Release 7.3.0.

Add support for Redfish PowerCycle reset type (#7113)

* Add support for Redfish PowerCycle reset type

* Add changelog frament

(cherry picked from commit 6a558734f7)

Co-authored-by: Scott Seekamp <sseekamp@coreweave.com>

.azure-pipelines/README.md

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

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 trigger:
   batch: true
   branches:
@@ -24,14 +29,14 @@ schedules:
     always: true
     branches:
       include:
-        - stable-2
-        - stable-3
+        - stable-7
+        - stable-6
   - cron: 0 11 * * 0
     displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
     always: true
     branches:
       include:
-        - stable-1
+        - stable-5
 
 variables:
   - name: checkoutPath
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ variables:
 resources:
   containers:
     - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:1.9.0
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:4.0.1
 
 pool: Standard
 
@@ -68,53 +73,40 @@ stages:
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
             - test: extra
-  - stage: Sanity_2_12
-    displayName: Sanity 2.12
+  - stage: Sanity_2_15
+    displayName: Sanity 2.15
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.15/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_11
-    displayName: Sanity 2.11
+  - stage: Sanity_2_14
+    displayName: Sanity 2.14
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.14/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_10
-    displayName: Sanity 2.10
+  - stage: Sanity_2_13
+    displayName: Sanity 2.13
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.10/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_9
-    displayName: Sanity 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.9/sanity/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.13/sanity/{0}
           targets:
             - test: 1
             - test: 2
@@ -131,72 +123,62 @@ stages:
           testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
           targets:
             - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
             - test: 3.6
             - test: 3.7
             - test: 3.8
             - test: 3.9
             - test: '3.10'
-  - stage: Units_2_12
-    displayName: Units 2.12
+            - test: '3.11'
+  - stage: Units_2_15
+    displayName: Units 2.15
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/units/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.15/units/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 2.6
-            - test: 2.7
             - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.6
-            - test: 3.7
-            - test: 3.8
-            - test: '3.10'
-  - stage: Units_2_11
-    displayName: Units 2.11
+            - test: "3.10"
+  - stage: Units_2_14
+    displayName: Units 2.14
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/units/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.14/units/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 2.6
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.6
-            - test: 3.7
-            - test: 3.8
             - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Units_2_10
-    displayName: Units 2.10
+  - stage: Units_2_13
+    displayName: Units 2.13
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.10/units/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.13/units/{0}/1
           targets:
             - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.6
-  - stage: Units_2_9
-    displayName: Units 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.9/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.6
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.6
-            - test: 3.7
             - test: 3.8
 
 ## Remote
+  - stage: Remote_devel_extra_vms
+    displayName: Remote devel extra VMs
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: devel/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Alpine 3.18
+              test: alpine/3.18
+            # - name: Fedora 38
+            #   test: fedora/38
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu/22.04
+          groups:
+            - vm
   - stage: Remote_devel
     displayName: Remote devel
     dependsOn: []
@@ -205,86 +187,74 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: macOS 11.1
-              test: macos/11.1
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.4
-              test: rhel/8.4
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.2
-              test: freebsd/12.2
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.0
-              test: freebsd/13.0
+            - name: macOS 13.2
+              test: macos/13.2
+            - name: RHEL 9.2
+              test: rhel/9.2
+            - name: RHEL 8.8
+              test: rhel/8.8
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
+              test: freebsd/13.2
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_12
-    displayName: Remote 2.12
+  - stage: Remote_2_15
+    displayName: Remote 2.15
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.12/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: macOS 11.1
-              test: macos/11.1
-            - name: RHEL 8.4
-              test: rhel/8.4
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.0
-              test: freebsd/13.0
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-  - stage: Remote_2_11
-    displayName: Remote 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.11/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.15/{0}
           targets:
+            - name: RHEL 9.1
+              test: rhel/9.1
+            - name: RHEL 8.7
+              test: rhel/8.7
             - name: RHEL 7.9
               test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.3
-              test: rhel/8.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.2
-              test: freebsd/12.2
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
+              test: freebsd/13.1
+            - name: FreeBSD 12.4
+              test: freebsd/12.4
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
-  - stage: Remote_2_10
-    displayName: Remote 2.10
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_14
+    displayName: Remote 2.14
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.10/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: OS X 10.11
-              test: osx/10.11
-            - name: macOS 10.15
-              test: macos/10.15
+            - name: RHEL 9.0
+              test: rhel/9.0
+            #- name: FreeBSD 12.4
+            #  test: freebsd/12.4
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
-  - stage: Remote_2_9
-    displayName: Remote 2.9
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_13
+    displayName: Remote 2.13
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.9/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.13/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: RHEL 8.2
-              test: rhel/8.2
-            - name: RHEL 7.8
-              test: rhel/7.8
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.0
-              test: freebsd/12.0
+            - name: macOS 12.0
+              test: macos/12.0
+            - name: RHEL 8.5
+              test: rhel/8.5
+            #- name: FreeBSD 13.1
+            #  test: freebsd/13.1
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
+            - 3
 
 ### Docker
   - stage: Docker_devel
@@ -295,173 +265,159 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: CentOS 7
-              test: centos7
-            - name: Fedora 33
-              test: fedora33
-            - name: Fedora 34
-              test: fedora34
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
-              test: opensuse15py2
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
+            - name: Fedora 38
+              test: fedora38
+            - name: openSUSE 15
               test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 18.04
-              test: ubuntu1804
             - name: Ubuntu 20.04
               test: ubuntu2004
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu2204
+            - name: Alpine 3
+              test: alpine3
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_12
-    displayName: Docker 2.12
+  - stage: Docker_2_15
+    displayName: Docker 2.15
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.12/linux/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.15/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: CentOS 6
-              test: centos6
-            - name: CentOS 8
-              test: centos8
-            - name: Fedora 34
-              test: fedora34
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
-              test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu2004
+            - name: Fedora 37
+              test: fedora37
+            - name: CentOS 7
+              test: centos7
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_11
-    displayName: Docker 2.11
+  - stage: Docker_2_14
+    displayName: Docker 2.14
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.11/linux/{0}
+          testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: CentOS 7
-              test: centos7
-            - name: Fedora 33
-              test: fedora33
+            - name: Fedora 36
+              test: fedora36
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_13
+    displayName: Docker 2.13
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.13/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 35
+              test: fedora35
             - name: openSUSE 15 py2
               test: opensuse15py2
+            - name: Alpine 3
+              test: alpine3
           groups:
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_10
-    displayName: Docker 2.10
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.10/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 32
-              test: fedora32
-            - name: Ubuntu 16.04
-              test: ubuntu1604
-          groups:
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_9
-    displayName: Docker 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.9/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 31
-              test: fedora31
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
-              test: opensuse15
-          groups:
+            - 1
             - 2
             - 3
 
-### Cloud
-  - stage: Cloud_devel
-    displayName: Cloud devel
+### Community Docker
+  - stage: Docker_community_devel
+    displayName: Docker (community images) devel
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: devel/linux-community/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Debian Bullseye
+              test: debian-bullseye/3.9
+            - name: Debian Bookworm
+              test: debian-bookworm/3.11
+            - name: ArchLinux
+              test: archlinux/3.11
+            - name: CentOS Stream 8
+              test: centos-stream8/3.9
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+
+### Generic
+  - stage: Generic_devel
+    displayName: Generic devel
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: devel/cloud/{0}/1
+          testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
           targets:
             - test: 2.7
+            - test: '3.11'
+  - stage: Generic_2_15
+    displayName: Generic 2.15
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.15/generic/{0}/1
+          targets:
             - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Cloud_2_12
-    displayName: Cloud 2.12
+  - stage: Generic_2_14
+    displayName: Generic 2.14
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/cloud/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.14/generic/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 3.8
-  - stage: Cloud_2_11
-    displayName: Cloud 2.11
+            - test: '3.10'
+  - stage: Generic_2_13
+    displayName: Generic 2.13
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/cloud/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.13/generic/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 3.6
-  - stage: Cloud_2_10
-    displayName: Cloud 2.10
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.10/cloud/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.5
-  - stage: Cloud_2_9
-    displayName: Cloud 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.9/cloud/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.9
+
   - stage: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
       - Sanity_devel
-      - Sanity_2_9
-      - Sanity_2_10
-      - Sanity_2_11
-      - Sanity_2_12
+      - Sanity_2_13
+      - Sanity_2_14
+      - Sanity_2_15
       - Units_devel
-      - Units_2_9
-      - Units_2_10
-      - Units_2_11
-      - Units_2_12
+      - Units_2_13
+      - Units_2_14
+      - Units_2_15
+      - Remote_devel_extra_vms
       - Remote_devel
-      - Remote_2_9
-      - Remote_2_10
-      - Remote_2_11
-      - Remote_2_12
+      - Remote_2_13
+      - Remote_2_14
+      - Remote_2_15
       - Docker_devel
-      - Docker_2_9
-      - Docker_2_10
-      - Docker_2_11
-      - Docker_2_12
-      - Cloud_devel
-      - Cloud_2_9
-      - Cloud_2_10
-      - Cloud_2_11
-      - Cloud_2_12
+      - Docker_2_13
+      - Docker_2_14
+      - Docker_2_15
+      - Docker_community_devel
+# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+#      - Generic_devel
+#      - Generic_2_13
+#      - Generic_2_14
+#      - Generic_2_15
     jobs:
       - template: templates/coverage.yml

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

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # Aggregate code coverage results for later processing.
 
 set -o pipefail -eu
@@ -11,7 +15,7 @@ mkdir "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/"
 
 options=(--venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v)
 
-ansible-test coverage combine --export "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/" "${options[@]}"
+ansible-test coverage combine --group-by command --export "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/" "${options[@]}"
 
 if ansible-test coverage analyze targets generate --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     # Only analyze coverage if the installed version of ansible-test supports it.

