`` module to fix issue with uploading large templates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5579, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6757).
+- redfish_info - fix ``ListUsers`` to not show empty account slots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6771, 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).
+- snap - assume default track ``latest`` in parameter ``channel`` when not specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6835, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6821).
+- snap - fix the processing of the commands' output, stripping spaces and newlines from it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6826, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6803).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- community.general.bitwarden_secrets_manager - Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- community.general.consul_policy - Manipulate Consul policies
+- community.general.keycloak_authz_permission - Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization permissions via Keycloak API
+- community.general.keycloak_authz_permission_info - Query Keycloak client authorization permissions information
+- community.general.proxmox_vm_info - Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE virtual machines
+
+v7.1.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+From this version on, community.general is using the new `Ansible semantic markup
+<https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_documenting.html#semantic-markup-within-module-documentation>`__
+in its documentation. If you look at documentation with the ansible-doc CLI tool
+from ansible-core before 2.15, please note that it does not render the markup
+correctly. You should be still able to read it in most cases, but you need
+ansible-core 2.15 or later to see it as it is intended. Alternatively you can
+look at `the devel docsite <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/>`__
+for the rendered HTML version of the documentation of the latest release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- The collection will start using semantic markup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539).
+- VarDict module utils - add method ``VarDict.as_dict()`` to convert to a plain ``dict`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6602).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` option to allow using the system name for the inventory hostname (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6502).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``want_ip_addresses`` option to collect all interface DNS name to IP address mapping (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6711).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add primary IP addess to ``cobbler_ipv4_address`` and IPv6 address to ``cobbler_ipv6_address`` host variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6711).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add warning for systems with empty profiles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6502).
+- copr - respawn module to use the system python interpreter when the ``dnf`` python module is not available in ``ansible_python_interpreter`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6522).
+- datadog_monitor - adds ``notification_preset_name``, ``renotify_occurrences`` and ``renotify_statuses`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6521,https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5823).
+- filesystem - add ``uuid`` parameter for UUID change feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6680).
+- keycloak_client_rolemapping - adds support for subgroups with additional parameter ``parents`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6687).
+- keycloak_role - add composite roles support for realm and client roles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6469).
+- ldap_* - add new arguments ``client_cert`` and ``client_key`` to the LDAP modules in order to allow certificate authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6668).
+- ldap_search - add a new ``page_size`` option to enable paged searches (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6648).
+- lvg - add ``active`` and ``inactive`` values to the ``state`` option for active state management feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6682).
+- lvg - add ``reset_vg_uuid``, ``reset_pv_uuid`` options for UUID reset feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6682).
+- mas - disable sign-in check for macOS 12+ as ``mas account`` is non-functional (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6520).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - add service account support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6635, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6660).
+- onepassword_raw lookup plugin - add service account support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6635, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6660).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - add span attributes in the span event (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6531).
+- opkg - remove default value ``""`` for parameter ``force`` as it causes the same behaviour of not having that parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6513).
+- proxmox - support ``timezone`` parameter at container creation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6510).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add composite variables support for Proxmox nodes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6640).
+- proxmox_kvm - added support for ``tpmstate0`` parameter to configure TPM (Trusted Platform Module) disk. TPM is required for Windows 11 installations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6533).
+- proxmox_kvm - re-use ``timeout`` module param to forcefully shutdown a virtual machine when ``state`` is ``stopped`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6257).
+- proxmox_snap - add ``retention`` parameter to delete old snapshots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6576).
+- redfish_command - add ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6471, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6612).
+- redhat_subscription - the internal ``RegistrationBase`` class was folded
+  into the other internal ``Rhsm`` class, as the separation had no purpose
+  anymore
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6658).
+- rhsm_release - improve/harden the way ``subscription-manager`` is run;
+  no behaviour change is expected
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6669).
+- snap - module is now aware of channel when deciding whether to install or refresh the snap (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6435, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1606).
+- sorcery - minor refactor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6525).
+- tss lookup plugin - allow to fetch secret IDs which are in a folder based on folder ID. Previously, we could not fetch secrets based on folder ID but now use ``fetch_secret_ids_from_folder`` option to indicate to fetch secret IDs based on folder ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6223).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- CmdRunner module utils - deprecate ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_default_type()`` formatter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6601).
+- MH VarsMixin module utils - deprecates ``VarsMixin`` and supporting classes in favor of plain ``vardict`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6649).
+- cpanm - value ``compatibility`` is deprecated as default for parameter ``mode`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6512).
+- redhat module utils - the ``module_utils.redhat`` module is deprecated, as
+  effectively unused: the ``Rhsm``, ``RhsmPool``, and ``RhsmPools`` classes
+  will be removed in community.general 9.0.0; the ``RegistrationBase`` class
+  will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 together with the
+  ``rhn_register`` module, as it is the only user of this class; this means
+  that the whole ``module_utils.redhat`` module will be dropped in
+  community.general 10.0.0, so importing it without even using anything of it
+  will fail
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6663).
+- redhat_subscription - the ``autosubscribe`` alias for the ``auto_attach`` option has been
+  deprecated for many years, although only in the documentation. Officially mark this alias
+  as deprecated, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6646).
+- redhat_subscription - the ``pool`` option is deprecated in favour of the
+  more precise and flexible ``pool_ids`` option
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6650).
+- rhsm_repository - ``state=present`` has not been working as expected for many years,
+  and it seems it was not noticed so far; also, "presence" is not really a valid concept
+  for subscription repositories, which can only be enabled or disabled. Hence, mark the
+  ``present`` and ``absent`` values of the ``state`` option as deprecated, slating them
+  for removal in community.general 10.0.0
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6673).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- MH DependencyMixin module utils - deprecation notice was popping up for modules not using dependencies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6644, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6639).
+- csv module utils - detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV content (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 ``None`` values to remediate this (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6712).
+- icinga2_host - fix a key error when updating an existing host (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6748).
+- ini_file - add the ``follow`` paramter to follow the symlinks instead of replacing them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6546).
+- ini_file - fix a bug where the inactive options were not used when possible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6575).
+- keycloak module utils - fix ``is_struct_included`` handling of lists of lists/dictionaries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6688).
+- keycloak module utils - the function ``get_user_by_username`` now return the user representation or ``None`` as stated in the documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6758).
+- proxmox_kvm - allow creation of VM with existing name but new vmid (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6155, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6709).
+- rhsm_repository - when using the ``purge`` option, the ``repositories``
+  dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
+  to the pruning operation
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6676).
+- tss lookup plugin - fix multiple issues when using ``fetch_attachments=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6720).
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+- Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- community.general.gitlab_instance_variable - Creates, updates, or deletes GitLab instance variables
+- community.general.gitlab_merge_request - Create, update, or delete GitLab merge requests
+- community.general.keycloak_authentication_required_actions - Allows administration of Keycloak authentication required actions
+- community.general.keycloak_user - Create and configure a user in Keycloak
+- community.general.lvg_rename - Renames LVM volume groups
+- community.general.proxmox_pool - Pool management for Proxmox VE cluster
+- community.general.proxmox_pool_member - Add or delete members from Proxmox VE cluster pools
+
 v7.0.1
 ======
 
@@ -191,7 +783,7 @@ Deprecated Features
   we have not heard about anyone using them in those setups. Hence, these
   modules are deprecated, and will be removed in community.general 10.0.0
   in case there are no reports about being still useful, and potentially
-  noone that steps up to maintain them
+  no one that steps up to maintain them
   (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6493).
 
 Removed Features (previously deprecated)
@@ -326,20 +918,20 @@ New Plugins
 Lookup
 ~~~~~~
 
-- merge_variables - merge variables with a certain suffix
+- community.general.merge_variables - merge variables with a certain suffix
 
 New Modules
 -----------
 
-- btrfs_info - Query btrfs filesystem info
-- btrfs_subvolume - Manage btrfs subvolumes
-- gitlab_project_badge - Manage project badges on GitLab Server
-- ilo_redfish_command - Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
-- ipbase_info - Retrieve IP geolocation and other facts of a host's IP address using the ipbase.com API
-- kdeconfig - Manage KDE configuration files
-- 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
-- keycloak_clientsecret_info - Retrieve client secret via Keycloak API
-- keycloak_clientsecret_regenerate - Regenerate Keycloak client secret via Keycloak API
-- ocapi_command - Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Open Composable API (OCAPI)
-- ocapi_info - Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Open Composable API (OCAPI)
+- community.general.btrfs_info - Query btrfs filesystem info
+- community.general.btrfs_subvolume - Manage btrfs subvolumes
+- community.general.gitlab_project_badge - Manage project badges on GitLab Server
+- community.general.ilo_redfish_command - Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
+- community.general.ipbase_info - Retrieve IP geolocation and other facts of a host's IP address using the ipbase.com API
+- community.general.kdeconfig - Manage KDE configuration files
+- community.general.keycloak_authz_authorization_scope - Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization scopes via Keycloak API
+- community.general.keycloak_clientscope_type - Set the type of aclientscope in realm or client via Keycloak API
+- community.general.keycloak_clientsecret_info - Retrieve client secret via Keycloak API
+- community.general.keycloak_clientsecret_regenerate - Regenerate Keycloak client secret via Keycloak API
+- community.general.ocapi_command - Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Open Composable API (OCAPI)
+- community.general.ocapi_info - Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Open Composable API (OCAPI)

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ 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/collection_development_process.html#creating-a-changelog-fragment).
+  * You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. (If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
+  * Please always include a link to the pull request itself, and if the PR is about an issue, also a link to the issue. Also make sure the fragment ends with a period, and begins with a lower-case letter after `-`. (Again, if you don't do this, we'll add suggestions to fix it, so don't worry too much :) )
 * Avoid reformatting unrelated parts of the codebase in your PR. These types of changes will likely be requested for reversion, create additional work for reviewers, and may cause approval to be delayed.
 
 You can also read [our Quick-start development guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/create_pr_quick_start_guide.rst).
@@ -121,19 +123,3 @@ 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

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 [![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)
 [![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, ansible-core 2.16, and ansible-core 2.17 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
@@ -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-7/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## Roadmap
 

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -12,23 +12,31 @@ mention_ancestor: true
 flatmap: true
 new_plugins_after_name: removed_features
 notesdir: fragments
+output_formats:
+  - md
+  - rst
 prelude_section_name: release_summary
 prelude_section_title: Release Summary
 sections:
-- - major_changes
-  - Major Changes
-- - minor_changes
-  - Minor Changes
-- - breaking_changes
-  - Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
-- - deprecated_features
-  - Deprecated Features
-- - removed_features
-  - Removed Features (previously deprecated)
-- - security_fixes
-  - Security Fixes
-- - bugfixes
-  - Bugfixes
-- - known_issues
-  - Known Issues
+  - - major_changes
+    - Major Changes
+  - - minor_changes
+    - Minor Changes
+  - - breaking_changes
+    - Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+  - - deprecated_features
+    - Deprecated Features
+  - - removed_features
+    - Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+  - - security_fixes
+    - Security Fixes
+  - - bugfixes
+    - Bugfixes
+  - - known_issues
+    - Known Issues
 title: Community General
+trivial_section_name: trivial
+use_fqcn: true
+add_plugin_period: true
+changelog_nice_yaml: true
+changelog_sort: version

docs/docsite/links.yml

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ communication:
     - topic: General usage and support questions
       network: Libera
       channel: '#ansible'
-  mailing_lists:
-    - topic: Ansible Project List
-      url: https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-project
+  forums:
+    - topic: Ansible Forum
+      # The following URL directly points to the "Get Help" section
+      url: https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6/none

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Counting elements in a sequence
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-The ``community.general.counter`` filter plugin allows you to count (hashable) elements in a sequence. Elements are returned as dictionary keys and their counts are stored as dictionary values.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.counter filter plugin <community.general.counter#filter>` allows you to count (hashable) elements in a sequence. Elements are returned as dictionary keys and their counts are stored as dictionary values.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Dictionaries
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-You can use the ``dict_kv`` filter to create a single-entry dictionary with ``value | community.general.dict_kv(key)``:
+You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.dict_kv filter <community.general.dict_kv#filter>` to create a single-entry dictionary with ``value | community.general.dict_kv(key)``:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ This produces:
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.0.0
 
-If you need to convert a list of key-value pairs to a dictionary, you can use the ``dict`` function. Unfortunately, this function cannot be used with ``map``. For this, the ``community.general.dict`` filter can be used:
+If you need to convert a list of key-value pairs to a dictionary, you can use the ``dict`` function. Unfortunately, this function cannot be used with ``map``. For this, the :ansplugin:`community.general.dict filter <community.general.dict#filter>` can be used:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Grouping
 ^^^^^^^^
 
-If you have a list of dictionaries, the Jinja2 ``groupby`` filter allows to group the list by an attribute. This results in a list of ``(grouper, list)`` namedtuples, where ``list`` contains all dictionaries where the selected attribute equals ``grouper``. If you know that for every ``grouper``, there will be a most one entry in that list, you can use the ``community.general.groupby_as_dict`` filter to convert the original list into a dictionary which maps ``grouper`` to the corresponding dictionary.
+If you have a list of dictionaries, the Jinja2 ``groupby`` filter allows to group the list by an attribute. This results in a list of ``(grouper, list)`` namedtuples, where ``list`` contains all dictionaries where the selected attribute equals ``grouper``. If you know that for every ``grouper``, there will be a most one entry in that list, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.groupby_as_dict filter <community.general.groupby_as_dict#filter>` to convert the original list into a dictionary which maps ``grouper`` to the corresponding dictionary.
 
 One example is ``ansible_facts.mounts``, which is a list of dictionaries where each has one ``device`` element to indicate the device which is mounted. Therefore, ``ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('device')`` is a dictionary mapping a device to the mount information:
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Merging lists of dictionaries
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the ``lists_mergeby`` filter.
