Release 3.6.0.

Note: tastychutney is another github account of mine that was also added as a maintainer.
(cherry picked from commit 135faf4421)

Co-authored-by: Scott Anderson <scott@waymark.com>

.azure-pipelines/README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
--->
-
 ## Azure Pipelines Configuration
 
 Please see the [Documentation](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Testing:-Azure-Pipelines) for more information.

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 trigger:
   batch: true
   branches:
@@ -29,14 +24,14 @@ schedules:
     always: true
     branches:
       include:
-        - stable-8
-        - stable-7
+        - stable-2
+        - stable-3
   - cron: 0 11 * * 0
     displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
     always: true
     branches:
       include:
-        - stable-6
+        - stable-1
 
 variables:
   - name: checkoutPath
@@ -53,7 +48,7 @@ variables:
 resources:
   containers:
     - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:4.0.1
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:1.9.0
 
 pool: Standard
 
@@ -73,40 +68,40 @@ stages:
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
             - test: extra
-  - stage: Sanity_2_16
-    displayName: Sanity 2.16
+  - stage: Sanity_2_11
+    displayName: Sanity 2.11
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.16/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.11/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_15
-    displayName: Sanity 2.15
+  - stage: Sanity_2_10
+    displayName: Sanity 2.10
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.15/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.10/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_14
-    displayName: Sanity 2.14
+  - stage: Sanity_2_9
+    displayName: Sanity 2.9
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.9/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
@@ -122,63 +117,63 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
           targets:
+            - test: 2.6
+            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.5
+            - test: 3.6
             - test: 3.7
             - test: 3.8
             - test: 3.9
             - test: '3.10'
-            - test: '3.11'
-            - test: '3.12'
-  - stage: Units_2_16
-    displayName: Units 2.16
+  - stage: Units_2_11
+    displayName: Units 2.11
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.16/units/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.11/units/{0}/1
           targets:
+            - test: 2.6
             - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.6
-            - 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
+            - test: 3.6
+            - test: 3.7
+            - test: 3.8
+            - test: 3.9
+  - stage: Units_2_10
+    displayName: Units 2.10
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/units/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.10/units/{0}/1
           targets:
+            - test: 2.6
+            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.5
+            - test: 3.6
+            - test: 3.7
+            - test: 3.8
             - test: 3.9
+  - stage: Units_2_9
+    displayName: Units 2.9
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.9/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 2.6
+            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.5
+            - test: 3.6
+            - test: 3.7
+            - 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 3.19
-              test: alpine/3.19
-            # - name: Fedora 39
-            #   test: fedora/39
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu/22.04
-          groups:
-            - vm
   - stage: Remote_devel
     displayName: Remote devel
     dependsOn: []
@@ -187,78 +182,77 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: macOS 14.3
-              test: macos/14.3
-            - name: RHEL 9.3
-              test: rhel/9.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.3
-              test: freebsd/13.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 14.0
-              test: freebsd/14.0
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_16
-    displayName: Remote 2.16
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.16/{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: macOS 11.1
+              test: macos/11.1
             - name: RHEL 7.9
               test: rhel/7.9
-            # - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-            #   test: freebsd/13.1
-            # - name: FreeBSD 12.4
-            #   test: freebsd/12.4
+            - name: RHEL 8.4
+              test: rhel/8.4
+            - name: FreeBSD 12.2
+              test: freebsd/12.2
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.0
+              test: freebsd/13.0
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_14
-    displayName: Remote 2.14
+  - stage: Remote_2_11
+    displayName: Remote 2.11
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.11/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-            #- name: macOS 12.0
-            #  test: macos/12.0
-            #- name: FreeBSD 12.4
-            #  test: freebsd/12.4
+            - name: macOS 11.1
+              test: macos/11.1
+            - name: RHEL 7.9
+              test: rhel/7.9
+            - name: RHEL 8.3
+              test: rhel/8.3
+            - name: FreeBSD 12.2
+              test: freebsd/12.2
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+  - stage: Remote_2_10
+    displayName: Remote 2.10
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.10/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: OS X 10.11
+              test: osx/10.11
+            - name: macOS 10.15
+              test: macos/10.15
+            - name: macOS 11.1
+              test: macos/11.1
+            - name: RHEL 7.8
+              test: rhel/7.8
+            - name: RHEL 8.2
+              test: rhel/8.2
+            - name: FreeBSD 12.1
+              test: freebsd/12.1
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+  - stage: Remote_2_9
+    displayName: Remote 2.9
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.9/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: RHEL 8.2
+              test: rhel/8.2
+            - name: FreeBSD 12.0
+              test: freebsd/12.0
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
-            - 3
 
 ### Docker
   - stage: Docker_devel
@@ -269,157 +263,148 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Fedora 39
-              test: fedora39
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu2004
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu2204
-            - name: Alpine 3.19
-              test: alpine319
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_16
-    displayName: Docker 2.16
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.16/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 38
-              test: fedora38
-            - name: openSUSE 15
-              test: opensuse15
-            - 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 6
+              test: centos6
             - name: CentOS 7
               test: centos7
+            - name: CentOS 8
+              test: centos8
+            - name: Fedora 33
+              test: fedora33
+            - name: Fedora 34
+              test: fedora34
+            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
+              test: opensuse15py2
+            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
+              test: opensuse15
+            - name: Ubuntu 18.04
+              test: ubuntu1804
+            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
+              test: ubuntu2004
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_14
-    displayName: Docker 2.14
+  - stage: Docker_2_11
+    displayName: Docker 2.11
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.11/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
+            - name: CentOS 8
+              test: centos8
+            - name: Fedora 33
+              test: fedora33
+            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
+              test: opensuse15
+            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
+              test: ubuntu2004
+          groups:
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_10
+    displayName: Docker 2.10
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.10/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: CentOS 8
+              test: centos8
+            - name: Fedora 32
+              test: fedora32
+            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
+              test: opensuse15
+            - name: Ubuntu 16.04
+              test: ubuntu1604
+          groups:
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_9
+    displayName: Docker 2.9
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.9/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: CentOS 8
+              test: centos8
+            - name: Fedora 31
+              test: fedora31
+            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
+              test: opensuse15
           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
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-
-### Generic
-  - stage: Generic_devel
-    displayName: Generic devel
+### Cloud
+  - stage: Cloud_devel
+    displayName: Cloud devel
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
+          testFormat: devel/cloud/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: '3.7'
-            - test: '3.12'
-  - stage: Generic_2_16
-    displayName: Generic 2.16
+            - test: 3.8
+  - stage: Cloud_2_11
+    displayName: Cloud 2.11
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.16/generic/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.11/cloud/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: '2.7'
-            - test: '3.6'
-            - test: '3.11'
-  - stage: Generic_2_15
-    displayName: Generic 2.15
+            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.6
+  - stage: Cloud_2_10
+    displayName: Cloud 2.10
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.15/generic/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.10/cloud/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: '3.9'
-  - stage: Generic_2_14
-    displayName: Generic 2.14
+            - test: 3.6
+  - stage: Cloud_2_9
+    displayName: Cloud 2.9
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/generic/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.9/cloud/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: '3.10'
-
+            - test: 3.6
   - stage: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
       - Sanity_devel
-      - Sanity_2_16
-      - Sanity_2_15
-      - Sanity_2_14
+      - Sanity_2_9
+      - Sanity_2_10
+      - Sanity_2_11
       - Units_devel
-      - Units_2_16
-      - Units_2_15
-      - Units_2_14
-      - Remote_devel_extra_vms
+      - Units_2_9
+      - Units_2_10
+      - Units_2_11
       - Remote_devel
-      - Remote_2_16
-      - Remote_2_15
-      - Remote_2_14
+      - Remote_2_9
+      - Remote_2_10
+      - Remote_2_11
       - Docker_devel
-      - Docker_2_16
-      - Docker_2_15
-      - Docker_2_14
-      - Docker_community_devel
-# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
-#      - Generic_devel
-#      - Generic_2_16
-#      - Generic_2_15
-#      - Generic_2_14
+      - Docker_2_9
+      - Docker_2_10
+      - Docker_2_11
+      - Cloud_devel
+      - Cloud_2_9
+      - Cloud_2_10
+      - Cloud_2_11
     jobs:
       - template: templates/coverage.yml

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

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #!/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
@@ -15,7 +11,7 @@ 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[@]}"
+ansible-test coverage combine --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.

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

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #!/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}"

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

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #!/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

.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/publish-codecov.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# 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.
+
+set -o pipefail -eu
+
+output_path="$1"
+
+curl --silent --show-error https://ansible-ci-files.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/codecov/codecov.sh > codecov.sh
+
+for file in "${output_path}"/reports/coverage*.xml; do
+    name="${file}"
+    name="${name##*/}"  # remove path
+    name="${name##coverage=}"  # remove 'coverage=' prefix if present
+    name="${name%.xml}"  # remove '.xml' suffix
+
+    bash codecov.sh \
+        -f "${file}" \
+        -n "${name}" \
+        -X coveragepy \
+        -X gcov \
+        -X fix \
+        -X search \
+        -X xcode \
+        || echo "Failed to upload code coverage report to codecov.io: ${file}"
+done

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

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #!/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
@@ -16,4 +12,4 @@ if ! ansible-test --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     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
+ansible-test coverage xml --stub --venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v

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

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #!/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

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

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #!/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)

.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 # 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.
@@ -38,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           summaryFileLocation: "$(outputPath)/reports/$(pipelinesCoverage).xml"
         displayName: Publish to Azure Pipelines
         condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
-      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py "$(outputPath)"
+      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.sh "$(outputPath)"
         displayName: Publish to codecov.io
         condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
         continueOnError: true

.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 # 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.
 

.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 # 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.
 

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 ---
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 name: Bug report
 description: Create a report to help us improve
 
@@ -47,7 +43,7 @@ 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
@@ -66,20 +62,6 @@ body:
   validations:
     required: true
 
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Community.general Version
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
-      between tripple backticks.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
 - type: textarea
   attributes:
     label: Configuration
@@ -109,7 +91,7 @@ body:
   attributes:
     label: Steps to Reproduce
     description: |
-      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also passed any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
+      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also pased any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
 
       **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
     value: |

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 ---
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 # Ref: https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser
 blank_issues_enabled: false  # default: true
 contact_links:

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 ---
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 name: Documentation Report
 description: Ask us about docs
 # NOTE: issue body is enabled to allow screenshots
@@ -46,8 +42,8 @@ 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
@@ -66,20 +62,6 @@ body:
   validations:
     required: false
 
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Community.general Version
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
-      between tripple backticks.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
 - type: textarea
   attributes:
     label: Configuration

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 ---
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 name: Feature request
 description: Suggest an idea for this project
 
@@ -25,7 +21,7 @@ body:
     placeholder: >-
       I am trying to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub and
       I think that implementing a feature Y would be very helpful for me and
-      every other user of community.general because of Z.
+      every other user of ansible-core because of Z.
   validations:
     required: true
 
@@ -42,8 +38,8 @@ 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/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,11 +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
-
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-    directory: "/"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"

.github/patchback.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 ---
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 backport_branch_prefix: patchback/backports/
 backport_label_prefix: backport-
 target_branch_prefix: stable-

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -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/pull_request_template.md.license

@@ -1,3 +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

.github/settings.yml

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

.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml

@@ -1,287 +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'
-          - '2.13'
-    # 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'
-          - ansible: '2.13'
-            python: '2.7'
-          - ansible: '2.13'
-            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/
-          # 2.13
-          - ansible: '2.13'
-            docker: fedora35
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.13'
-            docker: fedora35
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.13'
-            docker: fedora35
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/3/
-          - ansible: '2.13'
-            docker: opensuse15py2
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.13'
-            docker: opensuse15py2
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.13'
-            docker: opensuse15py2
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/3/
-          - ansible: '2.13'
-            docker: alpine3
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.13'
-            docker: alpine3
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.13'
-            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: '2.13'
-          #   docker: default
-          #   python: '3.9'
-          #   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 +1,49 @@
----
-# 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@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
+        # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
+        fetch-depth: 2
+
+    # If this run was triggered by a pull request event, then checkout
+    # the head of the pull request instead of the merge commit.
+    - run: git checkout HEAD^2
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
-      with:
-        languages: python
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+      # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
+      # with:
+      #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java
+
+    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
+    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
+    - name: Autobuild
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1
+
+    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
+    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
+
+    # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines
+    #    and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project
+    #    uses a compiled language
+
+    #- run: |
+    #   make bootstrap
+    #   make release
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1

.github/workflows/import-galaxy.yml

@@ -1,20 +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: import-galaxy
-'on':
-  # Run CI against all pushes (direct commits, also merged PRs) to main, and all Pull Requests
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - stable-*
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  import-galaxy:
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    name: Test to import built collection artifact with Galaxy importer
-    uses: ansible-community/github-action-test-galaxy-import/.github/workflows/test-galaxy-import.yml@main

.github/workflows/reuse.yml

@@ -1,30 +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@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || '' }}
-
-      - name: REUSE Compliance Check
-        uses: fsfe/reuse-action@v3

.gitignore

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/vim,git,macos,linux,pydev,emacs,dotenv,python,windows,webstorm,pycharm+all,jupyternotebooks
-# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=vim,git,macos,linux,pydev,emacs,dotenv,python,windows,webstorm,pycharm+all,jupyternotebooks
+# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/git,linux,pydev,python,windows,pycharm+all,jupyternotebook,vim,webstorm,emacs,dotenv
+# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=git,linux,pydev,python,windows,pycharm+all,jupyternotebook,vim,webstorm,emacs,dotenv
 
 ### dotenv ###
 .env
@@ -74,19 +71,7 @@ flycheck_*.el
 *_LOCAL_*.txt
 *_REMOTE_*.txt
 
-### JupyterNotebooks ###
-# gitignore template for Jupyter Notebooks
-# website: http://jupyter.org/
-
-.ipynb_checkpoints
-*/.ipynb_checkpoints/*
-
-# IPython
-profile_default/
-ipython_config.py
-
-# Remove previous ipynb_checkpoints
-#   git rm -r .ipynb_checkpoints/
+#!! ERROR: jupyternotebook is undefined. Use list command to see defined gitignore types !!#
 
 ### Linux ###
 
@@ -102,39 +87,6 @@ ipython_config.py
 # .nfs files are created when an open file is removed but is still being accessed
 .nfs*
 
-### macOS ###
-# General
-.DS_Store
-.AppleDouble
-.LSOverride
-
-# Icon must end with two \r
-Icon
-
-
-# Thumbnails
-._*
-
-# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
-.DocumentRevisions-V100
-.fseventsd
-.Spotlight-V100
-.TemporaryItems
-.Trashes
-.VolumeIcon.icns
-.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
-
-# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
-.AppleDB
-.AppleDesktop
-Network Trash Folder
-Temporary Items
-.apdisk
-
-### macOS Patch ###
-# iCloud generated files
-*.icloud
-
 ### PyCharm+all ###
 # Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
 # Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
@@ -199,9 +151,6 @@ atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
 # Cursive Clojure plugin
 .idea/replstate.xml
 
-# SonarLint plugin
-.idea/sonarlint/
-
 # Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
 com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
 crashlytics.properties
@@ -215,13 +164,20 @@ fabric.properties
 .idea/caches/build_file_checksums.ser
 
 ### PyCharm+all Patch ###
-# Ignore everything but code style settings and run configurations
-# that are supposed to be shared within teams.
+# Ignores the whole .idea folder and all .iml files
+# See https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186 and https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/360
 
-.idea/*
+.idea/
 
-!.idea/codeStyles
-!.idea/runConfigurations
+# Reason: https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186#issuecomment-249601023
+
+*.iml
+modules.xml
+.idea/misc.xml
+*.ipr
+
+# Sonarlint plugin
+.idea/sonarlint
 
 ### pydev ###
 .pydevproject
@@ -304,13 +260,16 @@ docs/_build/
 target/
 
 # Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
 
 # IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
 
 # pyenv
 #   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
 #   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
-# .python-version
+.python-version
 
 # pipenv
 #   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
@@ -319,22 +278,7 @@ target/
 #   install all needed dependencies.
 #Pipfile.lock
 
-# poetry
-#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
-#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
-#   commonly ignored for libraries.
-#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
-#poetry.lock
-
-# pdm
-#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include pdm.lock in version control.
-#pdm.lock
-#   pdm stores project-wide configurations in .pdm.toml, but it is recommended to not include it
-#   in version control.
-#   https://pdm.fming.dev/#use-with-ide
-.pdm.toml
-
-# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
 __pypackages__/
 
 # Celery stuff
@@ -376,13 +320,6 @@ dmypy.json
 # Cython debug symbols
 cython_debug/
 
-# PyCharm
-#  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
-#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
-#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
-#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
-#.idea/
-
 ### Vim ###
 # Swap
 [._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
@@ -444,8 +381,6 @@ tags
 
 # Cursive Clojure plugin
 
-# SonarLint plugin
-
 # Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
 
 # Editor-based Rest Client
@@ -508,7 +443,4 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 # Windows shortcuts
 *.lnk
 
-# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/vim,git,macos,linux,pydev,emacs,dotenv,python,windows,webstorm,pycharm+all,jupyternotebooks
-
-# Integration tests cloud configs
-tests/integration/cloud-config-*.ini
+# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/git,linux,pydev,python,windows,pycharm+all,jupyternotebook,vim,webstorm,emacs,dotenv

.reuse/dep5

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
-
-Files: changelogs/fragments/*
-Copyright: Ansible Project
-License: GPL-3.0-or-later

