Release 7.5.5.

[PR #8005/e0dbe9c9 backport][stable-7] modprobe: Avoid FileNotFoundError when directories don't exist. (#8027 )
modprobe: Avoid FileNotFoundError when directories don't exist. (#8005) * Avoid FileNotFoundError when directories don't exist. * Adds changelog fragment. * Update changelogs/fragments/7717-prevent-modprobe-error.yml Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de> --------- Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de> (cherry picked from commit e0dbe9c98d) Co-authored-by: Nate Douglas <ndouglas@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-04-30 10:26:52 +00:00 · 2024-02-25 20:59:39 +01:00 · 2024-02-25 07:47:30 +01:00 · 2024-02-24 20:27:04 +00:00 · 2024-02-24 20:26:50 +00:00 · 2024-02-23 20:59:40 +01:00
390 changed files with 5637 additions and 9956 deletions
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -247,10 +247,10 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
          targets:
-            #- name: macOS 12.0
-            #  test: macos/12.0
            - name: RHEL 9.0
              test: rhel/9.0
+            #- name: macOS 12.0
+            #  test: macos/12.0
            #- name: FreeBSD 12.4
            #  test: freebsd/12.4
          groups:
--- a/.github/BOTMETA.yml
+++ b/.github/BOTMETA.yml
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ files:
  $connections/funcd.py:
    maintainers: mscherer
  $connections/iocage.py: {}
-  $connections/incus.py:
-    labels: incus
-    maintainers: stgraber
  $connections/jail.py:
    maintainers: $team_ansible_core
  $connections/lxc.py: {}
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ files:
    labels: hwc
    maintainers: $team_huawei
  $doc_fragments/nomad.py:
-    maintainers: chris93111 apecnascimento
+    maintainers: chris93111
  $doc_fragments/xenserver.py:
    labels: xenserver
    maintainers: bvitnik
@@ -136,8 +133,6 @@ files:
    maintainers: giner
  $filters/from_csv.py:
    maintainers: Ajpantuso
-  $filters/from_ini.py:
-    maintainers: sscheib
  $filters/groupby_as_dict.py:
    maintainers: felixfontein
  $filters/hashids.py:
@@ -158,8 +153,6 @@ files:
    maintainers: resmo
  $filters/to_hours.yml:
    maintainers: resmo
-  $filters/to_ini.py:
-    maintainers: sscheib
  $filters/to_milliseconds.yml:
    maintainers: resmo
  $filters/to_minutes.yml:
@@ -241,8 +234,6 @@ files:
  $lookups/filetree.py:
    maintainers: dagwieers
  $lookups/flattened.py: {}
-  $lookups/github_app_access_token.py:
-    maintainers: weisheng-p
  $lookups/hiera.py:
    maintainers: jparrill
  $lookups/keyring.py: {}
@@ -484,8 +475,6 @@ files:
    maintainers: russoz
  $modules/dnf_versionlock.py:
    maintainers: moreda
-  $modules/dnf_config_manager.py:
-    maintainers: ahyattdev
  $modules/dnsimple.py:
    maintainers: drcapulet
  $modules/dnsimple_info.py:
@@ -508,9 +497,6 @@ 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:
@@ -537,8 +523,6 @@ files:
    maintainers: russoz
  $modules/git_config.py:
    maintainers: djmattyg007 mgedmin
-  $modules/git_config_info.py:
-    maintainers: guenhter
  $modules/github_:
    maintainers: stpierre
  $modules/github_deploy_key.py:
@@ -560,8 +544,6 @@ files:
    ignore: dj-wasabi
  $modules/gitlab_branch.py:
    maintainers: paytroff
-  $modules/gitlab_issue.py:
-    maintainers: zvaraondrej
  $modules/gitlab_merge_request.py:
    maintainers: zvaraondrej
  $modules/gitlab_project_variable.py:
@@ -661,8 +643,6 @@ files:
  $modules/ipa_:
    maintainers: $team_ipa
    ignore: fxfitz
-  $modules/ipa_dnsrecord.py:
-    maintainers: $team_ipa jwbernin
  $modules/ipbase_info.py:
    maintainers: dominikkukacka
  $modules/ipa_pwpolicy.py:
@@ -758,12 +738,8 @@ files:
    maintainers: elfelip
  $modules/keycloak_user_federation.py:
    maintainers: laurpaum
-  $modules/keycloak_component_info.py:
-    maintainers: desand01
  $modules/keycloak_user_rolemapping.py:
    maintainers: bratwurzt
-  $modules/keycloak_realm_rolemapping.py:
-    maintainers: agross mhuysamen Gaetan2907
  $modules/keyring.py:
    maintainers: ahussey-redhat
  $modules/keyring_info.py:
@@ -892,7 +868,7 @@ files:
  $modules/nmcli.py:
    maintainers: alcamie101
  $modules/nomad_:
-    maintainers: chris93111 apecnascimento
+    maintainers: chris93111
  $modules/nosh.py:
    maintainers: tacatac
  $modules/npm.py:
@@ -1051,10 +1027,6 @@ files:
    maintainers: helldorado
  $modules/proxmox_nic.py:
    maintainers: Kogelvis
-  $modules/proxmox_node_info.py:
-    maintainers: jwbernin
-  $modules/proxmox_storage_contents_info.py:
-    maintainers: l00ptr
  $modules/proxmox_tasks_info:
    maintainers: paginabianca
  $modules/proxmox_template.py:
@@ -1425,41 +1397,6 @@ files:
    maintainers: $team_suse
  $tests/a_module.py:
    maintainers: felixfontein
-  $tests/fqdn_valid.py:
-    maintainers: vbotka
-#########################
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide.rst: {}
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations.rst: {}
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence.rst:
-    maintainers: keilr
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries.rst:
-    maintainers: felixfontein giner
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping.rst:
-    maintainers: felixfontein
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst:
-    maintainers: vbotka
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_conversions.rst:
-    maintainers: Ajpantuso kellyjonbrazil
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_creating_identifiers.rst:
-    maintainers: Ajpantuso
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_paths.rst: {}
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_selecting_json_data.rst: {}
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_times.rst:
-    maintainers: resmo
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_unicode.rst:
-    maintainers: Ajpantuso
-  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_versions.rst:
-    maintainers: ericzolf
-  docs/docsite/rst/guide_alicloud.rst:
-    maintainers: xiaozhu36
-  docs/docsite/rst/guide_online.rst:
-    maintainers: remyleone
-  docs/docsite/rst/guide_packet.rst:
-    maintainers: baldwinSPC nurfet-becirevic t0mk teebes
-  docs/docsite/rst/guide_scaleway.rst:
-    maintainers: $team_scaleway
-  docs/docsite/rst/test_guide.rst:
-    maintainers: felixfontein
 #########################
  tests/:
    labels: tests
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ on:
      - main
      - stable-*
  pull_request:
-  # Run EOL CI once per day (at 08:00 UTC)
+  # Run EOL CI once per day (at 10:00 UTC)
  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
+    - cron: '0 10 * * *'

 concurrency:
  # Make sure there is at most one active run per PR, but do not cancel any non-PR runs
@@ -29,17 +29,23 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        ansible:
+          - '2.11'
+          - '2.12'
          - '2.13'
    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
    # for the latest list.
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: >-
+      ${{ contains(fromJson(
+          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
+      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
    steps:
      - name: Perform sanity testing
        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
        with:
+          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: ${{ contains(fromJson('["2.10", "2.11"]'), matrix.ansible) && 'felixfontein/ansible' || 'ansible/ansible' }}
          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
@@ -51,7 +57,10 @@ 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: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: >-
+      ${{ contains(fromJson(
+          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
+      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
    name: EOL Units (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+py${{ matrix.python }})
    strategy:
      # As soon as the first unit test fails, cancel the others to free up the CI queue
@@ -64,9 +73,13 @@ jobs:
        exclude:
          - ansible: ''
        include:
-          - ansible: '2.13'
+          - ansible: '2.11'
            python: '2.7'
-          - ansible: '2.13'
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            python: '3.5'
+          - ansible: '2.12'
+            python: '2.6'
+          - ansible: '2.12'
            python: '3.8'
          - ansible: '2.13'
            python: '2.7'
@@ -79,6 +92,7 @@ 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: >-
@@ -95,7 +109,10 @@ 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: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: >-
+      ${{ contains(fromJson(
+          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
+      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
    name: EOL I (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+${{ matrix.docker }}+py${{ matrix.python }}:${{ matrix.target }})
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
@@ -111,6 +128,94 @@ 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
@@ -161,6 +266,7 @@ 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 }}
--- a/.github/workflows/import-galaxy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/import-galaxy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+# 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
--- a/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
@@ -26,10 +26,5 @@ jobs:
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || '' }}

-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install reuse
-
-      - name: Check REUSE compliance
-        run: |
-          reuse lint
+      - name: REUSE Compliance Check
+        uses: fsfe/reuse-action@v2
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,895 @@
+# Community General Release Notes
+
+**Topics**
+- <a href="#v7-5-5">v7\.5\.5</a>
+  - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
+  - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-5-4">v7\.5\.4</a>
+  - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
+  - <a href="#bugfixes-1">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-5-3">v7\.5\.3</a>
+  - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
+  - <a href="#bugfixes-2">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-5-2">v7\.5\.2</a>
+  - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
+  - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
+  - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-5-1">v7\.5\.1</a>
+  - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
+  - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-5-0">v7\.5\.0</a>
+  - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
+  - <a href="#minor-changes-1">Minor Changes</a>
+  - <a href="#deprecated-features">Deprecated Features</a>
+  - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
+  - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v7-4-0">v7\.4\.0</a>
+  - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
+  - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
+  - <a href="#bugfixes-6">Bugfixes</a>
+  - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v7-3-0">v7\.3\.0</a>
+  - <a href="#release-summary-7">Release Summary</a>
+  - <a href="#minor-changes-3">Minor Changes</a>
+  - <a href="#deprecated-features-1">Deprecated Features</a>
+  - <a href="#bugfixes-7">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-2-1">v7\.2\.1</a>
+  - <a href="#release-summary-8">Release Summary</a>
+  - <a href="#bugfixes-8">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-2-0">v7\.2\.0</a>
+  - <a href="#release-summary-9">Release Summary</a>
+  - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
+  - <a href="#deprecated-features-2">Deprecated Features</a>
+  - <a href="#bugfixes-9">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-10">Release Summary</a>
+  - <a href="#minor-changes-5">Minor Changes</a>
+  - <a href="#deprecated-features-3">Deprecated Features</a>
+  - <a href="#bugfixes-10">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-11">Release Summary</a>
+  - <a href="#bugfixes-11">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v7-0-0">v7\.0\.0</a>
+  - <a href="#release-summary-12">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-12">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="v7-5-5"></a>
+## v7\.5\.5
+
+<a id="release-summary"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes"></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-1"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-1"></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-2"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-2"></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-3"></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-3"></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-4"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-4"></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-5"></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-5"></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-6"></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-6"></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-7"></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-7"></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-8"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-8"></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-9"></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-9"></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-10"></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-10"></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-11"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release for Ansible 8\.0\.0rc1\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-11"></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-12"></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-12"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* ModuleHelper \- fix bug when adjusting the name of reserved output variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5755)\)\.
+* alternatives \- support subcommands on Fedora 37\, which uses <code>follower</code> instead of <code>slave</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5794](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5794)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- set default to raise exception if command\'s return code is different from zero \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680)\)\.
+* ansible\_galaxy\_install \- try <code>C\.UTF\-8</code> and then fall back to <code>en\_US\.UTF\-8</code> before failing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5680)\)\.
+* archive \- avoid deprecated exception class on Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6180)\)\.
+* archive \- reduce RAM usage by generating CRC32 checksum over chunks \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6274](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6274)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- clarify what to do\, if the bitwarden vault is not unlocked \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5811](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5811)\)\.
+* cartesian and flattened lookup plugins \- adjust to parameter deprecation in ansible\-core 2\.14\'s <code>listify\_lookup\_plugin\_terms</code> helper function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6074](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6074)\)\.
+* chroot connection plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> to vars under <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5570](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5570)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fixed the idempotency for SRV DNS records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fixed the possiblity of setting a root\-level SRV DNS record \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5972)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- fixed bug when handling default cases in <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_map\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538)\)\.
+* cmd\_runner module utils \- formatting arguments <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_fixed\(\)</code> was expecting an non\-existing argument \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5538)\)\.
+* dependent lookup plugin \- avoid warning on deprecated parameter for <code>Templar\.template\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5543](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5543)\)\.
+* deps module utils \- do not fail when dependency cannot be found \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6479](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6479)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- correctly handle DNSKEY record type\'s <code>algorithm</code> field \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5914](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5914)\)\.
+* flatpak \- fixes idempotency detection issues\. In some cases the module could fail to properly detect already existing Flatpaks because of a parameter witch only checks the installed apps \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6289](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6289)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- fix <code>changed</code> result always being <code>true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028)\)\.
+* gconftool2 \- remove requirement of parameter <code>value</code> when <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6028)\)\.
+* gem \- fix force parameter not being passed to gem command when uninstalling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5822](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5822)\)\.
+* gem \- fix hang due to interactive prompt for confirmation on specific version uninstall \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5751](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5751)\)\.
+* github\_webhook \- fix always changed state when no secret is provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5994](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5994)\)\.
+* gitlab\_deploy\_key \- also update <code>title</code> and not just <code>can\_push</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5888](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5888)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_variables \- fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variables \- fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5667)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- fix <code>KeyError</code> on runner creation and update \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6112](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6112)\)\.
+* icinga2\_host \- fix the data structure sent to Icinga to make use of host templates and template vars \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6286](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6286)\)\.
+* idrac\_redfish\_command \- allow user to specify <code>resource\_id</code> for <code>CreateBiosConfigJob</code> to specify an exact manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/2090](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/2090)\)\.
+* influxdb\_user \- fix running in check mode when the user does not exist yet \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6111](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6111)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- make <code>section</code> parameter not required so it is possible to pass <code>null</code> as a value\. This only was possible in the past due to a bug in ansible\-core that now has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6404](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6404)\)\.
+* interfaces\_file \- fix reading options in lines not starting with a space \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6120](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6120)\)\.
+* jail connection plugin \- add <code>inventory\_hostname</code> to vars under <code>remote\_addr</code>\. This is needed for compatibility with ansible\-core 2\.13 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6118](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6118)\)\.
+* jenkins\_build \- fix the logical flaw when deleting a Jenkins build \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5514](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5514)\)\.
+* jenkins\_plugin \- fix error due to undefined variable when updates file is not downloaded \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6100](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6100)\)\.
+* keycloak \- improve error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6318)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- fix accidental replacement of value for attribute <code>saml\.signing\.private\.key</code> with <code>no\_log</code> in wrong contexts \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5934](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5934)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- calculate <code>proposed</code> and <code>after</code> return values properly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client\_rolemapping \- remove only listed mappings with <code>state\=absent</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5619)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fixes federation creation issue\. When a new federation was created and at the same time a default / standard mapper was also changed / updated the creation process failed as a bad None set variable led to a bad malformed url request \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5750](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5750)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_federation \- fixes idempotency detection issues\. In some cases the module could fail to properly detect already existing user federations because of a buggy seemingly superflous extra query parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5732](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5732)\)\.
+* loganalytics callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* logdna callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* logstash callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* lxc\_container \- fix the arguments of the lxc command which broke the creation and cloning of containers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5578](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5578)\)\.
+* lxd\_\* modules\, lxd inventory plugin \- fix TLS/SSL certificate validation problems by using the correct purpose when creating the TLS context \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5616](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5616)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6034](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6034)\)\.
+* memset \- fix memset urlerror handling \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6114](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6114)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix change handling of values specified as an integer 0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix failure to handle WIFI settings when connection type not specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fix improper detection of changes to <code>wifi\.wake\-on\-wlan</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5431)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fixed idempotency issue for bridge connections\. Module forced default value of <code>bridge\.priority</code> to nmcli if not set\; if <code>bridge\.stp</code> is disabled nmcli ignores it and keep default \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3216](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3216)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4683](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4683)\)\.
+* nmcli \- fixed idempotency issue when module params is set to <code>may\_fail4\=false</code> and <code>method4\=disabled</code>\; in this case nmcli ignores change and keeps their own default value <code>yes</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6106](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6106)\)\.
+* nmcli \- implemented changing mtu value on vlan interfaces \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4387](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4387)\)\.
+* nmcli \- order is significant for lists of addresses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6048](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6048)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- fix zone lookup\. The SOA record for an existing zone is returned as an answer RR and not as an authority RR \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5817](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5817)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5818](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5818)\)\.
+* one\_vm \- avoid splitting labels that are <code>None</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5489](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5489)\)\.
+* one\_vm \- fix syntax error when creating VMs with a more complex template \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6225)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- Changed to ignore errors from \"op account get\" calls\. Previously\, errors would prevent auto\-signin code from executing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5942](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5942)\)\.
+* onepassword\_raw \- add missing parameter to plugin documentation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5506)\)\.
+* opkg \- fix issue that <code>force\=reinstall</code> would not reinstall an existing package \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5705](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5705)\)\.
+* opkg \- fixes bug when using <code>update\_cache\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6004](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6004)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- make compatible with ansible\-core 2\.16 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6447](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6447)\)\.
+* pipx \- fixed handling of <code>install\_deps\=true</code> with <code>state\=latest</code> and <code>state\=upgrade</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6303](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6303)\)\.
+* portage \- update the logic for generating the emerge command arguments to ensure that <code>withbdeps\: false</code> results in a passing an <code>n</code> argument with the <code>\-\-with\-bdeps</code> emerge flag \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6451](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6451)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6456](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6456)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- fix bug while templating when using templates for the <code>url</code>\, <code>user</code>\, <code>password</code>\, <code>token\_id</code>\, or <code>token\_secret</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5640](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5640)\)\.
+* proxmox inventory plugin \- handle tags delimited by semicolon instead of comma\, which happens from Proxmox 7\.3 on \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5602](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5602)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- avoid duplicate <code>vmid</code> reference \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5493](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5493)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- fixed issue with read timeout on import action \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5803)\)\.
+* proxmox\_disk \- fixed possible issues with redundant <code>vmid</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672)\)\.
+* proxmox\_nic \- fixed possible issues with redundant <code>vmid</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5492)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5672)\)\.
+* puppet \- handling <code>noop</code> parameter was not working at all\, now it is has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6452](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6452)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6458](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6458)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils \- removed basic auth HTTP header when performing a GET on the service root resource and when performing a POST to the session collection \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5886](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5886)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not ignore <code>consumer\_name</code> and other variables if <code>activationkey</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3486](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3486)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5627](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5627)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not pass arguments to <code>subscription\-manager register</code> for things already configured\; now a specified <code>rhsm\_baseurl</code> is properly set for subscription\-manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5583)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not use D\-Bus for registering when <code>environment</code> is specified\, so it possible to specify again the environment names for registering\, as the D\-Bus APIs work only with IDs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6319)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- try to unregister only when already registered when <code>force\_register</code> is specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6258](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6258)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6259](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6259)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- use the right D\-Bus options for environments when registering a CentOS Stream 8 system and using <code>environment</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6275](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6275)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription\, rhsm\_release\, rhsm\_repository \- cleanly fail when not running as root\, rather than hanging on an interactive <code>console\-helper</code> prompt\; they all interact with <code>subscription\-manager</code>\, which already requires to be run as root \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/734](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/734)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6211](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6211)\)\.
+* rhsm\_release \- make <code>release</code> parameter not required so it is possible to pass <code>null</code> as a value\. This only was possible in the past due to a bug in ansible\-core that now has been fixed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6401](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6401)\)\.
+* rundeck module utils \- fix errors caused by the API empty responses \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)
+* rundeck\_acl\_policy \- fix <code>TypeError \- byte indices must be integers or slices\, not str</code> error caused by empty API response\. Update the module to use <code>module\_utils\.rundeck</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5887](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5887)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)\.
+* rundeck\_project \- update the module to use <code>module\_utils\.rundeck</code> functions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5742](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5742)\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6300)\)
+* snap\_alias \- module would only recognize snap names containing letter\, numbers or the underscore character\, failing to identify valid snap names such as <code>lxd\.lxc</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6361](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6361)\)\.
+* splunk callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* sumologic callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* syslog\_json callback plugin \- adjust type of callback to <code>notification</code>\, it was incorrectly classified as <code>aggregate</code> before \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5761)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix <code>current</code> workspace never getting appended to the <code>all</code> key in the <code>workspace\_ctf</code> object \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix <code>terraform init</code> failure when there are multiple workspaces on the remote backend and when <code>default</code> workspace is missing by setting <code>TF\_WORKSPACE</code> environmental variable to the value of <code>workspace</code> when used \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5735)\)\.
+* terraform \- fix broken <code>warn\(\)</code> call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6497](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6497)\)\.
+* terraform and timezone \- slight refactoring to avoid linter reporting potentially undefined variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5933](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5933)\)\.
+* terraform module \- disable ANSI escape sequences during validation phase \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5843](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5843)\)\.
+* tss lookup plugin \- allow to download secret attachments\. Previously\, we could not download secret attachments but now use <code>fetch\_attachments</code> and <code>file\_download\_path</code> variables to download attachments \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6224](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6224)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- fix plugin to work with ansible\-core 2\.14 by using Ansible\'s configuration manager for handling options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- fix typo introduced when updating to use Ansible\'s configuration manager for handling options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5600)\)\.
+* various plugins and modules \- remove unnecessary imports \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5940](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5940)\)\.
+* vdo \- now uses <code>yaml\.safe\_load\(\)</code> to parse command output instead of the deprecated <code>yaml\.load\(\)</code> which is potentially unsafe\. Using <code>yaml\.load\(\)</code> without explicitely setting a <code>Loader\=</code> is also an error in pyYAML 6\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5632](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5632)\)\.
+* vmadm \- fix for index out of range error in <code>get\_vm\_uuid</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5628](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5628)\)\.
+* xenorchestra inventory plugin \- fix failure to receive objects from server due to not checking the id of the response \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6227](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6227)\)\.
+* xfs\_quota \- in case of a project quota\, the call to <code>xfs\_quota</code> did not initialize/reset the project \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5143](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5143)\)\.
+* xml \- fixed a bug where empty <code>children</code> list would not be set \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5808](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5808)\)\.
+* yarn \- fix <code>global\=true</code> to check for the configured global folder instead of assuming the default \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829)\)
+* yarn \- fix <code>global\=true</code> to not fail when <em class="title-reference">executable</em> wasn\'t specified \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6132)\)
+* yarn \- fix <code>state\=absent</code> not working with <code>global\=true</code> when the package does not include a binary \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5829)\)
+* yarn \- fix <code>state\=latest</code> not working with <code>global\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5712](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5712)\)\.
+* yarn \- fixes bug where yarn module tasks would fail when warnings were emitted from Yarn\. The <code>yarn\.list</code> method was not filtering out warnings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6127](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6127)\)\.
+* zfs\_delegate\_admin \- zfs allow output can now be parsed when uids/gids are not known to the host system \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5943](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5943)\)\.
+* zypper \- make package managing work on readonly filesystem of openSUSE MicroOS \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5615](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/5615)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins-1"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="lookup-1"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* merge\_variables \- merge variables with a certain suffix
+
+<a id="new-modules-4"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* btrfs\_info \- Query btrfs filesystem info
+* btrfs\_subvolume \- Manage btrfs subvolumes
+* gitlab\_project\_badge \- Manage project badges on GitLab Server
+* ilo\_redfish\_command \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
+* ipbase\_info \- Retrieve IP geolocation and other facts of a host\'s IP address using the ipbase\.com API
+* kdeconfig \- Manage KDE configuration files
+* keycloak\_authz\_authorization\_scope \- Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization scopes via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_clientscope\_type \- Set the type of aclientscope in realm or client via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_clientsecret\_info \- Retrieve client secret via Keycloak API
+* keycloak\_clientsecret\_regenerate \- Regenerate Keycloak client secret via Keycloak API
+* ocapi\_command \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Open Composable API \(OCAPI\)
+* ocapi\_info \- Manages Out\-Of\-Band controllers using Open Composable API \(OCAPI\)
--- a/CHANGELOG.md.license
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Ansible Project
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
--- a/README.md
+++ b/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-8)](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-7)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
 [![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/workflows/EOL%20CI/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)

@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https:

 ## Tested with Ansible

-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.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15, ansible-core 2.16 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.11.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
+
+Parts of this collection will not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.

