Release 11.2.1.

pacemaker_resource: Fix resource_type parameter (#10663)

* Ensure resource standard, provider, and name are proper format

* Add changelog fragment

* Update changelogs/fragments/10663-pacemaker-resource-fix-resource-type.yml



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(cherry picked from commit b9385d7fe8)

Co-authored-by: Dexter <45038532+munchtoast@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

.azure-pipelines/README.md

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

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

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+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+trigger:
+  batch: true
+  branches:
+    include:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+
+pr:
+  autoCancel: true
+  branches:
+    include:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+
+schedules:
+  - cron: 0 8 * * *
+    displayName: Nightly (main)
+    always: true
+    branches:
+      include:
+        - main
+  - cron: 0 10 * * *
+    displayName: Nightly (active stable branches)
+    always: true
+    branches:
+      include:
+        - stable-11
+        - stable-10
+  - cron: 0 11 * * 0
+    displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
+    always: true
+    branches:
+      include:
+        - stable-9
+
+variables:
+  - name: checkoutPath
+    value: ansible_collections/community/general
+  - name: coverageBranches
+    value: main
+  - name: entryPoint
+    value: tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
+  - name: fetchDepth
+    value: 0
+
+resources:
+  containers:
+    - container: default
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:7.0.0
+
+pool: Standard
+
+stages:
+### Sanity
+  - stage: Sanity_devel
+    displayName: Sanity devel
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: devel/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
+  - stage: Sanity_2_19
+    displayName: Sanity 2.19
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.19/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
+  - stage: Sanity_2_18
+    displayName: Sanity 2.18
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.18/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
+  - stage: Sanity_2_17
+    displayName: Sanity 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.17/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
+### Units
+  - stage: Units_devel
+    displayName: Units devel
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.9
+            - test: '3.10'
+            - test: '3.11'
+            - test: '3.12'
+            - test: '3.13'
+            - test: '3.14'
+  - stage: Units_2_19
+    displayName: Units 2.19
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.19/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.8
+            - test: "3.11"
+            - test: "3.13"
+  - stage: Units_2_18
+    displayName: Units 2.18
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.18/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.8
+            - test: "3.11"
+            - test: "3.13"
+  - stage: Units_2_17
+    displayName: Units 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.17/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.7
+            - test: "3.10"
+            - test: "3.12"
+
+## Remote
+  - stage: Remote_devel_extra_vms
+    displayName: Remote devel extra VMs
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: devel/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Alpine 3.22
+              test: alpine/3.22
+            # - name: Fedora 42
+            #   test: fedora/42
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu/22.04
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu/24.04
+          groups:
+            - vm
+  - stage: Remote_devel
+    displayName: Remote devel
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: devel/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: macOS 15.3
+              test: macos/15.3
+            - name: RHEL 10.0
+              test: rhel/10.0
+            - name: RHEL 9.6
+              test: rhel/9.6
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.3
+              test: freebsd/14.3
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.5
+              test: freebsd/13.5
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_19
+    displayName: Remote 2.19
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.19/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: RHEL 9.5
+              test: rhel/9.5
+            - name: RHEL 10.0
+              test: rhel/10.0
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.2
+              test: freebsd/14.2
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_18
+    displayName: Remote 2.18
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.18/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: macOS 14.3
+              test: macos/14.3
+            - name: RHEL 9.4
+              test: rhel/9.4
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.1
+              test: freebsd/14.1
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_17
+    displayName: Remote 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.17/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.5
+              test: freebsd/13.5
+            - name: RHEL 9.3
+              test: rhel/9.3
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+
+### Docker
+  - stage: Docker_devel
+    displayName: Docker devel
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 42
+              test: fedora42
+            - name: Alpine 3.22
+              test: alpine322
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu2204
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu2404
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_19
+    displayName: Docker 2.19
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.19/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 41
+              test: fedora41
+            - name: Alpine 3.21
+              test: alpine321
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_18
+    displayName: Docker 2.18
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.18/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 40
+              test: fedora40
+            - name: Alpine 3.20
+              test: alpine320
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu2404
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_17
+    displayName: Docker 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.17/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 39
+              test: fedora39
+            - name: Alpine 3.19
+              test: alpine319
+            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
+              test: ubuntu2004
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+
+### Community Docker
+  - stage: Docker_community_devel
+    displayName: Docker (community images) devel
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: devel/linux-community/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Debian Bullseye
+              test: debian-bullseye/3.9
+            - name: Debian Bookworm
+              test: debian-bookworm/3.11
+            - name: ArchLinux
+              test: archlinux/3.13
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+
+### Generic
+# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+#  - stage: Generic_devel
+#    displayName: Generic devel
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.9'
+#            - test: '3.12'
+#            - test: '3.14'
+#  - stage: Generic_2_19
+#    displayName: Generic 2.19
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: 2.19/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.9'
+#            - test: '3.13'
+#  - stage: Generic_2_18
+#    displayName: Generic 2.18
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: 2.18/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.8'
+#            - test: '3.13'
+#  - stage: Generic_2_17
+#    displayName: Generic 2.17
+#    dependsOn: []
+#    jobs:
+#      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+#        parameters:
+#          nameFormat: Python {0}
+#          testFormat: 2.17/generic/{0}/1
+#          targets:
+#            - test: '3.7'
+#            - test: '3.12'
+
+  - stage: Summary
+    condition: succeededOrFailed()
+    dependsOn:
+      - Sanity_devel
+      - Sanity_2_19
+      - Sanity_2_18
+      - Sanity_2_17
+      - Units_devel
+      - Units_2_19
+      - Units_2_18
+      - Units_2_17
+      - Remote_devel_extra_vms
+      - Remote_devel
+      - Remote_2_19
+      - Remote_2_18
+      - Remote_2_17
+      - Docker_devel
+      - Docker_2_19
+      - Docker_2_18
+      - Docker_2_17
+      - Docker_community_devel
+# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+#      - Generic_devel
+#      - Generic_2_19
+#      - Generic_2_18
+#      - Generic_2_17
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/coverage.yml

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

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

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

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+"""
+Combine coverage data from multiple jobs, keeping the data only from the most recent attempt from each job.
+Coverage artifacts must be named using the format: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) {StableUniqueNameForEachJob}"
+The recommended coverage artifact name format is: Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)
+Keep in mind that Azure Pipelines does not enforce unique job display names (only names).
+It is up to pipeline authors to avoid name collisions when deviating from the recommended format.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main program entry point."""
+    source_directory = sys.argv[1]
+
+    if '/ansible_collections/' in os.getcwd():
+        output_path = "tests/output"
+    else:
+        output_path = "test/results"
+
+    destination_directory = os.path.join(output_path, 'coverage')
+
+    if not os.path.exists(destination_directory):
+        os.makedirs(destination_directory)
+
+    jobs = {}
+    count = 0
+
+    for name in os.listdir(source_directory):
+        match = re.search('^Coverage (?P<attempt>[0-9]+) (?P<label>.+)$', name)
+        label = match.group('label')
+        attempt = int(match.group('attempt'))
+        jobs[label] = max(attempt, jobs.get(label, 0))
+
+    for label, attempt in jobs.items():
+        name = 'Coverage {attempt} {label}'.format(label=label, attempt=attempt)
+        source = os.path.join(source_directory, name)
+        source_files = os.listdir(source)
+
+        for source_file in source_files:
+            source_path = os.path.join(source, source_file)
+            destination_path = os.path.join(destination_directory, source_file + '.' + label)
+            print('"%s" -> "%s"' % (source_path, destination_path))
+            shutil.copyfile(source_path, destination_path)
+            count += 1
+
+    print('Coverage file count: %d' % count)
+    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=coverageFileCount]%d' % count)
+    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]%s' % output_path)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

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

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Check the test results and set variables for use in later steps.
+
+set -o pipefail -eu
+
+if [[ "$PWD" =~ /ansible_collections/ ]]; then
+    output_path="tests/output"
+else
+    output_path="test/results"
+fi
+
+echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]${output_path}"
+
+if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/junit/*.xml' > /dev/null; then
+    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveTestResults]true"
+fi
+
+if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/bot/ansible-test-*' > /dev/null; then
+    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveBotResults]true"
+fi
+
+if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/coverage/*' > /dev/null; then
+    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveCoverageData]true"
+fi

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

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

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

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Generate code coverage reports for uploading to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
+
+set -o pipefail -eu
+
+PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
+
+if ! ansible-test --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # Install the devel version of ansible-test for generating code coverage reports.
+    # This is only used by Ansible Collections, which are typically tested against multiple Ansible versions (in separate jobs).
+    # Since a version of ansible-test is required that can work the output from multiple older releases, the devel version is used.
+    pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
+fi
+
+ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v

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

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Configure the test environment and run the tests.
+
+set -o pipefail -eu
+
+entry_point="$1"
+test="$2"
+read -r -a coverage_branches <<< "$3"  # space separated list of branches to run code coverage on for scheduled builds
+
+export COMMIT_MESSAGE
+export COMPLETE
+export COVERAGE
+export IS_PULL_REQUEST
+
+if [ "${SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_TARGETBRANCH:-}" ]; then
+    IS_PULL_REQUEST=true
+    COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 HEAD^2)
+else
+    IS_PULL_REQUEST=
+    COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 HEAD)
+fi
+
+COMPLETE=
+COVERAGE=
+
+if [ "${BUILD_REASON}" = "Schedule" ]; then
+    COMPLETE=yes
+
+    if printf '%s\n' "${coverage_branches[@]}" | grep -q "^${BUILD_SOURCEBRANCHNAME}$"; then
+        COVERAGE=yes
+    fi
+fi
+
+"${entry_point}" "${test}" 2>&1 | "$(dirname "$0")/time-command.py"