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,926 +0,0 @@
-# Community General Release Notes
-
-**Topics**
-
-- <a href="#v7-5-6">v7\.5\.6</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-5">v7\.5\.5</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-1">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-4">v7\.5\.4</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-2">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-3">v7\.5\.3</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-2">v7\.5\.2</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-1">v7\.5\.1</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-0">v7\.5\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-1">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#deprecated-features">Deprecated Features</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-6">Bugfixes</a>
-    - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
-- <a href="#v7-4-0">v7\.4\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-7">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-7">Bugfixes</a>
-    - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
-- <a href="#v7-3-0">v7\.3\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-8">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-3">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#deprecated-features-1">Deprecated Features</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-8">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-2-1">v7\.2\.1</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-9">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-9">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-2-0">v7\.2\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-10">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#deprecated-features-2">Deprecated Features</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-10">Bugfixes</a>
-    - <a href="#new-plugins">New Plugins</a>
-        - <a href="#lookup">Lookup</a>
-    - <a href="#new-modules-2">New Modules</a>
-- <a href="#v7-1-0">v7\.1\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-11">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-5">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#deprecated-features-3">Deprecated Features</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-11">Bugfixes</a>
-    - <a href="#known-issues">Known Issues</a>
-    - <a href="#new-modules-3">New Modules</a>
-- <a href="#v7-0-1">v7\.0\.1</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-12">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-12">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-0-0">v7\.0\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-13">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-6">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#breaking-changes--porting-guide">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-13">Bugfixes</a>
-    - <a href="#new-plugins-1">New Plugins</a>
-        - <a href="#lookup-1">Lookup</a>
-    - <a href="#new-modules-4">New Modules</a>
-This changelog describes changes after version 6\.0\.0\.
-
-<a id="v7-5-6"></a>
-## v7\.5\.6
-
-<a id="release-summary"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix release with security fixes\.
-
-<a id="security-fixes"></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"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* aix\_filesystem \- fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052)\)\.
-* homebrew \- error returned from brew command was ignored and tried to parse empty JSON\. Fix now checks for an error and raises it to give accurate error message to users \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8047](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8047)\)\.
-* ipa\_hbacrule \- the module uses a string for <code>ipaenabledflag</code> for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880)\)\.
-* ipa\_sudorule \- the module uses a string for <code>ipaenabledflag</code> for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7880)\)\.
-* iptables\_state \- fix idempotency issues when restoring incomplete iptables dumps \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8029](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8029)\)\.
-* linode inventory plugin \- add descriptive error message for linode inventory plugin \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8133](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8133)\)\.
-* pacemaker\_cluster \- actually implement check mode\, which the module claims to support\. This means that until now the module also did changes in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8081](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8081)\)\.
-* pam\_limits \- when the file does not exist\, do not create it in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8050)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8057)\)\.
-* proxmox\_kvm \- fixed status check getting from node\-specific API endpoint \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7817](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7817)\)\.
-
-<a id="v7-5-5"></a>
-## v7\.5\.5
-
-<a id="release-summary-1"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-1"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* cargo \- fix idempotency issues when using a custom installation path for packages \(using the <code>\-\-path</code> parameter\)\. The initial installation runs fine\, but subsequent runs use the <code>get\_installed\(\)</code> function which did not check the given installation location\, before running <code>cargo install</code>\. This resulted in a false <code>changed</code> state\. Also the removal of packeges using <code>state\: absent</code> failed\, as the installation check did not use the given parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7970](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7970)\)\.
-* keycloak\_client \- fixes issue when metadata is provided in desired state when task is in check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1226)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7881](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7881)\)\.
-* modprobe \- listing modules files or modprobe files could trigger a FileNotFoundError if <code>/etc/modprobe\.d</code> or <code>/etc/modules\-load\.d</code> did not exist\. Relevant functions now return empty lists if the directories do not exist to avoid crashing the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7717](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7717)\)\.
-* onepassword lookup plugin \- failed for fields that were in sections and had uppercase letters in the label/ID\. Field lookups are now case insensitive in all cases \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7919](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7919)\)\.
-* pkgin \- pkgin \(pkgsrc package manager used by SmartOS\) raises erratic exceptions and spurious <code>changed\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7971](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7971)\)\.
-* redfish\_info \- allow for a GET operation invoked by <code>GetUpdateStatus</code> to allow for an empty response body for cases where a service returns 204 No Content \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8003](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8003)\)\.
-* redfish\_info \- correct uncaught exception when attempting to retrieve <code>Chassis</code> information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7952](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7952)\)\.
-
-<a id="v7-5-4"></a>
-## v7\.5\.4
-
-<a id="release-summary-2"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-2"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* homebrew \- detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from <code>brew info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/864](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/864)\)\.
-* ipa\_otptoken \- the module expect <code>ipatokendisabled</code> as string but the <code>ipatokendisabled</code> value is returned as a boolean \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7795](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7795)\)\.
-* ldap \- previously the order number \(if present\) was expected to follow an equals sign in the DN\. This makes it so the order number string is identified correctly anywhere within the DN \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7646](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7646)\)\.
-* mssql\_script \- make the module work with Python 2 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7818](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7818)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7821](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7821)\)\.
-* nmcli \- fix <code>connection\.slave\-type</code> wired to <code>bond</code> and not with parameter <code>slave\_type</code> in case of connection type <code>wifi</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7389](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7389)\)\.
-
-<a id="v7-5-3"></a>
-## v7\.5\.3
-
-<a id="release-summary-3"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-3"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* keycloak\_identity\_provider \- <code>mappers</code> processing was not idempotent if the mappers configuration list had not been sorted by name \(in ascending order\)\. Fix resolves the issue by sorting mappers in the desired state using the same key which is used for obtaining existing state \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418)\)\.
-* keycloak\_identity\_provider \- it was not possible to reconfigure \(add\, remove\) <code>mappers</code> once they were created initially\. Removal was ignored\, adding new ones resulted in dropping the pre\-existing unmodified mappers\. Fix resolves the issue by supplying correct input to the internal update call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7418)\)\.
-* keycloak\_user \- when <code>force</code> is set\, but user does not exist\, do not try to delete it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7696](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7696)\)\.
-* statusio\_maintenance \- fix error caused by incorrectly formed API data payload\. Was raising \"Failed to create maintenance HTTP Error 400 Bad Request\" caused by bad data type for date/time and deprecated dict keys \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7754](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7754)\)\.
-
-<a id="v7-5-2"></a>
-## v7\.5\.2
-
-<a id="release-summary-4"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="minor-changes"></a>
-### Minor Changes
-
-* elastic callback plugin \- close elastic client to not leak resources \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7517](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7517)\)\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-4"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* cloudflare\_dns \- fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7652](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7652)\)\.
-* interface\_files \- also consider <code>address\_family</code> when changing <code>option\=method</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7610](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7610)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7612)\)\.
-* irc \- replace <code>ssl\.wrap\_socket</code> that was removed from Python 3\.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542)\)\.
-* keycloak\_\* \- fix Keycloak API client to quote <code>/</code> properly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7641](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7641)\)\.
-* keycloak\_authz\_permission \- resource payload variable for scope\-based permission was constructed as a string\, when it needs to be a list\, even for a single item \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7151)\)\.
-* log\_entries callback plugin \- replace <code>ssl\.wrap\_socket</code> that was removed from Python 3\.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7542)\)\.
-* lvol \- test for output messages in both <code>stdout</code> and <code>stderr</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7601](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7601)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7182](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7182)\)\.
-* ocapi\_utils\, oci\_utils\, redfish\_utils module utils \- replace <code>type\(\)</code> calls with <code>isinstance\(\)</code> calls \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7501](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7501)\)\.
-* onepassword lookup plugin \- field and section titles are now case insensitive when using op CLI version two or later\. This matches the behavior of version one \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7564](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7564)\)\.
-* pipx module utils \- change the CLI argument formatter for the <code>pip\_args</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7497)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7506)\)\.
-* redhat\_subscription \- use the D\-Bus registration on RHEL 7 only on 7\.4 and
-  greater\; older versions of RHEL 7 do not have it
-  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7622](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7622)\,
-  [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7624](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7624)\)\.
-* terraform \- fix multiline string handling in complex variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7535](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7535)\)\.
-
-<a id="v7-5-1"></a>
-## v7\.5\.1
-
-<a id="release-summary-5"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-5"></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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7467)\)\.
-* kernel\_blacklist \- simplified the mechanism to update the file\, fixing the error \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7382](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7382)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7362](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7362)\)\.
-* memset module utils \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.17 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7379)\)\.
-* proxmox\_pool\_member \- absent state for type VM did not delete VMs from the pools \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7464](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7464)\)\.
-* redfish\_command \- fix usage of message parsing in <code>SimpleUpdate</code> and <code>MultipartHTTPPushUpdate</code> commands to treat the lack of a <code>MessageId</code> as no message \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7465](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7465)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7471)\)\.
-* redhat\_subscription \- use the right D\-Bus options for the consumer type when
-  registering a RHEL system older than 9 or a RHEL 9 system older than 9\.2
-  and using <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="v7-5-0"></a>
-## v7\.5\.0
-
-<a id="release-summary-6"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix and feature release\.
-
-Please note that this is the last minor 7\.x\.0 release\. Further releases
-with major version 7 will be bugfix releases 7\.5\.y\.
-
-<a id="minor-changes-1"></a>
-### Minor Changes
-
-* cargo \- add option <code>executable</code>\, which allows user to specify path to the cargo binary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7352](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7352)\)\.
-* cargo \- add option <code>locked</code> which allows user to specify install the locked version of dependency instead of latest compatible version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6134](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6134)\)\.
-* dig lookup plugin \- add TCP option to enable the use of TCP connection during DNS lookup \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7343](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7343)\)\.
-* gitlab\_group \- add option <code>force\_delete</code> \(default\: false\) which allows delete group even if projects exists in it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7364](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7364)\)\.
-* ini\_file \- add <code>ignore\_spaces</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7273](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7273)\)\.
-* newrelic\_deployment \- add option <code>app\_name\_exact\_match</code>\, which filters results for the exact app\_name provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7355](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7355)\)\.
-* onepassword lookup plugin \- introduce <code>account\_id</code> option which allows specifying which account to use \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308)\)\.
-* onepassword\_raw lookup plugin \- introduce <code>account\_id</code> option which allows specifying which account to use \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7308)\)\.
-* parted \- on resize\, use <code>\-\-fix</code> option if available \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7304](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7304)\)\.
-* pnpm \- set correct version when state is latest or version is not mentioned\. Resolves previous idempotency problem \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7339](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7339)\)\.
-* proxmox \- add <code>vmid</code> \(and <code>taskid</code> when possible\) to return values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7263)\)\.
-* random\_string \- added new <code>ignore\_similar\_chars</code> and <code>similar\_chars</code> option to ignore certain chars \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7242](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7242)\)\.
-* redfish\_command \- add new option <code>update\_oem\_params</code> for the <code>MultipartHTTPPushUpdate</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7331](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7331)\)\.
-* redfish\_config \- add <code>CreateVolume</code> command to allow creation of volumes on servers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6813](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6813)\)\.
-* redfish\_config \- adding <code>SetSecureBoot</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7129](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7129)\)\.
-* redfish\_info \- add support for <code>GetBiosRegistries</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7144](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7144)\)\.
-* redfish\_info \- adds <code>LinkStatus</code> to NIC inventory \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7318)\)\.
-* redis\_info \- refactor the redis\_info module to use the redis module\_utils enabling to pass TLS parameters to the Redis client \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7267](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7267)\)\.
-* supervisorctl \- allow to stop matching running processes before removing them with <code>stop\_before\_removing\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7284](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7284)\)\.
-
-<a id="deprecated-features"></a>
-### Deprecated Features
-
-* The next major release\, community\.general 8\.0\.0\, will drop support for ansible\-core 2\.11 and 2\.12\, which have been End of Life for some time now\. This means that this collection no longer supports Python 2\.6 on the target\. Individual content might still work with unsupported ansible\-core versions\, but that can change at any time\. Also please note that from now on\, for every new major community\.general release\, we will drop support for all ansible\-core versions that have been End of Life for more than a few weeks on the date of the major release \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/discussions/271](https\://github\.com/ansible\-community/community\-topics/discussions/271)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7259)\)\.
-* redfish\_info\, redfish\_config\, redfish\_command \- the default value <code>10</code> for the <code>timeout</code> option is deprecated and will change to <code>60</code> in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7295](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7295)\)\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-6"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* gitlab\_group\_variable \- deleted all variables when used with <code>purge\=true</code> due to missing <code>raw</code> property in KNOWN attributes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250)\)\.
-* gitlab\_project\_variable \- deleted all variables when used with <code>purge\=true</code> due to missing <code>raw</code> property in KNOWN attributes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7250)\)\.
-* ldap\_search \- fix string normalization and the <code>base64\_attributes</code> option on Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5704](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5704)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7264)\)\.
-* lxc connection plugin \- properly evaluate options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7369)\)\.
-* mail \- skip headers containing equals characters due to missing <code>maxsplit</code> on header key/value parsing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7303)\)\.
-* nmap inventory plugin \- fix <code>get\_option</code> calls \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7323)\)\.
-* onepassword \- fix KeyError exception when trying to access value of a field that is not filled out in OnePassword item \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7241)\)\.
-* snap \- change the change detection mechanism from \"parsing installation\" to \"comparing end state with initial state\" \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7340](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7340)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7265](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7265)\)\.
-* 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="new-modules"></a>
-### New Modules
-
-* consul\_role \- Manipulate Consul roles
-* gio\_mime \- Set default handler for MIME type\, for applications using Gnome GIO
-* keycloak\_authz\_custom\_policy \- Allows administration of Keycloak client custom Javascript policies via Keycloak API
-* keycloak\_realm\_key \- Allows administration of Keycloak realm keys via Keycloak API
-* simpleinit\_msb \- Manage services on Source Mage GNU/Linux
-
-<a id="v7-4-0"></a>
-## v7\.4\.0
-
-<a id="release-summary-7"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Bugfix and feature release\.
-
-<a id="minor-changes-2"></a>
-### Minor Changes
-
-* cobbler inventory plugin \- add <code>exclude\_mgmt\_classes</code> and <code>include\_mgmt\_classes</code> options to exclude or include hosts based on management classes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7184](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7184)\)\.
-* cpanm \- minor refactor when creating the <code>CmdRunner</code> object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7231](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7231)\)\.
-* gitlab\_group\_variable \- add support for <code>raw</code> variables suboption \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132)\)\.
-* gitlab\_project\_variable \- add support for <code>raw</code> variables suboption \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7132)\)\.
-* jenkins\_build \- add new <code>detach</code> option\, which allows the module to exit successfully as long as the build is created \(default functionality is still waiting for the build to end before exiting\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204)\)\.
-* jenkins\_build \- add new <code>time\_between\_checks</code> option\, which allows to configure the wait time between requests to the Jenkins server \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7204)\)\.
-* make \- allows <code>params</code> to be used without value \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7180)\)\.
-* nmap inventory plugin \- now has a <code>use\_arp\_ping</code> option to allow the user to disable the default ARP ping query for a more reliable form \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119)\)\.
-* pagerduty \- adds in option to use v2 API for creating pagerduty incidents \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6151)\)
-* pritunl module utils \- ensure <code>validate\_certs</code> parameter is honoured in all methods \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7156)\)\.
-* redfish\_info \- report <code>Id</code> in the output of <code>GetManagerInventory</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7140](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7140)\)\.
-* redfish\_utils module utils \- support <code>Volumes</code> in response for <code>GetDiskInventory</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6819](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6819)\)\.
-* unixy callback plugin \- add support for <code>check\_mode\_markers</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7179](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7179)\)\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-7"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* CmdRunner module utils \- does not attempt to resolve path if executable is a relative or absolute path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7200)\)\.
-* nmap inventory plugin \- now uses <code>get\_option</code> in all cases to get its configuration information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7119)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7161)\)\.
-* snap \- an exception was being raised when snap list was empty \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7124](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7124)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7120](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7120)\)\.
-
-<a id="new-modules-1"></a>
-### New Modules
-
-* jenkins\_build\_info \- Get information about Jenkins builds
-* pnpm \- Manage node\.js packages with pnpm
-
-<a id="v7-3-0"></a>
-## v7\.3\.0
-
-<a id="release-summary-8"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Feature and bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="minor-changes-3"></a>
-### Minor Changes
-
-* chroot connection plugin \- add <code>disable\_root\_check</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7099](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7099)\)\.
-* ejabberd\_user \- module now using <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7075](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7075)\)\.
-* ipa\_config \- add module parameters to manage FreeIPA user and group objectclasses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7019](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7019)\)\.
-* ipa\_config \- adds <code>idp</code> choice to <code>ipauserauthtype</code> parameter\'s choices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7051](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7051)\)\.
-* npm \- module now using <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external commands \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6989](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6989)\)\.
-* proxmox\_kvm \- enabled force restart of VM\, bringing the <code>force</code> parameter functionality in line with what is described in the docs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6914](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6914)\)\.
-* proxmox\_vm\_info \- <code>node</code> parameter is no longer required\. Information can be obtained for the whole cluster \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6976](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6976)\)\.
-* proxmox\_vm\_info \- non\-existing provided by name/vmid VM would return empty results instead of failing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7049](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7049)\)\.
-* redfish\_config \- add <code>DeleteAllVolumes</code> command to allow deletion of all volumes on servers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6814](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6814)\)\.
-* redfish\_utils \- use <code>Controllers</code> key in redfish data to obtain Storage controllers properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7081](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7081)\)\.
-* redfish\_utils module utils \- add support for <code>PowerCycle</code> reset type for <code>redfish\_command</code> responses feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7083](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7083)\)\.
-* redfish\_utils module utils \- add support for following <code>\@odata\.nextLink</code> pagination in <code>software\_inventory</code> responses feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7020](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7020)\)\.
-* shutdown \- use <code>shutdown \-p \.\.\.</code> with FreeBSD to halt and power off machine \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7102](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7102)\)\.
-* sorcery \- add grimoire \(repository\) management support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
-
-<a id="deprecated-features-1"></a>
-### Deprecated Features
-
-* ejabberd\_user \- deprecate the parameter <code>logging</code> in favour of producing more detailed information in the module output \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7043](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7043)\)\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-8"></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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7061)\)\.
-* ejabberd\_user \- module was failing to detect whether user was already created and/or password was changed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7033)\)\.
-* keycloak module util \- fix missing <code>http\_agent</code>\, <code>timeout</code>\, and <code>validate\_certs</code> <code>open\_url\(\)</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7067](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7067)\)\.
-* keycloak\_client inventory plugin \- fix missing client secret \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6931](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6931)\)\.
-* lvol \- add support for percentage of origin size specification when creating snapshot volumes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1630](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1630)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7053](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7053)\)\.
-* lxc connection plugin \- now handles <code>remote\_addr</code> defaulting to <code>inventory\_hostname</code> correctly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7104)\)\.
-* 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\_user\_info \- avoid direct type comparisons \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7085)\)\.
-* snap \- fix crash when multiple snaps are specified and one has <code>\-\-\-</code> in its description \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7046](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7046)\)\.
-* sorcery \- fix interruption of the multi\-stage process \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
-* sorcery \- fix queue generation before the whole system rebuild \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
-* sorcery \- latest state no longer triggers update\_cache \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7012)\)\.
-
-<a id="v7-2-1"></a>
-## v7\.2\.1
-
-<a id="release-summary-9"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-9"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* 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 \- provide meaningful error message when the <code>ejabberdctl</code> command is not found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/7028)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6949)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6911)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6981)\)\.
-* 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="v7-2-0"></a>
-## v7\.2\.0
-
-<a id="release-summary-10"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix and feature release\.
-
-<a id="minor-changes-4"></a>
-### Minor Changes
-
-* cobbler inventory plugin \- convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6923](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6923)\)\.
-* consul\_session \- drops requirement for the <code>python\-consul</code> library to communicate with the Consul API\, instead relying on the existing <code>requests</code> library requirement \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6755](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6755)\)\.
-* gitlab\_project\_variable \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
-* gitlab\_runner \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927)\)\.
-* htpasswd \- the parameter <code>crypt\_scheme</code> is being renamed as <code>hash\_scheme</code> and added as an alias to it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6841](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6841)\)\.
-* keycloak\_authentication \- added provider ID choices\, since Keycloak supports only those two specific ones \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6763](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6763)\)\.
-* keyring \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6927)\)\.
-* locale\_gen \- module has been refactored to use <code>ModuleHelper</code> and <code>CmdRunner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6903](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6903)\)\.
-* locale\_gen \- module now using <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external commands \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6820](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6820)\)\.
-* make \- add new <code>targets</code> parameter allowing multiple targets to be used with <code>make</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6882](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6882)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4919](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4919)\)\.
-* nmcli \- add support for <code>ipv4\.dns\-options</code> and <code>ipv6\.dns\-options</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6902](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6902)\)\.
-* npm \- minor improvement on parameter validation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6848](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6848)\)\.
-* opkg \- add <code>executable</code> parameter allowing to specify the path of the <code>opkg</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6862](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6862)\)\.
-* pubnub\_blocks \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
-* redfish\_command \- add <code>account\_types</code> and <code>oem\_account\_types</code> as optional inputs to <code>AddUser</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6823](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6823)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6871](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6871)\)\.
-* redfish\_info \- add <code>AccountTypes</code> and <code>OEMAccountTypes</code> to the output of <code>ListUsers</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6823](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6823)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6871](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6871)\)\.
-* redfish\_info \- adds <code>ProcessorArchitecture</code> to CPU inventory \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6864](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6864)\)\.
-* redfish\_info \- fix for <code>GetVolumeInventory</code>\, Controller name was getting populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6719)\)\.
-* rhsm\_repository \- the interaction with <code>subscription\-manager</code> was
-  refactored by grouping things together\, removing unused bits\, and hardening
-  the way it is run\; also\, the parsing of <code>subscription\-manager repos \-\-list</code>
-  was improved and made slightly faster\; no behaviour change is expected
-  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6783](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6783)\,
-  [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6837](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6837)\)\.
-* scaleway\_security\_group\_rule \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
-* snap \- add option <code>dangerous</code> to the module\, that will map into the command line argument <code>\-\-dangerous</code>\, allowing unsigned snap files to be installed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6908)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5715](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5715)\)\.
-* tss lookup plugin \- allow to fetch secret by path\. Previously\, we could not fetch secret by path but now use <code>secret\_path</code> option to indicate to fetch secret by secret path \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6881](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6881)\)\.
-* xenserver\_guest\_info \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
-* xenserver\_guest\_powerstate \- minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6928)\)\.
-* yum\_versionlock \- add support to pin specific package versions instead of only the package itself \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6861](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6861)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4470](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4470)\)\.
-
-<a id="deprecated-features-2"></a>
-### Deprecated Features
-
-* flowdock \- module relies entirely on no longer responsive API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6930](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6930)\)\.
-* proxmox \- old feature flag <code>proxmox\_default\_behavior</code> will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6836)\)\.
-* stackdriver \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6887](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6887)\)\.
-* webfaction\_app \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
-* webfaction\_db \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
-* webfaction\_domain \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
-* webfaction\_mailbox \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
-* webfaction\_site \- module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6909)\)\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-10"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* cobbler inventory plugin \- fix calculation of cobbler\_ipv4/6\_address \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6925)\)\.
-* datadog\_downtime \- presence of <code>rrule</code> param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6811)\)\.
-* ipa\_dnszone \- fix \'idnsallowsyncptr\' key error for reverse zone \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6906)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6905)\)\.
-* keycloak\_authentication \- fix Keycloak authentication flow \(step or sub\-flow\) indexing during update\, if not specified by the user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6734](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6734)\)\.
-* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6827](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6827)\)\.
-* proxmox\_kvm \- <code>restarted</code> state did not actually restart a VM in some VM configurations\. The state now uses the Proxmox reboot endpoint instead of calling the <code>stop\_vm</code> and <code>start\_vm</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6773](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6773)\)\.
-* proxmox\_template \- require <code>requests\_toolbelt</code> module to fix issue with uploading large templates \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5579)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6757](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6757)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6883)\)\.
-* snap \- assume default track <code>latest</code> in parameter <code>channel</code> when not specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6835](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6835)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6821](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6821)\)\.
-* snap \- fix the processing of the commands\' output\, stripping spaces and newlines from it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6826](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6826)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6803)\)\.
-
-<a id="new-plugins"></a>
-### New Plugins
-
-<a id="lookup"></a>
-#### Lookup
-
-* bitwarden\_secrets\_manager \- Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager
-
-<a id="new-modules-2"></a>
-### New Modules
-
-* consul\_policy \- Manipulate Consul policies
-* keycloak\_authz\_permission \- Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization permissions via Keycloak API
-* keycloak\_authz\_permission\_info \- Query Keycloak client authorization permissions information
-* proxmox\_vm\_info \- Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE virtual machines
-
-<a id="v7-1-0"></a>
-## v7\.1\.0
-
-<a id="release-summary-11"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix and feature release\.
-
-From this version on\, community\.general is using the new [Ansible semantic markup](https\://docs\.ansible\.com/ansible/devel/dev\_guide/developing\_modules\_documenting\.html\#semantic\-markup\-within\-module\-documentation)
-in its documentation\. If you look at documentation with the ansible\-doc CLI tool
-from ansible\-core before 2\.15\, please note that it does not render the markup
-correctly\. You should be still able to read it in most cases\, but you need
-ansible\-core 2\.15 or later to see it as it is intended\. Alternatively you can
-look at [the devel docsite](https\://docs\.ansible\.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/)
-for the rendered HTML version of the documentation of the latest release\.
-
-<a id="minor-changes-5"></a>
-### Minor Changes
-
-* The collection will start using semantic markup \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6539](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6539)\)\.
-* VarDict module utils \- add method <code>VarDict\.as\_dict\(\)</code> to convert to a plain <code>dict</code> object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6602](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6602)\)\.
-* cobbler inventory plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> option to allow using the system name for the inventory hostname \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502)\)\.
-* cobbler inventory plugin \- add <code>want\_ip\_addresses</code> option to collect all interface DNS name to IP address mapping \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6711](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6711)\)\.
-* cobbler inventory plugin \- add primary IP addess to <code>cobbler\_ipv4\_address</code> and IPv6 address to <code>cobbler\_ipv6\_address</code> host variable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6711](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6711)\)\.
-* cobbler inventory plugin \- add warning for systems with empty profiles \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6502)\)\.
-* copr \- respawn module to use the system python interpreter when the <code>dnf</code> python module is not available in <code>ansible\_python\_interpreter</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6522](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6522)\)\.
-* datadog\_monitor \- adds <code>notification\_preset\_name</code>\, <code>renotify\_occurrences</code> and <code>renotify\_statuses</code> parameters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6521\,https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5823](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6521\,https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5823)\)\.
-* filesystem \- add <code>uuid</code> parameter for UUID change feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6680)\)\.
-* keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- adds support for subgroups with additional parameter <code>parents</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6687](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6687)\)\.
-* keycloak\_role \- add composite roles support for realm and client roles \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6469](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6469)\)\.
