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Add REUSE badge (#8365)

Add REUSE badge.

(cherry picked from commit cd01a928ab)

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

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

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----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-trigger:
-  batch: true
-  branches:
-    include:
-      - main
-      - stable-*
-
-pr:
-  autoCancel: true
-  branches:
-    include:
-      - main
-      - stable-*
-
-schedules:
-  - cron: 0 8 * * *
-    displayName: Nightly (main)
-    always: true
-    branches:
-      include:
-        - main
-  - cron: 0 10 * * *
-    displayName: Nightly (active stable branches)
-    always: true
-    branches:
-      include:
-        - stable-7
-        - stable-6
-  - cron: 0 11 * * 0
-    displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
-    always: true
-    branches:
-      include:
-        - stable-5
-
-variables:
-  - name: checkoutPath
-    value: ansible_collections/community/general
-  - name: coverageBranches
-    value: main
-  - name: pipelinesCoverage
-    value: coverage
-  - name: entryPoint
-    value: tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
-  - name: fetchDepth
-    value: 0
-
-resources:
-  containers:
-    - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:4.0.1
-
-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
-### 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: 3.6
-            - 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: 3.5
-            - 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
-
-## Remote
-  - stage: Remote_devel_extra_vms
-    displayName: Remote devel extra VMs
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.18
-              test: alpine/3.18
-            # - name: Fedora 38
-            #   test: fedora/38
-            - 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 9.2
-              test: rhel/9.2
-            - name: RHEL 8.8
-              test: rhel/8.8
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
-              test: freebsd/13.2
-          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 9.1
-              test: rhel/9.1
-            - name: RHEL 8.7
-              test: rhel/8.7
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-              test: freebsd/13.1
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.4
-              test: freebsd/12.4
-          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 12.4
-            #  test: freebsd/12.4
-          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
-            #- name: FreeBSD 13.1
-            #  test: freebsd/13.1
-          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 38
-              test: fedora38
-            - 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: Fedora 37
-              test: fedora37
-            - 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
-
-### 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: Debian Bookworm
-              test: debian-bookworm/3.11
-            - 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: Summary
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-    dependsOn:
-      - Sanity_devel
-      - Sanity_2_13
-      - Sanity_2_14
-      - Sanity_2_15
-      - Units_devel
-      - Units_2_13
-      - Units_2_14
-      - Units_2_15
-      - Remote_devel_extra_vms
-      - Remote_devel
-      - Remote_2_13
-      - Remote_2_14
-      - Remote_2_15
-      - Docker_devel
-      - 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_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

@@ -204,8 +204,6 @@ files:
     maintainers: ddelnano shinuza
   $lookups/:
     labels: lookups
-  $lookups/bitwarden_secrets_manager.py:
-    maintainers: jantari
   $lookups/bitwarden.py:
     maintainers: lungj
   $lookups/cartesian.py: {}
@@ -249,9 +247,11 @@ files:
     labels: onepassword
     maintainers: samdoran
   $lookups/onepassword.py:
-    maintainers: azenk scottsb
+    ignore: scottsb
+    maintainers: azenk
   $lookups/onepassword_raw.py:
-    maintainers: azenk scottsb
+    ignore: scottsb
+    maintainers: azenk
   $lookups/passwordstore.py: {}
   $lookups/random_pet.py:
     maintainers: Akasurde
@@ -335,9 +335,6 @@ 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
@@ -433,7 +430,7 @@ files:
     ignore: resmo
     maintainers: dmtrs
   $modules/consul:
-    ignore: colin-nolan Hakon
+    ignore: colin-nolan
     maintainers: $team_consul
   $modules/copr.py:
     maintainers: schlupov
@@ -535,12 +532,8 @@ files:
     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:
@@ -549,6 +542,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: zimbatm
   $modules/gunicorn.py:
     maintainers: agmezr
+  $modules/hana_query.py:
+    maintainers: rainerleber
   $modules/haproxy.py:
     maintainers: ravibhure Normo
   $modules/heroku_collaborator.py:
@@ -633,8 +628,6 @@ files:
     maintainers: bregman-arie
   $modules/ipa_:
     maintainers: $team_ipa
-  $modules/ipbase_info.py:
-    maintainers: dominikkukacka
   $modules/ipa_pwpolicy.py:
     maintainers: adralioh
   $modules/ipa_service.py:
@@ -669,9 +662,7 @@ files:
     labels: jboss
     maintainers: $team_jboss jhoekx
   $modules/jenkins_build.py:
-    maintainers: brettmilford unnecessary-username juanmcasanova
-  $modules/jenkins_build_info.py:
-    maintainers: juanmcasanova
+    maintainers: brettmilford unnecessary-username
   $modules/jenkins_job.py:
     maintainers: sermilrod
   $modules/jenkins_job_info.py:
@@ -692,14 +683,8 @@ 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_permission_info.py:
-    maintainers: mattock
   $modules/keycloak_client_rolemapping.py:
     maintainers: Gaetan2907
   $modules/keycloak_clientscope.py:
@@ -720,8 +705,6 @@ files:
     maintainers: fynncfchen
   $modules/keycloak_role.py:
     maintainers: laurpaum
-  $modules/keycloak_user.py:
-    maintainers: elfelip
   $modules/keycloak_user_federation.py:
     maintainers: laurpaum
   $modules/keycloak_user_rolemapping.py:
@@ -768,8 +751,6 @@ 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:
@@ -939,7 +920,7 @@ files:
     labels: pagerduty
     maintainers: suprememoocow thaumos
   $modules/pagerduty_alert.py:
-    maintainers: ApsOps xshen1
+    maintainers: ApsOps
   $modules/pagerduty_change.py:
     maintainers: adamvaughan
   $modules/pagerduty_user.py:
@@ -982,9 +963,6 @@ files:
     maintainers: $team_solaris dermute
   $modules/pmem.py:
     maintainers: mizumm
-  $modules/pnpm.py:
-    ignore: chrishoffman
-    maintainers: aretrosen
   $modules/portage.py:
     ignore: sayap
     labels: portage
@@ -1001,8 +979,7 @@ files:
   $modules/proxmox:
     keywords: kvm libvirt proxmox qemu
     labels: proxmox virt
-    maintainers: $team_virt UnderGreen
-    ignore: tleguern
+    maintainers: $team_virt
   $modules/proxmox.py:
     ignore: skvidal
     maintainers: UnderGreen
@@ -1126,6 +1103,10 @@ files:
     maintainers: nerzhul
   $modules/runit.py:
     maintainers: jsumners
+  $modules/sap_task_list_execute:
+    maintainers: rainerleber
+  $modules/sapcar_extract.py:
+    maintainers: RainerLeber
   $modules/say.py:
     maintainers: $team_ansible_core
     ignore: mpdehaan
@@ -1379,6 +1360,8 @@ files:
     ignore: matze
     labels: zypper
     maintainers: $team_suse
+  $plugin_utils/unsafe.py:
+    maintainers: felixfontein
   $tests/a_module.py:
     maintainers: felixfontein
 #########################
@@ -1398,7 +1381,6 @@ macros:
   becomes: plugins/become
   caches: plugins/cache
   callbacks: plugins/callback
-  cliconfs: plugins/cliconf
   connections: plugins/connection
   doc_fragments: plugins/doc_fragments
   filters: plugins/filter
@@ -1406,7 +1388,7 @@ macros:
   lookups: plugins/lookup
   module_utils: plugins/module_utils
   modules: plugins/modules
-  terminals: plugins/terminal
+  plugin_utils: plugins/plugin_utils
   tests: plugins/test
   team_ansible_core:
   team_aix: MorrisA bcoca d-little flynn1973 gforster kairoaraujo marvin-sinister mator molekuul ramooncamacho wtcross
@@ -1434,5 +1416,5 @@ 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 Thulium-Drake Ajpantuso
+  team_virt: joshainglis karmab tleguern Thulium-Drake Ajpantuso
   team_wdc: mikemoerk

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ body:
     label: Component Name
     description: >-
       Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
-      *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+      *use your best guess if unsure*.
     placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
   validations:
     required: true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ body:
   attributes:
     label: Component Name
     description: >-
-      Write the short name of the file, module, plugin, task or feature below,
-      *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+      Write the short name of the rst file, module, plugin, task or
+      feature below, *use your best guess if unsure*.
     placeholder: mysql_user
   validations:
     required: true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ body:
   attributes:
     label: Component Name
     description: >-
-      Write the short name of the module or plugin, or which other part(s) of the collection this feature affects.
-      *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+      Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
+      *use your best guess if unsure*.
     placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
   validations:
     required: true

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-##### SUMMARY
-<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
-
-<!--- HINT: Include "Fixes #nnn" if you are fixing an existing issue -->
-
-<!--- Please do not forget to include a changelog fragment:
-      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/collection_development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments
-      No need to include one for docs-only or test-only PR, and for new plugin/module PRs.
-      Read about more details in CONTRIBUTING.md.
-      -->
-
-##### ISSUE TYPE
-<!--- Pick one or more below and delete the rest.
-      'Test Pull Request' is for PRs that add/extend tests without code changes. -->
-- Bugfix Pull Request
-- Docs Pull Request
-- Feature Pull Request
-- New Module/Plugin Pull Request
-- Refactoring Pull Request
-- Test Pull Request
-
-##### COMPONENT NAME
-<!--- Write the SHORT NAME of the module, plugin, task or feature below. -->
-
-##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-<!--- Include additional information to help people understand the change here -->
-<!--- A step-by-step reproduction of the problem is helpful if there is no related issue -->
-
-<!--- Paste verbatim command output below, e.g. before and after your change -->
-```paste below
-
-```

.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml

@@ -1,240 +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'
-          - '2.12'
-    # 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: ${{ contains(fromJson('["2.10", "2.11"]'), matrix.ansible) && 'felixfontein/ansible' || 'ansible/ansible' }}
-          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ 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'
-          - ansible: '2.12'
-            python: '2.6'
-          - ansible: '2.12'
-            python: '3.8'
-
-    steps:
-      - name: >-
-          Perform unit testing against
-          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
-        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
-        with:
-          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: ${{ contains(fromJson('["2.10", "2.11"]'), matrix.ansible) && 'felixfontein/ansible' || 'ansible/ansible' }}
-          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ 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/1/
-          # 2.12
-          - ansible: '2.12'
-            docker: centos6
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.12'
-            docker: centos6
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.12'
-            docker: centos6
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/3/
-          - ansible: '2.12'
-            docker: fedora34
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.12'
-            docker: fedora34
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.12'
-            docker: fedora34
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/3/
-          - ansible: '2.12'
-            docker: ubuntu1804
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.12'
-            docker: ubuntu1804
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.12'
-            docker: ubuntu1804
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/3/
-          # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
-          # - ansible: '2.12'
-          #   docker: default
-          #   python: '3.8'
-          #   target: azp/generic/1/
-
-    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: ${{ contains(fromJson('["2.10", "2.11"]'), matrix.ansible) && 'felixfontein/ansible' || 'ansible/ansible' }}
-          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ 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