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

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 """
 Combine coverage data from multiple jobs, keeping the data only from the most recent attempt from each job.
 Coverage artifacts must be named using the format: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) {StableUniqueNameForEachJob}"

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

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # Check the test results and set variables for use in later steps.
 
 set -o pipefail -eu

.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+"""
+Upload code coverage reports to codecov.io.
+Multiple coverage files from multiple languages are accepted and aggregated after upload.
+Python coverage, as well as PowerShell and Python stubs can all be uploaded.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import dataclasses
+import pathlib
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import typing as t
+import urllib.request
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class CoverageFile:
+    name: str
+    path: pathlib.Path
+    flags: t.List[str]
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Args:
+    dry_run: bool
+    path: pathlib.Path
+
+
+def parse_args() -> Args:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('path', type=pathlib.Path)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Store arguments in a typed dataclass
+    fields = dataclasses.fields(Args)
+    kwargs = {field.name: getattr(args, field.name) for field in fields}
+
+    return Args(**kwargs)
+
+
+def process_files(directory: pathlib.Path) -> t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...]:
+    processed = []
+    for file in directory.joinpath('reports').glob('coverage*.xml'):
+        name = file.stem.replace('coverage=', '')
+
+        # Get flags from name
+        flags = name.replace('-powershell', '').split('=')  # Drop '-powershell' suffix
+        flags = [flag if not flag.startswith('stub') else flag.split('-')[0] for flag in flags]  # Remove "-01" from stub files
+
+        processed.append(CoverageFile(name, file, flags))
+
+    return tuple(processed)
+
+
+def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, files: t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...], dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
+    for file in files:
+        cmd = [
+            str(codecov_bin),
+            '--name', file.name,
+            '--file', str(file.path),
+        ]
+        for flag in file.flags:
+            cmd.extend(['--flags', flag])
+
+        if dry_run:
+            print(f'DRY-RUN: Would run command: {cmd}')
+            continue
+
+        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+
+
+def download_file(url: str, dest: pathlib.Path, flags: int, dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
+    if dry_run:
+        print(f'DRY-RUN: Would download {url} to {dest} and set mode to {flags:o}')
+        return
+
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as resp:
+        with dest.open('w+b') as f:
+            # Read data in chunks rather than all at once
+            shutil.copyfileobj(resp, f, 64 * 1024)
+
+    dest.chmod(flags)
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    url = 'https://ansible-ci-files.s3.amazonaws.com/codecov/linux/codecov'
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='codecov-') as tmpdir:
+        codecov_bin = pathlib.Path(tmpdir) / 'codecov'
+        download_file(url, codecov_bin, 0o755, args.dry_run)
+
+        files = process_files(args.path)
+        upload_files(codecov_bin, files, args.dry_run)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.sh

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

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

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # Generate code coverage reports for uploading to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
 
 set -o pipefail -eu
@@ -12,4 +16,4 @@ if ! ansible-test --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
 fi
 
-ansible-test coverage xml --stub --venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v
+ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v

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

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # Configure the test environment and run the tests.
 
 set -o pipefail -eu

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

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 """Prepends a relative timestamp to each input line from stdin and writes it to stdout."""
 
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)

.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # This template adds a job for processing code coverage data.
 # It will upload results to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
 # Use it from a job stage that completes after all other jobs have completed.
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           summaryFileLocation: "$(outputPath)/reports/$(pipelinesCoverage).xml"
         displayName: Publish to Azure Pipelines
         condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
-      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.sh "$(outputPath)"
+      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py "$(outputPath)"
         displayName: Publish to codecov.io
         condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
         continueOnError: true

.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # This template uses the provided targets and optional groups to generate a matrix which is then passed to the test template.
 # If this matrix template does not provide the required functionality, consider using the test template directly instead.
 

.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # This template uses the provided list of jobs to create test one or more test jobs.
 # It can be used directly if needed, or through the matrix template.
 

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 name: Bug report
 description: Create a report to help us improve
 
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ body:
     label: Component Name
     description: >-
       Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
-      *use your best guess if unsure*.
+      *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
     placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
   validations:
     required: true
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ body:
   attributes:
     label: Steps to Reproduce
     description: |
-      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also pased any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
+      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also passed any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
 
       **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
     value: |

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

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

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 name: Documentation Report
 description: Ask us about docs
 # NOTE: issue body is enabled to allow screenshots
@@ -42,8 +46,8 @@ body:
   attributes:
     label: Component Name
     description: >-
-      Write the short name of the rst file, module, plugin, task or
-      feature below, *use your best guess if unsure*.
+      Write the short name of the file, module, plugin, task or feature below,
+      *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
     placeholder: mysql_user
   validations:
     required: true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 name: Feature request
 description: Suggest an idea for this project
 
@@ -38,8 +42,8 @@ body:
   attributes:
     label: Component Name
     description: >-
-      Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
-      *use your best guess if unsure*.
+      Write the short name of the module or plugin, or which other part(s) of the collection this feature affects.
+      *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
     placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
   validations:
     required: true

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 version: 2
 updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     directory: "/"
-    interval:
-      schedule: "weekly"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"

.github/patchback.yml

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

.github/pull_request_template.md

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

.github/pull_request_template.md.license

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

.github/settings.yml

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

.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# For the comprehensive list of the inputs supported by the ansible-community/ansible-test-gh-action GitHub Action, see
+# https://github.com/marketplace/actions/ansible-test
+
+name: EOL CI
+on:
+  # Run EOL CI against all pushes (direct commits, also merged PRs), Pull Requests
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+  pull_request:
+  # Run EOL CI once per day (at 10:00 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 10 * * *'
+
+concurrency:
+  # Make sure there is at most one active run per PR, but do not cancel any non-PR runs
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ (github.head_ref && github.event.number) || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  sanity:
+    name: EOL Sanity (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }})
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - '2.11'
+          - '2.12'
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
+    runs-on: >-
+      ${{ contains(fromJson(
+          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
+      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Perform sanity testing
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: ${{ contains(fromJson('["2.10", "2.11"]'), matrix.ansible) && 'felixfontein/ansible' || 'ansible/ansible' }}
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          testing-type: sanity
+
+  units:
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
+    runs-on: >-
+      ${{ contains(fromJson(
+          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
+      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    name: EOL Units (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+py${{ matrix.python }})
+    strategy:
+      # As soon as the first unit test fails, cancel the others to free up the CI queue
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - ''
+        python:
+          - ''
+        exclude:
+          - ansible: ''
+        include:
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            python: '2.7'
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            python: '3.5'
+          - ansible: '2.12'
+            python: '2.6'
+          - ansible: '2.12'
+            python: '3.8'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: >-
+          Perform unit testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: ${{ contains(fromJson('["2.10", "2.11"]'), matrix.ansible) && 'felixfontein/ansible' || 'ansible/ansible' }}
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          pre-test-cmd: >-
+            mkdir -p ../../ansible
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          testing-type: units
+
+  integration:
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
+    runs-on: >-
+      ${{ contains(fromJson(
+          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
+      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    name: EOL I (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+${{ matrix.docker }}+py${{ matrix.python }}:${{ matrix.target }})
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - ''
+        docker:
+          - ''
+        python:
+          - ''
+        target:
+          - ''
+        exclude:
+          - ansible: ''
+        include:
+          # 2.11
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: fedora32
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: fedora32
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: fedora32
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: fedora33
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: fedora33
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: fedora33
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+          # - ansible: '2.11'
+          #   docker: default
+          #   python: '2.7'
+          #   target: azp/generic/1/
+          # - ansible: '2.11'
+          #   docker: default
+          #   python: '3.5'
+          #   target: azp/generic/1/
+          # 2.12
+          - ansible: '2.12'
+            docker: centos6
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.12'
+            docker: centos6
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.12'
+            docker: centos6
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.12'
+            docker: fedora34
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.12'
+            docker: fedora34
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.12'
+            docker: fedora34
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.12'
+            docker: ubuntu1804
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.12'
+            docker: ubuntu1804
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.12'
+            docker: ubuntu1804
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+          # - ansible: '2.12'
+          #   docker: default
+          #   python: '3.8'
+          #   target: azp/generic/1/
+
+    steps:
+      - name: >-
+          Perform integration testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          under Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: ${{ contains(fromJson('["2.10", "2.11"]'), matrix.ansible) && 'felixfontein/ansible' || 'ansible/ansible' }}
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          docker-image: ${{ matrix.docker }}
+          integration-continue-on-error: 'false'
+          integration-diff: 'false'
+          integration-retry-on-error: 'true'
+          pre-test-cmd: >-
+            mkdir -p ../../ansible
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git ../../ansible/posix
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ../../community/crypto
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+          target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          testing-type: integration