+If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby filter <community.general.lists_mergeby#filter>`.
 
 .. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See :ref:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <ansible_collections.community.general.yaml_callback>`.
 
@@ -76,15 +76,15 @@ This produces the same result as in the previous example:
     name: meh
 
 
-The filter also accepts two optional parameters: ``recursive`` and ``list_merge``. These parameters are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core, but not with Ansible 2.9. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
+The filter also accepts two optional parameters: :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:recursive` and :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge`. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
 
 **recursive**
-    Is a boolean, default to ``False``. Should the ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.
+    Is a boolean, default to ``false``. Should the :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter` filter recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.
 
 **list_merge**
-    Is a string, its possible values are ``replace`` (default), ``keep``, ``append``, ``prepend``, ``append_rp`` or ``prepend_rp``. It modifies the behaviour of ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.
+    Is a string, its possible values are :ansval:`replace` (default), :ansval:`keep`, :ansval:`append`, :ansval:`prepend`, :ansval:`append_rp` or :ansval:`prepend_rp`. It modifies the behaviour of :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.
 
-The examples below set ``recursive=true`` and display the differences among all six options of ``list_merge``. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter ``combine``. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
+The examples below set :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:recursive=true` and display the differences among all six options of :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge`. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.combine#filter`. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
 
 Let us use the lists below in the following examples
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Let us use the lists below in the following examples
     - name: myname02
       param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
 
-Example ``list_merge=replace`` (default):
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=replace` (default):
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ This produces:
     - 4
     - key: value
 
-Example ``list_merge=keep``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=keep`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ This produces:
     - 2
     - 3
 
-Example ``list_merge=append``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ This produces:
     - 4
     - key: value
 
-Example ``list_merge=prepend``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ This produces:
     - 2
     - 3
 
-Example ``list_merge=append_rp``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append_rp`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ This produces:
     - 4
     - key: value
 
-Example ``list_merge=prepend_rp``:
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend_rp`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_conversions.rst

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Conversions
 Parsing CSV files
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Ansible offers the :ref:`community.general.read_csv module <ansible_collections.community.general.read_csv_module>` to read CSV files. Sometimes you need to convert strings to CSV files instead. For this, the ``from_csv`` filter exists.
+Ansible offers the :ansplugin:`community.general.read_csv module <community.general.read_csv#module>` to read CSV files. Sometimes you need to convert strings to CSV files instead. For this, the :ansplugin:`community.general.from_csv filter <community.general.from_csv#filter>` exists.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ This produces:
         ]
     }
 
-The ``from_csv`` filter has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.from_csv filter <community.general.from_csv#filter>` has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
 
 :dialect: Dialect of the CSV file. Default is ``excel``. Other possible choices are ``excel-tab`` and ``unix``. If one of ``delimiter``, ``skipinitialspace`` or ``strict`` is specified, ``dialect`` is ignored.
 :fieldnames: A set of column names to use. If not provided, the first line of the CSV is assumed to contain the column names.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The ``from_csv`` filter has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
 Converting to JSON
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-`JC <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ is a CLI tool and Python library which allows to interpret output of various CLI programs as JSON. It is also available as a filter in community.general. This filter needs the `jc Python library <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ installed on the controller.
+`JC <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ is a CLI tool and Python library which allows to interpret output of various CLI programs as JSON. It is also available as a filter in community.general, called :ansplugin:`community.general.jc#filter`. This filter needs the `jc Python library <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ installed on the controller.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_creating_identifiers.rst

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The following filters allow to create identifiers.
 Hashids
 ^^^^^^^
 
-`Hashids <https://hashids.org/>`_ allow to convert sequences of integers to short unique string identifiers. This filter needs the `hashids Python library <https://pypi.org/project/hashids/>`_ installed on the controller.
+`Hashids <https://hashids.org/>`_ allow to convert sequences of integers to short unique string identifiers. The :ansplugin:`community.general.hashids_encode#filter` and :ansplugin:`community.general.hashids_decode#filter` filters need the `hashids Python library <https://pypi.org/project/hashids/>`_ installed on the controller.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The hashids filters accept keyword arguments to allow fine-tuning the hashids ge
 Random MACs
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-You can use the ``random_mac`` filter to complete a partial `MAC address <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address>`_ to a random 6-byte MAC address.
+You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.random_mac filter <community.general.random_mac#filter>` to complete a partial `MAC address <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address>`_ to a random 6-byte MAC address.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_paths.rst

@@ -6,14 +6,4 @@
 Paths
 -----
 
-The ``path_join`` filter has been added in ansible-base 2.10. If you want to use this filter, but also need to support Ansible 2.9, you can use ``community.general``'s ``path_join`` shim, ``community.general.path_join``. This filter redirects to ``path_join`` for ansible-base 2.10 and ansible-core 2.11 or newer, and re-implements the filter for Ansible 2.9.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    # ansible-base 2.10 or newer:
-    path: {{ ('/etc', path, 'subdir', file) | path_join }}
-
-    # Also works with Ansible 2.9:
-    path: {{ ('/etc', path, 'subdir', file) | community.general.path_join }}
-
-.. versionadded:: 3.0.0
+The :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.path_join filter <ansible.builtin.path_join#filter>` has been added in ansible-base 2.10. Community.general 3.0.0 and newer contains an alias ``community.general.path_join`` for this filter that could be used on Ansible 2.9 as well. Since community.general no longer supports Ansible 2.9, this is now a simple redirect to :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.path_join filter <ansible.builtin.path_join#filter>`.

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_selecting_json_data.rst

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Selecting JSON data: JSON queries
 ---------------------------------
 
-To select a single element or a data subset from a complex data structure in JSON format (for example, Ansible facts), use the ``json_query`` filter.  The ``json_query`` filter lets you query a complex JSON structure and iterate over it using a loop structure.
+To select a single element or a data subset from a complex data structure in JSON format (for example, Ansible facts), use the :ansplugin:`community.general.json_query filter <community.general.json_query#filter>`.  The :ansplugin:`community.general.json_query#filter` filter lets you query a complex JSON structure and iterate over it using a loop structure.
 
 .. note:: You must manually install the **jmespath** dependency on the Ansible controller before using this filter. This filter is built upon **jmespath**, and you can use the same syntax. For examples, see `jmespath examples <http://jmespath.org/examples.html>`_.
 
@@ -146,4 +146,4 @@ To extract ports from all clusters with name containing 'server1':
       vars:
         server_name_query: "domain.server[?contains(name,'server1')].port"
 
-.. note:: while using ``starts_with`` and ``contains``, you have to use `` to_json | from_json `` filter for correct parsing of data structure.
+.. note:: while using ``starts_with`` and ``contains``, you have to use ``to_json | from_json`` filter for correct parsing of data structure.

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_times.rst

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 Working with times
 ------------------
 
-The ``to_time_unit`` filter allows to convert times from a human-readable string to a unit. For example, ``'4h 30min 12second' | community.general.to_time_unit('hour')`` gives the number of hours that correspond to 4 hours, 30 minutes and 12 seconds.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.to_time_unit filter <community.general.to_time_unit#filter>` allows to convert times from a human-readable string to a unit. For example, ``'4h 30min 12second' | community.general.to_time_unit('hour')`` gives the number of hours that correspond to 4 hours, 30 minutes and 12 seconds.
 
-There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like ``to_hours``, ``to_minutes``, ``to_seconds``, and so on. The following table lists all units that can be used:
+There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like :ansplugin:`community.general.to_hours#filter`, :ansplugin:`community.general.to_minutes#filter`, :ansplugin:`community.general.to_seconds#filter`, and so on. The following table lists all units that can be used:
 
 .. list-table:: Units
    :widths: 25 25 25 25
@@ -21,37 +21,37 @@ There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like ``to_hours``, ``
    * - Millisecond
      - 1/1000 second
      - ``ms``, ``millisecond``, ``milliseconds``, ``msec``, ``msecs``, ``msecond``, ``mseconds``
-     - ``to_milliseconds``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_milliseconds#filter`
    * - Second
      - 1 second
      - ``s``, ``sec``, ``secs``, ``second``, ``seconds``
-     - ``to_seconds``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_seconds#filter`
    * - Minute
      - 60 seconds
      - ``m``, ``min``, ``mins``, ``minute``, ``minutes``
-     - ``to_minutes``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_minutes#filter`
    * - Hour
      - 60*60 seconds
      - ``h``, ``hour``, ``hours``
-     - ``to_hours``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_hours#filter`
    * - Day
      - 24*60*60 seconds
      - ``d``, ``day``, ``days``
-     - ``to_days``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_days#filter`
    * - Week
      - 7*24*60*60 seconds
      - ``w``, ``week``, ``weeks``
-     - ``to_weeks``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_weeks#filter`
    * - Month
      - 30*24*60*60 seconds
      - ``mo``, ``month``, ``months``
-     - ``to_months``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_months#filter`
    * - Year
      - 365*24*60*60 seconds
      - ``y``, ``year``, ``years``
-     - ``to_years``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_years#filter`
 
-Note that months and years are using a simplified representation: a month is 30 days, and a year is 365 days. If you need different definitions of months or years, you can pass them as keyword arguments. For example, if you want a year to be 365.25 days, and a month to be 30.5 days, you can write ``'11months 4' | community.general.to_years(year=365.25, month=30.5)``. These keyword arguments can be specified to ``to_time_unit`` and to all shorthand filters.
+Note that months and years are using a simplified representation: a month is 30 days, and a year is 365 days. If you need different definitions of months or years, you can pass them as keyword arguments. For example, if you want a year to be 365.25 days, and a month to be 30.5 days, you can write ``'11months 4' | community.general.to_years(year=365.25, month=30.5)``. These keyword arguments can be specified to :ansplugin:`community.general.to_time_unit#filter` and to all shorthand filters.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_unicode.rst

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 Working with Unicode
 ---------------------
 
-`Unicode <https://unicode.org/main.html>`_ makes it possible to produce two strings which may be visually equivalent, but are comprised of distinctly different characters/character sequences. To address this ``Unicode`` defines `normalization forms <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ which avoid these distinctions by choosing a unique character sequence for a given visual representation.
+`Unicode <https://unicode.org/main.html>`_ makes it possible to produce two strings which may be visually equivalent, but are comprised of distinctly different characters/character sequences. To address this Unicode defines `normalization forms <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ which avoid these distinctions by choosing a unique character sequence for a given visual representation.
 
-You can use the ``community.general.unicode_normalize`` filter to normalize ``Unicode`` strings within your playbooks.
+You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.unicode_normalize filter <community.general.unicode_normalize#filter>` to normalize Unicode strings within your playbooks.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ This produces:
         "msg": true
     }
 
-The ``community.general.unicode_normalize`` filter accepts a keyword argument to select the ``Unicode`` form used to normalize the input string.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.unicode_normalize filter <community.general.unicode_normalize#filter>` accepts a keyword argument :ansopt:`community.general.unicode_normalize#filter:form` to select the Unicode form used to normalize the input string.
 
 :form: One of ``'NFC'`` (default), ``'NFD'``, ``'NFKC'``, or ``'NFKD'``. See the `Unicode reference <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ for more information.
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_versions.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Working with versions
 ---------------------
 
-If you need to sort a list of version numbers, the Jinja ``sort`` filter is problematic. Since it sorts lexicographically, ``2.10`` will come before ``2.9``. To treat version numbers correctly, you can use the ``version_sort`` filter:
+If you need to sort a list of version numbers, the Jinja ``sort`` filter is problematic. Since it sorts lexicographically, ``2.10`` will come before ``2.9``. To treat version numbers correctly, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.version_sort filter <community.general.version_sort#filter>`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/test_guide.rst

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The :ref:`community.general collection <plugins_in_community.general>` offers cu
 Feature Tests
 -------------
 
-The ``a_module`` test allows to check whether a given string refers to an existing module or action plugin. This can be useful in roles, which can use this to ensure that required modules are present ahead of time.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.a_module test <community.general.a_module#test>` allows to check whether a given string refers to an existing module or action plugin. This can be useful in roles, which can use this to ensure that required modules are present ahead of time.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

galaxy.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 namespace: community
 name: general
-version: 7.0.1
+version: 7.5.9
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ plugin_routing:
         warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.airbrake_deployment
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
+    stackdriver:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: >
+          This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore, and any new development in the
+          direction of providing an alternative should happen in the context of the google.cloud collection.
     system.aix_devices:
       redirect: community.general.aix_devices
       deprecation:
@@ -798,6 +804,10 @@ plugin_routing:
         warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.flatpak_remote
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
+    flowdock:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and there is no clear path to update.
     notification.flowdock:
       redirect: community.general.flowdock
       deprecation:
@@ -4433,6 +4443,10 @@ plugin_routing:
         warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.wdc_redfish_info
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
+    webfaction_app:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and there is no clear path to update.
     cloud.webfaction.webfaction_app:
       redirect: community.general.webfaction_app
       deprecation:
@@ -4440,6 +4454,10 @@ plugin_routing:
         warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.webfaction_app
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
+    webfaction_db:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and there is no clear path to update.
     cloud.webfaction.webfaction_db:
       redirect: community.general.webfaction_db
       deprecation:
@@ -4447,6 +4465,10 @@ plugin_routing:
         warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.webfaction_db
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
+    webfaction_domain:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and there is no clear path to update.
     cloud.webfaction.webfaction_domain:
       redirect: community.general.webfaction_domain
       deprecation:
@@ -4454,6 +4476,10 @@ plugin_routing:
         warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.webfaction_domain
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
+    webfaction_mailbox:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and there is no clear path to update.
     cloud.webfaction.webfaction_mailbox:
       redirect: community.general.webfaction_mailbox
       deprecation:
@@ -4461,6 +4487,10 @@ plugin_routing:
         warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.webfaction_mailbox
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
+    webfaction_site:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 9.0.0
+        warning_text: This module relies on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore and there is no clear path to update.
     cloud.webfaction.webfaction_site:
       redirect: community.general.webfaction_site
       deprecation:

plugins/action/iptables_state.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
     def _async_result(self, async_status_args, task_vars, timeout):
         '''
-        Retrieve results of the asynchonous task, and display them in place of
+        Retrieve results of the asynchronous task, and display them in place of
         the async wrapper results (those with the ansible_job_id key).