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

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+"""Prepends a relative timestamp to each input line from stdin and writes it to stdout."""
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import sys
+import time
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main program entry point."""
+    start = time.time()
+
+    sys.stdin.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
+    sys.stdout.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
+
+    for line in sys.stdin:
+        seconds = time.time() - start
+        sys.stdout.write('%02d:%02d %s' % (seconds // 60, seconds % 60, line))
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# This template adds a job for processing code coverage data.
+# It will upload results to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
+# Use it from a job stage that completes after all other jobs have completed.
+# This can be done by placing it in a separate summary stage that runs after the test stage(s) have completed.
+
+jobs:
+  - job: Coverage
+    displayName: Code Coverage
+    container: default
+    workspace:
+      clean: all
+    steps:
+      - checkout: self
+        fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
+        path: $(checkoutPath)
+      - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
+        displayName: Download Coverage Data
+        inputs:
+          path: coverage/
+          patterns: "Coverage */*=coverage.combined"
+      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py coverage/
+        displayName: Combine Coverage Data
+      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh
+        displayName: Generate Coverage Report
+        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
+      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py "$(outputPath)"
+        displayName: Publish to codecov.io
+        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
+        continueOnError: true

.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# This template uses the provided targets and optional groups to generate a matrix which is then passed to the test template.
+# If this matrix template does not provide the required functionality, consider using the test template directly instead.
+
+parameters:
+  # A required list of dictionaries, one per test target.
+  # Each item in the list must contain a "test" or "name" key.
+  # Both may be provided. If one is omitted, the other will be used.
+  - name: targets
+    type: object
+
+  # An optional list of values which will be used to multiply the targets list into a matrix.
+  # Values can be strings or numbers.
+  - name: groups
+    type: object
+    default: []
+
+  # An optional format string used to generate the job name.
+  # - {0} is the name of an item in the targets list.
+  - name: nameFormat
+    type: string
+    default: "{0}"
+
+  # An optional format string used to generate the test name.
+  # - {0} is the name of an item in the targets list.
+  - name: testFormat
+    type: string
+    default: "{0}"
+
+  # An optional format string used to add the group to the job name.
+  # {0} is the formatted name of an item in the targets list.
+  # {{1}} is the group -- be sure to include the double "{{" and "}}".
+  - name: nameGroupFormat
+    type: string
+    default: "{0} - {{1}}"
+
+  # An optional format string used to add the group to the test name.
+  # {0} is the formatted test of an item in the targets list.
+  # {{1}} is the group -- be sure to include the double "{{" and "}}".
+  - name: testGroupFormat
+    type: string
+    default: "{0}/{{1}}"
+
+jobs:
+  - template: test.yml
+    parameters:
+      jobs:
+        - ${{ if eq(length(parameters.groups), 0) }}:
+            - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
+                - name: ${{ format(parameters.nameFormat, coalesce(target.name, target.test)) }}
+                  test: ${{ format(parameters.testFormat, coalesce(target.test, target.name)) }}
+        - ${{ if not(eq(length(parameters.groups), 0)) }}:
+            - ${{ each group in parameters.groups }}:
+                - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
+                    - name: ${{ format(format(parameters.nameGroupFormat, parameters.nameFormat), coalesce(target.name, target.test), group) }}
+                      test: ${{ format(format(parameters.testGroupFormat, parameters.testFormat), coalesce(target.test, target.name), group) }}

.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# This template uses the provided list of jobs to create test one or more test jobs.
+# It can be used directly if needed, or through the matrix template.
+
+parameters:
+  # A required list of dictionaries, one per test job.
+  # Each item in the list must contain a "job" and "name" key.
+  - name: jobs
+    type: object
+
+jobs:
+  - ${{ each job in parameters.jobs }}:
+      - job: test_${{ replace(replace(replace(job.test, '/', '_'), '.', '_'), '-', '_') }}
+        displayName: ${{ job.name }}
+        container: default
+        workspace:
+          clean: all
+        steps:
+          - checkout: self
+            fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
+            path: $(checkoutPath)
+          - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh "$(entryPoint)" "${{ job.test }}" "$(coverageBranches)"
+            displayName: Run Tests
+          - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh
+            condition: succeededOrFailed()
+            displayName: Process Results
+          - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh "$(Agent.TempDirectory)"
+            condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
+            displayName: Aggregate Coverage Data
+          - task: PublishTestResults@2
+            condition: eq(variables.haveTestResults, 'true')
+            inputs:
+              testResultsFiles: "$(outputPath)/junit/*.xml"
+            displayName: Publish Test Results
+          - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
+            condition: eq(variables.haveBotResults, 'true')
+            displayName: Publish Bot Results
+            inputs:
+              targetPath: "$(outputPath)/bot/"
+              artifactName: "Bot $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"
+          - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
+            condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
+            displayName: Publish Coverage Data
+            inputs:
+              targetPath: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/coverage/"
+              artifactName: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"

.git-blame-ignore-revs

@@ -0,0 +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
+
+# YAML reformatting
+d032de3b16eed11ea3a31cd3d96d78f7c46a2ee0
+e8f965fbf8154ea177c6622da149f2ae8533bd3c
+e938ca5f20651abc160ee6aba10014013d04dcc1
+eaa5e07b2866e05b6c7b5628ca92e9cb1142d008

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -7,147 +7,147 @@ name: Bug report
 description: Create a report to help us improve
 
 body:
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: |
-      ⚠
-      Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
-      Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
-      *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ⚠
+        Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
+        Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
+        *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
 
-      [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+        [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
 
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Summary
-    description: Explain the problem briefly below.
-    placeholder: >-
-      When I try to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub, Y
-      breaks in a way Z under the env E. Here are all the details I know
-      about this problem...
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: dropdown
-  attributes:
-    label: Issue Type
-    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
-    options:
-    - Bug Report
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    # For smaller collections we could use a multi-select and hardcode the list
-    # May generate this list via GitHub action and walking files under https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/tree/main/plugins
-    # Select from list, filter as you type (`mysql` would only show the 3 mysql components)
-    # OR freeform - doesn't seem to be supported in adaptivecards
-    label: Component Name
-    description: >-
-      Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
-      *use your best guess if unsure*.
-    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Ansible Version
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` between
-      tripple backticks.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible --version
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Community.general Version
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
-      between tripple backticks.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Configuration
-    description: >-
-      If this issue has an example piece of YAML that can help to reproduce this problem, please provide it.
-      This can be a piece of YAML from, e.g., an automation, script, scene or configuration.
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed` between quotes
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
-
-      ```
-
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: OS / Environment
-    description: >-
-      Provide all relevant information below, e.g. target OS versions,
-      network device firmware, etc.
-    placeholder: RHEL 8, CentOS Stream etc.
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Steps to Reproduce
-    description: |
-      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also passed any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
-
-      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
-    value: |
-      <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
-      ```yaml (paste below)
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Expected Results
-    description: >-
-      Describe what you expected to happen when running the steps above.
-    placeholder: >-
-      I expected X to happen because I assumed Y.
-      that it did not.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Actual Results
-    description: |
-      Describe what actually happened. If possible run with extra verbosity (`-vvvv`).
-
-      Paste verbatim command output between quotes.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-
-      ```
-- type: checkboxes
-  attributes:
-    label: Code of Conduct
-    description: |
-      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
-    options:
-    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Summary
+      description: Explain the problem briefly below.
+      placeholder: >-
+        When I try to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub, Y
+        breaks in a way Z under the env E. Here are all the details I know
+        about this problem...
+    validations:
       required: true
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    attributes:
+      label: Issue Type
+      # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+      options:
+        - Bug Report
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      # For smaller collections we could use a multi-select and hardcode the list
+      # May generate this list via GitHub action and walking files under https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/tree/main/plugins
+      # Select from list, filter as you type (`mysql` would only show the 3 mysql components)
+      # OR freeform - doesn't seem to be supported in adaptivecards
+      label: Component Name
+      description: >-
+        Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
+        *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+      placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Ansible Version
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` between
+        tripple backticks.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible --version
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Community.general Version
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
+        between tripple backticks.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Configuration
+      description: >-
+        If this issue has an example piece of YAML that can help to reproduce this problem, please provide it.
+        This can be a piece of YAML from, e.g., an automation, script, scene or configuration.
+        Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed` between quotes
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
+
+        ```
+
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: OS / Environment
+      description: >-
+        Provide all relevant information below, e.g. target OS versions,
+        network device firmware, etc.
+      placeholder: RHEL 8, CentOS Stream etc.
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Steps to Reproduce
+      description: |
+        Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also passed any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
+
+        **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+      value: |
+        <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
+        ```yaml (paste below)
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Expected Results
+      description: >-
+        Describe what you expected to happen when running the steps above.
+      placeholder: >-
+        I expected X to happen because I assumed Y.
+        that it did not.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Actual Results
+      description: |
+        Describe what actually happened. If possible run with extra verbosity (`-vvvv`).
+
+        Paste verbatim command output between quotes.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+
+        ```
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: Code of Conduct
+      description: |
+        Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+          required: true
 ...