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -1,49 +1,36 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 name: "Code scanning - action"
 
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '26 19 * * 1'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   CodeQL-Build:
 
+    permissions:
+      actions: read  # for github/codeql-action/init to get workflow details
+      contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+      security-events: write  # for github/codeql-action/autobuild to send a status report
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      with:
-        # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
-        # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
-        fetch-depth: 2
-
-    # If this run was triggered by a pull request event, then checkout
-    # the head of the pull request instead of the merge commit.
-    - run: git checkout HEAD^2
-      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
-      # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
-      # with:
-      #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java
-
-    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
-    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
-    - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1
-
-    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
-    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
-
-    # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines
-    #    and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project
-    #    uses a compiled language
-
-    #- run: |
-    #   make bootstrap
-    #   make release
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+      with:
+        languages: python
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2

.github/workflows/reuse.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+name: Verify REUSE
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    branches: [main]
+  # Run CI once per day (at 07:30 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 7 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || '' }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install reuse
+
+      - name: Check REUSE compliance
+        run: |
+          reuse lint

.gitignore

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

.reuse/dep5

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

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -3,3 +3,621 @@ Community General Release Notes
 ===============================
 
 .. contents:: Topics
+
+This changelog describes changes after version 6.0.0.
+
+v7.3.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Feature and bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- chroot connection plugin - add ``disable_root_check`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7099).
+- ejabberd_user - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7075).
+- ipa_config - add module parameters to manage FreeIPA user and group objectclasses (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7019).
+- ipa_config - adds ``idp`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7051).
+- npm - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6989).
+- proxmox_kvm - enabled force restart of VM, bringing the ``force`` parameter functionality in line with what is described in the docs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6914).
+- proxmox_vm_info - ``node`` parameter is no longer required. Information can be obtained for the whole cluster (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6976).
+- proxmox_vm_info - non-existing provided by name/vmid VM would return empty results instead of failing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7049).
+- redfish_config - add ``DeleteAllVolumes`` command to allow deletion of all volumes on servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6814).
+- redfish_utils - use ``Controllers`` key in redfish data to obtain Storage controllers properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7081).
+- redfish_utils module utils - add support for ``PowerCycle`` reset type for ``redfish_command`` responses feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7083).
+- redfish_utils module utils - add support for following ``@odata.nextLink`` pagination in ``software_inventory`` responses feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7020).
+- shutdown - use ``shutdown -p ...`` with FreeBSD to halt and power off machine (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7102).
+- sorcery - add grimoire (repository) management support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- ejabberd_user - deprecate the parameter ``logging`` in favour of producing more detailed information in the module output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7043).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - the plugin made assumptions about the structure of a Bitwarden JSON object which may have been broken by an update in the Bitwarden API. Remove assumptions, and allow queries for general fields such as ``notes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7061).
+- ejabberd_user - module was failing to detect whether user was already created and/or password was changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7033).
+- keycloak module util - fix missing ``http_agent``, ``timeout``, and ``validate_certs`` ``open_url()`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7067).
+- keycloak_client inventory plugin - fix missing client secret (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6931).
+- lvol - add support for percentage of origin size specification when creating snapshot volumes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1630, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7053).
+- lxc connection plugin - now handles ``remote_addr`` defaulting to ``inventory_hostname`` correctly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7104).
+- oci_utils module utils - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
+- proxmox_user_info - avoid direct type comparisons (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7085).
+- snap - fix crash when multiple snaps are specified and one has ``---`` in its description (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7046).
+- sorcery - fix interruption of the multi-stage process (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+- sorcery - fix queue generation before the whole system rebuild (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+- sorcery - latest state no longer triggers update_cache (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7012).
+
+v7.2.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- cmd_runner module utils - when a parameter in ``argument_spec`` has no type, meaning it is implicitly a ``str``, ``CmdRunner`` would fail trying to find the ``type`` key in that dictionary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6968).
+- ejabberd_user - provide meaningful error message when the ``ejabberdctl`` command is not found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7028, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6949).
+- proxmox module utils - fix proxmoxer library version check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6974, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6975, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6980).
+- proxmox_kvm - when ``name`` option is provided without ``vmid`` and VM with that name already exists then no new VM will be created (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6911, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6981).
+- rundeck - fix ``TypeError`` on 404 API response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6983).
+
+v7.2.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- cobbler inventory plugin - convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6923).
+- consul_session - drops requirement for the ``python-consul`` library to communicate with the Consul API, instead relying on the existing ``requests`` library requirement (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6755).
+- gitlab_project_variable - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- gitlab_runner - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6927).
+- htpasswd - the parameter ``crypt_scheme`` is being renamed as ``hash_scheme`` and added as an alias to it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6841).
+- keycloak_authentication - added provider ID choices, since Keycloak supports only those two specific ones (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6763).
+- keyring - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6927).
+- locale_gen - module has been refactored to use ``ModuleHelper`` and ``CmdRunner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6903).
+- locale_gen - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6820).
+- make - add new ``targets`` parameter allowing multiple targets to be used with ``make`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6882, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4919).
+- nmcli - add support for ``ipv4.dns-options`` and ``ipv6.dns-options`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6902).
+- npm - minor improvement on parameter validation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6848).
+- opkg - add ``executable`` parameter allowing to specify the path of the ``opkg`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6862).
+- pubnub_blocks - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- redfish_command - add ``account_types`` and ``oem_account_types`` as optional inputs to ``AddUser`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6823, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6871).
+- redfish_info - add ``AccountTypes`` and ``OEMAccountTypes`` to the output of ``ListUsers`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6823, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6871).
+- redfish_info - adds ``ProcessorArchitecture`` to CPU inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6864).
+- redfish_info - fix for ``GetVolumeInventory``, Controller name was getting populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6719).
+- rhsm_repository - the interaction with ``subscription-manager`` was
+  refactored by grouping things together, removing unused bits, and hardening
+  the way it is run; also, the parsing of ``subscription-manager repos --list``
+  was improved and made slightly faster; no behaviour change is expected
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6783,
+  https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6837).
+- scaleway_security_group_rule - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- snap - add option ``dangerous`` to the module, that will map into the command line argument ``--dangerous``, allowing unsigned snap files to be installed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6908, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5715).
+- tss lookup plugin - allow to fetch secret by path. Previously, we could not fetch secret by path but now use ``secret_path`` option to indicate to fetch secret by secret path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6881).
+- xenserver_guest_info - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- xenserver_guest_powerstate - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
+- yum_versionlock - add support to pin specific package versions instead of only the package itself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6861, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4470).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- flowdock - module relies entirely on no longer responsive API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6930).
+- proxmox - old feature flag ``proxmox_default_behavior`` will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6836).
+- stackdriver - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6887).
+- webfaction_app - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_db - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_domain - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_mailbox - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+- webfaction_site - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- cobbler inventory plugin - fix calculation of cobbler_ipv4/6_address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6925).
+- datadog_downtime - presence of ``rrule`` param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6811).
+- ipa_dnszone - fix 'idnsallowsyncptr' key error for reverse zone (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6906, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6905).
+- keycloak_authentication - fix Keycloak authentication flow (step or sub-flow) indexing during update, if not specified by the user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6734).
+- locale_gen - now works for locales without the underscore character such as ``C.UTF-8`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6774, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5142, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4305).
+- machinectl become plugin - mark plugin as ``require_tty`` to automatically disable pipelining, with which this plugin is not compatible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6932, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6935).
+- nmcli - fix support for empty list (in compare and scrape) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6769).
+- openbsd_pkg - the pkg_info(1) behavior has changed in OpenBSD >7.3. The error message ``Can't find`` should not lead to an error case (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6785).
+- pacman - module recognizes the output of ``yay`` running as ``root`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6713).
+- proxmox - fix error when a configuration had no ``template`` field (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6838, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5372).
+- proxmox module utils - add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains about the ``token_name`` and ``token_value`` parameters and provide a better error message when that happens (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6839, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5371).
+- proxmox_disk - fix unable to create ``cdrom`` media due to ``size`` always being appended (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6770).
+- proxmox_kvm - ``absent`` state with ``force`` specified failed to stop the VM due to the ``timeout`` value not being passed to ``stop_vm`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6827).
+- proxmox_kvm - ``restarted`` state did not actually restart a VM in some VM configurations. The state now uses the Proxmox reboot endpoint instead of calling the ``stop_vm`` and ``start_vm`` functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6773).
+- proxmox_template - require ``requests_toolbelt`` module to fix issue with uploading large templates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5579, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6757).
+- redfish_info - fix ``ListUsers`` to not show empty account slots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6771, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6772).
+- refish_utils module utils - changing variable names to avoid issues occuring when fetching Volumes data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6883).
+- snap - assume default track ``latest`` in parameter ``channel`` when not specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6835, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6821).
+- snap - fix the processing of the commands' output, stripping spaces and newlines from it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6826, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6803).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- bitwarden_secrets_manager - Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden Secrets Manager
+
+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
+
+v7.1.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+From this version on, community.general is using the new `Ansible semantic markup
+<https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_documenting.html#semantic-markup-within-module-documentation>`__
+in its documentation. If you look at documentation with the ansible-doc CLI tool
+from ansible-core before 2.15, please note that it does not render the markup
+correctly. You should be still able to read it in most cases, but you need
+ansible-core 2.15 or later to see it as it is intended. Alternatively you can
+look at `the devel docsite <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/>`__
+for the rendered HTML version of the documentation of the latest release.
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- The collection will start using semantic markup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539).
+- VarDict module utils - add method ``VarDict.as_dict()`` to convert to a plain ``dict`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6602).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` option to allow using the system name for the inventory hostname (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6502).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``want_ip_addresses`` option to collect all interface DNS name to IP address mapping (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6711).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add primary IP addess to ``cobbler_ipv4_address`` and IPv6 address to ``cobbler_ipv6_address`` host variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6711).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add warning for systems with empty profiles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6502).
+- copr - respawn module to use the system python interpreter when the ``dnf`` python module is not available in ``ansible_python_interpreter`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6522).
+- datadog_monitor - adds ``notification_preset_name``, ``renotify_occurrences`` and ``renotify_statuses`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6521,https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5823).
+- filesystem - add ``uuid`` parameter for UUID change feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6680).
+- keycloak_client_rolemapping - adds support for subgroups with additional parameter ``parents`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6687).
+- keycloak_role - add composite roles support for realm and client roles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6469).
+- ldap_* - add new arguments ``client_cert`` and ``client_key`` to the LDAP modules in order to allow certificate authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6668).
+- ldap_search - add a new ``page_size`` option to enable paged searches (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6648).
+- lvg - add ``active`` and ``inactive`` values to the ``state`` option for active state management feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6682).
+- lvg - add ``reset_vg_uuid``, ``reset_pv_uuid`` options for UUID reset feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6682).
+- mas - disable sign-in check for macOS 12+ as ``mas account`` is non-functional (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6520).