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,955 @@
+# Community General Release Notes
+
+**Topics**
+
+- <a href="#v6-6-9">v6\.6\.9</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-8">v6\.6\.8</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes-1">Security Fixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-1">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-7">v6\.6\.7</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-2">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-6">v6\.6\.6</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-5">v6\.6\.5</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-4">v6\.6\.4</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-1">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-3">v6\.6\.3</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-6">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-2">v6\.6\.2</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-7">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-7">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-1">v6\.6\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-8">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-3">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-8">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-6-0">v6\.6\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-9">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-9">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v6-5-0">v6\.5\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-10">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-5">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-10">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup">Lookup</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v6-4-0">v6\.4\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-11">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-6">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-11">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-3-0">v6\.3\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-12">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-7">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#breaking-changes--porting-guide">Breaking Changes / Porting Guide</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-1">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-12">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-2">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v6-2-0">v6\.2\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-13">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-8">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-2">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-13">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-1-0">v6\.1\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-14">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-9">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-3">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-14">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-3">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v6-0-1">v6\.0\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-15">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-15">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v6-0-0">v6\.0\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-16">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#major-changes">Major Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-10">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#breaking-changes--porting-guide-1">Breaking Changes / Porting Guide</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-4">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#removed-features-previously-deprecated">Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-16">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins-1">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#filter">Filter</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup-1">Lookup</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-4">New Modules</a>
+This changelog describes changes after version 5\.0\.0\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-9"></a>
+## v6\.6\.9
+
+<a id="release-summary"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Maintenance release\.
+
+This is the last 6\.x\.y release\. The 6\.x\.y release train is now effectively End of Life\.
+Thanks to everyone who contributed to the community\.general 6\.x\.y releases\!
+
+<a id="security-fixes"></a>
+### Security Fixes
+
+* keycloak\_identity\_provider \- the client secret was not correctly sanitized by the module\. The return values <code>proposed</code>\, <code>existing</code>\, and <code>end\_state</code>\, as well as the diff\, did contain the client secret unmasked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8355](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8355)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* inventory plugins \- add unsafe wrapper to avoid marking strings that do not contain <code>\{</code> or <code>\}</code> as unsafe\, to work around a bug in AWX \(\([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8212](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8212)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8225)\)\.
+* xml \- make module work with lxml 5\.1\.1\, which removed some internals that the module was relying on \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8169](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8169)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-8"></a>
+## v6\.6\.8
+
+<a id="release-summary-1"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Security and bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="security-fixes-1"></a>
+### Security Fixes
+
+* cobbler\, gitlab\_runners\, icinga2\, linode\, lxd\, nmap\, online\, opennebula\, proxmox\, scaleway\, stackpath\_compute\, virtualbox\, and xen\_orchestra inventory plugin \- make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe\, so remote code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible \([https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/](https\://www\.die\-welt\.net/2024/03/remote\-code\-execution\-in\-ansible\-dynamic\-inventory\-plugins/)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8098)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-1"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* aix\_filesystem \- fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052)\)\.
+* pacemaker\_cluster \- actually implement check mode\, which the module claims to support\. This means that until now the module also did changes in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8081](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8081)\)\.
+* pam\_limits \- when the file does not exist\, do not create it in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-7"></a>
+## v6\.6\.7
+
+<a id="release-summary-2"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release\.
+
+From now on\, community\.general 6\.x\.y will only receive major bugfixes and security fixes anymore\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-2"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* composer \- fix impossible to run <code>working\_dir</code> dependent commands\. The module was throwing an error when trying to run a <code>working\_dir</code> dependent command\, because it tried to get the command help without passing the <code>working\_dir</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3787](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3787)\)\.
+* github\_deploy\_key \- fix pagination behaviour causing a crash when only a single page of deploy keys exist \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7375](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7375)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_members \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_group\_members</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_members \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_project\_members</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* gitlab\_protected\_branches \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_protected\_branches</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* gitlab\_user \- fix gitlab constants call in <code>gitlab\_user</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- properly evaluate options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369)\)\.
+* memset module utils \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.17 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- use the right D\-Bus options for the consumer type when
+  registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9\.2
+  and using <code>consumer\_type</code>
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7378](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7378)\)\.
+* selective callback plugin \- fix length of task name lines in output always being 3 characters longer than desired \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7374](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7374)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-6"></a>
+## v6\.6\.6
+
+<a id="release-summary-3"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-3"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* mail \- skip headers containing equals characters due to missing <code>maxsplit</code> on header key/value parsing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303)\)\.
+* onepassword \- fix KeyError exception when trying to access value of a field that is not filled out in OnePassword item \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241)\)\.
+* terraform \- prevents <code>\-backend\-config</code> option double encapsulating with <code>shlex\_quote</code> function\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7301](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7301)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-5"></a>
+## v6\.6\.5
+
+<a id="release-summary-4"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* make \- allows <code>params</code> to be used without value \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180)\)\.
+* pritunl module utils \- ensure <code>validate\_certs</code> parameter is honoured in all methods \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-4"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* CmdRunner module utils \- does not attempt to resolve path if executable is a relative or absolute path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- now handles <code>remote\_addr</code> defaulting to <code>inventory\_hostname</code> correctly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- fix a possible <code>list index out of range</code> exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/836)\)\.
+* oci\_utils module util \- fix inappropriate logical comparison expressions and makes them simpler\. The previous checks had logical short circuits \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7125](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7125)\)\.
+* pritunl module utils \- fix incorrect URL parameter for orgnization add method \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-4"></a>
+## v6\.6\.4
+
+<a id="release-summary-5"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-1"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* redfish\_utils \- use <code>Controllers</code> key in redfish data to obtain Storage controllers properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7081](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7081)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-5"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- the plugin made assumptions about the structure of a Bitwarden JSON object which may have been broken by an update in the Bitwarden API\. Remove assumptions\, and allow queries for general fields such as <code>notes</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- when a parameter in <code>argument\_spec</code> has no type\, meaning it is implicitly a <code>str</code>\, <code>CmdRunner</code> would fail trying to find the <code>type</code> key in that dictionary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6968](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6968)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- module was failing to detect whether user was already created and/or password was changed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033)\)\.
+* ejabberd\_user \- provide meaningful error message when the <code>ejabberdctl</code> command is not found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949)\)\.
+* oci\_utils module utils \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
+* proxmox module utils \- fix proxmoxer library version check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6974](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6974)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6975](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6975)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6980](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6980)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- when <code>name</code> option is provided without <code>vmid</code> and VM with that name already exists then no new VM will be created \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981)\)\.
+* proxmox\_user\_info \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
+* rundeck \- fix <code>TypeError</code> on 404 API response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6983](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6983)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-3"></a>
+## v6\.6\.3
+
+<a id="release-summary-6"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-2"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6923](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6923)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- fix for <code>GetVolumeInventory</code>\, Controller name was getting populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-6"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* datadog\_downtime \- presence of <code>rrule</code> param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811)\)\.
+* icinga2\_host \- fix a key error when updating an existing host \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6748](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6748)\)\.
+* ipa\_dnszone \- fix \'idnsallowsyncptr\' key error for reverse zone \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- now works for locales without the underscore character such as <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6774](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6774)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5142](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5142)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4305](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4305)\)\.
+* machinectl become plugin \- mark plugin as <code>require\_tty</code> to automatically disable pipelining\, with which this plugin is not compatible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6932](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6932)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6935](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6935)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix support for empty list \(in compare and scrape\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6769](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6769)\)\.
+* openbsd\_pkg \- the pkg\_info\(1\) behavior has changed in OpenBSD \>7\.3\. The error message <code>Can\'t find</code> should not lead to an error case \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6785](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6785)\)\.
+* pacman \- module recognizes the output of <code>yay</code> running as <code>root</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6713](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6713)\)\.
+* proxmox \- fix error when a configuration had no <code>template</code> field \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6838](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6838)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5372](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5372)\)\.
+* proxmox module utils \- add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains about the <code>token\_name</code> and <code>token\_value</code> parameters and provide a better error message when that happens \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6839)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5371](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5371)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- fix unable to create <code>cdrom</code> media due to <code>size</code> always being appended \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6770](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6770)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- <code>absent</code> state with <code>force</code> specified failed to stop the VM due to the <code>timeout</code> value not being passed to <code>stop\_vm</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6827](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6827)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- fix <code>ListUsers</code> to not show empty account slots \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6771](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6771)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6772](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6772)\)\.
+* refish\_utils module utils \- changing variable names to avoid issues occuring when fetching Volumes data \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883)\)\.
+* rhsm\_repository \- when using the <code>purge</code> option\, the <code>repositories</code>
+  dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
+  to the pruning operation
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-2"></a>
+## v6\.6\.2
+
+<a id="release-summary-7"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-7"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* csv module utils \- detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV content \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group \- the module passed parameters to the API call even when not set\. The module is now filtering out <code>None</code> values to remediate this \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- fix a bug where the inactive options were not used when possible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575)\)\.
+* keycloak module utils \- fix <code>is\_struct\_included</code> handling of lists of lists/dictionaries \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6688)\)\.
+* keycloak module utils \- the function <code>get\_user\_by\_username</code> now return the user representation or <code>None</code> as stated in the documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-1"></a>
+## v6\.6\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary-8"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-3"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* dconf \- if <code>gi\.repository\.GLib</code> is missing\, try to respawn in a Python interpreter that has it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6491](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6491)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-8"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* deps module utils \- do not fail when dependency cannot be found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6479](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6479)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix bond option <code>xmit\_hash\_policy</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.16 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6447](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6447)\)\.
+* portage \- fix <code>changed\_use</code> and <code>newuse</code> not triggering rebuilds \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548)\)\.
+* portage \- update the logic for generating the emerge command arguments to ensure that <code>withbdeps\: false</code> results in a passing an <code>n</code> argument with the <code>\-\-with\-bdeps</code> emerge flag \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6451](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6451)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6456](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6456)\)\.
+* proxmox\_tasks\_info \- remove <code>api\_user</code> \+ <code>api\_password</code> constraint from <code>required\_together</code> as it causes to require <code>api\_password</code> even when API token param is used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201)\)\.
+* puppet \- handling <code>noop</code> parameter was not working at all\, now it is has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6452](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6452)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6458](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6458)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix broken <code>warn\(\)</code> call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6497)\)\.
+* xfs\_quota \- in case of a project quota\, the call to <code>xfs\_quota</code> did not initialize/reset the project \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5143](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5143)\)\.
+* zypper \- added handling of zypper exitcode 102\. Changed state is set correctly now and rc 102 is still preserved to be evaluated by the playbook \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6534](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6534)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-6-0"></a>
+## v6\.6\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-9"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-4"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* cpanm \- minor change\, use feature from <code>ModuleHelper</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6385](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6385)\)\.
+* dconf \- be forgiving about boolean values\: convert them to GVariant booleans automatically \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6206](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6206)\)\.
+* dconf \- minor refactoring improving parameters and dependencies validation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6336](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6336)\)\.
+* deps module utils \- add function <code>failed\(\)</code> providing the ability to check the dependency check result without triggering an exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6383](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6383)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- Support multiple domains to be queried as indicated in docs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6334](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6334)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add new option <code>topics</code> for adding topics to GitLab projects \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6278](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6278)\)\.
+* homebrew\_cask \- allows passing <code>\-\-greedy</code> option to <code>upgrade\_all</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6267](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6267)\)\.
+* idrac\_redfish\_command \- add <code>job\_id</code> to <code>CreateBiosConfigJob</code> response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5603](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5603)\)\.
+* ipa\_hostgroup \- add <code>append</code> parameter for adding a new hosts to existing hostgroups without changing existing hostgroup members \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6203](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6203)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authentication \- add flow type option to sub flows to allow the creation of \'form\-flow\' sub flows like in Keycloak\'s built\-in registration flow \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318)\)\.
+* mksysb \- improved the output of the module in case of errors \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6263)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- added environment variables for configure <code>address</code> and <code>exclude</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6351](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6351)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add <code>macvlan</code> connection type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6312](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6312)\)\.
+* pipx \- add <code>system\_site\_packages</code> parameter to give application access to system\-wide packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6308](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6308)\)\.
+* pipx \- ensure <code>include\_injected</code> parameter works with <code>state\=upgrade</code> and <code>state\=latest</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6212](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6212)\)\.
+* puppet \- add new options <code>skip\_tags</code> to exclude certain tagged resources during a puppet agent or apply \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6293](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6293)\)\.
+* terraform \- remove state file check condition and error block\, because in the native implementation of terraform will not cause errors due to the non\-existent file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6296](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6296)\)\.
+* udm\_dns\_record \- minor refactor to the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6382](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6382)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-9"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* archive \- reduce RAM usage by generating CRC32 checksum over chunks \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6274)\)\.
+* flatpak \- fixes idempotency detection issues\. In some cases the module could fail to properly detect already existing Flatpaks because of a parameter witch only checks the installed apps \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6289](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6289)\)\.
+* icinga2\_host \- fix the data structure sent to Icinga to make use of host templates and template vars \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6286](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6286)\)\.
+* idrac\_redfish\_command \- allow user to specify <code>resource\_id</code> for <code>CreateBiosConfigJob</code> to specify an exact manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/2090](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/2090)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- make <code>section</code> parameter not required so it is possible to pass <code>null</code> as a value\. This only was possible in the past due to a bug in ansible\-core that now has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6404](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6404)\)\.
+* keycloak \- improve error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318)\)\.
+* one\_vm \- fix syntax error when creating VMs with a more complex template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6225)\)\.
+* pipx \- fixed handling of <code>install\_deps\=true</code> with <code>state\=latest</code> and <code>state\=upgrade</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6303)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not use D\-Bus for registering when <code>environment</code> is specified\, so it possible to specify again the environment names for registering\, as the D\-Bus APIs work only with IDs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6319)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- try to unregister only when already registered when <code>force\_register</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6258](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6258)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6259)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- use the right D\-Bus options for environments when registering a CentOS Stream 8 system and using <code>environment</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6275](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6275)\)\.
+* rhsm\_release \- make <code>release</code> parameter not required so it is possible to pass <code>null</code> as a value\. This only was possible in the past due to a bug in ansible\-core that now has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6401](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6401)\)\.
+* rundeck module utils \- fix errors caused by the API empty responses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)
+* rundeck\_acl\_policy \- fix <code>TypeError \- byte indices must be integers or slices\, not str</code> error caused by empty API response\. Update the module to use <code>module\_utils\.rundeck</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5887](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5887)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)\.
+* rundeck\_project \- update the module to use <code>module\_utils\.rundeck</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5742](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5742)\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)
+* snap\_alias \- module would only recognize snap names containing letter\, numbers or the underscore character\, failing to identify valid snap names such as <code>lxd\.lxc</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6361](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6361)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* btrfs\_info \- Query btrfs filesystem info
+* btrfs\_subvolume \- Manage btrfs subvolumes
+* ilo\_redfish\_command \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
+* keycloak\_authz\_authorization\_scope \- Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization scopes via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_clientscope\_type \- Set the type of aclientscope in realm or client via Keycloak API
+
+<a id="v6-5-0"></a>
+## v6\.5\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-10"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Feature and bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-5"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* apt\_rpm \- adds <code>clean</code>\, <code>dist\_upgrade</code> and <code>update\_kernel</code>  parameters for clear caches\, complete upgrade system\, and upgrade kernel packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5867](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5867)\)\.
+* dconf \- parse GVariants for equality comparison when the Python module <code>gi\.repository</code> is available \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6049](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6049)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- allow to register group runner \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3935](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3935)\)\.
+* jira \- add worklog functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6209](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6209)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6210](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6210)\)\.
+* ldap modules \- add <code>ca\_path</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6185](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6185)\)\.
+* make \- add <code>command</code> return value to the module output \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6160](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6160)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- add new option <code>open</code> for only returning open ports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6200)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- add new option <code>port</code> for port specific scan \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6165](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6165)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add <code>default</code> and <code>default\-or\-eui64</code> to the list of valid choices for <code>addr\_gen\_mode6</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5974](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5974)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add support for <code>team\.runner\-fast\-rate</code> parameter for <code>team</code> connections \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6065](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6065)\)\.
+* openbsd\_pkg \- set <code>TERM</code> to <code>\'dumb\'</code> in <code>execute\_command\(\)</code> to make module less dependant on the <code>TERM</code> environment variable set on the Ansible controller \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6149](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6149)\)\.
+* pipx \- optional <code>install\_apps</code> parameter added to install applications from injected packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6198)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- add new <code>archive</code> parameter\. This is needed to create a VM from an archive \(backup\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6159](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6159)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- adds commands to retrieve the HPE ThermalConfiguration and FanPercentMinimum settings from iLO \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6208](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6208)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- credentials \(<code>username</code>\, <code>activationkey</code>\, and so on\) are required now only if a system needs to be registered\, or <code>force\_register</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5664](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5664)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- the registration is done using the D\-Bus <code>rhsm</code> service instead of spawning a <code>subscription\-manager register</code> command\, if possible\; this avoids passing plain\-text credentials as arguments to <code>subscription\-manager register</code>\, which can be seen while that command runs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6122](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6122)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- add <code>proxyjump</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5970](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5970)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- vendored StormSSH\'s config parser to avoid having to install StormSSH to use the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6117](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6117)\)\.
+* znode module \- optional <code>use\_tls</code> parameter added for encrypted communication \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6154](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6154)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-10"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* archive \- avoid deprecated exception class on Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6180)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- fix <code>KeyError</code> on runner creation and update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6112](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6112)\)\.
+* influxdb\_user \- fix running in check mode when the user does not exist yet \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6111)\)\.
+* interfaces\_file \- fix reading options in lines not starting with a space \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6120](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6120)\)\.
+* jail connection plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> to vars under <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6118](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6118)\)\.
+* memset \- fix memset urlerror handling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6114](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6114)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fixed idempotency issue for bridge connections\. Module forced default value of <code>bridge\.priority</code> to nmcli if not set\; if <code>bridge\.stp</code> is disabled nmcli ignores it and keep default \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3216](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3216)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4683](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4683)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fixed idempotency issue when module params is set to <code>may\_fail4\=false</code> and <code>method4\=disabled</code>\; in this case nmcli ignores change and keeps their own default value <code>yes</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6106](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6106)\)\.
+* nmcli \- implemented changing mtu value on vlan interfaces \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4387](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4387)\)\.
+* opkg \- fixes bug when using <code>update\_cache\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6004](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6004)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription\, rhsm\_release\, rhsm\_repository \- cleanly fail when not running as root\, rather than hanging on an interactive <code>console\-helper</code> prompt\; they all interact with <code>subscription\-manager</code>\, which already requires to be run as root \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/734](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/734)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6211](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6211)\)\.