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -6,26 +6,26 @@
 # 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:
-- name: Security bug report
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
-  about: |
-    Please learn how to report security vulnerabilities here.
+  - name: Security bug report
+    url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
+    about: |
+      Please learn how to report security vulnerabilities here.
 
-    For all security related bugs, email security@ansible.com
-    instead of using this issue tracker and you will receive
-    a prompt response.
+      For all security related bugs, email security@ansible.com
+      instead of using this issue tracker and you will receive
+      a prompt response.
 
-    For more information, see
-    https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html
-- name: Ansible Code of Conduct
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
-  about: Be nice to other members of the community.
-- name: Talks to the community
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser#mailing-list-information
-  about: Please ask and answer usage questions here
-- name: Working groups
-  url: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki
-  about: Interested in improving a specific area? Become a part of a working group!
-- name: For Enterprise
-  url: https://www.ansible.com/products/engine?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
-  about: Red Hat offers support for the Ansible Automation Platform
+      For more information, see
+      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html
+  - name: Ansible Code of Conduct
+    url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
+    about: Be nice to other members of the community.
+  - name: Talks to the community
+    url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser#mailing-list-information
+    about: Please ask and answer usage questions here
+  - name: Working groups
+    url: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki
+    about: Interested in improving a specific area? Become a part of a working group!
+  - name: For Enterprise
+    url: https://www.ansible.com/products/engine?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser_ansible_collections
+    about: Red Hat offers support for the Ansible Automation Platform

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

@@ -8,122 +8,122 @@ description: Ask us about docs
 # NOTE: issue body is enabled to allow screenshots
 
 body:
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: |
-      ⚠
-      Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
-      Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
-      *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ⚠
+        Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
+        Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
+        *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
 
-      [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+        [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
 
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Summary
-    description: |
-      Explain the problem briefly below, add suggestions to wording or structure.
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Summary
+      description: |
+        Explain the problem briefly below, add suggestions to wording or structure.
 
-      **HINT:** Did you know the documentation has an `Edit on GitHub` link on every page?
-    placeholder: >-
-      I was reading the Collection documentation of version X and I'm having
-      problems understanding Y. It would be very helpful if that got
-      rephrased as Z.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: dropdown
-  attributes:
-    label: Issue Type
-    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
-    options:
-    - Documentation Report
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: input
-  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*.
-    placeholder: mysql_user
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Ansible Version
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` between
-      tripple backticks.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible --version
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Community.general Version
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
-      between tripple backticks.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Configuration
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed` between quotes.
-    value: |
-      ```console (paste below)
-      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: OS / Environment
-    description: >-
-      Provide all relevant information below, e.g. OS version,
-      browser, etc.
-    placeholder: Fedora 33, Firefox etc.
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Additional Information
-    description: |
-      Describe how this improves the documentation, e.g. before/after situation or screenshots.
-
-      **Tip:** It's not possible to upload the screenshot via this field directly but you can use the last textarea in this form to attach them.
-
-      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
-    placeholder: >-
-      When the improvement is applied, it makes it more straightforward
-      to understand X.
-  validations:
-    required: false
-
-- type: checkboxes
-  attributes:
-    label: Code of Conduct
-    description: |
-      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
-    options:
-    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+        **HINT:** Did you know the documentation has an `Edit on GitHub` link on every page?
+      placeholder: >-
+        I was reading the Collection documentation of version X and I'm having
+        problems understanding Y. It would be very helpful if that got
+        rephrased as Z.
+    validations:
       required: true
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    attributes:
+      label: Issue Type
+      # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+      options:
+        - Documentation Report
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: input
+    attributes:
+      label: Component Name
+      description: >-
+        Write the short name of the file, module, plugin, task or feature below,
+        *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+      placeholder: mysql_user
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Ansible Version
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` between
+        tripple backticks.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible --version
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Community.general Version
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
+        between tripple backticks.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Configuration
+      description: >-
+        Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed` between quotes.
+      value: |
+        ```console (paste below)
+        $ ansible-config dump --only-changed
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: OS / Environment
+      description: >-
+        Provide all relevant information below, e.g. OS version,
+        browser, etc.
+      placeholder: Fedora 33, Firefox etc.
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Additional Information
+      description: |
+        Describe how this improves the documentation, e.g. before/after situation or screenshots.
+
+        **Tip:** It's not possible to upload the screenshot via this field directly but you can use the last textarea in this form to attach them.
+
+        **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+      placeholder: >-
+        When the improvement is applied, it makes it more straightforward
+        to understand X.
+    validations:
+      required: false
+
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: Code of Conduct
+      description: |
+        Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+          required: true
 ...

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -7,67 +7,67 @@ name: Feature request
 description: Suggest an idea for this project
 
 body:
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: |
-      ⚠
-      Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
-      Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
-      *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        ⚠
+        Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on GitHub][issue search].
+        Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
+        *Complete **all** sections as described, this form is processed automatically.*
 
-      [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
+        [issue search]: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
 
 
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Summary
-    description: Describe the new feature/improvement briefly below.
-    placeholder: >-
-      I am trying to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub and
-      I think that implementing a feature Y would be very helpful for me and
-      every other user of community.general because of Z.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: dropdown
-  attributes:
-    label: Issue Type
-    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
-    options:
-    - Feature Idea
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: input
-  attributes:
-    label: Component Name
-    description: >-
-      Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
-      *use your best guess if unsure*.
-    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Additional Information
-    description: |
-      Describe how the feature would be used, why it is needed and what it would solve.
-
-      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
-    value: |
-      <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
-      ```yaml (paste below)
-
-      ```
-  validations:
-    required: false
-- type: checkboxes
-  attributes:
-    label: Code of Conduct
-    description: |
-      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
-    options:
-    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Summary
+      description: Describe the new feature/improvement briefly below.
+      placeholder: >-
+        I am trying to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub and
+        I think that implementing a feature Y would be very helpful for me and
+        every other user of community.general because of Z.
+    validations:
       required: true
+
+  - type: dropdown
+    attributes:
+      label: Issue Type
+      # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
+      options:
+        - Feature Idea
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: input
+    attributes:
+      label: Component Name
+      description: >-
+        Write the short name of the module or plugin, or which other part(s) of the collection this feature affects.
+        *use your best guess if unsure*. Do not include `community.general.`!
+      placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+
+  - type: textarea
+    attributes:
+      label: Additional Information
+      description: |
+        Describe how the feature would be used, why it is needed and what it would solve.
+
+        **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
+      value: |
+        <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
+        ```yaml (paste below)
+
+        ```
+    validations:
+      required: false
+  - type: checkboxes
+    attributes:
+      label: Code of Conduct
+      description: |
+        Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--ansible-collections) first.
+      options:
+        - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
+          required: true
 ...

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
+    groups:
+      ci:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"

.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

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

.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+---
+# 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 08:00 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
+
+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 (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }})
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - '2.16'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Perform sanity testing
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          testing-type: sanity
+          pre-test-cmd: >-
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
+
+  units:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: EOL Units (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+py${{ matrix.python }})
+    strategy:
+      # As soon as the first unit test fails, cancel the others to free up the CI queue
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - ''
+        python:
+          - ''
+        exclude:
+          - ansible: ''
+        include:
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            python: '2.7'
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            python: '3.6'
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            python: '3.11'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: >-
+          Perform unit testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          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: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          testing-type: units
+
+  integration:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: EOL I (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+${{ matrix.docker }}+py${{ matrix.python }}:${{ matrix.target }})
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - ''
+        docker:
+          - ''
+        python:
+          - ''
+        target:
+          - ''
+        exclude:
+          - ansible: ''
+        include:
+          # 2.16
+          # CentOS 7 does not work in GHA, that's why it's not listed here.
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: fedora38
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: fedora38
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: fedora38
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: opensuse15
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: opensuse15
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: opensuse15
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.16'
+            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: '2.16'
+          #   docker: default
+          #   python: '2.7'
+          #   target: azp/generic/1/
+          # - ansible: '2.16'
+          #   docker: default
+          #   python: '3.6'
+          #   target: azp/generic/1/
+          # - ansible: '2.16'
+          #   docker: default
+          #   python: '3.11'
+          #   target: azp/generic/1/
+
+    steps:
+      - name: >-
+          Perform integration testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          under Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          docker-image: ${{ matrix.docker }}
+          integration-continue-on-error: 'false'
+          integration-diff: 'false'
+          integration-retry-on-error: 'true'
+          # TODO: remove "--branch stable-2" from community.crypto install once we're only using ansible-core 2.17 or newer!
+          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 --branch stable-2 https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ../../community/crypto
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git ../../community/docker
+            ;
+            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

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+# 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@v5
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+        with:
+          languages: python
+
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3

.github/workflows/nox.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+# 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: nox
+'on':
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+  pull_request:
+  # Run CI once per day (at 08:00 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 8 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  nox:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: "Run extra sanity tests"
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out collection
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Run nox
+        uses: ansible-community/antsibull-nox@main

.gitignore

@@ -383,6 +383,16 @@ cython_debug/
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
 