 ## External requirements

@@ -71,13 +73,13 @@ 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/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)!
+You don't know how to start? Refer to our [contribution guide](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CONTRIBUTING.md)!

-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.
+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.

 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/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+Also for some notes specific to this collection see [our CONTRIBUTING documentation](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CONTRIBUTING.md).

 ### Running tests

@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ 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/main/commit-rights.md).
+* [Committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/commit-rights.md).
 * [Maintainer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/maintaining.rst).

 It is necessary for maintainers of this collection to be subscribed to:
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ 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-8/CHANGELOG.rst).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CHANGELOG.md).

 ## Roadmap

@@ -134,8 +136,8 @@ 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/main/COPYING) for the full text.
+See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/COPYING) for the full text.

-Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/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).
+Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt).

 All files have a machine readable `SDPX-License-Identifier:` comment denoting its respective license(s) or an equivalent entry in an accompanying `.license` file. Only changelog fragments (which will not be part of a release) are covered by a blanket statement in `.reuse/dep5`. This conforms to the [REUSE specification](https://reuse.software/spec/).
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
--- a/changelogs/config.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/config.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ mention_ancestor: true
 flatmap: true
 new_plugins_after_name: removed_features
 notesdir: fragments
+output_formats:
+  - md
+  - rst
 prelude_section_name: release_summary
 prelude_section_title: Release Summary
 sections:
--- a/docs/docsite/extra-docs.yml
+++ b/docs/docsite/extra-docs.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,3 @@ sections:
    toctree:
      - filter_guide
      - test_guide
-  - title: Cloud Guides
-    toctree:
-      - guide_alicloud
-      - guide_online
-      - guide_packet
-      - guide_scaleway
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/guide_alicloud.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/guide_alicloud.rst
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-..
-  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_alicloud:
-
-Alibaba Cloud Compute Services Guide
-====================================
-
-Introduction
-````````````
-
-The community.general collection contains several modules for controlling and managing Alibaba Cloud Compute Services (Alicloud).  This guide
-explains how to use the Alicloud Ansible modules together.
-
-All Alicloud modules require ``footmark`` - install it on your control machine with ``pip install footmark``.
-
-Cloud modules, including Alicloud modules, are usually executed on your local machine (the control machine) with ``connection: local``, rather than on remote machines defined in your hosts.
-
-Normally, you'll use the following pattern for plays that provision Alicloud resources:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-    - hosts: localhost
-      connection: local
-      vars:
-        - ...
-      tasks:
-        - ...
-
-Authentication
-``````````````
-
-You can specify your Alicloud authentication credentials (access key and secret key) by passing them as
-environment variables or by storing them in a vars file.
-
-To pass authentication credentials as environment variables:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    export ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY='Alicloud123'
-    export ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY='AlicloudSecret123'
-
-To store authentication credentials in a vars file, encrypt them with :ref:`Ansible Vault <vault>` to keep them secure, then list them:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-    ---
-    alicloud_access_key: "--REMOVED--"
-    alicloud_secret_key: "--REMOVED--"
-
-Note that if you store your credentials in a vars file, you need to refer to them in each Alicloud module. For example:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - community.general.ali_instance:
-        alicloud_access_key: "{{ alicloud_access_key }}"
-        alicloud_secret_key: "{{ alicloud_secret_key }}"
-        image_id: "..."
-
-Provisioning
-````````````
-
-Alicloud modules create Alicloud ECS instances (:ansplugin:`community.general.ali_instance#module`) and retrieve information on these (:ansplugin:`community.general.ali_instance_info#module`).
-
-You can use the ``count`` parameter to control the number of resources you create or terminate. For example, if you want exactly 5 instances tagged ``NewECS``, set the ``count`` of instances to 5 and the ``count_tag`` to ``NewECS``, as shown in the last task of the example playbook below. If there are no instances with the tag ``NewECS``, the task creates 5 new instances. If there are 2 instances with that tag, the task creates 3 more. If there are 8 instances with that tag, the task terminates 3 of those instances.
-
-If you do not specify a ``count_tag``, the task creates the number of instances you specify in ``count`` with the ``instance_name`` you provide.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    # alicloud_setup.yml
-
-    - hosts: localhost
-      connection: local
-
-      tasks:
-        - name: Create a set of instances
-          community.general.ali_instance:
-             instance_type: ecs.n4.small
-             image_id: "{{ ami_id }}"
-             instance_name: "My-new-instance"
-             instance_tags:
-                 Name: NewECS
-                 Version: 0.0.1
-             count: 5
-             count_tag:
-                 Name: NewECS
-             allocate_public_ip: true
-             max_bandwidth_out: 50
-          register: create_instance
-
-In the example playbook above, data about the instances created by this playbook is saved in the variable defined by the ``register`` keyword in the task.
-
-Each Alicloud module offers a variety of parameter options. Not all options are demonstrated in the above example. See each individual module for further details and examples.
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/guide_online.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/guide_online.rst
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-..
-  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_online:
-
-****************
-Online.net Guide
-****************
-
-Introduction
-============
-
-Online is a French hosting company mainly known for providing bare-metal servers named Dedibox.
-Check it out: `https://www.online.net/en <https://www.online.net/en>`_
-
-Dynamic inventory for Online resources
--------------------------------------
-
-Ansible has a dynamic inventory plugin that can list your resources.
-
-1. Create a YAML configuration such as ``online_inventory.yml`` with this content:
-
-   .. code-block:: yaml
-
-       plugin: community.general.online
-
-2. Set your ``ONLINE_TOKEN`` environment variable with your token.
-
-   You need to open an account and log into it before you can get a token.
-   You can find your token at the following page: `https://console.online.net/en/api/access <https://console.online.net/en/api/access>`_
-
-3. You can test that your inventory is working by running:
-
-   .. code-block:: console
-
-       $ ansible-inventory -v -i online_inventory.yml --list
-
-
-4. Now you can run your playbook or any other module with this inventory:
-
-   .. code-block:: ansible-output
-
-       $ ansible all -i online_inventory.yml -m ping
-       sd-96735 | SUCCESS => {
-           "changed": false,
-           "ping": "pong"
-       }
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/guide_packet.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/guide_packet.rst
@@ -1,214 +0,0 @@
-..
-  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_packet:
-
-**********************************
-Packet.net Guide
-**********************************
-
-Introduction
-============
-
-`Packet.net <https://packet.net>`_ is a bare metal infrastructure host that is supported by the community.general collection through six cloud modules. The six modules are:
-
- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_device#module`: manages servers on Packet. You can use this module to create, restart and delete devices.
- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_ip_subnet#module`: assign IP subnet to a bare metal server
- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_project#module`: create/delete a project in Packet host
- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_sshkey#module`: adds a public SSH key from file or value to the Packet infrastructure. Every subsequently-created device will have this public key installed in .ssh/authorized_keys.
- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_volume#module`: create/delete a volume in Packet host
- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_volume_attachment#module`: attach/detach a volume to a device in the Packet host
-
-Note, this guide assumes you are familiar with Ansible and how it works. If you are not, have a look at their :ref:`docs <ansible_documentation>` before getting started.
-
-Requirements
-============
-
-The Packet modules connect to the Packet API using the `packet-python package <https://pypi.org/project/packet-python/>`_. You can install it with pip:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    $ pip install packet-python
-
-In order to check the state of devices created by Ansible on Packet, it is a good idea to install one of the `Packet CLI clients <https://www.packet.net/developers/integrations/>`_. Otherwise you can check them through the `Packet portal <https://app.packet.net/portal>`_.
-
-To use the modules you will need a Packet API token. You can generate an API token through the Packet portal `here <https://app.packet.net/portal#/api-keys>`__. The simplest way to authenticate yourself is to set the Packet API token in an environment variable:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    $ export PACKET_API_TOKEN=Bfse9F24SFtfs423Gsd3ifGsd43sSdfs
-
-If you are not comfortable exporting your API token, you can pass it as a parameter to the modules.
-
-On Packet, devices and reserved IP addresses belong to `projects <https://www.packet.com/developers/api/#projects>`_. In order to use the packet_device module, you need to specify the UUID of the project in which you want to create or manage devices. You can find a project's UUID in the Packet portal `here <https://app.packet.net/portal#/projects/list/table/>`_ (it is just under the project table) or through one of the available `CLIs <https://www.packet.net/developers/integrations/>`_.
-
-
-If you want to use a new SSH key pair in this tutorial, you can generate it to ``./id_rsa`` and ``./id_rsa.pub`` as:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ./id_rsa
-
-If you want to use an existing key pair, just copy the private and public key over to the playbook directory.
-
-
-Device Creation
-===============
-
-The following code block is a simple playbook that creates one `Type 0 <https://www.packet.com/cloud/servers/t1-small/>`_ server (the ``plan`` parameter). You have to supply ``plan`` and ``operating_system``. ``location`` defaults to ``ewr1`` (Parsippany, NJ). You can find all the possible values for the parameters through a `CLI client <https://www.packet.net/developers/integrations/>`_.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    # playbook_create.yml
-
-    - name: Create Ubuntu device
-      hosts: localhost
-      tasks:
-
-      - community.general.packet_sshkey:
-          key_file: ./id_rsa.pub
-          label: tutorial key
-
-      - community.general.packet_device:
-          project_id: <your_project_id>
-          hostnames: myserver
-          operating_system: ubuntu_16_04
-          plan: baremetal_0
-          facility: sjc1
-
-After running ``ansible-playbook playbook_create.yml``, you should have a server provisioned on Packet. You can verify through a CLI or in the `Packet portal <https://app.packet.net/portal#/projects/list/table>`__.
-
-If you get an error with the message "failed to set machine state present, error: Error 404: Not Found", please verify your project UUID.
-
-
-Updating Devices
-================
-
-The two parameters used to uniquely identify Packet devices are: "device_ids" and "hostnames". Both parameters accept either a single string (later converted to a one-element list), or a list of strings.
-
-The ``device_ids`` and ``hostnames`` parameters are mutually exclusive. The following values are all acceptable:
-
- device_ids: ``a27b7a83-fc93-435b-a128-47a5b04f2dcf``
-
- hostnames: ``mydev1``
-
- device_ids: ``[a27b7a83-fc93-435b-a128-47a5b04f2dcf, 4887130f-0ccd-49a0-99b0-323c1ceb527b]``
-
- hostnames: ``[mydev1, mydev2]``
-
-In addition, hostnames can contain a special ``%d`` formatter along with a ``count`` parameter that lets you easily expand hostnames that follow a simple name and number pattern; in other words, ``hostnames: "mydev%d", count: 2`` will expand to [mydev1, mydev2].
-
-If your playbook acts on existing Packet devices, you can only pass the ``hostname`` and ``device_ids`` parameters. The following playbook shows how you can reboot a specific Packet device by setting the ``hostname`` parameter:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    # playbook_reboot.yml
-
-    - name: reboot myserver
-      hosts: localhost
-      tasks:
-
-      - community.general.packet_device:
-          project_id: <your_project_id>
-          hostnames: myserver
-          state: rebooted
-
-You can also identify specific Packet devices with the ``device_ids`` parameter. The device's UUID can be found in the `Packet Portal <https://app.packet.net/portal>`_ or by using a `CLI <https://www.packet.net/developers/integrations/>`_. The following playbook removes a Packet device using the ``device_ids`` field:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    # playbook_remove.yml
-
-    - name: remove a device
-      hosts: localhost
-      tasks:
-
-      - community.general.packet_device:
-          project_id: <your_project_id>
-          device_ids: <myserver_device_id>
-          state: absent
-
-
-More Complex Playbooks
-======================
-
-In this example, we will create a CoreOS cluster with `user data <https://packet.com/developers/docs/servers/key-features/user-data/>`_.
-
-
-The CoreOS cluster will use `etcd <https://etcd.io/>`_ for discovery of other servers in the cluster. Before provisioning your servers, you will need to generate a discovery token for your cluster:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    $ curl -w "\n" 'https://discovery.etcd.io/new?size=3'
-
-The following playbook will create an SSH key, 3 Packet servers, and then wait until SSH is ready (or until 5 minutes passed). Make sure to substitute the discovery token URL in ``user_data``, and the ``project_id`` before running ``ansible-playbook``. Also, feel free to change ``plan`` and ``facility``.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    # playbook_coreos.yml
-
-    - name: Start 3 CoreOS nodes in Packet and wait until SSH is ready
-      hosts: localhost
-      tasks:
-
-      - community.general.packet_sshkey:
-          key_file: ./id_rsa.pub
-          label: new
-
-      - community.general.packet_device:
-          hostnames: [coreos-one, coreos-two, coreos-three]
-          operating_system: coreos_beta
-          plan: baremetal_0
-          facility: ewr1
-          project_id: <your_project_id>
-          wait_for_public_IPv: 4
-          user_data: |
-            #cloud-config
-            coreos:
-              etcd2:
-                discovery: https://discovery.etcd.io/<token>
-                advertise-client-urls: http://$private_ipv4:2379,http://$private_ipv4:4001
-                initial-advertise-peer-urls: http://$private_ipv4:2380
-                listen-client-urls: http://0.0.0.0:2379,http://0.0.0.0:4001
-                listen-peer-urls: http://$private_ipv4:2380
-              fleet:
-                public-ip: $private_ipv4
-              units:
-                - name: etcd2.service
-                  command: start
-                - name: fleet.service
-                  command: start
-        register: newhosts
-
-      - name: wait for ssh
-        ansible.builtin.wait_for:
-          delay: 1
-          host: "{{ item.public_ipv4 }}"
-          port: 22
-          state: started
-          timeout: 500
-        loop: "{{ newhosts.results[0].devices }}"
-
-
-As with most Ansible modules, the default states of the Packet modules are idempotent, meaning the resources in your project will remain the same after re-runs of a playbook. Thus, we can keep the ``packet_sshkey`` module call in our playbook. If the public key is already in your Packet account, the call will have no effect.
-
-The second module call provisions 3 Packet Type 0 (specified using the ``plan`` parameter) servers in the project identified by the ``project_id`` parameter. The servers are all provisioned with CoreOS beta (the ``operating_system`` parameter) and are customized with cloud-config user data passed to the ``user_data`` parameter.
-
-The ``packet_device`` module has a ``wait_for_public_IPv`` that is used to specify the version of the IP address to wait for (valid values are ``4`` or ``6`` for IPv4 or IPv6). If specified, Ansible will wait until the GET API call for a device contains an Internet-routeable IP address of the specified version. When referring to an IP address of a created device in subsequent module calls, it is wise to use the ``wait_for_public_IPv`` parameter, or ``state: active`` in the packet_device module call.
-
-Run the playbook:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    $ ansible-playbook playbook_coreos.yml
-
-Once the playbook quits, your new devices should be reachable through SSH. Try to connect to one and check if etcd has started properly:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    tomk@work $ ssh -i id_rsa core@$one_of_the_servers_ip
-    core@coreos-one ~ $ etcdctl cluster-health
-
-If you have any questions or comments let us know! help@packet.net
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/guide_scaleway.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/guide_scaleway.rst
@@ -1,320 +0,0 @@
-..
-  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_scaleway:
-
-**************
-Scaleway Guide
-**************
-
-Introduction
-============
-
-`Scaleway <https://scaleway.com>`_ is a cloud provider supported by the community.general collection through a set of plugins and modules.
-Those modules are:
-
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_compute#module`: manages servers on Scaleway. You can use this module to create, restart and delete servers.
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_compute_private_network#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_info#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_namespace_info#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_namespace#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_registry_info#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_registry#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_database_backup#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_function#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_function_info#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_function_namespace_info#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_function_namespace#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_image_info#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_ip#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_ip_info#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_lb#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_organization_info#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_private_network#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_security_group#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_security_group_info#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_security_group_rule#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_server_info#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_snapshot_info#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_sshkey#module`: adds a public SSH key from a file or value to the Packet infrastructure. Every subsequently-created device will have this public key installed in .ssh/authorized_keys.
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_user_data#module`
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_volume#module`: manages volumes on Scaleway.
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_volume_info#module`
-
-The plugins are:
-
- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway#inventory`: inventory plugin
-
-
-.. note::
-   This guide assumes you are familiar with Ansible and how it works.
-   If you are not, have a look at :ref:`ansible_documentation` before getting started.
-
-Requirements
-============
-
-The Scaleway modules and inventory script connect to the Scaleway API using `Scaleway REST API <https://developer.scaleway.com>`_.
-To use the modules and inventory script you will need a Scaleway API token.
-You can generate an API token through the `Scaleway console's credential page <https://cloud.scaleway.com/#/credentials>`__.
-The simplest way to authenticate yourself is to set the Scaleway API token in an environment variable:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    $ export SCW_TOKEN=00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
-
-If you are not comfortable exporting your API token, you can pass it as a parameter to the modules using the ``api_token`` argument.
-
-If you want to use a new SSH key pair in this tutorial, you can generate it to ``./id_rsa`` and ``./id_rsa.pub`` as:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ./id_rsa
-
-If you want to use an existing key pair, just copy the private and public key over to the playbook directory.
-
-How to add an SSH key?
-======================
-
-Connection to Scaleway Compute nodes use Secure Shell.
-SSH keys are stored at the account level, which means that you can reuse the same SSH key in multiple nodes.
-The first step to configure Scaleway compute resources is to have at least one SSH key configured.
-
-:ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_sshkey#module` is a module that manages SSH keys on your Scaleway account.
-You can add an SSH key to your account by including the following task in a playbook:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: "Add SSH key"
-      community.general.scaleway_sshkey:
-        ssh_pub_key: "ssh-rsa AAAA..."
-        state: "present"
-
-The ``ssh_pub_key`` parameter contains your ssh public key as a string. Here is an example inside a playbook:
-
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Test SSH key lifecycle on a Scaleway account
-      hosts: localhost
-      gather_facts: false
-      environment:
-        SCW_API_KEY: ""
-
-      tasks:
-
-        - community.general.scaleway_sshkey:
-            ssh_pub_key: "ssh-rsa AAAAB...424242 developer@example.com"
-            state: present
-          register: result
-
-        - ansible.builtin.assert:
-            that:
-              - result is success and result is changed
-
-How to create a compute instance?
-=================================
-
-Now that we have an SSH key configured, the next step is to spin up a server!
-:ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_compute#module` is a module that can create, update and delete Scaleway compute instances:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Create a server
-      community.general.scaleway_compute:
-        name: foobar
-        state: present
-        image: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
-        organization: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
-        region: ams1
-        commercial_type: START1-S
-
-Here are the parameter details for the example shown above:
-
- ``name`` is the name of the instance (the one that will show up in your web console).
- ``image`` is the UUID of the system image you would like to use.
-  A list of all images is available for each availability zone.
- ``organization`` represents the organization that your account is attached to.
- ``region`` represents the Availability Zone which your instance is in (for this example, ``par1`` and ``ams1``).
- ``commercial_type`` represents the name of the commercial offers.
-  You can check out the Scaleway pricing page to find which instance is right for you.
-
-Take a look at this short playbook to see a working example using ``scaleway_compute``:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - name: Test compute instance lifecycle on a Scaleway account
-      hosts: localhost
-      gather_facts: false
-      environment:
-        SCW_API_KEY: ""
-
-      tasks:
-
-        - name: Create a server
-          register: server_creation_task
-          community.general.scaleway_compute:
-            name: foobar
-            state: present
-            image: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
-            organization: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
-            region: ams1
-            commercial_type: START1-S
-            wait: true
-
-        - ansible.builtin.debug:
-            var: server_creation_task
-
-        - ansible.builtin.assert:
-            that:
-              - server_creation_task is success
-              - server_creation_task is changed
-
-        - name: Run it
-          community.general.scaleway_compute:
-            name: foobar
-            state: running
-            image: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
-            organization: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
-            region: ams1
-            commercial_type: START1-S
-            wait: true
-            tags:
-              - web_server
-          register: server_run_task
-
-        - ansible.builtin.debug:
-            var: server_run_task
-
-        - ansible.builtin.assert:
-            that:
-              - server_run_task is success
-              - server_run_task is changed
-
-Dynamic Inventory Plugin
-========================
-
-Ansible ships with :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway#inventory`.
-You can now get a complete inventory of your Scaleway resources through this plugin and filter it on
-different parameters (``regions`` and ``tags`` are currently supported).
-
-Let us create an example!
-Suppose that we want to get all hosts that got the tag web_server.
-Create a file named ``scaleway_inventory.yml`` with the following content:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    plugin: community.general.scaleway
-    regions:
-      - ams1
-      - par1
-    tags:
-      - web_server
-
-This inventory means that we want all hosts that got the tag ``web_server`` on the zones ``ams1`` and ``par1``.
-Once you have configured this file, you can get the information using the following command:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    $ ansible-inventory --list -i scaleway_inventory.yml
-
-The output will be:
-
-.. code-block:: json
-
-    {
-        "_meta": {
-            "hostvars": {
-                "dd8e3ae9-0c7c-459e-bc7b-aba8bfa1bb8d": {
-                    "ansible_verbosity": 6,
-                    "arch": "x86_64",
-                    "commercial_type": "START1-S",
-                    "hostname": "foobar",
-                    "ipv4": "192.0.2.1",
-                    "organization": "00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444",
-                    "state": "running",
-                    "tags": [
-                        "web_server"
-                    ]
-                }
-            }
-        },
-        "all": {
-            "children": [
-                "ams1",
-                "par1",
-                "ungrouped",
-                "web_server"
-            ]
-        },
-        "ams1": {},
-        "par1": {
-            "hosts": [
-                "dd8e3ae9-0c7c-459e-bc7b-aba8bfa1bb8d"
-            ]
-        },
-        "ungrouped": {},
-        "web_server": {
-            "hosts": [
-                "dd8e3ae9-0c7c-459e-bc7b-aba8bfa1bb8d"
-            ]
-        }
-    }
-
-As you can see, we get different groups of hosts.
-``par1`` and ``ams1`` are groups based on location.
-``web_server`` is a group based on a tag.
-
-In case a filter parameter is not defined, the plugin supposes all values possible are wanted.
-This means that for each tag that exists on your Scaleway compute nodes, a group based on each tag will be created.
-
-Scaleway S3 object storage
-==========================
-
-`Object Storage <https://www.scaleway.com/object-storage>`_ allows you to store any kind of objects (documents, images, videos, and so on).
-As the Scaleway API is S3 compatible, Ansible supports it natively through the amazon.aws modules: :ansplugin:`amazon.aws.s3_bucket#module`, :ansplugin:`amazon.aws.s3_object#module`.
-
-You can find many examples in the `scaleway_s3 integration tests <https://github.com/ansible/ansible-legacy-tests/tree/devel/test/legacy/roles/scaleway_s3>`_.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    - hosts: myserver
-      vars:
-        scaleway_region: nl-ams
-        s3_url: https://s3.nl-ams.scw.cloud
-      environment:
-        # AWS_ACCESS_KEY matches your scaleway organization id available at https://cloud.scaleway.com/#/account
-        AWS_ACCESS_KEY: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
-        # AWS_SECRET_KEY matches a secret token that you can retrieve at https://cloud.scaleway.com/#/credentials
-        AWS_SECRET_KEY: aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee
-      module_defaults:
-        group/amazon.aws.aws:
-          s3_url: '{{ s3_url }}'
-          region: '{{ scaleway_region }}'
-      tasks:
-       # use a fact instead of a variable, otherwise template is evaluate each time variable is used
-        - ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-            bucket_name: "{{ 99999999 | random | to_uuid }}"
-
-        # "requester_pays:" is mandatory because Scaleway does not implement related API
-        # another way is to use amazon.aws.s3_object and "mode: create" !
-        - amazon.aws.s3_bucket:
-            name: '{{ bucket_name }}'
-            requester_pays:
-
-        - name: Another way to create the bucket
-          amazon.aws.s3_object:
-            bucket: '{{ bucket_name }}'
-            mode: create
-            encrypt: false
-          register: bucket_creation_check
-
-        - name: add something in the bucket
-          amazon.aws.s3_object:
-            mode: put
-            bucket: '{{ bucket_name }}'
-            src: /tmp/test.txt  #  needs to be created before
-            object: test.txt
-            encrypt: false  # server side encryption must be disabled
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@

 namespace: community
 name: general
-version: 8.2.0
+version: 7.5.5
 readme: README.md
 authors:
  - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)
-description: >-
-  The community.general collection is a part of the Ansible package and includes many modules and
-  plugins supported by Ansible community which are not part of more specialized community collections.
+description: null
 license_file: COPYING
-tags:
-  - community
+tags: [community]
+# NOTE: No dependencies are expected to be added here
+# dependencies:
 repository: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general
 documentation: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/
 homepage: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general
 issues: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues
+#type: flatmap
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/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: '>=2.13.0'
+requires_ansible: '>=2.11.0'
 plugin_routing:
  connection:
    docker:
--- a/plugins/callback/mail.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/mail.py
@@ -71,16 +71,6 @@ options:
    ini:
        - section: callback_mail
          key: bcc
-  message_id_domain:
-    description:
-        - The domain name to use for the L(Message-ID header, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message-ID).
-        - The default is the hostname of the control node.
-    type: str
-    ini:
-        - section: callback_mail
-          key: message_id_domain
-    version_added: 8.2.0
-
 '''

 import json
@@ -141,7 +131,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
            content += 'To: %s\n' % ', '.join([email.utils.formataddr(pair) for pair in to_addresses])
        if self.cc:
            content += 'Cc: %s\n' % ', '.join([email.utils.formataddr(pair) for pair in cc_addresses])
-        content += 'Message-ID: %s\n' % email.utils.make_msgid(domain=self.get_option('message_id_domain'))
+        content += 'Message-ID: %s\n' % email.utils.make_msgid()
        content += 'Subject: %s\n\n' % subject.strip()
        content += body