+- onepassword lookup plugin - add service account support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6635, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6660).
+- onepassword_raw lookup plugin - add service account support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6635, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6660).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - add span attributes in the span event (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6531).
+- opkg - remove default value ``""`` for parameter ``force`` as it causes the same behaviour of not having that parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6513).
+- proxmox - support ``timezone`` parameter at container creation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6510).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add composite variables support for Proxmox nodes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6640).
+- proxmox_kvm - added support for ``tpmstate0`` parameter to configure TPM (Trusted Platform Module) disk. TPM is required for Windows 11 installations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6533).
+- proxmox_kvm - re-use ``timeout`` module param to forcefully shutdown a virtual machine when ``state`` is ``stopped`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6257).
+- proxmox_snap - add ``retention`` parameter to delete old snapshots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6576).
+- redfish_command - add ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6471, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6612).
+- redhat_subscription - the internal ``RegistrationBase`` class was folded
+  into the other internal ``Rhsm`` class, as the separation had no purpose
+  anymore
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6658).
+- rhsm_release - improve/harden the way ``subscription-manager`` is run;
+  no behaviour change is expected
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6669).
+- snap - module is now aware of channel when deciding whether to install or refresh the snap (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6435, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1606).
+- sorcery - minor refactor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6525).
+- tss lookup plugin - allow to fetch secret IDs which are in a folder based on folder ID. Previously, we could not fetch secrets based on folder ID but now use ``fetch_secret_ids_from_folder`` option to indicate to fetch secret IDs based on folder ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6223).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- CmdRunner module utils - deprecate ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_default_type()`` formatter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6601).
+- MH VarsMixin module utils - deprecates ``VarsMixin`` and supporting classes in favor of plain ``vardict`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6649).
+- cpanm - value ``compatibility`` is deprecated as default for parameter ``mode`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6512).
+- redhat module utils - the ``module_utils.redhat`` module is deprecated, as
+  effectively unused: the ``Rhsm``, ``RhsmPool``, and ``RhsmPools`` classes
+  will be removed in community.general 9.0.0; the ``RegistrationBase`` class
+  will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 together with the
+  ``rhn_register`` module, as it is the only user of this class; this means
+  that the whole ``module_utils.redhat`` module will be dropped in
+  community.general 10.0.0, so importing it without even using anything of it
+  will fail
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6663).
+- redhat_subscription - the ``autosubscribe`` alias for the ``auto_attach`` option has been
+  deprecated for many years, although only in the documentation. Officially mark this alias
+  as deprecated, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6646).
+- redhat_subscription - the ``pool`` option is deprecated in favour of the
+  more precise and flexible ``pool_ids`` option
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6650).
+- rhsm_repository - ``state=present`` has not been working as expected for many years,
+  and it seems it was not noticed so far; also, "presence" is not really a valid concept
+  for subscription repositories, which can only be enabled or disabled. Hence, mark the
+  ``present`` and ``absent`` values of the ``state`` option as deprecated, slating them
+  for removal in community.general 10.0.0
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6673).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- MH DependencyMixin module utils - deprecation notice was popping up for modules not using dependencies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6644, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6639).
+- csv module utils - detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV content (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6662).
+- gitlab_group - the module passed parameters to the API call even when not set. The module is now filtering out ``None`` values to remediate this (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6712).
+- icinga2_host - fix a key error when updating an existing host (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6748).
+- ini_file - add the ``follow`` paramter to follow the symlinks instead of replacing them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6546).
+- ini_file - fix a bug where the inactive options were not used when possible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6575).
+- keycloak module utils - fix ``is_struct_included`` handling of lists of lists/dictionaries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6688).
+- keycloak module utils - the function ``get_user_by_username`` now return the user representation or ``None`` as stated in the documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6758).
+- proxmox_kvm - allow creation of VM with existing name but new vmid (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6155, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6709).
+- rhsm_repository - when using the ``purge`` option, the ``repositories``
+  dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
+  to the pruning operation
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6676).
+- tss lookup plugin - fix multiple issues when using ``fetch_attachments=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6720).
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+- Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- 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
+
+v7.0.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix release for Ansible 8.0.0rc1.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- nmcli - fix bond option ``xmit_hash_policy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6527).
+- portage - fix ``changed_use`` and ``newuse`` not triggering rebuilds (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6008, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6548).
+- proxmox_tasks_info - remove ``api_user`` + ``api_password`` constraint from ``required_together`` as it causes to require ``api_password`` even when API token param is used (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).
+
+v7.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This is release 7.0.0 of ``community.general``, released on 2023-05-09.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- apache2_module - add module argument ``warn_mpm_absent`` to control whether warning are raised in some edge cases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5793).
+- apt_rpm - adds ``clean``, ``dist_upgrade`` and ``update_kernel``  parameters for clear caches, complete upgrade system, and upgrade kernel packages (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).
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - implement filtering results by ``collection_id`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5849).
+- cmd_runner module utils - ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool()`` can now take an extra parameter to format when value is false (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5647).
+- cpanm - minor change, use feature from ``ModuleHelper`` (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).
+- dconf - if ``gi.repository.GLib`` is missing, try to respawn in a Python interpreter that has it (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).
+- dconf - parse GVariants for equality comparison when the Python module ``gi.repository`` is available (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6049).
+- deps module utils - add function ``failed()`` providing the ability to check the dependency check result without triggering an exception (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).
+- dig lookup plugin - support CAA record type (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).
+- dnsimple_info - minor refactor in the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6440).
+- flatpak_remote - add new boolean option ``enabled``. It controls, whether the remote is enabled or not (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5926).
+- gconftool2 - refactor using ``ModuleHelper`` and ``CmdRunner`` (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).
+- gitlab_project - add ``builds_access_level``, ``container_registry_access_level`` and ``forking_access_level`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5706).
+- gitlab_project - add ``releases_access_level``, ``environments_access_level``, ``feature_flags_access_level``, ``infrastructure_access_level``, ``monitor_access_level``, and ``security_and_compliance_access_level`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5986).
+- gitlab_project - add new option ``topics`` for adding topics to GitLab projects (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6278).
+- gitlab_runner - add new boolean option ``access_level_on_creation``. It controls, whether the value of ``access_level`` is used for runner registration or not. The option ``access_level`` 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/pull/5908).
+- gitlab_runner - allow to register group runner (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3935).
+- homebrew_cask - allows passing ``--greedy`` option to ``upgrade_all`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6267).
+- idrac_redfish_command - add ``job_id`` to ``CreateBiosConfigJob`` response (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).
+- ipa_group - allow to add and remove external users with the ``external_user`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5897).
+- ipa_hostgroup - add ``append`` parameter for adding a new hosts to existing hostgroups without changing existing hostgroup members (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).
+- java_certs - add more detailed error output when extracting certificate from PKCS12 fails (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).
+- jenkins_plugin - refactor code to module util to fix sanity check (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/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).
+- keycloak_group - add new optional module parameter ``parents`` to properly handle keycloak subgroups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5814).
+- keycloak_user_federation - make ``org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper`` the default value for mappers ``providerType`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5863).
+- ldap modules - add ``ca_path`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6185).
+- ldap modules - add ``xorder_discovery`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6045, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6109).
+- ldap_search - the new ``base64_attributes`` allows to specify which attribute values should be Base64 encoded (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).
+- lxd_project - refactored code out to module utils to clear sanity check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5549).
+- make - add ``command`` return value to the module output (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).
+- mksysb - improved the output of the module in case of errors (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6263).
+- modprobe - add ``persistent`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4028, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/542).
+- module_helper module utils - updated the imports to make more MH features available at ``plugins/module_utils/module_helper.py`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6464).
+- mssql_script - allow for ``GO`` statement to be mixed-case for scripts not using strict syntax (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 ``UPDATE`` and ``INSERT``) (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).
+- nmap inventory plugin - add new option ``open`` for only returning open ports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6200).
+- nmap inventory plugin - add new option ``port`` for port specific scan (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6165).
+- nmap inventory plugin - add new options ``udp_scan``, ``icmp_timestamp``, and ``dns_resolve`` for different types of scans (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5566).
+- nmap inventory plugin - added environment variables for configure ``address`` and ``exclude`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6351).
+- nmcli - add ``default`` and ``default-or-eui64`` to the list of valid choices for ``addr_gen_mode6`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5974).
+- nmcli - add ``macvlan`` connection type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6312).
+- nmcli - add support for ``team.runner-fast-rate`` parameter for ``team`` connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6065).
+- nmcli - new module option ``slave_type`` 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/pull/6108).
+- one_vm - add a new ``updateconf`` option which implements the ``one.vm.updateconf`` API call (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5812).
+- openbsd_pkg - set ``TERM`` to ``'dumb'`` in ``execute_command()`` to make module less dependant on the ``TERM`` environment variable set on the Ansible controller (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).
+- opkg - refactored module to use ``CmdRunner`` for executing ``opkg`` (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).
+- pipx - add ``system_site_packages`` parameter to give application access to system-wide packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6308).
+- pipx - ensure ``include_injected`` parameter works with ``state=upgrade`` and ``state=latest`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6212).
+- pipx - optional ``install_apps`` parameter added to install applications from injected packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6198).
+- proxmox - added new module parameter ``tags`` for use with PVE 7+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5714).
+- proxmox - suppress urllib3 ``InsecureRequestWarnings`` when ``validate_certs`` option is ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5931).
+- proxmox_kvm - add new ``archive`` parameter. This is needed to create a VM from an archive (backup) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6159).
+- proxmox_kvm - adds ``migrate`` parameter to manage online migrations between hosts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6448)
+- puppet - add new options ``skip_tags`` to exclude certain tagged resources during a puppet agent or apply (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6293).
+- puppet - refactored module to use ``CmdRunner`` for executing ``puppet`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5612).
+- rax_scaling_group - refactored out code to the ``rax`` module utils to clear the sanity check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5563).
+- redfish_command - add ``PerformRequestedOperations`` command to perform any operations necessary to continue the update flow (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4276).
+- redfish_command - add ``update_apply_time`` to ``SimpleUpdate`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3910).
+- redfish_command - add ``update_status`` to output of ``SimpleUpdate`` command to allow a user monitor the update in progress (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4276).
+- redfish_command - adding ``EnableSecureBoot`` functionality (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5899).
+- redfish_command - adding ``VerifyBiosAttributes`` functionality (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5900).
+- redfish_info - add ``GetUpdateStatus`` command to check the progress of a previous update request (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).
+- redfish_utils module utils - added PUT (``put_request()``) functionality (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5490).
+- redhat_subscription - add a ``server_proxy_scheme`` parameter to configure the scheme for the proxy server (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5662).
+- redhat_subscription - adds ``token`` parameter for subscription-manager authentication using Red Hat API token (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5725).
+- redhat_subscription - credentials (``username``, ``activationkey``, and so on) are required now only if a system needs to be registered, or ``force_register`` is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5664).
+- redhat_subscription - the registration is done using the D-Bus ``rhsm`` service instead of spawning a ``subscription-manager register`` command, if possible; this avoids passing plain-text credentials as arguments to ``subscription-manager register``, which can be seen while that command runs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6122).
+- sefcontext - add support for path substitutions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1193).
+- shutdown - if no shutdown commands are found in the ``search_paths`` then the module will attempt to shutdown the system using ``systemctl shutdown`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4269, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6171).
+- slack - add option ``prepend_hash`` which allows to control whether a ``#`` is prepended to ``channel_id``. The current behavior (value ``auto``) is to prepend ``#`` 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 ``#`` must not be prepended. We recommend to explicitly set ``prepend_hash=always`` or ``prepend_hash=never`` to avoid any ambiguity (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5629).
+- snap - minor refactor when executing module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5773).
+- snap - refactor module to use ``CmdRunner`` to execute external commands (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).
+- snap_alias - refactored module to use ``CmdRunner`` to execute ``snap`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5486).
+- spotinst_aws_elastigroup - add ``elements`` attribute when missing in ``list`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5553).
+- ssh_config - add ``host_key_algorithms`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5605).