         '''
         async_status = self._task.copy()

plugins/action/shutdown.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
     SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS = {
         'alpine': '',
         'void': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
-        'freebsd': '-h +{delay_sec}s "{message}"',
+        'freebsd': '-p +{delay_sec}s "{message}"',
         'linux': DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS,
         'macosx': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
         'openbsd': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',

plugins/become/machinectl.py

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
               - section: machinectl_become_plugin
                 key: password
     notes:
-      - When not using this plugin with user C(root), it only works correctly with a polkit rule which will alter
+      - When not using this plugin with user V(root), it only works correctly with a polkit rule which will alter
         the behaviour of machinectl. This rule must alter the prompt behaviour to ask directly for the user credentials,
         if the user is allowed to perform the action (take a look at the examples section).
         If such a rule is not present the plugin only work if it is used in context with the root user,
@@ -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/become/pfexec.py

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             env:
               - name: ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_WRAP_EXECUTION
     notes:
-      - This plugin ignores I(become_user) as pfexec uses it's own C(exec_attr) to figure this out.
+      - This plugin ignores O(become_user) as pfexec uses it's own C(exec_attr) to figure this out.
 '''
 
 from ansible.plugins.become import BecomeBase

plugins/cache/redis.py

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       _uri:
         description:
           - A colon separated string of connection information for Redis.
-          - The format is C(host:port:db:password), for example C(localhost:6379:0:changeme).
-          - To use encryption in transit, prefix the connection with C(tls://), as in C(tls://localhost:6379:0:changeme).
-          - To use redis sentinel, use separator C(;), for example C(localhost:26379;localhost:26379;0:changeme). Requires redis>=2.9.0.
+          - The format is V(host:port:db:password), for example V(localhost:6379:0:changeme).
+          - To use encryption in transit, prefix the connection with V(tls://), as in V(tls://localhost:6379:0:changeme).
+          - To use redis sentinel, use separator V(;), for example V(localhost:26379;localhost:26379;0:changeme). Requires redis>=2.9.0.
         required: true
         env:
           - name: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class CacheModule(BaseCacheModule):
         # format: "localhost:26379;localhost2:26379;0:changeme"
         connections = uri.split(';')
         connection_args = connections.pop(-1)
-        if len(connection_args) > 0:  # hanle if no db nr is given
+        if len(connection_args) > 0:  # handle if no db nr is given
             connection_args = connection_args.split(':')
             kw['db'] = connection_args.pop(0)
             try:

plugins/callback/cgroup_memory_recap.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
     options:
       max_mem_file:
         required: true
-        description: Path to cgroups C(memory.max_usage_in_bytes) file. Example C(/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/ansible_profile/memory.max_usage_in_bytes).
+        description: Path to cgroups C(memory.max_usage_in_bytes) file. Example V(/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/ansible_profile/memory.max_usage_in_bytes).
         env:
           - name: CGROUP_MAX_MEM_FILE
         ini:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             key: max_mem_file
       cur_mem_file:
         required: true
-        description: Path to C(memory.usage_in_bytes) file. Example C(/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/ansible_profile/memory.usage_in_bytes).
+        description: Path to C(memory.usage_in_bytes) file. Example V(/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/ansible_profile/memory.usage_in_bytes).
         env:
           - name: CGROUP_CUR_MEM_FILE
         ini:

plugins/callback/diy.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
   extends_documentation_fragment:
     - default_callback
   notes:
-    - Uses the C(default) callback plugin output when a custom callback message(C(msg)) is not provided.
+    - Uses the P(ansible.builtin.default#callback) callback plugin output when a custom callback V(message(msg\)) is not provided.
     - Makes the callback event data available via the C(ansible_callback_diy) dictionary, which can be used in the templating context for the options.
       The dictionary is only available in the templating context for the options. It is not a variable that is available via the other
       various execution contexts, such as playbook, play, task etc.
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
                     if value C(is not None and not omit and length is greater than 0),
                     then the option is being used with output.
        **Effect**: render value as template and output"
-    - "Valid color values: C(black), C(bright gray), C(blue), C(white), C(green), C(bright blue), C(cyan), C(bright green), C(red), C(bright cyan),
-      C(purple), C(bright red), C(yellow), C(bright purple), C(dark gray), C(bright yellow), C(magenta), C(bright magenta), C(normal)"
+    - "Valid color values: V(black), V(bright gray), V(blue), V(white), V(green), V(bright blue), V(cyan), V(bright green), V(red), V(bright cyan),
+      V(purple), V(bright red), V(yellow), V(bright purple), V(dark gray), V(bright yellow), V(magenta), V(bright magenta), V(normal)"
   seealso:
     - name: default – default Ansible screen output
       description: The official documentation on the B(default) callback plugin.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     on_any_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(on_any_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(on_any_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     runner_on_failed_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_on_failed_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_on_failed_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     runner_on_ok_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_on_ok_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_on_ok_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     runner_on_skipped_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_on_skipped_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_on_skipped_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     runner_on_unreachable_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_on_unreachable_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_on_unreachable_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     playbook_on_start_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_start_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     playbook_on_notify_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_notify_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_notify_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     playbook_on_no_hosts_matched_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_no_hosts_matched_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_no_hosts_matched_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     playbook_on_no_hosts_remaining_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_no_hosts_remaining_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_no_hosts_remaining_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     playbook_on_task_start_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_task_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_task_start_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     playbook_on_handler_task_start_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_handler_task_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_handler_task_start_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     playbook_on_vars_prompt_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_vars_prompt_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_vars_prompt_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     playbook_on_play_start_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_play_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_play_start_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     playbook_on_stats_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_stats_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_stats_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     on_file_diff_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(on_file_diff_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(on_file_diff_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     playbook_on_include_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_include_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_include_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     runner_item_on_ok_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_item_on_ok_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_item_on_ok_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     runner_item_on_failed_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_item_on_failed_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_item_on_failed_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     runner_item_on_skipped_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_item_on_skipped_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_item_on_skipped_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     runner_retry_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_retry_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_retry_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     runner_on_start_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_on_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_on_start_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     runner_on_no_hosts_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(runner_on_no_hosts_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(runner_on_no_hosts_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 
     playbook_on_setup_msg_color:
       description:
-        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_setup_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for O(playbook_on_setup_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy

plugins/callback/elastic.py

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ import time
 import uuid
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from contextlib import closing
 from os.path import basename
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleRuntimeError
@@ -201,24 +202,25 @@ class ElasticSource(object):
 
         apm_cli = self.init_apm_client(apm_server_url, apm_service_name, apm_verify_server_cert, apm_secret_token, apm_api_key)
         if apm_cli:
-            instrument()  # Only call this once, as early as possible.
-            if traceparent:
-                parent = trace_parent_from_string(traceparent)
-                apm_cli.begin_transaction("Session", trace_parent=parent, start=parent_start_time)
-            else:
-                apm_cli.begin_transaction("Session", start=parent_start_time)
-            # Populate trace metadata attributes
-            if self.ansible_version is not None:
-                label(ansible_version=self.ansible_version)
-            label(ansible_session=self.session, ansible_host_name=self.host, ansible_host_user=self.user)
-            if self.ip_address is not None:
-                label(ansible_host_ip=self.ip_address)
+            with closing(apm_cli):
+                instrument()  # Only call this once, as early as possible.
+                if traceparent:
+                    parent = trace_parent_from_string(traceparent)
+                    apm_cli.begin_transaction("Session", trace_parent=parent, start=parent_start_time)
+                else:
+                    apm_cli.begin_transaction("Session", start=parent_start_time)
+                # Populate trace metadata attributes
+                if self.ansible_version is not None:
+                    label(ansible_version=self.ansible_version)
+                label(ansible_session=self.session, ansible_host_name=self.host, ansible_host_user=self.user)
+                if self.ip_address is not None:
+                    label(ansible_host_ip=self.ip_address)
 
-            for task_data in tasks:
-                for host_uuid, host_data in task_data.host_data.items():
-                    self.create_span_data(apm_cli, task_data, host_data)
+                for task_data in tasks:
+                    for host_uuid, host_data in task_data.host_data.items():
+                        self.create_span_data(apm_cli, task_data, host_data)
 
-            apm_cli.end_transaction(name=__name__, result=status, duration=end_time - parent_start_time)
+                apm_cli.end_transaction(name=__name__, result=status, duration=end_time - parent_start_time)
 
     def create_span_data(self, apm_cli, task_data, host_data):
         """ create the span with the given TaskData and HostData """

plugins/callback/logentries.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
     requirements:
       - whitelisting in configuration
       - certifi (Python library)
-      - flatdict (Python library), if you want to use the 'flatten' option
+      - flatdict (Python library), if you want to use the O(flatten) option
     options:
       api:
         description: URI to the Logentries API.
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ examples: >
     api = data.logentries.com
     port = 10000
     tls_port = 20000
-    use_tls = no
+    use_tls = true
     token = dd21fc88-f00a-43ff-b977-e3a4233c53af
-    flatten = False
+    flatten = false
 '''
 
 import os
@@ -196,15 +196,11 @@ else:
     class TLSSocketAppender(PlainTextSocketAppender):
         def open_connection(self):
             sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-            sock = ssl.wrap_socket(
+            context = ssl.create_default_context(
+                purpose=ssl.Purpose.SERVER_AUTH,
+                cafile=certifi.where(), )
+            sock = context.wrap_socket(
                 sock=sock,
-                keyfile=None,
-                certfile=None,
-                server_side=False,
-                cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED,
-                ssl_version=getattr(
-                    ssl, 'PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2', ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1),
-                ca_certs=certifi.where(),
                 do_handshake_on_connect=True,
                 suppress_ragged_eofs=True, )
             sock.connect((self.LE_API, self.LE_TLS_PORT))

plugins/callback/nrdp.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
     short_description: Post task results to a Nagios server through nrdp
     description:
         - This callback send playbook result to Nagios.
-        - Nagios shall use NRDP to recive passive events.
+        - Nagios shall use NRDP to receive passive events.
         - The passive check is sent to a dedicated host/service for Ansible.
     options:
         url:

plugins/callback/null.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       - set as main display callback
     short_description: Don't display stuff to screen
     description:
-        - This callback prevents outputing events to screen.
+        - This callback prevents outputting events to screen.
 '''
 
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
 
     '''
-    This callback wont print messages to stdout when new callback events are received.
+    This callback won't print messages to stdout when new callback events are received.
     '''
 
     CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0

plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py

@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       enable_from_environment:
         type: str
         description:
-          - Whether to enable this callback only if the given environment variable exists and it is set to C(true).
+          - Whether to enable this callback only if the given environment variable exists and it is set to V(true).
           - This is handy when you use Configuration as Code and want to send distributed traces
             if running in the CI rather when running Ansible locally.
-          - For such, it evaluates the given I(enable_from_environment) value as environment variable
+          - For such, it evaluates the given O(enable_from_environment) value as environment variable
             and if set to true this plugin will be enabled.
         env:
           - name: ANSIBLE_OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLE_FROM_ENVIRONMENT
@@ -73,6 +73,17 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
           - section: callback_opentelemetry
             key: disable_logs
         version_added: 5.8.0
+      disable_attributes_in_logs:
+        default: false
+        type: bool
+        description:
+          - Disable populating span attributes to the logs.
