Release 8.0.0.

(cherry picked from commit 6d0bcec1cb)

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ pool: Standard
 
 stages:
 ### Sanity
-  - stage: Sanity_2_17
-    displayName: Sanity 2.17
+  - stage: Sanity_devel
+    displayName: Sanity devel
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.17/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: devel/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
@@ -99,15 +99,28 @@ stages:
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
+  - stage: Sanity_2_14
+    displayName: Sanity 2.14
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.14/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
 ### Units
-  - stage: Units_2_17
-    displayName: Units 2.17
+  - stage: Units_devel
+    displayName: Units devel
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.17/units/{0}/1
+          testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
           targets:
             - test: 3.7
             - test: 3.8
@@ -138,40 +151,48 @@ stages:
           targets:
             - test: 3.5
             - test: "3.10"
-
-## Remote
-  - stage: Remote_2_17_extra_vms
-    displayName: Remote 2.17 extra VMs
+  - stage: Units_2_14
+    displayName: Units 2.14
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.17/{0}
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.14/units/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.19
-              test: alpine/3.19
-            # - name: Fedora 39
-            #   test: fedora/39
+            - test: 3.9
+
+## Remote
+  - stage: Remote_devel_extra_vms
+    displayName: Remote devel extra VMs
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: devel/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Alpine 3.18
+              test: alpine/3.18
+            # - name: Fedora 38
+            #   test: fedora/38
             - name: Ubuntu 22.04
               test: ubuntu/22.04
           groups:
             - vm
-  - stage: Remote_2_17
-    displayName: Remote 2.17
+  - stage: Remote_devel
+    displayName: Remote devel
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.17/{0}
+          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
+            - name: macOS 13.2
+              test: macos/13.2
+            - name: RHEL 9.2
+              test: rhel/9.2
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
+              test: freebsd/13.2
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -184,14 +205,12 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: 2.16/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: macOS 13.2
-              test: macos/13.2
-            - name: RHEL 9.2
-              test: rhel/9.2
+            #- name: macOS 13.2
+            #  test: macos/13.2
             - name: RHEL 8.8
               test: rhel/8.8
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
-              test: freebsd/13.2
+            #- name: FreeBSD 13.2
+            #  test: freebsd/13.2
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -210,32 +229,50 @@ stages:
               test: rhel/8.7
             - name: RHEL 7.9
               test: rhel/7.9
-            # - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-            #   test: freebsd/13.1
-            # - name: FreeBSD 12.4
-            #   test: freebsd/12.4
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
+              test: freebsd/13.1
+            - name: FreeBSD 12.4
+              test: freebsd/12.4
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_14
+    displayName: Remote 2.14
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
+          targets:
+            #- name: macOS 12.0
+            #  test: macos/12.0
+            - name: RHEL 9.0
+              test: rhel/9.0
+            #- name: FreeBSD 12.4
+            #  test: freebsd/12.4
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
 
 ### Docker
-  - stage: Docker_2_17
-    displayName: Docker 2.17
+  - stage: Docker_devel
+    displayName: Docker devel
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.17/linux/{0}
+          testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Fedora 39
-              test: fedora39
+            - name: Fedora 38
+              test: fedora38
             - name: Ubuntu 20.04
               test: ubuntu2004
             - name: Ubuntu 22.04
               test: ubuntu2204
-            - name: Alpine 3.19
-              test: alpine319
+            - name: Alpine 3
+              test: alpine3
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -248,12 +285,8 @@ stages:
         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
@@ -274,15 +307,29 @@ stages:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-
-### Community Docker
-  - stage: Docker_community_2_17
-    displayName: Docker (community images) 2.17
+  - stage: Docker_2_14
+    displayName: Docker 2.14
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.17/linux-community/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 36
+              test: fedora36
+          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
@@ -296,14 +343,14 @@ stages:
             - 3
 
 ### Generic
-  - stage: Generic_2_17
-    displayName: Generic 2.17
+  - stage: Generic_devel
+    displayName: Generic devel
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.17/generic/{0}/1
+          testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
           targets:
             - test: '3.7'
             - test: '3.12'
@@ -329,27 +376,42 @@ stages:
           testFormat: 2.15/generic/{0}/1
           targets:
             - test: '3.9'
+  - stage: Generic_2_14
+    displayName: Generic 2.14
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.14/generic/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: '3.10'
 
   - stage: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
-      - Sanity_2_17
+      - Sanity_devel
       - Sanity_2_16
       - Sanity_2_15
-      - Units_2_17
+      - Sanity_2_14
+      - Units_devel
       - Units_2_16
       - Units_2_15
-      - Remote_2_17_extra_vms
-      - Remote_2_17
+      - Units_2_14
+      - Remote_devel_extra_vms
+      - Remote_devel
       - Remote_2_16
       - Remote_2_15
-      - Docker_2_17
+      - Remote_2_14
+      - Docker_devel
       - Docker_2_16
       - Docker_2_15
-      - Docker_community_2_17
+      - Docker_2_14
+      - Docker_community_devel
 # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
-#      - Generic_2_17
+#      - Generic_devel
 #      - Generic_2_16
 #      - Generic_2_15
+#      - Generic_2_14
     jobs:
       - template: templates/coverage.yml

.github/BOTMETA.yml

@@ -497,6 +497,9 @@ files:
   $modules/facter.py:
     labels: facter
     maintainers: $team_ansible_core gamethis
+  $modules/facter_facts.py:
+    labels: facter
+    maintainers: russoz $team_ansible_core gamethis
   $modules/filesize.py:
     maintainers: quidame
   $modules/filesystem.py:
@@ -642,7 +645,6 @@ files:
     maintainers: bregman-arie
   $modules/ipa_:
     maintainers: $team_ipa
-    ignore: fxfitz
   $modules/ipbase_info.py:
     maintainers: dominikkukacka
   $modules/ipa_pwpolicy.py:
@@ -1395,8 +1397,6 @@ files:
     ignore: matze
     labels: zypper
     maintainers: $team_suse
-  $plugin_utils/unsafe.py:
-    maintainers: felixfontein
   $tests/a_module.py:
     maintainers: felixfontein
 #########################
@@ -1416,6 +1416,7 @@ macros:
   becomes: plugins/become
   caches: plugins/cache
   callbacks: plugins/callback
+  cliconfs: plugins/cliconf
   connections: plugins/connection
   doc_fragments: plugins/doc_fragments
   filters: plugins/filter
@@ -1423,7 +1424,7 @@ macros:
   lookups: plugins/lookup
   module_utils: plugins/module_utils
   modules: plugins/modules
-  plugin_utils: plugins/plugin_utils
+  terminals: plugins/terminal
   tests: plugins/test
   team_ansible_core:
   team_aix: MorrisA bcoca d-little flynn1973 gforster kairoaraujo marvin-sinister mator molekuul ramooncamacho wtcross
@@ -1435,7 +1436,7 @@ macros:
   team_gitlab: Lunik Shaps marwatk waheedi zanssa scodeman metanovii sh0shin nejch lgatellier suukit
   team_hpux: bcoca davx8342
   team_huawei: QijunPan TommyLike edisonxiang freesky-edward hwDCN niuzhenguo xuxiaowei0512 yanzhangi zengchen1024 zhongjun2
-  team_ipa: Akasurde Nosmoht justchris1
+  team_ipa: Akasurde Nosmoht fxfitz justchris1
   team_jboss: Wolfant jairojunior wbrefvem
   team_keycloak: eikef ndclt mattock
   team_linode: InTheCloudDan decentral1se displague rmcintosh Charliekenney23 LBGarber

.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ on:
       - main
       - stable-*
   pull_request:
-  # Run EOL CI once per day (at 10:00 UTC)
+  # Run EOL CI once per day (at 08:00 UTC)
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 10 * * *'
+    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
 
 concurrency:
   # Make sure there is at most one active run per PR, but do not cancel any non-PR runs
@@ -29,24 +29,17 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         ansible:
-          - '2.11'
-          - '2.12'
           - '2.13'
-          - '2.14'
     # 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' }}
+    runs-on: 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'
@@ -58,10 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     # 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: >-
-      ${{ contains(fromJson(
-          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
-      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: EOL Units (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+py${{ matrix.python }})
     strategy:
       # As soon as the first unit test fails, cancel the others to free up the CI queue
@@ -74,20 +64,14 @@ jobs:
         exclude:
           - ansible: ''
         include:
-          - ansible: '2.11'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
             python: '2.7'
-          - ansible: '2.11'
-            python: '3.5'
-          - ansible: '2.12'
-            python: '2.6'
-          - ansible: '2.12'
+          - ansible: '2.13'
             python: '3.8'
           - ansible: '2.13'
             python: '2.7'
           - ansible: '2.13'
             python: '3.8'
-          - ansible: '2.14'
-            python: '3.9'
 
     steps:
       - name: >-
@@ -95,7 +79,6 @@ jobs:
           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: >-
@@ -112,10 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     # 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: >-
-      ${{ contains(fromJson(
-          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
-      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: EOL I (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+${{ matrix.docker }}+py${{ matrix.python }}:${{ matrix.target }})
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -131,94 +111,6 @@ jobs:
         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
@@ -261,24 +153,6 @@ jobs:
           #   docker: default
           #   python: '3.9'
           #   target: azp/generic/1/
-          # 2.14
-          - ansible: '2.14'
-            docker: alpine3
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/1/
-          - ansible: '2.14'
-            docker: alpine3
-            python: ''
-            target: azp/posix/2/
-          - ansible: '2.14'
-            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: '2.14'
-          #   docker: default
-          #   python: '3.10'
-          #   target: azp/generic/1/
 
     steps:
       - name: >-
@@ -287,7 +161,6 @@ jobs:
           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 }}

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ jobs:
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
       with:
         languages: python
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2

.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

@@ -26,5 +26,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || '' }}
 
-      - name: REUSE Compliance Check
-        uses: fsfe/reuse-action@v3
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install reuse
+
+      - name: Check REUSE compliance
+        run: |
+          reuse lint

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,952 +0,0 @@
-# Community General Release Notes
-
-**Topics**
-
-- <a href="#v7-5-7">v7\.5\.7</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-6">v7\.5\.6</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-1">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-5">v7\.5\.5</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-2">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-4">v7\.5\.4</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-3">v7\.5\.3</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-2">v7\.5\.2</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-1">v7\.5\.1</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-6">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-5-0">v7\.5\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-7">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-1">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#deprecated-features">Deprecated Features</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-7">Bugfixes</a>
-    - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
-- <a href="#v7-4-0">v7\.4\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-8">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-8">Bugfixes</a>
-    - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
-- <a href="#v7-3-0">v7\.3\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-9">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-3">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#deprecated-features-1">Deprecated Features</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-9">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-2-1">v7\.2\.1</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-10">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-10">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-2-0">v7\.2\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-11">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#deprecated-features-2">Deprecated Features</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-11">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-12">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-5">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#deprecated-features-3">Deprecated Features</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-12">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-13">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-13">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v7-0-0">v7\.0\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-14">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-14">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="v7-5-7"></a>
-## v7\.5\.7
-
-<a id="release-summary"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* aix\_filesystem \- fix <code>\_validate\_vg</code> not passing VG name to <code>lsvg\_cmd</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8151](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8151)\)\.
-* apt\_rpm \- when checking whether packages were installed after running <code>apt\-get \-y install \<packages\></code>\, only the last package name was checked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8263)\)\.
-* bitwarden\_secrets\_manager lookup plugin \- implements retry with exponential backoff to avoid lookup errors when Bitwardn\'s API rate limiting is encountered \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8230](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8230)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8238](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8238)\)\.
-* haproxy \- fix an issue where HAProxy could get stuck in DRAIN mode when the backend was unreachable \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8092](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8092)\)\.
-* inventory plugins \- add unsafe wrapper to avoid marking strings that do not contain <code>\{</code> or <code>\}</code> as unsafe\, to work around a bug in AWX \(\([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8212](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8212)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8225)\)\.
-* ipa \- fix get version regex in IPA module\_utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8175](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8175)\)\.
-* keycloak\_client \- add sorted <code>defaultClientScopes</code> and <code>optionalClientScopes</code> to normalizations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8223](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8223)\)\.
-* keycloak\_realm \- add normalizations for <code>enabledEventTypes</code> and <code>supportedLocales</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8224](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8224)\)\.
-* puppet \- add option <code>environment\_lang</code> to set the environment language encoding\. Defaults to lang <code>C</code>\. It is recommended to set it to <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> or <code>en\_US\.UTF\-8</code> depending on what is available on your system\. \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8000](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8000)\)
-* riak \- support <code>riak admin</code> sub\-command in newer Riak KV versions beside the legacy <code>riak\-admin</code> main command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8211](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8211)\)\.
-* xml \- make module work with lxml 5\.1\.1\, which removed some internals that the module was relying on \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8169](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8169)\)\.
-
-<a id="v7-5-6"></a>
-## v7\.5\.6
-
-<a id="release-summary-1"></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-1"></a>
-### Bugfixes
-
-* aix\_filesystem \- fix issue with empty list items in crfs logic and option order \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8052)\)\.
-* 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-2"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-2"></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-3"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-3"></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-4"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-4"></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-5"></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-5"></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-6"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Regular bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-6"></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-7"></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-7"></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-8"></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-8"></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-9"></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-9"></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-10"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Bugfix release\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-10"></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-11"></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-11"></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-12"></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-12"></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-13"></a>
-### Release Summary
-
-Bugfix release for Ansible 8\.0\.0rc1\.
-
-<a id="bugfixes-13"></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-14"></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-14"></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 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5615](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5615)\)\.
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-### New Plugins
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-#### Lookup
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-* merge\_variables \- merge variables with a certain suffix
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-### New Modules
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-* 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

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-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

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 # Community General Collection
 
-[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-7)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
+[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-8)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
 [![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/workflows/EOL%20CI/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)
 
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ 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, and ansible-core 2.17 releases. Ansible-core versions before 2.11.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
-
-Parts of this collection will not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.
+Tested with the current 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 2.13.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
 
 ## External requirements
 
@@ -73,13 +71,13 @@ We are actively accepting new contributors.
 
 All types of contributions are very welcome.
 
-You don't know how to start? Refer to our [contribution guide](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CONTRIBUTING.md)!
+You don't know how to start? Refer to our [contribution guide](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/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
 
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ See [here](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collectio
 
 To learn how to maintain / become a maintainer of this collection, refer to:
 
-* [Committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/commit-rights.md).
+* [Committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/commit-rights.md).
 * [Maintainer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/maintaining.rst).
 
 It is necessary for maintainers of this collection to be subscribed to:
@@ -117,7 +115,7 @@ See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/ma
 
 ## Release notes
 
-See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CHANGELOG.md).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-8/CHANGELOG.rst).
 
 ## Roadmap
 
@@ -136,8 +134,8 @@ See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues
 
 This collection is primarily licensed and distributed as a whole under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
 
-See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/COPYING) for the full text.
+See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/COPYING) for the full text.
 
-Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt).
+Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt).
 
 All files have a machine readable `SDPX-License-Identifier:` comment denoting its respective license(s) or an equivalent entry in an accompanying `.license` file. Only changelog fragments (which will not be part of a release) are covered by a blanket statement in `.reuse/dep5`. This conforms to the [REUSE specification](https://reuse.software/spec/).

changelogs/config.yaml

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

galaxy.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 namespace: community
 name: general
-version: 7.5.7
+version: 8.0.0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # 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
 
-requires_ansible: '>=2.11.0'
+requires_ansible: '>=2.13.0'
 plugin_routing:
   connection:
     docker:

plugins/callback/elastic.py

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

plugins/callback/logentries.py

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

plugins/callback/selective.py

@@ -44,26 +44,17 @@ from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 
-try:
-    codeCodes = C.COLOR_CODES
-except AttributeError:
-    # This constant was moved to ansible.constants in
-    # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1202dd000f10b0e8959019484f1c3b3f9628fc67
-    # (will be included in ansible-core 2.11.0). For older Ansible/ansible-base versions,
-    # we include from the original location.
-    from ansible.utils.color import codeCodes
-
 
 DONT_COLORIZE = False
 COLORS = {
     'normal': '\033[0m',
-    'ok': '\033[{0}m'.format(codeCodes[C.COLOR_OK]),
+    'ok': '\033[{0}m'.format(C.COLOR_CODES[C.COLOR_OK]),
     'bold': '\033[1m',
     'not_so_bold': '\033[1m\033[34m',
-    'changed': '\033[{0}m'.format(codeCodes[C.COLOR_CHANGED]),
-    'failed': '\033[{0}m'.format(codeCodes[C.COLOR_ERROR]),
+    'changed': '\033[{0}m'.format(C.COLOR_CODES[C.COLOR_CHANGED]),
+    'failed': '\033[{0}m'.format(C.COLOR_CODES[C.COLOR_ERROR]),
     'endc': '\033[0m',
-    'skipped': '\033[{0}m'.format(codeCodes[C.COLOR_SKIP]),
+    'skipped': '\033[{0}m'.format(C.COLOR_CODES[C.COLOR_SKIP]),
 }
 
 

plugins/connection/lxc.py

@@ -71,10 +71,11 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
             msg = "lxc python bindings are not installed"
             raise errors.AnsibleError(msg)
 
-        if self.container:
+        container_name = self.get_option('remote_addr')
+        if self.container and self.container_name == container_name:
             return
 
-        self.container_name = self.get_option('remote_addr')
+        self.container_name = container_name
 
         self._display.vvv("THIS IS A LOCAL LXC DIR", host=self.container_name)
         self.container = _lxc.Container(self.container_name)

plugins/connection/lxd.py

@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
     author: Matt Clay (@mattclay) <matt@mystile.com>
     name: lxd
-    short_description: Run tasks in LXD instances via C(lxc) CLI
+    short_description: Run tasks in lxc containers via lxc CLI
     description:
-        - Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing instance using C(lxc) CLI.
+        - Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing lxc container using lxc CLI
     options:
       remote_addr:
         description:
-            - Container identifier.
+            - Instance (container/VM) identifier.
+            - Since community.general 8.0.0, a FQDN can be provided; in that case, the first component (the part before C(.))
+              is used as the instance identifier.
         default: inventory_hostname
         vars:
             - name: inventory_hostname
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             - name: ansible_lxd_host
       executable:
         description:
-            - Shell to use for execution inside instance.
+            - shell to use for execution inside container
         default: /bin/sh
         vars:
             - name: ansible_executable
@@ -69,28 +71,32 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
             raise AnsibleError("lxc command not found in PATH")
 
         if self._play_context.remote_user is not None and self._play_context.remote_user != 'root':
-            self._display.warning('lxd does not support remote_user, using default: root')
+            self._display.warning('lxd does not support remote_user, using container default: root')
+
+    def _host(self):
+        """ translate remote_addr to lxd (short) hostname """
+        return self.get_option("remote_addr").split(".", 1)[0]
 
     def _connect(self):
         """connect to lxd (nothing to do here) """
         super(Connection, self)._connect()
 
         if not self._connected:
-            self._display.vvv(u"ESTABLISH LXD CONNECTION FOR USER: root", host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
+            self._display.vvv(u"ESTABLISH LXD CONNECTION FOR USER: root", host=self._host())
             self._connected = True
 
     def exec_command(self, cmd, in_data=None, sudoable=True):
         """ execute a command on the lxd host """
         super(Connection, self).exec_command(cmd, in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)
 