--- a/plugins/callback/say.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/say.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    short_description: notify using software speech synthesizer
    description:
      - This plugin will use the C(say) or C(espeak) program to "speak" about play events.
+    notes:
+      - In Ansible 2.8, this callback has been renamed from C(osx_say) into M(community.general.say).
 '''

 import platform
--- a/plugins/callback/selective.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/selective.py
@@ -44,17 +44,26 @@ 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(C.COLOR_CODES[C.COLOR_OK]),
+    'ok': '\033[{0}m'.format(codeCodes[C.COLOR_OK]),
    'bold': '\033[1m',
    'not_so_bold': '\033[1m\033[34m',
-    'changed': '\033[{0}m'.format(C.COLOR_CODES[C.COLOR_CHANGED]),
-    'failed': '\033[{0}m'.format(C.COLOR_CODES[C.COLOR_ERROR]),
+    'changed': '\033[{0}m'.format(codeCodes[C.COLOR_CHANGED]),
+    'failed': '\033[{0}m'.format(codeCodes[C.COLOR_ERROR]),
    'endc': '\033[0m',
-    'skipped': '\033[{0}m'.format(C.COLOR_CODES[C.COLOR_SKIP]),
+    'skipped': '\033[{0}m'.format(codeCodes[C.COLOR_SKIP]),
 }


--- a/plugins/callback/slack.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/slack.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    short_description: Sends play events to a Slack channel
    description:
        - This is an ansible callback plugin that sends status updates to a Slack channel during playbook execution.
+        - Before Ansible 2.4 only environment variables were available for configuring this plugin.
    options:
      webhook_url:
        required: true
--- a/plugins/callback/syslog_json.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/syslog_json.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
    short_description: sends JSON events to syslog
    description:
      - This plugin logs ansible-playbook and ansible runs to a syslog server in JSON format.
+      - Before Ansible 2.9 only environment variables were available for configuration.
    options:
      server:
        description: Syslog server that will receive the event.
--- a/plugins/connection/incus.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/incus.py
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Based on lxd.py (c) 2016, Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
-# (c) 2023, Stephane Graber <stgraber@stgraber.org>
-# Copyright (c) 2023 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
-
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-DOCUMENTATION = """
-    author: Stéphane Graber (@stgraber)
-    name: incus
-    short_description: Run tasks in Incus instances via the Incus CLI.
-    description:
-        - Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing Incus instance using Incus CLI.
-    version_added: "8.2.0"
-    options:
-      remote_addr:
-        description:
-            - The instance identifier.
-        default: inventory_hostname
-        vars:
-            - name: ansible_host
-            - name: ansible_incus_host
-      executable:
-        description:
-            - The shell to use for execution inside the instance.
-        default: /bin/sh
-        vars:
-            - name: ansible_executable
-            - name: ansible_incus_executable
-      remote:
-        description:
-            - The name of the Incus remote to use (per C(incus remote list)).
-            - Remotes are used to access multiple servers from a single client.
-        default: local
-        vars:
-            - name: ansible_incus_remote
-      project:
-        description:
-            - The name of the Incus project to use (per C(incus project list)).
-            - Projects are used to divide the instances running on a server.
-        default: default
-        vars:
-            - name: ansible_incus_project
-"""
-
-import os
-from subprocess import call, Popen, PIPE
-
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure, AnsibleFileNotFound
-from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
-from ansible.plugins.connection import ConnectionBase
-
-
-class Connection(ConnectionBase):
-    """ Incus based connections """
-
-    transport = "incus"
-    has_pipelining = True
-    default_user = 'root'
-
-    def __init__(self, play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(Connection, self).__init__(play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs)
-
-        self._incus_cmd = get_bin_path("incus")
-
-        if not self._incus_cmd:
-            raise AnsibleError("incus command not found in PATH")
-
-    def _connect(self):
-        """connect to Incus (nothing to do here) """
-        super(Connection, self)._connect()
-
-        if not self._connected:
-            self._display.vvv(u"ESTABLISH Incus CONNECTION FOR USER: root",
-                              host=self._instance())
-            self._connected = True
-
-    def _instance(self):
-        # Return only the leading part of the FQDN as the instance name
-        # as Incus instance names cannot be a FQDN.
-        return self.get_option('remote_addr').split(".")[0]
-
-    def exec_command(self, cmd, in_data=None, sudoable=True):
-        """ execute a command on the Incus host """
-        super(Connection, self).exec_command(cmd, in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)
-
-        self._display.vvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(cmd),
-                          host=self._instance())
-
-        local_cmd = [
-            self._incus_cmd,
-            "--project", self.get_option("project"),
-            "exec",
-            "%s:%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self._instance()),
-            "--",
-            self._play_context.executable, "-c", cmd]
-
-        local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
-        in_data = to_bytes(in_data, errors='surrogate_or_strict', nonstring='passthru')
-
-        process = Popen(local_cmd, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
-        stdout, stderr = process.communicate(in_data)
-
-        stdout = to_text(stdout)
-        stderr = to_text(stderr)
-
-        if stderr == "Error: Instance is not running.\n":
-            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("instance not running: %s" %
-                                           self._instance())
-
-        if stderr == "Error: Instance not found\n":
-            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("instance not found: %s" %
-                                           self._instance())
-
-        return process.returncode, stdout, stderr
-
-    def put_file(self, in_path, out_path):
-        """ put a file from local to Incus """
-        super(Connection, self).put_file(in_path, out_path)
-
-        self._display.vvv(u"PUT {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path),
-                          host=self._instance())
-
-        if not os.path.isfile(to_bytes(in_path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')):
-            raise AnsibleFileNotFound("input path is not a file: %s" % in_path)
-
-        local_cmd = [
-            self._incus_cmd,
-            "--project", self.get_option("project"),
-            "file", "push", "--quiet",
-            in_path,
-            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"),
-                          self._instance(),
-                          out_path)]
-
-        local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
-
-        call(local_cmd)
-
-    def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
-        """ fetch a file from Incus 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._instance())
-
-        local_cmd = [
-            self._incus_cmd,
-            "--project", self.get_option("project"),
-            "file", "pull", "--quiet",
-            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"),
-                          self._instance(),
-                          in_path),
-            out_path]
-
-        local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
-
-        call(local_cmd)
-
-    def close(self):
-        """ close the connection (nothing to do here) """
-        super(Connection, self).close()
-
-        self._connected = False
--- a/plugins/connection/lxc.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/lxc.py
@@ -71,11 +71,10 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
            msg = "lxc python bindings are not installed"
            raise errors.AnsibleError(msg)

-        container_name = self.get_option('remote_addr')
-        if self.container and self.container_name == container_name:
+        if self.container:
            return

-        self.container_name = container_name
+        self.container_name = self.get_option('remote_addr')

        self._display.vvv("THIS IS A LOCAL LXC DIR", host=self.container_name)
        self.container = _lxc.Container(self.container_name)
--- a/plugins/connection/lxd.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/lxd.py
@@ -10,15 +10,13 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
    author: Matt Clay (@mattclay) <matt@mystile.com>
    name: lxd
-    short_description: Run tasks in lxc containers via lxc CLI
+    short_description: Run tasks in LXD instances via C(lxc) CLI
    description:
-        - Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing lxc container using lxc CLI
+        - Run commands or put/fetch files to an existing instance using C(lxc) CLI.
    options:
      remote_addr:
        description:
-            - 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.
+            - Container identifier.
        default: inventory_hostname
        vars:
            - name: inventory_hostname
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
            - name: ansible_lxd_host
      executable:
        description:
-            - shell to use for execution inside container
+            - Shell to use for execution inside instance.
        default: /bin/sh
        vars:
            - name: ansible_executable
@@ -71,38 +69,32 @@ 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 container default: root')
-
-    def _host(self):
-        """ translate remote_addr to lxd (short) hostname """
-        return self.get_option("remote_addr").split(".", 1)[0]
+            self._display.warning('lxd does not support remote_user, using default: root')

    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._host())
+            self._display.vvv(u"ESTABLISH LXD CONNECTION FOR USER: root", host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
            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._host())
+        self._display.vvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(cmd), host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))

        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._host()),
+            "%s:%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self.get_option("remote_addr")),
            "--",
            self.get_option("executable"), "-c", cmd
        ])

-        self._display.vvvvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(local_cmd), host=self._host())
-
        local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
        in_data = to_bytes(in_data, errors='surrogate_or_strict', nonstring='passthru')

@@ -112,13 +104,11 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        stdout = to_text(stdout)
        stderr = to_text(stderr)

-        self._display.vvvvv(u"EXEC lxc output: {0} {1}".format(stdout, stderr), host=self._host())
+        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.strip() == "Error: Instance not found" or stderr.strip() == "error: not found":
-            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("instance not found: %s" % self._host())
+        if stderr == "error: not found\n":
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("container not found: %s" % self.get_option('remote_addr'))

        return process.returncode, stdout, stderr

@@ -126,7 +116,7 @@ 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._host())
+        self._display.vvv(u"PUT {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))

        if not os.path.isfile(to_bytes(in_path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')):
            raise AnsibleFileNotFound("input path is not a file: %s" % in_path)
@@ -137,7 +127,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        local_cmd.extend([
            "file", "push",
            in_path,
-            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self._host(), out_path)
+            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self.get_option("remote_addr"), out_path)
        ])

        local_cmd = [to_bytes(i, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for i in local_cmd]
@@ -149,14 +139,14 @@ 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._host())
+        self._display.vvv(u"FETCH {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))

        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._host(), in_path),
+            "%s:%s/%s" % (self.get_option("remote"), self.get_option("remote_addr"), in_path),
            out_path
        ])

--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/alicloud.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/alicloud.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ options:
    aliases: ['assume_role']
  alicloud_assume_role_arn:
    description:
-      - The Alibaba Cloud C(role_arn). The ARN of the role to assume. If ARN is set to an empty string,
+      - The Alibaba Cloud role_arn. The ARN of the role to assume. If ARN is set to an empty string,
        it does not perform role switching. It supports environment variable E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN).
        ansible will execute with provided credentials.
    aliases: ['assume_role_arn']
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ options:
    type: str
  alicloud_assume_role_session_expiration:
    description:
-      - The Alibaba Cloud C(session_expiration). The time after which the established session for assuming
+      - The Alibaba Cloud session_expiration. The time after which the established session for assuming
        role expires. Valid value range 900-3600 seconds. Default to 3600 (in this case Alicloud use own default
        value). It supports environment variable E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION).
    aliases: ['assume_role_session_expiration']
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ options:
    description:
      - This is the path to the shared credentials file. It can also be sourced from the E(ALICLOUD_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE)
        environment variable.
-      - If this is not set and a profile is specified, C(~/.aliyun/config.json) will be used.
+      - If this is not set and a profile is specified,  ~/.aliyun/config.json will be used.
    type: str
 author:
    - "He Guimin (@xiaozhu36)"
 requirements:
-    - "Python >= 3.6"
+    - "python >= 3.6"
 notes:
  - If parameters are not set within the module, the following
    environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ notes:
    E(ALICLOUD_PROFILE),
    E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN),
    E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_NAME),
-    E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION).
+    E(ALICLOUD_ASSUME_ROLE_SESSION_EXPIRATION),
  - E(ALICLOUD_REGION) or E(ALICLOUD_REGION_ID) can be typically be used to specify the
-    Alicloud region, when required, but this can also be configured in the footmark config file
+    ALICLOUD region, when required, but this can also be configured in the footmark config file
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/auth_basic.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/auth_basic.py
@@ -14,19 +14,19 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
 options:
  api_url:
    description:
-      - The resolvable endpoint for the API.
+      - The resolvable endpoint for the API
    type: str
  api_username:
    description:
-      - The username to use for authentication against the API.
+      - The username to use for authentication against the API
    type: str
  api_password:
    description:
-      - The password to use for authentication against the API.
+      - The password to use for authentication against the API
    type: str
  validate_certs:
    description:
-      - Whether or not to validate SSL certs when supplying a HTTPS endpoint.
+      - Whether or not to validate SSL certs when supplying a https endpoint.
    type: bool
    default: true
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/dimensiondata.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/dimensiondata.py
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ options:
  region:
    description:
      - The target region.
-      - Regions are defined in Apache libcloud project [libcloud/common/dimensiondata.py].
-      - They are also listed in U(https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/compute/drivers/dimensiondata.html).
-      - Note that the default value C(na) stands for "North America".
-      - The module prepends C(dd-) to the region choice.
+      - Regions are defined in Apache libcloud project [libcloud/common/dimensiondata.py]
+      - They are also listed in U(https://libcloud.readthedocs.io/en/latest/compute/drivers/dimensiondata.html)
+      - Note that the default value "na" stands for "North America".
+      - The module prepends 'dd-' to the region choice.
    type: str
    default: na
  mcp_user:
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/dimensiondata_wait.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/dimensiondata_wait.py
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ options:
      - Only applicable if O(wait=true).
    type: int
    default: 2
-'''
+    '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/emc.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/emc.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ options:
        default: sysadmin
 requirements:
  - An EMC VNX Storage device.
-  - storops (0.5.10 or greater). Install using C(pip install storops).
+  - Ansible 2.7.
+  - storops (0.5.10 or greater). Install using 'pip install storops'.
 notes:
-  - The modules prefixed with C(emc_vnx) are built to support the EMC VNX storage platform.
+  - The modules prefixed with emc_vnx are built to support the EMC VNX storage platform.
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/gitlab.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/gitlab.py
@@ -29,9 +29,4 @@ options:
      - GitLab CI job token for logging in.
    type: str
    version_added: 4.2.0
-  ca_path:
-    description:
-      - The CA certificates bundle to use to verify GitLab server certificate.
-    type: str
-    version_added: 8.1.0
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/hwc.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/hwc.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ options:
        required: true
    user:
        description:
-            - The user name to login with.
-            - Currently only user names are supported, and not user IDs.
+            - The user name to login with (currently only user names are
+              supported, and not user IDs).
        type: str
        required: true
    password:
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@ options:
    domain:
        description:
            - The name of the Domain to scope to (Identity v3).
-            - Currently only domain names are supported, and not domain IDs.
+              (currently only domain names are supported, and not domain IDs).
        type: str
        required: true
    project:
        description:
            - The name of the Tenant (Identity v2) or Project (Identity v3).
-            - Currently only project names are supported, and not project IDs.
+              (currently only project names are supported, and not
+               project IDs).
        type: str
        required: true
    region:
@@ -46,20 +47,20 @@ options:
        type: str
    id:
        description:
-            - The ID of resource to be managed.
+            - The id of resource to be managed.
        type: str
 notes:
  - For authentication, you can set identity_endpoint using the
-    E(ANSIBLE_HWC_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT) environment variable.
+    E(ANSIBLE_HWC_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT) env variable.
  - For authentication, you can set user using the
-    E(ANSIBLE_HWC_USER) environment variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set password using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_PASSWORD) environment
+    E(ANSIBLE_HWC_USER) env variable.
+  - For authentication, you can set password using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_PASSWORD) env
    variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set domain using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_DOMAIN) environment
+  - For authentication, you can set domain using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_DOMAIN) env
    variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set project using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_PROJECT) environment
+  - For authentication, you can set project using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_PROJECT) env
    variable.
-  - For authentication, you can set region using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_REGION) environment variable.
+  - For authentication, you can set region using the E(ANSIBLE_HWC_REGION) env variable.
  - Environment variables values will only be used if the playbook values are
    not set.
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/ibm_storage.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/ibm_storage.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ options:
        required: true
 notes:
  - This module requires pyxcli python library.
-    Use C(pip install pyxcli) in order to get pyxcli.
+    Use 'pip install pyxcli' in order to get pyxcli.
 requirements:
+  - python >= 2.7
  - pyxcli
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/influxdb.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/influxdb.py
@@ -16,29 +16,32 @@ options:
  hostname:
    description:
    - The hostname or IP address on which InfluxDB server is listening.
+    - Since Ansible 2.5, defaulted to localhost.
    type: str
    default: localhost
  username:
    description:
    - Username that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server.
+    - Alias O(login_username) added in Ansible 2.5.
    type: str
    default: root
    aliases: [ login_username ]
  password:
    description:
    - Password that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server.
+    - Alias O(login_password) added in Ansible 2.5.
    type: str
    default: root
    aliases: [ login_password ]
  port:
    description:
-    - The port on which InfluxDB server is listening.
+    - The port on which InfluxDB server is listening
    type: int
    default: 8086
  path:
    description:
-    - The path on which InfluxDB server is accessible.
-    - Only available when using python-influxdb >= 5.1.0.
+    - The path on which InfluxDB server is accessible
+    - Only available when using python-influxdb >= 5.1.0
    type: str
    default: ''
    version_added: '0.2.0'
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ options:
    description:
    - Number of retries client will try before aborting.
    - V(0) indicates try until success.
-    - Only available when using python-influxdb >= 4.1.0.
+    - Only available when using python-influxdb >= 4.1.0
    type: int
    default: 3
  use_udp:
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/ipa.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/ipa.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ options:
    - Port of FreeIPA / IPA server.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(IPA_PORT) will be used instead.
    - If both the environment variable E(IPA_PORT) and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
+    - Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
    type: int
    default: 443
  ipa_host:
@@ -25,8 +26,9 @@ options:
    - IP or hostname of IPA server.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(IPA_HOST) will be used instead.
    - If both the environment variable E(IPA_HOST) and the value are not specified in the task, then DNS will be used to try to discover the FreeIPA server.
-    - The relevant entry needed in FreeIPA is the C(ipa-ca) entry.
+    - The relevant entry needed in FreeIPA is the 'ipa-ca' entry.
    - If neither the DNS entry, nor the environment E(IPA_HOST), nor the value are available in the task, then the default value will be used.
+    - Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
    type: str
    default: ipa.example.com
  ipa_user:
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ options:
    - Administrative account used on IPA server.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(IPA_USER) will be used instead.
    - If both the environment variable E(IPA_USER) and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
+    - Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
    type: str
    default: admin
  ipa_pass:
@@ -44,12 +47,14 @@ options:
    - If the environment variable E(KRB5CCNAME) is available, the module will use this kerberos credentials cache to authenticate to the FreeIPA server.
    - If the environment variable E(KRB5_CLIENT_KTNAME) is available, and E(KRB5CCNAME) is not; the module will use this kerberos keytab to authenticate.
    - If GSSAPI is not available, the usage of O(ipa_pass) is required.
+    - Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
    type: str
  ipa_prot:
    description:
    - Protocol used by IPA server.
    - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(IPA_PROT) will be used instead.
    - If both the environment variable E(IPA_PROT) and the value are not specified in the task, then default value is set.
+    - Environment variable fallback mechanism is added in Ansible 2.5.
    type: str
    choices: [ http, https ]
    default: https
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/keycloak.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/keycloak.py
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ options:
        type: int
        default: 10
        version_added: 4.5.0
-
    http_agent:
        description:
            - Configures the HTTP User-Agent header.
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/lxca_common.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/lxca_common.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ options:

  auth_url:
    description:
-    - lxca HTTPS full web address.
+    - lxca https full web address
    type: str
    required: true