+        env:
+          - name: ANSIBLE_OPENTELEMETRY_DISABLE_ATTRIBUTES_IN_LOGS
+        ini:
+          - section: callback_opentelemetry
+            key: disable_attributes_in_logs
+        version_added: 7.1.0
     requirements:
       - opentelemetry-api (Python library)
       - opentelemetry-exporter-otlp (Python library)
@@ -244,7 +255,7 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
         task.dump = dump
         task.add_host(HostData(host_uuid, host_name, status, result))
 
-    def generate_distributed_traces(self, otel_service_name, ansible_playbook, tasks_data, status, traceparent, disable_logs):
+    def generate_distributed_traces(self, otel_service_name, ansible_playbook, tasks_data, status, traceparent, disable_logs, disable_attributes_in_logs):
         """ generate distributed traces from the collected TaskData and HostData """
 
         tasks = []
@@ -280,9 +291,9 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
             for task in tasks:
                 for host_uuid, host_data in task.host_data.items():
                     with tracer.start_as_current_span(task.name, start_time=task.start, end_on_exit=False) as span:
-                        self.update_span_data(task, host_data, span, disable_logs)
+                        self.update_span_data(task, host_data, span, disable_logs, disable_attributes_in_logs)
 
-    def update_span_data(self, task_data, host_data, span, disable_logs):
+    def update_span_data(self, task_data, host_data, span, disable_logs, disable_attributes_in_logs):
         """ update the span with the given TaskData and HostData """
 
         name = '[%s] %s: %s' % (host_data.name, task_data.play, task_data.name)
@@ -315,39 +326,48 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
                 status = Status(status_code=StatusCode.UNSET)
 
         span.set_status(status)
+
+        # Create the span and log attributes
+        attributes = {
+            "ansible.task.module": task_data.action,
+            "ansible.task.message": message,
+            "ansible.task.name": name,
+            "ansible.task.result": rc,
+            "ansible.task.host.name": host_data.name,
+            "ansible.task.host.status": host_data.status
+        }
         if isinstance(task_data.args, dict) and "gather_facts" not in task_data.action:
             names = tuple(self.transform_ansible_unicode_to_str(k) for k in task_data.args.keys())
             values = tuple(self.transform_ansible_unicode_to_str(k) for k in task_data.args.values())
-            self.set_span_attribute(span, ("ansible.task.args.name"), names)
-            self.set_span_attribute(span, ("ansible.task.args.value"), values)
-        self.set_span_attribute(span, "ansible.task.module", task_data.action)
-        self.set_span_attribute(span, "ansible.task.message", message)
-        self.set_span_attribute(span, "ansible.task.name", name)
-        self.set_span_attribute(span, "ansible.task.result", rc)
-        self.set_span_attribute(span, "ansible.task.host.name", host_data.name)
-        self.set_span_attribute(span, "ansible.task.host.status", host_data.status)
+            attributes[("ansible.task.args.name")] = names
+            attributes[("ansible.task.args.value")] = values
+
+        self.set_span_attributes(span, attributes)
+
         # This will allow to enrich the service map
         self.add_attributes_for_service_map_if_possible(span, task_data)
         # Send logs
         if not disable_logs:
-            span.add_event(task_data.dump)
+            # This will avoid populating span attributes to the logs
+            span.add_event(task_data.dump, attributes={} if disable_attributes_in_logs else attributes)
+        # Close span always
         span.end(end_time=host_data.finish)
 
-    def set_span_attribute(self, span, attributeName, attributeValue):
-        """ update the span attribute with the given attribute and value if not None """
+    def set_span_attributes(self, span, attributes):
+        """ update the span attributes with the given attributes if not None """
 
         if span is None and self._display is not None:
             self._display.warning('span object is None. Please double check if that is expected.')
         else:
-            if attributeValue is not None:
-                span.set_attribute(attributeName, attributeValue)
+            if attributes is not None:
+                span.set_attributes(attributes)
 
     def add_attributes_for_service_map_if_possible(self, span, task_data):
         """Update the span attributes with the service that the task interacted with, if possible."""
 
         redacted_url = self.parse_and_redact_url_if_possible(task_data.args)
         if redacted_url:
-            self.set_span_attribute(span, "http.url", redacted_url.geturl())
+            span.set_attribute("http.url", redacted_url.geturl())
 
     @staticmethod
     def parse_and_redact_url_if_possible(args):
@@ -434,6 +454,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
     def __init__(self, display=None):
         super(CallbackModule, self).__init__(display=display)
         self.hide_task_arguments = None
+        self.disable_attributes_in_logs = None
         self.disable_logs = None
         self.otel_service_name = None
         self.ansible_playbook = None
@@ -465,6 +486,8 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
 
         self.hide_task_arguments = self.get_option('hide_task_arguments')
 
+        self.disable_attributes_in_logs = self.get_option('disable_attributes_in_logs')
+
         self.disable_logs = self.get_option('disable_logs')
 
         self.otel_service_name = self.get_option('otel_service_name')
@@ -475,6 +498,12 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
         # See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/issues/740
         self.traceparent = self.get_option('traceparent')
 
+    def dump_results(self, result):
+        """ dump the results if disable_logs is not enabled """
+        if self.disable_logs:
+            return ""
+        return self._dump_results(result._result)
+
     def v2_playbook_on_start(self, playbook):
         self.ansible_playbook = basename(playbook._file_name)
 
@@ -524,7 +553,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
             self.tasks_data,
             status,
             result,
-            self._dump_results(result._result)
+            self.dump_results(result)
         )
 
     def v2_runner_on_ok(self, result):
@@ -532,7 +561,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
             self.tasks_data,
             'ok',
             result,
-            self._dump_results(result._result)
+            self.dump_results(result)
         )
 
     def v2_runner_on_skipped(self, result):
@@ -540,7 +569,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
             self.tasks_data,
             'skipped',
             result,
-            self._dump_results(result._result)
+            self.dump_results(result)
         )
 
     def v2_playbook_on_include(self, included_file):
@@ -562,7 +591,8 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
             self.tasks_data,
             status,
             self.traceparent,
-            self.disable_logs
+            self.disable_logs,
+            self.disable_attributes_in_logs
         )
 
     def v2_runner_on_async_failed(self, result, **kwargs):

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/callback/splunk.py

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             key: authtoken
       validate_certs:
         description: Whether to validate certificates for connections to HEC. It is not recommended to set to
-                     C(false) except when you are sure that nobody can intercept the connection
-                     between this plugin and HEC, as setting it to C(false) allows man-in-the-middle attacks!
+                     V(false) except when you are sure that nobody can intercept the connection
+                     between this plugin and HEC, as setting it to V(false) allows man-in-the-middle attacks!
         env:
           - name: SPLUNK_VALIDATE_CERTS
         ini:

plugins/callback/sumologic.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-DOCUMENTATION = '''
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 name: sumologic
 type: notification
 short_description: Sends task result events to Sumologic
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ description:
   - This callback plugin will send task results as JSON formatted events to a Sumologic HTTP collector source.
 requirements:
   - Whitelisting this callback plugin
-  - 'Create a HTTP collector source in Sumologic and specify a custom timestamp format of C(yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss ZZZZ) and a custom timestamp locator
-    of C("timestamp": "(.*)")'
+  - 'Create a HTTP collector source in Sumologic and specify a custom timestamp format of V(yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss ZZZZ) and a custom timestamp locator
+    of V("timestamp": "(.*\)")'
 options:
   url:
     description: URL to the Sumologic HTTP collector source.

plugins/callback/unixy.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2017, Allyson Bowles <@akatch>
+# Copyright (c) 2023, Al Bowles <@akatch>
 # Copyright (c) 2012-2014, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@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
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
     name: unixy
     type: stdout
-    author: Allyson Bowles (@akatch)
+    author: Al Bowles (@akatch)
     short_description: condensed Ansible output
     description:
       - Consolidated Ansible output in the style of LINUX/UNIX startup logs.
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
     - Only display task names if the task runs on at least one host
     - Add option to display all hostnames on a single line in the appropriate result color (failures may have a separate line)
     - Consolidate stats display
-    - Display whether run is in --check mode
     - Don't show play name if no hosts found
     '''
 
@@ -92,19 +91,31 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
     def v2_playbook_on_task_start(self, task, is_conditional):
         self._get_task_display_name(task)
         if self.task_display_name is not None:
-            self._display.display("%s..." % self.task_display_name)
+            if task.check_mode and self.get_option('check_mode_markers'):
+                self._display.display("%s (check mode)..." % self.task_display_name)
+            else:
+                self._display.display("%s..." % self.task_display_name)
 
     def v2_playbook_on_handler_task_start(self, task):
         self._get_task_display_name(task)
         if self.task_display_name is not None:
-            self._display.display("%s (via handler)... " % self.task_display_name)
+            if task.check_mode and self.get_option('check_mode_markers'):
+                self._display.display("%s (via handler in check mode)... " % self.task_display_name)
+            else:
+                self._display.display("%s (via handler)... " % self.task_display_name)
 
     def v2_playbook_on_play_start(self, play):
         name = play.get_name().strip()
-        if name and play.hosts:
-            msg = u"\n- %s on hosts: %s -" % (name, ",".join(play.hosts))
+        if play.check_mode and self.get_option('check_mode_markers'):
+            if name and play.hosts:
+                msg = u"\n- %s (in check mode) on hosts: %s -" % (name, ",".join(play.hosts))
+            else:
+                msg = u"- check mode -"
         else:
-            msg = u"---"
+            if name and play.hosts:
+                msg = u"\n- %s on hosts: %s -" % (name, ",".join(play.hosts))
+            else:
+                msg = u"---"
 
         self._display.display(msg)
 
@@ -227,8 +238,10 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
         self._display.display("  Ran out of hosts!", color=C.COLOR_ERROR)
 
     def v2_playbook_on_start(self, playbook):
-        # TODO display whether this run is happening in check mode
-        self._display.display("Executing playbook %s" % basename(playbook._file_name))
+        if context.CLIARGS['check'] and self.get_option('check_mode_markers'):
+            self._display.display("Executing playbook %s in check mode" % basename(playbook._file_name))
+        else:
+            self._display.display("Executing playbook %s" % basename(playbook._file_name))
 
         # show CLI arguments
         if self._display.verbosity > 3:

plugins/callback/yaml.py

@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       - default_callback
     requirements:
       - set as stdout in configuration
+    seealso:
+      - plugin: ansible.builtin.default
+        plugin_type: callback
+        description: >
+          There is a parameter O(ansible.builtin.default#callback:result_format) in P(ansible.builtin.default#callback)
+          that allows you to change the output format to YAML.
+    notes:
+      - >
+        With ansible-core 2.13 or newer, you can instead specify V(yaml) for the parameter O(ansible.builtin.default#callback:result_format)
+        in P(ansible.builtin.default#callback).
 '''
 
 import yaml

plugins/connection/chroot.py

@@ -46,8 +46,42 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         vars:
           - name: ansible_chroot_exe
         default: chroot
+      disable_root_check:
+        description:
+            - Do not check that the user is not root.
+        ini:
+          - section: chroot_connection
+            key: disable_root_check
+        env:
+          - name: ANSIBLE_CHROOT_DISABLE_ROOT_CHECK
+        vars:
+          - name: ansible_chroot_disable_root_check
+        default: false
+        type: bool
+        version_added: 7.3.0
 '''
 
+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
@@ -81,11 +115,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
 
         self.chroot = self._play_context.remote_addr
 
-        if os.geteuid() != 0:
-            raise AnsibleError("chroot connection requires running as root")
-
-        # we're running as root on the local system so do some
-        # trivial checks for ensuring 'host' is actually a chroot'able dir
+        # do some trivial checks for ensuring 'host' is actually a chroot'able dir
         if not os.path.isdir(self.chroot):
             raise AnsibleError("%s is not a directory" % self.chroot)
 
@@ -99,6 +129,11 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
 
     def _connect(self):
         """ connect to the chroot """
+        if not self.get_option('disable_root_check') and os.geteuid() != 0:
+            raise AnsibleError(
+                "chroot connection requires running as root. "
+                "You can override this check with the `disable_root_check` option.")
+
         if os.path.isabs(self.get_option('chroot_exe')):
             self.chroot_cmd = self.get_option('chroot_exe')
         else:

plugins/connection/funcd.py

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         if in_data:
             raise AnsibleError("Internal Error: this module does not support optimized module pipelining")
 
-        # totally ignores privlege escalation
+        # totally ignores privilege escalation
         display.vvv("EXEC %s" % cmd, host=self.host)
         p = self.client.command.run(cmd)[self.host]
         return p[0], p[1], p[2]

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/connection/lxd.py

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
     author: Matt Clay (@mattclay) <matt@mystile.com>
     name: lxd
-    short_description: Run tasks in lxc containers via lxc CLI
+    short_description: Run tasks in LXD instances via C(lxc) CLI
     description:
-        - Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing lxc container using lxc CLI
+        - Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing instance using C(lxc) CLI.
     options:
       remote_addr:
         description:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             - name: ansible_lxd_host
       executable:
         description:
-            - shell to use for execution inside container
+            - Shell to use for execution inside instance.
         default: /bin/sh
         vars:
             - name: ansible_executable
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
             raise AnsibleError("lxc command not found in PATH")
 
         if self._play_context.remote_user is not None and self._play_context.remote_user != 'root':
-            self._display.warning('lxd does not support remote_user, using container default: root')
+            self._display.warning('lxd does not support remote_user, using default: root')
 
     def _connect(self):
         """connect to lxd (nothing to do here) """

plugins/doc_fragments/alicloud.py

@@ -15,40 +15,40 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
 options:
   alicloud_access_key:
     description:
-      - Alibaba Cloud access key. If not set then the value of environment variable C(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY),
-        C(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID) will be used instead.
+      - Alibaba Cloud access key. If not set then the value of environment variable E(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY),
+        E(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID) will be used instead.
     aliases: ['access_key_id', 'access_key']
     type: str
   alicloud_secret_key:
     description:
-      - Alibaba Cloud secret key. If not set then the value of environment variable C(ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY),
-        C(ALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY) will be used instead.
+      - Alibaba Cloud secret key. If not set then the value of environment variable E(ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY),
+        E(ALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY) will be used instead.
     aliases: ['secret_access_key', 'secret_key']
     type: str
   alicloud_region:
     description:
       - The Alibaba Cloud region to use. If not specified then the value of environment variable
-        C(ALICLOUD_REGION), C(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID) will be used instead.
+        E(ALICLOUD_REGION), E(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID) will be used instead.
     aliases: ['region', 'region_id']
     required: true
     type: str
   alicloud_security_token:
     description:
       - The Alibaba Cloud security token. If not specified then the value of environment variable
-        C(ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN) will be used instead.
+        E(ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN) will be used instead.
     aliases: ['security_token']
     type: str
   alicloud_assume_role:
     description:
       - If provided with a role ARN, Ansible will attempt to assume this role using the supplied credentials.
-      - The nested assume_role block supports I(alicloud_assume_role_arn), I(alicloud_assume_role_session_name),
-        I(alicloud_assume_role_session_expiration) and I(alicloud_assume_role_policy)
+      - The nested assume_role block supports C(alicloud_assume_role_arn), C(alicloud_assume_role_session_name),
+        C(alicloud_assume_role_session_expiration) and C(alicloud_assume_role_policy).
     type: dict
     aliases: ['assume_role']
   alicloud_assume_role_arn:
     description:
       - The Alibaba Cloud role_arn. The ARN of the role to assume. If ARN is set to an empty string,
-        it does not perform role switching. It supports environment variable ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN.