-        self._display.vvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(cmd), host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
+        self._display.vvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(cmd), host=self._host())
 
         local_cmd = [self._lxc_cmd]
         if self.get_option("project"):
             local_cmd.extend(["--project", self.get_option("project")])
         local_cmd.extend([
             "exec",
-            "%s:%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self.get_option("remote_addr")),
+            "%s:%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self._host()),
             "--",
             self.get_option("executable"), "-c", cmd
         ])
@@ -104,11 +110,11 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         stdout = to_text(stdout)
         stderr = to_text(stderr)
 
-        if stderr == "error: Container is not running.\n":
-            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("container not running: %s" % self.get_option('remote_addr'))
+        if "is not running" in stderr:
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("instance not running: %s" % self._host())
 
-        if stderr == "error: not found\n":
-            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("container not found: %s" % self.get_option('remote_addr'))
+        if "not found" in stderr:
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("instance not found: %s" % self._host())
 
         return process.returncode, stdout, stderr
 
@@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         """ put a file from local to lxd """
         super(Connection, self).put_file(in_path, out_path)
 
-        self._display.vvv(u"PUT {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
+        self._display.vvv(u"PUT {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self._host())
 
         if not os.path.isfile(to_bytes(in_path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')):
             raise AnsibleFileNotFound("input path is not a file: %s" % in_path)
@@ -127,7 +133,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         local_cmd.extend([
             "file", "push",
             in_path,
-            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self.get_option("remote_addr"), out_path)
+            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self._host(), out_path)
         ])
 
         local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
@@ -139,14 +145,14 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         """ fetch a file from lxd to local """
         super(Connection, self).fetch_file(in_path, out_path)
 
-        self._display.vvv(u"FETCH {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
+        self._display.vvv(u"FETCH {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self._host())
 
         local_cmd = [self._lxc_cmd]
         if self.get_option("project"):
             local_cmd.extend(["--project", self.get_option("project")])
         local_cmd.extend([
             "file", "pull",
-            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self.get_option("remote_addr"), in_path),
+            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self._host(), in_path),
             out_path
         ])
 

plugins/doc_fragments/nomad.py

@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ options:
         - FQDN of Nomad server.
       required: true
       type: str
+    port:
+      description:
+        - Port of Nomad server.
+      type: int
+      default: 4646
+      version_added: 8.0.0
     use_ssl:
       description:
         - Use TLS/SSL connection.

plugins/inventory/cobbler.py

@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable, to_safe_group_name
 from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type
 
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
-
 # xmlrpc
 try:
     import xmlrpclib as xmlrpc_client
@@ -276,9 +274,9 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
         for host in self._get_systems():
             # Get the FQDN for the host and add it to the right groups
             if self.inventory_hostname == 'system':
-                hostname = make_unsafe(host['name'])  # None
+                hostname = host['name']  # None
             else:
-                hostname = make_unsafe(host['hostname'])  # None
+                hostname = host['hostname']  # None
             interfaces = host['interfaces']
 
             if set(host['mgmt_classes']) & set(self.include_mgmt_classes):
@@ -298,7 +296,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
                     if ivalue['management'] or not ivalue['static']:
                         this_dns_name = ivalue.get('dns_name', None)
                         if this_dns_name is not None and this_dns_name != "":
-                            hostname = make_unsafe(this_dns_name)
+                            hostname = this_dns_name
                             self.display.vvvv('Set hostname to %s from %s\n' % (hostname, iname))
 
             if hostname == '':
@@ -363,18 +361,18 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
             if ip_address is None and ip_address_first is not None:
                 ip_address = ip_address_first
             if ip_address is not None:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv4_address', make_unsafe(ip_address))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv4_address', ip_address)
             if ipv6_address is None and ipv6_address_first is not None:
                 ipv6_address = ipv6_address_first
             if ipv6_address is not None:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv6_address', make_unsafe(ipv6_address))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv6_address', ipv6_address)
 
             if self.get_option('want_facts'):
                 try:
-                    self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler', make_unsafe(host))
+                    self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler', host)
                 except ValueError as e:
                     self.display.warning("Could not set host info for %s: %s" % (hostname, to_text(e)))
 
         if self.get_option('want_ip_addresses'):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv4_addresses', make_unsafe(ip_addresses))
-            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv6_addresses', make_unsafe(ipv6_addresses))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv4_addresses', ip_addresses)
+            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv6_addresses', ipv6_addresses)

plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py

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

plugins/inventory/icinga2.py

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

plugins/inventory/linode.py

@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ compose:
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
-
 
 try:
     from linode_api4 import LinodeClient
@@ -201,21 +199,20 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
     def _add_instances_to_groups(self):
         """Add instance names to their dynamic inventory groups."""
         for instance in self.instances:
-            self.inventory.add_host(make_unsafe(instance.label), group=instance.group)
+            self.inventory.add_host(instance.label, group=instance.group)
 
     def _add_hostvars_for_instances(self):
         """Add hostvars for instances in the dynamic inventory."""
         ip_style = self.get_option('ip_style')
         for instance in self.instances:
             hostvars = instance._raw_json
-            hostname = make_unsafe(instance.label)
             for hostvar_key in hostvars:
                 if ip_style == 'api' and hostvar_key in ['ipv4', 'ipv6']:
                     continue
                 self.inventory.set_variable(
-                    hostname,
+                    instance.label,
                     hostvar_key,
-                    make_unsafe(hostvars[hostvar_key])
+                    hostvars[hostvar_key]
                 )
             if ip_style == 'api':
                 ips = instance.ips.ipv4.public + instance.ips.ipv4.private
@@ -224,9 +221,9 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
                 for ip_type in set(ip.type for ip in ips):
                     self.inventory.set_variable(
-                        hostname,
+                        instance.label,
                         ip_type,
-                        make_unsafe(self._ip_data([ip for ip in ips if ip.type == ip_type]))
+                        self._ip_data([ip for ip in ips if ip.type == ip_type])
                     )
 
     def _ip_data(self, ip_list):
@@ -257,44 +254,30 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         self._add_instances_to_groups()
         self._add_hostvars_for_instances()
         for instance in self.instances:
-            hostname = make_unsafe(instance.label)
-            variables = self.inventory.get_host(hostname).get_vars()
+            variables = self.inventory.get_host(instance.label).get_vars()
             self._add_host_to_composed_groups(
                 self.get_option('groups'),
                 variables,
-                hostname,
+                instance.label,
                 strict=strict)
             self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(
                 self.get_option('keyed_groups'),
                 variables,
-                hostname,
+                instance.label,
                 strict=strict)
             self._set_composite_vars(
                 self.get_option('compose'),
                 variables,
-                hostname,
+                instance.label,
                 strict=strict)
 
     def verify_file(self, path):
-        """Verify the Linode configuration file.
-
-        Return true/false if the config-file is valid for this plugin
-
-        Args:
-            str(path): path to the config
-        Kwargs:
-            None
-        Raises:
-            None
-        Returns:
-            bool(valid): is valid config file"""
-        valid = False
+        """Verify the Linode configuration file."""
         if super(InventoryModule, self).verify_file(path):
-            if path.endswith(("linode.yaml", "linode.yml")):
-                valid = True
-            else:
-                self.display.vvv('Inventory source not ending in "linode.yaml" or "linode.yml"')
-        return valid
+            endings = ('linode.yaml', 'linode.yml')
+            if any((path.endswith(ending) for ending in endings)):
+                return True
+        return False
 
     def parse(self, inventory, loader, path, cache=True):
         """Dynamically parse Linode the cloud inventory."""

plugins/inventory/lxd.py

@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
             aliases: [ cert_file ]
             default: $HOME/.config/lxc/client.crt
             type: path
+        server_cert:
+            description:
+            - The server certificate file path.
+            type: path
+            version_added: 8.0.0
+        server_check_hostname:
+            description:
+            - This option controls if the server's hostname is checked as part of the HTTPS connection verification.
+              This can be useful to disable, if for example, the server certificate provided (see O(server_cert) option)
+              does not cover a name matching the one used to communicate with the server. Such mismatch is common as LXD
+              generates self-signed server certificates by default.
+            type: bool
+            default: true
+            version_added: 8.0.0
         trust_password:
             description:
             - The client trusted password.
@@ -161,7 +175,6 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.lxd import LXDClient, LXDClientException
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
 
 try:
     import ipaddress
@@ -287,7 +300,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         urls = (url for url in url_list if self.validate_url(url))
         for url in urls:
             try:
-                socket_connection = LXDClient(url, self.client_key, self.client_cert, self.debug)
+                socket_connection = LXDClient(url, self.client_key, self.client_cert, self.debug, self.server_cert, self.server_check_hostname)
                 return socket_connection
             except LXDClientException as err:
                 error_storage[url] = err
@@ -457,7 +470,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         Helper to get the preferred interface provide by neme pattern from 'prefered_instance_network_interface'.
 
         Args:
-            str(instance_name): name of instance
+            str(containe_name): name of instance
         Kwargs:
             None
         Raises:
@@ -482,7 +495,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         Helper to get the VLAN_ID from the instance
 
         Args:
-            str(instance_name): name of instance
+            str(containe_name): name of instance
         Kwargs:
             None
         Raises:
@@ -657,7 +670,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
 
         if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/network_interfaces'.format(instance_name)):  # instance have network interfaces
             self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_connection', 'ssh')
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(interface_selection(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_host', interface_selection(instance_name))
         else:
             self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_connection', 'local')
 
@@ -683,39 +696,31 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
                 if self.filter.lower() != instance_state:
                     continue
             # add instance
-            instance_name = make_unsafe(instance_name)
             self.inventory.add_host(instance_name)
             # add network information
             self.build_inventory_network(instance_name)
             # add os
             v = self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/os'.format(instance_name))
             if v:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_os', make_unsafe(v.lower()))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_os', v.lower())
             # add release
             v = self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/release'.format(instance_name))
             if v:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(
-                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_release', make_unsafe(v.lower()))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_release', v.lower())
             # add profile
-            self.inventory.set_variable(
-                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_profile', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/profile'.format(instance_name))))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_profile', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/profile'.format(instance_name)))
             # add state
-            self.inventory.set_variable(
-                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_state', make_unsafe(instance_state))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_state', instance_state)
             # add type
-            self.inventory.set_variable(
-                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_type', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/type'.format(instance_name))))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_type', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/type'.format(instance_name)))
             # add location information
             if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name)) != "none":  # wrong type by lxd 'none' != 'None'
-                self.inventory.set_variable(
-                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_location', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name))))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_location', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name)))
             # add VLAN_ID information
             if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name)):
-                self.inventory.set_variable(
-                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_vlan_ids', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name))))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_vlan_ids', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name)))
             # add project
-            self.inventory.set_variable(
-                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_project', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/project'.format(instance_name))))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_project', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/project'.format(instance_name)))
 
     def build_inventory_groups_location(self, group_name):
         """create group by attribute: location
@@ -988,7 +993,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             for group_name in self.groupby:
                 if not group_name.isalnum():
                     raise AnsibleParserError('Invalid character(s) in groupname: {0}'.format(to_native(group_name)))
-                group_type(make_unsafe(group_name))
+                group_type(group_name)
 
     def build_inventory(self):
         """Build dynamic inventory
@@ -1087,6 +1092,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         try:
             self.client_key = self.get_option('client_key')
             self.client_cert = self.get_option('client_cert')
+            self.server_cert = self.get_option('server_cert')
+            self.server_check_hostname = self.get_option('server_check_hostname')
             self.project = self.get_option('project')
             self.debug = self.DEBUG
             self.data = {}  # store for inventory-data

plugins/inventory/nmap.py

@@ -127,8 +127,6 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
 
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import make_unsafe
-
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
@@ -145,7 +143,6 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         strict = self.get_option('strict')
 
         for host in hosts:
-            host = make_unsafe(host)
             hostname = host['name']
             self.inventory.add_host(hostname)
             for var, value in host.items():

plugins/inventory/online.py

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

plugins/inventory/opennebula.py

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

plugins/inventory/proxmox.py

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

plugins/inventory/scaleway.py

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

plugins/inventory/stackpath_compute.py

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

plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py

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

plugins/inventory/xen_orchestra.py

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

plugins/lookup/bitwarden.py

@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
         type: list
         elements: str
       search:
-        description:
-          - Field to retrieve, for example V(name) or V(id).
-          - If set to V(id), only zero or one element can be returned.
-            Use the Jinja C(first) filter to get the only list element.
+        description: Field to retrieve, for example V(name) or V(id).
         type: str
         default: name
         version_added: 5.7.0
@@ -42,27 +39,27 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = """
-- name: "Get 'password' from all Bitwarden records named 'a_test'"
+- name: "Get 'password' from Bitwarden record named 'a_test'"
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
       {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'a_test', field='password') }}
 
-- name: "Get 'password' from Bitwarden record with ID 'bafba515-af11-47e6-abe3-af1200cd18b2'"
+- name: "Get 'password' from Bitwarden record with id 'bafba515-af11-47e6-abe3-af1200cd18b2'"
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
-      {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'bafba515-af11-47e6-abe3-af1200cd18b2', search='id', field='password') | first }}
+      {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'bafba515-af11-47e6-abe3-af1200cd18b2', search='id', field='password') }}
 
-- name: "Get 'password' from all Bitwarden records named 'a_test' from collection"
+- name: "Get 'password' from Bitwarden record named 'a_test' from collection"
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
       {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'a_test', field='password', collection_id='bafba515-af11-47e6-abe3-af1200cd18b2') }}
 
-- name: "Get list of all full Bitwarden records named 'a_test'"
+- name: "Get full Bitwarden record named 'a_test'"
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
       {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'a_test') }}
 
-- name: "Get custom field 'api_key' from all Bitwarden records named 'a_test'"
+- name: "Get custom field 'api_key' from Bitwarden record named 'a_test'"
   ansible.builtin.debug:
     msg: >-
       {{ lookup('community.general.bitwarden', 'a_test', field='api_key') }}
@@ -70,12 +67,9 @@ EXAMPLES = """
 
 RETURN = """
   _raw:
-    description:
-      - A one-element list that contains a list of requested fields or JSON objects of matches.
-      - If you use C(query), you get a list of lists. If you use C(lookup) without C(wantlist=true),
-        this always gets reduced to a list of field values or JSON objects.
+    description: List of requested field or JSON object of list of matches.
     type: list
-    elements: list
+    elements: raw
 """
 
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

plugins/lookup/bitwarden_secrets_manager.py

@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ RETURN = """
 """
 
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
-from time import sleep
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleLookupError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
@@ -85,29 +84,11 @@ class BitwardenSecretsManagerException(AnsibleLookupError):
 class BitwardenSecretsManager(object):
     def __init__(self, path='bws'):
         self._cli_path = path
-        self._max_retries = 3
-        self._retry_delay = 1
 
     @property
     def cli_path(self):
         return self._cli_path
 
-    def _run_with_retry(self, args, stdin=None, retries=0):
-        out, err, rc = self._run(args, stdin)
-
-        if rc != 0:
-            if retries >= self._max_retries:
-                raise BitwardenSecretsManagerException("Max retries exceeded. Unable to retrieve secret.")
-
-            if "Too many requests" in err:
-                delay = self._retry_delay * (2 ** retries)
-                sleep(delay)
-                return self._run_with_retry(args, stdin, retries + 1)
-            else:
-                raise BitwardenSecretsManagerException("Command failed with return code {rc}: {err}".format(rc=rc, err=err))
-
-        return out, err, rc
-
     def _run(self, args, stdin=None):
         p = Popen([self.cli_path] + args, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, stdin=PIPE)
         out, err = p.communicate(stdin)
@@ -126,7 +107,7 @@ class BitwardenSecretsManager(object):
             'get', 'secret', secret_id
         ]
 
-        out, err, rc = self._run_with_retry(params)
+        out, err, rc = self._run(params)
         if rc != 0:
             raise BitwardenSecretsManagerException(to_text(err))
 

plugins/lookup/collection_version.py

@@ -98,15 +98,10 @@ def load_collection_meta(collection_pkg, no_version='*'):
     if os.path.exists(manifest_path):
         return load_collection_meta_manifest(manifest_path)
 
-    # Try to load galaxy.y(a)ml
+    # Try to load galaxy.yml
     galaxy_path = os.path.join(path, 'galaxy.yml')
-    galaxy_alt_path = os.path.join(path, 'galaxy.yaml')
-    # galaxy.yaml was only supported in ansible-base 2.10 and ansible-core 2.11. Support was removed
-    # in https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/595413d11346b6f26bb3d9df2d8e05f2747508a3 for
-    # ansible-core 2.12.
-    for path in (galaxy_path, galaxy_alt_path):
-        if os.path.exists(path):
-            return load_collection_meta_galaxy(path, no_version=no_version)
+    if os.path.exists(galaxy_path):
+        return load_collection_meta_galaxy(galaxy_path, no_version=no_version)
 
     return {}
 

plugins/lookup/onepassword.py

@@ -127,14 +127,6 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import with_metaclass
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.onepassword import OnePasswordConfig
 
 
-def _lower_if_possible(value):
-    """Return the lower case version value, otherwise return the value"""
-    try:
-        return value.lower()
-    except AttributeError:
-        return value
-
-
 class OnePassCLIBase(with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, object)):
     bin = "op"
 
@@ -488,7 +480,6 @@ class OnePassCLIv2(OnePassCLIBase):
             }
         """
         data = json.loads(data_json)
-        field_name = _lower_if_possible(field_name)
         for field in data.get("fields", []):
             if section_title is None:
                 # If the field name exists in the section, return that value
@@ -497,25 +488,23 @@ class OnePassCLIv2(OnePassCLIBase):
 