+* xenorchestra inventory plugin \- fix failure to receive objects from server due to not checking the id of the response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6227](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6227)\)\.
+* yarn \- fix <code>global\=true</code> to not fail when <em class="title-reference">executable</em> wasn\'t specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6132)\)
+* yarn \- fixes bug where yarn module tasks would fail when warnings were emitted from Yarn\. The <code>yarn\.list</code> method was not filtering out warnings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6127](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6127)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="lookup"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* merge\_variables \- merge variables with a certain suffix
+
+<a id="new-modules-1"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* kdeconfig \- Manage KDE configuration files
+
+<a id="v6-4-0"></a>
+## v6\.4\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-11"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-6"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* dnsimple \- set custom User\-Agent for API requests to DNSimple \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5927](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5927)\)\.
+* flatpak\_remote \- add new boolean option <code>enabled</code>\. It controls\, whether the remote is enabled or not \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5926](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5926)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add <code>releases\_access\_level</code>\, <code>environments\_access\_level</code>\, <code>feature\_flags\_access\_level</code>\, <code>infrastructure\_access\_level</code>\, <code>monitor\_access\_level</code>\, and <code>security\_and\_compliance\_access\_level</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5986](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5986)\)\.
+* jc filter plugin \- added the ability to use parser plugins \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6043](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6043)\)\.
+* keycloak\_group \- add new optional module parameter <code>parents</code> to properly handle keycloak subgroups \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5814](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5814)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- make <code>org\.keycloak\.storage\.ldap\.mappers\.LDAPStorageMapper</code> the default value for mappers <code>providerType</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5863](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5863)\)\.
+* ldap modules \- add <code>xorder\_discovery</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6045](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6045)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6109](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6109)\)\.
+* lxd\_container \- add diff and check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5866](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5866)\)\.
+* mattermost\, rocketchat\, slack \- replace missing default favicon with docs\.ansible\.com favicon \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5928)\)\.
+* modprobe \- add <code>persistent</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4028)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/542)\)\.
+* osx\_defaults \- include stderr in error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6011](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6011)\)\.
+* proxmox \- suppress urllib3 <code>InsecureRequestWarnings</code> when <code>validate\_certs</code> option is <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5931](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5931)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- adding <code>EnableSecureBoot</code> functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5899](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5899)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- adding <code>VerifyBiosAttributes</code> functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5900](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5900)\)\.
+* sefcontext \- add support for path substitutions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1193)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* gitlab\_runner \- the option <code>access\_level</code> will lose its default value in community\.general 8\.0\.0\. From that version on\, you have set this option to <code>ref\_protected</code> explicitly\, if you want to have a protected runner \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5925)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-11"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* cartesian and flattened lookup plugins \- adjust to parameter deprecation in ansible\-core 2\.14\'s <code>listify\_lookup\_plugin\_terms</code> helper function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6074](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6074)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fixed the idempotency for SRV DNS records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fixed the possiblity of setting a root\-level SRV DNS record \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972)\)\.
+* github\_webhook \- fix always changed state when no secret is provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5994](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5994)\)\.
+* jenkins\_plugin \- fix error due to undefined variable when updates file is not downloaded \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6100](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6100)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- fix accidental replacement of value for attribute <code>saml\.signing\.private\.key</code> with <code>no\_log</code> in wrong contexts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5934](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5934)\)\.
+* lxd\_\* modules\, lxd inventory plugin \- fix TLS/SSL certificate validation problems by using the correct purpose when creating the TLS context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5616](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5616)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6034](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6034)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix change handling of values specified as an integer 0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix failure to handle WIFI settings when connection type not specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix improper detection of changes to <code>wifi\.wake\-on\-wlan</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
+* nmcli \- order is significant for lists of addresses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6048](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6048)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- Changed to ignore errors from \"op account get\" calls\. Previously\, errors would prevent auto\-signin code from executing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5942](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5942)\)\.
+* terraform and timezone \- slight refactoring to avoid linter reporting potentially undefined variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5933)\)\.
+* various plugins and modules \- remove unnecessary imports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5940](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5940)\)\.
+* yarn \- fix <code>global\=true</code> to check for the configured global folder instead of assuming the default \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829)\)
+* yarn \- fix <code>state\=absent</code> not working with <code>global\=true</code> when the package does not include a binary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829)\)
+* yarn \- fix <code>state\=latest</code> not working with <code>global\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5712)\)\.
+* zfs\_delegate\_admin \- zfs allow output can now be parsed when uids/gids are not known to the host system \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5943](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5943)\)\.
+* zypper \- make package managing work on readonly filesystem of openSUSE MicroOS \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5615](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5615)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-3-0"></a>
+## v6\.3\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-12"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-7"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* apache2\_module \- add module argument <code>warn\_mpm\_absent</code> to control whether warning are raised in some edge cases \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5793](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5793)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- can now retrieve secrets from custom fields \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5694](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5694)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- implement filtering results by <code>collection\_id</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5849](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5849)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- support CAA record type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5913](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5913)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add <code>builds\_access\_level</code>\, <code>container\_registry\_access\_level</code> and <code>forking\_access\_level</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5706](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5706)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- add new boolean option <code>access\_level\_on\_creation</code>\. It controls\, whether the value of <code>access\_level</code> is used for runner registration or not\. The option <code>access\_level</code> has been ignored on registration so far and was only used on updates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5907](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5907)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908)\)\.
+* ilo\_redfish\_utils module utils \- change implementation of DNS Server IP and NTP Server IP update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5804](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5804)\)\.
+* ipa\_group \- allow to add and remove external users with the <code>external\_user</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5897](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5897)\)\.
+* iptables\_state \- minor refactoring within the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5844](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5844)\)\.
+* one\_vm \- add a new <code>updateconf</code> option which implements the <code>one\.vm\.updateconf</code> API call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5812](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5812)\)\.
+* opkg \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> for executing <code>opkg</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5718](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5718)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- adds <code>token</code> parameter for subscription\-manager authentication using Red Hat API token \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5725](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5725)\)\.
+* snap \- minor refactor when executing module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5773](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5773)\)\.
+* snap\_alias \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>snap</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5486)\)\.
+* sudoers \- add <code>setenv</code> parameters to support passing environment variables via sudo\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5883)\)
+
+<a id="breaking-changes--porting-guide"></a>
+### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+
+* ModuleHelper module utils \- when the module sets output variables named <code>msg</code>\, <code>exception</code>\, <code>output</code>\, <code>vars</code>\, or <code>changed</code>\, the actual output will prefix those names with <code>\_</code> \(underscore symbol\) only when they clash with output variables generated by ModuleHelper itself\, which only occurs when handling exceptions\. Please note that this breaking change does not require a new major release since before this release\, it was not possible to add such variables to the output [due to a bug](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5765](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5765)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-1"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* consul \- deprecate using parameters unused for <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5772](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5772)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- the default of the new option <code>access\_level\_on\_creation</code> will change from <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> in community\.general 7\.0\.0\. This will cause <code>access\_level</code> to be used during runner registration as well\, and not only during updates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-12"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* ModuleHelper \- fix bug when adjusting the name of reserved output variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755)\)\.
+* alternatives \- support subcommands on Fedora 37\, which uses <code>follower</code> instead of <code>slave</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5794](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5794)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- clarify what to do\, if the bitwarden vault is not unlocked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5811)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- correctly handle DNSKEY record type\'s <code>algorithm</code> field \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5914](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5914)\)\.
+* gem \- fix force parameter not being passed to gem command when uninstalling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5822](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5822)\)\.
+* gem \- fix hang due to interactive prompt for confirmation on specific version uninstall \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5751](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5751)\)\.
+* gitlab\_deploy\_key \- also update <code>title</code> and not just <code>can\_push</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5888](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5888)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fixes federation creation issue\. When a new federation was created and at the same time a default / standard mapper was also changed / updated the creation process failed as a bad None set variable led to a bad malformed url request \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5750](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5750)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fixes idempotency detection issues\. In some cases the module could fail to properly detect already existing user federations because of a buggy seemingly superflous extra query parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5732](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5732)\)\.
+* loganalytics callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* logdna callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* logstash callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- fix zone lookup\. The SOA record for an existing zone is returned as an answer RR and not as an authority RR \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5817](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5817)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5818](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5818)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- fixed issue with read timeout on import action \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5803)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils \- removed basic auth HTTP header when performing a GET on the service root resource and when performing a POST to the session collection \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5886](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5886)\)\.
+* splunk callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* sumologic callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* syslog\_json callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix <code>current</code> workspace never getting appended to the <code>all</code> key in the <code>workspace\_ctf</code> object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix <code>terraform init</code> failure when there are multiple workspaces on the remote backend and when <code>default</code> workspace is missing by setting <code>TF\_WORKSPACE</code> environmental variable to the value of <code>workspace</code> when used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735)\)\.
+* terraform module \- disable ANSI escape sequences during validation phase \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5843)\)\.
+* xml \- fixed a bug where empty <code>children</code> list would not be set \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5808](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5808)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules-2"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* ocapi\_command \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Open Composable API \(OCAPI\)
+* ocapi\_info \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Open Composable API \(OCAPI\)
+
+<a id="v6-2-0"></a>
+## v6\.2\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-13"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-8"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* opkg \- allow installing a package in a certain version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5688)\)\.
+* proxmox \- added new module parameter <code>tags</code> for use with PVE 7\+ \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5714](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5714)\)\.
+* puppet \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> for executing <code>puppet</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5612)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- add a <code>server\_proxy\_scheme</code> parameter to configure the scheme for the proxy server \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5662)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- refactor code to module util to fix sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5720](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5720)\)\.
+* sudoers \- adds <code>host</code> parameter for setting hostname restrictions in sudoers rules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5702](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5702)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-2"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* manageiq\_policies \- deprecate <code>state\=list</code> in favour of using <code>community\.general\.manageiq\_policies\_info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5721](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5721)\)\.
+* rax \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_cbs \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_cbs\_attachments \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_cdb \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_cdb\_database \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_cdb\_user \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_clb \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_clb\_nodes \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_clb\_ssl \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_dns \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_dns\_record \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_facts \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_files \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_files\_objects \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_identity \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_keypair \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_meta \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_alarm \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_check \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_entity \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_notification \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_mon\_notification\_plan \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_network \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_queue \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_scaling\_group \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+* rax\_scaling\_policy \- module relies on deprecates library <code>pyrax</code>\. Unless maintainers step up to work on the module\, it will be marked as deprecated in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and removed in version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5733)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-13"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- set default to raise exception if command\'s return code is different from zero \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- try <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> and then fall back to <code>en\_US\.UTF\-8</code> before failing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_variables \- fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variables \- fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667)\)\.
+* lxc\_container \- fix the arguments of the lxc command which broke the creation and cloning of containers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5578](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5578)\)\.
+* opkg \- fix issue that <code>force\=reinstall</code> would not reinstall an existing package \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5705](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5705)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- fixed possible issues with redundant <code>vmid</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672)\)\.
+* proxmox\_nic \- fixed possible issues with redundant <code>vmid</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- fix typo introduced when updating to use Ansible\'s configuration manager for handling options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-1-0"></a>
+## v6\.1\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-14"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-9"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_bool\(\)</code> can now take an extra parameter to format when value is false \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5647](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5647)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- refactor using <code>ModuleHelper</code> and <code>CmdRunner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5545](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5545)\)\.
+* java\_certs \- add more detailed error output when extracting certificate from PKCS12 fails \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5550](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5550)\)\.
+* jenkins\_plugin \- refactor code to module util to fix sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5565](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5565)\)\.
+* lxd\_project \- refactored code out to module utils to clear sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5549](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5549)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- add new options <code>udp\_scan</code>\, <code>icmp\_timestamp</code>\, and <code>dns\_resolve</code> for different types of scans \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5566](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5566)\)\.
+* rax\_scaling\_group \- refactored out code to the <code>rax</code> module utils to clear the sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5563](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5563)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>PerformRequestedOperations</code> command to perform any operations necessary to continue the update flow \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>update\_apply\_time</code> to <code>SimpleUpdate</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3910](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3910)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>update\_status</code> to output of <code>SimpleUpdate</code> command to allow a user monitor the update in progress \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add <code>GetUpdateStatus</code> command to check the progress of a previous update request \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4276)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- added PUT \(<code>put\_request\(\)</code>\) functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5490](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5490)\)\.
+* slack \- add option <code>prepend\_hash</code> which allows to control whether a <code>\#</code> is prepended to <code>channel\_id</code>\. The current behavior \(value <code>auto</code>\) is to prepend <code>\#</code> unless some specific prefixes are found\. That list of prefixes is incomplete\, and there does not seem to exist a documented condition on when exactly <code>\#</code> must not be prepended\. We recommend to explicitly set <code>prepend\_hash\=always</code> or <code>prepend\_hash\=never</code> to avoid any ambiguity \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5629](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5629)\)\.
+* spotinst\_aws\_elastigroup \- add <code>elements</code> attribute when missing in <code>list</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5553](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5553)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- add <code>host\_key\_algorithms</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5605](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5605)\)\.
+* udm\_share \- added <code>elements</code> attribute to <code>list</code> type parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5557](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5557)\)\.
+* udm\_user \- add <code>elements</code> attribute when missing in <code>list</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5559](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5559)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-3"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* The <code>sap</code> modules <code>sapcar\_extract</code>\, <code>sap\_task\_list\_execute</code>\, and <code>hana\_query</code>\, will be removed from this collection in community\.general 7\.0\.0 and replaced with redirects to <code>community\.sap\_libs</code>\. If you want to continue using these modules\, make sure to also install <code>community\.sap\_libs</code> \(it is part of the Ansible package\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5614](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5614)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-14"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* chroot connection plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> to vars under <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5570](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5570)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- fixed bug when handling default cases in <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_map\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- formatting arguments <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_fixed\(\)</code> was expecting an non\-existing argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- calculate <code>proposed</code> and <code>after</code> return values properly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- remove only listed mappings with <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- fix bug while templating when using templates for the <code>url</code>\, <code>user</code>\, <code>password</code>\, <code>token\_id</code>\, or <code>token\_secret</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5640](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5640)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- handle tags delimited by semicolon instead of comma\, which happens from Proxmox 7\.3 on \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5602](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5602)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not ignore <code>consumer\_name</code> and other variables if <code>activationkey</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3486)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5627](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5627)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not pass arguments to <code>subscription\-manager register</code> for things already configured\; now a specified <code>rhsm\_baseurl</code> is properly set for subscription\-manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5583)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- fix plugin to work with ansible\-core 2\.14 by using Ansible\'s configuration manager for handling options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600)\)\.
+* vdo \- now uses <code>yaml\.safe\_load\(\)</code> to parse command output instead of the deprecated <code>yaml\.load\(\)</code> which is potentially unsafe\. Using <code>yaml\.load\(\)</code> without explicitely setting a <code>Loader\=</code> is also an error in pyYAML 6\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5632](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5632)\)\.
+* vmadm \- fix for index out of range error in <code>get\_vm\_uuid</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5628](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5628)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-modules-3"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* gitlab\_project\_badge \- Manage project badges on GitLab Server
+* keycloak\_clientsecret\_info \- Retrieve client secret via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_clientsecret\_regenerate \- Regenerate Keycloak client secret via Keycloak API
+
+<a id="v6-0-1"></a>
+## v6\.0\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary-15"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release for Ansible 7\.0\.0\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-15"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* dependent lookup plugin \- avoid warning on deprecated parameter for <code>Templar\.template\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5543](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5543)\)\.
+* jenkins\_build \- fix the logical flaw when deleting a Jenkins build \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5514](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5514)\)\.
+* one\_vm \- avoid splitting labels that are <code>None</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5489](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5489)\)\.
+* onepassword\_raw \- add missing parameter to plugin documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5506)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- avoid duplicate <code>vmid</code> reference \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5493](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5493)\)\.
+
+<a id="v6-0-0"></a>
+## v6\.0\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-16"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+New major release of community\.general with lots of bugfixes\, new features\, some removed deprecated features\, and some other breaking changes\. Please check the coresponding sections of the changelog for more details\.
+
+<a id="major-changes"></a>
+### Major Changes
+
+* The internal structure of the collection was changed for modules and action plugins\. These no longer live in a directory hierarchy ordered by topic\, but instead are now all in a single \(flat\) directory\. This has no impact on users <em>assuming they did not use internal FQCNs</em>\. These will still work\, but result in deprecation warnings\. They were never officially supported and thus the redirects are kept as a courtsey\, and this is not labelled as a breaking change\. Note that for example the Ansible VScode plugin started recommending these internal names\. If you followed its recommendation\, you will now have to change back to the short names to avoid deprecation warnings\, and potential errors in the future as these redirects will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5461](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5461)\)\.
+* newrelic\_deployment \- removed New Relic v1 API\, added support for v2 API \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341)\)\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-10"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* Added MIT license as <code>LICENSES/MIT\.txt</code> for tests/unit/plugins/modules/packaging/language/test\_gem\.py \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5065](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5065)\)\.
+* All software licenses are now in the <code>LICENSES/</code> directory of the collection root \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5065](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5065)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5079](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5079)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5080](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5080)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5083](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5083)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5087](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5087)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5095](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5095)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5098](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5098)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5106](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5106)\)\.
+* ModuleHelper module utils \- added property <code>verbosity</code> to base class \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5035](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5035)\)\.
+* ModuleHelper module utils \- improved <code>ModuleHelperException</code>\, using <code>to\_native\(\)</code> for the exception message \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4755](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4755)\)\.
+* The collection repository conforms to the [REUSE specification](https\://reuse\.software/spec/) except for the changelog fragments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5138](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5138)\)\.
+* ali\_instance \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5240](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5240)\)\.
+* ali\_instance\_info \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5240](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5240)\)\.
+* alternatives \- add <code>state\=absent</code> to be able to remove an alternative \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4654](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4654)\)\.
+* alternatives \- add <code>subcommands</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4654](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4654)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- minor refactoring using latest <code>ModuleHelper</code> updates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4752)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>ansible\-galaxy</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5477](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5477)\)\.
+* apk \- add <code>world</code> parameter for supporting a custom world file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4976](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4976)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- add option <code>search</code> to search for other attributes than name \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5297](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5297)\)\.
+* cartesian lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module util \- added parameters <code>check\_mode\_skip</code> and <code>check\_mode\_return</code> to <code>CmdRunner\.context\(\)</code>\, so that the command is not executed when <code>check\_mode\=True</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4736](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4736)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- add <code>\_\_call\_\_</code> method to invoke context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4791](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4791)\)\.
+* consul \- adds <code>ttl</code> parameter for session  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4996](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4996)\)\.
+* consul \- minor refactoring \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5367](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5367)\)\.
+* consul\_session \- adds <code>token</code> parameter for session \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5193)\)\.
+* cpanm \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>cpanm</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5485](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5485)\)\.