+- ssh_config - add ``proxyjump`` option (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).
+- 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).
+- sudoers - add ``setenv`` parameters to support passing environment variables via sudo. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5883)
+- sudoers - adds ``host`` parameter for setting hostname restrictions in sudoers rules (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).
+- udm_dns_record - minor refactor to the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6382).
+- udm_share - added ``elements`` attribute to ``list`` type parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5557).
+- udm_user - add ``elements`` attribute when missing in ``list`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5559).
+- znode module - optional ``use_tls`` parameter added for encrypted communication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6154).
+
+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 ``community.sap_libs`` if you are using any of the ``sapcar_extract``, ``sap_task_list_execute``, and ``hana_query`` modules.
+  Without that collection installed, the redirects for these modules do not work.
+- ModuleHelper module utils - when the module sets output variables named ``msg``, ``exception``, ``output``, ``vars``, or ``changed``, the actual output will prefix those names with ``_`` (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).
+- gconftool2 - fix processing of ``gconftool-2`` when ``key`` does not exist, returning ``null`` instead of empty string for both ``value`` and ``previous_value`` return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6028).
+- gitlab_runner - the default of ``access_level_on_creation`` changed from ``false`` to ``true`` (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/pull/6473).
+- nmcli - the default of the ``hairpin`` option changed from ``true`` to ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6428).
+- proxmox - the default of the ``unprivileged`` option changed from ``false`` to ``true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6428).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- ModuleHelper module_utils - ``deps`` mixin for MH classes deprecated in favour of using the ``deps`` module_utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6465).
+- consul - deprecate using parameters unused for ``state=absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5772).
+- gitlab_runner - the default of the new option ``access_level_on_creation`` will change from ``false`` to ``true`` in community.general 7.0.0. This will cause ``access_level`` to be used during runner registration as well, and not only during updates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5908).
+- gitlab_runner - the option ``access_level`` will lose its default value in community.general 8.0.0. From that version on, you have set this option to ``ref_protected`` explicitly, if you want to have a protected runner (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5925).
+- manageiq_policies - deprecate ``state=list`` in favour of using ``community.general.manageiq_policies_info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5721).
+- manageiq_tags - deprecate ``state=list`` in favour of using ``community.general.manageiq_tags_info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5727).
+- rax - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax module utils - module utils code relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_cbs - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_cbs_attachments - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_cdb - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_cdb_database - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_cdb_user - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_clb - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_clb_nodes - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_clb_ssl - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_dns - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_dns_record - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_facts - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_files - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_files_objects - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_identity - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_keypair - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_meta - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_mon_alarm - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_mon_check - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_mon_entity - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_mon_notification - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_mon_notification_plan - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_network - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_queue - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_scaling_group - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5752).
+- rax_scaling_policy - module relies on deprecated library ``pyrax`` and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (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
+  noone that steps up to maintain them
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6493).
+
+Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+----------------------------------------
+
+- All ``sap`` 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 ``fmt`` alias of ``cmd_runner_fmt`` has been removed. Use ``cmd_runner_fmt`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6428).
+- newrelic_deployment - the ``appname`` and ``environment`` options have been removed. They did not do anything (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6428).
+- puppet - the alias ``show-diff`` of the ``show_diff`` option has been removed. Use ``show_diff`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6428).
+- xfconf - generating facts was deprecated in community.general 3.0.0, however three factoids, ``property``, ``channel`` and ``value`` continued to be generated by mistake. This behaviour has been removed and ``xfconf`` generate no facts whatsoever (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5502).
+- xfconf - generating facts was deprecated in community.general 3.0.0, however two factoids, ``previous_value`` and ``type`` continued to be generated by mistake. This behaviour has been removed and ``xfconf`` generate no facts whatsoever (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5502).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ModuleHelper - fix bug when adjusting the name of reserved output variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5755).
+- alternatives - support subcommands on Fedora 37, which uses ``follower`` instead of ``slave`` (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).
+- ansible_galaxy_install - try ``C.UTF-8`` and then fall back to ``en_US.UTF-8`` before failing (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).
+- archive - reduce RAM usage by generating CRC32 checksum over chunks (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).
+- cartesian and flattened lookup plugins - adjust to parameter deprecation in ansible-core 2.14's ``listify_lookup_plugin_terms`` helper function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6074).
+- chroot connection plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` to vars under ``remote_addr``. This is needed for compatibility with ansible-core 2.13 (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).
+- cloudflare_dns - fixed the possiblity of setting a root-level SRV DNS record (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5972).
+- cmd_runner module utils - fixed bug when handling default cases in ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_map()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5538).
+- cmd_runner module utils - formatting arguments ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed()`` was expecting an non-existing argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5538).
+- dependent lookup plugin - avoid warning on deprecated parameter for ``Templar.template()`` (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).
+- dig lookup plugin - correctly handle DNSKEY record type's ``algorithm`` field (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).
+- gconftool2 - fix ``changed`` result always being ``true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6028).
+- gconftool2 - remove requirement of parameter ``value`` when ``state=absent`` (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).
+- gem - fix hang due to interactive prompt for confirmation on specific version uninstall (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).
+- gitlab_deploy_key - also update ``title`` and not just ``can_push`` (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).
+- gitlab_project_variables - fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5667).
+- gitlab_runner - fix ``KeyError`` on runner creation and update (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).
+- idrac_redfish_command - allow user to specify ``resource_id`` for ``CreateBiosConfigJob`` to specify an exact manager (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).
+- ini_file - make ``section`` parameter not required so it is possible to pass ``null`` 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).
+- interfaces_file - fix reading options in lines not starting with a space (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6120).
+- jail connection plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` to vars under ``remote_addr``. This is needed for compatibility with ansible-core 2.13 (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).
+- jenkins_plugin - fix error due to undefined variable when updates file is not downloaded (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6100).
+- keycloak - improve error messages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6318).
+- keycloak_client - fix accidental replacement of value for attribute ``saml.signing.private.key`` with ``no_log`` in wrong contexts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5934).
+- keycloak_client_rolemapping - calculate ``proposed`` and ``after`` return values properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5619).
+- keycloak_client_rolemapping - remove only listed mappings with ``state=absent`` (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).
+- 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).
+- loganalytics callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761).
+- logdna callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761).
+- logstash callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (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).
+- 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/pull/6034).
+- memset - fix memset urlerror handling (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).
+- nmcli - fix failure to handle WIFI settings when connection type not specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5431).
+- nmcli - fix improper detection of changes to ``wifi.wake-on-wlan`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5431).
+- nmcli - fixed idempotency issue for bridge connections. Module forced default value of ``bridge.priority`` to nmcli if not set; if ``bridge.stp`` 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/4683).
+- nmcli - fixed idempotency issue when module params is set to ``may_fail4=false`` and ``method4=disabled``; in this case nmcli ignores change and keeps their own default value ``yes`` (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).
+- nmcli - order is significant for lists of addresses (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/pull/5818).
+- one_vm - avoid splitting labels that are ``None`` (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).
+- 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).
+- onepassword_raw - add missing parameter to plugin documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5506).
+- opkg - fix issue that ``force=reinstall`` would not reinstall an existing package (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5705).
+- opkg - fixes bug when using ``update_cache=true`` (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).
+- pipx - fixed handling of ``install_deps=true`` with ``state=latest`` and ``state=upgrade`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6303).
+- portage - update the logic for generating the emerge command arguments to ensure that ``withbdeps: false`` results in a passing an ``n`` argument with the ``--with-bdeps`` emerge flag (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6451, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6456).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - fix bug while templating when using templates for the ``url``, ``user``, ``password``, ``token_id``, or ``token_secret`` options (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).
+- proxmox_disk - avoid duplicate ``vmid`` reference (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5492, 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).
+- proxmox_disk - fixed possible issues with redundant ``vmid`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5492, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5672).
+- proxmox_nic - fixed possible issues with redundant ``vmid`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5492, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5672).
+- puppet - handling ``noop`` 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/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).
+- redhat_subscription - do not ignore ``consumer_name`` and other variables if ``activationkey`` is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3486, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5627).
+- redhat_subscription - do not pass arguments to ``subscription-manager register`` for things already configured; now a specified ``rhsm_baseurl`` is properly set for subscription-manager (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5583).
+- redhat_subscription - do not use D-Bus for registering when ``environment`` 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).
+- redhat_subscription - try to unregister only when already registered when ``force_register`` is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6258, 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 ``environment`` (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 ``console-helper`` prompt; they all interact with ``subscription-manager``, which already requires to be run as root (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/734, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6211).
+- rhsm_release - make ``release`` parameter not required so it is possible to pass ``null`` 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).
+- rundeck module utils - fix errors caused by the API empty responses (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6300)
+- rundeck_acl_policy - fix ``TypeError - byte indices must be integers or slices, not str`` error caused by empty API response. Update the module to use ``module_utils.rundeck`` functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5887, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6300).
+- rundeck_project - update the module to use ``module_utils.rundeck`` functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5742) (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 ``lxd.lxc`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6361).
+- splunk callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761).
+- sumologic callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761).
+- syslog_json callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761).
+- terraform - fix ``current`` workspace never getting appended to the ``all`` key in the ``workspace_ctf`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5735).
+- terraform - fix ``terraform init`` failure when there are multiple workspaces on the remote backend and when ``default`` workspace is missing by setting ``TF_WORKSPACE`` environmental variable to the value of ``workspace`` when used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5735).
+- terraform - fix broken ``warn()`` call (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).
+- terraform module - disable ANSI escape sequences during validation phase (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 ``fetch_attachments`` and ``file_download_path`` variables to download attachments (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).
+- 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).
+- various plugins and modules - remove unnecessary imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5940).
+- vdo - now uses ``yaml.safe_load()`` to parse command output instead of the deprecated ``yaml.load()`` which is potentially unsafe. Using ``yaml.load()`` without explicitely setting a ``Loader=`` is also an error in pyYAML 6.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5632).
+- vmadm - fix for index out of range error in ``get_vm_uuid`` (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).
+- xfs_quota - in case of a project quota, the call to ``xfs_quota`` did not initialize/reset the project (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5143).
+- xml - fixed a bug where empty ``children`` list would not be set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5808).
+- yarn - fix ``global=true`` to check for the configured global folder instead of assuming the default (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5829)
+- yarn - fix ``global=true`` to not fail when `executable` wasn't specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6132)
+- yarn - fix ``state=absent`` not working with ``global=true`` when the package does not include a binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5829)
+- yarn - fix ``state=latest`` not working with ``global=true`` (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 ``yarn.list`` method was not filtering out warnings (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).
+- zypper - make package managing work on readonly filesystem of openSUSE MicroOS (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5615).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- merge_variables - merge variables with a certain suffix
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- btrfs_info - Query btrfs filesystem info
+- btrfs_subvolume - Manage btrfs subvolumes
+- gitlab_project_badge - Manage project badges on GitLab Server
+- ilo_redfish_command - Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
+- ipbase_info - Retrieve IP geolocation and other facts of a host's IP address using the ipbase.com API
+- kdeconfig - Manage KDE configuration files
+- keycloak_authz_authorization_scope - Allows administration of Keycloak client authorization scopes via Keycloak API
+- keycloak_clientscope_type - Set the type of aclientscope in realm or client via Keycloak API
+- keycloak_clientsecret_info - Retrieve client secret via Keycloak API
+- keycloak_clientsecret_regenerate - Regenerate Keycloak client secret via Keycloak API
+- ocapi_command - Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Open Composable API (OCAPI)
+- ocapi_info - Manages Out-Of-Band controllers using Open Composable API (OCAPI)