-* ldap\_\* \- add new arguments <code>client\_cert</code> and <code>client\_key</code> to the LDAP modules in order to allow certificate authentication \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6668](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6668)\)\.
-* ldap\_search \- add a new <code>page\_size</code> option to enable paged searches \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6648](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6648)\)\.
-* lvg \- add <code>active</code> and <code>inactive</code> values to the <code>state</code> option for active state management feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682)\)\.
-* lvg \- add <code>reset\_vg\_uuid</code>\, <code>reset\_pv\_uuid</code> options for UUID reset feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6682)\)\.
-* mas \- disable sign\-in check for macOS 12\+ as <code>mas account</code> is non\-functional \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6520](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6520)\)\.
-* onepassword lookup plugin \- add service account support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6635](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6635)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6660](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6660)\)\.
-* onepassword\_raw lookup plugin \- add service account support \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6635](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6635)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6660](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6660)\)\.
-* opentelemetry callback plugin \- add span attributes in the span event \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6531](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6531)\)\.
-* opkg \- remove default value <code>\"\"</code> for parameter <code>force</code> as it causes the same behaviour of not having that parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6513)\)\.
-* proxmox \- support <code>timezone</code> parameter at container creation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6510](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6510)\)\.
-* proxmox inventory plugin \- add composite variables support for Proxmox nodes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6640](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6640)\)\.
-* proxmox\_kvm \- added support for <code>tpmstate0</code> parameter to configure TPM \(Trusted Platform Module\) disk\. TPM is required for Windows 11 installations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6533](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6533)\)\.
-* proxmox\_kvm \- re\-use <code>timeout</code> module param to forcefully shutdown a virtual machine when <code>state</code> is <code>stopped</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6257](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6257)\)\.
-* proxmox\_snap \- add <code>retention</code> parameter to delete old snapshots \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6576](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6576)\)\.
-* redfish\_command \- add <code>MultipartHTTPPushUpdate</code> command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6471)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6612)\)\.
-* redhat\_subscription \- the internal <code>RegistrationBase</code> class was folded
-  into the other internal <code>Rhsm</code> class\, as the separation had no purpose
-  anymore
-  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6658](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6658)\)\.
-* rhsm\_release \- improve/harden the way <code>subscription\-manager</code> is run\;
-  no behaviour change is expected
-  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6669](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6669)\)\.
-* snap \- module is now aware of channel when deciding whether to install or refresh the snap \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6435](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6435)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1606](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1606)\)\.
-* sorcery \- minor refactor \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6525](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6525)\)\.
-* tss lookup plugin \- allow to fetch secret IDs which are in a folder based on folder ID\. Previously\, we could not fetch secrets based on folder ID but now use <code>fetch\_secret\_ids\_from\_folder</code> option to indicate to fetch secret IDs based on folder ID \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6223](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6223)\)\.
-
-<a id="deprecated-features-3"></a>
-### Deprecated Features
-
-* CmdRunner module utils \- deprecate <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_default\_type\(\)</code> formatter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6601](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6601)\)\.
-* MH VarsMixin module utils \- deprecates <code>VarsMixin</code> and supporting classes in favor of plain <code>vardict</code> module util \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6649](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6649)\)\.
-* cpanm \- value <code>compatibility</code> is deprecated as default for parameter <code>mode</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6512)\)\.
-* redhat module utils \- the <code>module\_utils\.redhat</code> module is deprecated\, as
-  effectively unused\: the <code>Rhsm</code>\, <code>RhsmPool</code>\, and <code>RhsmPools</code> classes
-  will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0\; the <code>RegistrationBase</code> class
-  will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0 together with the
-  <code>rhn\_register</code> module\, as it is the only user of this class\; this means
-  that the whole <code>module\_utils\.redhat</code> module will be dropped in
-  community\.general 10\.0\.0\, so importing it without even using anything of it
-  will fail
-  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6663](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6663)\)\.
-* redhat\_subscription \- the <code>autosubscribe</code> alias for the <code>auto\_attach</code> option has been
-  deprecated for many years\, although only in the documentation\. Officially mark this alias
-  as deprecated\, and it will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0
-  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6646](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6646)\)\.
-* redhat\_subscription \- the <code>pool</code> option is deprecated in favour of the
-  more precise and flexible <code>pool\_ids</code> option
-  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6650](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6650)\)\.
-* rhsm\_repository \- <code>state\=present</code> has not been working as expected for many years\,
-  and it seems it was not noticed so far\; also\, \"presence\" is not really a valid concept
-  for subscription repositories\, which can only be enabled or disabled\. Hence\, mark the
-  <code>present</code> and <code>absent</code> values of the <code>state</code> option as deprecated\, slating them
-  for removal in community\.general 10\.0\.0
-  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6673](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6673)\)\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-11"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* MH DependencyMixin module utils \- deprecation notice was popping up for modules not using dependencies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6644](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6644)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6639](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6639)\)\.
-* csv module utils \- detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV content \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6662)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6712)\)\.
-* icinga2\_host \- fix a key error when updating an existing host \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6748](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6748)\)\.
-* ini\_file \- add the <code>follow</code> paramter to follow the symlinks instead of replacing them \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6546](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6546)\)\.
-* ini\_file \- fix a bug where the inactive options were not used when possible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6575)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6758)\)\.
-* proxmox\_kvm \- allow creation of VM with existing name but new vmid \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6155](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6155)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6709](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6709)\)\.
-* 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
-  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6676)\)\.
-* tss lookup plugin \- fix multiple issues when using <code>fetch\_attachments\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6720](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6720)\)\.
-
-<a id="known-issues"></a>
-### Known Issues
-
-* Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible\-doc text output for ansible\-core before 2\.15\. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup\, please upgrade to ansible\-core 2\.15 \(or newer\)\, or read the HTML documentation on [https\://docs\.ansible\.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/](https\://docs\.ansible\.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6539](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6539)\)\.
-
-<a id="new-modules-3"></a>
-### New Modules
-
-* gitlab\_instance\_variable \- Creates\, updates\, or deletes GitLab instance variables
-* gitlab\_merge\_request \- Create\, update\, or delete GitLab merge requests
-* keycloak\_authentication\_required\_actions \- Allows administration of Keycloak authentication required actions
-* keycloak\_user \- Create and configure a user in Keycloak
-* lvg\_rename \- Renames LVM volume groups
-* proxmox\_pool \- Pool management for Proxmox VE cluster
-* proxmox\_pool\_member \- Add or delete members from Proxmox VE cluster pools
-
-<a id="v7-0-1"></a>
-## v7\.0\.1
-
-<a id="release-summary-12"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Bugfix release for Ansible 8\.0\.0rc1\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-12"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* nmcli \- fix bond option <code>xmit\_hash\_policy</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6527)\)\.
-* portage \- fix <code>changed\_use</code> and <code>newuse</code> not triggering rebuilds \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6008)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6548)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6201)\)\.
-* 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="v7-0-0"></a>
-## v7\.0\.0
-
-<a id="release-summary-13"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-This is release 7\.0\.0 of <code>community\.general</code>\, released on 2023\-05\-09\.
-
-<a id="minor-changes-6"></a>
-### Minor Changes
-
-* apache2\_module \- add module argument <code>warn\_mpm\_absent</code> to control whether warning are raised in some edge cases \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5793](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5793)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5867](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5867)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5849](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5849)\)\.
-* cmd\_runner module utils \- <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_bool\(\)</code> can now take an extra parameter to format when value is false \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5647](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5647)\)\.
-* 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 \- if <code>gi\.repository\.GLib</code> is missing\, try to respawn in a Python interpreter that has it \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6491](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6491)\)\.
-* dconf \- minor refactoring improving parameters and dependencies validation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6336](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6336)\)\.
-* dconf \- parse GVariants for equality comparison when the Python module <code>gi\.repository</code> is available \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6049](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6049)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6334](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6334)\)\.
-* dig lookup plugin \- support CAA record type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5913](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5913)\)\.
-* dnsimple \- set custom User\-Agent for API requests to DNSimple \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5927](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5927)\)\.
-* dnsimple\_info \- minor refactor in the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6440)\)\.
-* flatpak\_remote \- add new boolean option <code>enabled</code>\. It controls\, whether the remote is enabled or not \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5926](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5926)\)\.
-* gconftool2 \- refactor using <code>ModuleHelper</code> and <code>CmdRunner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5545](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5545)\)\.
-* gitlab\_group\_variable\, gitlab\_project\_variable \- refactor function out to module utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6384](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6384)\)\.
-* 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\_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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5986](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5986)\)\.
-* gitlab\_project \- add new option <code>topics</code> for adding topics to GitLab projects \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6278](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6278)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5907](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5907)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908)\)\.
-* gitlab\_runner \- allow to register group runner \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3935](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/3935)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5603](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5603)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5897](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5897)\)\.
-* ipa\_hostgroup \- add <code>append</code> parameter for adding a new hosts to existing hostgroups without changing existing hostgroup members \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6203](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6203)\)\.
-* iptables\_state \- minor refactoring within the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5844](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5844)\)\.
-* java\_certs \- add more detailed error output when extracting certificate from PKCS12 fails \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5550](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5550)\)\.
-* jc filter plugin \- added the ability to use parser plugins \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6043](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6043)\)\.
-* jenkins\_plugin \- refactor code to module util to fix sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5565](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5565)\)\.
-* jira \- add worklog functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6209](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6209)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6210](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6210)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318)\)\.
-* 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>ca\_path</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6185](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6185)\)\.
-* ldap modules \- add <code>xorder\_discovery</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6045](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6045)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6109](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6109)\)\.
-* ldap\_search \- the new <code>base64\_attributes</code> allows to specify which attribute values should be Base64 encoded \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6473](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6473)\)\.
-* lxd\_container \- add diff and check mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5866](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5866)\)\.
-* lxd\_project \- refactored code out to module utils to clear sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5549](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5549)\)\.
-* make \- add <code>command</code> return value to the module output \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6160](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6160)\)\.
-* mattermost\, rocketchat\, slack \- replace missing default favicon with docs\.ansible\.com favicon \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5928](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5928)\)\.
-* mksysb \- improved the output of the module in case of errors \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6263)\)\.
-* modprobe \- add <code>persistent</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4028)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/542](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/542)\)\.
-* module\_helper module utils \- updated the imports to make more MH features available at <code>plugins/module\_utils/module\_helper\.py</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6464](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6464)\)\.
-* mssql\_script \- allow for <code>GO</code> statement to be mixed\-case for scripts not using strict syntax \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6457](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6457)\)\.
-* mssql\_script \- handle error condition for empty resultsets to allow for non\-returning SQL statements \(for example <code>UPDATE</code> and <code>INSERT</code>\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6457](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6457)\)\.
-* mssql\_script \- improve batching logic to allow a wider variety of input scripts\. For example\, SQL scripts slurped from Windows machines which may contain carriage return \(\'\'r\'\'\) characters \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6457](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6457)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6165](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6165)\)\.
-* nmap inventory plugin \- add new options <code>udp\_scan</code>\, <code>icmp\_timestamp</code>\, and <code>dns\_resolve</code> for different types of scans \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5566](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5566)\)\.
-* 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>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 <code>macvlan</code> connection type \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6312](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6312)\)\.
-* nmcli \- add support for <code>team\.runner\-fast\-rate</code> parameter for <code>team</code> connections \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6065](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6065)\)\.
-* nmcli \- new module option <code>slave\_type</code> added to allow creation of various types of slave devices \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/473](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/473)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6108](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6108)\)\.
-* one\_vm \- add a new <code>updateconf</code> option which implements the <code>one\.vm\.updateconf</code> API call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5812](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5812)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6149](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6149)\)\.
-* opkg \- allow installing a package in a certain version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5688)\)\.
-* opkg \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> for executing <code>opkg</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5718](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5718)\)\.
-* osx\_defaults \- include stderr in error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6011](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6011)\)\.
-* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6212](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6212)\)\.
-* 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 \- added new module parameter <code>tags</code> for use with PVE 7\+ \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5714](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5714)\)\.
-* proxmox \- suppress urllib3 <code>InsecureRequestWarnings</code> when <code>validate\_certs</code> option is <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5931](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5931)\)\.
-* proxmox\_kvm \- add new <code>archive</code> parameter\. This is needed to create a VM from an archive \(backup\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6159](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6159)\)\.
-* proxmox\_kvm \- adds <code>migrate</code> parameter to manage online migrations between hosts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6448](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6448)\)
-* puppet \- add new options <code>skip\_tags</code> to exclude certain tagged resources during a puppet agent or apply \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6293](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6293)\)\.
-* puppet \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> for executing <code>puppet</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5612)\)\.
-* 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\_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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5900](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5900)\)\.
-* 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\_info \- adds commands to retrieve the HPE ThermalConfiguration and FanPercentMinimum settings from iLO \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6208](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6208)\)\.
-* redfish\_utils module utils \- added PUT \(<code>put\_request\(\)</code>\) functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5490](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5490)\)\.
-* redhat\_subscription \- add a <code>server\_proxy\_scheme</code> parameter to configure the scheme for the proxy server \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5662)\)\.
-* redhat\_subscription \- adds <code>token</code> parameter for subscription\-manager authentication using Red Hat API token \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5725](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5725)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6122](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6122)\)\.
-* sefcontext \- add support for path substitutions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/1193)\)\.
-* shutdown \- if no shutdown commands are found in the <code>search\_paths</code> then the module will attempt to shutdown the system using <code>systemctl shutdown</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4269](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4269)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6171](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6171)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5629](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5629)\)\.
-* 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 \- refactor module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute external commands \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6468](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6468)\)\.
-* snap\_alias \- refactor code to module utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6441](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6441)\)\.
-* snap\_alias \- refactored module to use <code>CmdRunner</code> to execute <code>snap</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5486)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5605](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5605)\)\.
-* 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 \- refactor code to module util to fix sanity check \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5720](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5720)\)\.
-* ssh\_config \- vendored StormSSH\'s config parser to avoid having to install StormSSH to use the module \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6117](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6117)\)\.
-* sudoers \- add <code>setenv</code> parameters to support passing environment variables via sudo\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5883)\)
-* sudoers \- adds <code>host</code> parameter for setting hostname restrictions in sudoers rules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5702](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5702)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6382](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6382)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5559](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5559)\)\.
-* 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="breaking-changes--porting-guide"></a>
-### Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
-
-* If you are not using this collection as part of Ansible\, but installed \(and/or upgraded\) community\.general manually\, you need to make sure to also install <code>community\.sap\_libs</code> if you are using any of the <code>sapcar\_extract</code>\, <code>sap\_task\_list\_execute</code>\, and <code>hana\_query</code> modules\.
-  Without that collection installed\, the redirects for these modules do not work\.
-* 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) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5765](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5765)\)\.
-* gconftool2 \- fix processing of <code>gconftool\-2</code> when <code>key</code> does not exist\, returning <code>null</code> instead of empty string for both <code>value</code> and <code>previous\_value</code> return values \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028)\)\.
-* gitlab\_runner \- the default of <code>access\_level\_on\_creation</code> changed from <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428)\)\.
-* ldap\_search \- convert all string\-like values to UTF\-8 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5704](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5704)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6473](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6473)\)\.
-* nmcli \- the default of the <code>hairpin</code> option changed from <code>true</code> to <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428)\)\.
-* proxmox \- the default of the <code>unprivileged</code> option changed from <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428)\)\.
-
-<a id="deprecated-features-4"></a>
-### Deprecated Features
-
-* ModuleHelper module\_utils \- <code>deps</code> mixin for MH classes deprecated in favour of using the <code>deps</code> module\_utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6465](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6465)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5908)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5925](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5925)\)\.
-* manageiq\_policies \- deprecate <code>state\=list</code> in favour of using <code>community\.general\.manageiq\_policies\_info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5721](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5721)\)\.
-* manageiq\_tags \- deprecate <code>state\=list</code> in favour of using <code>community\.general\.manageiq\_tags\_info</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5727](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5727)\)\.
-* rax \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax module utils \- module utils code relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_cbs \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_cbs\_attachments \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_cdb \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_cdb\_database \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_cdb\_user \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_clb \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_clb\_nodes \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_clb\_ssl \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_dns \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_dns\_record \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_facts \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_files \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_files\_objects \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_identity \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_keypair \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_meta \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_mon\_alarm \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_mon\_check \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_mon\_entity \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_mon\_notification \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_mon\_notification\_plan \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_network \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_queue \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_scaling\_group \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rax\_scaling\_policy \- module relies on deprecated library <code>pyrax</code> and will be removed in community\.general 9\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5752)\)\.
-* rhn\_channel\, rhn\_register \- RHN hosted at redhat\.com was discontinued years
-  ago\, and Spacewalk 5 \(which uses RHN\) is EOL since 2020\, May 31st\;
-  while these modules could work on Uyuni / SUSE Manager \(fork of Spacewalk 5\)\,
-  we have not heard about anyone using them in those setups\. Hence\, these
-  modules are deprecated\, and will be removed in community\.general 10\.0\.0
-  in case there are no reports about being still useful\, and potentially
-  no one that steps up to maintain them
-  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6493](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6493)\)\.
-
-<a id="removed-features-previously-deprecated"></a>
-### Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)
-
-* All <code>sap</code> modules have been removed from this collection\.
-  They have been migrated to the [community\.sap\_libs](https\://galaxy\.ansible\.com/community/sap\_libs) collection\.
-  Redirections have been provided\.
-  Following modules are affected\:
-  \- sapcar\_extract
-  \- sap\_task\_list\_execute
-  \- hana\_query
-* cmd\_runner module utils \- the <code>fmt</code> alias of <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt</code> has been removed\. Use <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428)\)\.
-* newrelic\_deployment \- the <code>appname</code> and <code>environment</code> options have been removed\. They did not do anything \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428)\)\.
-* puppet \- the alias <code>show\-diff</code> of the <code>show\_diff</code> option has been removed\. Use <code>show\_diff</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6428)\)\.
-* xfconf \- generating facts was deprecated in community\.general 3\.0\.0\, however three factoids\, <code>property</code>\, <code>channel</code> and <code>value</code> continued to be generated by mistake\. This behaviour has been removed and <code>xfconf</code> generate no facts whatsoever \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5502](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5502)\)\.
-* xfconf \- generating facts was deprecated in community\.general 3\.0\.0\, however two factoids\, <code>previous\_value</code> and <code>type</code> continued to be generated by mistake\. This behaviour has been removed and <code>xfconf</code> generate no facts whatsoever \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5502](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5502)\)\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-13"></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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5794](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5794)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680)\)\.
-* archive \- avoid deprecated exception class on Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6180)\)\.
-* archive \- reduce RAM usage by generating CRC32 checksum over chunks \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6274)\)\.
-* bitwarden lookup plugin \- clarify what to do\, if the bitwarden vault is not unlocked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5811)\)\.
-* cartesian and flattened lookup plugins \- adjust to parameter deprecation in ansible\-core 2\.14\'s <code>listify\_lookup\_plugin\_terms</code> helper function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6074](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6074)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5570](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5570)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538)\)\.
-* dependent lookup plugin \- avoid warning on deprecated parameter for <code>Templar\.template\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5543](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5543)\)\.
-* deps module utils \- do not fail when dependency cannot be found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6479](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6479)\)\.
-* dig lookup plugin \- correctly handle DNSKEY record type\'s <code>algorithm</code> field \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5914](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5914)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6289](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6289)\)\.
-* gconftool2 \- fix <code>changed</code> result always being <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028)\)\.
-* gconftool2 \- remove requirement of parameter <code>value</code> when <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5751](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5751)\)\.
-* github\_webhook \- fix always changed state when no secret is provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5994](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5994)\)\.
-* gitlab\_deploy\_key \- also update <code>title</code> and not just <code>can\_push</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5888](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5888)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667)\)\.
-* gitlab\_runner \- fix <code>KeyError</code> on runner creation and update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6112](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6112)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/2090](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/2090)\)\.
-* influxdb\_user \- fix running in check mode when the user does not exist yet \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6111)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6404](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6404)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6118](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6118)\)\.
-* jenkins\_build \- fix the logical flaw when deleting a Jenkins build \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5514](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5514)\)\.
-* 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 \- improve error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318)\)\.
-* keycloak\_client \- fix accidental replacement of value for attribute <code>saml\.signing\.private\.key</code> with <code>no\_log</code> in wrong contexts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5934](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5934)\)\.
-* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
-* lxc\_container \- fix the arguments of the lxc command which broke the creation and cloning of containers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5578](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5578)\)\.
-* lxd\_\* modules\, lxd inventory plugin \- fix TLS/SSL certificate validation problems by using the correct purpose when creating the TLS context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5616](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5616)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6034](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6034)\)\.
-* memset \- fix memset urlerror handling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6114](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6114)\)\.
-* 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 \- 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4387](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4387)\)\.
-* nmcli \- order is significant for lists of addresses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6048](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6048)\)\.
-* nsupdate \- fix zone lookup\. The SOA record for an existing zone is returned as an answer RR and not as an authority RR \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5817](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5817)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5818](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5818)\)\.
-* one\_vm \- avoid splitting labels that are <code>None</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5489](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5489)\)\.
-* one\_vm \- fix syntax error when creating VMs with a more complex template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6225)\)\.
-* onepassword lookup plugin \- Changed to ignore errors from \"op account get\" calls\. Previously\, errors would prevent auto\-signin code from executing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5942](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5942)\)\.
-* onepassword\_raw \- add missing parameter to plugin documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5506)\)\.
-* opkg \- fix issue that <code>force\=reinstall</code> would not reinstall an existing package \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5705](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5705)\)\.
-* opkg \- fixes bug when using <code>update\_cache\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6004](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6004)\)\.
-* passwordstore lookup plugin \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.16 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6447](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6447)\)\.
-* pipx \- fixed handling of <code>install\_deps\=true</code> with <code>state\=latest</code> and <code>state\=upgrade</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6303)\)\.
-* 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 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5602](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5602)\)\.
-* proxmox\_disk \- avoid duplicate <code>vmid</code> reference \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5493](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5493)\)\.
-* proxmox\_disk \- fixed issue with read timeout on import action \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5803)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672)\)\.
-* puppet \- handling <code>noop</code> parameter was not working at all\, now it is has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6452](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6452)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6458](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6458)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5886](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5886)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5583)\)\.
-* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6275](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6275)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/734](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/734)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6211](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6211)\)\.
-* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6361](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6361)\)\.
-* 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 \- fix broken <code>warn\(\)</code> call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6497)\)\.
-* terraform and timezone \- slight refactoring to avoid linter reporting potentially undefined variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5933)\)\.
-* terraform module \- disable ANSI escape sequences during validation phase \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5843)\)\.
-* tss lookup plugin \- allow to download secret attachments\. Previously\, we could not download secret attachments but now use <code>fetch\_attachments</code> and <code>file\_download\_path</code> variables to download attachments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6224](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6224)\)\.
-* unixy callback plugin \- fix plugin to work with ansible\-core 2\.14 by using Ansible\'s configuration manager for handling options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600)\)\.
-* unixy callback plugin \- fix typo introduced when updating to use Ansible\'s configuration manager for handling options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600)\)\.
-* various plugins and modules \- remove unnecessary imports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5940](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5940)\)\.
-* 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5628](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5628)\)\.
-* xenorchestra inventory plugin \- fix failure to receive objects from server due to not checking the id of the response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6227](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6227)\)\.
-* xfs\_quota \- in case of a project quota\, the call to <code>xfs\_quota</code> did not initialize/reset the project \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5143](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5143)\)\.
-* xml \- fixed a bug where empty <code>children</code> list would not be set \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5808](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5808)\)\.
-* 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>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 \- 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> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5712)\)\.
-* 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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6127](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6127)\)\.
-* 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="new-plugins-1"></a>
-### New Plugins
-
-<a id="lookup-1"></a>
-#### Lookup
-
-* merge\_variables \- merge variables with a certain suffix
-
-<a id="new-modules-4"></a>
-### New Modules
-
-* btrfs\_info \- Query btrfs filesystem info
-* btrfs\_subvolume \- Manage btrfs subvolumes
-* gitlab\_project\_badge \- Manage project badges on GitLab Server
-* ilo\_redfish\_command \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
-* ipbase\_info \- Retrieve IP geolocation and other facts of a host\'s IP address using the ipbase\.com API
-* kdeconfig \- Manage KDE configuration files
-* keycloak\_authz\_authorization\_scope \- Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization scopes via Keycloak API
-* keycloak\_clientscope\_type \- Set the type of aclientscope in realm or client via Keycloak API
-* keycloak\_clientsecret\_info \- Retrieve client secret via Keycloak API
-* keycloak\_clientsecret\_regenerate \- Regenerate Keycloak client secret via Keycloak API
-* ocapi\_command \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Open Composable API \(OCAPI\)
-* ocapi\_info \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Open Composable API \(OCAPI\)