                 # If the field name doesn't exist in the section, match on the value of "label"
                 # then "id" and return "value"
-                if field.get("label", "").lower() == field_name:
+                if field.get("label") == field_name:
                     return field.get("value", "")
 
-                if field.get("id", "").lower() == field_name:
+                if field.get("id") == field_name:
                     return field.get("value", "")
 
             # Look at the section data and get an identifier. The value of 'id' is either a unique ID
             # or a human-readable string. If a 'label' field exists, prefer that since
             # it is the value visible in the 1Password UI when both 'id' and 'label' exist.
             section = field.get("section", {})
-            section_title = _lower_if_possible(section_title)
-
-            current_section_title = section.get("label", section.get("id", "")).lower()
+            current_section_title = section.get("label", section.get("id"))
             if section_title == current_section_title:
                 # In the correct section. Check "label" then "id" for the desired field_name
-                if field.get("label", "").lower() == field_name:
+                if field.get("label") == field_name:
                     return field.get("value", "")
 
-                if field.get("id", "").lower() == field_name:
+                if field.get("id") == field_name:
                     return field.get("value", "")
 
         return ""

plugins/module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py

@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         :param name: Name of the role to fetch.
         :param realm: Realm in which the role resides; default 'master'.
         """
-        role_url = URL_REALM_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(name, safe=''))
+        role_url = URL_REALM_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(name))
         try:
             return json.loads(to_native(open_url(role_url, method="GET", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                  validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         :param rolerep: A RoleRepresentation of the updated role.
         :return HTTPResponse object on success
         """
-        role_url = URL_REALM_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep['name']), safe='')
+        role_url = URL_REALM_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep['name']))
         try:
             composites = None
             if "composites" in rolerep:
@@ -1737,9 +1737,9 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
             if clientid is not None:
                 client = self.get_client_by_clientid(client_id=clientid, realm=realm)
                 cid = client['id']
-                composite_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep["name"], safe=''))
+                composite_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep["name"]))
             else:
-                composite_url = URL_REALM_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep["name"], safe=''))
+                composite_url = URL_REALM_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep["name"]))
             # Get existing composites
             return json.loads(to_native(open_url(
                 composite_url,
@@ -1758,9 +1758,9 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
             if clientid is not None:
                 client = self.get_client_by_clientid(client_id=clientid, realm=realm)
                 cid = client['id']
-                composite_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep["name"], safe=''))
+                composite_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep["name"]))
             else:
-                composite_url = URL_REALM_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep["name"], safe=''))
+                composite_url = URL_REALM_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep["name"]))
             # Get existing composites
             # create new composites
             return open_url(composite_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
@@ -1775,9 +1775,9 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
             if clientid is not None:
                 client = self.get_client_by_clientid(client_id=clientid, realm=realm)
                 cid = client['id']
-                composite_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep["name"], safe=''))
+                composite_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep["name"]))
             else:
-                composite_url = URL_REALM_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep["name"], safe=''))
+                composite_url = URL_REALM_ROLE_COMPOSITES.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(rolerep["name"]))
             # Get existing composites
             # create new composites
             return open_url(composite_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         :param name: The name of the role.
         :param realm: The realm in which this role resides, default "master".
         """
-        role_url = URL_REALM_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(name, safe=''))
+        role_url = URL_REALM_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, name=quote(name))
         try:
             return open_url(role_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                             validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         if cid is None:
             self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not find client %s in realm %s'
                                       % (clientid, realm))
-        role_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(name, safe=''))
+        role_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(name))
         try:
             return json.loads(to_native(open_url(role_url, method="GET", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                  validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         if cid is None:
             self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not find client %s in realm %s'
                                       % (clientid, realm))
-        role_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep['name'], safe=''))
+        role_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(rolerep['name']))
         try:
             composites = None
             if "composites" in rolerep:
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
         if cid is None:
             self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not find client %s in realm %s'
                                       % (clientid, realm))
-        role_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(name, safe=''))
+        role_url = URL_CLIENT_ROLE.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=cid, name=quote(name))
         try:
             return open_url(role_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                             validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                 URL_AUTHENTICATION_FLOW_COPY.format(
                     url=self.baseurl,
                     realm=realm,
-                    copyfrom=quote(config["copyFrom"], safe='')),
+                    copyfrom=quote(config["copyFrom"])),
                 method='POST',
                 http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
                 data=json.dumps(new_name),
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                 URL_AUTHENTICATION_FLOW_EXECUTIONS.format(
                     url=self.baseurl,
                     realm=realm,
-                    flowalias=quote(flowAlias, safe='')),
+                    flowalias=quote(flowAlias)),
                 method='PUT',
                 http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
                 data=json.dumps(updatedExec),
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                 URL_AUTHENTICATION_FLOW_EXECUTIONS_FLOW.format(
                     url=self.baseurl,
                     realm=realm,
-                    flowalias=quote(flowAlias, safe='')),
+                    flowalias=quote(flowAlias)),
                 method='POST',
                 http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
                 data=json.dumps(newSubFlow),
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                 URL_AUTHENTICATION_FLOW_EXECUTIONS_EXECUTION.format(
                     url=self.baseurl,
                     realm=realm,
-                    flowalias=quote(flowAlias, safe='')),
+                    flowalias=quote(flowAlias)),
                 method='POST',
                 http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
                 data=json.dumps(newExec),
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                     URL_AUTHENTICATION_FLOW_EXECUTIONS.format(
                         url=self.baseurl,
                         realm=realm,
-                        flowalias=quote(config["alias"], safe='')),
+                        flowalias=quote(config["alias"])),
                     method='GET',
                     http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
                     timeout=self.connection_timeout,
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
             return open_url(
                 URL_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED_ACTIONS_ALIAS.format(
                     url=self.baseurl,
-                    alias=quote(alias, safe=''),
+                    alias=quote(alias),
                     realm=realm
                 ),
                 method='PUT',
@@ -2363,7 +2363,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
             return open_url(
                 URL_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED_ACTIONS_ALIAS.format(
                     url=self.baseurl,
-                    alias=quote(alias, safe=''),
+                    alias=quote(alias),
                     realm=realm
                 ),
                 method='DELETE',
@@ -2630,7 +2630,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
 
     def get_authz_authorization_scope_by_name(self, name, client_id, realm):
         url = URL_AUTHZ_AUTHORIZATION_SCOPES.format(url=self.baseurl, client_id=client_id, realm=realm)
-        search_url = "%s/search?name=%s" % (url, quote(name, safe=''))
+        search_url = "%s/search?name=%s" % (url, quote(name))
 
         try:
             return json.loads(to_native(open_url(search_url, method='GET', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,

plugins/module_utils/ipa.py

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class IPAClient(object):
 
     def get_ipa_version(self):
         response = self.ping()['summary']
-        ipa_ver_regex = re.compile(r'IPA server version (\d+\.\d+\.\d+).*')
+        ipa_ver_regex = re.compile(r'IPA server version (\d\.\d\.\d).*')
         version_match = ipa_ver_regex.match(response)
         ipa_version = None
         if version_match:

plugins/module_utils/ldap.py

@@ -139,7 +139,5 @@ class LdapGeneric(object):
 
     def _xorder_dn(self):
         # match X_ORDERed DNs
-        regex = r".+\{\d+\}.+"
-        explode_dn = ldap.dn.explode_dn(self.module.params['dn'])
-
-        return re.match(regex, explode_dn[0]) is not None
+        regex = r"\w+=\{\d+\}.+"
+        return re.match(regex, self.module.params['dn']) is not None

plugins/module_utils/lxd.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class LXDClientException(Exception):
 
 
 class LXDClient(object):
-    def __init__(self, url, key_file=None, cert_file=None, debug=False):
+    def __init__(self, url, key_file=None, cert_file=None, debug=False, server_cert_file=None, server_check_hostname=True):
         """LXD Client.
 
         :param url: The URL of the LXD server. (e.g. unix:/var/lib/lxd/unix.socket or https://127.0.0.1)
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ class LXDClient(object):
         :type cert_file: ``str``
         :param debug: The debug flag. The request and response are stored in logs when debug is true.
         :type debug: ``bool``
+        :param server_cert_file: The path of the server certificate file.
+        :type server_cert_file: ``str``
+        :param server_check_hostname: Whether to check the server's hostname as part of TLS verification.
+        :type debug: ``bool``
         """
         self.url = url
         self.debug = debug
@@ -61,6 +65,10 @@ class LXDClient(object):
             self.key_file = key_file
             parts = generic_urlparse(urlparse(self.url))
             ctx = ssl.create_default_context(ssl.Purpose.SERVER_AUTH)
+            if server_cert_file:
+                # Check that the received cert is signed by the provided server_cert_file
+                ctx.load_verify_locations(cafile=server_cert_file)
+            ctx.check_hostname = server_check_hostname
             ctx.load_cert_chain(cert_file, keyfile=key_file)
             self.connection = HTTPSConnection(parts.get('netloc'), context=ctx)
         elif url.startswith('unix:'):

plugins/module_utils/mh/mixins/cmd.py

@@ -1,205 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# (c) 2020, Alexei Znamensky <russoz@gmail.com>
-# Copyright (c) 2020, Ansible Project
-# Simplified BSD License (see LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-from functools import partial
-
-
-class ArgFormat(object):
-    """
-    Argument formatter for use as a command line parameter. Used in CmdMixin.
-    """
-    BOOLEAN = 0
-    PRINTF = 1
-    FORMAT = 2
-    BOOLEAN_NOT = 3
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def stars_deco(num):
-        if num == 1:
-            def deco(f):
-                return lambda v: f(*v)
-            return deco
-        elif num == 2:
-            def deco(f):
-                return lambda v: f(**v)
-            return deco
-
-        return lambda f: f
-
-    def __init__(self, name, fmt=None, style=FORMAT, stars=0):
-        """
-        THIS CLASS IS BEING DEPRECATED.
-        It was never meant to be used outside the scope of CmdMixin, and CmdMixin is being deprecated.
-        See the deprecation notice in ``CmdMixin.__init__()`` below.
-
-        Creates a CLI-formatter for one specific argument. The argument may be a module parameter or just a named parameter for
-        the CLI command execution.
-        :param name: Name of the argument to be formatted
-        :param fmt: Either a str to be formatted (using or not printf-style) or a callable that does that
-        :param style: Whether arg_format (as str) should use printf-style formatting.
-                             Ignored if arg_format is None or not a str (should be callable).
-        :param stars: A int with 0, 1 or 2 value, indicating to formatting the value as: value, *value or **value
-        """
-        def printf_fmt(_fmt, v):
-            try:
-                return [_fmt % v]
-            except TypeError as e:
-                if e.args[0] != 'not all arguments converted during string formatting':
-                    raise
-                return [_fmt]
-
-        _fmts = {
-            ArgFormat.BOOLEAN: lambda _fmt, v: ([_fmt] if bool(v) else []),
-            ArgFormat.BOOLEAN_NOT: lambda _fmt, v: ([] if bool(v) else [_fmt]),
-            ArgFormat.PRINTF: printf_fmt,
-            ArgFormat.FORMAT: lambda _fmt, v: [_fmt.format(v)],
-        }
-
-        self.name = name
-        self.stars = stars
-        self.style = style
-
-        if fmt is None:
-            fmt = "{0}"
-            style = ArgFormat.FORMAT
-
-        if isinstance(fmt, str):
-            func = _fmts[style]
-            self.arg_format = partial(func, fmt)
-        elif isinstance(fmt, list) or isinstance(fmt, tuple):
-            self.arg_format = lambda v: [_fmts[style](f, v)[0] for f in fmt]
-        elif hasattr(fmt, '__call__'):
-            self.arg_format = fmt
-        else:
-            raise TypeError('Parameter fmt must be either: a string, a list/tuple of '
-                            'strings or a function: type={0}, value={1}'.format(type(fmt), fmt))
-
-        if stars:
-            self.arg_format = (self.stars_deco(stars))(self.arg_format)
-
-    def to_text(self, value):
-        if value is None and self.style != ArgFormat.BOOLEAN_NOT:
-            return []
-        func = self.arg_format
-        return [str(p) for p in func(value)]
-
-
-class CmdMixin(object):
-    """
-    THIS CLASS IS BEING DEPRECATED.
-    See the deprecation notice in ``CmdMixin.__init__()`` below.
-
-    Mixin for mapping module options to running a CLI command with its arguments.
-    """
-    command = None
-    command_args_formats = {}
-    run_command_fixed_options = {}
-    check_rc = False
-    force_lang = "C"
-
-    @property
-    def module_formats(self):
-        result = {}
-        for param in self.module.params.keys():
-            result[param] = ArgFormat(param)
-        return result
-
-    @property
-    def custom_formats(self):
-        result = {}
-        for param, fmt_spec in self.command_args_formats.items():
-            result[param] = ArgFormat(param, **fmt_spec)
-        return result
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(CmdMixin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.module.deprecate(
-            'The CmdMixin used in classes CmdModuleHelper and CmdStateModuleHelper is being deprecated. '
-            'Modules should use community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner.CmdRunner instead.',
-            version='8.0.0',
-            collection_name='community.general',
-        )
-
-    def _calculate_args(self, extra_params=None, params=None):
-        def add_arg_formatted_param(_cmd_args, arg_format, _value):
-            args = list(arg_format.to_text(_value))
-            return _cmd_args + args
-
-        def find_format(_param):
-            return self.custom_formats.get(_param, self.module_formats.get(_param))
-
-        extra_params = extra_params or dict()
-        cmd_args = list([self.command]) if isinstance(self.command, str) else list(self.command)
-        try:
-            cmd_args[0] = self.module.get_bin_path(cmd_args[0], required=True)
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
-        param_list = params if params else self.vars.keys()
-
-        for param in param_list:
-            if isinstance(param, dict):
-                if len(param) != 1:
-                    self.do_raise("run_command parameter as a dict must contain only one key: {0}".format(param))
-                _param = list(param.keys())[0]
-                fmt = find_format(_param)
-                value = param[_param]
-            elif isinstance(param, str):
-                if param in self.vars.keys():
-                    fmt = find_format(param)
-                    value = self.vars[param]
-                elif param in extra_params:
-                    fmt = find_format(param)
-                    value = extra_params[param]
-                else:
-                    self.do_raise('Cannot determine value for parameter: {0}'.format(param))
-            else:
-                self.do_raise("run_command parameter must be either a str or a dict: {0}".format(param))
-            cmd_args = add_arg_formatted_param(cmd_args, fmt, value)
-
-        return cmd_args
-
-    def process_command_output(self, rc, out, err):
-        return rc, out, err
-
-    def run_command(self,
-                    extra_params=None,
-                    params=None,
-                    process_output=None,
-                    publish_rc=True,
-                    publish_out=True,
-                    publish_err=True,
-                    publish_cmd=True,
-                    *args, **kwargs):
-        cmd_args = self._calculate_args(extra_params, params)
-        options = dict(self.run_command_fixed_options)
-        options['check_rc'] = options.get('check_rc', self.check_rc)
-        options.update(kwargs)
-        env_update = dict(options.get('environ_update', {}))
-        if self.force_lang:
-            env_update.update({
-                'LANGUAGE': self.force_lang,
-                'LC_ALL': self.force_lang,
-            })
-            self.update_output(force_lang=self.force_lang)
-            options['environ_update'] = env_update
-        rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(cmd_args, *args, **options)
-        if publish_rc:
-            self.update_output(rc=rc)
-        if publish_out:
-            self.update_output(stdout=out)
-        if publish_err:
-            self.update_output(stderr=err)
-        if publish_cmd:
-            self.update_output(cmd_args=cmd_args)
-        if process_output is None:
-            _process = self.process_command_output
-        else:
-            _process = process_output
-
-        return _process(rc, out, err)

plugins/module_utils/mh/module_helper.py

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.dict_transformations import dict_merge
 
 # (TODO: remove AnsibleModule!) pylint: disable-next=unused-import
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.base import ModuleHelperBase, AnsibleModule  # noqa: F401
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.cmd import CmdMixin
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.state import StateMixin
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.deps import DependencyMixin
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.vars import VarsMixin
@@ -66,19 +65,3 @@ class ModuleHelper(DeprecateAttrsMixin, VarsMixin, DependencyMixin, ModuleHelper
 
 class StateModuleHelper(StateMixin, ModuleHelper):
     pass
-
-
-class CmdModuleHelper(CmdMixin, ModuleHelper):
-    """
-    THIS CLASS IS BEING DEPRECATED.
-    See the deprecation notice in ``CmdMixin.__init__()``.
-    """
-    pass
-
-
-class CmdStateModuleHelper(CmdMixin, StateMixin, ModuleHelper):
-    """
-    THIS CLASS IS BEING DEPRECATED.
-    See the deprecation notice in ``CmdMixin.__init__()``.
-    """
-    pass

plugins/module_utils/module_helper.py

@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.module_helper import (
-    ModuleHelper, StateModuleHelper, CmdModuleHelper, CmdStateModuleHelper, AnsibleModule
+    ModuleHelper, StateModuleHelper, AnsibleModule
 )
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.cmd import CmdMixin, ArgFormat  # noqa: F401
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.state import StateMixin  # noqa: F401
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.deps import DependencyCtxMgr, DependencyMixin  # noqa: F401
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.exceptions import ModuleHelperException  # noqa: F401

plugins/module_utils/ocapi_utils.py

@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ class OcapiUtils(object):
             else:
                 return response
         details = response["data"]["Status"].get("Details")
-        if isinstance(details, str):
+        if type(details) is str:
             details = [details]
         health_list = response["data"]["Status"]["Health"]
         return_value = {

plugins/module_utils/oracle/oci_utils.py

@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ def delete_and_wait(
                                 result[resource_type] = resource
                                 return result
                         # oci.wait_until() returns an instance of oci.util.Sentinel in case the resource is not found.
-                        if not isinstance(wait_response, Sentinel):
+                        if type(wait_response) is not Sentinel:
                             resource = to_dict(wait_response.data)
                         else:
                             resource["lifecycle_state"] = "DELETED"

plugins/module_utils/pipx.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def pipx_runner(module, command, **kwargs):
             system_site_packages=fmt.as_bool("--system-site-packages"),
             _list=fmt.as_fixed(['list', '--include-injected', '--json']),
             editable=fmt.as_bool("--editable"),
-            pip_args=fmt.as_opt_eq_val('--pip-args'),
+            pip_args=fmt.as_opt_val('--pip-args'),
         ),
         environ_update={'USE_EMOJI': '0'},
         check_rc=True,

plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py

@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-# (TODO: remove next line!)
-import atexit  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
-# (TODO: remove next line!)
-import time  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
-# (TODO: remove next line!)
-import re  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 import traceback
 