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ requirements:
  - pylxca

 notes:
-  - Additional detail about pylxca can be found at U(https://github.com/lenovo/pylxca).
-  - Playbooks using these modules can be found at U(https://github.com/lenovo/ansible.lenovo-lxca).
+  -  Additional detail about pylxca can be found at U(https://github.com/lenovo/pylxca)
+  -  Playbooks using these modules can be found at U(https://github.com/lenovo/ansible.lenovo-lxca)
+  -  Check mode is not supported.
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/nomad.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/nomad.py
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ 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.
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/onepassword.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/onepassword.py
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# Copyright (c) 2023, 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
-
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-
-class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-    DOCUMENTATION = r'''
-requirements:
-  - See U(https://support.1password.com/command-line/)
-options:
-  master_password:
-    description: The password used to unlock the specified vault.
-    aliases: ['vault_password']
-    type: str
-  section:
-    description: Item section containing the field to retrieve (case-insensitive). If absent will return first match from any section.
-  domain:
-    description: Domain of 1Password.
-    default: '1password.com'
-    type: str
-  subdomain:
-    description: The 1Password subdomain to authenticate against.
-    type: str
-  account_id:
-    description: The account ID to target.
-    type: str
-  username:
-    description: The username used to sign in.
-    type: str
-  secret_key:
-    description: The secret key used when performing an initial sign in.
-    type: str
-  service_account_token:
-    description:
-      - The access key for a service account.
-      - Only works with 1Password CLI version 2 or later.
-    type: str
-  vault:
-    description: Vault containing the item to retrieve (case-insensitive). If absent will search all vaults.
-    type: str
-  connect_host:
-    description: The host for 1Password Connect. Must be used in combination with O(connect_token).
-    type: str
-    env:
-      - name: OP_CONNECT_HOST
-    version_added: 8.1.0
-  connect_token:
-    description: The token for 1Password Connect. Must be used in combination with O(connect_host).
-    type: str
-    env:
-      - name: OP_CONNECT_TOKEN
-    version_added: 8.1.0
-'''
-
-    LOOKUP = r'''
-options:
-  service_account_token:
-    env:
-      - name: OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN
-        version_added: 8.2.0
-notes:
-  - This lookup will use an existing 1Password session if one exists. If not, and you have already
-    performed an initial sign in (meaning C(~/.op/config), C(~/.config/op/config) or C(~/.config/.op/config) exists), then only the
-    O(master_password) is required. You may optionally specify O(subdomain) in this scenario, otherwise the last used subdomain will be used by C(op).
-  - This lookup can perform an initial login by providing O(subdomain), O(username), O(secret_key), and O(master_password).
-  - Can target a specific account by providing the O(account_id).
-  - Due to the B(very) sensitive nature of these credentials, it is B(highly) recommended that you only pass in the minimal credentials
-    needed at any given time. Also, store these credentials in an Ansible Vault using a key that is equal to or greater in strength
-    to the 1Password master password.
-  - This lookup stores potentially sensitive data from 1Password as Ansible facts.
-    Facts are subject to caching if enabled, which means this data could be stored in clear text
-    on disk or in a database.
-  - Tested with C(op) version 2.7.2.
-'''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/oneview.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/oneview.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
 options:
    config:
        description:
-        - Path to a JSON configuration file containing the OneView client configuration.
+        - Path to a .json configuration file containing the OneView client configuration.
          The configuration file is optional and when used should be present in the host running the ansible commands.
          If the file path is not provided, the configuration will be loaded from environment variables.
          For links to example configuration files or how to use the environment variables verify the notes section.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ options:
        type: str

 requirements:
-  - Python >= 2.7.9
+  - python >= 2.7.9

 notes:
    - "A sample configuration file for the config parameter can be found at:
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ options:
 options:
    params:
        description:
-        - List of parameters to delimit, filter and sort the list of resources.
-        - "Parameter keys allowed are:"
-        - "C(start): The first item to return, using 0-based indexing."
-        - "C(count): The number of resources to return."
-        - "C(filter): A general filter/query string to narrow the list of items returned."
-        - "C(sort): The sort order of the returned data set."
+        - List of params to delimit, filter and sort the list of resources.
+        - "params allowed:
+            - C(start): The first item to return, using 0-based indexing.
+            - C(count): The number of resources to return.
+            - C(filter): A general filter/query string to narrow the list of items returned.
+            - C(sort): The sort order of the returned data set."
        type: dict
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/online.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/online.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ options:
    aliases: [ oauth_token ]
  api_url:
    description:
-      - Online API URL.
+      - Online API URL
    type: str
    default: 'https://api.online.net'
    aliases: [ base_url ]
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ options:
    type: bool
    default: true
 notes:
-  - Also see the API documentation on U(https://console.online.net/en/api/).
+  - Also see the API documentation on U(https://console.online.net/en/api/)
  - If O(api_token) is not set within the module, the following
    environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
    E(ONLINE_TOKEN), E(ONLINE_API_KEY), E(ONLINE_OAUTH_TOKEN), E(ONLINE_API_TOKEN).
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/openswitch.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/openswitch.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ options:
    description:
      - Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the
        remote device.  The transport argument supports connectivity to the
-        device over SSH (V(ssh)), CLI (V(cli)), or REST (V(rest)).
+        device over ssh, cli or REST.
    required: true
    type: str
    choices: [ cli, rest, ssh ]
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/oracle.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/oracle.py
@@ -10,21 +10,22 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
    DOCUMENTATION = """
    requirements:
-        - Python SDK for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure U(https://oracle-cloud-infrastructure-python-sdk.readthedocs.io)
+        - "python >= 2.7"
+        -  Python SDK for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure U(https://oracle-cloud-infrastructure-python-sdk.readthedocs.io)
    notes:
-        - For OCI Python SDK configuration, please refer to
-          U(https://oracle-cloud-infrastructure-python-sdk.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html).
+        - For OCI python sdk configuration, please refer to
+          U(https://oracle-cloud-infrastructure-python-sdk.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html)
    options:
        config_file_location:
            description:
                - Path to configuration file. If not set then the value of the E(OCI_CONFIG_FILE) environment variable,
-                  if any, is used. Otherwise, defaults to C(~/.oci/config).
+                  if any, is used. Otherwise, defaults to ~/.oci/config.
            type: str
        config_profile_name:
            description:
                - The profile to load from the config file referenced by O(config_file_location). If not set, then the
                  value of the E(OCI_CONFIG_PROFILE) environment variable, if any, is used. Otherwise, defaults to the
-                  C(DEFAULT) profile in O(config_file_location).
+                  "DEFAULT" profile in O(config_file_location).
            default: "DEFAULT"
            type: str
        api_user:
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
            description:
                - OCID of your tenancy. If not set, then the value of the OCI_TENANCY variable, if any, is
                  used. This option is required if the tenancy OCID is not specified through a configuration file
-                  (See O(config_file_location)). To get the tenancy OCID, please refer to
-                  U(https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm).
+                  (See O(config_file_location)). To get the tenancy OCID, please refer
+                  U(https://docs.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/Content/API/Concepts/apisigningkey.htm)
            type: str
        region:
            description:
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/oracle_wait_options.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/oracle_wait_options.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
        wait_until:
            description: The lifecycle state to wait for the resource to transition into when O(wait=true). By default,
                         when O(wait=true), we wait for the resource to get into ACTIVE/ATTACHED/AVAILABLE/PROVISIONED/
-                         RUNNING applicable lifecycle state during create operation and to get into DELETED/DETACHED/
+                         RUNNING applicable lifecycle state during create operation & to get into DELETED/DETACHED/
                         TERMINATED lifecycle state during delete operation.
            type: str
    """
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/purestorage.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/purestorage.py
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ options:
      - FlashBlade API token for admin privileged user.
    type: str
 notes:
-  - This module requires the C(purity_fb) Python library.
+  - This module requires the C(purity_fb) Python library
  - You must set E(PUREFB_URL) and E(PUREFB_API) environment variables
-    if O(fb_url) and O(api_token) arguments are not passed to the module directly.
+    if O(fb_url) and O(api_token) arguments are not passed to the module directly
 requirements:
+  - python >= 2.7
  - purity_fb >= 1.1
 '''

@@ -53,9 +54,10 @@ options:
    type: str
    required: true
 notes:
-  - This module requires the C(purestorage) Python library.
+  - This module requires the C(purestorage) Python library
  - You must set E(PUREFA_URL) and E(PUREFA_API) environment variables
-    if O(fa_url) and O(api_token) arguments are not passed to the module directly.
+    if O(fa_url) and O(api_token) arguments are not passed to the module directly
 requirements:
+  - python >= 2.7
  - purestorage
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/rackspace.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/rackspace.py
@@ -43,14 +43,15 @@ options:
    type: bool
    aliases: [ verify_ssl ]
 requirements:
+  - python >= 2.6
  - pyrax
 notes:
  - The following environment variables can be used, E(RAX_USERNAME),
    E(RAX_API_KEY), E(RAX_CREDS_FILE), E(RAX_CREDENTIALS), E(RAX_REGION).
  - E(RAX_CREDENTIALS) and E(RAX_CREDS_FILE) point to a credentials file
-    appropriate for pyrax. See U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating).
-  - E(RAX_USERNAME) and E(RAX_API_KEY) obviate the use of a credentials file.
-  - E(RAX_REGION) defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...).
+    appropriate for pyrax. See U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating)
+  - E(RAX_USERNAME) and E(RAX_API_KEY) obviate the use of a credentials file
+  - E(RAX_REGION) defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...)
 '''

    # Documentation fragment including attributes to enable communication
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ options:
    type: str
    description:
      - The URI of the authentication service.
-      - If not specified will be set to U(https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/).
+      - If not specified will be set to U(https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/)
  credentials:
    type: path
    description:
@@ -109,12 +110,13 @@ deprecated:
  why: This module relies on the deprecated package pyrax.
  alternative: Use the Openstack modules instead.
 requirements:
+  - python >= 2.6
  - pyrax
 notes:
  - The following environment variables can be used, E(RAX_USERNAME),
    E(RAX_API_KEY), E(RAX_CREDS_FILE), E(RAX_CREDENTIALS), E(RAX_REGION).
  - E(RAX_CREDENTIALS) and E(RAX_CREDS_FILE) points to a credentials file
-    appropriate for pyrax. See U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating).
-  - E(RAX_USERNAME) and E(RAX_API_KEY) obviate the use of a credentials file.
-  - E(RAX_REGION) defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...).
+    appropriate for pyrax. See U(https://github.com/rackspace/pyrax/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md#authenticating)
+  - E(RAX_USERNAME) and E(RAX_API_KEY) obviate the use of a credentials file
+  - E(RAX_REGION) defines a Rackspace Public Cloud region (DFW, ORD, LON, ...)
 '''
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/scaleway.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/scaleway.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ options:
    type: bool
    default: true
 notes:
-  - Also see the API documentation on U(https://developer.scaleway.com/).
+  - Also see the API documentation on U(https://developer.scaleway.com/)
  - If O(api_token) is not set within the module, the following
    environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
    E(SCW_TOKEN), E(SCW_API_KEY), E(SCW_OAUTH_TOKEN) or E(SCW_API_TOKEN).
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/utm.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/utm.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ options:
    headers:
        description:
          - A dictionary of additional headers to be sent to POST and PUT requests.
-          - Is needed for some modules.
+          - Is needed for some modules
        type: dict
        required: false
        default: {}
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ options:
        default: 4444
    utm_token:
        description:
-          - "The token used to identify at the REST-API. See
-            U(https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/documentation/UTMonAWS/Sophos-UTM-RESTful-API.pdf?la=en),
-            Chapter 2.4.2."
+          - "The token used to identify at the REST-API. See U(https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/\
+            PDFs/documentation/UTMonAWS/Sophos-UTM-RESTful-API.pdf?la=en), Chapter 2.4.2."
        type: str
        required: true
    utm_protocol:
@@ -49,8 +48,8 @@ options:
    state:
        description:
          - The desired state of the object.
-          - V(present) will create or update an object.
-          - V(absent) will delete an object if it was present.
+          - V(present) will create or update an object
+          - V(absent) will delete an object if it was present
        type: str
        choices: [ absent, present ]
        default: present
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/vexata.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/vexata.py
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@ options:
  user:
    description:
      - Vexata API user with administrative privileges.
-      - Uses the E(VEXATA_USER) environment variable as a fallback.
    required: false
    type: str
  password:
    description:
      - Vexata API user password.
-      - Uses the E(VEXATA_PASSWORD) environment variable as a fallback.
    required: false
    type: str
  validate_certs:
@@ -50,6 +48,7 @@ options:
 requirements:
  - Vexata VX100 storage array with VXOS >= v3.5.0 on storage array
  - vexatapi >= 0.0.1
-  - E(VEXATA_USER) and E(VEXATA_PASSWORD) environment variables must be set if
+  - python >= 2.7
+  - VEXATA_USER and VEXATA_PASSWORD environment variables must be set if
    user and password arguments are not passed to the module directly.
 '''
--- a/plugins/filter/from_ini.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/from_ini.py
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# Copyright (c) 2023, Steffen Scheib <steffen@scheib.me>
-# 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
-
-DOCUMENTATION = r'''
-  name: from_ini
-  short_description: Converts INI text input into a dictionary
-  version_added: 8.2.0
-  author: Steffen Scheib (@sscheib)
-  description:
-    - Converts INI text input into a dictionary.
-  options:
-    _input:
-      description: A string containing an INI document.
-      type: string
-      required: true
-'''
-
-EXAMPLES = r'''
-  - name: Slurp an INI file
-    ansible.builtin.slurp:
-      src: /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf
-    register: rhsm_conf
-
-  - name: Display the INI file as dictionary
-    ansible.builtin.debug:
-      var: rhsm_conf.content | b64decode | community.general.from_ini
-
-  - name: Set a new dictionary fact with the contents of the INI file
-    ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-      rhsm_dict: >-
-        {{
-            rhsm_conf.content | b64decode | community.general.from_ini
-        }}
-'''
-
-RETURN = '''
-  _value:
-    description: A dictionary representing the INI file.
-    type: dictionary
-'''
-
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleFilterError
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import StringIO
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.configparser import ConfigParser
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
-
-
-class IniParser(ConfigParser):
-    ''' Implements a configparser which is able to return a dict '''
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.optionxform = str
-
-    def as_dict(self):
-        d = dict(self._sections)
-        for k in d:
-            d[k] = dict(self._defaults, **d[k])
-            d[k].pop('__name__', None)
-
-        if self._defaults:
-            d['DEFAULT'] = dict(self._defaults)
-
-        return d
-
-
-def from_ini(obj):
-    ''' Read the given string as INI file and return a dict '''
-
-    if not isinstance(obj, string_types):
-        raise AnsibleFilterError(f'from_ini requires a str, got {type(obj)}')
-
-    parser = IniParser()
-
-    try:
-        parser.read_file(StringIO(obj))
-    except Exception as ex:
-        raise AnsibleFilterError(f'from_ini failed to parse given string: '
-                                 f'{to_native(ex)}', orig_exc=ex)
-
-    return parser.as_dict()
-
-
-class FilterModule(object):
-    ''' Query filter '''
-
-    def filters(self):
-
-        return {
-            'from_ini': from_ini
-        }
--- a/plugins/filter/to_ini.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/to_ini.py
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# Copyright (c) 2023, Steffen Scheib <steffen@scheib.me>
-# 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
-
-DOCUMENTATION = r'''
-  name: to_ini
-  short_description: Converts a dictionary to the INI file format
-  version_added: 8.2.0
-  author: Steffen Scheib (@sscheib)
-  description:
-    - Converts a dictionary to the INI file format.
-  options:
-    _input:
-      description: The dictionary that should be converted to the INI format.
-      type: dictionary
-      required: true
-'''
-
-EXAMPLES = r'''
-  - name: Define a dictionary
-    ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-      my_dict:
-        section_name:
-          key_name: 'key value'
-
-        another_section:
-          connection: 'ssh'
-
-  - name: Write dictionary to INI file
-    ansible.builtin.copy:
-      dest: /tmp/test.ini
-      content: '{{ my_dict | community.general.to_ini }}'
-
-  # /tmp/test.ini will look like this:
-  # [section_name]
-  # key_name = key value
-  #
-  # [another_section]
-  # connection = ssh
-'''
-
-RETURN = r'''
-  _value:
-    description: A string formatted as INI file.
-    type: string
-'''
-
-
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleFilterError
-from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Mapping
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import StringIO
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.configparser import ConfigParser
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
-
-
-class IniParser(ConfigParser):
-    ''' Implements a configparser which sets the correct optionxform '''
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-        self.optionxform = str
-
-
-def to_ini(obj):
-    ''' Read the given dict and return an INI formatted string '''
-
-    if not isinstance(obj, Mapping):
-        raise AnsibleFilterError(f'to_ini requires a dict, got {type(obj)}')
-
-    ini_parser = IniParser()
-
-    try:
-        ini_parser.read_dict(obj)
-    except Exception as ex:
-        raise AnsibleFilterError('to_ini failed to parse given dict:'
-                                 f'{to_native(ex)}', orig_exc=ex)
-
-    # catching empty dicts
-    if obj == dict():
-        raise AnsibleFilterError('to_ini received an empty dict. '
-                                 'An empty dict cannot be converted.')
-
-    config = StringIO()
-    ini_parser.write(config)
-
-    # config.getvalue() returns two \n at the end
-    # with the below insanity, we remove the very last character of
-    # the resulting string
-    return ''.join(config.getvalue().rsplit(config.getvalue()[-1], 1))
-
-
-class FilterModule(object):
-    ''' Query filter '''
-
-    def filters(self):
-
-        return {
-            'to_ini': to_ini
-        }
--- a/plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
      - Stefan Heitmüller (@morph027) <stefan.heitmueller@gmx.com>
    short_description: Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for GitLab runners.
    requirements:
+        - python >= 2.7
        - python-gitlab > 1.8.0
    extends_documentation_fragment:
        - constructed
--- a/plugins/inventory/icinga2.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/icinga2.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ url: http://localhost:5665
 user: ansible
 password: secure
 host_filter: \"linux-servers\" in host.groups
-validate_certs: false  # only do this when connecting to localhost!
+validate_certs: false
 inventory_attr: name
 groups:
  # simple name matching
--- a/plugins/inventory/linode.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/linode.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
      - Luke Murphy (@decentral1se)
    short_description: Ansible dynamic inventory plugin for Linode.
    requirements:
+        - python >= 2.7
        - linode_api4 >= 2.0.0
    description:
        - Reads inventories from the Linode API v4.
--- a/plugins/inventory/lxd.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/lxd.py
@@ -41,20 +41,6 @@ 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.
@@ -300,7 +286,7 @@ 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, self.server_cert, self.server_check_hostname)
+                socket_connection = LXDClient(url, self.client_key, self.client_cert, self.debug)
                return socket_connection
            except LXDClientException as err:
                error_storage[url] = err
@@ -470,7 +456,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
        Helper to get the preferred interface provide by neme pattern from 'prefered_instance_network_interface'.

        Args:
-            str(containe_name): name of instance
+            str(instance_name): name of instance
        Kwargs:
            None
        Raises:
@@ -495,7 +481,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
        Helper to get the VLAN_ID from the instance

        Args:
-            str(containe_name): name of instance
+            str(instance_name): name of instance
        Kwargs:
            None
        Raises:
@@ -1092,8 +1078,6 @@ 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
--- a/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
@@ -116,11 +116,6 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
          - The default of this option changed from V(true) to V(false) in community.general 6.0.0.
        type: bool
        default: false
-      exclude_nodes:
-        description: Exclude proxmox nodes and the nodes-group from the inventory output.
-        type: bool
-        default: false
-        version_added: 8.1.0
      filters:
        version_added: 4.6.0
        description: A list of Jinja templates that allow filtering hosts.
@@ -171,6 +166,7 @@ plugin: community.general.proxmox
 url: http://pve.domain.com:8006
 user: ansible@pve
 password: secure
+validate_certs: false
 want_facts: true
 keyed_groups:
    # proxmox_tags_parsed is an example of a fact only returned when 'want_facts=true'
@@ -191,10 +187,10 @@ want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host: true
 # Note: my_inv_var demonstrates how to add a string variable to every host used by the inventory.
 # my.proxmox.yml
 plugin: community.general.proxmox
-url: http://192.168.1.2:8006
+url: http://pve.domain.com:8006
 user: ansible@pve
 password: secure
-validate_certs: false  # only do this when you trust the network!
+validate_certs: false
 want_facts: true
 want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host: false
 compose:
@@ -569,9 +565,9 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):

        for group in default_groups:
            self.inventory.add_group(self._group('all_%s' % (group)))
+
        nodes_group = self._group('nodes')
-        if not self.exclude_nodes:
-            self.inventory.add_group(nodes_group)
+        self.inventory.add_group(nodes_group)

        want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host = self.get_option("want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host")

@@ -581,23 +577,22 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
        for node in self._get_nodes():
            if not node.get('node'):
                continue
-            if not self.exclude_nodes:
-                self.inventory.add_host(node['node'])
-            if node['type'] == 'node' and not self.exclude_nodes:
+
+            self.inventory.add_host(node['node'])
+            if node['type'] == 'node':
                self.inventory.add_child(nodes_group, node['node'])

            if node['status'] == 'offline':
                continue

            # get node IP address
-            if want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host and not self.exclude_nodes:
+            if want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host:
                ip = self._get_node_ip(node['node'])
                self.inventory.set_variable(node['node'], 'ansible_host', ip)

            # Setting composite variables
-            if not self.exclude_nodes:
-                variables = self.inventory.get_host(node['node']).get_vars()
-                self._set_composite_vars(self.get_option('compose'), variables, node['node'], strict=self.strict)
+            variables = self.inventory.get_host(node['node']).get_vars()
+            self._set_composite_vars(self.get_option('compose'), variables, node['node'], strict=self.strict)

            # add LXC/Qemu groups for the node
            for ittype in ('lxc', 'qemu'):
@@ -640,8 +635,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):

        if self.get_option('qemu_extended_statuses') and not self.get_option('want_facts'):
            raise AnsibleError('You must set want_facts to True if you want to use qemu_extended_statuses.')
+
        # read rest of options
-        self.exclude_nodes = self.get_option('exclude_nodes')
        self.cache_key = self.get_cache_key(path)
        self.use_cache = cache and self.get_option('cache')
        self.host_filters = self.get_option('filters')
--- a/plugins/lookup/bitwarden.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/bitwarden.py
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ class Bitwarden(object):
        out, err = p.communicate(to_bytes(stdin))
        rc = p.wait()
        if rc != expected_rc:
-            if len(args) > 2 and args[0] == 'get' and args[1] == 'item' and b'Not found.' in err:
-                return 'null', ''
            raise BitwardenException(err)
        return to_text(out, errors='surrogate_or_strict'), to_text(err, errors='surrogate_or_strict')

@@ -120,10 +118,7 @@ class Bitwarden(object):
        """

        # Prepare set of params for Bitwarden CLI
-        if search_field == 'id':
-            params = ['get', 'item', search_value]
-        else:
-            params = ['list', 'items', '--search', search_value]
+        params = ['list', 'items', '--search', search_value]

        if collection_id:
            params.extend(['--collectionid', collection_id])
@@ -132,11 +127,7 @@ class Bitwarden(object):

        # This includes things that matched in different fields.
        initial_matches = AnsibleJSONDecoder().raw_decode(out)[0]
-        if search_field == 'id':
-            if initial_matches is None:
-                initial_matches = []
-            else:
-                initial_matches = [initial_matches]
+
        # Filter to only include results from the right field.
        return [item for item in initial_matches if item[search_field] == search_value]

--- a/plugins/lookup/collection_version.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/collection_version.py
@@ -98,10 +98,15 @@ 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.yml
+    # Try to load galaxy.y(a)ml
    galaxy_path = os.path.join(path, 'galaxy.yml')
-    if os.path.exists(galaxy_path):
-        return load_collection_meta_galaxy(galaxy_path, no_version=no_version)
+    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)

    return {}

--- a/plugins/lookup/etcd.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/etcd.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ lookup('community.general.etcd', 'foo', 'bar', 'baz') }}"