+* cpanm \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
+* credstash lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* dependent lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- add option <code>fail\_on\_error</code> to allow stopping execution on lookup failures \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4973](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4973)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options\. All documented options can now also be passed as lookup parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* dnstxt lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* filetree lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* flattened lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* gitlab module util \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_branch \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_deploy\_key \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_members \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_variable \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_hook \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_hook \- minor refactoring \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5271](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5271)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_members \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variable \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_protected\_branch \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* gitlab\_user \- minor refactor when checking for installed dependency \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5259)\)\.
+* hiera lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options\. The Hiera executable and config file can now also be passed as lookup parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* homebrew\, homebrew\_tap \- added Homebrew on Linux path to defaults \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5241)\)\.
+* hponcfg \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>hponcfg</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5483](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5483)\)\.
+* keycloak\_\* modules \- add <code>http\_agent</code> parameter with default value <code>Ansible</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5023](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5023)\)\.
+* keyring lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* lastpass \- use config manager for handling plugin options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5022](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5022)\)\.
+* ldap\_attrs \- allow for DNs to have <code>\{x\}</code> prefix on first RDN \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/977](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/977)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5450](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5450)\)\.
+* linode inventory plugin \- simplify option handling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5438](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5438)\)\.
+* listen\_ports\_facts \- add new <code>include\_non\_listening</code> option which adds <code>\-a</code> option to <code>netstat</code> and <code>ss</code>\. This shows both listening and non\-listening \(for TCP this means established connections\) sockets\, and returns <code>state</code> and <code>foreign\_address</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4762](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4762)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4953](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4953)\)\.
+* lmdb\_kv lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* lxc\_container \- minor refactoring \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5358](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5358)\)\.
+* machinectl become plugin \- can now be used with a password from another user than root\, if a polkit rule is present \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4849](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4849)\)\.
+* machinectl become plugin \- combine the success command when building the become command to be consistent with other become plugins \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5287](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5287)\)\.
+* manifold lookup plugin \- start using Ansible\'s configuration manager to parse options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* maven\_artifact \- add a new <code>unredirected\_headers</code> option that can be used with ansible\-core 2\.12 and above\. The default value is to not use <code>Authorization</code> and <code>Cookie</code> headers on redirects for security reasons\. With ansible\-core 2\.11\, all headers are still passed on for redirects \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4812](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4812)\)\.
+* mksysb \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>mksysb</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5484](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5484)\)\.
+* mksysb \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
+* nagios \- minor refactoring on parameter validation for different actions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5239](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5239)\)\.
+* netcup\_dnsapi \- add <code>timeout</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5301](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5301)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add <code>transport\_mode</code> configuration for Infiniband devices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5361](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5361)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add bond option <code>xmit\_hash\_policy</code> to bond options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5148](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5148)\)\.
+* nmcli \- adds <code>vpn</code> type and parameter for supporting VPN with service type L2TP and PPTP \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4746](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4746)\)\.
+* nmcli \- honor IP options for VPNs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5228](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5228)\)\.
+* onepassword \- support version 2 of the OnePassword CLI \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4728](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4728)\)
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- allow configuring opentelementry callback via config file \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4916](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4916)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- send logs\. This can be disabled by setting <code>disable\_logs\=false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4175](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4175)\)\.
+* pacman \- added parameters <code>reason</code> and <code>reason\_for</code> to set/change the install reason of packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4956](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4956)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- allow options to be passed lookup options instead of being part of the term strings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5444](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5444)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- allow using alternative password managers by detecting wrapper scripts\, allow explicit configuration of pass and gopass backends \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4766](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4766)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- improve error messages to include stderr \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5436](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5436)\)
+* pipx \- added state <code>latest</code> to the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5105](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5105)\)\.
+* pipx \- changed implementation to use <code>cmd\_runner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5085)\)\.
+* pipx \- module fails faster when <code>name</code> is missing for states <code>upgrade</code> and <code>reinstall</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5100](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5100)\)\.
+* pipx \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
+* pipx module utils \- created new module util <code>pipx</code> providing a <code>cmd\_runner</code> specific for the <code>pipx</code> module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5085)\)\.
+* portage \- add knobs for Portage\'s <code>\-\-backtrack</code> and <code>\-\-with\-bdeps</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5349](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5349)\)\.
+* portage \- use Portage\'s python module instead of calling gentoolkit\-provided program in shell \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5349](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5349)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- added new flag <code>qemu\_extended\_statuses</code> and new groups <code>\<group\_prefix\>prelaunch</code>\, <code>\<group\_prefix\>paused</code>\. They will be populated only when <code>want\_facts\=true</code>\, <code>qemu\_extended\_statuses\=true</code> and only for <code>QEMU</code> machines \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4723](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4723)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- simplify option handling code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5437](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5437)\)\.
+* proxmox module utils\, the proxmox\* modules \- add <code>api\_task\_ok</code> helper to standardize API task status checks across all proxmox modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5274)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- allow <code>agent</code> argument to be a string \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5107](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5107)\)\.
+* proxmox\_snap \- add <code>unbind</code> param to support snapshotting containers with configured mountpoints \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5274)\)\.
+* puppet \- adds <code>confdir</code> parameter to configure a custom confir location \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4740](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4740)\)\.
+* redfish \- added new command GetVirtualMedia\, VirtualMediaInsert and VirtualMediaEject to Systems category due to Redfish spec changes the virtualMedia resource location from Manager to System \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5124](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5124)\)\.
+* redfish\_config \- add <code>SetSessionService</code> to set default session timeout policy \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5008](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5008)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add <code>GetManagerInventory</code> to report list of Manager inventory information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4899](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4899)\)\.
+* seport \- added new argument <code>local</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5203](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5203)\)
+* snap \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
+* sudoers \- will attempt to validate the proposed sudoers rule using visudo if available\, optionally skipped\, or required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4794](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4794)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4745](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4745)\)\.
+* terraform \- adds capability to handle complex variable structures for <code>variables</code> parameter in the module\. This must be enabled with the new <code>complex\_vars</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4797](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4797)\)\.
+* terraform \- run <code>terraform init</code> with <code>\-no\-color</code> not to mess up the stdout of the task \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5147](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5147)\)\.
+* wdc\_redfish\_command \- add <code>IndicatorLedOn</code> and <code>IndicatorLedOff</code> commands for <code>Chassis</code> category \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5059](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5059)\)\.
+* wdc\_redfish\_command \- add <code>PowerModeLow</code> and <code>PowerModeNormal</code> commands for <code>Chassis</code> category \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5145](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5145)\)\.
+* xfconf \- add <code>stdout</code>\, <code>stderr</code> and <code>cmd</code> to the module results \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5037](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5037)\)\.
+* xfconf \- changed implementation to use <code>cmd\_runner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776)\)\.
+* xfconf \- use <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> instead of defining custom exception class \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4975](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4975)\)\.
+* xfconf \- using <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> to raise exceptions in <code>ModuleHelper</code> derived modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4674)\)\.
+* xfconf module utils \- created new module util <code>xfconf</code> providing a <code>cmd\_runner</code> specific for <code>xfconf</code> modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776)\)\.
+* xfconf\_info \- changed implementation to use <code>cmd\_runner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4776)\)\.
+* xfconf\_info \- use <code>do\_raise\(\)</code> instead of defining custom exception class \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4975](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4975)\)\.
+* znode \- possibility to use ZooKeeper ACL authentication \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5306](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5306)\)\.
+
+<a id="breaking-changes--porting-guide-1"></a>
+### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+
+* newrelic\_deployment \- <code>revision</code> is required for v2 API \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341)\)\.
+* scaleway\_container\_registry\_info \- no longer replace <code>secret\_environment\_variables</code> in the output by <code>SENSITIVE\_VALUE</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5497)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-4"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* ArgFormat module utils \- deprecated along <code>CmdMixin</code>\, in favor of the <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370)\)\.
+* CmdMixin module utils \- deprecated in favor of the <code>CmdRunner</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370)\)\.
+* CmdModuleHelper module utils \- deprecated in favor of the <code>CmdRunner</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370)\)\.
+* CmdStateModuleHelper module utils \- deprecated in favor of the <code>CmdRunner</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5370)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- deprecated <code>fmt</code> in favour of <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt</code> as the parameter format object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4777](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4777)\)\.
+* django\_manage \- support for Django releases older than 4\.1 has been deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5400](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5400)\)\.
+* django\_manage \- support for the commands <code>cleanup</code>\, <code>syncdb</code> and <code>validate</code> that have been deprecated in Django long time ago will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5400](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5400)\)\.
+* django\_manage \- the behavior of \"creating the virtual environment when missing\" is being deprecated and will be removed in community\.general version 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5405](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5405)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- deprecates <code>state\=get</code> in favor of using the module <code>gconftool2\_info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4778](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4778)\)\.
+* lxc\_container \- the module will no longer make any effort to support Python 2 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5304](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5304)\)\.
+* newrelic\_deployment \- <code>appname</code> and <code>environment</code> are no longer valid options in the v2 API\. They will be removed in community\.general 7\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5341)\)\.
+* proxmox \- deprecated the current <code>unprivileged</code> default value\, will be changed to <code>true</code> in community\.general 7\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/pull/5224](https\://github\.com/pull/5224)\)\.
+* xfconf \- deprecated parameter <code>disable\_facts</code>\, as since version 4\.0\.0 it only allows value <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4520](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4520)\)\.
+
+<a id="removed-features-previously-deprecated"></a>
+### Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)
+
+* bitbucket\* modules \- <code>username</code> is no longer an alias of <code>workspace</code>\, but of <code>user</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* gem \- the default of the <code>norc</code> option changed from <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_members \- <code>gitlab\_group</code> must now always contain the full path\, and no longer just the name or path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authentication \- the return value <code>flow</code> has been removed\. Use <code>end\_state</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* keycloak\_group \- the return value <code>group</code> has been removed\. Use <code>end\_state</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* lxd\_container \- the default of the <code>ignore\_volatile\_options</code> option changed from <code>true</code> to <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* mail callback plugin \- the <code>sender</code> option is now required \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* module\_helper module utils \- remove the <code>VarDict</code> attribute from <code>ModuleHelper</code>\. Import <code>VarDict</code> from <code>ansible\_collections\.community\.general\.plugins\.module\_utils\.mh\.mixins\.vars</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- the default of the <code>want\_proxmox\_nodes\_ansible\_host</code> option changed from <code>true</code> to <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+* vmadm \- the <code>debug</code> option has been removed\. It was not used anyway \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5326)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-16"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* Include <code>PSF\-license\.txt</code> file for <code>plugins/module\_utils/\_mount\.py</code>\.
+* Include <code>simplified\_bsd\.txt</code> license file for various module utils\, the <code>lxca\_common</code> docs fragment\, and the <code>utm\_utils</code> unit tests\.
+* alternatives \- do not set the priority if the priority was not set by the user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4810](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4810)\)\.
+* alternatives \- only pass subcommands when they are specified as module arguments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4803)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4804](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4804)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4836)\)\.
+* alternatives \- when <code>subcommands</code> is specified\, <code>link</code> must be given for every subcommand\. This was already mentioned in the documentation\, but not enforced by the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4836)\)\.
+* apache2\_mod\_proxy \- avoid crash when reporting inability to parse balancer\_member\_page HTML caused by using an undefined variable in the error message \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
+* archive \- avoid crash when <code>lzma</code> is not present and <code>format</code> is not <code>xz</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5393](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5393)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- fix bug caused by using the <code>command</code> variable instead of <code>self\.command</code> when looking for binary path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4903](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4903)\)\.
+* consul \- fixed bug introduced in PR 4590 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4680)\)\.
+* credstash lookup plugin \- pass plugin options to credstash for all terms\, not just for the first \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5440)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- add option to return empty result without empty strings\, and return empty list instead of <code>NXDOMAIN</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5439](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5439)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5428)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- fix evaluation of falsy values for boolean parameters <code>fail\_on\_error</code> and <code>retry\_servfail</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5129](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5129)\)\.
+* dnsimple\_info \- correctly report missing library as <code>requests</code> and not <code>another\_library</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
+* dnstxt lookup plugin \- add option to return empty result without empty strings\, and return empty list instead of <code>NXDOMAIN</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5457](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5457)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5428)\)\.
+* dsv lookup plugin \- do not ignore the <code>tld</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4911](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4911)\)\.
+* filesystem \- handle <code>fatresize \-\-info</code> output lines without <code>\:</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4700](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4700)\)\.
+* filesystem \- improve error messages when output cannot be parsed by including newlines in escaped form \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4700](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4700)\)\.
+* funcd connection plugin \- fix signature of <code>exec\_command</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- minor refactor fixing a python lint error \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5307](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5307)\)\.
+* iso\_create \- the module somtimes failed to add folders for Joliet and UDF formats \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5275](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5275)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm \- fix default groups and roles \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4241)\)\.
+* keyring\_info \- fix the result from the keyring library never getting returned \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4964](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4964)\)\.
+* ldap\_attrs \- fix bug which caused a <code>Bad search filter</code> error\. The error was occuring when the ldap attribute value contained special characters such as <code>\(</code> or <code>\*</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5434](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5434)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5435](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5435)\)\.
+* ldap\_attrs \- fix ordering issue by ignoring the <code>\{x\}</code> prefix on attribute values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/977](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/977)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5385](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5385)\)\.
+* listen\_ports\_facts \- removed leftover <code>EnvironmentError</code> \. The <code>else</code> clause had a wrong indentation\. The check is now handled in the <code>split\_pid\_name</code> function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5202](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5202)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- fix support for Ubuntu \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5281](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5281)\)\.
+* lxc\_container \- the module has been updated to support Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5304](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5304)\)\.
+* lxd connection plugin \- fix incorrect <code>inventory\_hostname</code> in <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4886](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4886)\)\.
+* manageiq\_alert\_profiles \- avoid crash when reporting unknown profile caused by trying to return an undefined variable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
+* nmcli \- avoid changed status for most cases with VPN connections \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5126)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix error caused by adding undefined module arguments for list options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4373](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4373)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4813](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4813)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix error when setting previously unset MAC address\, <code>gsm\.apn</code> or <code>vpn\.data</code>\: current values were being normalized without checking if they might be <code>None</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5291](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5291)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix int options idempotence \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4998](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4998)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- compatibility with NS records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5112](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5112)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- fix silent failures when updating <code>NS</code> entries from Bind9 managed DNS zones \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4657](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4657)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- support opentelemetry\-api 1\.13\.0 that removed support for <code>\_time\_ns</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5342](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5342)\)\.
+* osx\_defaults \- no longer expand <code>\~</code> in <code>value</code> to the user\'s home directory\, or expand environment variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5234](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5234)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5243](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5243)\)\.
+* packet\_ip\_subnet \- fix error reporting in case of invalid CIDR prefix lengths \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
+* pacman \- fixed name resolution of URL packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4959](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4959)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- fix <code>returnall</code> for gopass \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5027](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5027)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- fix password store path detection for gopass \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4955](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4955)\)\.
+* pfexec become plugin \- remove superflous quotes preventing exe wrap from working as expected \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3671](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3671)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3889](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3889)\)\.
+* pip\_package\_info \- remove usage of global variable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5111)\)\.
+* pkgng \- fix case when <code>pkg</code> fails when trying to upgrade all packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5363](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5363)\)\.
+* proxmox \- fix error handling when getting VM by name when <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4945](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4945)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- fix crash when <code>enabled\=1</code> is used in agent config string \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4910](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4910)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- fixed extended status detection for qemu \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4816](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4816)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- fix <code>agent</code> parameter when boolean value is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5198)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- fix error handling when getting VM by name when <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4945](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4945)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- fix exception when no <code>agent</code> argument is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5194](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5194)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- fix wrong condition \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5108](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5108)\)\.
+* proxmox\_kvm \- replace new condition with proper condition to allow for using <code>vmid</code> on update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5206](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5206)\)\.
+* rax\_clb\_nodes \- fix code to be compatible with Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4933)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- fix the check if a virtual media is unmounted to just check for <code>instered\= false</code> caused by Supermicro hardware that does not clear the <code>ImageName</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4839)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- the Supermicro Redfish implementation only supports the <code>image\_url</code> parameter in the underlying API calls to <code>VirtualMediaInsert</code> and <code>VirtualMediaEject</code>\. Any values set \(or the defaults\) for <code>write\_protected</code> or <code>inserted</code> will be ignored \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4839](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4839)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- fix to <code>GetChassisPower</code> to correctly report power information when multiple chassis exist\, but not all chassis report power information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4901](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4901)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- centralize payload checking when performing modification requests to a Redfish service \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5210/](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5210/)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- fix unsubscribing on RHEL 9 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4741](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4741)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- make module idempotent when <code>pool\_ids</code> are used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5313](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5313)\)\.
+* redis\* modules \- fix call to <code>module\.fail\_json</code> when failing because of missing Python libraries \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4733)\)\.
+* slack \- fix incorrect channel prefix <code>\#</code> caused by incomplete pattern detection by adding <code>G0</code> and <code>GF</code> as channel ID patterns \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5019](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5019)\)\.
+* slack \- fix message update for channels which start with <code>CP</code>\. When <code>message\-id</code> was passed it failed for channels which started with <code>CP</code> because the <code>\#</code> symbol was added before the <code>channel\_id</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5249](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5249)\)\.
+* snap \- allow values in the <code>options</code> parameter to contain whitespaces \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5475](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5475)\)\.
+* sudoers \- ensure sudoers config files are created with the permissions requested by sudoers \(0440\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4814](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4814)\)\.
+* sudoers \- fix incorrect handling of <code>state\: absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4852](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4852)\)\.
+* tss lookup plugin \- adding support for updated Delinea library \([https\://github\.com/DelineaXPM/python\-tss\-sdk/issues/9](https\://github\.com/DelineaXPM/python\-tss\-sdk/issues/9)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5151)\)\.
+* virtualbox inventory plugin \- skip parsing values with keys that have both a value and nested data\. Skip parsing values that are nested more than two keys deep \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5332](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5332)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5348](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5348)\)\.
+* xcc\_redfish\_command \- for compatibility due to Redfish spec changes the virtualMedia resource location changed from Manager to System \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4682](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4682)\)\.
+* xenserver\_facts \- fix broken <code>AnsibleModule</code> call that prevented the module from working at all \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5383](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5383)\)\.
+* xfconf \- fix setting of boolean values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4999](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4999)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5007](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5007)\)\.
+* zfs \- fix wrong quoting of properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4707](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4707)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4726](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/4726)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins-1"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="filter"></a>
+#### Filter
+
+* counter \- Counts hashable elements in a sequence
+
+<a id="lookup-1"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* bitwarden \- Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden
+
+<a id="new-modules-4"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* gconftool2\_info \- Retrieve GConf configurations
+* iso\_customize \- Add/remove/change files in ISO file
+* keycloak\_user\_rolemapping \- Allows administration of Keycloak user\_rolemapping with the Keycloak API
+* keyring \- Set or delete a passphrase using the Operating System\'s native keyring
+* keyring\_info \- Get a passphrase using the Operating System\'s native keyring
+* manageiq\_policies\_info \- Listing of resource policy\_profiles in ManageIQ
+* manageiq\_tags\_info \- Retrieve resource tags in ManageIQ
+* pipx\_info \- Rretrieves information about applications installed with pipx
+* proxmox\_disk \- Management of a disk of a Qemu\(KVM\) VM in a Proxmox VE cluster\.
+* scaleway\_compute\_private\_network \- Scaleway compute \- private network management
+* scaleway\_container \- Scaleway Container management
+* scaleway\_container\_info \- Retrieve information on Scaleway Container
+* scaleway\_container\_namespace \- Scaleway Container namespace management
+* scaleway\_container\_namespace\_info \- Retrieve information on Scaleway Container namespace
+* scaleway\_container\_registry \- Scaleway Container registry management module
+* scaleway\_container\_registry\_info \- Scaleway Container registry info module
+* scaleway\_function \- Scaleway Function management
+* scaleway\_function\_info \- Retrieve information on Scaleway Function
+* scaleway\_function\_namespace \- Scaleway Function namespace management
+* scaleway\_function\_namespace\_info \- Retrieve information on Scaleway Function namespace
+* wdc\_redfish\_command \- Manages WDC UltraStar Data102 Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
+* wdc\_redfish\_info \- Manages WDC UltraStar Data102 Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Redfish APIs