 PROXMOXER_IMP_ERR = None
@@ -26,8 +20,6 @@ except ImportError:
 
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import env_fallback, missing_required_lib
-# (TODO: remove next line!)
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 

plugins/module_utils/puppet.py

@@ -107,6 +107,5 @@ def puppet_runner(module):
             verbose=cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool("--verbose"),
         ),
         check_rc=False,
-        force_lang=module.params["environment_lang"],
     )
     return runner

plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import http_client
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import URLError, HTTPError
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
-from ansible.module_utils.ansible_release import __version__ as ansible_version
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 GET_HEADERS = {'accept': 'application/json', 'OData-Version': '4.0'}
 POST_HEADERS = {'content-type': 'application/json', 'accept': 'application/json',
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
         return resp
 
     # The following functions are to send GET/POST/PATCH/DELETE requests
-    def get_request(self, uri, override_headers=None, allow_no_resp=False):
+    def get_request(self, uri, override_headers=None):
         req_headers = dict(GET_HEADERS)
         if override_headers:
             req_headers.update(override_headers)
@@ -147,19 +145,13 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                             force_basic_auth=basic_auth, validate_certs=False,
                             follow_redirects='all',
                             use_proxy=True, timeout=self.timeout)
-            headers = dict((k.lower(), v) for (k, v) in resp.info().items())
-            try:
-                if headers.get('content-encoding') == 'gzip' and LooseVersion(ansible_version) < LooseVersion('2.14'):
-                    # Older versions of Ansible do not automatically decompress the data
-                    # Starting in 2.14, open_url will decompress the response data by default
-                    data = json.loads(to_native(gzip.open(BytesIO(resp.read()), 'rt', encoding='utf-8').read()))
-                else:
-                    data = json.loads(to_native(resp.read()))
-            except Exception as e:
-                # No response data; this is okay in certain cases
-                data = None
-                if not allow_no_resp:
-                    raise
+            if override_headers:
+                resp = gzip.open(BytesIO(resp.read()), 'rt', encoding='utf-8')
+                data = json.loads(to_native(resp.read()))
+                headers = req_headers
+            else:
+                data = json.loads(to_native(resp.read()))
+                headers = dict((k.lower(), v) for (k, v) in resp.info().items())
         except HTTPError as e:
             msg = self._get_extended_message(e)
             return {'ret': False,
@@ -1666,10 +1658,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
 
             # Scan the messages to see if next steps are needed
             for message in operation_results['messages']:
-                message_id = message.get('MessageId')
-                if message_id is None:
-                    # While this is invalid, treat the lack of a MessageId as "no message"
-                    continue
+                message_id = message['MessageId']
 
                 if message_id.startswith('Update.1.') and message_id.endswith('.OperationTransitionedToJob'):
                     # Operation rerouted to a job; update the status and handle
@@ -1821,7 +1810,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
             return {'ret': False, 'msg': 'Must provide a handle tracking the update.'}
 
         # Get the task or job tracking the update
-        response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + update_handle, allow_no_resp=True)
+        response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + update_handle)
         if response['ret'] is False:
             return response
 
@@ -2915,7 +2904,8 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
 
         # Get a list of all Chassis and build URIs, then get all PowerSupplies
         # from each Power entry in the Chassis
-        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uris:
+        chassis_uri_list = self.chassis_uris
+        for chassis_uri in chassis_uri_list:
             response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + chassis_uri)
             if response['ret'] is False:
                 return response
@@ -3477,30 +3467,33 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
         result = {}
         key = "Thermal"
         # Go through list
-        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uris:
+        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uri_list:
             response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + chassis_uri)
             if response['ret'] is False:
                 return response
             result['ret'] = True
             data = response['data']
-            val = data.get('Oem', {}).get('Hpe', {}).get('ThermalConfiguration')
-            if val is not None:
-                return {"ret": True, "current_thermal_config": val}
-        return {"ret": False}
+            oem = data.get['Oem']
+            hpe = oem.get['Hpe']
+            thermal_config = hpe.get('ThermalConfiguration')
+        result["current_thermal_config"] = thermal_config
+        return result
 
     def get_hpe_fan_percent_min(self):
         result = {}
         key = "Thermal"
         # Go through list
-        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uris:
+        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uri_list:
             response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + chassis_uri)
             if response['ret'] is False:
                 return response
+            result['ret'] = True
             data = response['data']
-            val = data.get('Oem', {}).get('Hpe', {}).get('FanPercentMinimum')
-            if val is not None:
-                return {"ret": True, "fan_percent_min": val}
-        return {"ret": False}
+            oem = data.get['Oem']
+            hpe = oem.get['Hpe']
+            fan_percent_min_config = hpe.get('FanPercentMinimum')
+        result["fan_percent_min"] = fan_percent_min_config
+        return result
 
     def delete_volumes(self, storage_subsystem_id, volume_ids):
         # Find the Storage resource from the requested ComputerSystem resource
@@ -3712,7 +3705,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                     # WORKAROUND
                     # HPE systems with iLO 4 will have BIOS Attribute Registries location URI as a dictionary with key 'extref'
                     # Hence adding condition to fetch the Uri
-                    if isinstance(loc['Uri'], dict) and "extref" in loc['Uri'].keys():
+                    if type(loc['Uri']) is dict and "extref" in loc['Uri'].keys():
                         rsp_uri = loc['Uri']['extref']
         if not rsp_uri:
             msg = "Language 'en' not found in BIOS Attribute Registries location, URI: %s, response: %s"

plugins/module_utils/vardict.py

@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ class _Variable(object):
         if verbosity is not None:
             self.verbosity = verbosity
 
+    def as_dict(self, meta_only=False):
+        d = {
+            "diff": self.diff,
+            "change": self.change,
+            "output": self.output,
+            "fact": self.fact,
+            "verbosity": self.verbosity,
+        }
+        if not meta_only:
+            d["initial_value"] = copy.deepcopy(self.initial_value)
+            d["value"] = self.value
+        return d
+
     def set_value(self, value):
         if not self.init:
             self.initial_value = copy.deepcopy(value)
@@ -93,7 +106,7 @@ class _Variable(object):
 
 
 class VarDict(object):
-    reserved_names = ('__vars__', 'var', 'set_meta', 'set', 'output', 'diff', 'facts', 'has_changed')
+    reserved_names = ('__vars__', '_var', 'var', 'set_meta', 'get_meta', 'set', 'output', 'diff', 'facts', 'has_changed', 'as_dict')
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.__vars__ = dict()
@@ -119,6 +132,9 @@ class VarDict(object):
     def _var(self, name):
         return self.__vars__[name]
 
+    def var(self, name):
+        return self._var(name).as_dict()
+
     def set_meta(self, name, **kwargs):
         """Set the metadata for the variable
 
@@ -133,6 +149,9 @@ class VarDict(object):
         """
         self._var(name).set_meta(**kwargs)
 
+    def get_meta(self, name):
+        return self._var(name).as_dict(meta_only=True)
+
     def set(self, name, value, **kwargs):
         """Set the value and optionally metadata for a variable. The variable is not required to exist prior to calling `set`.
 
@@ -172,7 +191,7 @@ class VarDict(object):
 
     @property
     def has_changed(self):
-        return any(True for var in self.__vars__.values() if var.has_changed)
+        return any(var.has_changed for var in self.__vars__.values())
 
     def as_dict(self):
         return dict((name, var.value) for name, var in self.__vars__.items())

plugins/module_utils/version.py

@@ -10,13 +10,4 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 
-from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
-
-try:
-    from ansible.module_utils.compat.version import LooseVersion  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
-except ImportError:
-    try:
-        from distutils.version import LooseVersion  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
-    except ImportError as exc:
-        msg = 'To use this plugin or module with ansible-core 2.11, you need to use Python < 3.12 with distutils.version present'
-        raise_from(ImportError(msg), exc)
+from ansible.module_utils.compat.version import LooseVersion  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import

plugins/modules/aix_filesystem.py

@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ options:
     type: list
     elements: str
     default:
-      - agblksize=4096
-      - isnapshot=no
+      - agblksize='4096'
+      - isnapshot='no'
   auto_mount:
     description:
       - File system is automatically mounted at system restart.
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def _validate_vg(module, vg):
     if rc != 0:
         module.fail_json(msg="Failed executing %s command." % lsvg_cmd)
 
-    rc, current_all_vgs, err = module.run_command([lsvg_cmd])
+    rc, current_all_vgs, err = module.run_command([lsvg_cmd, "%s"])
     if rc != 0:
         module.fail_json(msg="Failed executing %s command." % lsvg_cmd)
 
@@ -365,53 +365,7 @@ def create_fs(
         # Creates a LVM file system.
         crfs_cmd = module.get_bin_path('crfs', True)
         if not module.check_mode:
-            cmd = [crfs_cmd]
-
-            cmd.append("-v")
-            cmd.append(fs_type)
-
-            if vg:
-                (flag, value) = vg.split()
-                cmd.append(flag)
-                cmd.append(value)
-
-            if device:
-                (flag, value) = device.split()
-                cmd.append(flag)
-                cmd.append(value)
-
-            cmd.append("-m")
-            cmd.append(filesystem)
-
-            if mount_group:
-                (flag, value) = mount_group.split()
-                cmd.append(flag)
-                cmd.append(value)
-
-            if auto_mount:
-                (flag, value) = auto_mount.split()
-                cmd.append(flag)
-                cmd.append(value)
-
-            if account_subsystem:
-                (flag, value) = account_subsystem.split()
-                cmd.append(flag)
-                cmd.append(value)
-
-            cmd.append("-p")
-            cmd.append(permissions)
-
-            if size:
-                (flag, value) = size.split()
-                cmd.append(flag)
-                cmd.append(value)
-
-            if attributes:
-                splitted_attributes = attributes.split()
-                cmd.append("-a")
-                for value in splitted_attributes:
-                    cmd.append(value)
-
+            cmd = [crfs_cmd, "-v", fs_type, "-m", filesystem, vg, device, mount_group, auto_mount, account_subsystem, "-p", permissions, size, "-a", attributes]
             rc, crfs_out, err = module.run_command(cmd)
 
             if rc == 10:
@@ -507,7 +461,7 @@ def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
             account_subsystem=dict(type='bool', default=False),
-            attributes=dict(type='list', elements='str', default=["agblksize=4096", "isnapshot=no"]),
+            attributes=dict(type='list', elements='str', default=["agblksize='4096'", "isnapshot='no'"]),
             auto_mount=dict(type='bool', default=True),
             device=dict(type='str'),
             filesystem=dict(type='str', required=True),

plugins/modules/ansible_galaxy_install.py

@@ -17,15 +17,13 @@ version_added: 3.5.0
 description:
   - This module allows the installation of Ansible collections or roles using C(ansible-galaxy).
 notes:
-  - >
-    B(Ansible 2.9/2.10): The C(ansible-galaxy) command changed significantly between Ansible 2.9 and
-    ansible-base 2.10 (later ansible-core 2.11). See comments in the parameters.
+  - Support for B(Ansible 2.9/2.10) was removed in community.general 8.0.0.
   - >
     The module will try and run using the C(C.UTF-8) locale.
     If that fails, it will try C(en_US.UTF-8).
     If that one also fails, the module will fail.
 requirements:
-  - Ansible 2.9, ansible-base 2.10, or ansible-core 2.11 or newer
+  - ansible-core 2.11 or newer
 extends_documentation_fragment:
   - community.general.attributes
 attributes:
@@ -75,24 +73,16 @@ options:
     description:
       - Force overwriting an existing role or collection.
       - Using O(force=true) is mandatory when downgrading.
-      - "B(Ansible 2.9 and 2.10): Must be V(true) to upgrade roles and collections."
     type: bool
     default: false
   ack_ansible29:
     description:
-      - Acknowledge using Ansible 2.9 with its limitations, and prevents the module from generating warnings about them.
-      - This option is completely ignored if using a version of Ansible greater than C(2.9.x).
-      - Note that this option will be removed without any further deprecation warning once support
-        for Ansible 2.9 is removed from this module.
+      - This option has no longer any effect and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0.
     type: bool
     default: false
   ack_min_ansiblecore211:
     description:
-      - Acknowledge the module is deprecating support for Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10.
-      - Support for those versions will be removed in community.general 8.0.0.
-        At the same time, this option will be removed without any deprecation warning!
-      - This option is completely ignored if using a version of ansible-core/ansible-base/Ansible greater than C(2.11).
-      - For the sake of conciseness, setting this parameter to V(true) implies O(ack_ansible29=true).
+      - This option has no longer any effect and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0.
     type: bool
     default: false
 """
@@ -147,7 +137,6 @@ RETURN = """
     description:
       - If O(requirements_file) is specified instead, returns dictionary with all the roles installed per path.
       - If O(name) is specified, returns that role name and the version installed per path.
-      - "B(Ansible 2.9): Returns empty because C(ansible-galaxy) has no C(list) subcommand."
     type: dict
     returned: always when installing roles
     contains:
@@ -164,7 +153,6 @@ RETURN = """
     description:
       - If O(requirements_file) is specified instead, returns dictionary with all the collections installed per path.
       - If O(name) is specified, returns that collection name and the version installed per path.
-      - "B(Ansible 2.9): Returns empty because C(ansible-galaxy) has no C(list) subcommand."
     type: dict
     returned: always when installing collections
     contains:
@@ -206,7 +194,6 @@ class AnsibleGalaxyInstall(ModuleHelper):
     _RE_LIST_ROLE = re.compile(r'^- (?P<elem>\w+\.\w+),\s+(?P<version>[\d\.]+)\s*$')
     _RE_INSTALL_OUTPUT = None  # Set after determining ansible version, see __init_module__()
     ansible_version = None
-    is_ansible29 = None
 
     output_params = ('type', 'name', 'dest', 'requirements_file', 'force', 'no_deps')
     module = dict(
@@ -217,8 +204,18 @@ class AnsibleGalaxyInstall(ModuleHelper):
             dest=dict(type='path'),
             force=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             no_deps=dict(type='bool', default=False),
-            ack_ansible29=dict(type='bool', default=False),
-            ack_min_ansiblecore211=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+            ack_ansible29=dict(
+                type='bool',
+                default=False,
+                removed_in_version='9.0.0',
+                removed_from_collection='community.general',
+            ),
+            ack_min_ansiblecore211=dict(
+                type='bool',
+                default=False,
+                removed_in_version='9.0.0',
+                removed_from_collection='community.general',
+            ),
         ),
         mutually_exclusive=[('name', 'requirements_file')],
         required_one_of=[('name', 'requirements_file')],
@@ -268,26 +265,22 @@ class AnsibleGalaxyInstall(ModuleHelper):
     def __init_module__(self):
         # self.runner = CmdRunner(self.module, command=self.command, arg_formats=self.command_args_formats, force_lang=self.force_lang)
         self.runner, self.ansible_version = self._get_ansible_galaxy_version()
-        if self.ansible_version < (2, 11) and not self.vars.ack_min_ansiblecore211:
-            self.module.deprecate(
-                "Support for Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 is being deprecated. "
-                "At the same time support for them is ended, also the ack_ansible29 option will be removed. "
-                "Upgrading is strongly recommended, or set 'ack_min_ansiblecore211' to suppress this message.",
-                version="8.0.0",
-                collection_name="community.general",
+        if self.ansible_version < (2, 11):
+            self.module.fail_json(
+                msg="Support for Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 has ben removed."
             )
-        self.is_ansible29 = self.ansible_version < (2, 10)
-        if self.is_ansible29:
-            self._RE_INSTALL_OUTPUT = re.compile(r"^(?:.*Installing '(?P<collection>\w+\.\w+):(?P<cversion>[\d\.]+)'.*"
-                                                 r'|- (?P<role>\w+\.\w+) \((?P<rversion>[\d\.]+)\)'
-                                                 r' was installed successfully)$')
-        else:
-            # Collection install output changed:
-            # ansible-base 2.10:  "coll.name (x.y.z)"
-            # ansible-core 2.11+: "coll.name:x.y.z"
-            self._RE_INSTALL_OUTPUT = re.compile(r'^(?:(?P<collection>\w+\.\w+)(?: \(|:)(?P<cversion>[\d\.]+)\)?'
-                                                 r'|- (?P<role>\w+\.\w+) \((?P<rversion>[\d\.]+)\))'
-                                                 r' was installed successfully$')
+        # Collection install output changed:
+        # ansible-base 2.10:  "coll.name (x.y.z)"
+        # ansible-core 2.11+: "coll.name:x.y.z"
+        self._RE_INSTALL_OUTPUT = re.compile(r'^(?:(?P<collection>\w+\.\w+)(?: \(|:)(?P<cversion>[\d\.]+)\)?'
+                                             r'|- (?P<role>\w+\.\w+) \((?P<rversion>[\d\.]+)\))'
+                                             r' was installed successfully$')
+        self.vars.set("new_collections", {}, change=True)
+        self.vars.set("new_roles", {}, change=True)
+        if self.vars.type != "collection":
+            self.vars.installed_roles = self._list_roles()
+        if self.vars.type != "roles":
+            self.vars.installed_collections = self._list_collections()
 
     def _list_element(self, _type, path_re, elem_re):
         def process(rc, out, err):
@@ -322,24 +315,8 @@ class AnsibleGalaxyInstall(ModuleHelper):
     def _list_roles(self):
         return self._list_element('role', self._RE_LIST_PATH, self._RE_LIST_ROLE)
 
-    def _setup29(self):
-        self.vars.set("new_collections", {})
-        self.vars.set("new_roles", {})
-        self.vars.set("ansible29_change", False, change=True, output=False)
-        if not (self.vars.ack_ansible29 or self.vars.ack_min_ansiblecore211):
-            self.warn("Ansible 2.9 or older: unable to retrieve lists of roles and collections already installed")
-            if self.vars.requirements_file is not None and self.vars.type == 'both':
-                self.warn("Ansible 2.9 or older: will install only roles from requirement files")
-
-    def _setup210plus(self):
-        self.vars.set("new_collections", {}, change=True)
-        self.vars.set("new_roles", {}, change=True)
-        if self.vars.type != "collection":
-            self.vars.installed_roles = self._list_roles()
-        if self.vars.type != "roles":
-            self.vars.installed_collections = self._list_collections()
-
     def __run__(self):
+
         def process(rc, out, err):
             for line in out.splitlines():
                 match = self._RE_INSTALL_OUTPUT.match(line)
@@ -347,19 +324,9 @@ class AnsibleGalaxyInstall(ModuleHelper):
                     continue
                 if match.group("collection"):
                     self.vars.new_collections[match.group("collection")] = match.group("cversion")
-                    if self.is_ansible29:
-                        self.vars.ansible29_change = True
                 elif match.group("role"):
                     self.vars.new_roles[match.group("role")] = match.group("rversion")
-                    if self.is_ansible29:
-                        self.vars.ansible29_change = True
 