- name: "you can set server options inline"
+- name: "since Ansible 2.5 you can set server options inline"
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ lookup('community.general.etcd', 'foo', version='v2', url='http://192.168.0.27:4001') }}"
 '''
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 RETURN = '''
    _raw:
        description:
-            - List of values associated with input keys.
+            - list of values associated with input keys
        type: list
        elements: string
 '''
--- a/plugins/lookup/github_app_access_token.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/github_app_access_token.py
@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2023, Poh Wei Sheng <weisheng-p@hotmail.sg>
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-DOCUMENTATION = '''
-    name: github_app_access_token
-    author:
-      - Poh Wei Sheng (@weisheng-p)
-    short_description: Obtain short-lived Github App Access tokens
-    version_added: '8.2.0'
-    requirements:
-      - jwt (https://github.com/GehirnInc/python-jwt)
-    description:
-      - This generates a Github access token that can be used with a C(git) command, if you use a Github App.
-    options:
-      key_path:
-        description:
-        - Path to your private key.
-        required: true
-        type: path
-      app_id:
-        description:
-        - Your GitHub App ID, you can find this in the Settings page.
-        required: true
-        type: str
-      installation_id:
-        description:
-        - The installation ID that contains the git repository you would like access to.
-        - As of 2023-12-24, this can be found via Settings page > Integrations > Application. The last part of the URL in the
-          configure button is the installation ID.
-        - Alternatively, you can use PyGithub (U(https://github.com/PyGithub/PyGithub)) to get your installation ID.
-        required: true
-        type: str
-      token_expiry:
-        description:
-        - How long the token should last for in seconds.
-        default: 600
-        type: int
-'''
-
-EXAMPLES = '''
- name: Get access token to be used for git checkout with app_id=123456, installation_id=64209
-  ansible.builtin.git:
-    repo: >-
-      https://x-access-token:{{ github_token }}@github.com/hidden_user/super-secret-repo.git
-    dest: /srv/checkout
-  vars:
-    github_token: >-
-      lookup('github_app_token', key_path='/home/to_your/key',
-             app_id='123456', installation_id='64209')
-'''
-
-RETURN = '''
-  _raw:
-    description: A one-element list containing your GitHub access token.
-    type: list
-    elements: str
-'''
-
-
-try:
-    from jwt import JWT, jwk_from_pem
-    HAS_JWT = True
-except ImportError:
-    HAS_JWT = False
-
-import time
-import json
-from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
-from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
-from ansible.utils.display import Display
-
-if HAS_JWT:
-    jwt_instance = JWT()
-else:
-    jwk_from_pem = None
-    jwt_instance = None
-
-display = Display()
-
-
-def read_key(path):
-    try:
-        with open(path, 'rb') as pem_file:
-            return jwk_from_pem(pem_file.read())
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise AnsibleError("Error while parsing key file: {0}".format(e))
-
-
-def encode_jwt(app_id, jwk, exp=600):
-    now = int(time.time())
-    payload = {
-        'iat': now,
-        'exp': now + exp,
-        'iss': app_id,
-    }
-    try:
-        return jwt_instance.encode(payload, jwk, alg='RS256')
-    except Exception as e:
-        raise AnsibleError("Error while encoding jwt: {0}".format(e))
-
-
-def post_request(generated_jwt, installation_id):
-    github_api_url = f'https://api.github.com/app/installations/{installation_id}/access_tokens'
-    headers = {
-        "Authorization": f'Bearer {generated_jwt}',
-        "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
-    }
-    try:
-        response = open_url(github_api_url, headers=headers, method='POST')
-    except HTTPError as e:
-        try:
-            error_body = json.loads(e.read().decode())
-            display.vvv("Error returned: {0}".format(error_body))
-        except Exception:
-            error_body = {}
-        if e.code == 404:
-            raise AnsibleError("Github return error. Please confirm your installationd_id value is valid")
-        elif e.code == 401:
-            raise AnsibleError("Github return error. Please confirm your private key is valid")
-        raise AnsibleError("Unexpected data returned: {0} -- {1}".format(e, error_body))
-    response_body = response.read()
-    try:
-        json_data = json.loads(response_body.decode('utf-8'))
-    except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as e:
-        raise AnsibleError("Error while dencoding JSON respone from github: {0}".format(e))
-    return json_data.get('token')
-
-
-def get_token(key_path, app_id, installation_id, expiry=600):
-    jwk = read_key(key_path)
-    generated_jwt = encode_jwt(app_id, jwk, exp=expiry)
-    return post_request(generated_jwt, installation_id)
-
-
-class LookupModule(LookupBase):
-    def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs):
-        if not HAS_JWT:
-            raise AnsibleError('Python jwt library is required. '
-                               'Please install using "pip install jwt"')
-
-        self.set_options(var_options=variables, direct=kwargs)
-
-        t = get_token(
-            self.get_option('key_path'),
-            self.get_option('app_id'),
-            self.get_option('installation_id'),
-            self.get_option('token_expiry'),
-        )
-
-        return [t]
--- a/plugins/lookup/onepassword.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/onepassword.py
@@ -14,28 +14,59 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
      - Scott Buchanan (@scottsb)
      - Andrew Zenk (@azenk)
      - Sam Doran (@samdoran)
-    short_description: Fetch field values from 1Password
+    requirements:
+      - C(op) 1Password command line utility. See U(https://support.1password.com/command-line/)
+    short_description: fetch field values from 1Password
    description:
      - P(community.general.onepassword#lookup) wraps the C(op) command line utility to fetch specific field values from 1Password.
-    requirements:
-      - C(op) 1Password command line utility
    options:
      _terms:
-        description: Identifier(s) (case-insensitive UUID or name) of item(s) to retrieve.
+        description: identifier(s) (UUID, name, or subdomain; case-insensitive) of item(s) to retrieve.
        required: true
-      account_id:
-        version_added: 7.5.0
-      domain:
-        version_added: 3.2.0
      field:
-        description: Field to return from each matching item (case-insensitive).
+        description: field to return from each matching item (case-insensitive).
        default: 'password'
+      master_password:
+        description: The password used to unlock the specified vault.
+        aliases: ['vault_password']
+      section:
+        description: Item section containing the field to retrieve (case-insensitive). If absent will return first match from any section.
+      domain:
+        description: Domain of 1Password.
+        version_added: 3.2.0
+        default: '1password.com'
        type: str
+      subdomain:
+        description: The 1Password subdomain to authenticate against.
+      account_id:
+        description: The account ID to target.
+        type: str
+        version_added: 7.5.0
+      username:
+        description: The username used to sign in.
+      secret_key:
+        description: The secret key used when performing an initial sign in.
      service_account_token:
+        description:
+          - The access key for a service account.
+          - Only works with 1Password CLI version 2 or later.
+        type: str
        version_added: 7.1.0
-    extends_documentation_fragment:
-      - community.general.onepassword
-      - community.general.onepassword.lookup
+      vault:
+        description: Vault containing the item to retrieve (case-insensitive). If absent will search all vaults.
+    notes:
+      - This lookup will use an existing 1Password session if one exists. If not, and you have already
+        performed an initial sign in (meaning C(~/.op/config), C(~/.config/op/config) or C(~/.config/.op/config) exists), then only the
+        C(master_password) is required. You may optionally specify O(subdomain) in this scenario, otherwise the last used subdomain will be used by C(op).
+      - This lookup can perform an initial login by providing O(subdomain), O(username), O(secret_key), and O(master_password).
+      - Can target a specific account by providing the O(account_id).
+      - Due to the B(very) sensitive nature of these credentials, it is B(highly) recommended that you only pass in the minimal credentials
+        needed at any given time. Also, store these credentials in an Ansible Vault using a key that is equal to or greater in strength
+        to the 1Password master password.
+      - This lookup stores potentially sensitive data from 1Password as Ansible facts.
+        Facts are subject to caching if enabled, which means this data could be stored in clear text
+        on disk or in a database.
+      - Tested with C(op) version 2.7.2
 '''

 EXAMPLES = """
@@ -77,7 +108,7 @@ EXAMPLES = """

 RETURN = """
  _raw:
-    description: Field data requested.
+    description: field data requested
    type: list
    elements: str
 """
@@ -88,7 +119,7 @@ import json
 import subprocess

 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleLookupError, AnsibleOptionsError
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleLookupError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six import with_metaclass
@@ -116,8 +147,6 @@ class OnePassCLIBase(with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, object)):
        master_password=None,
        service_account_token=None,
        account_id=None,
-        connect_host=None,
-        connect_token=None,
    ):
        self.subdomain = subdomain
        self.domain = domain
@@ -126,8 +155,6 @@ class OnePassCLIBase(with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, object)):
        self.secret_key = secret_key
        self.service_account_token = service_account_token
        self.account_id = account_id
-        self.connect_host = connect_host
-        self.connect_token = connect_token

        self._path = None
        self._version = None
@@ -306,10 +333,6 @@ class OnePassCLIv1(OnePassCLIBase):
        return not bool(rc)

    def full_signin(self):
-        if self.connect_host or self.connect_token:
-            raise AnsibleLookupError(
-                "1Password Connect is not available with 1Password CLI version 1. Please use version 2 or later.")
-
        if self.service_account_token:
            raise AnsibleLookupError(
                "1Password CLI version 1 does not support Service Accounts. Please use version 2 or later.")
@@ -489,18 +512,15 @@ class OnePassCLIv2(OnePassCLIBase):
            current_section_title = section.get("label", section.get("id", "")).lower()
            if section_title == current_section_title:
                # In the correct section. Check "label" then "id" for the desired field_name
-                if field.get("label") == field_name:
+                if field.get("label", "").lower() == field_name:
                    return field.get("value", "")

-                if field.get("id") == field_name:
+                if field.get("id", "").lower() == field_name:
                    return field.get("value", "")

        return ""

    def assert_logged_in(self):
-        if self.connect_host and self.connect_token:
-            return True
-
        if self.service_account_token:
            args = ["whoami"]
            environment_update = {"OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN": self.service_account_token}
@@ -560,15 +580,6 @@ class OnePassCLIv2(OnePassCLIBase):
        if vault is not None:
            args += ["--vault={0}".format(vault)]

-        if self.connect_host and self.connect_token:
-            if vault is None:
-                raise AnsibleLookupError("'vault' is required with 1Password Connect")
-            environment_update = {
-                "OP_CONNECT_HOST": self.connect_host,
-                "OP_CONNECT_TOKEN": self.connect_token,
-            }
-            return self._run(args, environment_update=environment_update)
-
        if self.service_account_token:
            if vault is None:
                raise AnsibleLookupError("'vault' is required with 'service_account_token'")
@@ -592,7 +603,7 @@ class OnePassCLIv2(OnePassCLIBase):

 class OnePass(object):
    def __init__(self, subdomain=None, domain="1password.com", username=None, secret_key=None, master_password=None,
-                 service_account_token=None, account_id=None, connect_host=None, connect_token=None, cli_class=None):
+                 service_account_token=None, account_id=None):
        self.subdomain = subdomain
        self.domain = domain
        self.username = username
@@ -600,28 +611,19 @@ class OnePass(object):
        self.master_password = master_password
        self.service_account_token = service_account_token
        self.account_id = account_id
-        self.connect_host = connect_host
-        self.connect_token = connect_token

        self.logged_in = False
        self.token = None

        self._config = OnePasswordConfig()
-        self._cli = self._get_cli_class(cli_class)
-
-        if (self.connect_host or self.connect_token) and None in (self.connect_host, self.connect_token):
-            raise AnsibleOptionsError("connect_host and connect_token are required together")
-
-    def _get_cli_class(self, cli_class=None):
-        if cli_class is not None:
-            return cli_class(self.subdomain, self.domain, self.username, self.secret_key, self.master_password, self.service_account_token)
+        self._cli = self._get_cli_class()

+    def _get_cli_class(self):
        version = OnePassCLIBase.get_current_version()
        for cls in OnePassCLIBase.__subclasses__():
            if cls.supports_version == version.split(".")[0]:
                try:
-                    return cls(self.subdomain, self.domain, self.username, self.secret_key, self.master_password, self.service_account_token,
-                               self.account_id, self.connect_host, self.connect_token)
+                    return cls(self.subdomain, self.domain, self.username, self.secret_key, self.master_password, self.service_account_token, self.account_id)
                except TypeError as e:
                    raise AnsibleLookupError(e)

@@ -686,20 +688,8 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
        master_password = self.get_option("master_password")
        service_account_token = self.get_option("service_account_token")
        account_id = self.get_option("account_id")
-        connect_host = self.get_option("connect_host")
-        connect_token = self.get_option("connect_token")

-        op = OnePass(
-            subdomain=subdomain,
-            domain=domain,
-            username=username,
-            secret_key=secret_key,
-            master_password=master_password,
-            service_account_token=service_account_token,
-            account_id=account_id,
-            connect_host=connect_host,
-            connect_token=connect_token,
-        )
+        op = OnePass(subdomain, domain, username, secret_key, master_password, service_account_token, account_id)
        op.assert_logged_in()

        values = []
--- a/plugins/lookup/onepassword_doc.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/onepassword_doc.py
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (c) 2023, 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
-
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-DOCUMENTATION = '''
-    name: onepassword_doc
-    author:
-      - Sam Doran (@samdoran)
-    requirements:
-      - C(op) 1Password command line utility version 2 or later.
-    short_description: Fetch documents stored in 1Password
-    version_added: "8.1.0"
-    description:
-      - P(community.general.onepassword_doc#lookup) wraps C(op) command line utility to fetch one or more documents from 1Password.
-    notes:
-      - The document contents are a string exactly as stored in 1Password.
-      - This plugin requires C(op) version 2 or later.
-
-    options:
-      _terms:
-        description: Identifier(s) (case-insensitive UUID or name) of item(s) to retrieve.
-        required: true
-
-    extends_documentation_fragment:
-      - community.general.onepassword
-      - community.general.onepassword.lookup
-'''
-
-EXAMPLES = """
- name: Retrieve a private key from 1Password
-  ansible.builtin.debug:
-    var: lookup('community.general.onepassword_doc', 'Private key')
-"""
-
-RETURN = """
-  _raw:
-    description: Requested document
-    type: list
-    elements: string
-"""
-
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.lookup.onepassword import OnePass, OnePassCLIv2
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleLookupError
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
-from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
-
-
-class OnePassCLIv2Doc(OnePassCLIv2):
-    def get_raw(self, item_id, vault=None, token=None):
-        args = ["document", "get", item_id]
-        if vault is not None:
-            args = [*args, "--vault={0}".format(vault)]
-
-        if self.service_account_token:
-            if vault is None:
-                raise AnsibleLookupError("'vault' is required with 'service_account_token'")
-
-            environment_update = {"OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN": self.service_account_token}
-            return self._run(args, environment_update=environment_update)
-
-        if token is not None:
-            args = [*args, to_bytes("--session=") + token]
-
-        return self._run(args)
-
-
-class LookupModule(LookupBase):
-    def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs):
-        self.set_options(var_options=variables, direct=kwargs)
-
-        vault = self.get_option("vault")
-        subdomain = self.get_option("subdomain")
-        domain = self.get_option("domain", "1password.com")
-        username = self.get_option("username")
-        secret_key = self.get_option("secret_key")
-        master_password = self.get_option("master_password")
-        service_account_token = self.get_option("service_account_token")
-        account_id = self.get_option("account_id")
-        connect_host = self.get_option("connect_host")
-        connect_token = self.get_option("connect_token")
-
-        op = OnePass(
-            subdomain=subdomain,
-            domain=domain,
-            username=username,
-            secret_key=secret_key,
-            master_password=master_password,
-            service_account_token=service_account_token,
-            account_id=account_id,
-            connect_host=connect_host,
-            connect_token=connect_token,
-            cli_class=OnePassCLIv2Doc,
-        )
-        op.assert_logged_in()
-
-        values = []
-        for term in terms:
-            values.append(op.get_raw(term, vault))
-
-        return values
--- a/plugins/lookup/onepassword_raw.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/onepassword_raw.py
@@ -15,23 +15,55 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
      - Andrew Zenk (@azenk)
      - Sam Doran (@samdoran)
    requirements:
-      - C(op) 1Password command line utility
-    short_description: Fetch an entire item from 1Password
+      - C(op) 1Password command line utility. See U(https://support.1password.com/command-line/)
+    short_description: fetch an entire item from 1Password
    description:
      - P(community.general.onepassword_raw#lookup) wraps C(op) command line utility to fetch an entire item from 1Password.
    options:
      _terms:
-        description: Identifier(s) (case-insensitive UUID or name) of item(s) to retrieve.
+        description: identifier(s) (UUID, name, or domain; case-insensitive) of item(s) to retrieve.
        required: true
-      account_id:
-        version_added: 7.5.0
+      master_password:
+        description: The password used to unlock the specified vault.
+        aliases: ['vault_password']
+      section:
+        description: Item section containing the field to retrieve (case-insensitive). If absent will return first match from any section.
+      subdomain:
+        description: The 1Password subdomain to authenticate against.
      domain:
+        description: Domain of 1Password.
        version_added: 6.0.0
+        default: '1password.com'
+        type: str
+      account_id:
+        description: The account ID to target.
+        type: str
+        version_added: 7.5.0
+      username:
+        description: The username used to sign in.
+      secret_key:
+        description: The secret key used when performing an initial sign in.
      service_account_token:
+        description:
+          - The access key for a service account.
+          - Only works with 1Password CLI version 2 or later.
+        type: string
        version_added: 7.1.0
-    extends_documentation_fragment:
-      - community.general.onepassword
-      - community.general.onepassword.lookup
+      vault:
+        description: Vault containing the item to retrieve (case-insensitive). If absent will search all vaults.
+    notes:
+      - This lookup will use an existing 1Password session if one exists. If not, and you have already
+        performed an initial sign in (meaning C(~/.op/config exists)), then only the O(master_password) is required.
+        You may optionally specify O(subdomain) in this scenario, otherwise the last used subdomain will be used by C(op).
+      - This lookup can perform an initial login by providing O(subdomain), O(username), O(secret_key), and O(master_password).
+      - Can target a specific account by providing the O(account_id).
+      - Due to the B(very) sensitive nature of these credentials, it is B(highly) recommended that you only pass in the minimal credentials
+        needed at any given time. Also, store these credentials in an Ansible Vault using a key that is equal to or greater in strength
+        to the 1Password master password.
+      - This lookup stores potentially sensitive data from 1Password as Ansible facts.
+        Facts are subject to caching if enabled, which means this data could be stored in clear text
+        on disk or in a database.
+      - Tested with C(op) version 2.7.0
 '''

 EXAMPLES = """
@@ -46,7 +78,7 @@ EXAMPLES = """

 RETURN = """
  _raw:
-    description: Entire item requested.
+    description: field data requested
    type: list
    elements: dict
 """
@@ -70,20 +102,8 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
        master_password = self.get_option("master_password")
        service_account_token = self.get_option("service_account_token")
        account_id = self.get_option("account_id")
-        connect_host = self.get_option("connect_host")
-        connect_token = self.get_option("connect_token")

-        op = OnePass(
-            subdomain=subdomain,
-            domain=domain,
-            username=username,
-            secret_key=secret_key,
-            master_password=master_password,
-            service_account_token=service_account_token,
-            account_id=account_id,
-            connect_host=connect_host,
-            connect_token=connect_token,
-        )
+        op = OnePass(subdomain, domain, username, secret_key, master_password, service_account_token, account_id)
        op.assert_logged_in()

        values = []
--- a/plugins/lookup/passwordstore.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/passwordstore.py
@@ -129,16 +129,6 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
          - pass
          - gopass
        version_added: 5.2.0
-      timestamp:
-        description: Add the password generation information to the end of the file.
-        type: bool
-        default: true
-        version_added: 8.1.0
-      preserve:
-        description: Include the old (edited) password inside the pass file.
-        type: bool
-        default: true
-        version_added: 8.1.0
    notes:
      - The lookup supports passing all options as lookup parameters since community.general 6.0.0.
 '''
@@ -396,13 +386,11 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
        # generate new password, insert old lines from current result and return new password
        newpass = self.get_newpass()
        datetime = time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S")
-        msg = newpass
-        if self.paramvals['preserve'] or self.paramvals['timestamp']:
-            msg += '\n'
-            if self.paramvals['preserve'] and self.passoutput[1:]:
-                msg += '\n'.join(self.passoutput[1:]) + '\n'
-            if self.paramvals['timestamp'] and self.paramvals['backup']:
-                msg += "lookup_pass: old password was {0} (Updated on {1})\n".format(self.password, datetime)
+        msg = newpass + '\n'
+        if self.passoutput[1:]:
+            msg += '\n'.join(self.passoutput[1:]) + '\n'
+        if self.paramvals['backup']:
+            msg += "lookup_pass: old password was {0} (Updated on {1})\n".format(self.password, datetime)
        try:
            check_output2([self.pass_cmd, 'insert', '-f', '-m', self.passname], input=msg, env=self.env)
        except (subprocess.CalledProcessError) as e:
@@ -414,9 +402,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
        # use pwgen to generate the password and insert values with pass -m
        newpass = self.get_newpass()
        datetime = time.strftime("%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S")
-        msg = newpass
-        if self.paramvals['timestamp']:
-            msg += '\n' + "lookup_pass: First generated by ansible on {0}\n".format(datetime)
+        msg = newpass + '\n' + "lookup_pass: First generated by ansible on {0}\n".format(datetime)
        try:
            check_output2([self.pass_cmd, 'insert', '-f', '-m', self.passname], input=msg, env=self.env)
        except (subprocess.CalledProcessError) as e:
@@ -479,8 +465,6 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
            'backup': self.get_option('backup'),
            'missing': self.get_option('missing'),
            'umask': self.get_option('umask'),
-            'timestamp': self.get_option('timestamp'),
-            'preserve': self.get_option('preserve'),
        }

    def run(self, terms, variables, **kwargs):
--- a/plugins/module_utils/gitlab.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/gitlab.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ except Exception:

 def auth_argument_spec(spec=None):
    arg_spec = (dict(
-        ca_path=dict(type='str'),
        api_token=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
        api_oauth_token=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
        api_job_token=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
@@ -75,36 +74,33 @@ def ensure_gitlab_package(module):


 def gitlab_authentication(module):
-    ensure_gitlab_package(module)
-
    gitlab_url = module.params['api_url']
    validate_certs = module.params['validate_certs']
-    ca_path = module.params['ca_path']
    gitlab_user = module.params['api_username']
    gitlab_password = module.params['api_password']
    gitlab_token = module.params['api_token']
    gitlab_oauth_token = module.params['api_oauth_token']
    gitlab_job_token = module.params['api_job_token']

-    verify = ca_path if validate_certs and ca_path else validate_certs
+    ensure_gitlab_package(module)

    try:
        # python-gitlab library remove support for username/password authentication since 1.13.0
        # Changelog : https://github.com/python-gitlab/python-gitlab/releases/tag/v1.13.0
        # This condition allow to still support older version of the python-gitlab library
        if LooseVersion(gitlab.__version__) < LooseVersion("1.13.0"):
-            gitlab_instance = gitlab.Gitlab(url=gitlab_url, ssl_verify=verify, email=gitlab_user, password=gitlab_password,
+            gitlab_instance = gitlab.Gitlab(url=gitlab_url, ssl_verify=validate_certs, email=gitlab_user, password=gitlab_password,
                                            private_token=gitlab_token, api_version=4)
        else:
            # We can create an oauth_token using a username and password
            # https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/oauth2.html#authorization-code-flow
            if gitlab_user:
                data = {'grant_type': 'password', 'username': gitlab_user, 'password': gitlab_password}
-                resp = requests.post(urljoin(gitlab_url, "oauth/token"), data=data, verify=verify)
+                resp = requests.post(urljoin(gitlab_url, "oauth/token"), data=data, verify=validate_certs)
                resp_data = resp.json()
                gitlab_oauth_token = resp_data["access_token"]

-            gitlab_instance = gitlab.Gitlab(url=gitlab_url, ssl_verify=verify, private_token=gitlab_token,
+            gitlab_instance = gitlab.Gitlab(url=gitlab_url, ssl_verify=validate_certs, private_token=gitlab_token,
                                            oauth_token=gitlab_oauth_token, job_token=gitlab_job_token, api_version=4)

        gitlab_instance.auth()
--- a/plugins/module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/identity/keycloak/keycloak.py
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ URL_CLIENT_USER_ROLEMAPPINGS = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/users/{id}/role-mappi
 URL_CLIENT_USER_ROLEMAPPINGS_AVAILABLE = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/users/{id}/role-mappings/clients/{client}/available"
 URL_CLIENT_USER_ROLEMAPPINGS_COMPOSITE = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/users/{id}/role-mappings/clients/{client}/composite"

-URL_REALM_GROUP_ROLEMAPPINGS = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/groups/{group}/role-mappings/realm"
-
 URL_CLIENTSECRET = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/clients/{id}/client-secret"