+        it does not perform role switching. It supports environment variable E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN).
         ansible will execute with provided credentials.
     aliases: ['assume_role_arn']
     type: str
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ options:
     description:
       - The Alibaba Cloud session_name. The session name to use when assuming the role. If omitted,
         'ansible' is passed to the AssumeRole call as session name. It supports environment variable
-        ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_NAME
+        E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_NAME).
     aliases: ['assume_role_session_name']
     type: str
   alicloud_assume_role_session_expiration:
     description:
       - The Alibaba Cloud session_expiration. The time after which the established session for assuming
         role expires. Valid value range 900-3600 seconds. Default to 3600 (in this case Alicloud use own default
-        value). It supports environment variable ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION
+        value). It supports environment variable E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION).
     aliases: ['assume_role_session_expiration']
     type: int
   ecs_role_name:
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ options:
   profile:
     description:
       - This is the Alicloud profile name as set in the shared credentials file. It can also be sourced from the
-        ALICLOUD_PROFILE environment variable.
+        E(ALICLOUD_PROFILE) environment variable.
     type: str
   shared_credentials_file:
     description:
-      - This is the path to the shared credentials file. It can also be sourced from the ALICLOUD_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE
+      - This is the path to the shared credentials file. It can also be sourced from the E(ALICLOUD_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE)
         environment variable.
       - If this is not set and a profile is specified,  ~/.aliyun/config.json will be used.
     type: str
@@ -94,16 +94,16 @@ requirements:
 notes:
   - If parameters are not set within the module, the following
     environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
-    C(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY) or C(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID),
-    C(ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY) or C(ALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY),
-    C(ALICLOUD_REGION) or C(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID),
-    C(ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN),
-    C(ALICLOUD_ECS_ROLE_NAME),
-    C(ALICLOUD_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE),
-    C(ALICLOUD_PROFILE),
-    C(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN),
-    C(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_NAME),
-    C(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION),
-  - C(ALICLOUD_REGION) or C(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID) can be typically be used to specify the
+    E(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY) or E(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID),
+    E(ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY) or E(ALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY),
+    E(ALICLOUD_REGION) or E(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID),
+    E(ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN),
+    E(ALICLOUD_ECS_ROLE_NAME),
+    E(ALICLOUD_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE),
+    E(ALICLOUD_PROFILE),
+    E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN),
+    E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_NAME),
+    E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION),
+  - E(ALICLOUD_REGION) or E(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID) can be typically be used to specify the
     ALICLOUD region, when required, but this can also be configured in the footmark config file
 '''

plugins/doc_fragments/bitbucket.py

@@ -16,25 +16,25 @@ options:
   client_id:
     description:
       - The OAuth consumer key.
-      - If not set the environment variable C(BITBUCKET_CLIENT_ID) will be used.
+      - If not set the environment variable E(BITBUCKET_CLIENT_ID) will be used.
     type: str
   client_secret:
     description:
       - The OAuth consumer secret.
-      - If not set the environment variable C(BITBUCKET_CLIENT_SECRET) will be used.
+      - If not set the environment variable E(BITBUCKET_CLIENT_SECRET) will be used.
     type: str
   user:
     description:
       - The username.
-      - If not set the environment variable C(BITBUCKET_USERNAME) will be used.
-      - I(username) is an alias of I(user) since community.genreal 6.0.0. It was an alias of I(workspace) before.
+      - If not set the environment variable E(BITBUCKET_USERNAME) will be used.
+      - O(ignore:username) is an alias of O(user) since community.general 6.0.0. It was an alias of O(workspace) before.
     type: str
     version_added: 4.0.0
     aliases: [ username ]
   password:
     description:
       - The App password.
-      - If not set the environment variable C(BITBUCKET_PASSWORD) will be used.
+      - If not set the environment variable E(BITBUCKET_PASSWORD) will be used.
     type: str
     version_added: 4.0.0
 notes:

plugins/doc_fragments/dimensiondata.py

@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ options:
   mcp_user:
     description:
       - The username used to authenticate to the CloudControl API.
-      - If not specified, will fall back to C(MCP_USER) from environment variable or C(~/.dimensiondata).
+      - If not specified, will fall back to E(MCP_USER) from environment variable or C(~/.dimensiondata).
     type: str
   mcp_password:
     description:
       - The password used to authenticate to the CloudControl API.
-      - If not specified, will fall back to C(MCP_PASSWORD) from environment variable or C(~/.dimensiondata).
-      - Required if I(mcp_user) is specified.
+      - If not specified, will fall back to E(MCP_PASSWORD) from environment variable or C(~/.dimensiondata).
+      - Required if O(mcp_user) is specified.
     type: str
   location:
     description:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ options:
     required: true
   validate_certs:
     description:
-      - If C(false), SSL certificates will not be validated.
+      - If V(false), SSL certificates will not be validated.
       - This should only be used on private instances of the CloudControl API that use self-signed certificates.
     type: bool
     default: true

plugins/doc_fragments/dimensiondata_wait.py

@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ options:
   wait_time:
     description:
       - The maximum amount of time (in seconds) to wait for the task to complete.
-      - Only applicable if I(wait=true).
+      - Only applicable if O(wait=true).
     type: int
     default: 600
   wait_poll_interval:
     description:
       - The amount of time (in seconds) to wait between checks for task completion.
-      - Only applicable if I(wait=true).
+      - Only applicable if O(wait=true).
     type: int
     default: 2
     '''

plugins/doc_fragments/hwc.py

@@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ options:
         type: str
 notes:
   - For authentication, you can set identity_endpoint using the
-    C(ANSIBLE_HWC_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT) env variable.
+    E(ANSIBLE_HWC_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT) env variable.
   - For authentication, you can set user using the
-    C(ANSIBLE_HWC_USER) env variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set password using the C(ANSIBLE_HWC_PASSWORD) env
+    E(ANSIBLE_HWC_USER) env variable.
+  - For authentication, you can set password using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_PASSWORD) env
     variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set domain using the C(ANSIBLE_HWC_DOMAIN) env
+  - For authentication, you can set domain using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_DOMAIN) env
     variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set project using the C(ANSIBLE_HWC_PROJECT) env
+  - For authentication, you can set project using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_PROJECT) env
     variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set region using the C(ANSIBLE_HWC_REGION) env variable.
+  - For authentication, you can set region using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_REGION) env variable.
   - Environment variables values will only be used if the playbook values are
     not set.
 '''

plugins/doc_fragments/influxdb.py

@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ options:
   username:
     description:
     - Username that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server.
-    - Alias C(login_username) added in Ansible 2.5.
+    - Alias O(login_username) added in Ansible 2.5.
     type: str
     default: root
     aliases: [ login_username ]
   password:
     description:
     - Password that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server.
-    - Alias C(login_password) added in Ansible 2.5.
+    - Alias O(login_password) added in Ansible 2.5.
     type: str
     default: root
     aliases: [ login_password ]
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ options:
     version_added: '0.2.0'
   validate_certs:
     description:
-    - If set to C(false), the SSL certificates will not be validated.
-    - This should only set to C(false) used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
+    - If set to V(false), the SSL certificates will not be validated.
+    - This should only set to V(false) used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
     type: bool
     default: true
   ssl:
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ options:
   retries:
     description:
     - Number of retries client will try before aborting.
-    - C(0) indicates try until success.
+    - V(0) indicates try until success.
     - Only available when using python-influxdb >= 4.1.0
     type: int
     default: 3

plugins/doc_fragments/ipa.py

@@ -16,61 +16,61 @@ options:
   ipa_port:
     description:
     - Port of FreeIPA / IPA server.
-    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(IPA_PORT) will be used instead.
-    - If both the environment variable C(IPA_PORT) and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(IPA_PORT) will be used instead.
+    - If both the environment variable E(IPA_PORT) and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
     - Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
     type: int
     default: 443
   ipa_host:
     description:
     - IP or hostname of IPA server.
-    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(IPA_HOST) will be used instead.
-    - If both the environment variable C(IPA_HOST) and the value are not specified in the task, then DNS will be used to try to discover the FreeIPA server.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(IPA_HOST) will be used instead.
+    - If both the environment variable E(IPA_HOST) and the value are not specified in the task, then DNS will be used to try to discover the FreeIPA server.
     - The relevant entry needed in FreeIPA is the 'ipa-ca' entry.
-    - If neither the DNS entry, nor the environment C(IPA_HOST), nor the value are available in the task, then the default value will be used.
+    - If neither the DNS entry, nor the environment E(IPA_HOST), nor the value are available in the task, then the default value will be used.
     - Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
     type: str
     default: ipa.example.com
   ipa_user:
     description:
     - Administrative account used on IPA server.
-    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(IPA_USER) will be used instead.
-    - If both the environment variable C(IPA_USER) and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(IPA_USER) will be used instead.
+    - If both the environment variable E(IPA_USER) and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
     - Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
     type: str
     default: admin
   ipa_pass:
     description:
     - Password of administrative user.
-    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(IPA_PASS) will be used instead.
-    - Note that if the 'urllib_gssapi' library is available, it is possible to use GSSAPI to authenticate to FreeIPA.
-    - If the environment variable C(KRB5CCNAME) is available, the module will use this kerberos credentials cache to authenticate to the FreeIPA server.
-    - If the environment variable C(KRB5_CLIENT_KTNAME) is available, and C(KRB5CCNAME) is not; the module will use this kerberos keytab to authenticate.
-    - If GSSAPI is not available, the usage of 'ipa_pass' is required.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(IPA_PASS) will be used instead.
+    - Note that if the C(urllib_gssapi) library is available, it is possible to use GSSAPI to authenticate to FreeIPA.
+    - If the environment variable E(KRB5CCNAME) is available, the module will use this kerberos credentials cache to authenticate to the FreeIPA server.
+    - If the environment variable E(KRB5_CLIENT_KTNAME) is available, and E(KRB5CCNAME) is not; the module will use this kerberos keytab to authenticate.
+    - If GSSAPI is not available, the usage of O(ipa_pass) is required.
     - Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
     type: str
   ipa_prot:
     description:
     - Protocol used by IPA server.
-    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(IPA_PROT) will be used instead.
-    - If both the environment variable C(IPA_PROT) and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(IPA_PROT) will be used instead.
+    - If both the environment variable E(IPA_PROT) and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
     - Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
     type: str
     choices: [ http, https ]
     default: https
   validate_certs:
     description:
-    - This only applies if C(ipa_prot) is I(https).
-    - If set to C(false), the SSL certificates will not be validated.
-    - This should only set to C(false) used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
+    - This only applies if O(ipa_prot) is V(https).
+    - If set to V(false), the SSL certificates will not be validated.
+    - This should only set to V(false) used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
     type: bool
     default: true
   ipa_timeout:
     description:
     - Specifies idle timeout (in seconds) for the connection.
     - For bulk operations, you may want to increase this in order to avoid timeout from IPA server.
-    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(IPA_TIMEOUT) will be used instead.
-    - If both the environment variable C(IPA_TIMEOUT) and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(IPA_TIMEOUT) will be used instead.
+    - If both the environment variable E(IPA_TIMEOUT) and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
     type: int
     default: 10
 '''

plugins/doc_fragments/keycloak.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ options:
 
     auth_client_id:
         description:
-            - OpenID Connect I(client_id) to authenticate to the API with.
+            - OpenID Connect C(client_id) to authenticate to the API with.
         type: str
         default: admin-cli
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ options:
 
     auth_client_secret:
         description:
-            - Client Secret to use in conjunction with I(auth_client_id) (if required).
+            - Client Secret to use in conjunction with O(auth_client_id) (if required).
         type: str
 
     auth_username:

plugins/doc_fragments/ldap.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ options:
     type: str
   bind_pw:
     description:
-      - The password to use with I(bind_dn).
+      - The password to use with O(bind_dn).
     type: str
     default: ''
   ca_path:
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ options:
       - Set the path to PEM file with CA certs.
     type: path
     version_added: "6.5.0"
+  client_cert:
+    type: path
+    description:
+      - PEM formatted certificate chain file to be used for SSL client authentication.
+      - Required if O(client_key) is defined.
+    version_added: "7.1.0"
+  client_key:
+    type: path
+    description:
+      - PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for SSL client authentication.
+      - Required if O(client_cert) is defined.
+    version_added: "7.1.0"
   dn:
     required: true
     description:
@@ -40,12 +52,12 @@ options:
     type: str
     description:
       - Set the referrals chasing behavior.
-      - C(anonymous) follow referrals anonymously. This is the default behavior.
-      - C(disabled) disable referrals chasing. This sets C(OPT_REFERRALS) to off.
+      - V(anonymous) follow referrals anonymously. This is the default behavior.
+      - V(disabled) disable referrals chasing. This sets C(OPT_REFERRALS) to off.
     version_added: 2.0.0
   server_uri:
     description:
-      - The I(server_uri) parameter may be a comma- or whitespace-separated list of URIs containing only the schema, the host, and the port fields.
+      - The O(server_uri) parameter may be a comma- or whitespace-separated list of URIs containing only the schema, the host, and the port fields.
       - The default value lets the underlying LDAP client library look for a UNIX domain socket in its default location.
       - Note that when using multiple URIs you cannot determine to which URI your client gets connected.
       - For URIs containing additional fields, particularly when using commas, behavior is undefined.
@@ -58,14 +70,13 @@ options:
     default: false
   validate_certs:
     description:
-      - If set to C(false), SSL certificates will not be validated.
+      - If set to V(false), SSL certificates will not be validated.
       - This should only be used on sites using self-signed certificates.
     type: bool
     default: true
   sasl_class:
     description:
       - The class to use for SASL authentication.
-      - Possible choices are C(external), C(gssapi).
     type: str
     choices: ['external', 'gssapi']
     default: external
@@ -73,10 +84,9 @@ options:
   xorder_discovery:
     description:
       - Set the behavior on how to process Xordered DNs.