-        if self.is_ansible29:
-            if self.vars.type == 'both':
-                raise ValueError("Type 'both' not supported in Ansible 2.9")
-            self._setup29()
-        else:
-            self._setup210plus()
         with self.runner("type galaxy_cmd force no_deps dest requirements_file name", output_process=process) as ctx:
             ctx.run(galaxy_cmd="install")
             if self.verbosity > 2:

plugins/modules/apk.py

@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ options:
     default: false
   name:
     description:
-      - A package name, like V(foo), or multiple packages, like V(foo,bar).
-      - Do not include additional whitespace when specifying multiple packages as a string.
-        Prefer YAML lists over comma-separating multiple package names.
+      - A package name, like V(foo), or multiple packages, like V(foo, bar).
     type: list
     elements: str
   no_cache:
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ options:
     type: str
   update_cache:
     description:
-      - Update repository indexes. Can be run with other steps or on its own.
+      - Update repository indexes. Can be run with other steps or on it's own.
     type: bool
     default: false
   upgrade:

plugins/modules/apt_rpm.py

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ options:
   package:
     description:
       - List of packages to install, upgrade, or remove.
+      - Since community.general 8.0.0, may include paths to local C(.rpm) files
+        if O(state=installed) or O(state=present), requires C(rpm) python
+        module.
     aliases: [ name, pkg ]
     type: list
     elements: str
@@ -63,6 +66,9 @@ options:
     type: bool
     default: false
     version_added: 6.5.0
+requirements:
+  - C(rpm) python package (rpm bindings), optional. Required if O(package)
+    option includes local files.
 author:
 - Evgenii Terechkov (@evgkrsk)
 '''
@@ -109,8 +115,22 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 '''
 
 import os
+import traceback
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import (
+    AnsibleModule,
+    missing_required_lib,
+)
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+
+try:
+    import rpm
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_RPM_PYTHON = False
+    RPM_PYTHON_IMPORT_ERROR = traceback.format_exc()
+else:
+    HAS_RPM_PYTHON = True
+    RPM_PYTHON_IMPORT_ERROR = None
 
 APT_PATH = "/usr/bin/apt-get"
 RPM_PATH = "/usr/bin/rpm"
@@ -118,6 +138,23 @@ APT_GET_ZERO = "\n0 upgraded, 0 newly installed"
 UPDATE_KERNEL_ZERO = "\nTry to install new kernel "
 
 
+def local_rpm_package_name(path):
+    """return package name of a local rpm passed in.
+    Inspired by ansible.builtin.yum"""
+
+    ts = rpm.TransactionSet()
+    ts.setVSFlags(rpm._RPMVSF_NOSIGNATURES)
+    fd = os.open(path, os.O_RDONLY)
+    try:
+        header = ts.hdrFromFdno(fd)
+    except rpm.error as e:
+        return None
+    finally:
+        os.close(fd)
+
+    return to_native(header[rpm.RPMTAG_NAME])
+
+
 def query_package(module, name):
     # rpm -q returns 0 if the package is installed,
     # 1 if it is not installed
@@ -131,6 +168,16 @@ def query_package(module, name):
 def query_package_provides(module, name):
     # rpm -q returns 0 if the package is installed,
     # 1 if it is not installed
+    if name.endswith('.rpm'):
+        # Likely a local RPM file
+        if not HAS_RPM_PYTHON:
+            module.fail_json(
+                msg=missing_required_lib('rpm'),
+                exception=RPM_PYTHON_IMPORT_ERROR,
+            )
+
+        name = local_rpm_package_name(name)
+
     rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s -q --provides %s" % (RPM_PATH, name))
     return rc == 0
 
@@ -204,7 +251,7 @@ def install_packages(module, pkgspec):
         rc, out, err = module.run_command("%s -y install %s" % (APT_PATH, packages), environ_update={"LANG": "C"})
 
         installed = True
-        for package in pkgspec:
+        for packages in pkgspec:
             if not query_package_provides(module, package):
                 installed = False
 

plugins/modules/cargo.py

@@ -137,10 +137,6 @@ class Cargo(object):
 
     def get_installed(self):
         cmd = ["install", "--list"]
-        if self.path:
-            cmd.append("--root")
-            cmd.append(self.path)
-
         data, dummy = self._exec(cmd, True, False, False)
 
         package_regex = re.compile(r"^([\w\-]+) v(.+):$")

plugins/modules/cloudflare_dns.py

@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ options:
     - Required for O(type=TLSA) when O(state=present).
     type: int
     choices: [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ]
+  flag:
+    description:
+    - Issuer Critical Flag.
+    - Required for O(type=CAA) when O(state=present).
+    type: int
+    choices: [ 0, 1 ]
+    version_added: 8.0.0
+  tag:
+    description:
+    - CAA issue restriction.
+    - Required for O(type=CAA) when O(state=present).
+    type: str
+    choices: [ issue, issuewild, iodef ]
+    version_added: 8.0.0
   hash_type:
     description:
     - Hash type number.
@@ -138,9 +152,8 @@ options:
     description:
       - The type of DNS record to create. Required if O(state=present).
       - O(type=DS), O(type=SSHFP), and O(type=TLSA) were added in Ansible 2.7.
-      - Note that V(SPF) is no longer supported by CloudFlare. Support for it will be removed from community.general 9.0.0.
     type: str
-    choices: [ A, AAAA, CNAME, DS, MX, NS, SPF, SRV, SSHFP, TLSA, TXT ]
+    choices: [ A, AAAA, CNAME, DS, MX, NS, SPF, SRV, SSHFP, TLSA, CAA, TXT ]
   value:
     description:
     - The record value.
@@ -263,6 +276,15 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     hash_type: 1
     value: 6b76d034492b493e15a7376fccd08e63befdad0edab8e442562f532338364bf3
 
+- name: Create a CAA record subdomain.example.com
+  community.general.cloudflare_dns:
+    zone: example.com
+    record: subdomain
+    type: CAA
+    flag: 0
+    tag: issue
+    value: ca.example.com
+
 - name: Create a DS record for subdomain.example.com
   community.general.cloudflare_dns:
     zone: example.com
@@ -292,7 +314,7 @@ record:
             sample: "2016-03-25T19:09:42.516553Z"
         data:
             description: Additional record data.
-            returned: success, if type is SRV, DS, SSHFP or TLSA
+            returned: success, if type is SRV, DS, SSHFP TLSA or CAA
             type: dict
             sample: {
                 name: "jabber",
@@ -392,6 +414,8 @@ class CloudflareAPI(object):
         self.algorithm = module.params['algorithm']
         self.cert_usage = module.params['cert_usage']
         self.hash_type = module.params['hash_type']
+        self.flag = module.params['flag']
+        self.tag = module.params['tag']
         self.key_tag = module.params['key_tag']
         self.port = module.params['port']
         self.priority = module.params['priority']
@@ -596,7 +620,7 @@ class CloudflareAPI(object):
     def delete_dns_records(self, **kwargs):
         params = {}
         for param in ['port', 'proto', 'service', 'solo', 'type', 'record', 'value', 'weight', 'zone',
-                      'algorithm', 'cert_usage', 'hash_type', 'selector', 'key_tag']:
+                      'algorithm', 'cert_usage', 'hash_type', 'selector', 'key_tag', 'flag', 'tag']:
             if param in kwargs:
                 params[param] = kwargs[param]
             else:
@@ -614,7 +638,7 @@ class CloudflareAPI(object):
                 content = str(params['key_tag']) + '\t' + str(params['algorithm']) + '\t' + str(params['hash_type']) + '\t' + params['value']
         elif params['type'] == 'SSHFP':
             if not (params['value'] is None or params['value'] == ''):
-                content = str(params['algorithm']) + ' ' + str(params['hash_type']) + ' ' + params['value'].upper()
+                content = str(params['algorithm']) + '\t' + str(params['hash_type']) + '\t' + params['value']
         elif params['type'] == 'TLSA':
             if not (params['value'] is None or params['value'] == ''):
                 content = str(params['cert_usage']) + '\t' + str(params['selector']) + '\t' + str(params['hash_type']) + '\t' + params['value']
@@ -641,7 +665,7 @@ class CloudflareAPI(object):
     def ensure_dns_record(self, **kwargs):
         params = {}
         for param in ['port', 'priority', 'proto', 'proxied', 'service', 'ttl', 'type', 'record', 'value', 'weight', 'zone',
-                      'algorithm', 'cert_usage', 'hash_type', 'selector', 'key_tag']:
+                      'algorithm', 'cert_usage', 'hash_type', 'selector', 'key_tag', 'flag', 'tag']:
             if param in kwargs:
                 params[param] = kwargs[param]
             else:
@@ -727,7 +751,7 @@ class CloudflareAPI(object):
                 if (attr is None) or (attr == ''):
                     self.module.fail_json(msg="You must provide algorithm, hash_type and a value to create this record type")
             sshfp_data = {
-                "fingerprint": params['value'].upper(),
+                "fingerprint": params['value'],
                 "type": params['hash_type'],
                 "algorithm": params['algorithm'],
             }
@@ -737,7 +761,7 @@ class CloudflareAPI(object):
                 'data': sshfp_data,
                 "ttl": params['ttl'],
             }
-            search_value = str(params['algorithm']) + ' ' + str(params['hash_type']) + ' ' + params['value']
+            search_value = str(params['algorithm']) + '\t' + str(params['hash_type']) + '\t' + params['value']
 
         if params['type'] == 'TLSA':
             for attr in [params['port'], params['proto'], params['cert_usage'], params['selector'], params['hash_type'], params['value']]:
@@ -758,12 +782,36 @@ class CloudflareAPI(object):
             }
             search_value = str(params['cert_usage']) + '\t' + str(params['selector']) + '\t' + str(params['hash_type']) + '\t' + params['value']
 
+        if params['type'] == 'CAA':
+            for attr in [params['flag'], params['tag'], params['value']]:
+                if (attr is None) or (attr == ''):
+                    self.module.fail_json(msg="You must provide flag, tag and a value to create this record type")
+            caa_data = {
+                "flags": params['flag'],
+                "tag": params['tag'],
+                "value": params['value'],
+            }
+            new_record = {
+                "type": params['type'],
+                "name": params['record'],
+                'data': caa_data,
+                "ttl": params['ttl'],
+            }
+            search_value = None
+
         zone_id = self._get_zone_id(params['zone'])
         records = self.get_dns_records(params['zone'], params['type'], search_record, search_value)
         # in theory this should be impossible as cloudflare does not allow
         # the creation of duplicate records but lets cover it anyways
         if len(records) > 1:
-            self.module.fail_json(msg="More than one record already exists for the given attributes. That should be impossible, please open an issue!")
+            # As Cloudflare API cannot filter record containing quotes
+            # CAA records must be compared locally
+            if params['type'] == 'CAA':
+                for rr in records:
+                    if rr['data']['flags'] == caa_data['flags'] and rr['data']['tag'] == caa_data['tag'] and rr['data']['value'] == caa_data['value']:
+                        return rr, self.changed
+            else:
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="More than one record already exists for the given attributes. That should be impossible, please open an issue!")
         # record already exists, check if it must be updated
         if len(records) == 1:
             cur_record = records[0]
@@ -812,6 +860,8 @@ def main():
             hash_type=dict(type='int', choices=[1, 2]),
             key_tag=dict(type='int', no_log=False),
             port=dict(type='int'),
+            flag=dict(type='int', choices=[0, 1]),
+            tag=dict(type='str', choices=['issue', 'issuewild', 'iodef']),
             priority=dict(type='int', default=1),
             proto=dict(type='str'),
             proxied=dict(type='bool', default=False),
@@ -822,7 +872,7 @@ def main():
             state=dict(type='str', default='present', choices=['absent', 'present']),
             timeout=dict(type='int', default=30),
             ttl=dict(type='int', default=1),
-            type=dict(type='str', choices=['A', 'AAAA', 'CNAME', 'DS', 'MX', 'NS', 'SPF', 'SRV', 'SSHFP', 'TLSA', 'TXT']),
+            type=dict(type='str', choices=['A', 'AAAA', 'CNAME', 'DS', 'MX', 'NS', 'SPF', 'SRV', 'SSHFP', 'TLSA', 'CAA', 'TXT']),
             value=dict(type='str', aliases=['content']),
             weight=dict(type='int', default=1),
             zone=dict(type='str', required=True, aliases=['domain']),
@@ -833,6 +883,7 @@ def main():
             ('state', 'absent', ['record']),
             ('type', 'SRV', ['proto', 'service']),
             ('type', 'TLSA', ['proto', 'port']),
+            ('type', 'CAA', ['flag', 'tag']),
         ],
     )
 
@@ -859,6 +910,13 @@ def main():
                     and (module.params['value'] is None or module.params['value'] == ''))):
             module.fail_json(msg="For TLSA records the params cert_usage, selector, hash_type and value all need to be defined, or not at all.")
 
+    if module.params['type'] == 'CAA':
+        if not ((module.params['flag'] is not None and module.params['tag'] is not None
+                 and not (module.params['value'] is None or module.params['value'] == ''))
+                or (module.params['flag'] is None and module.params['tag'] is None
+                    and (module.params['value'] is None or module.params['value'] == ''))):
+            module.fail_json(msg="For CAA records the params flag, tag and value all need to be defined, or not at all.")
+
     if module.params['type'] == 'DS':
         if not ((module.params['key_tag'] is not None and module.params['algorithm'] is not None and module.params['hash_type'] is not None
                  and not (module.params['value'] is None or module.params['value'] == ''))

plugins/modules/consul.py

@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ options:
         description:
           - The script/command that will be run periodically to check the health of the service.
           - Requires O(interval) to be provided.
+          - Mutually exclusive with O(ttl), O(tcp) and O(http).
     interval:
         type: str
         description:
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ options:
             Similar to the interval this is a number with a V(s) or V(m) suffix to
             signify the units of seconds or minutes, for example V(15s) or V(1m).
             If no suffix is supplied V(s) will be used by default, for example V(10) will be V(10s).
+          - Mutually exclusive with O(script), O(tcp) and O(http).
     tcp:
         type: str
         description:
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ options:
             will check if the connection attempt to that port is successful (that is, the port is currently accepting connections).
             The format is V(host:port), for example V(localhost:80).
           - Requires O(interval) to be provided.
+          - Mutually exclusive with O(script), O(ttl) and O(http).
         version_added: '1.3.0'
     http:
         type: str
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ options:
           - Checks can be registered with an HTTP endpoint. This means that consul
             will check that the http endpoint returns a successful HTTP status.
           - Requires O(interval) to be provided.
+          - Mutually exclusive with O(script), O(ttl) and O(tcp).
     timeout:
         type: str
         description:
@@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ options:
     ack_params_state_absent:
         type: bool
         description:
-          - Disable deprecation warning when using parameters incompatible with O(state=absent).
+          - This parameter has no more effect and is deprecated. It will be removed in community.general 10.0.0.
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -377,13 +381,7 @@ def get_service_by_id_or_name(consul_api, service_id_or_name):
 
 
 def parse_check(module):
-    _checks = [module.params[p] for p in ('script', 'ttl', 'tcp', 'http') if module.params[p]]
-
-    if len(_checks) > 1:
-        module.fail_json(
-            msg='checks are either script, tcp, http or ttl driven, supplying more than one does not make sense')
-
-    if module.params['check_id'] or _checks:
+    if module.params['check_id'] or any(module.params[p] is not None for p in ('script', 'ttl', 'tcp', 'http')):
         return ConsulCheck(
             module.params['check_id'],
             module.params['check_name'],
@@ -501,15 +499,9 @@ class ConsulCheck(object):
             self.check = consul.Check.ttl(self.ttl)
 
         if http:
-            if interval is None:
-                raise Exception('http check must specify interval')
-
             self.check = consul.Check.http(http, self.interval, self.timeout)
 
         if tcp:
-            if interval is None:
-                raise Exception('tcp check must specify interval')
-
             regex = r"(?P<host>.*):(?P<port>(?:[0-9]+))$"
             match = re.match(regex, tcp)
 