+### Python Patch ###
+# Poetry local configuration file - https://python-poetry.org/docs/configuration/#local-configuration
+poetry.toml
+
+# ruff
+.ruff_cache/
+
+# LSP config files
+pyrightconfig.json
+
 ### Vim ###
 # Swap
 [._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
@@ -482,6 +492,10 @@ tags
 # https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12206-codestream
 .idea/codestream.xml
 
+# Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8053-azure-toolkit-for-intellij
+.idea/**/azureSettings.xml
+
 ### Windows ###
 # Windows thumbnail cache files
 Thumbs.db
@@ -512,3 +526,8 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 
 # Integration tests cloud configs
 tests/integration/cloud-config-*.ini
+
+
+# VSCode specific extensions
+.vscode/settings.json
+.ansible

.reuse/dep5

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

.yamllint

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+---
+# 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
+
+extends: default
+
+ignore: |
+  /changelogs/
+
+rules:
+  line-length:
+    max: 1000
+    level: error
+  document-start: disable
+  document-end: disable
+  truthy:
+    level: error
+    allowed-values:
+      - 'true'
+      - 'false'
+  indentation:
+    spaces: 2
+    indent-sequences: true
+  key-duplicates: enable
+  trailing-spaces: enable
+  new-line-at-end-of-file: disable
+  hyphens:
+    max-spaces-after: 1
+  empty-lines:
+    max: 2
+    max-start: 0
+    max-end: 0
+  commas:
+    max-spaces-before: 0
+    min-spaces-after: 1
+    max-spaces-after: 1
+  colons:
+    max-spaces-before: 0
+    max-spaces-after: 1
+  brackets:
+    min-spaces-inside: 0
+    max-spaces-inside: 0
+  braces:
+    min-spaces-inside: 0
+    max-spaces-inside: 1
+  octal-values:
+    forbid-implicit-octal: true
+    forbid-explicit-octal: true
+  comments:
+    min-spaces-from-content: 1
+  comments-indentation: false