CHANGELOG.md.license

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

CHANGELOG.rst.license

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

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
--->
-
 # Contributing
 
 We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our contributions and interactions within this repository.
@@ -30,9 +24,8 @@ 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 :) )
-* 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.
+* 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 respository checkout.
+* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#changelogs-how-to). (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 :) )
 
 You can also read [our Quick-start development guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/create_pr_quick_start_guide.rst).
 
@@ -42,54 +35,6 @@ If you want to test a PR locally, refer to [our testing guide](https://github.co
 
 If you find any inconsistencies or places in this document which can be improved, feel free to raise an issue or pull request to fix it.
 
-## Run sanity, unit or integration tests locally
-
-You have to check out the repository into a specific path structure to be able to run `ansible-test`. The path to the git checkout must end with `.../ansible_collections/community/general`. Please see [our testing guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/test_pr_locally_guide.rst) for instructions on how to check out the repository into a correct path structure. The short version of these instructions is:
-
-```.bash
-mkdir -p ~/dev/ansible_collections/community
-git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/general
-cd ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/general
-```
-
-Then you can run `ansible-test` (which is a part of [ansible-core](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core/)) inside the checkout. The following example commands expect that you have installed Docker or Podman. Note that Podman has only been supported by more recent ansible-core releases. If you are using Docker, the following will work with Ansible 2.9+.
-
-The following commands show how to run sanity tests:
-
-```.bash
-# Run sanity tests for all files in the collection:
-ansible-test sanity --docker -v
-
-# Run sanity tests for the given files and directories:
-ansible-test sanity --docker -v plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
-```
-
-The following commands show how to run unit tests:
-
-```.bash
-# Run all unit tests:
-ansible-test units --docker -v
-
-# Run all unit tests for one Python version (a lot faster):
-ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8
-
-# Run a specific unit test (for the nmcli module) for one Python version:
-ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools/test_nmcli.py
-```
-
-The following commands show how to run integration tests:
-
-```.bash
-# Run integration tests for the interfaces_files module in a Docker container using the
-# fedora35 operating system image (the supported images depend on your ansible-core version):
-ansible-test integration --docker fedora35 -v interfaces_file
-
-# Run integration tests for the flattened lookup **without any isolation**:
-ansible-test integration -v lookup_flattened
-```
-
-If you are unsure about the integration test target name for a module or plugin, you can take a look in `tests/integration/targets/`. Tests for plugins have the plugin type prepended.
-
 ## Creating new modules or plugins
 
 Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Requests.
@@ -97,12 +42,7 @@ Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Reques
 1. Please make sure that your new module or plugin is of interest to a larger audience. Very specialized modules or plugins that
    can only be used by very few people should better be added to more specialized collections.
 
-2. Please do not add more than one plugin/module in one PR, especially if it is the first plugin/module you are contributing.
-   That makes it easier for reviewers, and increases the chance that your PR will get merged. If you plan to contribute a group
-   of plugins/modules (say, more than a module and a corresponding ``_info`` module), please mention that in the first PR. In
-   such cases, you also have to think whether it is better to publish the group of plugins/modules in a new collection.
-
-3. When creating a new module or plugin, please make sure that you follow various guidelines:
+2. When creating a new module or plugin, please make sure that you follow various guidelines:
 
    - Follow [development conventions](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.html);
    - Follow [documentation standards](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_documenting.html) and
@@ -112,11 +52,15 @@ Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Reques
    - Make sure that new plugins and modules have tests (unit tests, integration tests, or both); it is preferable to have some tests
      which run in CI.
 
-4. Action plugins need to be accompanied by a module, even if the module file only contains documentation
-   (`DOCUMENTATION`, `EXAMPLES` and `RETURN`). The module must have the same name and directory path in `plugins/modules/`
-   than the action plugin has in `plugins/action/`.
+3. For modules and action plugins, make sure to create your module/plugin in the correct subdirectory, and create a symbolic link
+   from `plugins/modules/` respectively `plugins/action/` to the actual module/plugin code. (Other plugin types should not use
+   subdirectories.)
 
-5. Make sure to add a BOTMETA entry for your new module/plugin in `.github/BOTMETA.yml`. Search for other plugins/modules in the
+   - Action plugins need to be accompanied by a module, even if the module file only contains documentation
+     (`DOCUMENTATION`, `EXAMPLES` and `RETURN`). The module must have the same name and directory path in `plugins/modules/`
+     than the action plugin has in `plugins/action/`.
+
+4. Make sure to add a BOTMETA entry for your new module/plugin in `.github/BOTMETA.yml`. Search for other plugins/modules in the
    same directory to see how entries could look. You should list all authors either as `maintainers` or under `ignore`. People
    listed as `maintainers` will be pinged for new issues and PRs that modify the module/plugin or its tests.
 

LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
-
-1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-
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-

LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt

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

LICENSES/MIT.txt

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt

@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2
---------------------------------------------
-
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-("PSF"), and the Individual or Organization ("Licensee") accessing and
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-analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works,
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-All Rights Reserved" are retained in Python alone or in any derivative version
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-or incorporates Python or any part thereof, and wants to make
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-the changes made to Python.
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-FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS AS
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-Agreement.

README.md

@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
-<!--
-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
--->
-
 # 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)
-[![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/workflows/EOL%20CI/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
+[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-3)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/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.
@@ -24,9 +17,7 @@ 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, ansible-core 2.16 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.
-
-Parts of this collection will not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.
+Tested with the current Ansible 2.9, ansible-base 2.10 and ansible-core 2.11 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible versions before 2.9.10 are not supported.
 