@@ -596,30 +588,33 @@ def main():
             timeout=dict(type='str'),
             tags=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
             token=dict(no_log=True),
-            ack_params_state_absent=dict(type='bool'),
+            ack_params_state_absent=dict(
+                type='bool',
+                removed_in_version='10.0.0',
+                removed_from_collection='community.general',
+            ),
         ),
+        mutually_exclusive=[
+            ('script', 'ttl', 'tcp', 'http'),
+        ],
         required_if=[
             ('state', 'present', ['service_name']),
             ('state', 'absent', ['service_id', 'service_name', 'check_id', 'check_name'], True),
         ],
+        required_by={
+            'script': 'interval',
+            'http': 'interval',
+            'tcp': 'interval',
+        },
         supports_check_mode=False,
     )
     p = module.params
 
     test_dependencies(module)
-    if p['state'] == 'absent' and any(p[x] for x in ['script', 'ttl', 'tcp', 'http', 'interval']) and not p['ack_params_state_absent']:
-        module.deprecate(
-            "The use of parameters 'script', 'ttl', 'tcp', 'http', 'interval' along with 'state=absent' is deprecated. "
-            "In community.general 8.0.0 their use will become an error. "
-            "To suppress this deprecation notice, set parameter ack_params_state_absent=true.",
-            version="8.0.0",
-            collection_name="community.general",
+    if p['state'] == 'absent' and any(p[x] for x in ['script', 'ttl', 'tcp', 'http', 'interval']):
+        module.fail_json(
+            msg="The use of parameters 'script', 'ttl', 'tcp', 'http', 'interval' along with 'state=absent' is no longer allowed."
         )
-        # When reaching c.g 8.0.0:
-        # - Replace the deprecation with a fail_json(), remove the "ack_params_state_absent" condition from the "if"
-        # - Add mutually_exclusive for ('script', 'ttl', 'tcp', 'http'), then remove that validation from parse_check()
-        # - Add required_by {'script': 'interval', 'http': 'interval', 'tcp': 'interval'}, then remove checks for 'interval' in ConsulCheck.__init__()
-        # - Deprecate the parameter ack_params_state_absent
 
     try:
         register_with_consul(module)

plugins/modules/ejabberd_user.py

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class EjabberdUser(object):
     object manages user creation and deletion using ejabberdctl.  The following
     commands are currently supported:
         * ejabberdctl register
-        * ejabberdctl unregister
+        * ejabberdctl deregister
     """
 
     def __init__(self, module):

plugins/modules/facter_facts.py

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2023, Alexei Znamensky
+# Copyright (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: facter_facts
+short_description: Runs the discovery program C(facter) on the remote system and return Ansible facts
+version_added: 8.0.0
+description:
+    - Runs the C(facter) discovery program
+      (U(https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter)) on the remote system, returning Ansible facts from the
+      JSON data that can be useful for inventory purposes.
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+    - community.general.attributes
+    - community.general.attributes.facts
+    - community.general.attributes.facts_module
+options:
+    arguments:
+        description:
+            - Specifies arguments for facter.
+        type: list
+        elements: str
+requirements:
+    - facter
+    - ruby-json
+author:
+    - Ansible Core Team
+    - Michael DeHaan
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Execute facter no arguments
+  community.general.facter_facts:
+
+- name: Execute facter with arguments
+  community.general.facter_facts:
+    arguments:
+        - -p
+        - system_uptime
+        - timezone
+        - is_virtual
+'''
+
+RETURN = r'''
+ansible_facts:
+  description: Dictionary with one key C(facter).
+  returned: always
+  type: dict
+  contains:
+    facter:
+      description: Dictionary containing facts discovered in the remote system.
+      returned: always
+      type: dict
+'''
+
+import json
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            arguments=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
+        ),
+        supports_check_mode=True,
+    )
+
+    facter_path = module.get_bin_path(
+        'facter',
+        opt_dirs=['/opt/puppetlabs/bin'])
+
+    cmd = [facter_path, "--json"]
+    if module.params['arguments']:
+        cmd += module.params['arguments']
+
+    rc, out, err = module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=True)
+    module.exit_json(ansible_facts=dict(facter=json.loads(out)))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

plugins/modules/gconftool2.py

@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ options:
     type: str
     description:
     - The action to take upon the key/value.
-    - State V(get) is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 8.0.0. Please use the module M(community.general.gconftool2_info) instead.
     required: true
-    choices: [ absent, get, present ]
+    choices: [ absent, present ]
   config_source:
     type: str
     description:
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ class GConftool(StateModuleHelper):
             key=dict(type='str', required=True, no_log=False),
             value_type=dict(type='str', choices=['bool', 'float', 'int', 'string']),
             value=dict(type='str'),
-            state=dict(type='str', required=True, choices=['absent', 'get', 'present']),
+            state=dict(type='str', required=True, choices=['absent', 'present']),
             direct=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             config_source=dict(type='str'),
         ),
@@ -149,12 +148,6 @@ class GConftool(StateModuleHelper):
     def _get(self):
         return self.runner("state key", output_process=self._make_process(False)).run(state="get")
 
-    def state_get(self):
-        self.deprecate(
-            msg="State 'get' is deprecated. Please use the module community.general.gconftool2_info instead",
-            version="8.0.0", collection_name="community.general"
-        )
-
     def state_absent(self):
         with self.runner("state key", output_process=self._make_process(False)) as ctx:
             ctx.run()

plugins/modules/gitlab_group_members.py

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

plugins/modules/gitlab_project.py

@@ -175,8 +175,10 @@ options:
     version_added: "4.2.0"
   default_branch:
     description:
-      - Default branch name for a new project.
-      - This option is only used on creation, not for updates. This is also only used if O(initialize_with_readme=true).
+      - The default branch name for this project.
+      - For project creation, this option requires O(initialize_with_readme=true).
+      - For project update, the branch must exist.
+      - Supports project's default branch update since community.general 8.0.0.
     type: str
     version_added: "4.2.0"
   builds_access_level:
@@ -355,7 +357,7 @@ class GitLabProject(object):
     @param namespace Namespace Object (User or Group)
     @param options Options of the project
     '''
-    def create_or_update_project(self, project_name, namespace, options):
+    def create_or_update_project(self, module, project_name, namespace, options):
         changed = False
         project_options = {
             'name': project_name,
@@ -395,6 +397,8 @@ class GitLabProject(object):
 
         # Because we have already call userExists in main()
         if self.project_object is None:
+            if options['default_branch'] and not options['initialize_with_readme']:
+                module.fail_json(msg="Param default_branch need param initialize_with_readme set to true")
             project_options.update({
                 'path': options['path'],
                 'import_url': options['import_url'],
@@ -416,6 +420,8 @@ class GitLabProject(object):
 
             changed = True
         else:
+            if options['default_branch']:
+                project_options['default_branch'] = options['default_branch']
             changed, project = self.update_project(self.project_object, project_options)
 
         self.project_object = project
@@ -590,9 +596,6 @@ def main():
     security_and_compliance_access_level = module.params['security_and_compliance_access_level']
     topics = module.params['topics']
 
-    if default_branch and not initialize_with_readme:
-        module.fail_json(msg="Param default_branch need param initialize_with_readme set to true")
-
     gitlab_instance = gitlab_authentication(module)
 
     # Set project_path to project_name if it is empty.
@@ -636,7 +639,7 @@ def main():
 
     if state == 'present':
 
-        if gitlab_project.create_or_update_project(project_name, namespace, {
+        if gitlab_project.create_or_update_project(module, project_name, namespace, {
             "path": project_path,
             "description": project_description,
             "initialize_with_readme": initialize_with_readme,

plugins/modules/gitlab_project_members.py

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

plugins/modules/gitlab_protected_branch.py

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

plugins/modules/gitlab_runner.py

@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ options:
         is only applied on updates.
       - If set to V(not_protected), runner can pick up jobs from both protected and unprotected branches.
       - If set to V(ref_protected), runner can pick up jobs only from protected branches.
-      - The current default is V(ref_protected). This will change to no default in community.general 8.0.0.
-        From that version on, if this option is not specified explicitly, GitLab will use V(not_protected)
-        on creation, and the value set will not be changed on any updates.
+      - Before community.general 8.0.0 the default was V(ref_protected). This was changed to no default in community.general 8.0.0.
+        If this option is not specified explicitly, GitLab will use V(not_protected) on creation, and the value set
+        will not be changed on any updates.
     required: false
     choices: ["not_protected", "ref_protected"]
     type: str
@@ -398,15 +398,6 @@ def main():
     project = module.params['project']
     group = module.params['group']
 
-    if access_level is None:
-        message = "The option 'access_level' is unspecified, so 'ref_protected' is assumed. "\
-                  "In order to align the module with GitLab's runner API, this option will lose "\
-                  "its default value in community.general 8.0.0. From that version on, you must set "\
-                  "this option to 'ref_protected' explicitly, if you want to have a protected runner, "\
-                  "otherwise GitLab's default access level gets applied, which is 'not_protected'"
-        module.deprecate(message, version='8.0.0', collection_name='community.general')
-        access_level = 'ref_protected'
-
     gitlab_instance = gitlab_authentication(module)
     gitlab_project = None
     gitlab_group = None

plugins/modules/gitlab_user.py

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

plugins/modules/haproxy.py

@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class HAProxy(object):
 
             if state is not None:
                 self.execute(Template(cmd).substitute(pxname=backend, svname=svname))
-                if self.wait and not (wait_for_status == "DRAIN" and state == "DOWN"):
+                if self.wait:
                     self.wait_until_status(backend, svname, wait_for_status)
 
     def get_state_for(self, pxname, svname):

plugins/modules/homebrew.py

@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ changed_pkgs:
     version_added: '0.2.0'
 '''
 
-import json
 import os.path
 import re
 
@@ -185,10 +184,6 @@ def _create_regex_group_complement(s):
     chars = filter(None, (line.split('#')[0].strip() for line in lines))
     group = r'[^' + r''.join(chars) + r']'
     return re.compile(group)
-
-
-def _check_package_in_json(json_output, package_type):
-    return bool(json_output.get(package_type, []) and json_output[package_type][0].get("installed"))
 # /utils ------------------------------------------------------------------ }}}
 
 
@@ -484,17 +479,17 @@ class Homebrew(object):
         cmd = [
             "{brew_path}".format(brew_path=self.brew_path),
             "info",
-            "--json=v2",
             self.current_package,
         ]
         rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(cmd)
-        if err:
-            self.failed = True
-            self.message = err.strip()
-            raise HomebrewException(self.message)
-        data = json.loads(out)
+        for line in out.split('\n'):
+            if (
+                re.search(r'Built from source', line)
+                or re.search(r'Poured from bottle', line)
+            ):
+                return True
 
-        return _check_package_in_json(data, "formulae") or _check_package_in_json(data, "casks")
+        return False
 
     def _current_package_is_outdated(self):
         if not self.valid_package(self.current_package):

plugins/modules/htpasswd.py

@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ options:
         does not exist it will fail.
 notes:
   - "This module depends on the C(passlib) Python library, which needs to be installed on all target systems."
-  - "On Debian < 11, Ubuntu <= 20.04, or Fedora: install C(python-passlib)."
-  - "On Debian, Ubuntu: install C(python3-passlib)."
+  - "On Debian, Ubuntu, or Fedora: install C(python-passlib)."
   - "On RHEL or CentOS: Enable EPEL, then install C(python-passlib)."
 requirements: [ passlib>=1.6 ]
 author: "Ansible Core Team"
@@ -107,22 +106,16 @@ EXAMPLES = """
 
 import os
 import tempfile
-import traceback
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils import deps
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
-PASSLIB_IMP_ERR = None
-try:
+with deps.declare("passlib"):
     from passlib.apache import HtpasswdFile, htpasswd_context
     from passlib.context import CryptContext
-    import passlib
-except ImportError:
-    PASSLIB_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
-    passlib_installed = False
-else:
-    passlib_installed = True
+
 
 apache_hashes = ["apr_md5_crypt", "des_crypt", "ldap_sha1", "plaintext"]
 
@@ -147,36 +140,20 @@ def present(dest, username, password, hash_scheme, create, check_mode):
         if check_mode:
             return ("Create %s" % dest, True)
         create_missing_directories(dest)
-        if LooseVersion(passlib.__version__) >= LooseVersion('1.6'):
-            ht = HtpasswdFile(dest, new=True, default_scheme=hash_scheme, context=context)
-        else:
-            ht = HtpasswdFile(dest, autoload=False, default=hash_scheme, context=context)
-        if getattr(ht, 'set_password', None):
-            ht.set_password(username, password)
-        else:
-            ht.update(username, password)
+        ht = HtpasswdFile(dest, new=True, default_scheme=hash_scheme, context=context)
+        ht.set_password(username, password)
         ht.save()
         return ("Created %s and added %s" % (dest, username), True)
     else:
-        if LooseVersion(passlib.__version__) >= LooseVersion('1.6'):
-            ht = HtpasswdFile(dest, new=False, default_scheme=hash_scheme, context=context)
-        else:
-            ht = HtpasswdFile(dest, default=hash_scheme, context=context)
+        ht = HtpasswdFile(dest, new=False, default_scheme=hash_scheme, context=context)
 
-        found = None
-        if getattr(ht, 'check_password', None):
-            found = ht.check_password(username, password)
-        else:
-            found = ht.verify(username, password)
+        found = ht.check_password(username, password)
 
         if found:
             return ("%s already present" % username, False)
         else:
             if not check_mode:
-                if getattr(ht, 'set_password', None):
-                    ht.set_password(username, password)
-                else:
-                    ht.update(username, password)
+                ht.set_password(username, password)
                 ht.save()
             return ("Add/update %s" % username, True)
 
@@ -185,10 +162,7 @@ def absent(dest, username, check_mode):
     """ Ensures user is absent
 
     Returns (msg, changed) """
-    if LooseVersion(passlib.__version__) >= LooseVersion('1.6'):
-        ht = HtpasswdFile(dest, new=False)
-    else:
-        ht = HtpasswdFile(dest)
+    ht = HtpasswdFile(dest, new=False)
 
     if username not in ht.users():
         return ("%s not present" % username, False)
@@ -234,20 +208,13 @@ def main():
     create = module.params['create']
     check_mode = module.check_mode
 
-    if not passlib_installed:
-        module.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib("passlib"), exception=PASSLIB_IMP_ERR)
+    deps.validate(module)
 
+    # TODO double check if this hack below is still needed.
     # Check file for blank lines in effort to avoid "need more than 1 value to unpack" error.
     try:
-        f = open(path, "r")
-    except IOError:
-        # No preexisting file to remove blank lines from
-        f = None
-    else:
-        try:
+        with open(path, "r") as f:
             lines = f.readlines()
-        finally:
-            f.close()
 
         # If the file gets edited, it returns true, so only edit the file if it has blank lines
         strip = False
@@ -261,11 +228,12 @@ def main():
             if check_mode:
                 temp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
                 path = temp.name
-            f = open(path, "w")
-            try:
-                [f.write(line) for line in lines if line.strip()]
-            finally:
-                f.close()
+            with open(path, "w") as f:
+                f.writelines(line for line in lines if line.strip())
+
+    except IOError:
+        # No preexisting file to remove blank lines from
+        pass
 
     try:
         if state == 'present':

plugins/modules/icinga2_host.py

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ options:
     type: str
     description:
       - The IP address of the host.
-    required: true
+      - This is no longer required since community.general 8.0.0.
   variables:
     type: dict
     description:
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def main():
         template=dict(default=None),
         check_command=dict(default="hostalive"),
         display_name=dict(default=None),
-        ip=dict(required=True),
+        ip=dict(),
         variables=dict(type='dict', default=None),
     )
 

plugins/modules/ini_file.py

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ options:
     description:
       - Section name in INI file. This is added if O(state=present) automatically when
         a single value is being set.
-      - If being omitted, the O(option) will be placed before the first O(section).
-      - Omitting O(section) is also required if the config format does not support sections.
+      - If left empty, being omitted, or being set to V(null), the O(option) will be placed before the first O(section).
+      - Using V(null) is also required if the config format does not support sections.
     type: str
   option:
     description:
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ options:
       - Allow option without value and without '=' symbol.
     type: bool
     default: false
+  modify_inactive_option:
+    description:
+      - By default the module replaces a commented line that matches the given option.
+      - Set this option to V(false) to avoid this. This is useful when you want to keep commented example
+        C(key=value) pairs for documentation purposes.
+    type: bool
+    default: true
+    version_added: 8.0.0
   follow:
     description:
     - This flag indicates that filesystem links, if they exist, should be followed.
@@ -171,13 +179,6 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
       - pepsi
     mode: '0600'
     state: present
-
-- name: Add "beverage=lemon juice" outside a section in specified file
-  community.general.ini_file:
-    path: /etc/conf
-    option: beverage
-    value: lemon juice
-    state: present
 '''
 
 import io
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ def match_opt(option, line):
 
 def match_active_opt(option, line):
     option = re.escape(option)
-    return re.match('( |\t)*(%s)( |\t)*(=|$)( |\t)*(.*)' % option, line)
+    return re.match('()( |\t)*(%s)( |\t)*(=|$)( |\t)*(.*)' % option, line)
 
 
 def update_section_line(option, changed, section_lines, index, changed_lines, ignore_spaces, newline, msg):
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ def update_section_line(option, changed, section_lines, index, changed_lines, ig
 
 def do_ini(module, filename, section=None, option=None, values=None,
            state='present', exclusive=True, backup=False, no_extra_spaces=False,
-           ignore_spaces=False, create=True, allow_no_value=False, follow=False):
+           ignore_spaces=False, create=True, allow_no_value=False, modify_inactive_option=True, follow=False):
 
     if section is not None:
         section = to_text(section)
@@ -317,6 +318,12 @@ def do_ini(module, filename, section=None, option=None, values=None,
     # Keep track of changed section_lines
     changed_lines = [0] * len(section_lines)
 
+    # Determine whether to consider using commented out/inactive options or only active ones
+    if modify_inactive_option:
+        match_function = match_opt
+    else:
+        match_function = match_active_opt
+
     # handling multiple instances of option=value when state is 'present' with/without exclusive is a bit complex
     #
     # 1. edit all lines where we have a option=value pair with a matching value in values[]
@@ -326,8 +333,8 @@ def do_ini(module, filename, section=None, option=None, values=None,
 
     if state == 'present' and option:
         for index, line in enumerate(section_lines):
-            if match_opt(option, line):
-                match = match_opt(option, line)
+            if match_function(option, line):
+                match = match_function(option, line)
                 if values and match.group(7) in values:
                     matched_value = match.group(7)
                     if not matched_value and allow_no_value:
@@ -350,14 +357,14 @@ def do_ini(module, filename, section=None, option=None, values=None,
         # override option with no value to option with value if not allow_no_value
         if len(values) > 0:
             for index, line in enumerate(section_lines):
-                if not changed_lines[index] and match_opt(option, line):
+                if not changed_lines[index] and match_function(option, line):
                     newline = assignment_format % (option, values.pop(0))
                     (changed, msg) = update_section_line(option, changed, section_lines, index, changed_lines, ignore_spaces, newline, msg)
                     if len(values) == 0:
                         break
         # remove all remaining option occurrences from the rest of the section
         for index in range(len(section_lines) - 1, 0, -1):
-            if not changed_lines[index] and match_opt(option, section_lines[index]):
+            if not changed_lines[index] and match_function(option, section_lines[index]):
                 del section_lines[index]
                 del changed_lines[index]
                 changed = True
@@ -401,7 +408,7 @@ def do_ini(module, filename, section=None, option=None, values=None,
                     section_lines = new_section_lines
             elif not exclusive and len(values) > 0:
                 # delete specified option=value line(s)
-                new_section_lines = [i for i in section_lines if not (match_active_opt(option, i) and match_active_opt(option, i).group(6) in values)]
+                new_section_lines = [i for i in section_lines if not (match_active_opt(option, i) and match_active_opt(option, i).group(7) in values)]
                 if section_lines != new_section_lines:
                     changed = True
                     msg = 'option changed'
@@ -473,6 +480,7 @@ def main():
             no_extra_spaces=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             ignore_spaces=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             allow_no_value=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+            modify_inactive_option=dict(type='bool', default=True),
             create=dict(type='bool', default=True),
             follow=dict(type='bool', default=False)
         ),
@@ -494,6 +502,7 @@ def main():
     no_extra_spaces = module.params['no_extra_spaces']
     ignore_spaces = module.params['ignore_spaces']
     allow_no_value = module.params['allow_no_value']
+    modify_inactive_option = module.params['modify_inactive_option']
     create = module.params['create']
     follow = module.params['follow']
 