CHANGELOG.rst.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

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+<!--
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+
 # Contributing
 
 We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our contributions and interactions within this repository.
@@ -24,8 +30,8 @@ Also, consider taking up a valuable, reviewed, but abandoned pull request which
 
 * Try committing your changes with an informative but short commit message.
 * Do not squash your commits and force-push to your branch if not needed. Reviews of your pull request are much easier with individual commits to comprehend the pull request history. All commits of your pull request branch will be squashed into one commit by GitHub upon merge.
-* Do not add merge commits to your PR. The bot will complain and you will have to rebase ([instructions for rebasing](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_rebasing.html)) to remove them before your PR can be merged. To avoid that git automatically does merges during pulls, you can configure it to do rebases instead by running `git config pull.rebase true` inside the respository checkout.
-* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#changelogs-how-to). (You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins, except for test and filter plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
+* Do not add merge commits to your PR. The bot will complain and you will have to rebase ([instructions for rebasing](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_rebasing.html)) to remove them before your PR can be merged. To avoid that git automatically does merges during pulls, you can configure it to do rebases instead by running `git config pull.rebase true` inside the repository checkout.
+* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments). (You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
 * Avoid reformatting unrelated parts of the codebase in your PR. These types of changes will likely be requested for reversion, create additional work for reviewers, and may cause approval to be delayed.
 