 ## External requirements
 
@@ -34,13 +25,13 @@ 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/ui/repo/published/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/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/ui/repo/published/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/community/general) manually with the `ansible-galaxy` command-line tool:
 
     ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
 
@@ -57,7 +48,7 @@ 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/ui/repo/published/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/community/general):
 
 ```bash
 ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==X.Y.Z
@@ -73,33 +64,19 @@ 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/main/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/main/commit-rights.md#people) file. If you have questions or need help, feel free to mention them in the proposals.
 
 You can find more information in the [developer guide for collections](https://docs.ansible.com/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/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ### Running tests
 
 See [here](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#testing-collections).
 
-## Collection maintenance
-
-To learn how to maintain / become a maintainer of this collection, refer to:
-
-* [Committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/commit-rights.md).
-* [Maintainer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/maintaining.rst).
-
-It is necessary for maintainers of this collection to be subscribed to:
-
-* The collection itself (the `Watch` button → `All Activity` in the upper right corner of the repository's homepage).
-* The "Changes Impacting Collection Contributors and Maintainers" [issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/issues/45).
-
-They also should be subscribed to Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn).
-
-## Communication
+### Communication
 
 We announce important development changes and releases through Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP). If you are a collection developer, be sure you are subscribed.
 
@@ -109,21 +86,26 @@ We take part in the global quarterly [Ansible Contributor Summit](https://github
 
 For more information about communities, meetings and agendas see [Community Wiki](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Community).
 
-For more information about communication, refer to Ansible's the [Communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
+For more information about communication, refer to the [Ansible communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
 
-## Publishing New Version
+### Publishing New Version
 
-See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/releasing_collections.rst) to learn how to release this collection.
+Basic instructions without release branches:
+
+1. Create `changelogs/fragments/<version>.yml` with `release_summary:` section (which must be a string, not a list).
+2. Run `antsibull-changelog release --collection-flatmap yes`
+3. Make sure `CHANGELOG.rst` and `changelogs/changelog.yaml` are added to git, and the deleted fragments have been removed.
+4. Tag the commit with `<version>`. Push changes and tag to the main repository.
 
 ## Release notes
 
-See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CHANGELOG.md).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-3/CHANGELOG.rst).
 
 ## Roadmap
 
-In general, we plan to release a major version every six months, and minor versions every two months. Major versions can contain breaking changes, while minor versions only contain new features and bugfixes.
+See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/582) for information on releasing, versioning and deprecation.
 
-See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/582) for information on releasing, versioning, and deprecation.
+In general, we plan to release a major version every six months, and minor versions every two months. Major versions can contain breaking changes, while minor versions only contain new features and bugfixes.
 
 ## More information
 
@@ -134,10 +116,6 @@ See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues
 
 ## Licensing
 
-This collection is primarily licensed and distributed as a whole under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
+GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
 
-See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/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).
-
-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/).
+See [COPYING](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) to see the full text.

changelogs/.gitignore

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

changelogs/changelog.yaml.license

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

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 changelog_filename_template: ../CHANGELOG.rst
 changelog_filename_version_depth: 0
 changes_file: changelog.yaml
@@ -12,9 +7,6 @@ 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:

commit-rights.md

@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
--->
-
 Committers Guidelines for community.general
 ===========================================
 
@@ -75,6 +69,5 @@ Individuals who have been asked to become a part of this group have generally be
 | ------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------ | -------------------- |
 | Alexei Znamensky    | russoz               | russoz             |                      |
 | Andrew Klychkov     | andersson007         | andersson007_      |                      |
-| Andrew Pantuso      | Ajpantuso            | ajpantuso          |                      |
 | Felix Fontein       | felixfontein         | felixfontein       |                      |
 | John R Barker       | gundalow             | gundalow           |                      |

docs/docsite/extra-docs.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 ---
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 sections:
   - title: Guides
     toctree:
       - filter_guide
-      - test_guide

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

@@ -1,18 +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
-
-list1:
-  - name: foo
-    extra: true
-  - name: bar
-    extra: false
-  - name: meh
-    extra: true
-
-list2:
-  - name: foo
-    path: /foo
-  - name: baz
-    path: /baz

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

@@ -1,24 +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
-
-list1:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      x: default_value
-      y: default_value
-      list:
-        - default_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-list2:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-      list:
-        - patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]

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

@@ -1,14 +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: 1. Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-001_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-001.out

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

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../default-common.yml

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

@@ -1,7 +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
-
-list3: "{{ list1|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name') }}"

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

@@ -1,14 +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: 2. Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-002_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-002.out

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

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../default-common.yml

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

@@ -1,7 +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
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"

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

@@ -1,14 +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: 3. Merge recursive by 'name', replace lists (default)
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-003_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-003.out

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

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../default-recursive-true.yml

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

@@ -1,8 +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
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                           recursive=true) }}"

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

@@ -1,14 +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: 4. Merge recursive by 'name', keep lists
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-004_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-004.out

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

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../default-recursive-true.yml

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

@@ -1,9 +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
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                           recursive=true,
-                                           list_merge='keep') }}"

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

@@ -1,14 +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: 5. Merge recursive by 'name', append lists
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-005_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-005.out

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

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../default-recursive-true.yml

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

@@ -1,9 +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
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                           recursive=true,
-                                           list_merge='append') }}"

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

@@ -1,14 +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: 6. Merge recursive by 'name', prepend lists
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-006_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-006.out

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

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../default-recursive-true.yml

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

@@ -1,9 +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
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                           recursive=true,
-                                           list_merge='prepend') }}"

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

@@ -1,14 +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: 7. Merge recursive by 'name', append lists 'remove present'
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-007_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-007.out

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

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../default-recursive-true.yml

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

@@ -1,9 +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
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                           recursive=true,
-                                           list_merge='append_rp') }}"

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

@@ -1,14 +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: 8. Merge recursive by 'name', prepend lists 'remove present'
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-008_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-008.out

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

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../default-recursive-true.yml

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

@@ -1,9 +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
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                           recursive=true,
-                                           list_merge='prepend_rp') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/examples.yml

@@ -1,54 +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
-
-examples:
-  - label: 'In the example below the lists are merged by the attribute ``name``:'
-    file: example-001_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-001.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'It is possible to use a list of lists as an input of the filter:'
-    file: example-002_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces the same result as in the previous example:'
-    file: example-002.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=replace`` (default):'
-    file: example-003_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-003.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=keep``:'
-    file: example-004_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-004.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=append``:'
-    file: example-005_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-005.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=prepend``:'
-    file: example-006_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-006.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=append_rp``:'
-    file: example-007_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-007.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=prepend_rp``:'
-    file: example-008_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-008.out
-    lang: 'yaml'

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

@@ -1,13 +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 i in examples %}
-{{ i.label }}
-
-.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
-
-  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
-
-{% endfor %}

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

@@ -1,62 +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
-
-Merging lists of dictionaries
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the ``lists_mergeby`` filter.
-
-.. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See :ref:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <ansible_collections.community.general.yaml_callback>`.
-
-Let us use the lists below in the following examples:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  {{ lookup('file', 'default-common.yml')|indent(2) }}
-
-{% for i in examples[0:2] %}
-{{ i.label }}
-
-.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
-
-  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
-
-{% endfor %}
-
-.. versionadded:: 2.0.0
-
-{% for i in examples[2:4] %}
-{{ i.label }}
-
-.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
-
-  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
-
-{% endfor %}
-
-The filter also accepts two optional parameters: ``recursive`` and ``list_merge``. These parameters are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core, but not with Ansible 2.9. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
-
-**recursive**
-    Is a boolean, default to ``False``. Should the ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.
-
-**list_merge**
-    Is a string, its possible values are ``replace`` (default), ``keep``, ``append``, ``prepend``, ``append_rp`` or ``prepend_rp``. It modifies the behaviour of ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.
-
-The examples below set ``recursive=true`` and display the differences among all six options of ``list_merge``. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter ``combine``. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
-
-Let us use the lists below in the following examples
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  {{ lookup('file', 'default-recursive-true.yml')|indent(2) }}
-
-{% for i in examples[4:16] %}
-{{ i.label }}
-
-.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
-
-  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
-
-{% endfor %}

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

@@ -1,7 +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
-#}
-list3:
-{{ list3|to_nice_yaml(indent=0) }}

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/playbook.yml

@@ -1,62 +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
-
-# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-# 1) Run all examples and create example-XXX.out
-# shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e examples=true
-#
-# 2) Optionally, for testing, create examples_all.rst
-# shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e examples_all=true
-#
-# 3) Create docs REST files
-# shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e merging_lists_of_dictionaries=true
-#
-# Notes:
-# * Use YAML callback, e.g. set ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=community.general.yaml
-# * Use sphinx-view to render and review the REST files
-#   shell> sphinx-view <path_to_helper>/examples_all.rst
-# * Proofread and copy completed docs *.rst files into the directory rst.
-# * Then delete the *.rst and *.out files from this directory. Do not
-#   add *.rst and *.out in this directory to the version control.
-#
-# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-# community.general/docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/playbook.yml
-
-- hosts: localhost
-  gather_facts: false
-  tasks:
-
-    - block:
-        - import_tasks: example-001.yml
-          tags: t001
-        - import_tasks: example-002.yml
-          tags: t002
-        - import_tasks: example-003.yml
-          tags: t003
-        - import_tasks: example-004.yml
-          tags: t004
-        - import_tasks: example-005.yml
-          tags: t005
-        - import_tasks: example-006.yml
-          tags: t006
-        - import_tasks: example-007.yml
-          tags: t007
-        - import_tasks: example-008.yml
-          tags: t008
-      when: examples|d(false)|bool
-
-    - block:
-        - include_vars: examples.yml
-        - template:
-            src: examples_all.rst.j2
-            dest: examples_all.rst
-      when: examples_all|d(false)|bool
-
-    - block:
-        - include_vars: examples.yml
-        - template:
-            src: filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst.j2
-            dest: filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst
-      when: merging_lists_of_dictionaries|d(false)|bool

docs/docsite/links.yml

@@ -1,27 +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
-
-edit_on_github:
-  repository: ansible-collections/community.general
-  branch: main
-  path_prefix: ''
-
-extra_links:
-  - description: Submit a bug report
-    url: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=bug_report.yml
-  - description: Request a feature
-    url: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=feature_request.yml
-
-communication:
-  matrix_rooms:
-    - topic: General usage and support questions
-      room: '#users:ansible.im'
-  irc_channels:
-    - topic: General usage and support questions
-      network: Libera
-      channel: '#ansible'
-  mailing_lists:
-    - topic: Ansible Project List
-      url: https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-project

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide.rst

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-..
-  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
 .. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.filter_guide:
 
 community.general Filter Guide
@@ -10,14 +5,749 @@ community.general Filter Guide
 
 The :ref:`community.general collection <plugins_in_community.general>` offers several useful filter plugins.
 
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 2
+.. contents:: Topics
 
-   filter_guide_paths
-   filter_guide_abstract_informations
-   filter_guide_working_with_times
-   filter_guide_working_with_versions
-   filter_guide_creating_identifiers
-   filter_guide_conversions
-   filter_guide_selecting_json_data
-   filter_guide_working_with_unicode
+Paths
+-----
+
+The ``path_join`` filter has been added in ansible-base 2.10. If you want to use this filter, but also need to support Ansible 2.9, you can use ``community.general``'s ``path_join`` shim, ``community.general.path_join``. This filter redirects to ``path_join`` for ansible-base 2.10 and ansible-core 2.11 or newer, and re-implements the filter for Ansible 2.9.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    # ansible-base 2.10 or newer:
+    path: {{ ('/etc', path, 'subdir', file) | path_join }}
+
+    # Also works with Ansible 2.9:
+    path: {{ ('/etc', path, 'subdir', file) | community.general.path_join }}
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.0.0
+
+Abstract transformations
+------------------------
+
+Dictionaries
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+You can use the ``dict_kv`` filter to create a single-entry dictionary with ``value | community.general.dict_kv(key)``:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Create a single-entry dictionary
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ myvar | community.general.dict_kv('thatsmyvar') }}"
+      vars:
+        myvar: myvalue
+
+    - name: Create a list of dictionaries where the 'server' field is taken from a list
+      debug:
+        msg: >-
+          {{ myservers | map('community.general.dict_kv', 'server')
+                       | map('combine', common_config) }}
+      vars:
+        common_config:
+          type: host
+          database: all
+        myservers:
+        - server1
+        - server2
+
+This produces:
+
+.. code-block:: ansible-output
+
+    TASK [Create a single-entry dictionary]  **************************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": {
+            "thatsmyvar": "myvalue"
+        }
+    }
+
+    TASK [Create a list of dictionaries where the 'server' field is taken from a list]  *******
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": [
+            {
+                "database": "all",
+                "server": "server1",
+                "type": "host"
+            },
+            {
+                "database": "all",
+                "server": "server2",
+                "type": "host"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.0.0
+
+If you need to convert a list of key-value pairs to a dictionary, you can use the ``dict`` function. Unfortunately, this function cannot be used with ``map``. For this, the ``community.general.dict`` filter can be used:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Create a dictionary with the dict function
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ dict([[1, 2], ['a', 'b']]) }}"
+
+    - name: Create a dictionary with the community.general.dict filter
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ [[1, 2], ['a', 'b']] | community.general.dict }}"
+
+    - name: Create a list of dictionaries with map and the community.general.dict filter
+      debug:
+        msg: >-
+          {{ values | map('zip', ['k1', 'k2', 'k3'])
+                    | map('map', 'reverse')
+                    | map('community.general.dict') }}
+      vars:
+        values:
+          - - foo
+            - 23
+            - a
+          - - bar
+            - 42
+            - b
+
+This produces:
+
+.. code-block:: ansible-output
+
+    TASK [Create a dictionary with the dict function]  ****************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": {
+            "1": 2,
+            "a": "b"
+        }
+    }
+
+    TASK [Create a dictionary with the community.general.dict filter]  ************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": {
+            "1": 2,
+            "a": "b"
+        }
+    }
+
+    TASK [Create a list of dictionaries with map and the community.general.dict filter]  ******
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": [
+            {
+                "k1": "foo",
+                "k2": 23,
+                "k3": "a"
+            },
+            {
+                "k1": "bar",
+                "k2": 42,
+                "k3": "b"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.0.0
+
+Grouping
+^^^^^^^^
+
+If you have a list of dictionaries, the Jinja2 ``groupby`` filter allows to group the list by an attribute. This results in a list of ``(grouper, list)`` namedtuples, where ``list`` contains all dictionaries where the selected attribute equals ``grouper``. If you know that for every ``grouper``, there will be a most one entry in that list, you can use the ``community.general.groupby_as_dict`` filter to convert the original list into a dictionary which maps ``grouper`` to the corresponding dictionary.
+
+One example is ``ansible_facts.mounts``, which is a list of dictionaries where each has one ``device`` element to indicate the device which is mounted. Therefore, ``ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('device')`` is a dictionary mapping a device to the mount information:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Output mount facts grouped by device name
+      debug:
+        var: ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('device')
+
+    - name: Output mount facts grouped by mount point
+      debug:
+        var: ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('mount')
+
+This produces:
+
+.. code-block:: ansible-output
+
+    TASK [Output mount facts grouped by device name] ******************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('device')": {
+            "/dev/sda1": {
+                "block_available": 2000,
+                "block_size": 4096,
+                "block_total": 2345,
+                "block_used": 345,
+                "device": "/dev/sda1",
+                "fstype": "ext4",
+                "inode_available": 500,
+                "inode_total": 512,
+                "inode_used": 12,
+                "mount": "/boot",
+                "options": "rw,relatime,data=ordered",
+                "size_available": 56821,
+                "size_total": 543210,
+                "uuid": "ab31cade-d9c1-484d-8482-8a4cbee5241a"
+            },
+            "/dev/sda2": {
+                "block_available": 1234,
+                "block_size": 4096,
+                "block_total": 12345,
+                "block_used": 11111,
+                "device": "/dev/sda2",
+                "fstype": "ext4",
+                "inode_available": 1111,
+                "inode_total": 1234,
+                "inode_used": 123,
+                "mount": "/",
+                "options": "rw,relatime",
+                "size_available": 42143,
+                "size_total": 543210,
+                "uuid": "abcdef01-2345-6789-0abc-def012345678"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    TASK [Output mount facts grouped by mount point] ******************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('mount')": {
+            "/": {
+                "block_available": 1234,
+                "block_size": 4096,
+                "block_total": 12345,
+                "block_used": 11111,
+                "device": "/dev/sda2",
+                "fstype": "ext4",
+                "inode_available": 1111,
+                "inode_total": 1234,
+                "inode_used": 123,
+                "mount": "/",
+                "options": "rw,relatime",
+                "size_available": 42143,
+                "size_total": 543210,
+                "uuid": "bdf50b7d-4859-40af-8665-c637ee7a7808"
+            },
+            "/boot": {
+                "block_available": 2000,
+                "block_size": 4096,
+                "block_total": 2345,
+                "block_used": 345,
+                "device": "/dev/sda1",
+                "fstype": "ext4",
+                "inode_available": 500,
+                "inode_total": 512,
+                "inode_used": 12,
+                "mount": "/boot",
+                "options": "rw,relatime,data=ordered",
+                "size_available": 56821,
+                "size_total": 543210,
+                "uuid": "ab31cade-d9c1-484d-8482-8a4cbee5241a"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+.. versionadded: 3.0.0
+
+Merging lists of dictionaries
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If you have two lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where two dictionaries are merged if they coincide in one attribute, you can use the ``lists_mergeby`` filter.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