@@ -507,7 +516,7 @@ def main():
 
     (changed, backup_file, diff, msg) = do_ini(
         module, path, section, option, values, state, exclusive, backup,
-        no_extra_spaces, ignore_spaces, create, allow_no_value, follow)
+        no_extra_spaces, ignore_spaces, create, allow_no_value, modify_inactive_option, follow)
 
     if not module.check_mode and os.path.exists(path):
         file_args = module.load_file_common_arguments(module.params)

plugins/modules/interfaces_file.py

@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
 ---
 module: interfaces_file
-short_description: Tweak settings in C(/etc/network/interfaces) files
+short_description: Tweak settings in /etc/network/interfaces files
 extends_documentation_fragment:
   - ansible.builtin.files
   - community.general.attributes
 description:
   - Manage (add, remove, change) individual interface options in an interfaces-style file without having
     to manage the file as a whole with, say, M(ansible.builtin.template) or M(ansible.builtin.assemble). Interface has to be presented in a file.
-  - Read information about interfaces from interfaces-styled files.
+  - Read information about interfaces from interfaces-styled files
 attributes:
   check_mode:
     support: full
@@ -29,27 +29,27 @@ options:
   dest:
     type: path
     description:
-      - Path to the interfaces file.
+      - Path to the interfaces file
     default: /etc/network/interfaces
   iface:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Name of the interface, required for value changes or option remove.
+      - Name of the interface, required for value changes or option remove
   address_family:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Address family of the interface, useful if same interface name is used for both V(inet) and V(inet6).
+      - Address family of the interface, useful if same interface name is used for both inet and inet6
   option:
     type: str
     description:
-      - Name of the option, required for value changes or option remove.
+      - Name of the option, required for value changes or option remove
   value:
     type: str
     description:
       - If O(option) is not presented for the O(iface) and O(state) is V(present) option will be added.
         If O(option) already exists and is not V(pre-up), V(up), V(post-up) or V(down), it's value will be updated.
         V(pre-up), V(up), V(post-up) and V(down) options cannot be updated, only adding new options, removing existing
-        ones or cleaning the whole option set are supported.
+        ones or cleaning the whole option set are supported
   backup:
     description:
       - Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get
@@ -64,76 +64,72 @@ options:
     choices: [ "present", "absent" ]
 
 notes:
-   - If option is defined multiple times last one will be updated but all will be deleted in case of an absent state.
+   - If option is defined multiple times last one will be updated but all will be deleted in case of an absent state
 requirements: []
 author: "Roman Belyakovsky (@hryamzik)"
 '''
 
 RETURN = '''
 dest:
-    description: Destination file/path.
+    description: destination file/path
     returned: success
     type: str
     sample: "/etc/network/interfaces"
 ifaces:
-    description: Interfaces dictionary.
+    description: interfaces dictionary
     returned: success
-    type: dict
+    type: complex
     contains:
       ifaces:
-        description: Interface dictionary.
+        description: interface dictionary
         returned: success
         type: dict
         contains:
           eth0:
-            description: Name of the interface.
+            description: Name of the interface
             returned: success
             type: dict
             contains:
               address_family:
-                description: Interface address family.
+                description: interface address family
                 returned: success
                 type: str
                 sample: "inet"
               method:
-                description: Interface method.
+                description: interface method
                 returned: success
                 type: str
                 sample: "manual"
               mtu:
-                description: Other options, all values returned as strings.
+                description: other options, all values returned as strings
                 returned: success
                 type: str
                 sample: "1500"
               pre-up:
-                description: List of C(pre-up) scripts.
+                description: list of C(pre-up) scripts
                 returned: success
                 type: list
-                elements: str
                 sample:
                   - "route add -net 10.10.10.0/24 gw 10.10.10.1 dev eth1"
                   - "route add -net 10.10.11.0/24 gw 10.10.11.1 dev eth2"
               up:
-                description: List of C(up) scripts.
+                description: list of C(up) scripts
                 returned: success
                 type: list
-                elements: str
                 sample:
                   - "route add -net 10.10.10.0/24 gw 10.10.10.1 dev eth1"
                   - "route add -net 10.10.11.0/24 gw 10.10.11.1 dev eth2"
               post-up:
-                description: List of C(post-up) scripts.
+                description: list of C(post-up) scripts
                 returned: success
                 type: list
-                elements: str
                 sample:
                   - "route add -net 10.10.10.0/24 gw 10.10.10.1 dev eth1"
                   - "route add -net 10.10.11.0/24 gw 10.10.11.1 dev eth2"
               down:
-                description: List of C(down) scripts.
+                description: list of C(down) scripts
                 returned: success
                 type: list
-                elements: str
                 sample:
                   - "route del -net 10.10.10.0/24 gw 10.10.10.1 dev eth1"
                   - "route del -net 10.10.11.0/24 gw 10.10.11.1 dev eth2"
@@ -340,8 +336,6 @@ def addOptionAfterLine(option, value, iface, lines, last_line_dict, iface_option
         changed = False
         for ln in lines:
             if ln.get('line_type', '') == 'iface' and ln.get('iface', '') == iface and value != ln.get('params', {}).get('method', ''):
-                if address_family is not None and ln.get('address_family') != address_family:
-                    continue
                 changed = True
                 ln['line'] = re.sub(ln.get('params', {}).get('method', '') + '$', value, ln.get('line'))
                 ln['params']['method'] = value

plugins/modules/ipa_hbacrule.py

@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ import traceback
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient, ipa_argument_spec
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 
 class HBACRuleIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -232,17 +231,10 @@ def ensure(module, client):
     name = module.params['cn']
     state = module.params['state']
 
-    ipa_version = client.get_ipa_version()
     if state in ['present', 'enabled']:
-        if LooseVersion(ipa_version) < LooseVersion('4.9.10'):
-            ipaenabledflag = 'TRUE'
-        else:
-            ipaenabledflag = True
+        ipaenabledflag = 'TRUE'
     else:
-        if LooseVersion(ipa_version) < LooseVersion('4.9.10'):
-            ipaenabledflag = 'FALSE'
-        else:
-            ipaenabledflag = False
+        ipaenabledflag = 'FALSE'
 
     host = module.params['host']
     hostcategory = module.params['hostcategory']

plugins/modules/ipa_otptoken.py

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def get_otptoken_dict(ansible_to_ipa, uniqueid=None, newuniqueid=None, otptype=N
     if owner is not None:
         otptoken[ansible_to_ipa['owner']] = owner
     if enabled is not None:
-        otptoken[ansible_to_ipa['enabled']] = False if enabled else True
+        otptoken[ansible_to_ipa['enabled']] = 'FALSE' if enabled else 'TRUE'
     if notbefore is not None:
         otptoken[ansible_to_ipa['notbefore']] = notbefore + 'Z'
     if notafter is not None:

plugins/modules/ipa_sudorule.py

@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ import traceback
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient, ipa_argument_spec
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 
 class SudoRuleIPAClient(IPAClient):
@@ -311,17 +310,10 @@ def ensure(module, client):
     runasgroupcategory = module.params['runasgroupcategory']
     runasextusers = module.params['runasextusers']
 
-    ipa_version = client.get_ipa_version()
     if state in ['present', 'enabled']:
-        if LooseVersion(ipa_version) < LooseVersion('4.9.10'):
-            ipaenabledflag = 'TRUE'
-        else:
-            ipaenabledflag = True
+        ipaenabledflag = 'TRUE'
     else:
-        if LooseVersion(ipa_version) < LooseVersion('4.9.10'):
-            ipaenabledflag = 'FALSE'
-        else:
-            ipaenabledflag = False
+        ipaenabledflag = 'FALSE'
 
     sudoopt = module.params['sudoopt']
     user = module.params['user']

plugins/modules/iptables_state.py

@@ -207,9 +207,7 @@ saved:
       "# Completed"
     ]
 tables:
-  description:
-    - The iptables on the system before the module has run, separated by table.
-    - If the option O(table) is used, only this table is included.
+  description: The iptables we have interest for when module starts.
   type: dict
   contains:
     table:
@@ -348,27 +346,20 @@ def filter_and_format_state(string):
     return lines
 
 
-def parse_per_table_state(all_states_dump):
+def per_table_state(command, state):
     '''
     Convert raw iptables-save output into usable datastructure, for reliable
     comparisons between initial and final states.
     '''
-    lines = filter_and_format_state(all_states_dump)
     tables = dict()
-    current_table = ''
-    current_list = list()
-    for line in lines:
-        if re.match(r'^[*](filter|mangle|nat|raw|security)$', line):
-            current_table = line[1:]
-            continue
-        if line == 'COMMIT':
-            tables[current_table] = current_list
-            current_table = ''
-            current_list = list()
-            continue
-        if line.startswith('# '):
-            continue
-        current_list.append(line)
+    for t in TABLES:
+        COMMAND = list(command)
+        if '*%s' % t in state.splitlines():
+            COMMAND.extend(['--table', t])
+            dummy, out, dummy = module.run_command(COMMAND, check_rc=True)
+            out = re.sub(r'(^|\n)(# Generated|# Completed|[*]%s|COMMIT)[^\n]*' % t, r'', out)
+            out = re.sub(r' *\[[0-9]+:[0-9]+\] *', r'', out)
+            tables[t] = [tt for tt in out.splitlines() if tt != '']
     return tables
 
 
@@ -495,7 +486,7 @@ def main():
     # Depending on the value of 'table', initref_state may differ from
     # initial_state.
     (rc, stdout, stderr) = module.run_command(SAVECOMMAND, check_rc=True)
-    tables_before = parse_per_table_state(stdout)
+    tables_before = per_table_state(SAVECOMMAND, stdout)
     initref_state = filter_and_format_state(stdout)
 
     if state == 'saved':
@@ -592,17 +583,14 @@ def main():
 
         (rc, stdout, stderr) = module.run_command(SAVECOMMAND, check_rc=True)
         restored_state = filter_and_format_state(stdout)
-    tables_after = parse_per_table_state('\n'.join(restored_state))
+
     if restored_state not in (initref_state, initial_state):
-        for table_name, table_content in tables_after.items():
-            if table_name not in tables_before:
-                # Would initialize a table, which doesn't exist yet
+        if module.check_mode:
+            changed = True
+        else:
+            tables_after = per_table_state(SAVECOMMAND, stdout)
+            if tables_after != tables_before:
                 changed = True
-                break
-            if tables_before[table_name] != table_content:
-                # Content of some table changes
-                changed = True
-                break
 
     if _back is None or module.check_mode:
         module.exit_json(
@@ -645,7 +633,7 @@ def main():
     os.remove(b_back)
 
     (rc, stdout, stderr) = module.run_command(SAVECOMMAND, check_rc=True)
-    tables_rollback = parse_per_table_state(stdout)
+    tables_rollback = per_table_state(SAVECOMMAND, stdout)
 
     msg = (
         "Failed to confirm state restored from %s after %ss. "

plugins/modules/irc.py

@@ -195,14 +195,7 @@ def send_msg(msg, server='localhost', port='6667', channel=None, nick_to=None, k
 
     irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
     if use_ssl:
-        if getattr(ssl, 'PROTOCOL_TLS', None) is not None:
-            # Supported since Python 2.7.13
-            context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS)
-        else:
-            context = ssl.SSLContext()
-        context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
-        # TODO: create a secure context with `context = ssl.create_default_context()` instead!
-        irc = context.wrap_socket(irc)
+        irc = ssl.wrap_socket(irc)
     irc.connect((server, int(port)))
 
     if passwd:

plugins/modules/iso_customize.py

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ options:
         type: str
         required: true
 notes:
-- The C(pycdlib) library states it supports Python 2.7 and 3.4+.
+- The C(pycdlib) library states it supports Python 2.7 and 3.4 only.
 - >
   The function C(add_file) in pycdlib will overwrite the existing file in ISO with type ISO9660 / Rock Ridge 1.12 / Joliet / UDF.
   But it will not overwrite the existing file in ISO with Rock Ridge 1.09 / 1.10.

plugins/modules/keycloak_authz_permission.py

@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def main():
             if not r:
                 module.fail_json(msg='Unable to find authorization resource with name %s for client %s in realm %s' % (resources[0], cid, realm))
             else:
-                payload['resources'].append(r['_id'])
+                payload['resources'] = r['_id']
 
             for rs in r['scopes']:
                 resource_scopes.append(rs['id'])

plugins/modules/keycloak_client.py

@@ -717,14 +717,13 @@ end_state:
 '''
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.identity.keycloak.keycloak import KeycloakAPI, camel, \
-    keycloak_argument_spec, get_token, KeycloakError, is_struct_included
+    keycloak_argument_spec, get_token, KeycloakError
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 import copy
 
 
 PROTOCOL_OPENID_CONNECT = 'openid-connect'
 PROTOCOL_SAML = 'saml'
-CLIENT_META_DATA = ['authorizationServicesEnabled']
 
 
 def normalise_cr(clientrep, remove_ids=False):
@@ -742,12 +741,6 @@ def normalise_cr(clientrep, remove_ids=False):
     if 'attributes' in clientrep:
         clientrep['attributes'] = list(sorted(clientrep['attributes']))
 
-    if 'defaultClientScopes' in clientrep:
-        clientrep['defaultClientScopes'] = list(sorted(clientrep['defaultClientScopes']))
-
-    if 'optionalClientScopes' in clientrep:
-        clientrep['optionalClientScopes'] = list(sorted(clientrep['optionalClientScopes']))
-
     if 'redirectUris' in clientrep:
         clientrep['redirectUris'] = list(sorted(clientrep['redirectUris']))
 
@@ -953,7 +946,7 @@ def main():
                 if module._diff:
                     result['diff'] = dict(before=sanitize_cr(before_norm),
                                           after=sanitize_cr(desired_norm))
-                result['changed'] = not is_struct_included(desired_norm, before_norm, CLIENT_META_DATA)
+                result['changed'] = (before_norm != desired_norm)
 
                 module.exit_json(**result)
 

plugins/modules/keycloak_identity_provider.py

@@ -542,14 +542,10 @@ def main():
                     old_mapper = dict()
             new_mapper = old_mapper.copy()
             new_mapper.update(change)
-
-            if changeset.get('mappers') is None:
-                changeset['mappers'] = list()
-            # eventually this holds all desired mappers, unchanged, modified and newly added
-            changeset['mappers'].append(new_mapper)
-
-        # ensure idempotency in case module.params.mappers is not sorted by name
-        changeset['mappers'] = sorted(changeset['mappers'], key=lambda x: x.get('id') if x.get('name') is None else x['name'])
+            if new_mapper != old_mapper:
+                if changeset.get('mappers') is None:
+                    changeset['mappers'] = list()
+                changeset['mappers'].append(new_mapper)
 
     # Prepare the desired values using the existing values (non-existence results in a dict that is save to use as a basis)
     desired_idp = before_idp.copy()
@@ -616,17 +612,10 @@ def main():
             # do the update
             desired_idp = desired_idp.copy()
             updated_mappers = desired_idp.pop('mappers', [])
-            original_mappers = list(before_idp.get('mappers', []))
-
             kc.update_identity_provider(desired_idp, realm)
             for mapper in updated_mappers:
                 if mapper.get('id') is not None:
-                    # only update existing if there is a change
-                    for i, orig in enumerate(original_mappers):
-                        if mapper['id'] == orig['id']:
-                            del original_mappers[i]
-                            if mapper != orig:
-                                kc.update_identity_provider_mapper(mapper, alias, realm)
+                    kc.update_identity_provider_mapper(mapper, alias, realm)
                 else:
                     if mapper.get('identityProviderAlias') is None:
                         mapper['identityProviderAlias'] = alias

plugins/modules/keycloak_realm.py

@@ -582,27 +582,6 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.identity.keycloa
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 
 
-def normalise_cr(realmrep):
-    """ Re-sorts any properties where the order is important so that diff's is minimised and the change detection is more effective.
-
-    :param realmrep: the realmrep dict to be sanitized
-    :return: normalised realmrep dict
-    """
-    # Avoid the dict passed in to be modified
-    realmrep = realmrep.copy()
-
-    if 'enabledEventTypes' in realmrep:
-        realmrep['enabledEventTypes'] = list(sorted(realmrep['enabledEventTypes']))
-
-    if 'otpSupportedApplications' in realmrep:
-        realmrep['otpSupportedApplications'] = list(sorted(realmrep['otpSupportedApplications']))
-
-    if 'supportedLocales' in realmrep:
-        realmrep['supportedLocales'] = list(sorted(realmrep['supportedLocales']))
-
-    return realmrep
-
-
 def sanitize_cr(realmrep):
     """ Removes probably sensitive details from a realm representation.
 