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Also, consider taking up a valuable, reviewed, but abandoned pull request which
 * Try committing your changes with an informative but short commit message.
 * Do not squash your commits and force-push to your branch if not needed. Reviews of your pull request are much easier with individual commits to comprehend the pull request history. All commits of your pull request branch will be squashed into one commit by GitHub upon merge.
 * Do not add merge commits to your PR. The bot will complain and you will have to rebase ([instructions for rebasing](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_rebasing.html)) to remove them before your PR can be merged. To avoid that git automatically does merges during pulls, you can configure it to do rebases instead by running `git config pull.rebase true` inside the repository checkout.
-* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments). (You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
+* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments). (You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins, except for test and filter plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
 * Avoid reformatting unrelated parts of the codebase in your PR. These types of changes will likely be requested for reversion, create additional work for reviewers, and may cause approval to be delayed.
 
 You can also read [our Quick-start development guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/create_pr_quick_start_guide.rst).

README.md

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 # Community General Collection
 
-[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-7)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
+[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-6)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
 [![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/workflows/EOL%20CI/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)
+[![REUSE status](https://api.reuse.software/badge/github.com/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://api.reuse.software/info/github.com/ansible-collections/community.general)
 
 This repository contains the `community.general` Ansible Collection. The collection is a part of the Ansible package and includes many modules and plugins supported by Ansible community which are not part of more specialized community collections.
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https:
 
 ## Tested with Ansible
 
-Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.11.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15, and ansible-core 2.16 releases. Ansible-core versions before 2.11.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
 
 Parts of this collection will not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.
 
@@ -34,13 +35,13 @@ Some modules and plugins require external libraries. Please check the requiremen
 
 ## Included content
 
-Please check the included content on the [Ansible Galaxy page for this collection](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general) or the [documentation on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
+Please check the included content on the [Ansible Galaxy page for this collection](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/) or the [documentation on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).
 
 ## Using this collection
 
 This collection is shipped with the Ansible package. So if you have it installed, no more action is required.
 
-If you have a minimal installation (only Ansible Core installed) or you want to use the latest version of the collection along with the whole Ansible package, you need to install the collection from [Ansible Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general) manually with the `ansible-galaxy` command-line tool:
+If you have a minimal installation (only Ansible Core installed) or you want to use the latest version of the collection along with the whole Ansible package, you need to install the collection from [Ansible Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/) manually with the `ansible-galaxy` command-line tool:
 
     ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ Note that if you install the collection manually, it will not be upgraded automa
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general --upgrade
 ```
 
-You can also install a specific version of the collection, for example, if you need to downgrade when something is broken in the latest version (please report an issue in this repository). Use the following syntax where `X.Y.Z` can be any [available version](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general):
+You can also install a specific version of the collection, for example, if you need to downgrade when something is broken in the latest version (please report an issue in this repository). Use the following syntax where `X.Y.Z` can be any [available version](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/):
 
 ```bash
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==X.Y.Z
@@ -73,13 +74,13 @@ We are actively accepting new contributors.
 
 All types of contributions are very welcome.
 
-You don't know how to start? Refer to our [contribution guide](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CONTRIBUTING.md)!
+You don't know how to start? Refer to our [contribution guide](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/CONTRIBUTING.md)!
 
-The current maintainers are listed in the [commit-rights.md](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/commit-rights.md#people) file. If you have questions or need help, feel free to mention them in the proposals.
+The current maintainers are listed in the [commit-rights.md](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/commit-rights.md#people) file. If you have questions or need help, feel free to mention them in the proposals.
 
 You can find more information in the [developer guide for collections](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#contributing-to-collections), and in the [Ansible Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/index.html).
 
-Also for some notes specific to this collection see [our CONTRIBUTING documentation](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+Also for some notes specific to this collection see [our CONTRIBUTING documentation](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ### Running tests
 
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ See [here](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collectio
 
 To learn how to maintain / become a maintainer of this collection, refer to:
 
-* [Committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/commit-rights.md).
+* [Committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/commit-rights.md).
 * [Maintainer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/maintaining.rst).
 
 It is necessary for maintainers of this collection to be subscribed to:
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/ma
 
 ## Release notes
 
-See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CHANGELOG.rst).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## Roadmap
 
@@ -136,8 +137,8 @@ See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues
 
 This collection is primarily licensed and distributed as a whole under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
 
-See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/COPYING) for the full text.
+See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/COPYING) for the full text.
 
-Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt).
+Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-6/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt).
 
 All files have a machine readable `SDPX-License-Identifier:` comment denoting its respective license(s) or an equivalent entry in an accompanying `.license` file. Only changelog fragments (which will not be part of a release) are covered by a blanket statement in `.reuse/dep5`. This conforms to the [REUSE specification](https://reuse.software/spec/).

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ mention_ancestor: true
 flatmap: true
 new_plugins_after_name: removed_features
 notesdir: fragments
+output_formats:
+  - md
+  - rst
 prelude_section_name: release_summary
 prelude_section_title: Release Summary
 sections:

galaxy.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 namespace: community
 name: general
-version: 7.4.0
+version: 6.6.9
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -22,120 +22,6 @@ plugin_routing:
     nios_next_network:
       redirect: infoblox.nios_modules.nios_next_network
   modules:
-    rax_cbs_attachments:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_cbs:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_cdb_database:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_cdb_user:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_cdb:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_clb_nodes:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_clb_ssl:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_clb:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_dns_record:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_dns:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_facts:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_files_objects:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_files:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_identity:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_keypair:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_meta:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_mon_alarm:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_mon_check:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_mon_entity:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_mon_notification_plan:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_mon_notification:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_network:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_queue:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_scaling_group:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rax_scaling_policy:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-    rhn_channel:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 10.0.0
-        warning_text: RHN is EOL, please contact the community.general maintainers
-          if still using this; see the module documentation for more details.
-    rhn_register:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 10.0.0
-        warning_text: RHN is EOL, please contact the community.general maintainers
-          if still using this; see the module documentation for more details.
     database.aerospike.aerospike_migrations:
       redirect: community.general.aerospike_migrations
       deprecation:
@@ -150,12 +36,6 @@ 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:
@@ -804,10 +684,6 @@ 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:
@@ -1096,8 +972,6 @@ plugin_routing:
         warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.heroku_collaborator
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
-    hana_query:
-      redirect: community.sap_libs.sap_hdbsql
     hetzner_failover_ip:
       redirect: community.hrobot.failover_ip
     hetzner_failover_ip_info:
@@ -3515,10 +3389,6 @@ plugin_routing:
         warning_text: You are using an internal name to access the community.general.redfish_info
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
-    sapcar_extract:
-      redirect: community.sap_libs.sapcar_extract
-    sap_task_list_execute:
-      redirect: community.sap_libs.sap_task_list_execute
     packaging.os.redhat_subscription:
       redirect: community.general.redhat_subscription
       deprecation:
@@ -4443,10 +4313,6 @@ 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:
@@ -4454,10 +4320,6 @@ 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:
@@ -4465,10 +4327,6 @@ 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:
@@ -4476,10 +4334,6 @@ 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:
@@ -4487,10 +4341,6 @@ 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:
@@ -4643,10 +4493,6 @@ plugin_routing:
           modules. This has never been supported or documented, and will stop working
           in community.general 9.0.0.
   doc_fragments:
-    rackspace:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This doc fragment is used by rax modules, that rely on the deprecated package pyrax.
     _gcp:
       redirect: community.google._gcp
     docker:
@@ -4662,10 +4508,6 @@ plugin_routing:
     postgresql:
       redirect: community.postgresql.postgresql
   module_utils:
-    rax:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_version: 9.0.0
-        warning_text: This module util relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
     docker.common:
       redirect: community.docker.common
     docker.swarm:

plugins/action/shutdown.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
     SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS = {
         'alpine': '',
         'void': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
-        'freebsd': '-p +{delay_sec}s "{message}"',
+        'freebsd': '-h +{delay_sec}s "{message}"',
         'linux': DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS,
         'macosx': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
         'openbsd': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
@@ -81,6 +80,13 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                     getattr(self, default_value))))
         return value
 
+    def get_shutdown_command_args(self, distribution):
+        args = self._get_value_from_facts('SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS', distribution, 'DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS')
+        # Convert seconds to minutes. If less that 60, set it to 0.
+        delay_sec = self.delay
+        shutdown_message = self._task.args.get('msg', self.DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_MESSAGE)
+        return args.format(delay_sec=delay_sec, delay_min=delay_sec // 60, message=shutdown_message)
+
     def get_distribution(self, task_vars):
         # FIXME: only execute the module if we don't already have the facts we need
         distribution = {}
@@ -95,8 +101,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                     to_native(module_output['module_stdout']).strip(),
                     to_native(module_output['module_stderr']).strip()))
             distribution['name'] = module_output['ansible_facts']['ansible_distribution'].lower()
-            distribution['version'] = to_text(
-                module_output['ansible_facts']['ansible_distribution_version'].split('.')[0])
+            distribution['version'] = to_text(module_output['ansible_facts']['ansible_distribution_version'].split('.')[0])
             distribution['family'] = to_text(module_output['ansible_facts']['ansible_os_family'].lower())
             display.debug("{action}: distribution: {dist}".format(action=self._task.action, dist=distribution))
             return distribution
@@ -104,23 +109,6 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             raise AnsibleError('Failed to get distribution information. Missing "{0}" in output.'.format(ke.args[0]))
 
     def get_shutdown_command(self, task_vars, distribution):
-        def find_command(command, find_search_paths):
-            display.debug('{action}: running find module looking in {paths} to get path for "{command}"'.format(
-                action=self._task.action,
-                command=command,
-                paths=find_search_paths))
-            find_result = self._execute_module(
-                task_vars=task_vars,
-                # prevent collection search by calling with ansible.legacy (still allows library/ override of find)
-                module_name='ansible.legacy.find',
-                module_args={
-                    'paths': find_search_paths,
-                    'patterns': [command],
-                    'file_type': 'any'
-                }
-            )
-            return [x['path'] for x in find_result['files']]
-
         shutdown_bin = self._get_value_from_facts('SHUTDOWN_COMMANDS', distribution, 'DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND')
         default_search_paths = ['/sbin', '/usr/sbin', '/usr/local/sbin']
         search_paths = self._task.args.get('search_paths', default_search_paths)
@@ -139,53 +127,45 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         except TypeError:
             raise AnsibleError(err_msg.format(search_paths))
 
-        full_path = find_command(shutdown_bin, search_paths)  # find the path to the shutdown command
-        if not full_path:  # if we could not find the shutdown command
-            display.vvv('Unable to find command "{0}" in search paths: {1}, will attempt a shutdown using systemd '
-                        'directly.'.format(shutdown_bin, search_paths))  # tell the user we will try with systemd
-            systemctl_search_paths = ['/bin', '/usr/bin']
-            full_path = find_command('systemctl', systemctl_search_paths)  # find the path to the systemctl command
-            if not full_path:  # if we couldn't find systemctl
-                raise AnsibleError(
-                    'Could not find command "{0}" in search paths: {1} or systemctl command in search paths: {2}, unable to shutdown.'.
-                    format(shutdown_bin, search_paths, systemctl_search_paths))  # we give up here
-            else:
-                return "{0} poweroff".format(full_path[0])  # done, since we cannot use args with systemd shutdown
+        display.debug('{action}: running find module looking in {paths} to get path for "{command}"'.format(
+            action=self._task.action,
+            command=shutdown_bin,
+            paths=search_paths))
+        find_result = self._execute_module(
+            task_vars=task_vars,
+            # prevent collection search by calling with ansible.legacy (still allows library/ override of find)
+            module_name='ansible.legacy.find',
+            module_args={
+                'paths': search_paths,
+                'patterns': [shutdown_bin],
+                'file_type': 'any'
+            }
+        )
 
-        # systemd case taken care of, here we add args to the command
-        args = self._get_value_from_facts('SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS', distribution, 'DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS')
-        # Convert seconds to minutes. If less that 60, set it to 0.
-        delay_sec = self.delay
-        shutdown_message = self._task.args.get('msg', self.DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_MESSAGE)
-        return '{0} {1}'. \
-            format(
-                full_path[0],
-                args.format(
-                    delay_sec=delay_sec,
-                    delay_min=delay_sec // 60,
-                    message=shutdown_message
-                )
-            )
+        full_path = [x['path'] for x in find_result['files']]
+        if not full_path:
+            raise AnsibleError('Unable to find command "{0}" in search paths: {1}'.format(shutdown_bin, search_paths))
+        self._shutdown_command = full_path[0]
+        return self._shutdown_command
 
     def perform_shutdown(self, task_vars, distribution):
         result = {}
         shutdown_result = {}
-        shutdown_command_exec = self.get_shutdown_command(task_vars, distribution)
+        shutdown_command = self.get_shutdown_command(task_vars, distribution)
+        shutdown_command_args = self.get_shutdown_command_args(distribution)
+        shutdown_command_exec = '{0} {1}'.format(shutdown_command, shutdown_command_args)
 
         self.cleanup(force=True)
         try:
             display.vvv("{action}: shutting down server...".format(action=self._task.action))
-            display.debug("{action}: shutting down server with command '{command}'".
-                          format(action=self._task.action, command=shutdown_command_exec))
+            display.debug("{action}: shutting down server with command '{command}'".format(action=self._task.action, command=shutdown_command_exec))
             if self._play_context.check_mode:
                 shutdown_result['rc'] = 0
             else:
                 shutdown_result = self._low_level_execute_command(shutdown_command_exec, sudoable=self.DEFAULT_SUDOABLE)
         except AnsibleConnectionFailure as e:
             # If the connection is closed too quickly due to the system being shutdown, carry on
-            display.debug(
-                '{action}: AnsibleConnectionFailure caught and handled: {error}'.format(action=self._task.action,
-                                                                                        error=to_text(e)))
+            display.debug('{action}: AnsibleConnectionFailure caught and handled: {error}'.format(action=self._task.action, error=to_text(e)))
             shutdown_result['rc'] = 0
 
         if shutdown_result['rc'] != 0:

plugins/become/machinectl.py

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
               - section: machinectl_become_plugin
                 key: password
     notes:
-      - When not using this plugin with user V(root), it only works correctly with a polkit rule which will alter
+      - When not using this plugin with user C(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,

plugins/become/pfexec.py

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             env:
               - name: ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_WRAP_EXECUTION
     notes:
-      - This plugin ignores O(become_user) as pfexec uses it's own C(exec_attr) to figure this out.
+      - This plugin ignores I(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 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.
+          - 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.
         required: true
         env:
           - name: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION

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 V(/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/ansible_profile/memory.max_usage_in_bytes).
+        description: Path to cgroups C(memory.max_usage_in_bytes) file. Example C(/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 V(/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/ansible_profile/memory.usage_in_bytes).
+        description: Path to C(memory.usage_in_bytes) file. Example C(/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 P(ansible.builtin.default#callback) callback plugin output when a custom callback V(message(msg\)) is not provided.
+    - Uses the C(default) callback plugin output when a custom callback message(C(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: 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)"
+    - "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)"
   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 O(on_any_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(runner_on_failed_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(runner_on_ok_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(runner_on_skipped_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(runner_on_unreachable_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(playbook_on_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(playbook_on_notify_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(playbook_on_no_hosts_matched_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(playbook_on_no_hosts_remaining_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(playbook_on_task_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(playbook_on_handler_task_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(playbook_on_vars_prompt_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(playbook_on_play_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(playbook_on_stats_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(on_file_diff_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(playbook_on_include_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(runner_item_on_ok_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(runner_item_on_failed_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(runner_item_on_skipped_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(runner_retry_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(runner_on_start_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(runner_on_no_hosts_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(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 O(playbook_on_setup_msg).
+        - Output color to be used for I(playbook_on_setup_msg).
         - Template should render a L(valid color value,#notes).
       ini:
         - section: callback_diy