+      debug:
+        var: list1 | community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name')
+      vars:
+        list1:
+          - name: foo
+            extra: true
+          - name: bar
+            extra: false
+          - name: meh
+            extra: true
+        list2:
+          - name: foo
+            path: /foo
+          - name: baz
+            path: /bazzz
+
+This produces:
+
+.. code-block:: ansible-output
+
+    TASK [Merge two lists by common attribute 'name']  ****************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "list1 | community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name')": [
+            {
+                "extra": false,
+                "name": "bar"
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "baz",
+                "path": "/bazzz"
+            },
+            {
+                "extra": true,
+                "name": "foo",
+                "path": "/foo"
+            },
+            {
+                "extra": true,
+                "name": "meh"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+.. versionadded: 2.0.0
+
+Working with times
+------------------
+
+The ``to_time_unit`` filter allows to convert times from a human-readable string to a unit. For example, ``'4h 30min 12second' | community.general.to_time_unit('hour')`` gives the number of hours that correspond to 4 hours, 30 minutes and 12 seconds.
+
+There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like ``to_hours``, ``to_minutes``, ``to_seconds``, and so on. The following table lists all units that can be used:
+
+.. list-table:: Units
+   :widths: 25 25 25 25
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Unit name
+     - Unit value in seconds
+     - Unit strings for filter
+     - Shorthand filter
+   * - Millisecond
+     - 1/1000 second
+     - ``ms``, ``millisecond``, ``milliseconds``, ``msec``, ``msecs``, ``msecond``, ``mseconds``
+     - ``to_milliseconds``
+   * - Second
+     - 1 second
+     - ``s``, ``sec``, ``secs``, ``second``, ``seconds``
+     - ``to_seconds``
+   * - Minute
+     - 60 seconds
+     - ``m``, ``min``, ``mins``, ``minute``, ``minutes``
+     - ``to_minutes``
+   * - Hour
+     - 60*60 seconds
+     - ``h``, ``hour``, ``hours``
+     - ``to_hours``
+   * - Day
+     - 24*60*60 seconds
+     - ``d``, ``day``, ``days``
+     - ``to_days``
+   * - Week
+     - 7*24*60*60 seconds
+     - ``w``, ``week``, ``weeks``
+     - ``to_weeks``
+   * - Month
+     - 30*24*60*60 seconds
+     - ``mo``, ``month``, ``months``
+     - ``to_months``
+   * - Year
+     - 365*24*60*60 seconds
+     - ``y``, ``year``, ``years``
+     - ``to_years``
+
+Note that months and years are using a simplified representation: a month is 30 days, and a year is 365 days. If you need different definitions of months or years, you can pass them as keyword arguments. For example, if you want a year to be 365.25 days, and a month to be 30.5 days, you can write ``'11months 4' | community.general.to_years(year=365.25, month=30.5)``. These keyword arguments can be specified to ``to_time_unit`` and to all shorthand filters.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Convert string to seconds
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ '30h 20m 10s 123ms' | community.general.to_time_unit('seconds') }}"
+
+    - name: Convert string to hours
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ '30h 20m 10s 123ms' | community.general.to_hours }}"
+
+    - name: Convert string to years (using 365.25 days == 1 year)
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ '400d 15h' | community.general.to_years(year=365.25) }}"
+
+This produces:
+
+.. code-block:: ansible-output
+
+    TASK [Convert string to seconds] **********************************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": "109210.123"
+    }
+
+    TASK [Convert string to hours] ************************************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": "30.336145277778"
+    }
+
+    TASK [Convert string to years (using 365.25 days == 1 year)] ******************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": "1.096851471595"
+    }
+
+.. versionadded: 0.2.0
+
+Working with versions
+---------------------
+
+If you need to sort a list of version numbers, the Jinja ``sort`` filter is problematic. Since it sorts lexicographically, ``2.10`` will come before ``2.9``. To treat version numbers correctly, you can use the ``version_sort`` filter:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Sort list by version number
+      debug:
+        var: ansible_versions | community.general.version_sort
+      vars:
+        ansible_versions:
+          - '2.8.0'
+          - '2.11.0'
+          - '2.7.0'
+          - '2.10.0'
+          - '2.9.0'
+
+This produces:
+
+.. code-block:: ansible-output
+
+    TASK [Sort list by version number] ********************************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "ansible_versions | community.general.version_sort": [
+            "2.7.0",
+            "2.8.0",
+            "2.9.0",
+            "2.10.0",
+            "2.11.0"
+        ]
+    }
+
+.. versionadded: 2.2.0
+
+Creating identifiers
+--------------------
+
+The following filters allow to create identifiers.
+
+Hashids
+^^^^^^^
+
+`Hashids <https://hashids.org/>`_ allow to convert sequences of integers to short unique string identifiers. This filter needs the `hashids Python library <https://pypi.org/project/hashids/>`_ installed on the controller.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: "Create hashid"
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ [1234, 5, 6] | community.general.hashids_encode }}"
+
+    - name: "Decode hashid"
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ 'jm2Cytn' | community.general.hashids_decode }}"
+
+This produces:
+
+.. code-block:: ansible-output
+
+    TASK [Create hashid] **********************************************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": "jm2Cytn"
+    }
+
+    TASK [Decode hashid] **********************************************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": [
+            1234,
+            5,
+            6
+        ]
+    }
+
+The hashids filters accept keyword arguments to allow fine-tuning the hashids generated:
+
+:salt: String to use as salt when hashing.
+:alphabet: String of 16 or more unique characters to produce a hash.
+:min_length: Minimum length of hash produced.
+
+.. versionadded: 3.0.0
+
+Random MACs
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+You can use the ``random_mac`` filter to complete a partial `MAC address <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address>`_ to a random 6-byte MAC address.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: "Create a random MAC starting with ff:"
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ 'FF' | community.general.random_mac }}"
+
+    - name: "Create a random MAC starting with 00:11:22:"
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ '00:11:22' | community.general.random_mac }}"
+  
+This produces:
+
+.. code-block:: ansible-output
+
+    TASK [Create a random MAC starting with ff:] **********************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": "ff:69:d3:78:7f:b4"
+    }
+
+    TASK [Create a random MAC starting with 00:11:22:] ****************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": "00:11:22:71:5d:3b"
+    }
+
+You can also initialize the random number generator from a seed to create random-but-idempotent MAC addresses:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    "{{ '52:54:00' | community.general.random_mac(seed=inventory_hostname) }}"
+
+Conversions
+-----------
+
+Parsing CSV files
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Ansible offers the :ref:`community.general.read_csv module <ansible_collections.community.general.read_csv_module>` to read CSV files. Sometimes you need to convert strings to CSV files instead. For this, the ``from_csv`` filter exists.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: "Parse CSV from string"
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ csv_string | community.general.from_csv }}"
+      vars:
+        csv_string: |
+          foo,bar,baz
+          1,2,3
+          you,this,then
+
+This produces:
+
+.. code-block:: ansible-output
+
+    TASK [Parse CSV from string] **************************************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": [
+            {
+                "bar": "2",
+                "baz": "3",
+                "foo": "1"
+            },
+            {
+                "bar": "this",
+                "baz": "then",
+                "foo": "you"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+The ``from_csv`` filter has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
+
+:dialect: Dialect of the CSV file. Default is ``excel``. Other possible choices are ``excel-tab`` and ``unix``. If one of ``delimiter``, ``skipinitialspace`` or ``strict`` is specified, ``dialect`` is ignored.
+:fieldnames: A set of column names to use. If not provided, the first line of the CSV is assumed to contain the column names.
+:delimiter: Sets the delimiter to use. Default depends on the dialect used.
+:skipinitialspace: Set to ``true`` to ignore space directly after the delimiter. Default depends on the dialect used (usually ``false``).
+:strict: Set to ``true`` to error out on invalid CSV input.
+
+.. versionadded: 3.0.0
+
+Converting to JSON
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+`JC <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ is a CLI tool and Python library which allows to interpret output of various CLI programs as JSON. It is also available as a filter in community.general. This filter needs the `jc Python library <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ installed on the controller.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Run 'ls' to list files in /
+      command: ls /
+      register: result
+
+    - name: Parse the ls output
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ result.stdout | community.general.jc('ls') }}"
+
+This produces:
+
+.. code-block:: ansible-output
+
+    TASK [Run 'ls' to list files in /] ********************************************************
+    changed: [localhost]
+
+    TASK [Parse the ls output] ****************************************************************
+    ok: [localhost] => {
+        "msg": [
+            {
+                "filename": "bin"
+            },
+            {
+                "filename": "boot"
+            },
+            {
+                "filename": "dev"
+            },
+            {
+                "filename": "etc"
+            },
+            {
+                "filename": "home"
+            },
+            {
+                "filename": "lib"
+            },
+            {
+                "filename": "proc"
+            },
+            {
+                "filename": "root"
+            },
+            {
+                "filename": "run"
+            },
+            {
+                "filename": "tmp"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+.. versionadded: 2.0.0
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.json_query_filter:
+
+Selecting JSON data: JSON queries
+---------------------------------
+
+To select a single element or a data subset from a complex data structure in JSON format (for example, Ansible facts), use the ``json_query`` filter.  The ``json_query`` filter lets you query a complex JSON structure and iterate over it using a loop structure.
+
+.. note:: You must manually install the **jmespath** dependency on the Ansible controller before using this filter. This filter is built upon **jmespath**, and you can use the same syntax. For examples, see `jmespath examples <http://jmespath.org/examples.html>`_.
+
+Consider this data structure:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    {
+        "domain_definition": {
+            "domain": {
+                "cluster": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "cluster1"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "cluster2"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "server": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "server11",
+                        "cluster": "cluster1",
+                        "port": "8080"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "server12",
+                        "cluster": "cluster1",
+                        "port": "8090"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "server21",
+                        "cluster": "cluster2",
+                        "port": "9080"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "server22",
+                        "cluster": "cluster2",
+                        "port": "9090"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "library": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "lib1",
+                        "target": "cluster1"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "lib2",
+                        "target": "cluster2"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+To extract all clusters from this structure, you can use the following query:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Display all cluster names
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: item
+      loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query('domain.cluster[*].name') }}"
+
+To extract all server names:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Display all server names
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: item
+      loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query('domain.server[*].name') }}"
+
+To extract ports from cluster1:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Display all ports from cluster1
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: item
+      loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query(server_name_cluster1_query) }}"
+      vars:
+        server_name_cluster1_query: "domain.server[?cluster=='cluster1'].port"
+
+.. note:: You can use a variable to make the query more readable.
+
+To print out the ports from cluster1 in a comma separated string:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Display all ports from cluster1 as a string
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query('domain.server[?cluster==`cluster1`].port') | join(', ') }}"
+
+.. note:: In the example above, quoting literals using backticks avoids escaping quotes and maintains readability.
+
+You can use YAML `single quote escaping <https://yaml.org/spec/current.html#id2534365>`_:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Display all ports from cluster1
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: item
+      loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query('domain.server[?cluster==''cluster1''].port') }}"
+
+.. note:: Escaping single quotes within single quotes in YAML is done by doubling the single quote.
+
+To get a hash map with all ports and names of a cluster:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Display all server ports and names from cluster1
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: item
+      loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query(server_name_cluster1_query) }}"
+      vars:
+        server_name_cluster1_query: "domain.server[?cluster=='cluster2'].{name: name, port: port}"
+
+To extract ports from all clusters with name starting with 'server1':
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Display all ports from cluster1
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "{{ domain_definition | to_json | from_json | community.general.json_query(server_name_query) }}"
+      vars:
+        server_name_query: "domain.server[?starts_with(name,'server1')].port"
+
+To extract ports from all clusters with name containing 'server1':
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Display all ports from cluster1
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "{{ domain_definition | to_json | from_json | community.general.json_query(server_name_query) }}"
+      vars:
+        server_name_query: "domain.server[?contains(name,'server1')].port"
+
+.. note:: while using ``starts_with`` and ``contains``, you have to use `` to_json | from_json `` filter for correct parsing of data structure.

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations.rst

@@ -1,15 +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
-
-Abstract transformations
-------------------------
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 1
-
-   filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries
-   filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping
-   filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries
-   filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence.rst

@@ -1,82 +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
-
-Counting elements in a sequence
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-The :ansplugin:`community.general.counter filter plugin <community.general.counter#filter>` allows you to count (hashable) elements in a sequence. Elements are returned as dictionary keys and their counts are stored as dictionary values.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Count character occurrences in a string
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ 'abccbaabca' | community.general.counter }}"
-
-    - name: Count items in a list
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ ['car', 'car', 'bike', 'plane', 'bike'] | community.general.counter }}"
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-    TASK [Count character occurrences in a string] ********************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": {
-            "a": 4,
-            "b": 3,
-            "c": 3
-        }
-    }
-
-    TASK [Count items in a list] **************************************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": {
-            "bike": 2,
-            "car": 2,
-            "plane": 1
-        }
-    }
-
-This plugin is useful for selecting resources based on current allocation:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Get ID of SCSI controller(s) with less than 4 disks attached and choose the one with the least disks
-      debug:
-        msg: >-
-          {{
-             ( disks | dict2items | map(attribute='value.adapter') | list
-               | community.general.counter | dict2items
-               | rejectattr('value', '>=', 4) | sort(attribute='value') | first
-             ).key
-          }}
-      vars:
-        disks:
-          sda:
-            adapter: scsi_1
-          sdb:
-            adapter: scsi_1
-          sdc:
-            adapter: scsi_1
-          sdd:
-            adapter: scsi_1
-          sde:
-            adapter: scsi_2
-          sdf:
-            adapter: scsi_3
-          sdg:
-            adapter: scsi_3
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-    TASK [Get ID of SCSI controller(s) with less than 4 disks attached and choose the one with the least disks]
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": "scsi_2"
-    }
-
-.. versionadded:: 4.3.0

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries.rst

@@ -1,124 +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
-
-Dictionaries
-^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.dict_kv filter <community.general.dict_kv#filter>` to create a single-entry dictionary with ``value | community.general.dict_kv(key)``:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Create a single-entry dictionary
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ myvar | community.general.dict_kv('thatsmyvar') }}"
-      vars:
-        myvar: myvalue
-
-    - name: Create a list of dictionaries where the 'server' field is taken from a list
-      debug:
-        msg: >-
-          {{ myservers | map('community.general.dict_kv', 'server')
-                       | map('combine', common_config) }}
-      vars:
-        common_config:
-          type: host
-          database: all
-        myservers:
-        - server1
-        - server2
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-    TASK [Create a single-entry dictionary]  **************************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": {
-            "thatsmyvar": "myvalue"
-        }
-    }
-
-    TASK [Create a list of dictionaries where the 'server' field is taken from a list]  *******
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": [
-            {
-                "database": "all",
-                "server": "server1",
-                "type": "host"
-            },
-            {
-                "database": "all",
-                "server": "server2",
-                "type": "host"
-            }
-        ]
-    }
-
-.. versionadded:: 2.0.0
-
-If you need to convert a list of key-value pairs to a dictionary, you can use the ``dict`` function. Unfortunately, this function cannot be used with ``map``. For this, the :ansplugin:`community.general.dict filter <community.general.dict#filter>` can be used:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Create a dictionary with the dict function
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ dict([[1, 2], ['a', 'b']]) }}"
-
-    - name: Create a dictionary with the community.general.dict filter
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ [[1, 2], ['a', 'b']] | community.general.dict }}"
-
-    - name: Create a list of dictionaries with map and the community.general.dict filter
-      debug:
-        msg: >-
-          {{ values | map('zip', ['k1', 'k2', 'k3'])
-                    | map('map', 'reverse')
-                    | map('community.general.dict') }}
-      vars:
-        values:
-          - - foo
-            - 23
-            - a
-          - - bar
-            - 42
-            - b
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-    TASK [Create a dictionary with the dict function]  ****************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": {
-            "1": 2,
-            "a": "b"
-        }
-    }
-
-    TASK [Create a dictionary with the community.general.dict filter]  ************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": {
-            "1": 2,
-            "a": "b"
-        }
-    }
-
-    TASK [Create a list of dictionaries with map and the community.general.dict filter]  ******
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": [
-            {
-                "k1": "foo",
-                "k2": 23,
-                "k3": "a"
-            },
-            {
-                "k1": "bar",
-                "k2": 42,
-                "k3": "b"
-            }
-        ]
-    }
-
-.. versionadded:: 3.0.0

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping.rst

@@ -1,103 +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
-
-Grouping
-^^^^^^^^
-
-If you have a list of dictionaries, the Jinja2 ``groupby`` filter allows to group the list by an attribute. This results in a list of ``(grouper, list)`` namedtuples, where ``list`` contains all dictionaries where the selected attribute equals ``grouper``. If you know that for every ``grouper``, there will be a most one entry in that list, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.groupby_as_dict filter <community.general.groupby_as_dict#filter>` to convert the original list into a dictionary which maps ``grouper`` to the corresponding dictionary.
-
-One example is ``ansible_facts.mounts``, which is a list of dictionaries where each has one ``device`` element to indicate the device which is mounted. Therefore, ``ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('device')`` is a dictionary mapping a device to the mount information:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Output mount facts grouped by device name
-      debug:
-        var: ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('device')
-
-    - name: Output mount facts grouped by mount point
-      debug:
-        var: ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('mount')
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-    TASK [Output mount facts grouped by device name] ******************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('device')": {
-            "/dev/sda1": {
-                "block_available": 2000,
-                "block_size": 4096,
-                "block_total": 2345,
-                "block_used": 345,
-                "device": "/dev/sda1",
-                "fstype": "ext4",
-                "inode_available": 500,
-                "inode_total": 512,
-                "inode_used": 12,
-                "mount": "/boot",
-                "options": "rw,relatime,data=ordered",
-                "size_available": 56821,
-                "size_total": 543210,
-                "uuid": "ab31cade-d9c1-484d-8482-8a4cbee5241a"
-            },
-            "/dev/sda2": {
-                "block_available": 1234,
-                "block_size": 4096,
-                "block_total": 12345,
-                "block_used": 11111,
-                "device": "/dev/sda2",
-                "fstype": "ext4",
-                "inode_available": 1111,
-                "inode_total": 1234,
-                "inode_used": 123,
-                "mount": "/",
-                "options": "rw,relatime",
-                "size_available": 42143,
-                "size_total": 543210,
-                "uuid": "abcdef01-2345-6789-0abc-def012345678"
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    TASK [Output mount facts grouped by mount point] ******************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('mount')": {
-            "/": {
-                "block_available": 1234,
-                "block_size": 4096,
-                "block_total": 12345,
-                "block_used": 11111,
-                "device": "/dev/sda2",
-                "fstype": "ext4",
-                "inode_available": 1111,
-                "inode_total": 1234,
-                "inode_used": 123,
-                "mount": "/",
-                "options": "rw,relatime",
-                "size_available": 42143,
-                "size_total": 543210,
-                "uuid": "bdf50b7d-4859-40af-8665-c637ee7a7808"
-            },
-            "/boot": {
-                "block_available": 2000,
-                "block_size": 4096,
-                "block_total": 2345,
-                "block_used": 345,
-                "device": "/dev/sda1",
-                "fstype": "ext4",
-                "inode_available": 500,
-                "inode_total": 512,
-                "inode_used": 12,
-                "mount": "/boot",
-                "options": "rw,relatime,data=ordered",
-                "size_available": 56821,
-                "size_total": 543210,
-                "uuid": "ab31cade-d9c1-484d-8482-8a4cbee5241a"
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-.. versionadded: 3.0.0

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst

@@ -1,297 +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
-
-Merging lists of dictionaries
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby filter <community.general.lists_mergeby#filter>`.
-
-.. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See :ref:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <ansible_collections.community.general.yaml_callback>`.
-
-Let us use the lists below in the following examples:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  list1:
-    - name: foo
-      extra: true
-    - name: bar
-      extra: false
-    - name: meh
-      extra: true
-
-  list2:
-    - name: foo
-      path: /foo
-    - name: baz
-      path: /baz
-
-In the example below the lists are merged by the attribute ``name``:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-  list3: "{{ list1|
-             community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name') }}"
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  list3:
-  - extra: false
-    name: bar
-  - name: baz
-    path: /baz
-  - extra: true
-    name: foo
-    path: /foo
-  - extra: true
-    name: meh
-
-
-.. versionadded:: 2.0.0
-
-It is possible to use a list of lists as an input of the filter:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-             community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"
-