 URL_AUTHENTICATION_FLOWS = "{url}/admin/realms/{realm}/authentication/flows"
@@ -294,8 +292,8 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain realm %s: %s' % (realm, str(e)),
-                                   exception=traceback.format_exc())
+                self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain realm %s: %s' % (realm, str(e)),
+                                      exception=traceback.format_exc())
        except ValueError as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain realm %s: %s' % (realm, str(e)),
                                  exception=traceback.format_exc())
@@ -319,8 +317,8 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain realm %s: %s' % (realm, str(e)),
-                                   exception=traceback.format_exc())
+                self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain realm %s: %s' % (realm, str(e)),
+                                      exception=traceback.format_exc())
        except ValueError as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain realm %s: %s' % (realm, str(e)),
                                  exception=traceback.format_exc())
@@ -340,8 +338,8 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(realm_url, method='PUT', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(realmrep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update realm %s: %s' % (realm, str(e)),
-                               exception=traceback.format_exc())
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not update realm %s: %s' % (realm, str(e)),
+                                  exception=traceback.format_exc())

    def create_realm(self, realmrep):
        """ Create a realm in keycloak
@@ -354,8 +352,8 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(realm_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(realmrep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create realm %s: %s' % (realmrep['id'], str(e)),
-                               exception=traceback.format_exc())
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create realm %s: %s' % (realmrep['id'], str(e)),
+                                  exception=traceback.format_exc())

    def delete_realm(self, realm="master"):
        """ Delete a realm from Keycloak
@@ -369,8 +367,8 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(realm_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not delete realm %s: %s' % (realm, str(e)),
-                               exception=traceback.format_exc())
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not delete realm %s: %s' % (realm, str(e)),
+                                  exception=traceback.format_exc())

    def get_clients(self, realm='master', filter=None):
        """ Obtains client representations for clients in a realm
@@ -391,7 +389,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain list of clients for realm %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain list of clients for realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain list of clients for realm %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, str(e)))

    def get_client_by_clientid(self, client_id, realm='master'):
@@ -424,7 +422,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain client %s for realm %s: %s'
+                self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain client %s for realm %s: %s'
                                          % (id, realm, str(e)))
        except ValueError as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain client %s for realm %s: %s'
@@ -459,7 +457,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(client_url, method='PUT', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(clientrep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update client %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not update client %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (id, realm, str(e)))

    def create_client(self, clientrep, realm="master"):
@@ -474,7 +472,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(client_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(clientrep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create client %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create client %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (clientrep['clientId'], realm, str(e)))

    def delete_client(self, id, realm="master"):
@@ -490,7 +488,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(client_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not delete client %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not delete client %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (id, realm, str(e)))

    def get_client_roles_by_id(self, cid, realm="master"):
@@ -506,7 +504,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch rolemappings for client %s in realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch rolemappings for client %s in realm %s: %s"
                                      % (cid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_client_role_id_by_name(self, cid, name, realm="master"):
@@ -541,7 +539,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                if rid == role['id']:
                    return role
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch rolemappings for client %s in group %s, realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch rolemappings for client %s in group %s, realm %s: %s"
                                      % (cid, gid, realm, str(e)))
        return None

@@ -559,7 +557,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch available rolemappings for client %s in group %s, realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch available rolemappings for client %s in group %s, realm %s: %s"
                                      % (cid, gid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_client_group_composite_rolemappings(self, gid, cid, realm="master"):
@@ -576,7 +574,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch available rolemappings for client %s in group %s, realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch available rolemappings for client %s in group %s, realm %s: %s"
                                      % (cid, gid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_role_by_id(self, rid, realm="master"):
@@ -592,7 +590,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch role for id %s in realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch role for id %s in realm %s: %s"
                                      % (rid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_client_roles_by_id_composite_rolemappings(self, rid, cid, realm="master"):
@@ -609,7 +607,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch role for id %s and cid %s in realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch role for id %s and cid %s in realm %s: %s"
                                      % (rid, cid, realm, str(e)))

    def add_client_roles_by_id_composite_rolemapping(self, rid, roles_rep, realm="master"):
@@ -625,41 +623,9 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            open_url(available_rolemappings_url, method="POST", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, data=json.dumps(roles_rep),
                     validate_certs=self.validate_certs, timeout=self.connection_timeout)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not assign roles to composite role %s and realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not assign roles to composite role %s and realm %s: %s"
                                      % (rid, realm, str(e)))

-    def add_group_realm_rolemapping(self, gid, role_rep, realm="master"):
-        """ Add the specified realm role to specified group on the Keycloak server.
-
-        :param gid: ID of the group to add the role mapping.
-        :param role_rep: Representation of the role to assign.
-        :param realm: Realm from which to obtain the rolemappings.
-        :return: None.
-        """
-        url = URL_REALM_GROUP_ROLEMAPPINGS.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, group=gid)
-        try:
-            open_url(url, method="POST", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, data=json.dumps(role_rep),
-                     validate_certs=self.validate_certs, timeout=self.connection_timeout)
-        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could add realm role mappings for group %s, realm %s: %s"
-                                      % (gid, realm, str(e)))
-
-    def delete_group_realm_rolemapping(self, gid, role_rep, realm="master"):
-        """ Delete the specified realm role from the specified group on the Keycloak server.
-
-        :param gid: ID of the group from which to obtain the rolemappings.
-        :param role_rep: Representation of the role to assign.
-        :param realm: Realm from which to obtain the rolemappings.
-        :return: None.
-        """
-        url = URL_REALM_GROUP_ROLEMAPPINGS.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, group=gid)
-        try:
-            open_url(url, method="DELETE", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, data=json.dumps(role_rep),
-                     validate_certs=self.validate_certs, timeout=self.connection_timeout)
-        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not delete realm role mappings for group %s, realm %s: %s"
-                                      % (gid, realm, str(e)))
-
    def add_group_rolemapping(self, gid, cid, role_rep, realm="master"):
        """ Fetch the composite role of a client in a specified group on the Keycloak server.

@@ -674,7 +640,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            open_url(available_rolemappings_url, method="POST", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, data=json.dumps(role_rep),
                     validate_certs=self.validate_certs, timeout=self.connection_timeout)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch available rolemappings for client %s in group %s, realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch available rolemappings for client %s in group %s, realm %s: %s"
                                      % (cid, gid, realm, str(e)))

    def delete_group_rolemapping(self, gid, cid, role_rep, realm="master"):
@@ -691,7 +657,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            open_url(available_rolemappings_url, method="DELETE", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, data=json.dumps(role_rep),
                     validate_certs=self.validate_certs, timeout=self.connection_timeout)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not delete available rolemappings for client %s in group %s, realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not delete available rolemappings for client %s in group %s, realm %s: %s"
                                      % (cid, gid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_client_user_rolemapping_by_id(self, uid, cid, rid, realm='master'):
@@ -712,7 +678,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                if rid == role['id']:
                    return role
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch rolemappings for client %s and user %s, realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch rolemappings for client %s and user %s, realm %s: %s"
                                      % (cid, uid, realm, str(e)))
        return None

@@ -730,7 +696,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch effective rolemappings for client %s and user %s, realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch effective rolemappings for client %s and user %s, realm %s: %s"
                                      % (cid, uid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_client_user_composite_rolemappings(self, uid, cid, realm="master"):
@@ -747,7 +713,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch available rolemappings for user %s of realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch available rolemappings for user %s of realm %s: %s"
                                      % (uid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_realm_user_rolemapping_by_id(self, uid, rid, realm='master'):
@@ -767,7 +733,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                if rid == role['id']:
                    return role
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch rolemappings for user %s, realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch rolemappings for user %s, realm %s: %s"
                                      % (uid, realm, str(e)))
        return None

@@ -784,7 +750,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch available rolemappings for user %s of realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch available rolemappings for user %s of realm %s: %s"
                                      % (uid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_realm_user_composite_rolemappings(self, uid, realm="master"):
@@ -800,7 +766,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch effective rolemappings for user %s, realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch effective rolemappings for user %s, realm %s: %s"
                                      % (uid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_user_by_username(self, username, realm="master"):
@@ -827,7 +793,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain the user for realm %s and username %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, username, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain the user for realm %s and username %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain the user for realm %s and username %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, username, str(e)))

    def get_service_account_user_by_client_id(self, client_id, realm="master"):
@@ -848,7 +814,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain the service-account-user for realm %s and client_id %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, client_id, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain the service-account-user for realm %s and client_id %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain the service-account-user for realm %s and client_id %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, client_id, str(e)))

    def add_user_rolemapping(self, uid, cid, role_rep, realm="master"):
@@ -866,7 +832,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                open_url(user_realm_rolemappings_url, method="POST", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, data=json.dumps(role_rep),
                         validate_certs=self.validate_certs, timeout=self.connection_timeout)
            except Exception as e:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not map roles to userId %s for realm %s and roles %s: %s"
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not map roles to userId %s for realm %s and roles %s: %s"
                                          % (uid, realm, json.dumps(role_rep), str(e)))
        else:
            user_client_rolemappings_url = URL_CLIENT_USER_ROLEMAPPINGS.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=uid, client=cid)
@@ -874,7 +840,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                open_url(user_client_rolemappings_url, method="POST", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, data=json.dumps(role_rep),
                         validate_certs=self.validate_certs, timeout=self.connection_timeout)
            except Exception as e:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not map roles to userId %s for client %s, realm %s and roles %s: %s"
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not map roles to userId %s for client %s, realm %s and roles %s: %s"
                                          % (cid, uid, realm, json.dumps(role_rep), str(e)))

    def delete_user_rolemapping(self, uid, cid, role_rep, realm="master"):
@@ -892,7 +858,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                open_url(user_realm_rolemappings_url, method="DELETE", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, data=json.dumps(role_rep),
                         validate_certs=self.validate_certs, timeout=self.connection_timeout)
            except Exception as e:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not remove roles %s from userId %s, realm %s: %s"
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not remove roles %s from userId %s, realm %s: %s"
                                          % (json.dumps(role_rep), uid, realm, str(e)))
        else:
            user_client_rolemappings_url = URL_CLIENT_USER_ROLEMAPPINGS.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, id=uid, client=cid)
@@ -900,7 +866,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                open_url(user_client_rolemappings_url, method="DELETE", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, data=json.dumps(role_rep),
                         validate_certs=self.validate_certs, timeout=self.connection_timeout)
            except Exception as e:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not remove roles %s for client %s from userId %s, realm %s: %s"
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not remove roles %s for client %s from userId %s, realm %s: %s"
                                          % (json.dumps(role_rep), cid, uid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_client_templates(self, realm='master'):
@@ -918,7 +884,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain list of client templates for realm %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain list of client templates for realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain list of client templates for realm %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, str(e)))

    def get_client_template_by_id(self, id, realm='master'):
@@ -937,7 +903,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain client templates %s for realm %s: %s'
                                      % (id, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain client template %s for realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain client template %s for realm %s: %s'
                                      % (id, realm, str(e)))

    def get_client_template_by_name(self, name, realm='master'):
@@ -980,7 +946,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(url, method='PUT', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(clienttrep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update client template %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not update client template %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (id, realm, str(e)))

    def create_client_template(self, clienttrep, realm="master"):
@@ -995,7 +961,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(clienttrep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create client template %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create client template %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (clienttrep['clientId'], realm, str(e)))

    def delete_client_template(self, id, realm="master"):
@@ -1011,7 +977,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not delete client template %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not delete client template %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (id, realm, str(e)))

    def get_clientscopes(self, realm="master"):
@@ -1029,7 +995,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch list of clientscopes in realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch list of clientscopes in realm %s: %s"
                                      % (realm, str(e)))

    def get_clientscope_by_clientscopeid(self, cid, realm="master"):
@@ -1051,7 +1017,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch clientscope %s in realm %s: %s"
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch clientscope %s in realm %s: %s"
                                          % (cid, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not clientscope group %s in realm %s: %s"
@@ -1092,7 +1058,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(clientscopes_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(clientscoperep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not create clientscope %s in realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not create clientscope %s in realm %s: %s"
                                      % (clientscoperep['name'], realm, str(e)))

    def update_clientscope(self, clientscoperep, realm="master"):
@@ -1108,7 +1074,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                            data=json.dumps(clientscoperep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)

        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update clientscope %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not update clientscope %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (clientscoperep['name'], realm, str(e)))

    def delete_clientscope(self, name=None, cid=None, realm="master"):
@@ -1146,7 +1112,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)

        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Unable to delete clientscope %s: %s" % (cid, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to delete clientscope %s: %s" % (cid, str(e)))

    def get_clientscope_protocolmappers(self, cid, realm="master"):
        """ Fetch the name and ID of all clientscopes on the Keycloak server.
@@ -1164,7 +1130,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch list of protocolmappers in realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch list of protocolmappers in realm %s: %s"
                                      % (realm, str(e)))

    def get_clientscope_protocolmapper_by_protocolmapperid(self, pid, cid, realm="master"):
@@ -1188,7 +1154,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch protocolmapper %s in realm %s: %s"
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch protocolmapper %s in realm %s: %s"
                                          % (pid, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch protocolmapper %s in realm %s: %s"
@@ -1231,7 +1197,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(protocolmappers_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(mapper_rep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not create protocolmapper %s in realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not create protocolmapper %s in realm %s: %s"
                                      % (mapper_rep['name'], realm, str(e)))

    def update_clientscope_protocolmappers(self, cid, mapper_rep, realm="master"):
@@ -1248,7 +1214,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                            data=json.dumps(mapper_rep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)

        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update protocolmappers for clientscope %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not update protocolmappers for clientscope %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (mapper_rep, realm, str(e)))

    def get_default_clientscopes(self, realm, client_id=None):
@@ -1295,7 +1261,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                return json.loads(to_native(open_url(clientscopes_url, method="GET", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
                                                     timeout=self.connection_timeout, validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
            except Exception as e:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch list of %s clientscopes in realm %s: %s" % (scope_type, realm, str(e)))
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch list of %s clientscopes in realm %s: %s" % (scope_type, realm, str(e)))
        else:
            cid = self.get_client_id(client_id=client_id, realm=realm)
            clientscopes_url = url_template.format(url=self.baseurl, realm=realm, cid=cid)
@@ -1303,7 +1269,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                return json.loads(to_native(open_url(clientscopes_url, method="GET", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders,
                                                     timeout=self.connection_timeout, validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
            except Exception as e:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch list of %s clientscopes in client %s: %s" % (scope_type, client_id, clientscopes_url))
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch list of %s clientscopes in client %s: %s" % (scope_type, client_id, clientscopes_url))

    def _decide_url_type_clientscope(self, client_id=None, scope_type="default"):
        """Decides which url to use.
@@ -1374,7 +1340,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):

        except Exception as e:
            place = 'realm' if client_id is None else 'client ' + client_id
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Unable to %s %s clientscope %s @ %s : %s" % (action, scope_type, id, place, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to %s %s clientscope %s @ %s : %s" % (action, scope_type, id, place, str(e)))

    def create_clientsecret(self, id, realm="master"):
        """ Generate a new client secret by id
@@ -1394,7 +1360,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain clientsecret of client %s for realm %s: %s'
+                self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain clientsecret of client %s for realm %s: %s'
                                          % (id, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain clientsecret of client %s for realm %s: %s'
@@ -1418,7 +1384,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain clientsecret of client %s for realm %s: %s'
+                self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain clientsecret of client %s for realm %s: %s'
                                          % (id, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain clientsecret of client %s for realm %s: %s'
@@ -1438,7 +1404,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch list of groups in realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch list of groups in realm %s: %s"
                                      % (realm, str(e)))

    def get_group_by_groupid(self, gid, realm="master"):
@@ -1459,7 +1425,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not fetch group %s in realm %s: %s"
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch group %s in realm %s: %s"
                                          % (gid, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not fetch group %s in realm %s: %s"
@@ -1606,7 +1572,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(groups_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(grouprep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not create group %s in realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not create group %s in realm %s: %s"
                                      % (grouprep['name'], realm, str(e)))

    def create_subgroup(self, parents, grouprep, realm="master"):
@@ -1634,7 +1600,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(grouprep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Could not create subgroup %s for parent group %s in realm %s: %s"
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Could not create subgroup %s for parent group %s in realm %s: %s"
                                      % (grouprep['name'], parent_id, realm, str(e)))

    def update_group(self, grouprep, realm="master"):
@@ -1649,7 +1615,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(group_url, method='PUT', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(grouprep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update group %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not update group %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (grouprep['name'], realm, str(e)))

    def delete_group(self, name=None, groupid=None, realm="master"):
@@ -1686,7 +1652,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(group_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Unable to delete group %s: %s" % (groupid, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to delete group %s: %s" % (groupid, str(e)))

    def get_realm_roles(self, realm='master'):
        """ Obtains role representations for roles in a realm
@@ -1703,7 +1669,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain list of roles for realm %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain list of roles for realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain list of roles for realm %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, str(e)))

    def get_realm_role(self, name, realm='master'):
@@ -1721,7 +1687,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not fetch role %s in realm %s: %s'
+                self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not fetch role %s in realm %s: %s'
                                          % (name, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not fetch role %s in realm %s: %s'
@@ -1741,7 +1707,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(roles_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(rolerep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create role %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create role %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (rolerep['name'], realm, str(e)))

    def update_realm_role(self, rolerep, realm='master'):
@@ -1762,7 +1728,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                self.update_role_composites(rolerep=rolerep, composites=composites, realm=realm)
            return role_response
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update role %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not update role %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (rolerep['name'], realm, str(e)))

    def get_role_composites(self, rolerep, clientid=None, realm='master'):
@@ -1783,7 +1749,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not get role %s composites in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not get role %s composites in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (rolerep['name'], realm, str(e)))

    def create_role_composites(self, rolerep, composites, clientid=None, realm='master'):
@@ -1800,7 +1766,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(composite_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(composites), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create role %s composites in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create role %s composites in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (rolerep['name'], realm, str(e)))

    def delete_role_composites(self, rolerep, composites, clientid=None, realm='master'):
@@ -1817,7 +1783,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(composite_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(composites), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create role %s composites in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create role %s composites in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (rolerep['name'], realm, str(e)))

    def update_role_composites(self, rolerep, composites, clientid=None, realm='master'):
@@ -1881,7 +1847,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(role_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Unable to delete role %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Unable to delete role %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (name, realm, str(e)))

    def get_client_roles(self, clientid, realm='master'):
@@ -1904,7 +1870,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain list of roles for client %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (clientid, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain list of roles for client %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain list of roles for client %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (clientid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_client_role(self, name, clientid, realm='master'):
@@ -1928,7 +1894,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not fetch role %s in client %s of realm %s: %s'
+                self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not fetch role %s in client %s of realm %s: %s'
                                          % (name, clientid, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not fetch role %s for client %s in realm %s: %s'
@@ -1954,7 +1920,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(roles_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(rolerep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create role %s for client %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create role %s for client %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (rolerep['name'], clientid, realm, str(e)))

    def convert_role_composites(self, composites):
@@ -1996,7 +1962,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                self.update_role_composites(rolerep=rolerep, clientid=clientid, composites=composites, realm=realm)
            return update_role_response
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update role %s for client %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not update role %s for client %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (rolerep['name'], clientid, realm, str(e)))

    def delete_client_role(self, name, clientid, realm="master"):
@@ -2015,7 +1981,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(role_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Unable to delete role %s for client %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Unable to delete role %s for client %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (name, clientid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_authentication_flow_by_alias(self, alias, realm='master'):
@@ -2037,7 +2003,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                    break
            return authentication_flow
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Unable get authentication flow %s: %s" % (alias, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable get authentication flow %s: %s" % (alias, str(e)))

    def delete_authentication_flow_by_id(self, id, realm='master'):
        """
@@ -2052,8 +2018,8 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(flow_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not delete authentication flow %s in realm %s: %s'
-                                      % (id, realm, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not delete authentication flow %s in realm %s: %s'
+                                  % (id, realm, str(e)))

    def copy_auth_flow(self, config, realm='master'):
        """
@@ -2089,8 +2055,8 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                    return flow
            return None
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not copy authentication flow %s in realm %s: %s'
-                                      % (config["alias"], realm, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not copy authentication flow %s in realm %s: %s'
+                                  % (config["alias"], realm, str(e)))

    def create_empty_auth_flow(self, config, realm='master'):
        """
@@ -2129,8 +2095,8 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                    return flow
            return None
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create empty authentication flow %s in realm %s: %s'
-                                      % (config["alias"], realm, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create empty authentication flow %s in realm %s: %s'
+                                  % (config["alias"], realm, str(e)))

    def update_authentication_executions(self, flowAlias, updatedExec, realm='master'):
        """ Update authentication executions
@@ -2151,8 +2117,8 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except HTTPError as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Unable to update execution '%s': %s: %s %s"
-                                      % (flowAlias, repr(e), ";".join([e.url, e.msg, str(e.code), str(e.hdrs)]), str(updatedExec)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to update execution '%s': %s: %s %s" %
+                                      (flowAlias, repr(e), ";".join([e.url, e.msg, str(e.code), str(e.hdrs)]), str(updatedExec)))
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to update executions %s: %s" % (updatedExec, str(e)))

@@ -2175,7 +2141,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Unable to add authenticationConfig %s: %s" % (executionId, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to add authenticationConfig %s: %s" % (executionId, str(e)))

    def create_subflow(self, subflowName, flowAlias, realm='master', flowType='basic-flow'):
        """ Create new sublow on the flow
@@ -2200,7 +2166,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Unable to create new subflow %s: %s" % (subflowName, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to create new subflow %s: %s" % (subflowName, str(e)))

    def create_execution(self, execution, flowAlias, realm='master'):
        """ Create new execution on the flow
@@ -2224,8 +2190,8 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except HTTPError as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Unable to create new execution '%s' %s: %s: %s %s"
-                                      % (flowAlias, execution["providerId"], repr(e), ";".join([e.url, e.msg, str(e.code), str(e.hdrs)]), str(newExec)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to create new execution '%s' %s: %s: %s %s" %
+                                  (flowAlias, execution["providerId"], repr(e), ";".join([e.url, e.msg, str(e.code), str(e.hdrs)]), str(newExec)))
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to create new execution '%s' %s: %s" % (flowAlias, execution["providerId"], repr(e)))