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 V(true).
+          - Whether to enable this callback only if the given environment variable exists and it is set to C(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 O(enable_from_environment) value as environment variable
+          - For such, it evaluates the given I(enable_from_environment) value as environment variable
             and if set to true this plugin will be enabled.
         env:
           - name: ANSIBLE_OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLE_FROM_ENVIRONMENT
@@ -73,17 +73,6 @@ 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)
@@ -255,7 +244,7 @@ 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, disable_attributes_in_logs):
+    def generate_distributed_traces(self, otel_service_name, ansible_playbook, tasks_data, status, traceparent, disable_logs):
         """ generate distributed traces from the collected TaskData and HostData """
 
         tasks = []
@@ -291,9 +280,9 @@ 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, disable_attributes_in_logs)
+                        self.update_span_data(task, host_data, span, disable_logs)
 
-    def update_span_data(self, task_data, host_data, span, disable_logs, disable_attributes_in_logs):
+    def update_span_data(self, task_data, host_data, span, disable_logs):
         """ update the span with the given TaskData and HostData """
 
         name = '[%s] %s: %s' % (host_data.name, task_data.play, task_data.name)
@@ -326,47 +315,39 @@ 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())
-            attributes[("ansible.task.args.name")] = names
-            attributes[("ansible.task.args.value")] = values
-
-        self.set_span_attributes(span, attributes)
-
+            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)
         # 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:
-            # This will avoid populating span attributes to the logs
-            span.add_event(task_data.dump, attributes={} if disable_attributes_in_logs else attributes)
-            span.end(end_time=host_data.finish)
+            span.add_event(task_data.dump)
+        span.end(end_time=host_data.finish)
 
-    def set_span_attributes(self, span, attributes):
-        """ update the span attributes with the given attributes if not None """
+    def set_span_attribute(self, span, attributeName, attributeValue):
+        """ update the span attribute with the given attribute and value 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 attributes is not None:
-                span.set_attributes(attributes)
+            if attributeValue is not None:
+                span.set_attribute(attributeName, attributeValue)
 
     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:
-            span.set_attribute("http.url", redacted_url.geturl())
+            self.set_span_attribute(span, "http.url", redacted_url.geturl())
 
     @staticmethod
     def parse_and_redact_url_if_possible(args):
@@ -453,7 +434,6 @@ 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
@@ -485,8 +465,6 @@ 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')
@@ -584,8 +562,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
             self.tasks_data,
             status,
             self.traceparent,
-            self.disable_logs,
-            self.disable_attributes_in_logs
+            self.disable_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
-                     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!
+                     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!
         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 = r'''
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
 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 V(yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss ZZZZ) and a custom timestamp locator
-    of V("timestamp": "(.*\)")'
+  - '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": "(.*)")'
 options:
   url:
     description: URL to the Sumologic HTTP collector source.

plugins/callback/unixy.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2023, Al Bowles <@akatch>
+# Copyright (c) 2017, Allyson 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: Al Bowles (@akatch)
+    author: Allyson Bowles (@akatch)
     short_description: condensed Ansible output
     description:
       - Consolidated Ansible output in the style of LINUX/UNIX startup logs.
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ 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
     '''
 
@@ -91,31 +92,19 @@ 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:
-            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)
+            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:
-            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)
+            self._display.display("%s (via handler)... " % self.task_display_name)
 
     def v2_playbook_on_play_start(self, play):
         name = play.get_name().strip()
-        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 -"
+        if name and play.hosts:
+            msg = u"\n- %s on hosts: %s -" % (name, ",".join(play.hosts))
         else:
-            if name and play.hosts:
-                msg = u"\n- %s on hosts: %s -" % (name, ",".join(play.hosts))
-            else:
-                msg = u"---"
+            msg = u"---"
 
         self._display.display(msg)
 
@@ -238,10 +227,8 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
         self._display.display("  Ran out of hosts!", color=C.COLOR_ERROR)
 
     def v2_playbook_on_start(self, playbook):
-        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))
+        # TODO display whether this run is happening in check mode
+        self._display.display("Executing playbook %s" % basename(playbook._file_name))
 
         # show CLI arguments
         if self._display.verbosity > 3:

plugins/connection/chroot.py

@@ -46,19 +46,6 @@ 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"""
@@ -115,7 +102,11 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
 
         self.chroot = self._play_context.remote_addr
 
-        # do some trivial checks for ensuring 'host' is actually a chroot'able dir
+        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
         if not os.path.isdir(self.chroot):
             raise AnsibleError("%s is not a directory" % self.chroot)
 
@@ -129,11 +120,6 @@ 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/lxc.py

@@ -60,7 +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):
@@ -68,12 +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":
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         super(Connection, self).exec_command(cmd, in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)
 
         # python2-lxc needs bytes. python3-lxc needs text.
-        executable = to_native(self._play_context.executable, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+        executable = to_native(self.get_option('executable'), errors='surrogate_or_strict')
         local_cmd = [executable, '-c', to_native(cmd, errors='surrogate_or_strict')]
 
         read_stdout, write_stdout = None, None

plugins/doc_fragments/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 E(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY),
-        E(ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID) will be used instead.
+      - 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.
     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 E(ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY),
-        E(ALICLOUD_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY) will be used instead.
+      - 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.
     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
-        E(ALICLOUD_REGION), E(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID) will be used instead.
+        C(ALICLOUD_REGION), C(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
-        E(ALICLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN) will be used instead.
+        C(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 C(alicloud_assume_role_arn), C(alicloud_assume_role_session_name),
-        C(alicloud_assume_role_session_expiration) and C(alicloud_assume_role_policy).
+      - 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)
     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 E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN).
+        it does not perform role switching. It supports environment variable 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
-        E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_NAME).
+        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 E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION).
+        value). It supports environment variable 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
-        E(ALICLOUD_PROFILE) environment variable.
+        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 E(ALICLOUD_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE)
+      - This is the path to the shared credentials file. It can also be sourced from the 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
-    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
+    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
     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 E(BITBUCKET_CLIENT_ID) will be used.
+      - If not set the environment variable C(BITBUCKET_CLIENT_ID) will be used.
     type: str
   client_secret:
     description:
       - The OAuth consumer secret.
-      - If not set the environment variable E(BITBUCKET_CLIENT_SECRET) will be used.
+      - If not set the environment variable C(BITBUCKET_CLIENT_SECRET) will be used.
     type: str
   user:
     description:
       - The username.
-      - 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.
+      - 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.
     type: str
     version_added: 4.0.0
     aliases: [ username ]
   password:
     description:
       - The App password.
-      - If not set the environment variable E(BITBUCKET_PASSWORD) will be used.
+      - If not set the environment variable C(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 E(MCP_USER) from environment variable or C(~/.dimensiondata).
+      - If not specified, will fall back to C(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 E(MCP_PASSWORD) from environment variable or C(~/.dimensiondata).
-      - Required if O(mcp_user) is specified.
+      - If not specified, will fall back to C(MCP_PASSWORD) from environment variable or C(~/.dimensiondata).
+      - Required if I(mcp_user) is specified.
     type: str
   location:
     description:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ options:
     required: true
   validate_certs:
     description:
-      - If V(false), SSL certificates will not be validated.
+      - If C(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 O(wait=true).
+      - Only applicable if I(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 O(wait=true).
+      - Only applicable if I(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
-    E(ANSIBLE_HWC_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT) env variable.
+    C(ANSIBLE_HWC_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT) env variable.
   - For authentication, you can set user using the
-    E(ANSIBLE_HWC_USER) env variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set password using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_PASSWORD) env
+    C(ANSIBLE_HWC_USER) env variable.
+  - For authentication, you can set password using the C(ANSIBLE_HWC_PASSWORD) env
     variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set domain using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_DOMAIN) env
+  - For authentication, you can set domain using the C(ANSIBLE_HWC_DOMAIN) env
     variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set project using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_PROJECT) env
+  - For authentication, you can set project using the C(ANSIBLE_HWC_PROJECT) env
     variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set region using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_REGION) env variable.
+  - For authentication, you can set region using the C(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 O(login_username) added in Ansible 2.5.
+    - Alias C(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 O(login_password) added in Ansible 2.5.
+    - Alias C(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 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.
+    - 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.
     type: bool
     default: true
   ssl:
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ options:
   retries:
     description:
     - Number of retries client will try before aborting.
-    - V(0) indicates try until success.
+    - C(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 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.
+    - 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.
     - 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 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.
+    - 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.
     - The relevant entry needed in FreeIPA is the 'ipa-ca' entry.
-    - 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.
+    - 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.
     - 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 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.
+    - 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.
     - 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 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.
+    - 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.
     - 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 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.
+    - 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.
     - Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
     type: str
     choices: [ http, https ]
     default: https
   validate_certs:
     description:
-    - 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.
+    - 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.
     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 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.
+    - 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.
     type: int
     default: 10
 '''

plugins/doc_fragments/keycloak.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ options:
 
     auth_client_id:
         description:
-            - OpenID Connect C(client_id) to authenticate to the API with.
+            - OpenID Connect I(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 O(auth_client_id) (if required).
+            - Client Secret to use in conjunction with I(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 O(bind_dn).
+      - The password to use with I(bind_dn).
     type: str
     default: ''
   ca_path:
@@ -29,18 +29,6 @@ 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:
@@ -52,12 +40,12 @@ options:
     type: str
     description:
       - Set the referrals chasing behavior.
-      - V(anonymous) follow referrals anonymously. This is the default behavior.
-      - V(disabled) disable referrals chasing. This sets C(OPT_REFERRALS) to off.
+      - C(anonymous) follow referrals anonymously. This is the default behavior.
+      - C(disabled) disable referrals chasing. This sets C(OPT_REFERRALS) to off.
     version_added: 2.0.0
   server_uri:
     description:
-      - 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 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 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.
@@ -70,13 +58,14 @@ options:
     default: false
   validate_certs:
     description:
-      - If set to V(false), SSL certificates will not be validated.
+      - If set to C(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
@@ -84,9 +73,10 @@ options:
   xorder_discovery:
     description:
       - Set the behavior on how to process Xordered DNs.
-      - 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})).
+      - 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).
     type: str
     choices: ['enable', 'auto', 'disable']
     default: auto

plugins/doc_fragments/manageiq.py

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

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 O(api_token) is not set within the module, the following
+  - If C(api_token) is not set within the module, the following
     environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
-    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)
+    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)
     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 E(ONE_URL) environment variable, if any, is used.
+            - If not specified then the value of the 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 E(ONE_USERNAME) environment variable, if any, is used.
+            - If not specified then the value of the 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 E(ONE_PASSWORD) environment variable, if any, is used.
+            - If not specified then the value of the ONE_PASSWORD environment variable, if any, is used.
         type: str
         aliases:
             - api_token
     validate_certs:
         description:
-            - Whether to validate the TLS/SSL certificates or not.
-            - This parameter is ignored if E(PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY) environment variable is used.
+            - Whether to validate the SSL certificates or not.
+            - This parameter is ignored if 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 O(transport=cli) or O(transport=rest).  The port
+        device.  This value applies to either I(cli) or I(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 E(ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME) will be used instead.
+        environment variable C(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 O(transport=cli)
-        or O(transport=rest).  Note this argument does not affect the SSH
+        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
         transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of
-        environment variable E(ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD) will be used instead.
+        environment variable C(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 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.
+        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.
     type: path
   transport:
     description:
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ options:
     default: ssh
   use_ssl:
     description:
-      - 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.
+      - 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.
     type: bool
     default: true
   provider:
     description:
-      - Convenience method that allows all C(openswitch) arguments to be passed as
+      - Convenience method that allows all I(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 E(OCI_CONFIG_FILE) environment variable,
+                - Path to configuration file. If not set then the value of the 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 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).
+                - 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).
             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 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,
+                  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,
                   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 E(OCI_USER_FINGERPRINT)
+                - Fingerprint for the key pair being used. If not set, then the value of the 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 O(config_file_location)). To get the key pair's
+                  specified through a configuration file (See C(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 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.
+                  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.
             type: path
         api_user_key_pass_phrase:
             description:
-                - Passphrase used by the key referenced in O(api_user_key_file), if it is encrypted. If not set, then
+                - Passphrase used by the key referenced in C(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 O(config_file_location)).
+                  key passphrase is not specified through a configuration file (See C(config_file_location)).
             type: str
         auth_type:
             description:
-                - 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
+                - 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
                   used. If this 'auth_type' module option is not specified, the value of the OCI_ANSIBLE_AUTH_TYPE,
-                  if any, is used. Use O(auth_type=instance_principal) to use instance principal based authentication
+                  if any, is used. Use C(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 O(config_file_location)). To get the tenancy OCID, please refer
+                  (See C(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 O(config_file_location)). Please refer to
+                  not specified through a configuration file (See C(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 O(key_by).
+                         mutually exclusive with I(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
-                         O(freeform_tags) are used to uniquely identify a resource.
+                         I(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 O(display_name) along with the other options to return only resources that match the given
+            description: Use I(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 O(name) along with the other options to return only resources that match the given name
+            description: Use I(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 O(wait=true).
+            description: Time, in seconds, to wait when I(wait=true).
             default: 1200
             type: int
         wait_until:
-            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/
+            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/
                          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 V(false), except if you are very sure that
+        - This should never be set to C(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

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ options:
   api_password:
     description:
       - Specify the password to authenticate with.
-      - You can use E(PROXMOX_PASSWORD) environment variable.
+      - You can use C(PROXMOX_PASSWORD) environment variable.
     type: str
   api_token_id:
     description:
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ options:
     version_added: 1.3.0
   validate_certs:
     description:
-      - If V(false), SSL certificates will not be validated.
+      - If C(false), SSL certificates will not be validated.
       - This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
     type: bool
     default: false
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ options:
   node:
     description:
       - Proxmox VE node on which to operate.
-      - Only required for O(state=present).
+      - Only required for I(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 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
+  - 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
 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 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
+  - 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
 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 O(credentials).
+      - Rackspace API key, overrides I(credentials).
     type: str
     aliases: [ password ]
   credentials:
     description:
-      - File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if O(api_key) and
-        O(username) are provided.
+      - File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if I(api_key) and
+        I(username) are provided.
     type: path
     aliases: [ creds_file ]
   env:
     description:
-      - Environment as configured in C(~/.pyrax.cfg),
+      - Environment as configured in I(~/.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 O(credentials).
+      - Rackspace username, overrides I(credentials).
     type: str
   validate_certs:
     description:
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ requirements:
   - python >= 2.6
   - pyrax
 notes:
-  - 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
+  - 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
     appropriate for pyrax. See U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating)
-  - 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, ...)
+  - 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, ...)
 '''
 
     # Documentation fragment including attributes to enable communication
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ options:
   api_key:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Rackspace API key, overrides O(credentials).
+      - Rackspace API key, overrides I(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 O(api_key) and
-        O(username) are provided.
+      - File to find the Rackspace credentials in. Ignored if I(api_key) and
+        I(username) are provided.
     aliases: [ creds_file ]
   env:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Environment as configured in C(~/.pyrax.cfg),
+      - Environment as configured in I(~/.pyrax.cfg),
         see U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#pyrax-configuration).
   identity_type:
     type: str
@@ -99,24 +99,20 @@ options:
   username:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Rackspace username, overrides O(credentials).
+      - Rackspace username, overrides I(credentials).
   validate_certs:
     description:
       - Whether or not to require SSL validation of API endpoints.
     type: bool
     aliases: [ verify_ssl ]
-deprecated:
-  removed_in: 9.0.0
-  why: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
-  alternative: Use the Openstack modules instead.
 requirements:
   - python >= 2.6
   - pyrax
 notes:
-  - 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
+  - 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
     appropriate for pyrax. See U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating)
-  - 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, ...)
+  - 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, ...)
 '''

plugins/doc_fragments/redis.py

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ options:
     default: true
   ca_certs:
     description:
-      - Path to root certificates file. If not set and O(tls) is
-        set to V(true), certifi ca-certificates will be used.
+      - Path to root certificates file. If not set and I(tls) is
+        set to C(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 O(api_token) is not set within the module, the following
+  - If C(api_token) is not set within the module, the following
     environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
-    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)
+    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)
     environment variable.
 '''

plugins/doc_fragments/utm.py

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ options:
     state:
         description:
           - The desired state of the object.
-          - V(present) will create or update an object
-          - V(absent) will delete an object if it was present
+          - C(present) will create or update an object
+          - C(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 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.
+      - 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.
     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 E(XENSERVER_HOST) will be used instead.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(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 E(XENSERVER_USER) will be used instead.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(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 E(XENSERVER_PASSWORD) will be used instead.
+    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(XENSERVER_PASSWORD) will be used instead.
     type: str
     aliases: [ pass, pwd ]
   validate_certs:
     description:
-    - 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.
+    - 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.
     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 V(excel), V(excel-tab) or V(unix).
+        - Possible values include C(excel), C(excel-tab) or C(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 O(dialect).
+        - When using this parameter, you change the default value used by I(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 O(dialect).
+        - When using this parameter, you change the default value used by I(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 O(dialect).
+        - When using this parameter, you change the default value used by I(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 V(ifconfig).
+        - For example C(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 V(false) to not suppress warnings.
+      description: Set to C(false) to not suppress warnings.
       type: boolean
       default: true
     raw:
-      description: Set to V(true) to return pre-processed JSON.
+      description: Set to C(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 O(index). Optional parameters O(recursive) and O(list_merge)
+    - Merge two or more lists by attribute I(index). Optional parameters 'recursive' and '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 O(recursive) and O(list_merge) see
+      is used. To learn details on how to use the parameters 'recursive' and '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 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).
+        - 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).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(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 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).
+        - 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).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(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 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).
+        - 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).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(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 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).
+        - 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).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(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 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).
+        - 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).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(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 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).
+        - 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).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(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 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).
+        - 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).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(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 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).
+        - 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).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(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 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).
+        - 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).
         - Valid strings are space separated combinations of an integer with an optional minus sign and a unit.
-        - Examples are V(1h), V(-5m), and V(3h -5m 6s).
+        - Examples are C(1h), C(-5m), and C(3h -5m 6s).
       type: string
       required: true
     year:

plugins/inventory/cobbler.py

@@ -13,14 +13,12 @@ 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 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.
+        - "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."
     extends_documentation_fragment:
         - inventory_cache
     options:
       plugin:
-        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.
+        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.
         required: true
         choices: [ 'cobbler', 'community.general.cobbler' ]
       url:
@@ -34,73 +32,45 @@ 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_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.
+          - Ignored if I(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.
-          - O(exclude_profiles) is ignored if O(include_profiles) is specified.
+          - I(exclude_profiles) is ignored if I(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 V(true) the plugin will retrieve host facts from the server.
+        description: Toggle, if C(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 = '''
@@ -115,9 +85,12 @@ 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:
     import xmlrpclib as xmlrpc_client
@@ -228,12 +201,9 @@ 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']:
@@ -269,34 +239,22 @@ 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
-            if self.inventory_hostname == 'system':
-                hostname = host['name']  # None
-            else:
-                hostname = host['hostname']  # None
+            hostname = make_unsafe(host['hostname'])  # None
             interfaces = host['interfaces']
 