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,955 @@
+# Community General Release Notes
+
+**Topics**
+
+- <a href="#v11-2-1">v11\.2\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v11-2-0">v11\.2\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-1">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup">Lookup</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v11-1-2">v11\.1\.2</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-1">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-2">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v11-1-1">v11\.1\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v11-1-0">v11\.1\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-3">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-1">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins-1">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#callback">Callback</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
+- <a href="#v11-0-0">v11\.0\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#deprecated-features-2">Deprecated Features</a>
+    - <a href="#removed-features-previously-deprecated">Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)</a>
+    - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#known-issues">Known Issues</a>
+    - <a href="#new-plugins-2">New Plugins</a>
+        - <a href="#callback-1">Callback</a>
+        - <a href="#connection">Connection</a>
+        - <a href="#filter">Filter</a>
+        - <a href="#inventory">Inventory</a>
+        - <a href="#lookup-1">Lookup</a>
+    - <a href="#new-modules-2">New Modules</a>
+This changelog describes changes after version 10\.0\.0\.
+
+<a id="v11-2-1"></a>
+## v11\.2\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* Avoid deprecated functionality in ansible\-core 2\.20 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10687](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10687)\)\.
+* apache2\_module \- check the <code>cgi</code> module restrictions only during activation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10423](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10423)\)\.
+* composer \- fix broken command lines \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10662](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10662)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10669](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10669)\)\.
+* pacemaker\_resource \- fix <code>resource\_type</code> parameter formatting \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10426](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10426)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10663](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10663)\)\.
+* pids \- prevent error when an empty string is provided for <code>name</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10672](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10672)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10688](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10688)\)\.
+
+<a id="v11-2-0"></a>
+## v11\.2\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-1"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and features release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* apk \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10479](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10479)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10520](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10520)\)\.
+* bzr \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10523](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10523)\)\.
+* capabilities \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10524](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10524)\)\.
+* composer \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10525](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10525)\)\.
+* django module utils \- remove deprecated parameter <code>\_DjangoRunner</code> call \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10574](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10574)\)\.
+* easy\_install \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10526](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10526)\)\.
+* imgadm \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10536](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10536)\)\.
+* jenkins\_plugin \- install dependencies for specific version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issue/4995](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issue/4995)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10346](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10346)\)\.
+* keycloak\_identity\_provider – add support for <code>fromUrl</code> to automatically fetch OIDC endpoints from the well\-known discovery URL\, simplifying identity provider configuration \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10527](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10527)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm \- add support for <code>brute\_force\_strategy</code> and <code>max\_temporary\_lockouts</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10412](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10412)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10415](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10415)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm \- add support for client\-related options and Oauth2 device \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10538)\)\.
+* logstash\_plugin \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10479](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10479)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10520](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10520)\)\.
+* nagios \- make parameter <code>services</code> a <code>list</code> instead of a <code>str</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10493](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10493)\)\.
+* open\_iscsi \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10599](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10599)\)\.
+* pear \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10601](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10601)\)\.
+* portage \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10602](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10602)\)\.
+* riak \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10603](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10603)\)\.
+* scaleway\_\* modules\, scaleway inventory plugin \- update available zones and API URLs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10383](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10383)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10424](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10424)\)\.
+* sensu\_subscription \- normalize quotes in the module output \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10483](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10483)\)\.
+* solaris\_zone \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10604](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10604)\)\.
+* swupd \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10605](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10605)\)\.
+* tasks\_only callback plugin \- add <code>result\_format</code> and <code>pretty\_results</code> options similarly to the default callback \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10422](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10422)\)\.
+* timezone \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10612)\)\.
+* urpmi \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10606](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10606)\)\.
+* xbps \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10608](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10608)\)\.
+* xfs\_quota \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10609](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10609)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* bearychat \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 12\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10514](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10514)\)\.
+* cpanm \- deprecate <code>mode\=compatibility</code>\, <code>mode\=new</code> should be used instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10434](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10434)\)\.
+* github\_repo \- deprecate <code>force\_defaults\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10435](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10435)\)\.
+* rocketchat \- the default value for <code>is\_pre740</code>\, currently <code>true</code>\, is deprecated and will change to <code>false</code> in community\.general 13\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10490](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10490)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-1"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* jenkins\_plugin \- install latest compatible version instead of latest \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/854](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/854)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10346](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10346)\)\.
+* jenkins\_plugin \- separate Jenkins and external URL credentials \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4419](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/4419)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10346](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10346)\)\.
+* lvm\_pv \- properly detect SCSI or NVMe devices to rescan \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10444](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10444)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10596](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10596)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="lookup"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* community\.general\.binary\_file \- Read binary file and return it Base64 encoded\.
+
+<a id="new-modules"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* community\.general\.lvm\_pv\_move\_data \- Move data between LVM Physical Volumes \(PVs\)\.
+* community\.general\.pacemaker\_info \- Gather information about Pacemaker cluster\.
+
+<a id="v11-1-2"></a>
+## v11\.1\.2
+
+<a id="release-summary-2"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-1"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* gem \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* git\_config\_info \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* github\_deploy\_key \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* github\_repo \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* github\_webhook \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* github\_webhook\_info \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* gitlab\_branch \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_access\_token \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_variable \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* gitlab\_hook \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* gitlab\_instance\_variable \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* gitlab\_issue \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* gitlab\_label \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* gitlab\_merge\_request \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* gitlab\_milestone \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_access\_token \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_variable \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* grove \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* hg \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* homebrew \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* homebrew\_cask \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* homebrew\_tap \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* honeybadger\_deployment \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* htpasswd \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* icinga2\_host \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* influxdb\_user \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* ipa\_dnsrecord \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* ipa\_dnszone \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* ipa\_service \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* ipbase\_info \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* ipwcli\_dns \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* irc \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* jabber \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* jenkins\_credential \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* jenkins\_job \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* jenkins\_script \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10505)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authz\_authorization\_scope \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authz\_permission \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* keycloak\_role \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* keycloak\_userprofile \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* keyring \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* kibana\_plugin \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* layman \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* ldap\_attrs \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* ldap\_inc \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* librato\_annotation \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* lldp \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* logentries \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* lxca\_cmms \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* lxca\_nodes \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* macports \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* mail \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* manageiq\_alerts \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* manageiq\_group \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* manageiq\_policies \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* manageiq\_policies\_info \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* manageiq\_tags \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* manageiq\_tenant \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* matrix \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* mattermost \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* maven\_artifact \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* memset\_dns\_reload \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* memset\_zone \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* memset\_zone\_record \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* mqtt \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* mssql\_db \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* mssql\_script \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* netcup\_dns \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* newrelic\_deployment \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* nsupdate \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10507)\)\.
+* oci\_vcn \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* one\_image\_info \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* one\_template \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* one\_vnet \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* onepassword\_info \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* oneview\_fc\_network\_info \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* opendj\_backendprop \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* ovh\_monthly\_billing \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pagerduty \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pagerduty\_change \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pagerduty\_user \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pam\_limits \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pear \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pkgng \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pnpm \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* portage \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pritunl\_org \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pritunl\_org\_info \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pritunl\_user \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pritunl\_user\_info \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pubnub\_blocks \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pushbullet \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* pushover \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* redis\_data \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* redis\_data\_incr \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* riak \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* rocketchat \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* rollbar\_deployment \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* say \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* scaleway\_database\_backup \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* sendgrid \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* sensu\_silence \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* sorcery \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* statusio\_maintenance \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* svr4pkg \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* swdepot \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* syslogger \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* sysrc \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* systemd\_creds\_decrypt \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* systemd\_creds\_encrypt \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10512)\)\.
+* taiga\_issue \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* twilio \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* utm\_aaa\_group \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* utm\_ca\_host\_key\_cert \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* utm\_dns\_host \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* utm\_network\_interface\_address \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* utm\_proxy\_auth\_profile \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* utm\_proxy\_exception \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* utm\_proxy\_frontend \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* utm\_proxy\_location \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* vertica\_configuration \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* vertica\_info \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* vertica\_role \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* xbps \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* yarn \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* zypper \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+* zypper\_repository \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-2"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* apk \- fix check for empty/whitespace\-only package names \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10532](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10532)\)\.
+* capabilities \- using invalid path \(symlink/directory/\.\.\.\) returned unrelated and incoherent error messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5649](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5649)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10455](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10455)\)\.
+* doas become plugin \- disable pipelining on ansible\-core 2\.19\+\. The plugin does not work with pipelining\, and since ansible\-core 2\.19 become plugins can indicate that they do not work with pipelining \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9977](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9977)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10537](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10537)\)\.
+* json\_query filter plugin \- make compatible with lazy evaluation list and dictionary types of ansible\-core 2\.19 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10539](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10539)\)\.
+* machinectl become plugin \- disable pipelining on ansible\-core 2\.19\+\. The plugin does not work with pipelining\, and since ansible\-core 2\.19 become plugins can indicate that they do not work with pipelining \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10537](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10537)\)\.
+* merge\_variables lookup plugin \- avoid deprecated functionality from ansible\-core 2\.19 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10566](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10566)\)\.
+* wsl connection plugin \- avoid deprecated ansible\-core paramiko import helper\, import paramiko directly instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10515](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10515)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10531](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10531)\)\.
+
+<a id="v11-1-1"></a>
+## v11\.1\.1
+
+<a id="release-summary-3"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Bugfix release for the next Ansible 12 pre\-release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-2"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* aerospike\_migrations \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* airbrake\_deployment \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* bigpanda \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* bootc\_manage \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* bower \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* btrfs\_subvolume \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* bundler \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* campfire \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* cargo \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* catapult \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* cisco\_webex \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* consul\_kv \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* consul\_policy \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* copr \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* datadog\_downtime \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* datadog\_monitor \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* dconf \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* dimensiondata\_network \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* dimensiondata\_vlan \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* dnf\_config\_manager \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* dnsmadeeasy \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* dpkg\_divert \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* easy\_install \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* elasticsearch\_plugin \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* facter \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* filesystem \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