-      - C(enable) will perform a C(ONELEVEL) search below the superior RDN to find the matching DN.
-      - C(disable) will always use the DN unmodified (as passed by the I(dn) parameter).
-      - C(auto) will only perform a search if the first RDN does not contain an index number (C({x})).
-      - Possible choices are C(enable), C(auto), C(disable).
+      - V(enable) will perform a C(ONELEVEL) search below the superior RDN to find the matching DN.
+      - V(disable) will always use the DN unmodified (as passed by the O(dn) parameter).
+      - V(auto) will only perform a search if the first RDN does not contain an index number (C({x})).
     type: str
     choices: ['enable', 'auto', 'disable']
     default: auto

plugins/doc_fragments/manageiq.py

@@ -21,30 +21,30 @@ options:
     suboptions:
       url:
         description:
-          - ManageIQ environment url. C(MIQ_URL) env var if set. otherwise, it is required to pass it.
+          - ManageIQ environment URL. E(MIQ_URL) environment variable if set. Otherwise, it is required to pass it.
         type: str
         required: false
       username:
         description:
-          - ManageIQ username. C(MIQ_USERNAME) env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
+          - ManageIQ username. E(MIQ_USERNAME) environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
         type: str
       password:
         description:
-          - ManageIQ password. C(MIQ_PASSWORD) env var if set. otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
+          - ManageIQ password. E(MIQ_PASSWORD) environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no token is passed in.
         type: str
       token:
         description:
-          - ManageIQ token. C(MIQ_TOKEN) env var if set. otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.
+          - ManageIQ token. E(MIQ_TOKEN) environment variable if set. Otherwise, required if no username or password is passed in.
         type: str
       validate_certs:
         description:
-          - Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests. defaults to True.
+          - Whether SSL certificates should be verified for HTTPS requests.
         type: bool
         default: true
         aliases: [ verify_ssl ]
       ca_cert:
         description:
-          - The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates. defaults to None.
+          - The path to a CA bundle file or directory with certificates.
         type: str
         aliases: [ ca_bundle_path ]
 

plugins/doc_fragments/nomad.py

@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ options:
       type: str
     token:
       description:
-        - ACL token for authentification.
+        - ACL token for authentication.
       type: str
 '''

plugins/doc_fragments/online.py

@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ options:
     default: true
 notes:
   - Also see the API documentation on U(https://console.online.net/en/api/)
-  - If C(api_token) is not set within the module, the following
+  - If O(api_token) is not set within the module, the following
     environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
-    C(ONLINE_TOKEN), C(ONLINE_API_KEY), C(ONLINE_OAUTH_TOKEN), C(ONLINE_API_TOKEN)
-  - If one wants to use a different C(api_url) one can also set the C(ONLINE_API_URL)
+    E(ONLINE_TOKEN), E(ONLINE_API_KEY), E(ONLINE_OAUTH_TOKEN), E(ONLINE_API_TOKEN).
+  - If one wants to use a different O(api_url) one can also set the E(ONLINE_API_URL)
     environment variable.
 '''

plugins/doc_fragments/opennebula.py

@@ -15,26 +15,26 @@ options:
     api_url:
         description:
             - The ENDPOINT URL of the XMLRPC server.
-            - If not specified then the value of the ONE_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
+            - If not specified then the value of the E(ONE_URL) environment variable, if any, is used.
         type: str
         aliases:
             - api_endpoint
     api_username:
         description:
             - The name of the user for XMLRPC authentication.
-            - If not specified then the value of the ONE_USERNAME environment variable, if any, is used.
+            - If not specified then the value of the E(ONE_USERNAME) environment variable, if any, is used.
         type: str
     api_password:
         description:
             - The password or token for XMLRPC authentication.
-            - If not specified then the value of the ONE_PASSWORD environment variable, if any, is used.
+            - If not specified then the value of the E(ONE_PASSWORD) environment variable, if any, is used.
         type: str
         aliases:
             - api_token
     validate_certs:
         description:
-            - Whether to validate the SSL certificates or not.
-            - This parameter is ignored if PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY environment variable is used.
+            - Whether to validate the TLS/SSL certificates or not.
+            - This parameter is ignored if E(PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY) environment variable is used.
         type: bool
         default: true
     wait_timeout:

plugins/doc_fragments/openswitch.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ options:
   port:
     description:
       - Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote
-        device.  This value applies to either I(cli) or I(rest).  The port
+        device.  This value applies to either O(transport=cli) or O(transport=rest).  The port
         value will default to the appropriate transport common port if
         none is provided in the task.  (cli=22, http=80, https=443).  Note
         this argument does not affect the SSH transport.
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ options:
         either the CLI login or the eAPI authentication depending on which
         transport is used. Note this argument does not affect the SSH
         transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of
-        environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME) will be used instead.
+        environment variable E(ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME) will be used instead.
     type: str
   password:
     description:
       - Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to
-        the remote device.  This is a common argument used for either I(cli)
-        or I(rest) transports.  Note this argument does not affect the SSH
+        the remote device.  This is a common argument used for either O(transport=cli)
+        or O(transport=rest).  Note this argument does not affect the SSH
         transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of
-        environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD) will be used instead.
+        environment variable E(ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD) will be used instead.
     type: str
   timeout:
     description:
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ options:
   ssh_keyfile:
     description:
       - Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to
-        the remote device.  This argument is only used for the I(cli)
-        transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of
-        environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE) will be used instead.
+        the remote device.  This argument is only used for O(transport=cli).
+        If the value is not specified in the task, the value of
+        environment variable E(ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE) will be used instead.
     type: path
   transport:
     description:
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ options:
     default: ssh
   use_ssl:
     description:
-      - Configures the I(transport) to use SSL if set to C(true) only when the
-        I(transport) argument is configured as rest.  If the transport
-        argument is not I(rest), this value is ignored.
+      - Configures the O(transport) to use SSL if set to V(true) only when the
+        O(transport) argument is configured as rest.  If the transport
+        argument is not V(rest), this value is ignored.
     type: bool
     default: true
   provider:
     description:
-      - Convenience method that allows all I(openswitch) arguments to be passed as
+      - Convenience method that allows all C(openswitch) arguments to be passed as
         a dict object.  All constraints (required, choices, etc) must be
         met either by individual arguments or values in this dict.
     type: dict

plugins/doc_fragments/oracle.py

@@ -18,28 +18,28 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
     options:
         config_file_location:
             description:
-                - Path to configuration file. If not set then the value of the OCI_CONFIG_FILE environment variable,
+                - Path to configuration file. If not set then the value of the E(OCI_CONFIG_FILE) environment variable,
                   if any, is used. Otherwise, defaults to ~/.oci/config.
             type: str
         config_profile_name:
             description:
-                - The profile to load from the config file referenced by C(config_file_location). If not set, then the
-                  value of the OCI_CONFIG_PROFILE environment variable, if any, is used. Otherwise, defaults to the
-                  "DEFAULT" profile in C(config_file_location).
+                - The profile to load from the config file referenced by O(config_file_location). If not set, then the
+                  value of the E(OCI_CONFIG_PROFILE) environment variable, if any, is used. Otherwise, defaults to the
+                  "DEFAULT" profile in O(config_file_location).
             default: "DEFAULT"
             type: str
         api_user:
             description:
                 - The OCID of the user, on whose behalf, OCI APIs are invoked. If not set, then the
-                  value of the OCI_USER_OCID environment variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the user
-                  is not specified through a configuration file (See C(config_file_location)). To get the user's OCID,
+                  value of the E(OCI_USER_OCID) environment variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the user
+                  is not specified through a configuration file (See O(config_file_location)). To get the user's OCID,
                   please refer U(https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm).
             type: str
         api_user_fingerprint:
             description:
-                - Fingerprint for the key pair being used. If not set, then the value of the OCI_USER_FINGERPRINT
+                - Fingerprint for the key pair being used. If not set, then the value of the E(OCI_USER_FINGERPRINT)
                   environment variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the key fingerprint is not
-                  specified through a configuration file (See C(config_file_location)). To get the key pair's
+                  specified through a configuration file (See O(config_file_location)). To get the key pair's
                   fingerprint value please refer
                   U(https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm).
             type: str
@@ -47,21 +47,21 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
             description:
                 - Full path and filename of the private key (in PEM format). If not set, then the value of the
                   OCI_USER_KEY_FILE variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the private key is
-                  not specified through a configuration file (See C(config_file_location)). If the key is encrypted
-                  with a pass-phrase, the C(api_user_key_pass_phrase) option must also be provided.
+                  not specified through a configuration file (See O(config_file_location)). If the key is encrypted
+                  with a pass-phrase, the O(api_user_key_pass_phrase) option must also be provided.
             type: path
         api_user_key_pass_phrase:
             description:
-                - Passphrase used by the key referenced in C(api_user_key_file), if it is encrypted. If not set, then
+                - Passphrase used by the key referenced in O(api_user_key_file), if it is encrypted. If not set, then
                   the value of the OCI_USER_KEY_PASS_PHRASE variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the
-                  key passphrase is not specified through a configuration file (See C(config_file_location)).
+                  key passphrase is not specified through a configuration file (See O(config_file_location)).
             type: str
         auth_type:
             description:
-                - The type of authentication to use for making API requests. By default C(auth_type="api_key") based
-                  authentication is performed and the API key (see I(api_user_key_file)) in your config file will be
+                - The type of authentication to use for making API requests. By default O(auth_type=api_key) based
+                  authentication is performed and the API key (see O(api_user_key_file)) in your config file will be
                   used. If this 'auth_type' module option is not specified, the value of the OCI_ANSIBLE_AUTH_TYPE,
-                  if any, is used. Use C(auth_type="instance_principal") to use instance principal based authentication
+                  if any, is used. Use O(auth_type=instance_principal) to use instance principal based authentication
                   when running ansible playbooks within an OCI compute instance.
             choices: ['api_key', 'instance_principal']
             default: 'api_key'
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
             description:
                 - OCID of your tenancy. If not set, then the value of the OCI_TENANCY variable, if any, is
                   used. This option is required if the tenancy OCID is not specified through a configuration file
-                  (See C(config_file_location)). To get the tenancy OCID, please refer
+                  (See O(config_file_location)). To get the tenancy OCID, please refer
                   U(https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm)
             type: str
         region:
             description:
                 - The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure region to use for all OCI API requests. If not set, then the
                   value of the OCI_REGION variable, if any, is used. This option is required if the region is
-                  not specified through a configuration file (See C(config_file_location)). Please refer to
+                  not specified through a configuration file (See O(config_file_location)). Please refer to
                   U(https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/General/Concepts/regions.htm) for more information
                   on OCI regions.
             type: str

plugins/doc_fragments/oracle_creatable_resource.py

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
             description: Whether to attempt non-idempotent creation of a resource. By default, create resource is an
                          idempotent operation, and doesn't create the resource if it already exists. Setting this option
                          to true, forcefully creates a copy of the resource, even if it already exists.This option is
-                         mutually exclusive with I(key_by).
+                         mutually exclusive with O(key_by).
             default: false
             type: bool
         key_by:
             description: The list of comma-separated attributes of this resource which should be used to uniquely
                          identify an instance of the resource. By default, all the attributes of a resource except
-                         I(freeform_tags) are used to uniquely identify a resource.
+                         O(freeform_tags) are used to uniquely identify a resource.
             type: list
             elements: str
     """

plugins/doc_fragments/oracle_display_name_option.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
     DOCUMENTATION = """
     options:
         display_name:
-            description: Use I(display_name) along with the other options to return only resources that match the given
+            description: Use O(display_name) along with the other options to return only resources that match the given
                          display name exactly.
             type: str
     """

plugins/doc_fragments/oracle_name_option.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
     DOCUMENTATION = """
     options:
         name:
-            description: Use I(name) along with the other options to return only resources that match the given name
+            description: Use O(name) along with the other options to return only resources that match the given name
                          exactly.
             type: str
     """

plugins/doc_fragments/oracle_wait_options.py

@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
             default: true
             type: bool
         wait_timeout:
-            description: Time, in seconds, to wait when I(wait=true).
+            description: Time, in seconds, to wait when O(wait=true).
             default: 1200
             type: int
         wait_until:
-            description: The lifecycle state to wait for the resource to transition into when I(wait=true). By default,
-                         when I(wait=true), we wait for the resource to get into ACTIVE/ATTACHED/AVAILABLE/PROVISIONED/
+            description: The lifecycle state to wait for the resource to transition into when O(wait=true). By default,
+                         when O(wait=true), we wait for the resource to get into ACTIVE/ATTACHED/AVAILABLE/PROVISIONED/
                          RUNNING applicable lifecycle state during create operation & to get into DELETED/DETACHED/
                          TERMINATED lifecycle state during delete operation.
             type: str

plugins/doc_fragments/pritunl.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ options:
         default: true
         description:
         - If certificates should be validated or not.
-        - This should never be set to C(false), except if you are very sure that
+        - This should never be set to V(false), except if you are very sure that
           your connection to the server can not be subject to a Man In The Middle
           attack.
 """

plugins/doc_fragments/proxmox.py

@@ -24,21 +24,23 @@ options:
   api_password:
     description:
       - Specify the password to authenticate with.
-      - You can use C(PROXMOX_PASSWORD) environment variable.
+      - You can use E(PROXMOX_PASSWORD) environment variable.
     type: str
   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:
     description:
-      - If C(false), SSL certificates will not be validated.
+      - If V(false), SSL certificates will not be validated.
       - This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
     type: bool
     default: false
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ options:
   node:
     description:
       - Proxmox VE node on which to operate.
-      - Only required for I(state=present).