-            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
+            if self._exclude_profile(host['profile']):
+                self.display.vvvv('Excluding host %s in profile %s\n' % (host['name'], host['profile']))
+                continue
 
             # hostname is often empty for non-static IP hosts
             if hostname == '':
-                for iname, ivalue in interfaces.items():
+                for (iname, ivalue) in iteritems(interfaces):
                     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 == '':
@@ -307,11 +265,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
             self.display.vvvv('Added host %s hostname %s\n' % (host['name'], hostname))
 
             # Add host to profile group
-            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))
+            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))
 
             # Add host to groups specified by group_by fields
             for group_by in self.group_by:
@@ -328,51 +283,8 @@ 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', 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', 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', ip_addresses)
-            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv6_addresses', ipv6_addresses)

plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py

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

plugins/inventory/icinga2.py

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         description:
           - Allows the override of the inventory name based on different attributes.
           - This allows for changing the way limits are used.
-          - The current default, V(address), is sometimes not unique or present. We recommend to use V(name) instead.
+          - The current default, C(address), is sometimes not unique or present. We recommend to use C(name) instead.
         type: string
         default: address
         choices: ['name', 'display_name', 'address']
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
     ''' Host inventory parser for ansible using Icinga2 as source. '''
@@ -233,15 +235,15 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         """Convert Icinga2 API data to JSON format for Ansible"""
         groups_dict = {"_meta": {"hostvars": {}}}
         for entry in json_data:
-            host_attrs = entry['attrs']
+            host_attrs = make_unsafe(entry['attrs'])
             if self.inventory_attr == "name":
-                host_name = entry.get('name')
+                host_name = make_unsafe(entry.get('name'))
             if self.inventory_attr == "address":
                 # When looking for address for inventory, if missing fallback to object name
                 if host_attrs.get('address', '') != '':
-                    host_name = host_attrs.get('address')
+                    host_name = make_unsafe(host_attrs.get('address'))
                 else:
-                    host_name = entry.get('name')
+                    host_name = make_unsafe(entry.get('name'))
             if self.inventory_attr == "display_name":
                 host_name = host_attrs.get('display_name')
             if host_attrs['state'] == 0:
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
             # If the address attribute is populated, override ansible_host with the value
             if host_attrs.get('address') != '':
                 self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'ansible_host', host_attrs.get('address'))
-            self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'hostname', entry.get('name'))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'hostname', make_unsafe(entry.get('name')))
             self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'display_name', host_attrs.get('display_name'))
             self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'state',
                                         host_attrs['state'])

plugins/inventory/linode.py

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

plugins/inventory/lxd.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
                 running this module using the following command
                 C(lxc config set core.trust_password <some random password>)
                 See U(https://www.stgraber.org/2016/04/18/lxd-api-direct-interaction/).
-            - If O(trust_password) is set, this module send a request for authentication before sending any requests.
+            - If I(trust_password) is set, this module send a request for authentication before sending any requests.
             type: str
         state:
             description: Filter the instance according to the current status.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
             version_added: 6.2.0
         type_filter:
             description:
-            - Filter the instances by type V(virtual-machine), V(container) or V(both).
+            - Filter the instances by type C(virtual-machine), C(container) or C(both).
             - The first version of the inventory only supported containers.
             type: str
             default: container
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
             description:
             - If an instance has multiple network interfaces, select which one is the prefered as pattern.
             - Combined with the first number that can be found e.g. 'eth' + 0.
-            - The option has been renamed from O(prefered_container_network_interface) to O(prefered_instance_network_interface)
-              in community.general 3.8.0. The old name still works as an alias.
+            - The option has been renamed from I(prefered_container_network_interface) to I(prefered_instance_network_interface) in community.general 3.8.0.
+              The old name still works as an alias.
             type: str
             default: eth
             aliases:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
         prefered_instance_network_family:
             description:
             - If an instance has multiple network interfaces, which one is the prefered by family.
-            - Specify V(inet) for IPv4 and V(inet6) for IPv6.
+            - Specify C(inet) for IPv4 and C(inet6) for IPv6.
             type: str
             default: inet
             choices: [ 'inet', 'inet6' ]
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.lxd import LXDClient, LXDClientException
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 
 try:
     import ipaddress
@@ -656,7 +657,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
 
         if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/network_interfaces'.format(instance_name)):  # instance have network interfaces
             self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_connection', 'ssh')
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_host', interface_selection(instance_name))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(interface_selection(instance_name)))
         else:
             self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_connection', 'local')
 
@@ -682,31 +683,39 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
                 if self.filter.lower() != instance_state:
                     continue
             # add instance
+            instance_name = make_unsafe(instance_name)
             self.inventory.add_host(instance_name)
             # add network informations
             self.build_inventory_network(instance_name)
             # add os
             v = self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/os'.format(instance_name))
             if v:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_os', v.lower())
+                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_os', make_unsafe(v.lower()))
             # add release
             v = self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/release'.format(instance_name))
             if v:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_release', v.lower())
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
+                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_release', make_unsafe(v.lower()))
             # add profile
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_profile', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/profile'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_profile', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/profile'.format(instance_name))))
             # add state
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_state', instance_state)
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_state', make_unsafe(instance_state))
             # add type
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_type', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/type'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_type', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/type'.format(instance_name))))
             # add location information
             if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name)) != "none":  # wrong type by lxd 'none' != 'None'
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_location', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name)))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
+                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_location', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name))))
             # add VLAN_ID information
             if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name)):
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_vlan_ids', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name)))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
+                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_vlan_ids', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name))))
             # add project
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_project', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/project'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_project', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/project'.format(instance_name))))
 
     def build_inventory_groups_location(self, group_name):
         """create group by attribute: location
@@ -979,7 +988,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             for group_name in self.groupby:
                 if not group_name.isalnum():
                     raise AnsibleParserError('Invalid character(s) in groupname: {0}'.format(to_native(group_name)))
-                group_type(group_name)
+                group_type(make_unsafe(group_name))
 
     def build_inventory(self):
         """Build dynamic inventory

plugins/inventory/nmap.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             required: true
             choices: ['nmap', 'community.general.nmap']
         sudo:
-            description: Set to V(true) to execute a C(sudo nmap) plugin scan.
+            description: Set to C(true) to execute a C(sudo nmap) plugin scan.
             version_added: 4.8.0
             default: false
             type: boolean
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         exclude:
             description:
               - List of addresses to exclude.
-              - For example V(10.2.2.15-25) or V(10.2.2.15,10.2.2.16).
+              - For example C(10.2.2.15-25) or C(10.2.2.15,10.2.2.16).
             type: list
             elements: string
             env:
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         port:
             description:
                 - Only scan specific port or port range (C(-p)).
-                - For example, you could pass V(22) for a single port, V(1-65535) for a range of ports,
-                  or V(U:53,137,T:21-25,139,8080,S:9) to check port 53 with UDP, ports 21-25 with TCP, port 9 with SCTP, and ports 137, 139, and 8080 with all.
+                - For example, you could pass C(22) for a single port, C(1-65535) for a range of ports,
+                  or C(U:53,137,T:21-25,139,8080,S:9) to check port 53 with UDP, ports 21-25 with TCP, port 9 with SCTP, and ports 137, 139, and 8080 with all.
             type: string
             version_added: 6.5.0
         ports:
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         udp_scan:
             description:
                 - Scan via UDP.
-                - Depending on your system you might need O(sudo=true) for this to work.
+                - Depending on your system you might need I(sudo=true) for this to work.
             type: boolean
             default: false
             version_added: 6.1.0
         icmp_timestamp:
             description:
                 - Scan via ICMP Timestamp (C(-PP)).
-                - Depending on your system you might need O(sudo=true) for this to work.
+                - Depending on your system you might need I(sudo=true) for this to work.
             type: boolean
             default: false
             version_added: 6.1.0
@@ -81,15 +81,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             default: false
             version_added: 6.5.0
         dns_resolve:
-            description: Whether to always (V(true)) or never (V(false)) do DNS resolution.
+            description: Whether to always (C(true)) or never (C(false)) do DNS resolution.
             type: boolean
             default: false
             version_added: 6.1.0
-        use_arp_ping:
-            description: Whether to always (V(true)) use the quick ARP ping or (V(false)) a slower but more reliable method.
-            type: boolean
-            default: true
-            version_added: 7.4.0
     notes:
         - At least one of ipv4 or ipv6 is required to be True, both can be True, but they cannot both be False.
         - 'TODO: add OS fingerprinting'
@@ -127,6 +122,8 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
@@ -143,6 +140,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         strict = self.get_option('strict')
 
         for host in hosts:
+            host = make_unsafe(host)
             hostname = host['name']
             self.inventory.add_host(hostname)
             for var, value in host.items():
@@ -201,43 +199,40 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             # setup command
             cmd = [self._nmap]
 
-            if self.get_option['sudo']:
+            if self._options['sudo']:
                 cmd.insert(0, 'sudo')
 
-            if self.get_option['port']:
+            if self._options['port']:
                 cmd.append('-p')
-                cmd.append(self.get_option['port'])
+                cmd.append(self._options['port'])
 
-            if not self.get_option['ports']:
+            if not self._options['ports']:
                 cmd.append('-sP')
 
-            if self.get_option['ipv4'] and not self.get_option['ipv6']:
+            if self._options['ipv4'] and not self._options['ipv6']:
                 cmd.append('-4')
-            elif self.get_option['ipv6'] and not self.get_option['ipv4']:
+            elif self._options['ipv6'] and not self._options['ipv4']:
                 cmd.append('-6')
-            elif not self.get_option['ipv6'] and not self.get_option['ipv4']:
+            elif not self._options['ipv6'] and not self._options['ipv4']:
                 raise AnsibleParserError('One of ipv4 or ipv6 must be enabled for this plugin')
 
-            if self.get_option['exclude']:
+            if self._options['exclude']:
                 cmd.append('--exclude')
-                cmd.append(','.join(self.get_option['exclude']))
+                cmd.append(','.join(self._options['exclude']))
 
-            if self.get_option['dns_resolve']:
+            if self._options['dns_resolve']:
                 cmd.append('-n')
 
-            if self.get_option['udp_scan']:
+            if self._options['udp_scan']:
                 cmd.append('-sU')
 
-            if self.get_option['icmp_timestamp']:
+            if self._options['icmp_timestamp']:
                 cmd.append('-PP')
 
-            if self.get_option['open']:
+            if self._options['open']:
                 cmd.append('--open')
 
-            if not self.get_option['use_arp_ping']:
-                cmd.append('--disable-arp-ping')
-
-            cmd.append(self.get_option['address'])
+            cmd.append(self._options['address'])
             try:
                 # execute
                 p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)

plugins/inventory/online.py

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

plugins/inventory/opennebula.py

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
         - constructed
     description:
         - Get inventory hosts from OpenNebula cloud.
-        - Uses an YAML configuration file ending with either C(opennebula.yml) or C(opennebula.yaml)
+        - Uses an YAML configuration file ending with either I(opennebula.yml) or I(opennebula.yaml)
           to set parameter values.
-        - Uses O(api_authfile), C(~/.one/one_auth), or E(ONE_AUTH) pointing to a OpenNebula credentials file.
+        - Uses I(api_authfile), C(~/.one/one_auth), or C(ONE_AUTH) pointing to a OpenNebula credentials file.
     options:
         plugin:
             description: Token that ensures this is a source file for the 'opennebula' plugin.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
               - URL of the OpenNebula RPC server.
               - It is recommended to use HTTPS so that the username/password are not
                 transferred over the network unencrypted.
-              - If not set then the value of the E(ONE_URL) environment variable is used.
+              - If not set then the value of the C(ONE_URL) environment variable is used.
             env:
               - name: ONE_URL
             required: true
@@ -39,29 +39,29 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
         api_username:
             description:
               - Name of the user to login into the OpenNebula RPC server. If not set
-                then the value of the E(ONE_USERNAME) environment variable is used.
+                then the value of the C(ONE_USERNAME) environment variable is used.
             env:
               - name: ONE_USERNAME
             type: string
         api_password:
             description:
               - Password or a token of the user to login into OpenNebula RPC server.
-              - If not set, the value of the E(ONE_PASSWORD) environment variable is used.
+              - If not set, the value of the C(ONE_PASSWORD) environment variable is used.
             env:
               - name: ONE_PASSWORD
             required: false
             type: string
         api_authfile:
             description:
-              - If both O(api_username) or O(api_password) are not set, then it will try
+              - If both I(api_username) or I(api_password) are not set, then it will try
                 authenticate with ONE auth file. Default path is C(~/.one/one_auth).
-              - Set environment variable E(ONE_AUTH) to override this path.
+              - Set environment variable C(ONE_AUTH) to override this path.
             env:
               - name: ONE_AUTH
             required: false
             type: string
         hostname:
-            description: Field to match the hostname. Note V(v4_first_ip) corresponds to the first IPv4 found on VM.
+            description: Field to match the hostname. Note C(v4_first_ip) corresponds to the first IPv4 found on VM.
             type: string
             default: v4_first_ip
             choices:
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
+
 from collections import namedtuple
 import os
 