@@ -616,7 +595,7 @@ def sanitize_cr(realmrep):
         if 'saml.signing.private.key' in result['attributes']:
             result['attributes'] = result['attributes'].copy()
             result['attributes']['saml.signing.private.key'] = '********'
-    return normalise_cr(result)
+    return result
 
 
 def main():
@@ -798,11 +777,9 @@ def main():
             result['changed'] = True
             if module.check_mode:
                 # We can only compare the current realm with the proposed updates we have
-                before_norm = normalise_cr(before_realm)
-                desired_norm = normalise_cr(desired_realm)
                 if module._diff:
-                    result['diff'] = dict(before=sanitize_cr(before_norm),
-                                          after=sanitize_cr(desired_norm))
+                    result['diff'] = dict(before=before_realm_sanitized,
+                                          after=sanitize_cr(desired_realm))
                 result['changed'] = (before_realm != desired_realm)
 
                 module.exit_json(**result)

plugins/modules/keycloak_user.py

@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ def main():
 
     else:
         after_user = {}
-        if force and before_user:  # If the force option is set to true
+        if force:  # If the force option is set to true
             # Delete the existing user
             kc.delete_user(user_id=before_user["id"], realm=realm)
 

plugins/modules/lvol.py

@@ -552,9 +552,9 @@ def main():
                 elif rc == 0:
                     changed = True
                     msg = "Volume %s resized to %s%s" % (this_lv['name'], size_requested, unit)
-                elif "matches existing size" in err or "matches existing size" in out:
+                elif "matches existing size" in err:
                     module.exit_json(changed=False, vg=vg, lv=this_lv['name'], size=this_lv['size'])
-                elif "not larger than existing size" in err or "not larger than existing size" in out:
+                elif "not larger than existing size" in err:
                     module.exit_json(changed=False, vg=vg, lv=this_lv['name'], size=this_lv['size'], msg="Original size is larger than requested size", err=err)
                 else:
                     module.fail_json(msg="Unable to resize %s to %s%s" % (lv, size, size_unit), rc=rc, err=err)
@@ -585,9 +585,9 @@ def main():
                     module.fail_json(msg="Unable to resize %s to %s%s" % (lv, size, size_unit), rc=rc, err=err, out=out)
                 elif rc == 0:
                     changed = True
-                elif "matches existing size" in err or "matches existing size" in out:
+                elif "matches existing size" in err:
                     module.exit_json(changed=False, vg=vg, lv=this_lv['name'], size=this_lv['size'])
-                elif "not larger than existing size" in err or "not larger than existing size" in out:
+                elif "not larger than existing size" in err:
                     module.exit_json(changed=False, vg=vg, lv=this_lv['name'], size=this_lv['size'], msg="Original size is larger than requested size", err=err)
                 else:
                     module.fail_json(msg="Unable to resize %s to %s%s" % (lv, size, size_unit), rc=rc, err=err)

plugins/modules/lxd_container.py

@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ options:
     source:
         description:
           - 'The source for the instance
-            (for example V({ "type": "image", "mode": "pull", "server": "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/",
-            "protocol": "simplestreams", "alias": "22.04" })).'
+            (for example V({ "type": "image", "mode": "pull", "server": "https://images.linuxcontainers.org",
+            "protocol": "lxd", "alias": "ubuntu/xenial/amd64" })).'
           - 'See U(https://documentation.ubuntu.com/lxd/en/latest/api/) for complete API documentation.'
           - 'Note that C(protocol) accepts two choices: V(lxd) or V(simplestreams).'
         required: false
@@ -205,9 +205,6 @@ notes:
   - You can copy a file in the created instance to the localhost
     with C(command=lxc file pull instance_name/dir/filename filename).
     See the first example below.
-  - linuxcontainers.org has phased out LXC/LXD support with March 2024
-    (U(https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/important-notice-for-lxd-users-image-server/18479)).
-    Currently only Ubuntu is still providing images.
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -223,9 +220,9 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
         source:
           type: image
           mode: pull
-          server: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/
-          protocol: simplestreams
-          alias: "22.04"
+          server: https://images.linuxcontainers.org
+          protocol: lxd # if you get a 404, try setting protocol: simplestreams
+          alias: ubuntu/xenial/amd64
         profiles: ["default"]
         wait_for_ipv4_addresses: true
         timeout: 600
@@ -267,26 +264,6 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
         wait_for_ipv4_addresses: true
         timeout: 600
 
-# An example of creating a ubuntu-minial container
-- hosts: localhost
-  connection: local
-  tasks:
-    - name: Create a started container
-      community.general.lxd_container:
-        name: mycontainer
-        ignore_volatile_options: true
-        state: started
-        source:
-          type: image
-          mode: pull
-          # Provides Ubuntu minimal images
-          server: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/
-          protocol: simplestreams
-          alias: "22.04"
-        profiles: ["default"]
-        wait_for_ipv4_addresses: true
-        timeout: 600
-
 # An example for creating container in project other than default
 - hosts: localhost
   connection: local
@@ -301,8 +278,8 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
           protocol: simplestreams
           type: image
           mode: pull
-          server: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/
-          alias: "22.04"
+          server: https://images.linuxcontainers.org
+          alias: ubuntu/20.04/cloud
         profiles: ["default"]
         wait_for_ipv4_addresses: true
         timeout: 600
@@ -370,7 +347,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
         source:
           type: image
           mode: pull
-          alias: "22.04"
+          alias: ubuntu/xenial/amd64
         target: node01
 
     - name: Create container on another node
@@ -381,7 +358,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
         source:
           type: image
           mode: pull
-          alias: "22.04"
+          alias: ubuntu/xenial/amd64
         target: node02
 
 # An example for creating a virtual machine

plugins/modules/mail.py

@@ -205,11 +205,10 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     body: System {{ ansible_hostname }} has been successfully provisioned.
     secure: starttls
 
-- name: Sending an e-mail using StartTLS, remote server, custom EHLO, and timeout of 10 seconds
+- name: Sending an e-mail using StartTLS, remote server, custom EHLO
   community.general.mail:
     host: some.smtp.host.tld
     port: 25
-    timeout: 10
     ehlohost: my-resolvable-hostname.tld
     to: John Smith <john.smith@example.com>
     subject: Ansible-report

plugins/modules/manageiq_policies.py

@@ -34,11 +34,7 @@ options:
     description:
       - V(absent) - policy_profiles should not exist,
       - V(present) - policy_profiles should exist,
-      - >
-        V(list) - list current policy_profiles and policies.
-        This state is deprecated and will be removed 8.0.0.
-        Please use the module M(community.general.manageiq_policies_info) instead.
-    choices: ['absent', 'present', 'list']
+    choices: ['absent', 'present']
     default: 'present'
   policy_profiles:
     type: list
@@ -133,7 +129,7 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.manageiq import
 
 
 def main():
-    actions = {'present': 'assign', 'absent': 'unassign', 'list': 'list'}
+    actions = {'present': 'assign', 'absent': 'unassign'}
     argument_spec = dict(
         policy_profiles=dict(type='list', elements='dict'),
         resource_id=dict(type='int'),
@@ -141,7 +137,7 @@ def main():
         resource_type=dict(required=True, type='str',
                            choices=list(manageiq_entities().keys())),
         state=dict(required=False, type='str',
-                   choices=['present', 'absent', 'list'], default='present'),
+                   choices=['present', 'absent'], default='present'),
     )
     # add the manageiq connection arguments to the arguments
     argument_spec.update(manageiq_argument_spec())
@@ -162,13 +158,6 @@ def main():
     resource_name = module.params['resource_name']
     state = module.params['state']
 
-    if state == "list":
-        module.deprecate(
-            'The value "list" for "state" is deprecated. Please use community.general.manageiq_policies_info instead.',
-            version='8.0.0',
-            collection_name='community.general'
-        )
-
     # get the action and resource type
     action = actions[state]
     resource_type = manageiq_entities()[resource_type_key]
@@ -176,13 +165,8 @@ def main():
     manageiq = ManageIQ(module)
     manageiq_policies = manageiq.policies(resource_id, resource_type, resource_name)
 
-    if action == 'list':
-        # return a list of current profiles for this object
-        current_profiles = manageiq_policies.query_resource_profiles()
-        res_args = dict(changed=False, profiles=current_profiles)
-    else:
-        # assign or unassign the profiles
-        res_args = manageiq_policies.assign_or_unassign_profiles(policy_profiles, action)
+    # assign or unassign the profiles
+    res_args = manageiq_policies.assign_or_unassign_profiles(policy_profiles, action)
 
     module.exit_json(**res_args)
 

plugins/modules/manageiq_tags.py

@@ -34,11 +34,7 @@ options:
     description:
       - V(absent) - tags should not exist.
       - V(present) - tags should exist.
-      - >
-        V(list) - list current tags.
-        This state is deprecated and will be removed 8.0.0.
-        Please use the module M(community.general.manageiq_tags_info) instead.
-    choices: ['absent', 'present', 'list']
+    choices: ['absent', 'present']
     default: 'present'
   tags:
     type: list
@@ -125,7 +121,7 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.manageiq import
 
 
 def main():
-    actions = {'present': 'assign', 'absent': 'unassign', 'list': 'list'}
+    actions = {'present': 'assign', 'absent': 'unassign'}
     argument_spec = dict(
         tags=dict(type='list', elements='dict'),
         resource_id=dict(type='int'),
@@ -133,7 +129,7 @@ def main():
         resource_type=dict(required=True, type='str',
                            choices=list(manageiq_entities().keys())),
         state=dict(required=False, type='str',
-                   choices=['present', 'absent', 'list'], default='present'),
+                   choices=['present', 'absent'], default='present'),
     )
     # add the manageiq connection arguments to the arguments
     argument_spec.update(manageiq_argument_spec())
@@ -154,13 +150,6 @@ def main():
     resource_name = module.params['resource_name']
     state = module.params['state']
 
-    if state == "list":
-        module.deprecate(
-            'The value "list" for "state" is deprecated. Please use community.general.manageiq_tags_info instead.',
-            version='8.0.0',
-            collection_name='community.general'
-        )
-
     # get the action and resource type
     action = actions[state]
     resource_type = manageiq_entities()[resource_type_key]
@@ -173,13 +162,8 @@ def main():
 
     manageiq_tags = ManageIQTags(manageiq, resource_type, resource_id)
 
-    if action == 'list':
-        # return a list of current tags for this object
-        current_tags = manageiq_tags.query_resource_tags()
-        res_args = dict(changed=False, tags=current_tags)
-    else:
-        # assign or unassign the tags
-        res_args = manageiq_tags.assign_or_unassign_tags(tags, action)
+    # assign or unassign the tags
+    res_args = manageiq_tags.assign_or_unassign_tags(tags, action)
 
     module.exit_json(**res_args)
 

plugins/modules/modprobe.py

@@ -232,16 +232,12 @@ class Modprobe(object):
 
     @property
     def modules_files(self):
-        if not os.path.isdir(MODULES_LOAD_LOCATION):
-            return []
         modules_paths = [os.path.join(MODULES_LOAD_LOCATION, path)
                          for path in os.listdir(MODULES_LOAD_LOCATION)]
         return [path for path in modules_paths if os.path.isfile(path)]
 
     @property
     def modprobe_files(self):
-        if not os.path.isdir(PARAMETERS_FILES_LOCATION):
-            return []
         modules_paths = [os.path.join(PARAMETERS_FILES_LOCATION, path)
                          for path in os.listdir(PARAMETERS_FILES_LOCATION)]
         return [path for path in modules_paths if os.path.isfile(path)]

plugins/modules/mssql_script.py

@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def run_module():
     # Process the script into batches
     queries = []
     current_batch = []
-    for statement in script.splitlines(True):
+    for statement in script.splitlines(keepends=True):
         # Ignore the Byte Order Mark, if found
         if statement.strip() == '\uFEFF':
             continue

plugins/modules/nmcli.py

@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ class Nmcli(object):
         elif self.type == 'wifi':
             options.update({
                 '802-11-wireless.ssid': self.ssid,
-                'connection.slave-type': ('bond' if self.slave_type is None else self.slave_type) if self.master else None,
+                'connection.slave-type': 'bond' if self.master else None,
             })
             if self.wifi:
                 for name, value in self.wifi.items():

plugins/modules/nomad_job.py

@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     content: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', 'job.hcl') }}"
     timeout: 120
 
+- name: Connect with port to create job
+  community.general.nomad_job:
+    host: localhost
+    port: 4645
+    state: present
+    content: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', 'job.hcl') }}"
+    timeout: 120
+
 - name: Stop job
   community.general.nomad_job:
     host: localhost
@@ -103,6 +111,7 @@ def run():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
             host=dict(required=True, type='str'),
+            port=dict(type='int', default=4646),
             state=dict(required=True, choices=['present', 'absent']),
             use_ssl=dict(type='bool', default=True),
             timeout=dict(type='int', default=5),
@@ -132,6 +141,7 @@ def run():
 
     nomad_client = nomad.Nomad(
         host=module.params.get('host'),
+        port=module.params.get('port'),
         secure=module.params.get('use_ssl'),
         timeout=module.params.get('timeout'),
         verify=module.params.get('validate_certs'),

plugins/modules/nomad_job_info.py

@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ def run():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
             host=dict(required=True, type='str'),
+            port=dict(type='int', default=4646),
             use_ssl=dict(type='bool', default=True),
             timeout=dict(type='int', default=5),
             validate_certs=dict(type='bool', default=True),
@@ -300,6 +301,7 @@ def run():
 
     nomad_client = nomad.Nomad(
         host=module.params.get('host'),
+        port=module.params.get('port'),
         secure=module.params.get('use_ssl'),
         timeout=module.params.get('timeout'),
         verify=module.params.get('validate_certs'),

plugins/modules/pacemaker_cluster.py

@@ -188,8 +188,6 @@ def main():
             if cluster_state == state:
                 module.exit_json(changed=changed, out=cluster_state)
             else:
-                if module.check_mode:
-                    module.exit_json(changed=True)
                 set_cluster(module, state, timeout, force)
                 cluster_state = get_cluster_status(module)
                 if cluster_state == state:
@@ -203,16 +201,12 @@ def main():
                 if node_state[1].strip().lower() == state:
                     module.exit_json(changed=changed, out=cluster_state)
                 else:
-                    if module.check_mode:
-                        module.exit_json(changed=True)
                     # Set cluster status if needed
                     set_cluster(module, state, timeout, force)
                     cluster_state = get_node_status(module, node)
                     module.exit_json(changed=True, out=cluster_state)
 
     if state in ['restart']:
-        if module.check_mode:
-            module.exit_json(changed=True)
         set_cluster(module, 'offline', timeout, force)
         cluster_state = get_cluster_status(module)
         if cluster_state == 'offline':
@@ -226,8 +220,6 @@ def main():
             module.fail_json(msg="Failed during the restart of the cluster, the cluster can't be stopped")
 
     if state in ['cleanup']:
-        if module.check_mode:
-            module.exit_json(changed=True)
         clean_cluster(module, timeout)
         cluster_state = get_cluster_status(module)
         module.exit_json(changed=True,

plugins/modules/pacman_key.py

@@ -88,13 +88,11 @@ options:
 EXAMPLES = '''
 - name: Import a key via local file
   community.general.pacman_key:
-    id: 01234567890ABCDE01234567890ABCDE12345678
     data: "{{ lookup('file', 'keyfile.asc') }}"
     state: present
 
 - name: Import a key via remote file
   community.general.pacman_key:
-    id: 01234567890ABCDE01234567890ABCDE12345678
     file: /tmp/keyfile.asc
     state: present
 

plugins/modules/pam_limits.py

@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ def main():
     limits_conf = '/etc/security/limits.conf'
 
     module = AnsibleModule(
+        # not checking because of daisy chain to file module
         argument_spec=dict(
             domain=dict(required=True, type='str'),
             limit_type=dict(required=True, type='str', choices=pam_types),
@@ -200,7 +201,6 @@ def main():
     new_comment = module.params['comment']
 
     changed = False
-    does_not_exist = False
 
     if os.path.isfile(limits_conf):
         if not os.access(limits_conf, os.W_OK):
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def main():
     else:
         limits_conf_dir = os.path.dirname(limits_conf)
         if os.path.isdir(limits_conf_dir) and os.access(limits_conf_dir, os.W_OK):
-            does_not_exist = True
+            open(limits_conf, 'a').close()
             changed = True
         else:
             module.fail_json(msg="directory %s is not writable (check presence, access rights, use sudo)" % limits_conf_dir)
@@ -224,20 +224,15 @@ def main():
 
     space_pattern = re.compile(r'\s+')
 
-    if does_not_exist:
-        lines = []
-    else:
-        with open(limits_conf, 'rb') as f:
-            lines = list(f)
-
     message = ''
+    f = open(limits_conf, 'rb')
     # Tempfile
     nf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+')
 
     found = False
     new_value = value
 
-    for line in lines:
+    for line in f:
         line = to_native(line, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
         if line.startswith('#'):
             nf.write(line)
@@ -328,17 +323,17 @@ def main():
         message = new_limit
         nf.write(new_limit)
 
+    f.close()
     nf.flush()
 
+    with open(limits_conf, 'r') as content:
+        content_current = content.read()
+
     with open(nf.name, 'r') as content:
         content_new = content.read()
 
     if not module.check_mode:
-        if does_not_exist:
-            with open(limits_conf, 'a'):
-                pass
-
-        # Move tempfile to newfile
+        # Copy tempfile to newfile
         module.atomic_move(nf.name, limits_conf)
 
     try:
@@ -349,7 +344,7 @@ def main():
     res_args = dict(
         changed=changed,
         msg=message,
-        diff=dict(before=b''.join(lines), after=content_new),
+        diff=dict(before=content_current, after=content_new),
     )
 
     if backup:

plugins/modules/pkgin.py

@@ -174,13 +174,6 @@ def query_package(module, name):
             #     '<' - installed but out of date
             #     '=' - installed and up to date
             #     '>' - installed but newer than the repository version
-
-            if (package in ('reading local summary...',
-                            'processing local summary...',
-                            'downloading pkg_summary.xz done.')) or \
-               (package.startswith('processing remote summary (')):
-                continue
-
             pkgname_with_version, raw_state = package.split(splitchar)[0:2]
 
             # Search for package, stripping version
@@ -324,7 +317,7 @@ def do_upgrade_packages(module, full=False):
         format_pkgin_command(module, cmd))
 
     if rc == 0:
-        if re.search('^(.*\n|)nothing to do.\n$', out):
+        if re.search('^nothing to do.\n$', out):
             module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="nothing left to upgrade")
     else:
         module.fail_json(msg="could not %s packages" % cmd, stdout=out, stderr=err)

plugins/modules/proxmox.py

@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ options:
         [,replicate=<1|0>] [,ro=<1|0>] [,shared=<1|0>] [,size=<DiskSize>])."
       - See U(https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Linux_Container) for a full description.
       - This option has no default unless O(proxmox_default_behavior) is set to V(compatibility); then the default is V(3).
-      - Should not be used in conjunction with O(storage).
     type: str
   cores:
     description:
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ options:
   storage:
     description:
       - target storage
-      - Should not be used in conjunction with O(disk).
     type: str
     default: 'local'
   cpuunits:
@@ -235,18 +233,6 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     hostname: example.org
     ostemplate: 'local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
 
-- name: Create new container with minimal options specifying disk storage location and size
-  community.general.proxmox:
-    vmid: 100
-    node: uk-mc02
-    api_user: root@pam
-    api_password: 1q2w3e
-    api_host: node1
-    password: 123456
-    hostname: example.org
-    ostemplate: 'local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
-    disk: 'local-lvm:20'
-
 - name: Create new container with hookscript and description
   community.general.proxmox:
     vmid: 100
@@ -325,7 +311,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     api_host: node1
     password: 123456
     hostname: example.org
-    ostemplate: 'local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
+    ostemplate: local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
     mounts: '{"mp0":"local:8,mp=/mnt/test/"}'
 
 - name: Create new container with minimal options defining a cpu core limit
@@ -337,7 +323,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     api_host: node1
     password: 123456
     hostname: example.org
-    ostemplate: 'local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
+    ostemplate: local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
     cores: 2
 
 - name: Create new container with minimal options and same timezone as proxmox host
@@ -361,7 +347,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     api_host: node1
     password: 123456
     hostname: example.org
-    ostemplate: 'local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
+    ostemplate: local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
     features:
      - nesting=1
      - mount=cifs,nfs