+      - Only required for O(state=present).
       - For every other states it will be autodiscovered.
     type: str
   pool:

plugins/doc_fragments/purestorage.py

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ options:
     type: str
 notes:
   - This module requires the C(purity_fb) Python library
-  - You must set C(PUREFB_URL) and C(PUREFB_API) environment variables
-    if I(fb_url) and I(api_token) arguments are not passed to the module directly
+  - You must set E(PUREFB_URL) and E(PUREFB_API) environment variables
+    if O(fb_url) and O(api_token) arguments are not passed to the module directly
 requirements:
   - python >= 2.7
   - purity_fb >= 1.1
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ options:
     required: true
 notes:
   - This module requires the C(purestorage) Python library
-  - You must set C(PUREFA_URL) and C(PUREFA_API) environment variables
-    if I(fa_url) and I(api_token) arguments are not passed to the module directly
+  - You must set E(PUREFA_URL) and E(PUREFA_API) environment variables
+    if O(fa_url) and O(api_token) arguments are not passed to the module directly
 requirements:
   - python >= 2.7
   - purestorage

plugins/doc_fragments/rackspace.py

@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
 options:
   api_key:
     description:
-      - Rackspace API key, overrides I(credentials).
+      - Rackspace API key, overrides O(credentials).
     type: str
     aliases: [ password ]
   credentials:
     description:
-      - File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if I(api_key) and
-        I(username) are provided.
+      - File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if O(api_key) and
+        O(username) are provided.
     type: path
     aliases: [ creds_file ]
   env:
     description:
-      - Environment as configured in I(~/.pyrax.cfg),
+      - Environment as configured in C(~/.pyrax.cfg),
         see U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration).
     type: str
   region:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ options:
     type: str
   username:
     description:
-      - Rackspace username, overrides I(credentials).
+      - Rackspace username, overrides O(credentials).
     type: str
   validate_certs:
     description:
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ requirements:
   - python >= 2.6
   - pyrax
 notes:
-  - The following environment variables can be used, C(RAX_USERNAME),
-    C(RAX_API_KEY), C(RAX_CREDS_FILE), C(RAX_CREDENTIALS), C(RAX_REGION).
-  - C(RAX_CREDENTIALS) and C(RAX_CREDS_FILE) points to a credentials file
+  - The following environment variables can be used, E(RAX_USERNAME),
+    E(RAX_API_KEY), E(RAX_CREDS_FILE), E(RAX_CREDENTIALS), E(RAX_REGION).
+  - E(RAX_CREDENTIALS) and E(RAX_CREDS_FILE) point to a credentials file
     appropriate for pyrax. See U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating)
-  - C(RAX_USERNAME) and C(RAX_API_KEY) obviate the use of a credentials file
-  - C(RAX_REGION) defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...)
+  - E(RAX_USERNAME) and E(RAX_API_KEY) obviate the use of a credentials file
+  - E(RAX_REGION) defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...)
 '''
 
     # Documentation fragment including attributes to enable communication
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ options:
   api_key:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Rackspace API key, overrides I(credentials).
+      - Rackspace API key, overrides O(credentials).
     aliases: [ password ]
   auth_endpoint:
     type: str
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ options:
   credentials:
     type: path
     description:
-      - File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if I(api_key) and
-        I(username) are provided.
+      - File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if O(api_key) and
+        O(username) are provided.
     aliases: [ creds_file ]
   env:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Environment as configured in I(~/.pyrax.cfg),
+      - Environment as configured in C(~/.pyrax.cfg),
         see U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration).
   identity_type:
     type: str
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ options:
   username:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Rackspace username, overrides I(credentials).
+      - Rackspace username, overrides O(credentials).
   validate_certs:
     description:
       - Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ requirements:
   - python >= 2.6
   - pyrax
 notes:
-  - The following environment variables can be used, C(RAX_USERNAME),
-    C(RAX_API_KEY), C(RAX_CREDS_FILE), C(RAX_CREDENTIALS), C(RAX_REGION).
-  - C(RAX_CREDENTIALS) and C(RAX_CREDS_FILE) points to a credentials file
+  - The following environment variables can be used, E(RAX_USERNAME),
+    E(RAX_API_KEY), E(RAX_CREDS_FILE), E(RAX_CREDENTIALS), E(RAX_REGION).
+  - E(RAX_CREDENTIALS) and E(RAX_CREDS_FILE) points to a credentials file
     appropriate for pyrax. See U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating)
-  - C(RAX_USERNAME) and C(RAX_API_KEY) obviate the use of a credentials file
-  - C(RAX_REGION) defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...)
+  - E(RAX_USERNAME) and E(RAX_API_KEY) obviate the use of a credentials file
+  - E(RAX_REGION) defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...)
 '''

plugins/doc_fragments/redis.py

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ options:
     default: true
   ca_certs:
     description:
-      - Path to root certificates file. If not set and I(tls) is
-        set to C(true), certifi ca-certificates will be used.
+      - Path to root certificates file. If not set and O(tls) is
+        set to V(true), certifi ca-certificates will be used.
     type: str
 requirements: [ "redis", "certifi" ]
 

plugins/doc_fragments/scaleway.py

@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ options:
     default: true
 notes:
   - Also see the API documentation on U(https://developer.scaleway.com/)
-  - If C(api_token) is not set within the module, the following
+  - If O(api_token) is not set within the module, the following
     environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
-    C(SCW_TOKEN), C(SCW_API_KEY), C(SCW_OAUTH_TOKEN) or C(SCW_API_TOKEN).
-  - If one wants to use a different C(api_url) one can also set the C(SCW_API_URL)
+    E(SCW_TOKEN), E(SCW_API_KEY), E(SCW_OAUTH_TOKEN) or E(SCW_API_TOKEN).
+  - If one wants to use a different O(api_url) one can also set the E(SCW_API_URL)
     environment variable.
 '''

plugins/doc_fragments/utm.py

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ options:
     state:
         description:
           - The desired state of the object.
-          - C(present) will create or update an object
-          - C(absent) will delete an object if it was present
+          - V(present) will create or update an object
+          - V(absent) will delete an object if it was present
         type: str
         choices: [ absent, present ]
         default: present

plugins/doc_fragments/vexata.py

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ options:
     type: str
   validate_certs:
     description:
-      - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to C(false) when certificates are not trusted.
-      - If set to C(true), please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
+      - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to V(false) when certificates are not trusted.
+      - If set to V(true), please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
     required: false
     type: bool
     default: false

plugins/doc_fragments/xenserver.py

@@ -15,27 +15,27 @@ options:
   hostname:
     description:
     - The hostname or IP address of the XenServer host or XenServer pool master.
-    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(XENSERVER_HOST) will be used instead.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(XENSERVER_HOST) will be used instead.
     type: str
     default: localhost
     aliases: [ host, pool ]
   username:
     description:
     - The username to use for connecting to XenServer.
-    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(XENSERVER_USER) will be used instead.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(XENSERVER_USER) will be used instead.
     type: str
     default: root
     aliases: [ admin, user ]
   password:
     description:
     - The password to use for connecting to XenServer.
-    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(XENSERVER_PASSWORD) will be used instead.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(XENSERVER_PASSWORD) will be used instead.
     type: str
     aliases: [ pass, pwd ]
   validate_certs:
     description:
-    - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to C(false) when certificates are not trusted.
-    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(XENSERVER_VALIDATE_CERTS) will be used instead.
+    - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to V(false) when certificates are not trusted.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(XENSERVER_VALIDATE_CERTS) will be used instead.
     type: bool
     default: true
 '''

plugins/filter/from_csv.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
     dialect:
       description:
         - The CSV dialect to use when parsing the CSV file.
-        - Possible values include C(excel), C(excel-tab) or C(unix).
+        - Possible values include V(excel), V(excel-tab) or V(unix).
       type: str
       default: excel
     fieldnames:
@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
     delimiter:
       description:
         - A one-character string used to separate fields.
-        - When using this parameter, you change the default value used by I(dialect).
+        - When using this parameter, you change the default value used by O(dialect).
         - The default value depends on the dialect used.
       type: str
     skipinitialspace:
       description:
         - Whether to ignore any whitespaces immediately following the delimiter.
-        - When using this parameter, you change the default value used by I(dialect).
+        - When using this parameter, you change the default value used by O(dialect).
         - The default value depends on the dialect used.
       type: bool
     strict:
       description:
         - Whether to raise an exception on bad CSV input.
-        - When using this parameter, you change the default value used by I(dialect).
+        - When using this parameter, you change the default value used by O(dialect).
         - The default value depends on the dialect used.
       type: bool
 '''
@@ -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/filter/jc.py

@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
     parser:
       description:
         - The correct parser for the input data.
-        - For example C(ifconfig).
+        - For example V(ifconfig).
         - "Note: use underscores instead of dashes (if any) in the parser module name."
         - See U(https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc#parsers) for the latest list of parsers.
       type: string
       required: true
     quiet:
-      description: Set to C(false) to not suppress warnings.
+      description: Set to V(false) to not suppress warnings.
       type: boolean
       default: true
     raw:
-      description: Set to C(true) to return pre-processed JSON.
+      description: Set to V(true) to return pre-processed JSON.
       type: boolean
       default: false
   requirements:

plugins/filter/lists_mergeby.py

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
   version_added: 2.0.0
   author: Vladimir Botka (@vbotka)
   description:
-    - Merge two or more lists by attribute I(index). Optional parameters 'recursive' and 'list_merge'
+    - Merge two or more lists by attribute O(index). Optional parameters O(recursive) and O(list_merge)
       control the merging of the lists in values. The function merge_hash from ansible.utils.vars
-      is used. To learn details on how to use the parameters 'recursive' and 'list_merge' see
+      is used. To learn details on how to use the parameters O(recursive) and O(list_merge) see
       Ansible User's Guide chapter "Using filters to manipulate data" section "Combining
       hashes/dictionaries".
   positional: another_list, index

plugins/filter/to_days.yml

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION:
     _input:
       description:
         - The time string to convert.
-        - Can use the units C(y) and C(year) for a year, C(mo) and C(month) for a month, C(w) and C(week) for a week,
-          C(d) and C(day) for a day, C(h) and C(hour) for a hour, C(m), C(min) and C(minute) for minutes, C(s), C(sec)
-          and C(second) for seconds, C(ms), C(msec), C(msecond) and C(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix C(s)
-          can be added to a unit as well, so C(seconds) is the same as C(second).
+        - Can use the units V(y) and V(year) for a year, V(mo) and V(month) for a month, V(w) and V(week) for a week,
+          V(d) and V(day) for a day, V(h) and V(hour) for a hour, V(m), V(min) and V(minute) for minutes, V(s), V(sec)
+          and V(second) for seconds, V(ms), V(msec), V(msecond) and V(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix V(s)
+          can be added to a unit as well, so V(seconds) is the same as V(second).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
       type: string
       required: true
     year:

plugins/filter/to_hours.yml

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION:
     _input:
       description:
         - The time string to convert.
-        - Can use the units C(y) and C(year) for a year, C(mo) and C(month) for a month, C(w) and C(week) for a week,
-          C(d) and C(day) for a day, C(h) and C(hour) for a hour, C(m), C(min) and C(minute) for minutes, C(s), C(sec)
-          and C(second) for seconds, C(ms), C(msec), C(msecond) and C(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix C(s)
-          can be added to a unit as well, so C(seconds) is the same as C(second).
+        - Can use the units V(y) and V(year) for a year, V(mo) and V(month) for a month, V(w) and V(week) for a week,
+          V(d) and V(day) for a day, V(h) and V(hour) for a hour, V(m), V(min) and V(minute) for minutes, V(s), V(sec)
+          and V(second) for seconds, V(ms), V(msec), V(msecond) and V(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix V(s)
+          can be added to a unit as well, so V(seconds) is the same as V(second).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
       type: string
       required: true
     year:

plugins/filter/to_milliseconds.yml

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION:
     _input:
       description:
         - The time string to convert.
-        - Can use the units C(y) and C(year) for a year, C(mo) and C(month) for a month, C(w) and C(week) for a week,
-          C(d) and C(day) for a day, C(h) and C(hour) for a hour, C(m), C(min) and C(minute) for minutes, C(s), C(sec)
-          and C(second) for seconds, C(ms), C(msec), C(msecond) and C(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix C(s)
-          can be added to a unit as well, so C(seconds) is the same as C(second).
+        - Can use the units V(y) and V(year) for a year, V(mo) and V(month) for a month, V(w) and V(week) for a week,
+          V(d) and V(day) for a day, V(h) and V(hour) for a hour, V(m), V(min) and V(minute) for minutes, V(s), V(sec)
+          and V(second) for seconds, V(ms), V(msec), V(msecond) and V(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix V(s)
+          can be added to a unit as well, so V(seconds) is the same as V(second).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
       type: string
       required: true
     year:

plugins/filter/to_minutes.yml

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION:
     _input:
       description:
         - The time string to convert.
-        - Can use the units C(y) and C(year) for a year, C(mo) and C(month) for a month, C(w) and C(week) for a week,
-          C(d) and C(day) for a day, C(h) and C(hour) for a hour, C(m), C(min) and C(minute) for minutes, C(s), C(sec)
-          and C(second) for seconds, C(ms), C(msec), C(msecond) and C(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix C(s)
-          can be added to a unit as well, so C(seconds) is the same as C(second).
+        - Can use the units V(y) and V(year) for a year, V(mo) and V(month) for a month, V(w) and V(week) for a week,
+          V(d) and V(day) for a day, V(h) and V(hour) for a hour, V(m), V(min) and V(minute) for minutes, V(s), V(sec)
+          and V(second) for seconds, V(ms), V(msec), V(msecond) and V(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix V(s)
+          can be added to a unit as well, so V(seconds) is the same as V(second).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
       type: string
       required: true
     year:

plugins/filter/to_months.yml

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION:
     _input:
       description:
         - The time string to convert.