@@ -2261,7 +2227,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                        timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                        validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg="Unable to change execution priority %s: %s" % (executionId, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to change execution priority %s: %s" % (executionId, str(e)))

    def get_executions_representation(self, config, realm='master'):
        """
@@ -2298,8 +2264,8 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                    execution["authenticationConfig"] = execConfig
            return executions
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not get executions for authentication flow %s in realm %s: %s'
-                                      % (config["alias"], realm, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not get executions for authentication flow %s in realm %s: %s'
+                                  % (config["alias"], realm, str(e)))

    def get_required_actions(self, realm='master'):
        """
@@ -2352,8 +2318,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                validate_certs=self.validate_certs
            )
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(
-                e,
+            self.module.fail_json(
                msg='Unable to register required action %s in realm %s: %s'
                % (rep["name"], realm, str(e))
            )
@@ -2381,8 +2346,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                validate_certs=self.validate_certs
            )
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(
-                e,
+            self.module.fail_json(
                msg='Unable to update required action %s in realm %s: %s'
                % (alias, realm, str(e))
            )
@@ -2408,8 +2372,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                validate_certs=self.validate_certs
            )
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(
-                e,
+            self.module.fail_json(
                msg='Unable to delete required action %s in realm %s: %s'
                % (alias, realm, str(e))
            )
@@ -2427,7 +2390,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain list of identity providers for realm %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain list of identity providers for realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain list of identity providers for realm %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, str(e)))

    def get_identity_provider(self, alias, realm='master'):
@@ -2444,7 +2407,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not fetch identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
+                self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not fetch identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
                                          % (alias, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not fetch identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
@@ -2461,7 +2424,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(idps_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(idprep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (idprep['alias'], realm, str(e)))

    def update_identity_provider(self, idprep, realm='master'):
@@ -2475,7 +2438,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(idp_url, method='PUT', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(idprep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not update identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (idprep['alias'], realm, str(e)))

    def delete_identity_provider(self, alias, realm='master'):
@@ -2488,7 +2451,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(idp_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Unable to delete identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Unable to delete identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (alias, realm, str(e)))

    def get_identity_provider_mappers(self, alias, realm='master'):
@@ -2506,7 +2469,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain list of identity provider mappers for idp %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (alias, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain list of identity provider mappers for idp %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain list of identity provider mappers for idp %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (alias, realm, str(e)))

    def get_identity_provider_mapper(self, mid, alias, realm='master'):
@@ -2525,7 +2488,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not fetch mapper %s for identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
+                self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not fetch mapper %s for identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
                                          % (mid, alias, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not fetch mapper %s for identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
@@ -2543,7 +2506,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(mappers_url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(mapper), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create identity provider mapper %s for idp %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create identity provider mapper %s for idp %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (mapper['name'], alias, realm, str(e)))

    def update_identity_provider_mapper(self, mapper, alias, realm='master'):
@@ -2558,7 +2521,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(mapper_url, method='PUT', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(mapper), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update mapper %s for identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not update mapper %s for identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (mapper['id'], alias, realm, str(e)))

    def delete_identity_provider_mapper(self, mid, alias, realm='master'):
@@ -2572,7 +2535,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(mapper_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Unable to delete mapper %s for identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Unable to delete mapper %s for identity provider %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (mid, alias, realm, str(e)))

    def get_components(self, filter=None, realm='master'):
@@ -2592,7 +2555,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            self.module.fail_json(msg='API returned incorrect JSON when trying to obtain list of components for realm %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not obtain list of components for realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not obtain list of components for realm %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, str(e)))

    def get_component(self, cid, realm='master'):
@@ -2609,7 +2572,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            if e.code == 404:
                return None
            else:
-                self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not fetch component %s in realm %s: %s'
+                self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not fetch component %s in realm %s: %s'
                                          % (cid, realm, str(e)))
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not fetch component %s in realm %s: %s'
@@ -2632,7 +2595,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return json.loads(to_native(open_url(comp_url, method="GET", http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create component in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create component in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (realm, str(e)))

    def update_component(self, comprep, realm='master'):
@@ -2649,7 +2612,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(comp_url, method='PUT', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(comprep), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update component %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not update component %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (cid, realm, str(e)))

    def delete_component(self, cid, realm='master'):
@@ -2662,7 +2625,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(comp_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Unable to delete component %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Unable to delete component %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (cid, realm, str(e)))

    def get_authz_authorization_scope_by_name(self, name, client_id, realm):
@@ -2684,7 +2647,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(payload), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create authorization scope %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (payload['name'], client_id, realm, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create authorization scope %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (payload['name'], client_id, realm, str(e)))

    def update_authz_authorization_scope(self, payload, id, client_id, realm):
        """Update an authorization scope for a Keycloak client"""
@@ -2694,7 +2657,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(url, method='PUT', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(payload), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create update scope %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (payload['name'], client_id, realm, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create update scope %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (payload['name'], client_id, realm, str(e)))

    def remove_authz_authorization_scope(self, id, client_id, realm):
        """Remove an authorization scope from a Keycloak client"""
@@ -2704,7 +2667,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not delete scope %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (id, client_id, realm, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not delete scope %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (id, client_id, realm, str(e)))

    def get_user_by_id(self, user_id, realm='master'):
        """
@@ -2727,7 +2690,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                    validate_certs=self.validate_certs))
            return userrep
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not get user %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not get user %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (user_id, realm, str(e)))

    def create_user(self, userrep, realm='master'):
@@ -2755,7 +2718,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                realm=realm)
            return created_user
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create user %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create user %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (userrep['username'], realm, str(e)))

    def convert_user_attributes_to_keycloak_dict(self, attributes):
@@ -2801,7 +2764,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                realm=realm)
            return updated_user
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not update user %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not update user %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (userrep['username'], realm, str(e)))

    def delete_user(self, user_id, realm='master'):
@@ -2823,7 +2786,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not delete user %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not delete user %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (user_id, realm, str(e)))

    def get_user_groups(self, user_id, realm='master'):
@@ -2850,7 +2813,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                groups.append(user_group["name"])
            return groups
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not get groups for user %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not get groups for user %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (user_id, realm, str(e)))

    def add_user_in_group(self, user_id, group_id, realm='master'):
@@ -2874,7 +2837,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not add user %s in group %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not add user %s in group %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (user_id, group_id, realm, str(e)))

    def remove_user_from_group(self, user_id, group_id, realm='master'):
@@ -2898,7 +2861,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not remove user %s from group %s in realm %s: %s'
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not remove user %s from group %s in realm %s: %s'
                                      % (user_id, group_id, realm, str(e)))

    def update_user_groups_membership(self, userrep, groups, realm='master'):
@@ -2970,7 +2933,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(payload), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create permission %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (payload['name'], client_id, realm, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create permission %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (payload['name'], client_id, realm, str(e)))

    def remove_authz_custom_policy(self, policy_id, client_id, realm):
        """Remove a custom policy from a Keycloak client"""
@@ -2981,7 +2944,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(delete_url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not delete custom policy %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (id, client_id, realm, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not delete custom policy %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (id, client_id, realm, str(e)))

    def get_authz_permission_by_name(self, name, client_id, realm):
        """Get authorization permission by name"""
@@ -3003,7 +2966,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(url, method='POST', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(payload), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create permission %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (payload['name'], client_id, realm, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create permission %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (payload['name'], client_id, realm, str(e)))

    def remove_authz_permission(self, id, client_id, realm):
        """Create an authorization permission for a Keycloak client"""
@@ -3013,7 +2976,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(url, method='DELETE', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not delete permission %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (id, client_id, realm, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not delete permission %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (id, client_id, realm, str(e)))

    def update_authz_permission(self, payload, permission_type, id, client_id, realm):
        """Update a permission for a Keycloak client"""
@@ -3023,7 +2986,7 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
            return open_url(url, method='PUT', http_agent=self.http_agent, headers=self.restheaders, timeout=self.connection_timeout,
                            data=json.dumps(payload), validate_certs=self.validate_certs)
        except Exception as e:
-            self.fail_open_url(e, msg='Could not create update permission %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (payload['name'], client_id, realm, str(e)))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='Could not create update permission %s for client %s in realm %s: %s' % (payload['name'], client_id, realm, str(e)))

    def get_authz_resource_by_name(self, name, client_id, realm):
        """Get authorization resource by name"""
@@ -3048,11 +3011,3 @@ class KeycloakAPI(object):
                                                 validate_certs=self.validate_certs).read()))
        except Exception:
            return False
-
-    def fail_open_url(self, e, msg, **kwargs):
-        try:
-            if isinstance(e, HTTPError):
-                msg = "%s: %s" % (msg, to_native(e.read()))
-        except Exception as ingore:
-            pass
-        self.module.fail_json(msg, **kwargs)
--- a/plugins/module_utils/ldap.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/ldap.py
@@ -139,5 +139,7 @@ class LdapGeneric(object):

    def _xorder_dn(self):
        # match X_ORDERed DNs
-        regex = r"\w+=\{\d+\}.+"
-        return re.match(regex, self.module.params['dn']) is not None
+        regex = r".+\{\d+\}.+"
+        explode_dn = ldap.dn.explode_dn(self.module.params['dn'])
+
+        return re.match(regex, explode_dn[0]) is not None
--- a/plugins/module_utils/lxd.py
+++ b/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, server_cert_file=None, server_check_hostname=True):
+    def __init__(self, url, key_file=None, cert_file=None, debug=False):
        """LXD Client.

        :param url: The URL of the LXD server. (e.g. unix:/var/lib/lxd/unix.socket or https://127.0.0.1)
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ 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
@@ -65,10 +61,6 @@ 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:'):
--- a/plugins/module_utils/mh/mixins/cmd.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/mh/mixins/cmd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+# -*- 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)
--- a/plugins/module_utils/mh/module_helper.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/mh/module_helper.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ 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
@@ -65,3 +66,19 @@ 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
--- a/plugins/module_utils/module_helper.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/module_helper.py
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ __metaclass__ = type


 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.module_helper import (
-    ModuleHelper, StateModuleHelper, AnsibleModule
+    ModuleHelper, StateModuleHelper, CmdModuleHelper, CmdStateModuleHelper, AnsibleModule
 )
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.cmd import CmdMixin, ArgFormat  # noqa: F401
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.state import StateMixin  # noqa: F401
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.mixins.deps import DependencyCtxMgr, DependencyMixin  # noqa: F401
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.mh.exceptions import ModuleHelperException  # noqa: F401
--- a/plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 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
@@ -20,6 +26,8 @@ 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


@@ -180,17 +188,3 @@ class ProxmoxAnsible(object):
            return self.proxmox_api.storage.get(type=type)
        except Exception as e:
            self.module.fail_json(msg="Unable to retrieve storages information with type %s: %s" % (type, e))
-
-    def get_storage_content(self, node, storage, content=None, vmid=None):
-        try:
-            return (
-                self.proxmox_api.nodes(node)
-                .storage(storage)
-                .content()
-                .get(content=content, vmid=vmid)
-            )
-        except Exception as e:
-            self.module.fail_json(
-                msg="Unable to list content on %s, %s for %s and %s: %s"
-                % (node, storage, content, vmid, e)
-            )
--- a/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/redfish_utils.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ 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',
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
        return resp

    # The following functions are to send GET/POST/PATCH/DELETE requests
-    def get_request(self, uri, override_headers=None):
+    def get_request(self, uri, override_headers=None, allow_no_resp=False):
        req_headers = dict(GET_HEADERS)
        if override_headers:
            req_headers.update(override_headers)
@@ -145,13 +147,19 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
                            force_basic_auth=basic_auth, validate_certs=False,
                            follow_redirects='all',
                            use_proxy=True, timeout=self.timeout)
-            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())
+            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
        except HTTPError as e:
            msg = self._get_extended_message(e)
            return {'ret': False,
@@ -1813,7 +1821,7 @@ 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)
+        response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + update_handle, allow_no_resp=True)
        if response['ret'] is False:
            return response

@@ -2907,8 +2915,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):

        # Get a list of all Chassis and build URIs, then get all PowerSupplies
        # from each Power entry in the Chassis
-        chassis_uri_list = self.chassis_uris
-        for chassis_uri in chassis_uri_list:
+        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uris:
            response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + chassis_uri)
            if response['ret'] is False:
                return response
@@ -2955,7 +2962,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
        result = {}
        inventory = {}
        # Get these entries, but does not fail if not found
-        properties = ['Status', 'HostName', 'PowerState', 'BootProgress', 'Model', 'Manufacturer',
+        properties = ['Status', 'HostName', 'PowerState', 'Model', 'Manufacturer',
                      'PartNumber', 'SystemType', 'AssetTag', 'ServiceTag',
                      'SerialNumber', 'SKU', 'BiosVersion', 'MemorySummary',
                      'ProcessorSummary', 'TrustedModules', 'Name', 'Id']
@@ -3470,33 +3477,30 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
        result = {}
        key = "Thermal"
        # Go through list
-        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uri_list:
+        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uris:
            response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + chassis_uri)
            if response['ret'] is False:
                return response
            result['ret'] = True
            data = response['data']
-            oem = data.get['Oem']
-            hpe = oem.get['Hpe']
-            thermal_config = hpe.get('ThermalConfiguration')
-        result["current_thermal_config"] = thermal_config
-        return result
+            val = data.get('Oem', {}).get('Hpe', {}).get('ThermalConfiguration')
+            if val is not None:
+                return {"ret": True, "current_thermal_config": val}
+        return {"ret": False}

    def get_hpe_fan_percent_min(self):
        result = {}
        key = "Thermal"
        # Go through list
-        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uri_list:
+        for chassis_uri in self.chassis_uris:
            response = self.get_request(self.root_uri + chassis_uri)
            if response['ret'] is False:
                return response
-            result['ret'] = True
            data = response['data']
-            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
+            val = data.get('Oem', {}).get('Hpe', {}).get('FanPercentMinimum')
+            if val is not None:
+                return {"ret": True, "fan_percent_min": val}
+        return {"ret": False}

    def delete_volumes(self, storage_subsystem_id, volume_ids):
        # Find the Storage resource from the requested ComputerSystem resource
--- a/plugins/module_utils/vardict.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/vardict.py
@@ -66,19 +66,6 @@ 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)
@@ -106,7 +93,7 @@ class _Variable(object):


 class VarDict(object):
-    reserved_names = ('__vars__', '_var', 'var', 'set_meta', 'get_meta', 'set', 'output', 'diff', 'facts', 'has_changed', 'as_dict')
+    reserved_names = ('__vars__', 'var', 'set_meta', 'set', 'output', 'diff', 'facts', 'has_changed')

    def __init__(self):
        self.__vars__ = dict()
@@ -132,9 +119,6 @@ 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

@@ -149,9 +133,6 @@ 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`.

@@ -191,7 +172,7 @@ class VarDict(object):

    @property
    def has_changed(self):
-        return any(var.has_changed for var in self.__vars__.values())
+        return any(True for var in self.__vars__.values() if var.has_changed)

    def as_dict(self):
        return dict((name, var.value) for name, var in self.__vars__.items())
--- a/plugins/module_utils/version.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/version.py
@@ -10,4 +10,13 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type


-from ansible.module_utils.compat.version import LooseVersion  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
+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)
--- a/plugins/modules/ali_instance.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ali_instance.py
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ options:
 author:
    - "He Guimin (@xiaozhu36)"
 requirements:
-    - "Python >= 3.6"
+    - "python >= 3.6"
    - "footmark >= 1.19.0"
 extends_documentation_fragment:
    - community.general.alicloud
--- a/plugins/modules/ali_instance_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ali_instance_info.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ short_description: Gather information on instances of Alibaba Cloud ECS
 description:
     - This module fetches data from the Open API in Alicloud.
       The module must be called from within the ECS instance itself.
+     - This module was called C(ali_instance_facts) before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

 attributes:
    check_mode:
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ options:
 author:
    - "He Guimin (@xiaozhu36)"
 requirements:
-    - "Python >= 3.6"
+    - "python >= 3.6"
    - "footmark >= 1.13.0"
 extends_documentation_fragment:
    - community.general.alicloud
--- a/plugins/modules/ansible_galaxy_install.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ansible_galaxy_install.py
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ version_added: 3.5.0
 description:
  - This module allows the installation of Ansible collections or roles using C(ansible-galaxy).
 notes:
-  - Support for B(Ansible 2.9/2.10) was removed in community.general 8.0.0.
+  - >
+    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.
  - >
    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-core 2.11 or newer
+  - Ansible 2.9, ansible-base 2.10, or ansible-core 2.11 or newer
 extends_documentation_fragment:
  - community.general.attributes
 attributes:
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ options:
      - The type of installation performed by C(ansible-galaxy).
      - If O(type=both), then O(requirements_file) must be passed and it may contain both roles and collections.
      - "Note however that the opposite is not true: if using a O(requirements_file), then O(type) can be any of the three choices."
+      - "B(Ansible 2.9): The option V(both) will have the same effect as V(role)."
    type: str
    choices: [collection, role, both]
    required: true
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ options:
      - Path to a file containing a list of requirements to be installed.
      - It works for O(type) equals to V(collection) and V(role).
      - O(name) and O(requirements_file) are mutually exclusive.
+      - "B(Ansible 2.9): It can only be used to install either O(type=role) or O(type=collection), but not both at the same run."
    type: path
  dest:
    description:
@@ -71,16 +75,24 @@ 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:
-      - This option has no longer any effect and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0.
+      - 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.
    type: bool
    default: false
  ack_min_ansiblecore211:
    description:
-      - This option has no longer any effect and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0.
+      - 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).
    type: bool
    default: false
 """
@@ -135,6 +147,7 @@ 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:
@@ -151,6 +164,7 @@ 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:
@@ -192,6 +206,7 @@ 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(
@@ -202,18 +217,8 @@ 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,
-                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',
-            ),
+            ack_ansible29=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+            ack_min_ansiblecore211=dict(type='bool', default=False),
        ),
        mutually_exclusive=[('name', 'requirements_file')],
        required_one_of=[('name', 'requirements_file')],
@@ -263,22 +268,26 @@ 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):
-            self.module.fail_json(
-                msg="Support for Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 has ben removed."
+        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",
            )
-        # 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()
+        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$')

    def _list_element(self, _type, path_re, elem_re):
        def process(rc, out, err):
@@ -313,8 +322,24 @@ class AnsibleGalaxyInstall(ModuleHelper):
    def _list_roles(self):
        return self._list_element('role', self._RE_LIST_PATH, self._RE_LIST_ROLE)

-    def __run__(self):
+    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)
@@ -322,9 +347,19 @@ 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:
--- a/plugins/modules/apk.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/apk.py
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ options:
    default: false
  name:
    description:
-      - A package name, like V(foo), or multiple packages, like V(foo, bar).
+      - 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.
    type: list
    elements: str
  no_cache:
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ options:
    type: str
  update_cache:
    description:
-      - Update repository indexes. Can be run with other steps or on it's own.
+      - Update repository indexes. Can be run with other steps or on its own.
    type: bool
    default: false
  upgrade:
--- a/plugins/modules/apt_rpm.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/apt_rpm.py
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ 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
@@ -66,9 +63,6 @@ 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)
 '''
@@ -115,48 +109,15 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 '''

 import os
-import re
-import traceback

-from ansible.module_utils.basic import (
-    AnsibleModule,
-    missing_required_lib,
-)
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule

-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_CACHE = "/usr/bin/apt-cache"
 APT_PATH = "/usr/bin/apt-get"
 RPM_PATH = "/usr/bin/rpm"
 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
@@ -167,38 +128,11 @@ def query_package(module, name):
        return False


-def check_package_version(module, name):
-    # compare installed and candidate version
-    # if newest version already installed return True
-    # otherwise return False
-
-    rc, out, err = module.run_command([APT_CACHE, "policy", name], environ_update={"LANG": "C"})
-    installed = re.split("\n |: ", out)[2]
-    candidate = re.split("\n |: ", out)[4]
-    if installed >= candidate:
-        return True
-    return False
-
-
 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))
-    if rc == 0:
-        if check_package_version(module, name):
-            return True
-    else:
-        return False
+    return rc == 0


 def update_package_db(module):
--- a/plugins/modules/archive.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/archive.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ options:
  format:
    description:
      - The type of compression to use.
+      - Support for xz was added in Ansible 2.5.
    type: str
    choices: [ bz2, gz, tar, xz, zip ]
    default: gz
--- a/plugins/modules/atomic_container.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/atomic_container.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ notes:
    - Host should support C(atomic) command
 requirements:
    - atomic
+    - "python >= 2.6"
 extends_documentation_fragment:
    - community.general.attributes
 attributes:
--- a/plugins/modules/atomic_host.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/atomic_host.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ notes:
    - Host should be an atomic platform (verified by existence of '/run/ostree-booted' file).
 requirements:
  - atomic
+  - python >= 2.6
 extends_documentation_fragment:
  - community.general.attributes
 attributes:
--- a/plugins/modules/atomic_image.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/atomic_image.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ notes:
    - Host should support C(atomic) command.
 requirements:
  - atomic
+  - python >= 2.6
 extends_documentation_fragment:
  - community.general.attributes
 attributes:
--- a/plugins/modules/bzr.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/bzr.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ options:
    force:
        description:
            - If V(true), any modified files in the working
-              tree will be discarded.
+              tree will be discarded.  Before Ansible 1.9 the default
+              value was V(true).
        type: bool
        default: false
    executable:
--- a/plugins/modules/cargo.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cargo.py
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ 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(.+):$")
--- a/plugins/modules/cloudflare_dns.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cloudflare_dns.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
 module: cloudflare_dns
 author:
 - Michael Gruener (@mgruener)
+requirements:
+   - python >= 2.6
 short_description: Manage Cloudflare DNS records
 description:
   - "Manages dns records via the Cloudflare API, see the docs: U(https://api.cloudflare.com/)."
@@ -57,20 +59,6 @@ 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.
@@ -97,6 +85,7 @@ options:
    description:
    - Service protocol. Required for O(type=SRV) and O(type=TLSA).
    - Common values are TCP and UDP.
+    - Before Ansible 2.6 only TCP and UDP were available.
    type: str
  proxied:
    description:
@@ -148,9 +137,10 @@ options:
  type:
    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, CAA, TXT ]
+    choices: [ A, AAAA, CNAME, DS, MX, NS, SPF, SRV, SSHFP, TLSA, TXT ]
  value:
    description:
    - The record value.
@@ -273,15 +263,6 @@ 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
@@ -311,7 +292,7 @@ record:
            sample: "2016-03-25T19:09:42.516553Z"
        data:
            description: Additional record data.
-            returned: success, if type is SRV, DS, SSHFP TLSA or CAA
+            returned: success, if type is SRV, DS, SSHFP or TLSA
            type: dict
            sample: {
                name: "jabber",
@@ -411,8 +392,6 @@ 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']
@@ -617,7 +596,7 @@ 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', 'flag', 'tag']:
+                      'algorithm', 'cert_usage', 'hash_type', 'selector', 'key_tag']:
            if param in kwargs:
                params[param] = kwargs[param]
            else:
@@ -662,7 +641,7 @@ 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', 'flag', 'tag']:
+                      'algorithm', 'cert_usage', 'hash_type', 'selector', 'key_tag']:
            if param in kwargs:
                params[param] = kwargs[param]
            else:
@@ -779,36 +758,12 @@ 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:
-            # 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!")
+            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]
@@ -857,8 +812,6 @@ 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),
@@ -869,7 +822,7 @@ 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', 'CAA', 'TXT']),
+            type=dict(type='str', choices=['A', 'AAAA', 'CNAME', 'DS', 'MX', 'NS', 'SPF', 'SRV', 'SSHFP', 'TLSA', 'TXT']),
            value=dict(type='str', aliases=['content']),
            weight=dict(type='int', default=1),
            zone=dict(type='str', required=True, aliases=['domain']),
@@ -880,7 +833,6 @@ def main():
            ('state', 'absent', ['record']),
            ('type', 'SRV', ['proto', 'service']),
            ('type', 'TLSA', ['proto', 'port']),
-            ('type', 'CAA', ['flag', 'tag']),
        ],
    )

@@ -907,13 +859,6 @@ 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'] == ''))
--- a/plugins/modules/consul.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/consul.py
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ 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:
@@ -122,16 +121,6 @@ options:
        description:
          - Name for the service check. Required if standalone, ignored if
            part of service definition.
-    check_node:
-        description:
-          - Node name.
-          # TODO: properly document!
-        type: str
-    check_host:
-        description:
-          - Host name.
-          # TODO: properly document!
-        type: str
    ttl:
        type: str
        description:
@@ -142,7 +131,6 @@ 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:
@@ -150,7 +138,6 @@ 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
@@ -158,7 +145,6 @@ 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:
@@ -173,7 +159,7 @@ options:
    ack_params_state_absent:
        type: bool
        description:
-          - This parameter has no more effect and is deprecated. It will be removed in community.general 10.0.0.
+          - Disable deprecation warning when using parameters incompatible with O(state=absent).
 '''

 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -391,7 +377,13 @@ def get_service_by_id_or_name(consul_api, service_id_or_name):


 def parse_check(module):
-    if module.params['check_id'] or any(module.params[p] is not None for p in ('script', 'ttl', 'tcp', 'http')):
+    _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:
        return ConsulCheck(
            module.params['check_id'],
            module.params['check_name'],
@@ -509,9 +501,15 @@ 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)