@@ -215,6 +217,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         filter_by_label = self.get_option('filter_by_label')
         servers = self._retrieve_servers(filter_by_label)
         for server in servers:
+            server = make_unsafe(server)
             hostname = server['name']
             # check for labels
             if group_by_labels and server['LABELS']:

plugins/inventory/proxmox.py

@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         - inventory_cache
     options:
       plugin:
-        description: The name of this plugin, it should always be set to V(community.general.proxmox) for this plugin to recognize it as it's own.
+        description: The name of this plugin, it should always be set to C(community.general.proxmox) for this plugin to recognize it as it's own.
         required: true
         choices: ['community.general.proxmox']
         type: str
       url:
         description:
           - URL to Proxmox cluster.
-          - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable E(PROXMOX_URL) will be used instead.
-          - Since community.general 4.7.0 you can also use templating to specify the value of the O(url).
+          - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable C(PROXMOX_URL) will be used instead.
+          - Since community.general 4.7.0 you can also use templating to specify the value of the I(url).
         default: 'http://localhost:8006'
         type: str
         env:
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       user:
         description:
           - Proxmox authentication user.
-          - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable E(PROXMOX_USER) will be used instead.
-          - Since community.general 4.7.0 you can also use templating to specify the value of the O(user).
+          - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable C(PROXMOX_USER) will be used instead.
+          - Since community.general 4.7.0 you can also use templating to specify the value of the I(user).
         required: true
         type: str
         env:
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       password:
         description:
           - Proxmox authentication password.
-          - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable E(PROXMOX_PASSWORD) will be used instead.
-          - Since community.general 4.7.0 you can also use templating to specify the value of the O(password).
-          - If you do not specify a password, you must set O(token_id) and O(token_secret) instead.
+          - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable C(PROXMOX_PASSWORD) will be used instead.
+          - Since community.general 4.7.0 you can also use templating to specify the value of the I(password).
+          - If you do not specify a password, you must set I(token_id) and I(token_secret) instead.
         type: str
         env:
           - name: PROXMOX_PASSWORD
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       token_id:
         description:
           - Proxmox authentication token ID.
-          - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable E(PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID) will be used instead.
-          - To use token authentication, you must also specify O(token_secret). If you do not specify O(token_id) and O(token_secret),
+          - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable C(PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID) will be used instead.
+          - To use token authentication, you must also specify I(token_secret). If you do not specify I(token_id) and I(token_secret),
             you must set a password instead.
           - Make sure to grant explicit pve permissions to the token or disable 'privilege separation' to use the users' privileges instead.
         version_added: 4.8.0
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       token_secret:
         description:
           - Proxmox authentication token secret.
-          - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable E(PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET) will be used instead.
-          - To use token authentication, you must also specify O(token_id). If you do not specify O(token_id) and O(token_secret),
+          - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable C(PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET) will be used instead.
+          - To use token authentication, you must also specify I(token_id). If you do not specify I(token_id) and I(token_secret),
             you must set a password instead.
         version_added: 4.8.0
         type: str
@@ -95,25 +95,25 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       want_facts:
         description:
           - Gather LXC/QEMU configuration facts.
-          - When O(want_facts) is set to V(true) more details about QEMU VM status are possible, besides the running and stopped states.
+          - When I(want_facts) is set to C(true) more details about QEMU VM status are possible, besides the running and stopped states.
             Currently if the VM is running and it is suspended, the status will be running and the machine will be in C(running) group,
-            but its actual state will be paused. See O(qemu_extended_statuses) for how to retrieve the real status.
+            but its actual state will be paused. See I(qemu_extended_statuses) for how to retrieve the real status.
         default: false
         type: bool
       qemu_extended_statuses:
         description:
-          - Requires O(want_facts) to be set to V(true) to function. This will allow you to differentiate betweend C(paused) and C(prelaunch)
+          - Requires I(want_facts) to be set to C(true) to function. This will allow you to differentiate betweend C(paused) and C(prelaunch)
             statuses of the QEMU VMs.
-          - This introduces multiple groups [prefixed with O(group_prefix)] C(prelaunch) and C(paused).
+          - This introduces multiple groups [prefixed with I(group_prefix)] C(prelaunch) and C(paused).
         default: false
         type: bool
         version_added: 5.1.0
       want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host:
         version_added: 3.0.0
         description:
-          - Whether to set C(ansible_host) for proxmox nodes.
-          - When set to V(true) (default), will use the first available interface. This can be different from what you expect.
-          - The default of this option changed from V(true) to V(false) in community.general 6.0.0.
+          - Whether to set C(ansbile_host) for proxmox nodes.
+          - When set to C(true) (default), will use the first available interface. This can be different from what you expect.
+          - The default of this option changed from C(true) to C(false) in community.general 6.0.0.
         type: bool
         default: false
       filters:
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 
 # 3rd party imports
 try:
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
             self._cache[self.cache_key][url] = data
 
-        return self._cache[self.cache_key][url]
+        return make_unsafe(self._cache[self.cache_key][url])
 
     def _get_nodes(self):
         return self._get_json("%s/api2/json/nodes" % self.proxmox_url)
@@ -590,10 +591,6 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
                 ip = self._get_node_ip(node['node'])
                 self.inventory.set_variable(node['node'], 'ansible_host', ip)
 
-            # Setting composite variables
-            variables = self.inventory.get_host(node['node']).get_vars()
-            self._set_composite_vars(self.get_option('compose'), variables, node['node'], strict=self.strict)
-
             # add LXC/Qemu groups for the node
             for ittype in ('lxc', 'qemu'):
                 node_type_group = self._group('%s_%s' % (node['node'], ittype))

plugins/inventory/scaleway.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
         scw_profile:
             description:
             - The config profile to use in config file.
-            - By default uses the one specified as C(active_profile) in the config file, or falls back to V(default) if that is not defined.
+            - By default uses the one specified as C(active_profile) in the config file, or falls back to C(default) if that is not defined.
             type: string
             version_added: 4.4.0
         oauth_token:
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ else:
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.scaleway import SCALEWAY_LOCATION, parse_pagination_link
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         zone_info = SCALEWAY_LOCATION[zone]
 
         url = _build_server_url(zone_info["api_endpoint"])
-        raw_zone_hosts_infos = _fetch_information(url=url, token=token)
+        raw_zone_hosts_infos = make_unsafe(_fetch_information(url=url, token=token))
 
         for host_infos in raw_zone_hosts_infos:
 
@@ -341,4 +342,4 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         hostname_preference = self.get_option("hostnames")
 
         for zone in self._get_zones(config_zones):
-            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=zone, token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)
+            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=make_unsafe(zone), token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)

plugins/inventory/stackpath_compute.py

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

plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py

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

plugins/inventory/xen_orchestra.py

@@ -23,21 +23,21 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         - inventory_cache
     options:
         plugin:
-            description: The name of this plugin, it should always be set to V(community.general.xen_orchestra) for this plugin to recognize it as its own.
+            description: The name of this plugin, it should always be set to C(community.general.xen_orchestra) for this plugin to recognize it as its own.
             required: true
             choices: ['community.general.xen_orchestra']
             type: str
         api_host:
             description:
                 - API host to XOA API.
-                - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable E(ANSIBLE_XO_HOST) will be used instead.
+                - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_XO_HOST) will be used instead.
             type: str
             env:
                 - name: ANSIBLE_XO_HOST
         user:
             description:
                 - Xen Orchestra user.
-                - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable E(ANSIBLE_XO_USER) will be used instead.
+                - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_XO_USER) will be used instead.
             required: true
             type: str
             env:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         password:
             description:
                 - Xen Orchestra password.
-                - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable E(ANSIBLE_XO_PASSWORD) will be used instead.
+                - If the value is not specified in the inventory configuration, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_XO_PASSWORD) will be used instead.
             required: true
             type: str
             env:
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 
 # 3rd party imports
 try:
@@ -347,4 +348,4 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             self.protocol = 'ws'
 
         objects = self._get_objects()
-        self._populate(objects)
+        self._populate(make_unsafe(objects))

plugins/lookup/bitwarden.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
       - bw (command line utility)
       - be logged into bitwarden
       - bitwarden vault unlocked
-      - E(BW_SESSION) environment variable set
+      - C(BW_SESSION) environment variable set
     short_description: Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden
     version_added: 5.4.0
     description:
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
         type: list
         elements: str
       search:
-        description: Field to retrieve, for example V(name) or V(id).
+        description: Field to retrieve, for example C(name) or C(id).
         type: str
         default: name
         version_added: 5.7.0

plugins/lookup/bitwarden_secrets_manager.py

@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2023, jantari (https://github.com/jantari)
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-DOCUMENTATION = """
-    name: bitwarden_secrets_manager
-    author:
-      - jantari (@jantari)
-    requirements:
-      - bws (command line utility)
-    short_description: Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager
-    version_added: 7.2.0
-    description:
-      - Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager.
-    options:
-      _terms:
-        description: Secret ID(s) to fetch values for.
-        required: true
-        type: list
-        elements: str
-      bws_access_token:
-        description: The BWS access token to use for this lookup.
-        env:
-          - name: BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN
-        required: true
-        type: str
-"""
-
-EXAMPLES = """
-- name: Get a secret relying on the BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable for authentication
-  ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg: >-
-      {{ lookup("community.general.bitwarden_secrets_manager", "2bc23e48-4932-40de-a047-5524b7ddc972") }}
-
-- name: Get a secret passing an explicit access token for authentication
-  ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg: >-
-      {{
-        lookup(
-          "community.general.bitwarden_secrets_manager",
-          "2bc23e48-4932-40de-a047-5524b7ddc972",
-          bws_access_token="9.4f570d14-4b54-42f5-bc07-60f4450b1db5.YmluYXJ5LXNvbWV0aGluZy0xMjMK:d2h5IGhlbGxvIHRoZXJlCg=="
-        )
-      }}
-
-- name: Get two different secrets each using a different access token for authentication
-  ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg:
-      - '{{ lookup("community.general.bitwarden_secrets_manager", "2bc23e48-4932-40de-a047-5524b7ddc972", bws_access_token=token1) }}'
-      - '{{ lookup("community.general.bitwarden_secrets_manager", "9d89af4c-eb5d-41f5-bb0f-4ae81215c768", bws_access_token=token2) }}'
-  vars:
-    token1: "9.4f570d14-4b54-42f5-bc07-60f4450b1db5.YmluYXJ5LXNvbWV0aGluZy0xMjMK:d2h5IGhlbGxvIHRoZXJlCg=="
-    token2: "1.69b72797-6ea9-4687-a11e-848e41a30ae6.YW5zaWJsZSBpcyBncmVhdD8K:YW5zaWJsZSBpcyBncmVhdAo="
-
-- name: Get just the value of a secret
-  ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg: >-
-      {{ lookup("community.general.bitwarden_secrets_manager", "2bc23e48-4932-40de-a047-5524b7ddc972").value }}
-"""
-
-RETURN = """
-  _raw:
-    description: List containing one or more secrets.
-    type: list
-    elements: dict
-"""
-
-from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
-
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleLookupError
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
-from ansible.parsing.ajson import AnsibleJSONDecoder
-from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
-
-
-class BitwardenSecretsManagerException(AnsibleLookupError):
-    pass
-
-
-class BitwardenSecretsManager(object):
-    def __init__(self, path='bws'):
-        self._cli_path = path
-
-    @property
-    def cli_path(self):
-        return self._cli_path
-
-    def _run(self, args, stdin=None):
-        p = Popen([self.cli_path] + args, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, stdin=PIPE)
-        out, err = p.communicate(stdin)
-        rc = p.wait()
-        return to_text(out, errors='surrogate_or_strict'), to_text(err, errors='surrogate_or_strict'), rc
-
-    def get_secret(self, secret_id, bws_access_token):
-        """Get and return the secret with the given secret_id.
-        """
-
-        # Prepare set of params for Bitwarden Secrets Manager CLI
-        # Color output was not always disabled correctly with the default 'auto' setting so explicitly disable it.
-        params = [
-            '--color', 'no',
-            '--access-token', bws_access_token,
-            'get', 'secret', secret_id
-        ]
-
-        out, err, rc = self._run(params)
-        if rc != 0:
-            raise BitwardenSecretsManagerException(to_text(err))
-
-        return AnsibleJSONDecoder().raw_decode(out)[0]
-
-
-class LookupModule(LookupBase):
-    def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs):
-        self.set_options(var_options=variables, direct=kwargs)
-        bws_access_token = self.get_option('bws_access_token')
-
-        return [_bitwarden_secrets_manager.get_secret(term, bws_access_token) for term in terms]
-
-
-_bitwarden_secrets_manager = BitwardenSecretsManager()

plugins/lookup/collection_version.py

@@ -13,22 +13,22 @@ short_description: Retrieves the version of an installed collection
 description:
   - This lookup allows to query the version of an installed collection, and to determine whether a
     collection is installed at all.
-  - By default it returns V(none) for non-existing collections and V(*) for collections without a
+  - By default it returns C(none) for non-existing collections and C(*) for collections without a
     version number. The latter should only happen in development environments, or when installing
     a collection from git which has no version in its C(galaxy.yml). This behavior can be adjusted
-    by providing other values with O(result_not_found) and O(result_no_version).
+    by providing other values with I(result_not_found) and I(result_no_version).
 options:
   _terms:
     description:
       - The collections to look for.
-      - For example V(community.general).
+      - For example C(community.general).
     type: list
     elements: str
     required: true
   result_not_found:
     description:
       - The value to return when the collection could not be found.
-      - By default, V(none) is returned.
+      - By default, C(none) is returned.
     type: string
     default: ~
   result_no_version:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ options:
       - The value to return when the collection has no version number.
       - This can happen for collections installed from git which do not have a version number
         in C(galaxy.yml).
-      - By default, V(*) is returned.
+      - By default, C(*) is returned.
     type: string
     default: '*'
 """
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ RETURN = """
   _raw:
     description:
       - The version number of the collections listed as input.
-      - If a collection can not be found, it will return the value provided in O(result_not_found).
-        By default, this is V(none).
+      - If a collection can not be found, it will return the value provided in I(result_not_found).
+        By default, this is C(none).
       - If a collection can be found, but the version not identified, it will return the value provided in
-        O(result_no_version). By default, this is V(*). This can happen for collections installed
-        from git which do not have a version number in V(galaxy.yml).
+        I(result_no_version). By default, this is C(*). This can happen for collections installed
+        from git which do not have a version number in C(galaxy.yml).
     type: list
     elements: str
 """

plugins/lookup/consul_kv.py

@@ -38,20 +38,23 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         default: localhost
         description:
           - The target to connect to, must be a resolvable address.
-          - Will be determined from E(ANSIBLE_CONSUL_URL) if that is set.
+            Will be determined from C(ANSIBLE_CONSUL_URL) if that is set.
+          - "C(ANSIBLE_CONSUL_URL) should look like this: C(https://my.consul.server:8500)"
+        env:
+          - name: ANSIBLE_CONSUL_URL
         ini:
           - section: lookup_consul
             key: host
       port:
         description:
           - The port of the target host to connect to.
-          - If you use E(ANSIBLE_CONSUL_URL) this value will be used from there.
+          - If you use C(ANSIBLE_CONSUL_URL) this value will be used from there.
         default: 8500
       scheme:
         default: http
         description:
           - Whether to use http or https.
-          - If you use E(ANSIBLE_CONSUL_URL) this value will be used from there.
+          - If you use C(ANSIBLE_CONSUL_URL) this value will be used from there.
       validate_certs:
         default: true
         description: Whether to verify the ssl connection or not.
@@ -68,9 +71,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
           - section: lookup_consul
             key: client_cert
       url:
-        description:
-          - The target to connect to.
-          - "Should look like this: V(https://my.consul.server:8500)."
+        description: "The target to connect to, should look like this: C(https://my.consul.server:8500)."
         type: str
         version_added: 1.0.0
         env:

plugins/lookup/dependent.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ options:
         The name is the index that is used in the result object. The value is iterated over as described below.
       - If the value is a list, it is simply iterated over.
       - If the value is a dictionary, it is iterated over and returned as if they would be processed by the
-        P(ansible.builtin.dict2items#filter) filter.
+        R(ansible.builtin.dict2items filter,ansible_collections.ansible.builtin.dict2items_filter).
       - If the value is a string, it is evaluated as Jinja2 expressions which can access the previously chosen
         elements with C(item.<index_name>). The result must be a list or a dictionary.
     type: list

plugins/lookup/dig.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       - In addition to (default) A record, it is also possible to specify a different record type that should be queried.
         This can be done by either passing-in additional parameter of format qtype=TYPE to the dig lookup, or by appending /TYPE to the FQDN being queried.
       - If multiple values are associated with the requested record, the results will be returned as a comma-separated list.
-        In such cases you may want to pass option C(wantlist=true) to the lookup call, or alternatively use C(query) instead of C(lookup),
+        In such cases you may want to pass option I(wantlist=true) to the lookup call, or alternatively use C(query) instead of C(lookup),
         which will result in the record values being returned as a list over which you can iterate later on.
       - By default, the lookup will rely on system-wide configured DNS servers for performing the query.
         It is also possible to explicitly specify DNS servers to query using the @DNS_SERVER_1,DNS_SERVER_2,...,DNS_SERVER_N notation.
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       qtype:
         description:
             - Record type to query.
-            - V(DLV) has been removed in community.general 6.0.0.
-            - V(CAA) has been added in community.general 6.3.0.
+            - C(DLV) has been removed in community.general 6.0.0.
+            - C(CAA) has been added in community.general 6.3.0.
         type: str
         default: 'A'
         choices: [A, ALL, AAAA, CAA, CNAME, DNAME, DNSKEY, DS, HINFO, LOC, MX, NAPTR, NS, NSEC3PARAM, PTR, RP, RRSIG, SOA, SPF, SRV, SSHFP, TLSA, TXT]
@@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       fail_on_error:
         description:
           - Abort execution on lookup errors.
-          - The default for this option will likely change to V(true) in the future.
-            The current default, V(false), is used for backwards compatibility, and will result in empty strings
-            or the string V(NXDOMAIN) in the result in case of errors.
+          - The default for this option will likely change to C(true) in the future.
+            The current default, C(false), is used for backwards compatibility, and will result in empty strings
+            or the string C(NXDOMAIN) in the result in case of errors.
         default: false
         type: bool
         version_added: 5.4.0
       real_empty:
         description:
-          - Return empty result without empty strings, and return empty list instead of V(NXDOMAIN).
-          - The default for this option will likely change to V(true) in the future.
-          - This option will be forced to V(true) if multiple domains to be queried are specified.
+          - Return empty result without empty strings, and return empty list instead of C(NXDOMAIN).
+          - The default for this option will likely change to C(true) in the future.
+          - This option will be forced to C(true) if multiple domains to be queried are specified.
         default: false
         type: bool
         version_added: 6.0.0

plugins/lookup/dnstxt.py

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         elements: string
       real_empty:
         description:
-          - Return empty result without empty strings, and return empty list instead of V(NXDOMAIN).
-          - The default for this option will likely change to V(true) in the future.
+          - Return empty result without empty strings, and return empty list instead of C(NXDOMAIN).
+          - The default for this option will likely change to C(true) in the future.
         default: false
         type: bool
         version_added: 6.0.0