-        - Can use the units C(y) and C(year) for a year, C(mo) and C(month) for a month, C(w) and C(week) for a week,
-          C(d) and C(day) for a day, C(h) and C(hour) for a hour, C(m), C(min) and C(minute) for minutes, C(s), C(sec)
-          and C(second) for seconds, C(ms), C(msec), C(msecond) and C(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix C(s)
-          can be added to a unit as well, so C(seconds) is the same as C(second).
+        - Can use the units V(y) and V(year) for a year, V(mo) and V(month) for a month, V(w) and V(week) for a week,
+          V(d) and V(day) for a day, V(h) and V(hour) for a hour, V(m), V(min) and V(minute) for minutes, V(s), V(sec)
+          and V(second) for seconds, V(ms), V(msec), V(msecond) and V(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix V(s)
+          can be added to a unit as well, so V(seconds) is the same as V(second).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
       type: string
       required: true
     year:

plugins/filter/to_seconds.yml

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION:
     _input:
       description:
         - The time string to convert.
-        - Can use the units C(y) and C(year) for a year, C(mo) and C(month) for a month, C(w) and C(week) for a week,
-          C(d) and C(day) for a day, C(h) and C(hour) for a hour, C(m), C(min) and C(minute) for minutes, C(s), C(sec)
-          and C(second) for seconds, C(ms), C(msec), C(msecond) and C(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix C(s)
-          can be added to a unit as well, so C(seconds) is the same as C(second).
+        - Can use the units V(y) and V(year) for a year, V(mo) and V(month) for a month, V(w) and V(week) for a week,
+          V(d) and V(day) for a day, V(h) and V(hour) for a hour, V(m), V(min) and V(minute) for minutes, V(s), V(sec)
+          and V(second) for seconds, V(ms), V(msec), V(msecond) and V(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix V(s)
+          can be added to a unit as well, so V(seconds) is the same as V(second).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
       type: string
       required: true
     year:

plugins/filter/to_time_unit.yml

@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION:
     _input:
       description:
         - The time string to convert.
-        - Can use the units C(y) and C(year) for a year, C(mo) and C(month) for a month, C(w) and C(week) for a week,
-          C(d) and C(day) for a day, C(h) and C(hour) for a hour, C(m), C(min) and C(minute) for minutes, C(s), C(sec)
-          and C(second) for seconds, C(ms), C(msec), C(msecond) and C(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix C(s)
-          can be added to a unit as well, so C(seconds) is the same as C(second).
+        - Can use the units V(y) and V(year) for a year, V(mo) and V(month) for a month, V(w) and V(week) for a week,
+          V(d) and V(day) for a day, V(h) and V(hour) for a hour, V(m), V(min) and V(minute) for minutes, V(s), V(sec)
+          and V(second) for seconds, V(ms), V(msec), V(msecond) and V(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix V(s)
+          can be added to a unit as well, so V(seconds) is the same as V(second).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
       type: string
       required: true
     unit:

plugins/filter/to_weeks.yml

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION:
     _input:
       description:
         - The time string to convert.
-        - Can use the units C(y) and C(year) for a year, C(mo) and C(month) for a month, C(w) and C(week) for a week,
-          C(d) and C(day) for a day, C(h) and C(hour) for a hour, C(m), C(min) and C(minute) for minutes, C(s), C(sec)
-          and C(second) for seconds, C(ms), C(msec), C(msecond) and C(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix C(s)
-          can be added to a unit as well, so C(seconds) is the same as C(second).
+        - Can use the units V(y) and V(year) for a year, V(mo) and V(month) for a month, V(w) and V(week) for a week,
+          V(d) and V(day) for a day, V(h) and V(hour) for a hour, V(m), V(min) and V(minute) for minutes, V(s), V(sec)
+          and V(second) for seconds, V(ms), V(msec), V(msecond) and V(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix V(s)
+          can be added to a unit as well, so V(seconds) is the same as V(second).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
       type: string
       required: true
     year:

plugins/filter/to_years.yml

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ DOCUMENTATION:
     _input:
       description:
         - The time string to convert.
-        - Can use the units C(y) and C(year) for a year, C(mo) and C(month) for a month, C(w) and C(week) for a week,
-          C(d) and C(day) for a day, C(h) and C(hour) for a hour, C(m), C(min) and C(minute) for minutes, C(s), C(sec)
-          and C(second) for seconds, C(ms), C(msec), C(msecond) and C(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix C(s)
-          can be added to a unit as well, so C(seconds) is the same as C(second).
+        - Can use the units V(y) and V(year) for a year, V(mo) and V(month) for a month, V(w) and V(week) for a week,
+          V(d) and V(day) for a day, V(h) and V(hour) for a hour, V(m), V(min) and V(minute) for minutes, V(s), V(sec)
+          and V(second) for seconds, V(ms), V(msec), V(msecond) and V(millisecond) for milliseconds. The suffix V(s)
+          can be added to a unit as well, so V(seconds) is the same as V(second).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
       type: string
       required: true
     year:

plugins/inventory/cobbler.py

@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
     version_added: 1.0.0
     description:
         - Get inventory hosts from the cobbler service.
-        - "Uses a configuration file as an inventory source, it must end in C(.cobbler.yml) or C(.cobbler.yaml) and has a C(plugin: cobbler) entry."
+        - "Uses a configuration file as an inventory source, it must end in C(.cobbler.yml) or C(.cobbler.yaml) and have a C(plugin: cobbler) entry."
+        - Adds the primary IP addresses to C(cobbler_ipv4_address) and C(cobbler_ipv6_address) host variables if defined in Cobbler.  The primary IP address is
+          defined as the management interface if defined, or the interface who's DNS name matches the hostname of the system, or else the first interface found.
     extends_documentation_fragment:
         - inventory_cache
     options:
       plugin:
-        description: The name of this plugin, it should always be set to C(community.general.cobbler) for this plugin to recognize it as it's own.
+        description: The name of this plugin, it should always be set to V(community.general.cobbler) for this plugin to recognize it as it's own.
         required: true
         choices: [ 'cobbler', 'community.general.cobbler' ]
       url:
@@ -32,45 +34,73 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         env:
             - name: COBBLER_USER
       password:
-        description: Cobbler authentication password
+        description: Cobbler authentication password.
         required: false
         env:
             - name: COBBLER_PASSWORD
       cache_fallback:
-        description: Fallback to cached results if connection to cobbler fails
+        description: Fallback to cached results if connection to cobbler fails.
         type: boolean
         default: false
-      exclude_profiles:
-        description:
-          - Profiles to exclude from inventory.
-          - Ignored if I(include_profiles) is specified.
+      exclude_mgmt_classes:
+        description: Management classes to exclude from inventory.
         type: list
         default: []
         elements: str
+        version_added: 7.4.0
+      exclude_profiles:
+        description:
+          - Profiles to exclude from inventory.
+          - Ignored if O(include_profiles) is specified.
+        type: list
+        default: []
+        elements: str
+      include_mgmt_classes:
+        description: Management classes to include from inventory.
+        type: list
+        default: []
+        elements: str
+        version_added: 7.4.0
       include_profiles:
         description:
           - Profiles to include from inventory.
           - If specified, all other profiles will be excluded.
-          - I(exclude_profiles) is ignored if I(include_profiles) is specified.
+          - O(exclude_profiles) is ignored if O(include_profiles) is specified.
         type: list
         default: []
         elements: str
         version_added: 4.4.0
+      inventory_hostname:
+        description:
+          - What to use for the ansible inventory hostname.
+          - By default the networking hostname is used if defined, otherwise the DNS name of the management or first non-static interface.
+          - If set to V(system), the cobbler system name is used.
+        type: str
+        choices: [ 'hostname', 'system' ]
+        default: hostname
+        version_added: 7.1.0
       group_by:
-        description: Keys to group hosts by
+        description: Keys to group hosts by.
         type: list
         elements: string
         default: [ 'mgmt_classes', 'owners', 'status' ]
       group:
-        description: Group to place all hosts into
+        description: Group to place all hosts into.
         default: cobbler
       group_prefix:
-        description: Prefix to apply to cobbler groups
+        description: Prefix to apply to cobbler groups.
         default: cobbler_
       want_facts:
-        description: Toggle, if C(true) the plugin will retrieve host facts from the server
+        description: Toggle, if V(true) the plugin will retrieve host facts from the server.
         type: boolean
         default: true
+      want_ip_addresses:
+        description:
+          - Toggle, if V(true) the plugin will add a C(cobbler_ipv4_addresses) and C(cobbleer_ipv6_addresses) dictionary to the defined O(group) mapping
+            interface DNS names to IP addresses.
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+        version_added: 7.1.0
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -85,8 +115,10 @@ import socket
 
 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 +160,7 @@ 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):
@@ -198,9 +230,12 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
         self.cache_key = self.get_cache_key(path)
         self.use_cache = cache and self.get_option('cache')
 
+        self.exclude_mgmt_classes = self.get_option('exclude_mgmt_classes')
+        self.include_mgmt_classes = self.get_option('include_mgmt_classes')
         self.exclude_profiles = self.get_option('exclude_profiles')
         self.include_profiles = self.get_option('include_profiles')
         self.group_by = self.get_option('group_by')
+        self.inventory_hostname = self.get_option('inventory_hostname')
 
         for profile in self._get_profiles():
             if profile['parent']:
@@ -236,22 +271,34 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
             self.inventory.add_group(self.group)
             self.display.vvvv('Added site group %s\n' % self.group)
 
+        ip_addresses = {}
+        ipv6_addresses = {}
         for host in self._get_systems():
             # Get the FQDN for the host and add it to the right groups
-            hostname = host['hostname']  # None
+            if self.inventory_hostname == 'system':
+                hostname = make_unsafe(host['name'])  # None
+            else:
+                hostname = make_unsafe(host['hostname'])  # None
             interfaces = host['interfaces']
 
-            if self._exclude_profile(host['profile']):
-                self.display.vvvv('Excluding host %s in profile %s\n' % (host['name'], host['profile']))
-                continue
+            if set(host['mgmt_classes']) & set(self.include_mgmt_classes):
+                self.display.vvvv('Including host %s in mgmt_classes %s\n' % (host['name'], host['mgmt_classes']))
+            else:
+                if self._exclude_profile(host['profile']):
+                    self.display.vvvv('Excluding host %s in profile %s\n' % (host['name'], host['profile']))
+                    continue
+
+                if set(host['mgmt_classes']) & set(self.exclude_mgmt_classes):
+                    self.display.vvvv('Excluding host %s in mgmt_classes %s\n' % (host['name'], host['mgmt_classes']))
+                    continue
 
             # hostname is often empty for non-static IP hosts
             if hostname == '':
-                for (iname, ivalue) in iteritems(interfaces):
+                for iname, ivalue in interfaces.items():
                     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 == '':
@@ -262,8 +309,11 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
             self.display.vvvv('Added host %s hostname %s\n' % (host['name'], hostname))
 
             # Add host to profile group
-            group_name = self._add_safe_group_name(host['profile'], child=hostname)
-            self.display.vvvv('Added host %s to profile group %s\n' % (hostname, group_name))
+            if host['profile'] != '':
+                group_name = self._add_safe_group_name(host['profile'], child=hostname)
+                self.display.vvvv('Added host %s to profile group %s\n' % (hostname, group_name))
+            else:
+                self.display.warning('Host %s has an empty profile\n' % (hostname))
 
             # Add host to groups specified by group_by fields
             for group_by in self.group_by:
@@ -280,8 +330,51 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
                 self.inventory.add_child(self.group, hostname)
 
             # Add host variables
+            ip_address = None
+            ip_address_first = None
+            ipv6_address = None
+            ipv6_address_first = None
+            for iname, ivalue in interfaces.items():
+                # Set to first interface or management interface if defined or hostname matches dns_name
+                if ivalue['ip_address'] != "":
+                    if ip_address_first is None:
+                        ip_address_first = ivalue['ip_address']
+                    if ivalue['management']:
+                        ip_address = ivalue['ip_address']
+                    elif ivalue['dns_name'] == hostname and ip_address is None:
+                        ip_address = ivalue['ip_address']
+                if ivalue['ipv6_address'] != "":
+                    if ipv6_address_first is None:
+                        ipv6_address_first = ivalue['ipv6_address']
+                    if ivalue['management']:
+                        ipv6_address = ivalue['ipv6_address']
+                    elif ivalue['dns_name'] == hostname and ipv6_address is None:
+                        ipv6_address = ivalue['ipv6_address']
+
+                # Collect all interface name mappings for adding to group vars
+                if self.get_option('want_ip_addresses'):
+                    if ivalue['dns_name'] != "":
+                        if ivalue['ip_address'] != "":
+                            ip_addresses[ivalue['dns_name']] = ivalue['ip_address']
+                        if ivalue['ipv6_address'] != "":
+                            ip_addresses[ivalue['dns_name']] = ivalue['ipv6_address']
+
+            # Add ip_address to host if defined, use first if no management or matched dns_name
+            if ip_address is None and ip_address_first is not None:
+                ip_address = ip_address_first
+            if ip_address is not None:
+                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv4_address', make_unsafe(ip_address))
+            if ipv6_address is None and ipv6_address_first is not None:
+                ipv6_address = ipv6_address_first
+            if ipv6_address is not None:
+                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv6_address', make_unsafe(ipv6_address))
+
             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)))
+
+        if self.get_option('want_ip_addresses'):
+            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv4_addresses', make_unsafe(ip_addresses))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv6_addresses', make_unsafe(ipv6_addresses))