+* sysrc \- adjustments to the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10417](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10417)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-3"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* apache2\_module \- avoid ansible\-core 2\.19 deprecation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10459](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10459)\)\.
+* apk \- handle empty name strings properly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10441](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10441)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10442](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10442)\)\.
+* cronvar \- fix crash on missing <code>cron\_file</code> parent directories \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10460](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10460)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10461](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10461)\)\.
+* cronvar \- handle empty strings on <code>value</code> properly  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10439](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10439)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10445](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10445)\)\.
+* htpasswd \- avoid ansible\-core 2\.19 deprecation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10459](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10459)\)\.
+* irc \- pass hostname to <code>wrap\_socket\(\)</code> if <code>use\_tls\=true</code> and <code>validate\_certs\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10472](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10472)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10491](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10491)\)\.
+* listen\_port\_facts \- avoid crash when required commands are missing \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10457](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10457)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10458](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10458)\)\.
+* syspatch \- avoid ansible\-core 2\.19 deprecation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10459](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10459)\)\.
+* sysrc \- fixes parsing with multi\-line variables \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10394](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10394)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10417](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10417)\)\.
+* sysupgrade \- avoid ansible\-core 2\.19 deprecation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10459](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10459)\)\.
+* zypper\_repository \- avoid ansible\-core 2\.19 deprecation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10459](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10459)\)\.
+
+<a id="v11-1-0"></a>
+## v11\.1\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-4"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-3"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* cloudflare\_dns \- adds support for PTR records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10267](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10267)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- simplify validations and refactor some code\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10269](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10269)\)\.
+* crypttab \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* datadog\_monitor \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* dense callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of concatenation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10285](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10285)\)\.
+* gitlab\_deploy\_key \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_access\_token \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* gitlab\_hook \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_access\_token \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runner \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* iocage inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of concatenation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10285](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10285)\)\.
+* ipa\_group \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* jc filter plugin \- use f\-strings instead of concatenation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10285](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10285)\)\.
+* jenkins\_build \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* jenkins\_build\_info \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* keycloak \- add support for <code>grant\_type\=client\_credentials</code> to all keycloak modules\, so that specifying <code>auth\_client\_id</code> and <code>auth\_client\_secret</code> is sufficient for authentication \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10231](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10231)\)\.
+* keycloak module utils \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* logstash callback plugin \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* mail callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of concatenation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10285](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10285)\)\.
+* nmcli \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* nmcli \- simplify validations and refactor some code\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10323)\)\.
+* oneandone\_firewall\_policy \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* oneandone\_load\_balancer \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* oneandone\_monitoring\_policy \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* onepassword\_info \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* osx\_defaults \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* ovh\_ip\_loadbalancing\_backend \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* pacemaker\_cluster \- add <code>state\=maintenance</code> for managing pacemaker maintenance mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10200](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10200)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10227](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10227)\)\.
+* pacemaker\_cluster \- rename <code>node</code> to <code>name</code> and add <code>node</code> alias \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10227](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10227)\)\.
+* pacemaker\_resource \- enhance module by removing duplicative code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10227](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10227)\)\.
+* packet\_device \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* pagerduty \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* pingdom \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* python\_runner module utils \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* rhevm \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* rocketchat \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* sensu\_silence \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* sl\_vm \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* urpmi \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* wsl connection plugin \- use f\-strings instead of concatenation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10285](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10285)\)\.
+* xattr \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+* xen\_orchestra inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of concatenation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10285](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10285)\)\.
+* xfconf \- minor adjustments the the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10311](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10311)\)\.
+* xml \- remove redundant brackets in conditionals\, no functional changes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10328)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-1"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* catapult \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10318)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10329](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10329)\)\.
+* pacemaker\_cluster \- the parameter <code>state</code> will become a required parameter in community\.general 12\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10227](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10227)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-4"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* dependent lookup plugin \- avoid deprecated ansible\-core 2\.19 functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10359](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10359)\)\.
+* github\_release \- support multiple types of GitHub tokens\; no longer failing when <code>ghs\_</code> token type is provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10338](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10338)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10339](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10339)\)\.
+* icinga2 inventory plugin \- avoid using deprecated option when templating options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10271](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10271)\)\.
+* incus connection plugin \- fix error handling to return more useful Ansible errors to the user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10344](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10344)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10349](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10349)\)\.
+* linode inventory plugin \- avoid using deprecated option when templating options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10271](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10271)\)\.
+* logstash callback plugin \- remove reference to Python 2 library \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10345](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10345)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins-1"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="callback"></a>
+#### Callback
+
+* community\.general\.tasks\_only \- Only show tasks\.
+
+<a id="new-modules-1"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* community\.general\.jenkins\_credential \- Manage Jenkins credentials and domains via API\.
+
+<a id="v11-0-0"></a>
+## v11\.0\.0
+
+<a id="release-summary-5"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+This is release 11\.0\.0 of <code>community\.general</code>\, released on 2025\-06\-16\.
+
+<a id="minor-changes-4"></a>
+### Minor Changes
+
+* CmdRunner module utils \- the convenience method <code>cmd\_runner\_fmt\.as\_fixed\(\)</code> now accepts multiple arguments as a list \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9893](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9893)\)\.
+* MH module utils \- delegate <code>debug</code> to the underlying <code>AnsibleModule</code> instance or issues a warning if an attribute already exists with that name \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9577](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9577)\)\.
+* alternatives \- add <code>family</code> parameter that allows to utilize the <code>\-\-family</code> option available in RedHat version of update\-alternatives \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5060](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5060)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9096](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9096)\)\.
+* apache2\_mod\_proxy \- better handling regexp extraction \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9609](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9609)\)\.
+* apache2\_mod\_proxy \- change type of <code>state</code> to a list of strings\. No change for the users \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9600](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9600)\)\.
+* apache2\_mod\_proxy \- code simplification\, no change in functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9457](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9457)\)\.
+* apache2\_mod\_proxy \- improve readability when using results from <code>fecth\_url\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9608](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9608)\)\.
+* apache2\_mod\_proxy \- refactor repeated code into method \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9599](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9599)\)\.
+* apache2\_mod\_proxy \- remove unused parameter and code from <code>Balancer</code> constructor \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9614](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9614)\)\.
+* apache2\_mod\_proxy \- simplified and improved string manipulation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9614](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9614)\)\.
+* apache2\_mod\_proxy \- use <code>deps</code> to handle dependencies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9612](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9612)\)\.
+* apache2\_module \- added workaround for new PHP module name\, from <code>php7\_module</code> to <code>php\_module</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9951](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9951)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- add new option <code>collection\_name</code> to filter results by collection name\, and new option <code>result\_count</code> to validate number of results \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9728](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9728)\)\.
+* bitwarden lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* cargo \- add <code>features</code> parameter to allow activating specific features when installing Rust packages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10198)\)\.
+* cartesian lookup plugin \- removed compatibility code for ansible\-core \< 2\.14 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10160](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10160)\)\.
+* cgroup\_memory\_recap callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* cgroup\_memory\_recap callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* chef\_databag lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* chroot connection plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* chroot connection plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* chroot connection plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322)\)\.
+* cloud\_init\_data\_facts \- open file using <code>open\(\)</code> as a context manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- add support for <code>comment</code> and <code>tags</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9132](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9132)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- add <code>connection\_timeout</code> option to specify the connection timeout to the cobbler server \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11063](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11063)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- add <code>facts\_level</code> option to allow requesting fully rendered variables for Cobbler systems \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9419](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9419)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9975](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9975)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* cobbler inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323)\)\.
+* collection\_version lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* consul\_kv lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* consul\_token \- fix idempotency when <code>policies</code> or <code>roles</code> are supplied by name \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9841](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9841)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9845](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9845)\)\.
+* context\_demo callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* context\_demo callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* counter filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* counter\_enabled callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* counter\_enabled callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* cpanm \- enable usage of option <code>\-\-with\-recommends</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9554](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9554)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9555](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9555)\)\.
+* cpanm \- enable usage of option <code>\-\-with\-suggests</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9555](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9555)\)\.
+* crc32 filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* credstash lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* cronvar \- open file using <code>open\(\)</code> as a context manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579)\)\.
+* crypttab \- open file using <code>open\(\)</code> as a context manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579)\)\.
+* cyberarkpassword lookup plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* cyberarkpassword lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* default\_without\_diff callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* dense callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* dense callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* dependent lookup plugin \- removed compatibility code for ansible\-core \< 2\.14 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10160](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10160)\)\.
+* dependent lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* deps module utils \- add <code>deps\.clear\(\)</code> to clear out previously declared dependencies \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9179](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9179)\)\.
+* dict filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* dict\_kv filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* diy callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* diy callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* dnstxt lookup plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* dnstxt lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* doas become plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* doas become plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319)\)\.
+* dsv lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* dzdo become plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* dzdo become plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319)\)\.
+* elastic callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* elastic callback plugin \- instead of trying to extract the ansible\-core version from task data\, use ansible\-core\'s actual version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10193)\)\.
+* elastic callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* etcd lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* etcd3 lookup plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* etcd3 lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* filetree lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* flattened lookup plugin \- removed compatibility code for ansible\-core \< 2\.14 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10160](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10160)\)\.
+* from\_csv filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* from\_csv filter plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* from\_ini filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* from\_ini filter plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* funcd connection plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* funcd connection plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322)\)\.
+* git\_config \- remove redundant <code>required\=False</code> from <code>argument\_spec</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10177](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10177)\)\.
+* github\_app\_access\_token lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* github\_key \- add <code>api\_url</code> parameter to support GitHub Enterprise Server installations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10191](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10191)\)\.
+* gitlab\_instance\_variable \- add support for <code>raw</code> variables suboption \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9425](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9425)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project \- add option <code>build\_timeout</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9960](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9960)\)\.
+* gitlab\_project\_members \- extend choices parameter <code>access\_level</code> by missing upstream valid value <code>owner</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9953](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9953)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runners inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runners inventory plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* gitlab\_runners inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323)\)\.