@@ -598,33 +596,30 @@ def main():
            timeout=dict(type='str'),
            tags=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
            token=dict(no_log=True),
-            ack_params_state_absent=dict(
-                type='bool',
-                removed_in_version='10.0.0',
-                removed_from_collection='community.general',
-            ),
+            ack_params_state_absent=dict(type='bool'),
        ),
-        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']):
-        module.fail_json(
-            msg="The use of parameters 'script', 'ttl', 'tcp', 'http', 'interval' along with 'state=absent' is no longer allowed."
+    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",
        )
+        # 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)
--- a/plugins/modules/dnf_config_manager.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/dnf_config_manager.py
@@ -1,225 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# Copyright (c) 2023, Andrew Hyatt <andy@hyatt.xyz>
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-DOCUMENTATION = r'''
---
-module: dnf_config_manager
-short_description: Enable or disable dnf repositories using config-manager
-version_added: 8.2.0
-description:
-  - This module enables or disables repositories using the C(dnf config-manager) sub-command.
-author: Andrew Hyatt (@ahyattdev) <andy@hyatt.xyz>
-requirements:
-  - dnf
-  - dnf-plugins-core
-extends_documentation_fragment:
-  - community.general.attributes
-attributes:
-  check_mode:
-    support: full
-  diff_mode:
-    support: none
-options:
-  name:
-    description:
-      - Repository ID, for example V(crb).
-    default: []
-    required: false
-    type: list
-    elements: str
-  state:
-    description:
-      - Whether the repositories should be V(enabled) or V(disabled).
-    default: enabled
-    required: false
-    type: str
-    choices: [enabled, disabled]
-seealso:
-  - module: ansible.builtin.dnf
-  - module: ansible.builtin.yum_repository
-'''
-
-EXAMPLES = r'''
- name: Ensure the crb repository is enabled
-  community.general.dnf_config_manager:
-    name: crb
-    state: enabled
-
- name: Ensure the appstream and zfs repositories are disabled
-  community.general.dnf_config_manager:
-    name:
-      - appstream
-      - zfs
-    state: disabled
-'''
-
-RETURN = r'''
-repo_states_pre:
-  description: Repo IDs before action taken.
-  returned: success
-  type: dict
-  contains:
-    enabled:
-      description: Enabled repository IDs.
-      returned: success
-      type: list
-      elements: str
-    disabled:
-      description: Disabled repository IDs.
-      returned: success
-      type: list
-      elements: str
-  sample:
-    enabled:
-      - appstream
-      - baseos
-      - crb
-    disabled:
-      - appstream-debuginfo
-      - appstream-source
-      - baseos-debuginfo
-      - baseos-source
-      - crb-debug
-      - crb-source
-repo_states_post:
-  description: Repository states after action taken.
-  returned: success
-  type: dict
-  contains:
-    enabled:
-      description: Enabled repository IDs.
-      returned: success
-      type: list
-      elements: str
-    disabled:
-      description: Disabled repository IDs.
-      returned: success
-      type: list
-      elements: str
-  sample:
-    enabled:
-      - appstream
-      - baseos
-      - crb
-    disabled:
-      - appstream-debuginfo
-      - appstream-source
-      - baseos-debuginfo
-      - baseos-source
-      - crb-debug
-      - crb-source
-changed_repos:
-    description: Repositories changed.
-    returned: success
-    type: list
-    elements: str
-    sample: [ 'crb' ]
-'''
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-import os
-import re
-
-DNF_BIN = "/usr/bin/dnf"
-REPO_ID_RE = re.compile(r'^Repo-id\s*:\s*(\S+)$')
-REPO_STATUS_RE = re.compile(r'^Repo-status\s*:\s*(disabled|enabled)$')
-
-
-def get_repo_states(module):
-    rc, out, err = module.run_command([DNF_BIN, 'repolist', '--all', '--verbose'], check_rc=True)
-
-    repos = dict()
-    last_repo = ''
-    for i, line in enumerate(out.split('\n')):
-        m = REPO_ID_RE.match(line)
-        if m:
-            if len(last_repo) > 0:
-                module.fail_json(msg='dnf repolist parse failure: parsed another repo id before next status')
-            last_repo = m.group(1)
-            continue
-        m = REPO_STATUS_RE.match(line)
-        if m:
-            if len(last_repo) == 0:
-                module.fail_json(msg='dnf repolist parse failure: parsed status before repo id')
-            repos[last_repo] = m.group(1)
-            last_repo = ''
-    return repos
-
-
-def set_repo_states(module, repo_ids, state):
-    module.run_command([DNF_BIN, 'config-manager', '--set-{0}'.format(state)] + repo_ids, check_rc=True)
-
-
-def pack_repo_states_for_return(states):
-    enabled = []
-    disabled = []
-    for repo_id in states:
-        if states[repo_id] == 'enabled':
-            enabled.append(repo_id)
-        else:
-            disabled.append(repo_id)
-
-    # Sort for consistent results
-    enabled.sort()
-    disabled.sort()
-
-    return {'enabled': enabled, 'disabled': disabled}
-
-
-def main():
-    module_args = dict(
-        name=dict(type='list', elements='str', required=False, default=[]),
-        state=dict(type='str', required=False, choices=['enabled', 'disabled'], default='enabled')
-    )
-
-    result = dict(
-        changed=False
-    )
-
-    module = AnsibleModule(
-        argument_spec=module_args,
-        supports_check_mode=True
-    )
-
-    if not os.path.exists(DNF_BIN):
-        module.fail_json(msg="%s was not found" % DNF_BIN)
-
-    repo_states = get_repo_states(module)
-    result['repo_states_pre'] = pack_repo_states_for_return(repo_states)
-
-    desired_repo_state = module.params['state']
-    names = module.params['name']
-
-    to_change = []
-    for repo_id in names:
-        if repo_id not in repo_states:
-            module.fail_json(msg="did not find repo with ID '{0}' in dnf repolist --all --verbose".format(repo_id))
-        if repo_states[repo_id] != desired_repo_state:
-            to_change.append(repo_id)
-    result['changed'] = len(to_change) > 0
-    result['changed_repos'] = to_change
-
-    if module.check_mode:
-        module.exit_json(**result)
-
-    if len(to_change) > 0:
-        set_repo_states(module, to_change, desired_repo_state)
-
-    repo_states_post = get_repo_states(module)
-    result['repo_states_post'] = pack_repo_states_for_return(repo_states_post)
-
-    for repo_id in to_change:
-        if repo_states_post[repo_id] != desired_repo_state:
-            module.fail_json(msg="dnf config-manager failed to make '{0}' {1}".format(repo_id, desired_repo_state))
-
-    module.exit_json(**result)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
--- a/plugins/modules/elasticsearch_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/elasticsearch_plugin.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ options:
    plugin_bin:
        description:
            - Location of the plugin binary. If this file is not found, the default plugin binaries will be used.
+            - The default changed in Ansible 2.4 to None.
        type: path
    plugin_dir:
        description:
--- a/plugins/modules/facter_facts.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/facter_facts.py
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-#!/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()
--- a/plugins/modules/gconftool2.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gconftool2.py
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ 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, present ]
+    choices: [ absent, get, present ]
  config_source:
    type: str
    description:
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ 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', 'present']),
+            state=dict(type='str', required=True, choices=['absent', 'get', 'present']),
            direct=dict(type='bool', default=False),
            config_source=dict(type='str'),
        ),
@@ -148,6 +149,12 @@ 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()
--- a/plugins/modules/git_config.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/git_config.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ author:
 requirements: ['git']
 short_description: Read and write git configuration
 description:
-  - The M(community.general.git_config) module changes git configuration by invoking C(git config).
+  - The M(community.general.git_config) module changes git configuration by invoking 'git config'.
    This is needed if you do not want to use M(ansible.builtin.template) for the entire git
    config file (for example because you need to change just C(user.email) in
    /etc/.git/config).  Solutions involving M(ansible.builtin.command) are cumbersome or
@@ -75,16 +75,6 @@ options:
      - When specifying the name of a single setting, supply a value to
        set that setting to the given value.
    type: str
-  add_mode:
-    description:
-      - Specify if a value should replace the existing value(s) or if the new
-        value should be added alongside other values with the same name.
-      - This option is only relevant when adding/replacing values. If O(state=absent) or
-        values are just read out, this option is not considered.
-    choices: [ "add", "replace-all" ]
-    type: str
-    default: "replace-all"
-    version_added: 8.1.0
 '''

 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -128,15 +118,6 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
    name: color.ui
    value: auto

- name: Add several options for the same name
-  community.general.git_config:
-    name: push.pushoption
-    value: "{{ item }}"
-    add_mode: add
-  loop:
-    - merge_request.create
-    - merge_request.draft
-
 - name: Make etckeeper not complaining when it is invoked by cron
  community.general.git_config:
    name: user.email
@@ -197,7 +178,6 @@ def main():
            name=dict(type='str'),
            repo=dict(type='path'),
            file=dict(type='path'),
-            add_mode=dict(required=False, type='str', default='replace-all', choices=['add', 'replace-all']),
            scope=dict(required=False, type='str', choices=['file', 'local', 'global', 'system']),
            state=dict(required=False, type='str', default='present', choices=['present', 'absent']),
            value=dict(required=False),
@@ -217,118 +197,94 @@ def main():
    # Set the locale to C to ensure consistent messages.
    module.run_command_environ_update = dict(LANG='C', LC_ALL='C', LC_MESSAGES='C', LC_CTYPE='C')

-    name = params['name'] or ''
-    unset = params['state'] == 'absent'
-    new_value = params['value'] or ''
-    add_mode = params['add_mode']
+    if params['name']:
+        name = params['name']
+    else:
+        name = None

-    scope = determine_scope(params)
-    cwd = determine_cwd(scope, params)
+    if params['scope']:
+        scope = params['scope']
+    elif params['list_all']:
+        scope = None
+    else:
+        scope = 'system'

-    base_args = [git_path, "config", "--includes"]
+    if params['state'] == 'absent':
+        unset = 'unset'
+        params['value'] = None
+    else:
+        unset = None

-    if scope == 'file':
-        base_args.append('-f')
-        base_args.append(params['file'])
-    elif scope:
-        base_args.append("--" + scope)
-
-    list_args = list(base_args)
+    if params['value']:
+        new_value = params['value']
+    else:
+        new_value = None

+    args = [git_path, "config", "--includes"]
    if params['list_all']:
-        list_args.append('-l')
-
+        args.append('-l')
+    if scope == 'file':
+        args.append('-f')
+        args.append(params['file'])
+    elif scope:
+        args.append("--" + scope)
    if name:
-        list_args.append("--get-all")
-        list_args.append(name)
+        args.append(name)

-    (rc, out, err) = module.run_command(list_args, cwd=cwd, expand_user_and_vars=False)
+    if scope == 'local':
+        dir = params['repo']
+    elif params['list_all'] and params['repo']:
+        # Include local settings from a specific repo when listing all available settings
+        dir = params['repo']
+    else:
+        # Run from root directory to avoid accidentally picking up any local config settings
+        dir = "/"

+    (rc, out, err) = module.run_command(args, cwd=dir, expand_user_and_vars=False)
    if params['list_all'] and scope and rc == 128 and 'unable to read config file' in err:
        # This just means nothing has been set at the given scope
        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg='', config_values={})
    elif rc >= 2:
        # If the return code is 1, it just means the option hasn't been set yet, which is fine.
-        module.fail_json(rc=rc, msg=err, cmd=' '.join(list_args))
-
-    old_values = out.rstrip().splitlines()
+        module.fail_json(rc=rc, msg=err, cmd=' '.join(args))

    if params['list_all']:
+        values = out.rstrip().splitlines()
        config_values = {}
-        for value in old_values:
+        for value in values:
            k, v = value.split('=', 1)
            config_values[k] = v
        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg='', config_values=config_values)
    elif not new_value and not unset:
-        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg='', config_value=old_values[0] if old_values else '')
+        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg='', config_value=out.rstrip())
    elif unset and not out:
        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg='no setting to unset')
-    elif new_value in old_values and (len(old_values) == 1 or add_mode == "add"):
-        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="")
-
-    # Until this point, the git config was just read and in case no change is needed, the module has already exited.
-
-    set_args = list(base_args)
-    if unset:
-        set_args.append("--unset-all")
-        set_args.append(name)
    else:
-        set_args.append("--" + add_mode)
-        set_args.append(name)
-        set_args.append(new_value)
+        old_value = out.rstrip()
+        if old_value == new_value:
+            module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="")

    if not module.check_mode:
-        (rc, out, err) = module.run_command(set_args, cwd=cwd, ignore_invalid_cwd=False, expand_user_and_vars=False)
+        if unset:
+            args.insert(len(args) - 1, "--" + unset)
+            cmd = args
+        else:
+            cmd = args + [new_value]
+        (rc, out, err) = module.run_command(cmd, cwd=dir, ignore_invalid_cwd=False, expand_user_and_vars=False)
        if err:
-            module.fail_json(rc=rc, msg=err, cmd=set_args)
-
-    if unset:
-        after_values = []
-    elif add_mode == "add":
-        after_values = old_values + [new_value]
-    else:
-        after_values = [new_value]
+            module.fail_json(rc=rc, msg=err, cmd=cmd)

    module.exit_json(
        msg='setting changed',
        diff=dict(
-            before_header=' '.join(set_args),
-            before=build_diff_value(old_values),
-            after_header=' '.join(set_args),
-            after=build_diff_value(after_values),
+            before_header=' '.join(args),
+            before=old_value + "\n",
+            after_header=' '.join(args),
+            after=(new_value or '') + "\n"
        ),
        changed=True
    )


-def determine_scope(params):
-    if params['scope']:
-        return params['scope']
-    elif params['list_all']:
-        return ""
-    else:
-        return 'system'
-
-
-def build_diff_value(value):
-    if not value:
-        return "\n"
-    elif len(value) == 1:
-        return value[0] + "\n"
-    else:
-        return value
-
-
-def determine_cwd(scope, params):
-    if scope == 'local':
-        return params['repo']
-    elif params['list_all'] and params['repo']:
-        # Include local settings from a specific repo when listing all available settings
-        return params['repo']
-    else:
-        # Run from root directory to avoid accidentally picking up any local config settings
-        return "/"
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
--- a/plugins/modules/git_config_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/git_config_info.py
@@ -1,187 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# Copyright (c) 2023, Guenther Grill <grill.guenther@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: git_config_info
-author:
-  - Guenther Grill (@guenhter)
-version_added: 8.1.0
-requirements: ['git']
-short_description: Read git configuration
-description:
-  - The M(community.general.git_config_info) module reads the git configuration
-    by invoking C(git config).
-extends_documentation_fragment:
-  - community.general.attributes
-  - community.general.attributes.info_module
-options:
-  name:
-    description:
-      - The name of the setting to read.
-      - If not provided, all settings will be returned as RV(config_values).
-    type: str
-  path:
-    description:
-      - Path to a git repository or file for reading values from a specific repo.
-      - If O(scope) is V(local), this must point to a repository to read from.
-      - If O(scope) is V(file), this must point to specific git config file to read from.
-      - Otherwise O(path) is ignored if set.
-    type: path
-  scope:
-    description:
-      - Specify which scope to read values from.
-      - If set to V(global), the global git config is used. O(path) is ignored.
-      - If set to V(system), the system git config is used. O(path) is ignored.
-      - If set to V(local), O(path) must be set to the repo to read from.
-      - If set to V(file), O(path) must be set to the config file to read from.
-    choices: [ "global", "system", "local", "file" ]
-    default: "system"
-    type: str
-'''
-
-EXAMPLES = '''
- name: Read a system wide config
-  community.general.git_config_info:
-    name: core.editor
-  register: result
-
- name: Show value of core.editor
-  ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg: "{{ result.config_value | default('(not set)', true) }}"
-
- name: Read a global config from ~/.gitconfig
-  community.general.git_config_info:
-    name: alias.remotev
-    scope: global
-
- name: Read a project specific config
-  community.general.git_config_info:
-    name: color.ui
-    scope: local
-    path: /etc
-
- name: Read all global values
-  community.general.git_config_info:
-    scope: global
-
- name: Read all system wide values
-  community.general.git_config_info:
-
- name: Read all values of a specific file
-  community.general.git_config_info:
-    scope: file
-    path: /etc/gitconfig
-'''
-
-RETURN = '''
---
-config_value:
-  description: >
-    When O(name) is set, a string containing the value of the setting in name. If O(name) is not set, empty.
-    If a config key such as V(push.pushoption) has more then one entry, just the first one is returned here.
-  returned: success if O(name) is set
-  type: str
-  sample: "vim"
-
-config_values:
-  description:
-    - This is a dictionary mapping a git configuration setting to a list of its values.
-    - When O(name) is not set, all configuration settings are returned here.
-    - When O(name) is set, only the setting specified in O(name) is returned here.
-      If that setting is not set, the key will still be present, and its value will be an empty list.
-  returned: success
-  type: dict
-  sample:
-    core.editor: ["vim"]
-    color.ui: ["auto"]
-    push.pushoption: ["merge_request.create", "merge_request.draft"]
-    alias.remotev: ["remote -v"]
-'''
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-
-
-def main():
-    module = AnsibleModule(
-        argument_spec=dict(
-            name=dict(type="str"),
-            path=dict(type="path"),
-            scope=dict(required=False, type="str", default="system", choices=["global", "system", "local", "file"]),
-        ),
-        required_if=[
-            ("scope", "local", ["path"]),
-            ("scope", "file", ["path"]),
-        ],
-        required_one_of=[],
-        supports_check_mode=True,
-    )
-
-    # We check error message for a pattern, so we need to make sure the messages appear in the form we're expecting.
-    # Set the locale to C to ensure consistent messages.
-    module.run_command_environ_update = dict(LANG='C', LC_ALL='C', LC_MESSAGES='C', LC_CTYPE='C')
-
-    name = module.params["name"]
-    path = module.params["path"]
-    scope = module.params["scope"]
-
-    run_cwd = path if scope == "local" else "/"
-    args = build_args(module, name, path, scope)
-
-    (rc, out, err) = module.run_command(args, cwd=run_cwd, expand_user_and_vars=False)
-
-    if rc == 128 and "unable to read config file" in err:
-        # This just means nothing has been set at the given scope
-        pass
-    elif rc >= 2:
-        # If the return code is 1, it just means the option hasn't been set yet, which is fine.
-        module.fail_json(rc=rc, msg=err, cmd=" ".join(args))
-
-    output_lines = out.strip("\0").split("\0") if out else []
-
-    if name:
-        first_value = output_lines[0] if output_lines else ""
-        config_values = {name: output_lines}
-        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="", config_value=first_value, config_values=config_values)
-    else:
-        config_values = text_to_dict(output_lines)
-        module.exit_json(changed=False, msg="", config_value="", config_values=config_values)
-
-
-def build_args(module, name, path, scope):
-    git_path = module.get_bin_path("git", True)
-    args = [git_path, "config", "--includes", "--null", "--" + scope]
-
-    if scope == "file":
-        args.append(path)
-
-    if name:
-        args.extend(["--get-all", name])
-    else:
-        args.append("--list")
-
-    return args
-
-
-def text_to_dict(text_lines):
-    config_values = {}
-    for value in text_lines:
-        k, v = value.split("\n", 1)
-        if k in config_values:
-            config_values[k].append(v)
-        else:
-            config_values[k] = [v]
-    return config_values
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
--- a/plugins/modules/github_release.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/github_release.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
    repo: testrepo
    action: latest_release

- name: Get latest release of test repo using username and password
+- name: Get latest release of test repo using username and password. Ansible 2.4.
  community.general.github_release:
    user: testuser
    password: secret123
--- a/plugins/modules/github_webhook_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/github_webhook_info.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module: github_webhook_info
 short_description: Query information about GitHub webhooks
 description:
  - "Query information about GitHub webhooks"
+  - This module was called C(github_webhook_facts) before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.
 requirements:
  - "PyGithub >= 1.3.5"
 extends_documentation_fragment:
--- a/plugins/modules/gitlab_branch.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gitlab_branch.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ description:
 author:
  - paytroff (@paytroff)
 requirements:
+  - python >= 2.7
  - python-gitlab >= 2.3.0
 extends_documentation_fragment:
  - community.general.auth_basic
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.api import basic_auth_argument_spec

 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.gitlab import (
-    auth_argument_spec, gitlab_authentication, gitlab
+    auth_argument_spec, gitlab_authentication, gitlab, ensure_gitlab_package
 )


@@ -143,9 +144,7 @@ def main():
        ],
        supports_check_mode=False
    )
-
-    # check prerequisites and connect to gitlab server
-    gitlab_instance = gitlab_authentication(module)
+    ensure_gitlab_package(module)

    project = module.params['project']
    branch = module.params['branch']
@@ -157,6 +156,7 @@ def main():
        module.fail_json(msg="community.general.gitlab_proteched_branch requires python-gitlab Python module >= 2.3.0 (installed version: [%s])."
                             " Please upgrade python-gitlab to version 2.3.0 or above." % gitlab_version)

+    gitlab_instance = gitlab_authentication(module)
    this_gitlab = GitlabBranch(module=module, project=project, gitlab_instance=gitlab_instance)

    this_branch = this_gitlab.get_branch(branch)
--- a/plugins/modules/gitlab_deploy_key.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gitlab_deploy_key.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ author:
  - Marcus Watkins (@marwatk)
  - Guillaume Martinez (@Lunik)
 requirements:
+  - python >= 2.7
  - python-gitlab python module
 extends_documentation_fragment:
  - community.general.auth_basic
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native

 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.gitlab import (
-    auth_argument_spec, find_project, gitlab_authentication, gitlab
+    auth_argument_spec, find_project, gitlab_authentication, gitlab, ensure_gitlab_package
 )


@@ -260,9 +261,7 @@ def main():
        ],
        supports_check_mode=True,
    )
-
-    # check prerequisites and connect to gitlab server
-    gitlab_instance = gitlab_authentication(module)
+    ensure_gitlab_package(module)

    state = module.params['state']
    project_identifier = module.params['project']
@@ -270,6 +269,8 @@ def main():
    key_keyfile = module.params['key']
    key_can_push = module.params['can_push']

+    gitlab_instance = gitlab_authentication(module)
+
    gitlab_deploy_key = GitLabDeployKey(module, gitlab_instance)

    project = find_project(gitlab_instance, project_identifier)
--- a/plugins/modules/gitlab_group.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/gitlab_group.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ author:
  - Werner Dijkerman (@dj-wasabi)
  - Guillaume Martinez (@Lunik)
 requirements:
+  - python >= 2.7
  - python-gitlab python module
 extends_documentation_fragment:
  - community.general.auth_basic
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
  community.general.gitlab_group:
    api_url: https://gitlab.example.com/
    api_token: "{{ access_token }}"
+    validate_certs: false
    name: my_first_group
    state: absent

@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native

 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.gitlab import (
-    auth_argument_spec, find_group, gitlab_authentication, gitlab
+    auth_argument_spec, find_group, gitlab_authentication, gitlab, ensure_gitlab_package
 )


@@ -353,9 +355,7 @@ def main():
        ],
        supports_check_mode=True,
    )
-
-    # check prerequisites and connect to gitlab server
-    gitlab_instance = gitlab_authentication(module)
+    ensure_gitlab_package(module)

    group_name = module.params['name']
    group_path = module.params['path']
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ def main():
    avatar_path = module.params['avatar_path']
    force_delete = module.params['force_delete']

+    gitlab_instance = gitlab_authentication(module)
+
    # Define default group_path based on group_name
    if group_path is None:
        group_path = group_name.replace(" ", "_")
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More