-This produces the same result as in the previous example:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  list3:
-  - extra: false
-    name: bar
-  - name: baz
-    path: /baz
-  - extra: true
-    name: foo
-    path: /foo
-  - extra: true
-    name: meh
-
-
-The filter also accepts two optional parameters: :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:recursive` and :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge`. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
-
-**recursive**
-    Is a boolean, default to ``false``. Should the :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter` filter recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.
-
-**list_merge**
-    Is a string, its possible values are :ansval:`replace` (default), :ansval:`keep`, :ansval:`append`, :ansval:`prepend`, :ansval:`append_rp` or :ansval:`prepend_rp`. It modifies the behaviour of :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.
-
-The examples below set :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:recursive=true` and display the differences among all six options of :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge`. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.combine#filter`. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
-
-Let us use the lists below in the following examples
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  list1:
-    - name: myname01
-      param01:
-        x: default_value
-        y: default_value
-        list:
-          - default_value
-    - name: myname02
-      param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-  list2:
-    - name: myname01
-      param01:
-        y: patch_value
-        z: patch_value
-        list:
-          - patch_value
-    - name: myname02
-      param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-
-Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=replace` (default):
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-             community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                             recursive=true) }}"
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - patch_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
-
-Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=keep`:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-             community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                             recursive=true,
-                                             list_merge='keep') }}"
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - default_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
-
-Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append`:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-             community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                             recursive=true,
-                                             list_merge='append') }}"
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - default_value
-      - patch_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
-
-Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend`:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-             community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                             recursive=true,
-                                             list_merge='prepend') }}"
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - patch_value
-      - default_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
-
-Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append_rp`:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-             community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                             recursive=true,
-                                             list_merge='append_rp') }}"
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - default_value
-      - patch_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
-
-Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend_rp`:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-             community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                             recursive=true,
-                                             list_merge='prepend_rp') }}"
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - patch_value
-      - default_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_conversions.rst

@@ -1,113 +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
-
-Conversions
------------
-
-Parsing CSV files
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-Ansible offers the :ansplugin:`community.general.read_csv module <community.general.read_csv#module>` to read CSV files. Sometimes you need to convert strings to CSV files instead. For this, the :ansplugin:`community.general.from_csv filter <community.general.from_csv#filter>` exists.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: "Parse CSV from string"
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ csv_string | community.general.from_csv }}"
-      vars:
-        csv_string: |
-          foo,bar,baz
-          1,2,3
-          you,this,then
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-    TASK [Parse CSV from string] **************************************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": [
-            {
-                "bar": "2",
-                "baz": "3",
-                "foo": "1"
-            },
-            {
-                "bar": "this",
-                "baz": "then",
-                "foo": "you"
-            }
-        ]
-    }
-
-The :ansplugin:`community.general.from_csv filter <community.general.from_csv#filter>` has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
-
-:dialect: Dialect of the CSV file. Default is ``excel``. Other possible choices are ``excel-tab`` and ``unix``. If one of ``delimiter``, ``skipinitialspace`` or ``strict`` is specified, ``dialect`` is ignored.
-:fieldnames: A set of column names to use. If not provided, the first line of the CSV is assumed to contain the column names.
-:delimiter: Sets the delimiter to use. Default depends on the dialect used.
-:skipinitialspace: Set to ``true`` to ignore space directly after the delimiter. Default depends on the dialect used (usually ``false``).
-:strict: Set to ``true`` to error out on invalid CSV input.
-
-.. versionadded: 3.0.0
-
-Converting to JSON
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-`JC <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ is a CLI tool and Python library which allows to interpret output of various CLI programs as JSON. It is also available as a filter in community.general, called :ansplugin:`community.general.jc#filter`. This filter needs the `jc Python library <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ installed on the controller.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Run 'ls' to list files in /
-      command: ls /
-      register: result
-
-    - name: Parse the ls output
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ result.stdout | community.general.jc('ls') }}"
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-    TASK [Run 'ls' to list files in /] ********************************************************
-    changed: [localhost]
-
-    TASK [Parse the ls output] ****************************************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": [
-            {
-                "filename": "bin"
-            },
-            {
-                "filename": "boot"
-            },
-            {
-                "filename": "dev"
-            },
-            {
-                "filename": "etc"
-            },
-            {
-                "filename": "home"
-            },
-            {
-                "filename": "lib"
-            },
-            {
-                "filename": "proc"
-            },
-            {
-                "filename": "root"
-            },
-            {
-                "filename": "run"
-            },
-            {
-                "filename": "tmp"
-            }
-        ]
-    }
-
-.. versionadded: 2.0.0

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_creating_identifiers.rst

@@ -1,85 +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
-
-Creating identifiers
---------------------
-
-The following filters allow to create identifiers.
-
-Hashids
-^^^^^^^
-
-`Hashids <https://hashids.org/>`_ allow to convert sequences of integers to short unique string identifiers. The :ansplugin:`community.general.hashids_encode#filter` and :ansplugin:`community.general.hashids_decode#filter` filters need the `hashids Python library <https://pypi.org/project/hashids/>`_ installed on the controller.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: "Create hashid"
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ [1234, 5, 6] | community.general.hashids_encode }}"
-
-    - name: "Decode hashid"
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ 'jm2Cytn' | community.general.hashids_decode }}"
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-    TASK [Create hashid] **********************************************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": "jm2Cytn"
-    }
-
-    TASK [Decode hashid] **********************************************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": [
-            1234,
-            5,
-            6
-        ]
-    }
-
-The hashids filters accept keyword arguments to allow fine-tuning the hashids generated:
-
-:salt: String to use as salt when hashing.
-:alphabet: String of 16 or more unique characters to produce a hash.
-:min_length: Minimum length of hash produced.
-
-.. versionadded: 3.0.0
-
-Random MACs
-^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.random_mac filter <community.general.random_mac#filter>` to complete a partial `MAC address <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address>`_ to a random 6-byte MAC address.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: "Create a random MAC starting with ff:"
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ 'FF' | community.general.random_mac }}"
-
-    - name: "Create a random MAC starting with 00:11:22:"
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ '00:11:22' | community.general.random_mac }}"
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-    TASK [Create a random MAC starting with ff:] **********************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": "ff:69:d3:78:7f:b4"
-    }
-
-    TASK [Create a random MAC starting with 00:11:22:] ****************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": "00:11:22:71:5d:3b"
-    }
-
-You can also initialize the random number generator from a seed to create random-but-idempotent MAC addresses:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    "{{ '52:54:00' | community.general.random_mac(seed=inventory_hostname) }}"

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_paths.rst

@@ -1,9 +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
-
-Paths
------
-
-The :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.path_join filter <ansible.builtin.path_join#filter>` has been added in ansible-base 2.10. Community.general 3.0.0 and newer contains an alias ``community.general.path_join`` for this filter that could be used on Ansible 2.9 as well. Since community.general no longer supports Ansible 2.9, this is now a simple redirect to :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.path_join filter <ansible.builtin.path_join#filter>`.

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_selecting_json_data.rst

@@ -1,149 +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
-
-.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.json_query_filter:
-
-Selecting JSON data: JSON queries
----------------------------------
-
-To select a single element or a data subset from a complex data structure in JSON format (for example, Ansible facts), use the :ansplugin:`community.general.json_query filter <community.general.json_query#filter>`.  The :ansplugin:`community.general.json_query#filter` filter lets you query a complex JSON structure and iterate over it using a loop structure.
-
-.. note:: You must manually install the **jmespath** dependency on the Ansible controller before using this filter. This filter is built upon **jmespath**, and you can use the same syntax. For examples, see `jmespath examples <http://jmespath.org/examples.html>`_.
-
-Consider this data structure:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    {
-        "domain_definition": {
-            "domain": {
-                "cluster": [
-                    {
-                        "name": "cluster1"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "cluster2"
-                    }
-                ],
-                "server": [
-                    {
-                        "name": "server11",
-                        "cluster": "cluster1",
-                        "port": "8080"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "server12",
-                        "cluster": "cluster1",
-                        "port": "8090"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "server21",
-                        "cluster": "cluster2",
-                        "port": "9080"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "server22",
-                        "cluster": "cluster2",
-                        "port": "9090"
-                    }
-                ],
-                "library": [
-                    {
-                        "name": "lib1",
-                        "target": "cluster1"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "lib2",
-                        "target": "cluster2"
-                    }
-                ]
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-To extract all clusters from this structure, you can use the following query:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Display all cluster names
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        var: item
-      loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query('domain.cluster[*].name') }}"
-
-To extract all server names:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Display all server names
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        var: item
-      loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query('domain.server[*].name') }}"
-
-To extract ports from cluster1:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Display all ports from cluster1
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        var: item
-      loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query(server_name_cluster1_query) }}"
-      vars:
-        server_name_cluster1_query: "domain.server[?cluster=='cluster1'].port"
-
-.. note:: You can use a variable to make the query more readable.
-
-To print out the ports from cluster1 in a comma separated string:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Display all ports from cluster1 as a string
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        msg: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query('domain.server[?cluster==`cluster1`].port') | join(', ') }}"
-
-.. note:: In the example above, quoting literals using backticks avoids escaping quotes and maintains readability.
-
-You can use YAML `single quote escaping <https://yaml.org/spec/current.html#id2534365>`_:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Display all ports from cluster1
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        var: item
-      loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query('domain.server[?cluster==''cluster1''].port') }}"
-
-.. note:: Escaping single quotes within single quotes in YAML is done by doubling the single quote.
-
-To get a hash map with all ports and names of a cluster:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Display all server ports and names from cluster1
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        var: item
-      loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query(server_name_cluster1_query) }}"
-      vars:
-        server_name_cluster1_query: "domain.server[?cluster=='cluster2'].{name: name, port: port}"
-
-To extract ports from all clusters with name starting with 'server1':
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Display all ports from cluster1
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        msg: "{{ domain_definition | to_json | from_json | community.general.json_query(server_name_query) }}"
-      vars:
-        server_name_query: "domain.server[?starts_with(name,'server1')].port"
-
-To extract ports from all clusters with name containing 'server1':
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Display all ports from cluster1
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        msg: "{{ domain_definition | to_json | from_json | community.general.json_query(server_name_query) }}"
-      vars:
-        server_name_query: "domain.server[?contains(name,'server1')].port"
-
-.. note:: while using ``starts_with`` and ``contains``, you have to use ``to_json | from_json`` filter for correct parsing of data structure.

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_times.rst

@@ -1,89 +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
-
-Working with times
-------------------
-
-The :ansplugin:`community.general.to_time_unit filter <community.general.to_time_unit#filter>` allows to convert times from a human-readable string to a unit. For example, ``'4h 30min 12second' | community.general.to_time_unit('hour')`` gives the number of hours that correspond to 4 hours, 30 minutes and 12 seconds.
-
-There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like :ansplugin:`community.general.to_hours#filter`, :ansplugin:`community.general.to_minutes#filter`, :ansplugin:`community.general.to_seconds#filter`, and so on. The following table lists all units that can be used:
-
-.. list-table:: Units
-   :widths: 25 25 25 25
-   :header-rows: 1
-
-   * - Unit name
-     - Unit value in seconds
-     - Unit strings for filter
-     - Shorthand filter
-   * - Millisecond
-     - 1/1000 second
-     - ``ms``, ``millisecond``, ``milliseconds``, ``msec``, ``msecs``, ``msecond``, ``mseconds``
-     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_milliseconds#filter`
-   * - Second
-     - 1 second
-     - ``s``, ``sec``, ``secs``, ``second``, ``seconds``
-     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_seconds#filter`
-   * - Minute
-     - 60 seconds
-     - ``m``, ``min``, ``mins``, ``minute``, ``minutes``
-     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_minutes#filter`
-   * - Hour
-     - 60*60 seconds
-     - ``h``, ``hour``, ``hours``
-     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_hours#filter`
-   * - Day
-     - 24*60*60 seconds
-     - ``d``, ``day``, ``days``
-     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_days#filter`
-   * - Week
-     - 7*24*60*60 seconds
-     - ``w``, ``week``, ``weeks``
-     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_weeks#filter`
-   * - Month
-     - 30*24*60*60 seconds
-     - ``mo``, ``month``, ``months``
-     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_months#filter`
-   * - Year
-     - 365*24*60*60 seconds
-     - ``y``, ``year``, ``years``
-     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_years#filter`
-
-Note that months and years are using a simplified representation: a month is 30 days, and a year is 365 days. If you need different definitions of months or years, you can pass them as keyword arguments. For example, if you want a year to be 365.25 days, and a month to be 30.5 days, you can write ``'11months 4' | community.general.to_years(year=365.25, month=30.5)``. These keyword arguments can be specified to :ansplugin:`community.general.to_time_unit#filter` and to all shorthand filters.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Convert string to seconds
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ '30h 20m 10s 123ms' | community.general.to_time_unit('seconds') }}"
-
-    - name: Convert string to hours
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ '30h 20m 10s 123ms' | community.general.to_hours }}"
-
-    - name: Convert string to years (using 365.25 days == 1 year)
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ '400d 15h' | community.general.to_years(year=365.25) }}"
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-    TASK [Convert string to seconds] **********************************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": "109210.123"
-    }
-
-    TASK [Convert string to hours] ************************************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": "30.336145277778"
-    }
-
-    TASK [Convert string to years (using 365.25 days == 1 year)] ******************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": "1.096851471595"
-    }
-
-.. versionadded: 0.2.0

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_unicode.rst

@@ -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
-
-Working with Unicode
----------------------
-
-`Unicode <https://unicode.org/main.html>`_ makes it possible to produce two strings which may be visually equivalent, but are comprised of distinctly different characters/character sequences. To address this Unicode defines `normalization forms <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ which avoid these distinctions by choosing a unique character sequence for a given visual representation.
-
-You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.unicode_normalize filter <community.general.unicode_normalize#filter>` to normalize Unicode strings within your playbooks.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Compare Unicode representations
-      debug:
-        msg: "{{ with_combining_character | community.general.unicode_normalize == without_combining_character }}"
-      vars:
-        with_combining_character: "{{ 'Mayagu\u0308ez' }}"
-        without_combining_character: Mayagüez
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-    TASK [Compare Unicode representations] ********************************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "msg": true
-    }
-
-The :ansplugin:`community.general.unicode_normalize filter <community.general.unicode_normalize#filter>` accepts a keyword argument :ansopt:`community.general.unicode_normalize#filter:form` to select the Unicode form used to normalize the input string.
-
-:form: One of ``'NFC'`` (default), ``'NFD'``, ``'NFKC'``, or ``'NFKD'``. See the `Unicode reference <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ for more information.
-
-.. versionadded:: 3.7.0

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_versions.rst

@@ -1,39 +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
-
-Working with versions
----------------------
-
-If you need to sort a list of version numbers, the Jinja ``sort`` filter is problematic. Since it sorts lexicographically, ``2.10`` will come before ``2.9``. To treat version numbers correctly, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.version_sort filter <community.general.version_sort#filter>`:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Sort list by version number
-      debug:
-        var: ansible_versions | community.general.version_sort
-      vars:
-        ansible_versions:
-          - '2.8.0'
-          - '2.11.0'
-          - '2.7.0'
-          - '2.10.0'
-          - '2.9.0'
-
-This produces:
-
-.. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-    TASK [Sort list by version number] ********************************************************
-    ok: [localhost] => {
-        "ansible_versions | community.general.version_sort": [
-            "2.7.0",
-            "2.8.0",
-            "2.9.0",
-            "2.10.0",
-            "2.11.0"
-        ]
-    }
-
-.. versionadded: 2.2.0

docs/docsite/rst/test_guide.rst

@@ -1,33 +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
-
-.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.test_guide:
-
-community.general Test (Plugin) Guide
-=====================================
-
-The :ref:`community.general collection <plugins_in_community.general>` offers currently one test plugin.
-
-.. contents:: Topics
-
-Feature Tests
--------------
-
-The :ansplugin:`community.general.a_module test <community.general.a_module#test>` allows to check whether a given string refers to an existing module or action plugin. This can be useful in roles, which can use this to ensure that required modules are present ahead of time.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Make sure that community.aws.route53 is available
-      assert:
-        that:
-          - >
-            'community.aws.route53' is community.general.a_module
-
-    - name: Make sure that community.general.does_not_exist is not a module or action plugin
-      assert:
-        that:
-          - "'community.general.does_not_exist' is not community.general.a_module"
-
-.. versionadded:: 4.0.0

galaxy.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
----
-# 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
-
 namespace: community
 name: general
-version: 7.5.6
+version: 3.6.0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)

plugins/action/iptables_state.py

@@ -1,187 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2020, quidame <quidame@poivron.org>
-# 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
-
-import time
-
-from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleActionFail, AnsibleConnectionFailure
-from ansible.utils.vars import merge_hash
-from ansible.utils.display import Display
-
-display = Display()
-
-
-class ActionModule(ActionBase):
-
-    # Keep internal params away from user interactions
-    _VALID_ARGS = frozenset(('path', 'state', 'table', 'noflush', 'counters', 'modprobe', 'ip_version', 'wait'))
-    DEFAULT_SUDOABLE = True
-
-    MSG_ERROR__ASYNC_AND_POLL_NOT_ZERO = (
-        "This module doesn't support async>0 and poll>0 when its 'state' param "
-        "is set to 'restored'. To enable its rollback feature (that needs the "
-        "module to run asynchronously on the remote), please set task attribute "
-        "'poll' (=%s) to 0, and 'async' (=%s) to a value >2 and not greater than "
-        "'ansible_timeout' (=%s) (recommended).")
-    MSG_WARNING__NO_ASYNC_IS_NO_ROLLBACK = (
-        "Attempts to restore iptables state without rollback in case of mistake "
-        "may lead the ansible controller to loose access to the hosts and never "
-        "regain it before fixing firewall rules through a serial console, or any "
-        "other way except SSH. Please set task attribute 'poll' (=%s) to 0, and "
-        "'async' (=%s) to a value >2 and not greater than 'ansible_timeout' (=%s) "
-        "(recommended).")
-    MSG_WARNING__ASYNC_GREATER_THAN_TIMEOUT = (
-        "You attempt to restore iptables state with rollback in case of mistake, "
-        "but with settings that will lead this rollback to happen AFTER that the "
-        "controller will reach its own timeout. Please set task attribute 'poll' "
-        "(=%s) to 0, and 'async' (=%s) to a value >2 and not greater than "
-        "'ansible_timeout' (=%s) (recommended).")
-
-    def _async_result(self, async_status_args, task_vars, timeout):
-        '''
-        Retrieve results of the asynchronous task, and display them in place of
-        the async wrapper results (those with the ansible_job_id key).
-        '''
-        async_status = self._task.copy()
-        async_status.args = async_status_args
-        async_status.action = 'ansible.builtin.async_status'
-        async_status.async_val = 0
-        async_action = self._shared_loader_obj.action_loader.get(
-            async_status.action, task=async_status, connection=self._connection,
-            play_context=self._play_context, loader=self._loader, templar=self._templar,
-            shared_loader_obj=self._shared_loader_obj)
-
-        if async_status.args['mode'] == 'cleanup':
-            return async_action.run(task_vars=task_vars)
-
-        # At least one iteration is required, even if timeout is 0.
-        for dummy in range(max(1, timeout)):
-            async_result = async_action.run(task_vars=task_vars)
-            if async_result.get('finished', 0) == 1:
-                break
-            time.sleep(min(1, timeout))
-
-        return async_result
-