+* groupby\_as\_dict filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* hashids filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* hiera lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* homebrew \- greatly speed up module when multiple packages are passed in the <code>name</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9181](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9181)\)\.
+* homebrew \- remove duplicated package name validation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9076](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9076)\)\.
+* hpilo\_boot \- add option to get an idempotent behavior while powering on server\, resulting in success instead of failure when using <code>state\: boot\_once</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9646](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9646)\)\.
+* icinga2 inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* icinga2 inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323)\)\.
+* idrac\_redfish\_command\, idrac\_redfish\_config\, idrac\_redfish\_info \- add <code>validate\_certs</code>\, <code>ca\_path</code>\, and <code>ciphers</code> options to configure TLS/SSL \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3686](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3686)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9964](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9964)\)\.
+* ilo\_redfish\_command\, ilo\_redfish\_config\, ilo\_redfish\_info \- add <code>validate\_certs</code>\, <code>ca\_path</code>\, and <code>ciphers</code> options to configure TLS/SSL \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3686](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3686)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9964](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9964)\)\.
+* incus connection plugin \- adds <code>remote\_user</code> and <code>incus\_become\_method</code> parameters for allowing a non\-root user to connect to an Incus instance \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9743](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9743)\)\.
+* incus connection plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* incus connection plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322)\)\.
+* ini\_file \- modify an inactive option also when there are spaces in front of the comment symbol \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10102](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10102)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8539](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8539)\)\.
+* iocage connection plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* iocage connection plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322)\)\.
+* iocage inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* iocage inventory plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* iocage inventory plugin \- the new parameter <code>hooks\_results</code> of the plugin is a list of files inside a jail that provide configuration parameters for the inventory\. The inventory plugin reads the files from the jails and put the contents into the items of created variable <code>iocage\_hooks</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9650](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9650)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9651](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9651)\)\.
+* iocage inventory plugin \- the new parameter <code>inventory\_hostname\_tag</code> of the plugin provides the name of the tag in the C\(iocage properties notes\) that contains the jails alias\. The new parameter <code>inventory\_hostname\_required</code>\, if enabled\, makes the tag mandatory \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10206](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10206)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10207](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10207)\)\.
+* iocage inventory plugin \- the new parameter <code>sudo</code> of the plugin lets the command <code>iocage list \-l</code> to run as root on the iocage host\. This is needed to get the IPv4 of a running DHCP jail \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9572](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9572)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9573](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9573)\)\.
+* iptables\_state action plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* iptables\_state action plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9318)\)\.
+* iso\_extract \- adds <code>password</code> parameter that is passed to 7z \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9159](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9159)\)\.
+* jabber callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* jabber callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* jail connection plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* jail connection plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322)\)\.
+* jc filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* jira \- adds <code>client\_cert</code> and <code>client\_key</code> parameters for supporting client certificate authentification when connecting to Jira \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9753](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9753)\)\.
+* jira \- transition operation now has <code>status\_id</code> to directly reference wanted transition \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9602](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9602)\)\.
+* json\_query filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* keep\_keys filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* keycloak \- add an action group for Keycloak modules to allow <code>module\_defaults</code> to be set for Keycloak tasks \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9284](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9284)\)\.
+* keycloak module\_utils \- user groups can now be referenced by their name\, like <code>staff</code>\, or their path\, like <code>/staff/engineering</code>\. The path syntax allows users to reference subgroups\, which is not possible otherwise \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9898](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9898)\)\.
+* keycloak\_\* modules \- <code>refresh\_token</code> parameter added\. When multiple authentication parameters are provided \(<code>token</code>\, <code>refresh\_token</code>\, and <code>auth\_username</code>/<code>auth\_password</code>\)\, modules will now automatically retry requests upon authentication errors \(401\)\, using in order the token\, refresh token\, and username/password \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9494)\)\.
+* keycloak\_realm \- remove ID requirement when creating a realm to allow Keycloak generating its own realm ID \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9768](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9768)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user module \- user groups can now be referenced by their name\, like <code>staff</code>\, or their path\, like <code>/staff/engineering</code>\. The path syntax allows users to reference subgroups\, which is not possible otherwise \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9898](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9898)\)\.
+* keyring lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* known\_hosts \- open file using <code>open\(\)</code> as a context manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579)\)\.
+* ksu become plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* ksu become plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319)\)\.
+* lastpass lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* launchd \- add <code>plist</code> option for services such as sshd\, where the plist filename doesn\'t match the service name \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9102](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9102)\)\.
+* linode inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* linode inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323)\)\.
+* lists filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* lists\_mergeby filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* lldp \- adds <code>multivalues</code> parameter to control behavior when lldpctl outputs an attribute multiple times \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9657](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9657)\)\.
+* lmdb\_kv lookup plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* lmdb\_kv lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- invert the logic to determine <code>ubuntu\_mode</code>\, making it look first for <code>/etc/locale\.gen</code> \(set <code>ubuntu\_mode</code> to <code>False</code>\) and only then looking for <code>/var/lib/locales/supported\.d/</code> \(set <code>ubuntu\_mode</code> to <code>True</code>\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9238](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9238)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9131](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9131)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8487](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8487)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- new return value <code>mechanism</code> to better express the semantics of the <code>ubuntu\_mode</code>\, with the possible values being either <code>glibc</code> \(<code>ubuntu\_mode\=False</code>\) or <code>ubuntu\_legacy</code> \(<code>ubuntu\_mode\=True</code>\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9238](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9238)\)\.
+* log\_plays callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* log\_plays callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* loganalytics callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* loganalytics callback plugin \- instead of trying to extract the ansible\-core version from task data\, use ansible\-core\'s actual version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10193)\)\.
+* loganalytics callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* logdna callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* logdna callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* logentries callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* logentries callback plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* logentries callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* logstash callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* lvg \- add <code>remove\_extra\_pvs</code> parameter to control if ansible should remove physical volumes which are not in the <code>pvs</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9698](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9698)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* lxc connection plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322)\)\.
+* lxd connection plugin \- adds <code>remote\_user</code> and <code>lxd\_become\_method</code> parameters for allowing a non\-root user to connect to an LXD instance \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9659](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9659)\)\.
+* lxd connection plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* lxd connection plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322)\)\.
+* lxd inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* lxd inventory plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* lxd inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323)\)\.
+* machinectl become plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* machinectl become plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319)\)\.
+* mail callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* mail callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* manageiq\_alert\_profiles \- improve handling of parameter requirements \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9449](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9449)\)\.
+* manifold lookup plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* manifold lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* maven\_artifact \- removed compatibility code for ansible\-core \< 2\.12 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10192](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10192)\)\.
+* memcached cache plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* memcached cache plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9320](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9320)\)\.
+* merge\_variables lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- adds <code>dns\_servers</code> option for specifying DNS servers for name resolution\. Accepts hostnames or IP addresses in the same format as the <code>exclude</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9849](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9849)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* nmap inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add <code>sriov</code> parameter that enables support for SR\-IOV settings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9168](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9168)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add a option <code>fail\_over\_mac</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9570](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9570)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9571](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9571)\)\.
+* nmcli \- add support for Infiniband MAC setting when <code>type</code> is <code>infiniband</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9962](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9962)\)\.
+* nmcli \- adds VRF support with new <code>type</code> value <code>vrf</code> and new <code>slave\_type</code> value <code>vrf</code> as well as new <code>table</code> parameter \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9658](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9658)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8014](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8014)\)\.
+* nmcli \- adds <code>autoconnect\_priority</code> and <code>autoconnect\_retries</code> options to support autoconnect logic \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10134](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10134)\)\.
+* nrdp callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* nrdp callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* null callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* one\_template \- adds <code>filter</code> option for retrieving templates which are not owned by the user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9547](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9547)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9278](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9278)\)\.
+* one\_vm \- update allowed values for <code>updateconf</code> to include new parameters as per the latest OpenNebula API documentation\.
+  Added parameters\:
+
+  - <code>OS</code>\: <code>FIRMWARE</code>\;
+  - <code>CPU\_MODEL</code>\: <code>MODEL</code>\, <code>FEATURES</code>\;
+  - <code>FEATURES</code>\: <code>VIRTIO\_BLK\_QUEUES</code>\, <code>VIRTIO\_SCSI\_QUEUES</code>\, <code>IOTHREADS</code>\;
+  - <code>GRAPHICS</code>\: <code>PORT</code>\, <code>COMMAND</code>\;
+  - <code>VIDEO</code>\: <code>ATS</code>\, <code>IOMMU</code>\, <code>RESOLUTION</code>\, <code>TYPE</code>\, <code>VRAM</code>\;
+  - <code>RAW</code>\: <code>VALIDATE</code>\;
+  - <code>BACKUP\_CONFIG</code>\: <code>FS\_FREEZE</code>\, <code>KEEP\_LAST</code>\, <code>BACKUP\_VOLATILE</code>\, <code>MODE</code>\, <code>INCREMENT\_MODE</code>\.
+
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9959](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9959)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* onepassword lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* onepassword\_doc lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* onepassword\_ssh\_key \- refactor to move code to lookup class \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9633](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9633)\)\.
+* online inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* online inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323)\)\.
+* opennebula inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* opennebula inventory plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* opennebula inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- instead of trying to extract the ansible\-core version from task data\, use ansible\-core\'s actual version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10193)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- remove code handling Python versions prior to 3\.7 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9482](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9482)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- remove code handling Python versions prior to 3\.7 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9503](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9503)\)\.
+* opentelemetry callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* pacemaker\_cluster \- remove unused code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9471)\)\.
+* pacemaker\_cluster \- using safer mechanism to run external command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9471](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9471)\)\.
+* pacemaker\_resource \- add maintenance mode support for handling resource creation and deletion \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10180)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10194](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10194)\)\.
+* pacman\_key \- support verifying that keys are trusted and not expired \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9949](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9949)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9950](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9950)\)\.
+* parted \- open file using <code>open\(\)</code> as a context manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* pbrun become plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* pbrun become plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319)\)\.
+* pfexec become plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* pfexec become plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319)\)\.
+* pickle cache plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* pipx \- add return value <code>version</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9180)\)\.
+* pipx \- parameter <code>name</code> now accepts Python package specifiers \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7815](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/7815)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10031](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10031)\)\.
+* pipx module\_utils \- filtering application list by name now happens in the modules \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10031](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10031)\)\.
+* pipx\_info \- add return value <code>version</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9180](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9180)\)\.
+* pipx\_info \- filtering application list by name now happens in the module  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10031](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10031)\)\.
+* pmrun become plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* pmrun become plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319)\)\.
+* pulp\_repo \- open file using <code>open\(\)</code> as a context manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579)\)\.
+* puppet \- improve parameter formatting\, no impact to user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10014](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10014)\)\.
+* qubes connection plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* qubes connection plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322)\)\.
+* random\_mac filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* random\_pet lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* redfish module utils \- add <code>REDFISH\_COMMON\_ARGUMENT\_SPEC</code>\, a corresponding <code>redfish</code> docs fragment\, and support for its <code>validate\_certs</code>\, <code>ca\_path</code>\, and <code>ciphers</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3686](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3686)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9964](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9964)\)\.
+* redfish module utils \- removed compatibility code for ansible\-core \< 2\.14 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10160](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10160)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>PowerFullPowerCycle</code> to power command options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9729](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9729)\)\.
+* redfish\_command \- add <code>update\_custom\_oem\_header</code>\, <code>update\_custom\_oem\_params</code>\, and <code>update\_custom\_oem\_mime\_type</code> options \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9123](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9123)\)\.
+* redfish\_command\, redfish\_config\, redfish\_info \- add <code>validate\_certs</code> and <code>ca\_path</code> options to configure TLS/SSL \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3686](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3686)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9964](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9964)\)\.
+* redfish\_config \- add command <code>SetPowerRestorePolicy</code> to set the desired power state of the system when power is restored \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9837](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9837)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add command <code>GetAccountServiceConfig</code> to get full information about AccountService configuration \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9403](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9403)\)\.