 You can also read [our Quick-start development guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/create_pr_quick_start_guide.rst).
@@ -36,6 +42,54 @@ If you want to test a PR locally, refer to [our testing guide](https://github.co
 
 If you find any inconsistencies or places in this document which can be improved, feel free to raise an issue or pull request to fix it.
 
+## Run sanity, unit or integration tests locally
+
+You have to check out the repository into a specific path structure to be able to run `ansible-test`. The path to the git checkout must end with `.../ansible_collections/community/general`. Please see [our testing guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/test_pr_locally_guide.rst) for instructions on how to check out the repository into a correct path structure. The short version of these instructions is:
+
+```.bash
+mkdir -p ~/dev/ansible_collections/community
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/general
+cd ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/general
+```
+
+Then you can run `ansible-test` (which is a part of [ansible-core](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core/)) inside the checkout. The following example commands expect that you have installed Docker or Podman. Note that Podman has only been supported by more recent ansible-core releases. If you are using Docker, the following will work with Ansible 2.9+.
+
+The following commands show how to run sanity tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run sanity tests for all files in the collection:
+ansible-test sanity --docker -v
+
+# Run sanity tests for the given files and directories:
+ansible-test sanity --docker -v plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
+```
+
+The following commands show how to run unit tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run all unit tests:
+ansible-test units --docker -v
+
+# Run all unit tests for one Python version (a lot faster):
+ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8
+
+# Run a specific unit test (for the nmcli module) for one Python version:
+ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools/test_nmcli.py
+```
+
+The following commands show how to run integration tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run integration tests for the interfaces_files module in a Docker container using the
+# fedora35 operating system image (the supported images depend on your ansible-core version):
+ansible-test integration --docker fedora35 -v interfaces_file
+
+# Run integration tests for the flattened lookup **without any isolation**:
+ansible-test integration -v lookup_flattened
+```
+
+If you are unsure about the integration test target name for a module or plugin, you can take a look in `tests/integration/targets/`. Tests for plugins have the plugin type prepended.
+
 ## Creating new modules or plugins
 
 Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Requests.
@@ -58,13 +112,9 @@ Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Reques
    - Make sure that new plugins and modules have tests (unit tests, integration tests, or both); it is preferable to have some tests
      which run in CI.
 
-4. For modules and action plugins, make sure to create your module/plugin in the correct subdirectory, and create a symbolic link
-   from `plugins/modules/` respectively `plugins/action/` to the actual module/plugin code. (Other plugin types should not use
-   subdirectories.)
-
-   - Action plugins need to be accompanied by a module, even if the module file only contains documentation
-     (`DOCUMENTATION`, `EXAMPLES` and `RETURN`). The module must have the same name and directory path in `plugins/modules/`
-     than the action plugin has in `plugins/action/`.
+4. Action plugins need to be accompanied by a module, even if the module file only contains documentation
+   (`DOCUMENTATION`, `EXAMPLES` and `RETURN`). The module must have the same name and directory path in `plugins/modules/`
+   than the action plugin has in `plugins/action/`.
 
 5. Make sure to add a BOTMETA entry for your new module/plugin in `.github/BOTMETA.yml`. Search for other plugins/modules in the
    same directory to see how entries could look. You should list all authors either as `maintainers` or under `ignore`. People

LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+

LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt

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

LICENSES/MIT.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2
+--------------------------------------------
+
+1. This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between the Python Software Foundation
+("PSF"), and the Individual or Organization ("Licensee") accessing and
+otherwise using this software ("Python") in source or binary form and
+its associated documentation.
+
+2. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, PSF hereby
+grants Licensee a nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce,
+analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works,
+distribute, and otherwise use Python alone or in any derivative version,
+provided, however, that PSF's License Agreement and PSF's notice of copyright,
+i.e., "Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
+2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Python Software Foundation;
+All Rights Reserved" are retained in Python alone or in any derivative version
+prepared by Licensee.
+
+3. In the event Licensee prepares a derivative work that is based on
+or incorporates Python or any part thereof, and wants to make
+the derivative work available to others as provided herein, then
+Licensee hereby agrees to include in any such work a brief summary of
+the changes made to Python.
+
+4. PSF is making Python available to Licensee on an "AS IS"
+basis.  PSF MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED.  BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PSF MAKES NO AND
+DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
+FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF PYTHON WILL NOT
+INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.
+
+5. PSF SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY OTHER USERS OF PYTHON
+FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS AS
+A RESULT OF MODIFYING, DISTRIBUTING, OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON,
+OR ANY DERIVATIVE THEREOF, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF.
+
+6. This License Agreement will automatically terminate upon a material
+breach of its terms and conditions.
+
+7. Nothing in this License Agreement shall be deemed to create any
+relationship of agency, partnership, or joint venture between PSF and
+Licensee.  This License Agreement does not grant permission to use PSF
+trademarks or trade name in a trademark sense to endorse or promote
+products or services of Licensee, or any third party.
+
+8. By copying, installing or otherwise using Python, Licensee
+agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this License
+Agreement.

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+<!--
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+
 # Community General Collection
 
-[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=main)](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)
 
 This repository contains the `community.general` Ansible Collection. The collection is a part of the Ansible package and includes many modules and plugins supported by Ansible community which are not part of more specialized community collections.
@@ -17,7 +24,9 @@ If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https:
 
 ## Tested with Ansible
 
-Tested with the current Ansible 2.9, ansible-base 2.10, ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible versions before 2.9.10 are not supported.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.11.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
+
+Parts of this collection will not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.
 
 ## External requirements
 
@@ -64,13 +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
 
@@ -80,7 +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:
@@ -108,7 +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/main/CHANGELOG.rst).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CHANGELOG.rst).
 
 ## Roadmap
 
@@ -125,6 +134,10 @@ See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues
 
 ## Licensing
 
-GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
+This collection is primarily licensed and distributed as a whole under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
 
-See [COPYING](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) to see 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/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/).

changelogs/.gitignore

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

changelogs/changelog.yaml.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

changelogs/config.yaml

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

changelogs/fragments/1085-consul-acl-hcl-whitelist-update.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - consul_acl - update the hcl allowlist to include all supported options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2495).

changelogs/fragments/1334-jenkins-plugin-fallback-urls.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - jenkins_plugin - add fallback url(s) for failure of plugin installation/download (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1334).

changelogs/fragments/1942_timezone.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-- timezone - print error message to debug instead of warning when timedatectl fails (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1942).

changelogs/fragments/2045-bitbucket_support_basic_auth.yaml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - bitbucket_* modules - add ``user`` and ``password`` options for Basic authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2045).
-deprecated_features:
-  - bitbucket_* modules - ``username`` options have been deprecated in favor of ``workspace`` and will be removed in community.general 6.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2045).
-major_changes:
-  - "bitbucket_* modules - ``client_id`` is no longer marked as ``no_log=true``. If you relied on its value not showing up in logs and output, please mark the whole tasks with ``no_log: true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2045)."

changelogs/fragments/2126-consul_kv-pass-token.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - consul_kv lookup plugin - allow to set ``recurse``, ``index``, ``datacenter`` and ``token`` as keyword arguments
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2124).

changelogs/fragments/2284-influxdb_retention_policy-fix_duration_parsing.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - influxdb_retention_policy - fix bug where ``INF`` duration values failed parsing
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2385).

changelogs/fragments/2323-groupby_as_dict-filter.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-add plugin.filter:
-  - name: groupby_as_dict
-    description: Transform a sequence of dictionaries to a dictionary where the dictionaries are indexed by an attribute

changelogs/fragments/2334-redfish_config-skip-incorrect-attributes.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_utils module utils - modified set_bios_attributes function to skip invalid attribute instead of returning. Added skipped attributes to output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1995).
-  - idrac_redfish_config - modified set_manager_attributes function to skip invalid attribute instead of returning. Added skipped attributes to output. Modified module exit to add warning variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1995).
-  - redfish_config - modified module exit to add warning variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1995).

changelogs/fragments/2337-mark-inventory-scripts-executable.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - inventory and vault scripts - change file permissions to make vendored inventory and vault scripts exectuable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2337).

changelogs/fragments/2348-composer-no-interaction-option-discovery-to-avoid-hang.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - composer - use ``no-interaction`` option when discovering available options to avoid an issue where composer hangs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2348).