-    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
-
-        self._supports_check_mode = True
-        self._supports_async = True
-
-        result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
-        del tmp  # tmp no longer has any effect
-
-        if not result.get('skipped'):
-
-            # FUTURE: better to let _execute_module calculate this internally?
-            wrap_async = self._task.async_val and not self._connection.has_native_async
-
-            # Set short names for values we'll have to compare or reuse
-            task_poll = self._task.poll
-            task_async = self._task.async_val
-            check_mode = self._play_context.check_mode
-            max_timeout = self._connection._play_context.timeout
-            module_args = self._task.args
-
-            if module_args.get('state', None) == 'restored':
-                if not wrap_async:
-                    if not check_mode:
-                        display.warning(self.MSG_WARNING__NO_ASYNC_IS_NO_ROLLBACK % (
-                            task_poll,
-                            task_async,
-                            max_timeout))
-                elif task_poll:
-                    raise AnsibleActionFail(self.MSG_ERROR__ASYNC_AND_POLL_NOT_ZERO % (
-                        task_poll,
-                        task_async,
-                        max_timeout))
-                else:
-                    if task_async > max_timeout and not check_mode:
-                        display.warning(self.MSG_WARNING__ASYNC_GREATER_THAN_TIMEOUT % (
-                            task_poll,
-                            task_async,
-                            max_timeout))
-
-                    # inject the async directory based on the shell option into the
-                    # module args
-                    async_dir = self.get_shell_option('async_dir', default="~/.ansible_async")
-
-                    # Bind the loop max duration to consistent values on both
-                    # remote and local sides (if not the same, make the loop
-                    # longer on the controller); and set a backup file path.
-                    module_args['_timeout'] = task_async
-                    module_args['_back'] = '%s/iptables.state' % async_dir
-                    async_status_args = dict(mode='status')
-                    confirm_cmd = 'rm -f %s' % module_args['_back']
-                    starter_cmd = 'touch %s.starter' % module_args['_back']
-                    remaining_time = max(task_async, max_timeout)
-
-            # do work!
-            result = merge_hash(result, self._execute_module(module_args=module_args, task_vars=task_vars, wrap_async=wrap_async))
-
-            # Then the 3-steps "go ahead or rollback":
-            # 1. Catch early errors of the module (in asynchronous task) if any.
-            #    Touch a file on the target to signal the module to process now.
-            # 2. Reset connection to ensure a persistent one will not be reused.
-            # 3. Confirm the restored state by removing the backup on the remote.
-            #    Retrieve the results of the asynchronous task to return them.
-            if '_back' in module_args:
-                async_status_args['jid'] = result.get('ansible_job_id', None)
-                if async_status_args['jid'] is None:
-                    raise AnsibleActionFail("Unable to get 'ansible_job_id'.")
-
-                # Catch early errors due to missing mandatory option, bad
-                # option type/value, missing required system command, etc.
-                result = merge_hash(result, self._async_result(async_status_args, task_vars, 0))
-
-                # The module is aware to not process the main iptables-restore
-                # command before finding (and deleting) the 'starter' cookie on
-                # the host, so the previous query will not reach ssh timeout.
-                dummy = self._low_level_execute_command(starter_cmd, sudoable=self.DEFAULT_SUDOABLE)
-
-                # As the main command is not yet executed on the target, here
-                # 'finished' means 'failed before main command be executed'.
-                if not result['finished']:
-                    try:
-                        self._connection.reset()
-                    except AttributeError:
-                        pass
-
-                    for dummy in range(max_timeout):
-                        time.sleep(1)
-                        remaining_time -= 1
-                        # - AnsibleConnectionFailure covers rejected requests (i.e.
-                        #   by rules with '--jump REJECT')
-                        # - ansible_timeout is able to cover dropped requests (due
-                        #   to a rule or policy DROP) if not lower than async_val.
-                        try:
-                            dummy = self._low_level_execute_command(confirm_cmd, sudoable=self.DEFAULT_SUDOABLE)
-                            break
-                        except AnsibleConnectionFailure:
-                            continue
-
-                    result = merge_hash(result, self._async_result(async_status_args, task_vars, remaining_time))
-
-                # Cleanup async related stuff and internal params
-                for key in ('ansible_job_id', 'results_file', 'started', 'finished'):
-                    if result.get(key):
-                        del result[key]
-
-                if result.get('invocation', {}).get('module_args'):
-                    for key in ('_back', '_timeout', '_async_dir', 'jid'):
-                        if result['invocation']['module_args'].get(key):
-                            del result['invocation']['module_args'][key]
-
-                async_status_args['mode'] = 'cleanup'
-                dummy = self._async_result(async_status_args, task_vars, 0)
-
-        if not wrap_async:
-            # remove a temporary path we created
-            self._remove_tmp_path(self._connection._shell.tmpdir)
-
-        return result

plugins/action/iptables_state.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./system/iptables_state.py

plugins/action/shutdown.py

@@ -1,233 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2020, Amin Vakil <info@aminvakil.com>
-# Copyright (c) 2016-2018, Matt Davis <mdavis@ansible.com>
-# Copyright (c) 2018, Sam Doran <sdoran@redhat.com>
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
-from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_string
-from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
-from ansible.utils.display import Display
-
-display = Display()
-
-
-class TimedOutException(Exception):
-    pass
-
-
-class ActionModule(ActionBase):
-    TRANSFERS_FILES = False
-    _VALID_ARGS = frozenset((
-        'msg',
-        'delay',
-        'search_paths'
-    ))
-
-    DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = None
-    DEFAULT_PRE_SHUTDOWN_DELAY = 0
-    DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_MESSAGE = 'Shut down initiated by Ansible'
-    DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND = 'shutdown'
-    DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS = '-h {delay_min} "{message}"'
-    DEFAULT_SUDOABLE = True
-
-    SHUTDOWN_COMMANDS = {
-        'alpine': 'poweroff',
-        'vmkernel': 'halt',
-    }
-
-    SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS = {
-        'alpine': '',
-        'void': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
-        'freebsd': '-p +{delay_sec}s "{message}"',
-        'linux': DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS,
-        'macosx': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
-        'openbsd': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
-        'solaris': '-y -g {delay_sec} -i 5 "{message}"',
-        'sunos': '-y -g {delay_sec} -i 5 "{message}"',
-        'vmkernel': '-d {delay_sec}',
-        'aix': '-Fh',
-    }
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(ActionModule, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
-    @property
-    def delay(self):
-        return self._check_delay('delay', self.DEFAULT_PRE_SHUTDOWN_DELAY)
-
-    def _check_delay(self, key, default):
-        """Ensure that the value is positive or zero"""
-        value = int(self._task.args.get(key, default))
-        if value < 0:
-            value = 0
-        return value
-
-    def _get_value_from_facts(self, variable_name, distribution, default_value):
-        """Get dist+version specific args first, then distribution, then family, lastly use default"""
-        attr = getattr(self, variable_name)
-        value = attr.get(
-            distribution['name'] + distribution['version'],
-            attr.get(
-                distribution['name'],
-                attr.get(
-                    distribution['family'],
-                    getattr(self, default_value))))
-        return value
-
-    def get_distribution(self, task_vars):
-        # FIXME: only execute the module if we don't already have the facts we need
-        distribution = {}
-        display.debug('{action}: running setup module to get distribution'.format(action=self._task.action))
-        module_output = self._execute_module(
-            task_vars=task_vars,
-            module_name='ansible.legacy.setup',
-            module_args={'gather_subset': 'min'})
-        try:
-            if module_output.get('failed', False):
-                raise AnsibleError('Failed to determine system distribution. {0}, {1}'.format(
-                    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['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
-        except KeyError as ke:
-            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)
-
-        # FIXME: switch all this to user arg spec validation methods when they are available
-        # Convert bare strings to a list
-        if is_string(search_paths):
-            search_paths = [search_paths]
-
-        # Error if we didn't get a list
-        err_msg = "'search_paths' must be a string or flat list of strings, got {0}"
-        try:
-            incorrect_type = any(not is_string(x) for x in search_paths)
-            if not isinstance(search_paths, list) or incorrect_type:
-                raise TypeError
-        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
-
-        # 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
-                )
-            )
-
-    def perform_shutdown(self, task_vars, distribution):
-        result = {}
-        shutdown_result = {}
-        shutdown_command_exec = self.get_shutdown_command(task_vars, distribution)
-
-        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))
-            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)))
-            shutdown_result['rc'] = 0
-
-        if shutdown_result['rc'] != 0:
-            result['failed'] = True
-            result['shutdown'] = False
-            result['msg'] = "Shutdown command failed. Error was {stdout}, {stderr}".format(
-                stdout=to_native(shutdown_result['stdout'].strip()),
-                stderr=to_native(shutdown_result['stderr'].strip()))
-            return result
-
-        result['failed'] = False
-        result['shutdown_command'] = shutdown_command_exec
-        return result
-
-    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
-        self._supports_check_mode = True
-        self._supports_async = True
-
-        # If running with local connection, fail so we don't shutdown ourself
-        if self._connection.transport == 'local' and (not self._play_context.check_mode):
-            msg = 'Running {0} with local connection would shutdown the control node.'.format(self._task.action)
-            return {'changed': False, 'elapsed': 0, 'shutdown': False, 'failed': True, 'msg': msg}
-
-        if task_vars is None:
-            task_vars = {}
-
-        result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
-
-        if result.get('skipped', False) or result.get('failed', False):
-            return result
-
-        distribution = self.get_distribution(task_vars)
-
-        # Initiate shutdown
-        shutdown_result = self.perform_shutdown(task_vars, distribution)
-
-        if shutdown_result['failed']:
-            result = shutdown_result
-            return result
-
-        result['shutdown'] = True
-        result['changed'] = True
-        result['shutdown_command'] = shutdown_result['shutdown_command']
-
-        return result

plugins/action/shutdown.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./system/shutdown.py

plugins/action/system/iptables_state.py

@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright: (c) 2020, quidame <quidame@poivron.org>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import time
+
+from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleActionFail, AnsibleConnectionFailure
+from ansible.utils.vars import merge_hash
+from ansible.utils.display import Display
+
+display = Display()
+
+
+class ActionModule(ActionBase):
+
+    # Keep internal params away from user interactions
+    _VALID_ARGS = frozenset(('path', 'state', 'table', 'noflush', 'counters', 'modprobe', 'ip_version', 'wait'))
+    DEFAULT_SUDOABLE = True
+
+    MSG_ERROR__ASYNC_AND_POLL_NOT_ZERO = (
+        "This module doesn't support async>0 and poll>0 when its 'state' param "
+        "is set to 'restored'. To enable its rollback feature (that needs the "
+        "module to run asynchronously on the remote), please set task attribute "
+        "'poll' (=%s) to 0, and 'async' (=%s) to a value >2 and not greater than "
+        "'ansible_timeout' (=%s) (recommended).")
+    MSG_WARNING__NO_ASYNC_IS_NO_ROLLBACK = (
+        "Attempts to restore iptables state without rollback in case of mistake "
+        "may lead the ansible controller to loose access to the hosts and never "
+        "regain it before fixing firewall rules through a serial console, or any "
+        "other way except SSH. Please set task attribute 'poll' (=%s) to 0, and "
+        "'async' (=%s) to a value >2 and not greater than 'ansible_timeout' (=%s) "
+        "(recommended).")
+    MSG_WARNING__ASYNC_GREATER_THAN_TIMEOUT = (
+        "You attempt to restore iptables state with rollback in case of mistake, "
+        "but with settings that will lead this rollback to happen AFTER that the "
+        "controller will reach its own timeout. Please set task attribute 'poll' "
+        "(=%s) to 0, and 'async' (=%s) to a value >2 and not greater than "
+        "'ansible_timeout' (=%s) (recommended).")
+
+    def _async_result(self, async_status_args, task_vars, timeout):
+        '''
+        Retrieve results of the asynchonous task, and display them in place of
+        the async wrapper results (those with the ansible_job_id key).
+        '''
+        async_status = self._task.copy()
+        async_status.args = async_status_args
+        async_status.action = 'ansible.builtin.async_status'
+        async_status.async_val = 0
+        async_action = self._shared_loader_obj.action_loader.get(
+            async_status.action, task=async_status, connection=self._connection,
+            play_context=self._play_context, loader=self._loader, templar=self._templar,
+            shared_loader_obj=self._shared_loader_obj)
+
+        if async_status.args['mode'] == 'cleanup':
+            return async_action.run(task_vars=task_vars)
+
+        # At least one iteration is required, even if timeout is 0.
+        for dummy in range(max(1, timeout)):
+            async_result = async_action.run(task_vars=task_vars)
+            if async_result.get('finished', 0) == 1:
+                break
+            time.sleep(min(1, timeout))
+
+        return async_result
+
+    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
+
+        self._supports_check_mode = True
+        self._supports_async = True
+
+        result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
+        del tmp  # tmp no longer has any effect
+
+        if not result.get('skipped'):
+
+            # FUTURE: better to let _execute_module calculate this internally?
+            wrap_async = self._task.async_val and not self._connection.has_native_async
+
+            # Set short names for values we'll have to compare or reuse
+            task_poll = self._task.poll
+            task_async = self._task.async_val
+            check_mode = self._play_context.check_mode
+            max_timeout = self._connection._play_context.timeout
+            module_args = self._task.args
+
+            if module_args.get('state', None) == 'restored':
+                if not wrap_async:
+                    if not check_mode:
+                        display.warning(self.MSG_WARNING__NO_ASYNC_IS_NO_ROLLBACK % (
+                            task_poll,
+                            task_async,
+                            max_timeout))
+                elif task_poll:
+                    raise AnsibleActionFail(self.MSG_ERROR__ASYNC_AND_POLL_NOT_ZERO % (
+                        task_poll,
+                        task_async,
+                        max_timeout))
+                else:
+                    if task_async > max_timeout and not check_mode:
+                        display.warning(self.MSG_WARNING__ASYNC_GREATER_THAN_TIMEOUT % (
+                            task_poll,
+                            task_async,
+                            max_timeout))
+
+                    # inject the async directory based on the shell option into the
+                    # module args
+                    async_dir = self.get_shell_option('async_dir', default="~/.ansible_async")
+
+                    # Bind the loop max duration to consistent values on both
+                    # remote and local sides (if not the same, make the loop
+                    # longer on the controller); and set a backup file path.
+                    module_args['_timeout'] = task_async
+                    module_args['_back'] = '%s/iptables.state' % async_dir
+                    async_status_args = dict(mode='status')
+                    confirm_cmd = 'rm -f %s' % module_args['_back']
+                    starter_cmd = 'touch %s.starter' % module_args['_back']
+                    remaining_time = max(task_async, max_timeout)
+
+            # do work!
+            result = merge_hash(result, self._execute_module(module_args=module_args, task_vars=task_vars, wrap_async=wrap_async))
+
+            # Then the 3-steps "go ahead or rollback":
+            # 1. Catch early errors of the module (in asynchronous task) if any.
+            #    Touch a file on the target to signal the module to process now.
+            # 2. Reset connection to ensure a persistent one will not be reused.
+            # 3. Confirm the restored state by removing the backup on the remote.
+            #    Retrieve the results of the asynchronous task to return them.
+            if '_back' in module_args:
+                async_status_args['jid'] = result.get('ansible_job_id', None)
+                if async_status_args['jid'] is None:
+                    raise AnsibleActionFail("Unable to get 'ansible_job_id'.")
+
+                # Catch early errors due to missing mandatory option, bad
+                # option type/value, missing required system command, etc.
+                result = merge_hash(result, self._async_result(async_status_args, task_vars, 0))
+
+                # The module is aware to not process the main iptables-restore
+                # command before finding (and deleting) the 'starter' cookie on
+                # the host, so the previous query will not reach ssh timeout.
+                dummy = self._low_level_execute_command(starter_cmd, sudoable=self.DEFAULT_SUDOABLE)
+
+                # As the main command is not yet executed on the target, here
+                # 'finished' means 'failed before main command be executed'.
+                if not result['finished']:
+                    try:
+                        self._connection.reset()
+                    except AttributeError:
+                        pass
+
+                    for dummy in range(max_timeout):
+                        time.sleep(1)
+                        remaining_time -= 1
+                        # - AnsibleConnectionFailure covers rejected requests (i.e.
+                        #   by rules with '--jump REJECT')
+                        # - ansible_timeout is able to cover dropped requests (due
+                        #   to a rule or policy DROP) if not lower than async_val.
+                        try:
+                            dummy = self._low_level_execute_command(confirm_cmd, sudoable=self.DEFAULT_SUDOABLE)
+                            break
+                        except AnsibleConnectionFailure:
+                            continue
+
+                    result = merge_hash(result, self._async_result(async_status_args, task_vars, remaining_time))
+
+                # Cleanup async related stuff and internal params
+                for key in ('ansible_job_id', 'results_file', 'started', 'finished'):
+                    if result.get(key):
+                        del result[key]
+
+                if result.get('invocation', {}).get('module_args'):
+                    for key in ('_back', '_timeout', '_async_dir', 'jid'):
+                        if result['invocation']['module_args'].get(key):
+                            del result['invocation']['module_args'][key]
+
+                async_status_args['mode'] = 'cleanup'
+                dummy = self._async_result(async_status_args, task_vars, 0)
+
+        if not wrap_async:
+            # remove a temporary path we created
+            self._remove_tmp_path(self._connection._shell.tmpdir)
+
+        return result

plugins/action/system/shutdown.py

@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright: (c) 2020, Amin Vakil <info@aminvakil.com>
+# Copyright: (c) 2016-2018, Matt Davis <mdavis@ansible.com>
+# Copyright: (c) 2018, Sam Doran <sdoran@redhat.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_string
+from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
+from ansible.utils.display import Display
+
+display = Display()
+
+
+class TimedOutException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class ActionModule(ActionBase):
+    TRANSFERS_FILES = False
+    _VALID_ARGS = frozenset((
+        'msg',
+        'delay',
+        'search_paths'
+    ))
+
+    DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = None
+    DEFAULT_PRE_SHUTDOWN_DELAY = 0
+    DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_MESSAGE = 'Shut down initiated by Ansible'
+    DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND = 'shutdown'
+    DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS = '-h {delay_min} "{message}"'
+    DEFAULT_SUDOABLE = True
+
+    SHUTDOWN_COMMANDS = {
+        'alpine': 'poweroff',
+        'vmkernel': 'halt',
+    }
+
+    SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS = {
+        'alpine': '',
+        'void': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
+        'freebsd': '-h +{delay_sec}s "{message}"',
+        'linux': DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND_ARGS,
+        'macosx': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
+        'openbsd': '-h +{delay_min} "{message}"',
+        'solaris': '-y -g {delay_sec} -i 5 "{message}"',
+        'sunos': '-y -g {delay_sec} -i 5 "{message}"',
+        'vmkernel': '-d {delay_sec}',
+        'aix': '-Fh',
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(ActionModule, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    @property
+    def delay(self):
+        return self._check_delay('delay', self.DEFAULT_PRE_SHUTDOWN_DELAY)
+
+    def _check_delay(self, key, default):
+        """Ensure that the value is positive or zero"""
+        value = int(self._task.args.get(key, default))
+        if value < 0:
+            value = 0
+        return value
+
+    def _get_value_from_facts(self, variable_name, distribution, default_value):
+        """Get dist+version specific args first, then distribution, then family, lastly use default"""
+        attr = getattr(self, variable_name)
+        value = attr.get(
+            distribution['name'] + distribution['version'],
+            attr.get(
+                distribution['name'],
+                attr.get(
+                    distribution['family'],
+                    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 = {}
+        display.debug('{action}: running setup module to get distribution'.format(action=self._task.action))
+        module_output = self._execute_module(
+            task_vars=task_vars,
+            module_name='ansible.legacy.setup',
+            module_args={'gather_subset': 'min'})
+        try:
+            if module_output.get('failed', False):
+                raise AnsibleError('Failed to determine system distribution. {0}, {1}'.format(
+                    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['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
+        except KeyError as ke:
+            raise AnsibleError('Failed to get distribution information. Missing "{0}" in output.'.format(ke.args[0]))
+
+    def get_shutdown_command(self, task_vars, distribution):
+        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)
+
+        # FIXME: switch all this to user arg spec validation methods when they are available
+        # Convert bare strings to a list
+        if is_string(search_paths):
+            search_paths = [search_paths]
+
+        # Error if we didn't get a list
+        err_msg = "'search_paths' must be a string or flat list of strings, got {0}"
+        try:
+            incorrect_type = any(not is_string(x) for x in search_paths)
+            if not isinstance(search_paths, list) or incorrect_type:
+                raise TypeError
+        except TypeError:
+            raise AnsibleError(err_msg.format(search_paths))
+
+        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'
+            }
+        )
+
+        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 = 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))
+            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)))
+            shutdown_result['rc'] = 0
+
+        if shutdown_result['rc'] != 0:
+            result['failed'] = True
+            result['shutdown'] = False
+            result['msg'] = "Shutdown command failed. Error was {stdout}, {stderr}".format(
+                stdout=to_native(shutdown_result['stdout'].strip()),
+                stderr=to_native(shutdown_result['stderr'].strip()))
+            return result
+
+        result['failed'] = False
+        result['shutdown_command'] = shutdown_command_exec
+        return result
+
+    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
+        self._supports_check_mode = True
+        self._supports_async = True
+
+        # If running with local connection, fail so we don't shutdown ourself
+        if self._connection.transport == 'local' and (not self._play_context.check_mode):
+            msg = 'Running {0} with local connection would shutdown the control node.'.format(self._task.action)
+            return {'changed': False, 'elapsed': 0, 'shutdown': False, 'failed': True, 'msg': msg}
+
+        if task_vars is None:
+            task_vars = {}
+
+        result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
+
+        if result.get('skipped', False) or result.get('failed', False):
+            return result
+
+        distribution = self.get_distribution(task_vars)
+
+        # Initiate shutdown
+        shutdown_result = self.perform_shutdown(task_vars, distribution)
+
+        if shutdown_result['failed']:
+            result = shutdown_result
+            return result
+
+        result['shutdown'] = True
+        result['changed'] = True
+        result['shutdown_command'] = shutdown_result['shutdown_command']
+
+        return result

plugins/become/doas.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2018, Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# Copyright: (c) 2018, Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
               - name: ANSIBLE_DOAS_FLAGS
         become_pass:
             description: password for doas prompt
-            required: false
+            required: False
             vars:
               - name: ansible_become_password
               - name: ansible_become_pass