changelogs/fragments/2355-spotinst_aws_elastigroup-list-elements.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - spotinst_aws_elastigroup - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2355).

changelogs/fragments/2364-influxdb_user-first_user.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - influxdb_user - allow creation of admin users when InfluxDB authentication
-    is enabled but no other user exists on the database. In this scenario,
-    InfluxDB 1.x allows only ``CREATE USER`` queries and rejects any other query
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2364).

changelogs/fragments/2369-lvol_size_bug_fixes.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - lvol - fixed size unit capitalization to match units used between different tools for comparison (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2360).
-  - lvol - fixed rounding errors (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2370).

changelogs/fragments/2373-svr4pkg-fix-typeerror.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - svr4pkg - convert string to a bytes-like object to avoid ``TypeError`` with Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2373).

changelogs/fragments/2383-influxdb_retention_policy-add-state-option.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - influxdb_retention_policy - add ``state`` parameter with allowed values
-    ``present`` and ``absent`` to support deletion of existing retention policies
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2383).
-  - influxdb_retention_policy - simplify duration logic parsing
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2385).

changelogs/fragments/2393-module_helper-breakdown.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - module_helper module utils - break down of the long file into smaller pieces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2393).

changelogs/fragments/2407-puppet-change_stdout_to_console.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - puppet - replace ``console` with ``stdout`` in ``logdest`` option when ``all`` has been chosen (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1190).

changelogs/fragments/2409-nmcli_add_slave-type_bridge_to_nmcli_command_if_type_is_bridge-slave.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - if type is ``bridge-slave`` add ``slave-type bridge`` to ``nmcli`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2408).

changelogs/fragments/2410-linode-improvements.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - linode - parameter ``backupsenabled`` is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2410).
-minor_changes:
-  - linode - added proper traceback when failing due to exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2410).
-  - linode - parameter ``additional_disks`` is now validated as a list of dictionaries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2410).

changelogs/fragments/2411-snap-revamp-enabled-disabled-states.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - snap - added ``enabled`` and ``disabled`` states (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1990).

changelogs/fragments/2416-nmcli_compare_mac_addresses_case_insensitively.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - compare MAC addresses case insensitively to fix idempotency issue (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2409).

changelogs/fragments/2417-nmcli_remove_dead_code.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - remove dead code, ``options`` never contains keys from ``param_alias`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2417).

changelogs/fragments/2430-linodev4-error-message.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - linode_v4 - changed the error message to point to the correct bugtracker URL (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2430).

changelogs/fragments/2435-one_vm-fix_missing_keys.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - one_vm - Allow missing NIC keys (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2435).

changelogs/fragments/2448-stackpath_compute-fix.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- "stackpath_compute inventory script - fix broken validation checks for client ID and client secret (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2448)."

changelogs/fragments/2450-gitlab_user-add_expires_at_option.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_user - add ``expires_at`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2325).

changelogs/fragments/2454-detect_zfs_changed.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - zfs - certain ZFS properties, especially sizes, would lead to a task being falsely marked as "changed" even when no actual change was made (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/975, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2454).

changelogs/fragments/2461-ovirt4-fix-configparser.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - ovir4 inventory script - improve configparser creation to avoid crashes for options without values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/674).

changelogs/fragments/2472_filesystem_module_revamp.yml

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - "filesystem - cleanup and revamp module, tests and doc. Pass all commands to
-    ``module.run_command()`` as lists. Move the device-vs-mountpoint logic to
-    ``grow()`` method. Give to all ``get_fs_size()`` the same logic and error
-    handling. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2472)."
-bugfixes:
-  - "filesystem - repair ``reiserfs`` fstype support after adding it to integration
-    tests (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2472)."

changelogs/fragments/2485-java_keystore-ssl_backend-parameter.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - java_keystore - added ``ssl_backend`` parameter for using the cryptography library instead of the OpenSSL binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2485).

changelogs/fragments/2499-influxdb_user-fix-multiple-no-privileges.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - influxdb_user - fix bug where an influxdb user has no privileges for 2 or more databases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2499).

changelogs/fragments/2500-passwordstore-add_option_ignore_missing.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - passwordstore lookup - add option ``missing`` to choose what to do if the password file is missing
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2500).

changelogs/fragments/2510-jenkins_plugin_use_post_method.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - jenkins_plugin - use POST method for sending request to jenkins API when ``state`` option is one of ``enabled``, ``disabled``, ``pinned``, ``unpinned``, or ``absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2510).

changelogs/fragments/2514-mh-improved-changed.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ModuleHelper module utils - improved mechanism for customizing the calculation of ``changed`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2514).

changelogs/fragments/2516_fix_2515_keystore_type_jks.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - "java_keystore - add parameter ``keystore_type`` to control output file format and override ``keytool``'s
-    default, which depends on Java version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2515)."

changelogs/fragments/2517-cmd-params-from-vars.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - cmd (Module Helper) module utils - ``CmdMixin`` now pulls the value for ``run_command()`` params from ``self.vars``, as opposed to previously retrieving those from ``self.module.params`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2517).

changelogs/fragments/2518-nmap-fix-cache-disabled.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmap inventory plugin - fix local variable error when cache is disabled (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2512).

changelogs/fragments/2520-connection-refactors.yml

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - chroot connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - funcd connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - iocage connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - jail connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - lxc connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - qubes connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - saltstack connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - zone connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).

changelogs/fragments/2521-flatpak-list.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- flatpak - allows installing or uninstalling a list of packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2521).

changelogs/fragments/2524-pacman_add_bin_option.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - pacman - add ``executable`` option to use an alternative pacman binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2524).

changelogs/fragments/2525-iptables_state-fix-initialization-command.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - "iptables_state - fix initialization of iptables from null state when adressing
-    more than one table (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2523)."
-  - "iptables_state - fix a 'FutureWarning' in a regex and do some basic code clean up
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2525)."

changelogs/fragments/2526-java_keystore-password-via-stdin.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - "java_keystore - replace envvar by stdin to pass secret to ``keytool``
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2526)."

changelogs/fragments/2540-zfs-delegate-choices.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - zfs_delegate_admin - drop choices from permissions, allowing any permission supported by the underlying zfs commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2540).

changelogs/fragments/2556-add-comment_visibility-parameter-for-comment-operation-of-jira-module.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - jira - add comment visibility parameter for comment operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2556).

changelogs/fragments/2557-cloud-misc-refactor.yml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - cloud_init_data_facts - minor refactor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2557).
-  - proxmox_group_info - minor refactor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2557).
-  - proxmox_kvm - minor refactor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2557).
-  - rhevm - minor refactor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2557).
-  - serverless - minor refactor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2557).
-  - terraform - minor refactor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2557).

changelogs/fragments/2560-java_cert-pkcs12-alias-bugfix.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "java_cert - fix issue with incorrect alias used on PKCS#12 certificate import (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2560)."

changelogs/fragments/2564-mh-cmd-process-output.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - module_helper module utils - method ``CmdMixin.run_command()`` now accepts ``process_output`` specifying a function to process the outcome of the underlying ``module.run_command()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2564).

changelogs/fragments/2568-ssh_config-reduce-stormssh-searches-based-on-host.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ssh_config - reduce stormssh searches based on host (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2568/).

changelogs/fragments/2571-rhsm_release-fix-release_matcher.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - rhsm_release - fix the issue that module considers 8, 7Client and 7Workstation as invalid releases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2571).

changelogs/fragments/2573-terraform-overwrite-init.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - terraform - add option ``overwrite_init`` to skip init if exists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2573).

changelogs/fragments/2578-ini-file-utf8-bom.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ini_file - opening file with encoding ``utf-8-sig`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2189).

changelogs/fragments/2579-redis-cache-ipv6.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - redis cache - improved connection string parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/497).

changelogs/fragments/2590-netcup_dns-exception-no-message-attr.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - netcup_dns - use ``str(ex)`` instead of unreliable ``ex.message`` in exception handling to fix ``AttributeError`` in error cases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2590).

changelogs/fragments/2614-influxdb_user-fix-issue-introduced-in-PR#2499.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - influxdb_user - fix bug which removed current privileges instead of appending them to existing ones (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2609, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2614).

changelogs/fragments/2616-archive-exclusion_patterns-option.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - archive - added ``exclusion_patterns`` option to exclude files or subdirectories from archives (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2616).

changelogs/fragments/2632-cleanup.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- "Remove unnecessary ``__init__.py`` files from ``plugins/`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2632)."

changelogs/fragments/2634-terraform-switch-workspace.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - terraform - ensure the workspace is set back to its previous value when the apply fails (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2634).

changelogs/fragments/2635-nmcli-add-ignore-auto-arguments.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - add new options to ignore automatic DNS servers and gateways (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1087).

changelogs/fragments/2648-proxmox_kvm-fix-vmid-return-value.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - fixed ``vmid`` return value when VM with ``name`` already exists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2648).

changelogs/fragments/2650-composer-add_composer_executable.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - composer - add ``composer_executable`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2649).