+* redfish\_info \- add command <code>GetPowerRestorePolicy</code> to get the desired power state of the system when power is restored \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9824](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9824)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- remove redundant code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9190](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9190)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- open file using <code>open\(\)</code> as a context manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579)\)\.
+* redis cache plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* redis cache plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* redis cache plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9320](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9320)\)\.
+* redis lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* remove\_keys filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* replace\_keys filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* revbitspss lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* reveal\_ansible\_type filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* rocketchat \- fix duplicate JSON conversion for Rocket\.Chat \< 7\.4\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9965](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9965)\)\.
+* rocketchat \- option <code>is\_pre740</code> has been added to control the format of the payload\. For Rocket\.Chat 7\.4\.0 or newer\, it must be set to <code>false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9882](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9882)\)\.
+* rpm\_ostree\_pkg \- added the options <code>apply\_live</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9167](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9167)\)\.
+* rpm\_ostree\_pkg \- added the return value <code>needs\_reboot</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9167](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9167)\)\.
+* run0 become plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* saltstack connection plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* saltstack connection plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322)\)\.
+* say callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* say callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* scaleway inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* scaleway inventory plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* scaleway inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323)\)\.
+* scaleway\_lb \- minor simplification in the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9189](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9189)\)\.
+* selective callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* selective callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* sesu become plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* sesu become plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319)\)\.
+* shelvefile lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* shutdown action plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* shutdown action plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* shutdown action plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9318)\)\.
+* slack callback plugin \- add <code>http\_agent</code> option to enable the user to set a custom user agent for slack callback plugin \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9813](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9813)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9836](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9836)\)\.
+* slack callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* slack callback plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* slack callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* snap \- add return value <code>version</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9598](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9598)\)\.
+* snap\_alias \- add return value <code>version</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9598](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9598)\)\.
+* solaris\_zone \- open file using <code>open\(\)</code> as a context manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579)\)\.
+* sorcery \- open file using <code>open\(\)</code> as a context manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579)\)\.
+* splunk callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* splunk callback plugin \- instead of trying to extract the ansible\-core version from task data\, use ansible\-core\'s actual version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10193)\)\.
+* splunk callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- add <code>dynamicforward</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9192](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9192)\)\.
+* ssh\_config \- add <code>other\_options</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8053](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8053)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9684](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9684)\)\.
+* stackpath\_compute inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* stackpath\_compute inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323)\)\.
+* sudosu become plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* sudosu become plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9319)\)\.
+* sumologic callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* sumologic callback plugin \- instead of trying to extract the ansible\-core version from task data\, use ansible\-core\'s actual version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10193](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10193)\)\.
+* syslog\_json callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* systemd\_info \- add wildcard expression support in <code>unitname</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9821](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9821)\)\.
+* systemd\_info \- extend support to timer units \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9891](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9891)\)\.
+* terraform \- adds the <code>no\_color</code> parameter\, which suppresses or allows color codes in stdout from Terraform commands \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10154](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10154)\)\.
+* time filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* timestamp callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* timestamp callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* timezone \- open file using <code>open\(\)</code> as a context manager \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9579)\)\.
+* to\_ini filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* to\_ini filter plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* tss lookup plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* tss lookup plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9324)\)\.
+* ufw \- add support for <code>vrrp</code> protocol \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9562](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9562)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9582](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9582)\)\.
+* unicode\_normalize filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* unixy callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* version\_sort filter plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9585)\)\.
+* virtualbox inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* virtualbox inventory plugin \- clean up string conversions \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9379)\)\.
+* virtualbox inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323)\)\.
+* vmadm \- add new options <code>flexible\_disk\_size</code> and <code>owner\_uuid</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9892](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9892)\)\.
+* wdc\_redfish\_command\, wdc\_redfish\_info \- add <code>validate\_certs</code>\, <code>ca\_path</code>\, and <code>ciphers</code> options to configure TLS/SSL \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3686](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3686)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9964](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9964)\)\.
+* xbps \- add <code>root</code> and <code>repository</code> options to enable bootstrapping new void installations \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9174](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9174)\)\.
+* xcc\_redfish\_command \- add <code>validate\_certs</code>\, <code>ca\_path</code>\, and <code>ciphers</code> options to configure TLS/SSL \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3686](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/3686)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9964](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9964)\)\.
+* xen\_orchestra inventory plugin \- add <code>use\_vm\_uuid</code> and <code>use\_host\_uuid</code> boolean options to allow switching over to using VM/Xen name labels instead of UUIDs as item names \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9787](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9787)\)\.
+* xen\_orchestra inventory plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* xen\_orchestra inventory plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9323)\)\.
+* xfconf \- add return value <code>version</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9226)\)\.
+* xfconf\_info \- add return value <code>version</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9226](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9226)\)\.
+* xml \- support adding value of children when creating with subnodes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8437](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/8437)\)\.
+* yaml cache plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* yaml callback plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9583)\)\.
+* yaml callback plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9321)\)\.
+* zone connection plugin \- adjust standard preamble for Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9584)\)\.
+* zone connection plugin \- use f\-strings instead of interpolations or <code>format</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9322)\)\.
+* zypper \- add <code>quiet</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9270](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9270)\)\.
+* zypper \- add <code>simple\_errors</code> option \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9270](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9270)\)\.
+* zypper \- adds <code>skip\_post\_errors</code> that allows to skip RPM post\-install errors \(Zypper return code 107\) \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9972](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9972)\)\.
+
+<a id="deprecated-features-2"></a>
+### Deprecated Features
+
+* MH module utils \- attribute <code>debug</code> definition in subclasses of MH is now deprecated\, as that name will become a delegation to <code>AnsibleModule</code> in community\.general 12\.0\.0\, and any such attribute will be overridden by that delegation in that version \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9577](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9577)\)\.
+* atomic\_container \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9487](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9487)\)\.
+* atomic\_host \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9487](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9487)\)\.
+* atomic\_image \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9487](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9487)\)\.
+* facter \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 12\.0\.0\, use <code>community\.general\.facter\_facts</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9451](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9451)\)\.
+* locale\_gen \- <code>ubuntu\_mode\=True</code>\, or <code>mechanism\=ubuntu\_legacy</code> is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9238](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9238)\)\.
+* manifold lookup plugin \- plugin is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 11\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10028](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10028)\)\.
+* opkg \- deprecate value <code>\"\"</code> for parameter <code>force</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9172](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9172)\)\.
+* pipx module\_utils \- function <code>make\_process\_list\(\)</code> is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10031](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10031)\)\.
+* profitbricks \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 11\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9733)\)\.
+* profitbricks\_datacenter \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 11\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9733)\)\.
+* profitbricks\_nic \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 11\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9733)\)\.
+* profitbricks\_volume \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 11\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9733)\)\.
+* profitbricks\_volume\_attachments \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 11\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9733](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9733)\)\.
+* pure module utils \- the module utils is deprecated and will be removed from community\.general 12\.0\.0\. The modules using this were removed in community\.general 3\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9432](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9432)\)\.
+* purestorage doc fragments \- the doc fragment is deprecated and will be removed from community\.general 12\.0\.0\. The modules using this were removed in community\.general 3\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9432](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9432)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- deprecate method <code>RedfishUtils\.\_init\_session\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9190](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9190)\)\.
+* sensu\_check \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0\, use collection <code>sensu\.sensu\_go</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9483](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9483)\)\.
+* sensu\_client \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0\, use collection <code>sensu\.sensu\_go</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9483](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9483)\)\.
+* sensu\_handler \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0\, use collection <code>sensu\.sensu\_go</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9483](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9483)\)\.
+* sensu\_silence \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0\, use collection <code>sensu\.sensu\_go</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9483](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9483)\)\.
+* sensu\_subscription \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0\, use collection <code>sensu\.sensu\_go</code> instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9483](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9483)\)\.
+* slack \- the default value <code>auto</code> of the <code>prepend\_hash</code> option is deprecated and will change to <code>never</code> in community\.general 12\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9443](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9443)\)\.
+* stackpath\_compute inventory plugin \- plugin is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 11\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10026](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10026)\)\.
+* yaml callback plugin \- deprecate plugin in favor of <code>result\_format\=yaml</code> in plugin <code>ansible\.bulitin\.default</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9456](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9456)\)\.
+* yaml callback plugin \- the YAML callback plugin was deprecated for removal in community\.general 13\.0\.0\. Since it needs to use ansible\-core internals since ansible\-core 2\.19 that are changing a lot\, we will remove this plugin already from community\.general 12\.0\.0 to ease the maintenance burden \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10213](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10213)\)\.
+
+<a id="removed-features-previously-deprecated"></a>
+### Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)
+
+* Dropped support for ansible\-core 2\.15\. The collection now requires ansible\-core 2\.16 or newer\. This means that on the controller\, Python 3\.10\+ is required\. On the target side\, Python 2\.7 and Python 3\.6\+ are supported \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10160](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10160)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10192](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10192)\)\.
+* The Proxmox content \(modules and plugins\) has been moved to the [new collection community\.proxmox](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.proxmox)\. Since community\.general 11\.0\.0\, these modules and plugins have been replaced by deprecated redirections to community\.proxmox\. You need to explicitly install community\.proxmox\, for example with <code>ansible\-galaxy collection install community\.proxmox</code>\, or by installing a new enough version of the Ansible community package\. We suggest to update your roles and playbooks to use the new FQCNs as soon as possible to avoid getting deprecation messages \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10110](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10110)\)\.
+* apt\_rpm \- the <code>present</code> and <code>installed</code> states are no longer equivalent to <code>latest</code>\, but to <code>present\_not\_latest</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* clc\_\* modules and doc fragment \- the modules were removed since CenturyLink Cloud services went EOL in September 2023 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* django\_manage \- the <code>ack\_venv\_creation\_deprecation</code> option has been removed\. It had no effect anymore anyway \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* git\_config \- it is no longer allowed to use <code>state\=present</code> with no value to read the config value\. Use the <code>community\.general\.git\_config\_info</code> module instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* git\_config \- the <code>list\_all</code> option has been removed\. Use the <code>community\.general\.git\_config\_info</code> module instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* hipchat \- the module was removed since the hipchat service has been discontinued and the self\-hosted variant has been End of Life since 2020 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* manifold lookup plugin \- the plugin was removed since the company was acquired in 2021 and service was ceased afterwards \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* mh\.mixins\.deps module utils \- this module utils has been removed\. Use the <code>deps</code> module utils instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* mh\.mixins\.vars module utils \- this module utils has been removed\. Use <code>VarDict</code> from the <code>vardict</code> module utils instead \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* mh\.module\_helper module utils \- <code>AnsibleModule</code> and <code>VarsMixin</code> are no longer provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* mh\.module\_helper module utils \- <code>VarDict</code> is now imported from the <code>vardict</code> module utils and no longer from the removed <code>mh\.mixins\.vars</code> module utils \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* mh\.module\_helper module utils \- the attributes <code>use\_old\_vardict</code> and <code>mute\_vardict\_deprecation</code> from <code>ModuleHelper</code> have been removed\. We suggest to remove them from your modules if you no longer support community\.general \< 11\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* module\_helper module utils \- <code>StateMixin</code>\, <code>DependencyCtxMgr</code>\, <code>VarMeta</code>\, <code>VarDict</code>\, and <code>VarsMixin</code> are no longer provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* pipx \- module no longer supports <code>pipx</code> older than 1\.7\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10137](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10137)\)\.
+* pipx\_info \- module no longer supports <code>pipx</code> older than 1\.7\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10137](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10137)\)\.
+* profitbrick\* modules \- the modules were removed since the supporting library is unsupported since 2021 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- the <code>\_init\_session</code> method has been removed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+* stackpath\_compute inventory plugin \- the plugin was removed since the company and the service were sunset in June 2024 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10126)\)\.
+
+<a id="security-fixes"></a>
+### Security Fixes
+
+* keycloak\_authentication \- API calls did not properly set the <code>priority</code> during update resulting in incorrectly sorted authentication flows\. This apparently only affects Keycloak 25 or newer \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9263)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- Sanitize <code>saml\.encryption\.private\.key</code> so it does not show in the logs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9621](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9621)\)\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-5"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
+* apache2\_mod\_proxy \- make compatible with Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9762](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9762)\)\.
+* apache2\_mod\_proxy \- passing the cluster\'s page as referer for the member\'s pages\. This makes the module actually work again for halfway modern Apache versions\. According to some comments founds on the net the referer was required since at least 2019 for some versions of Apache 2 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9762](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9762)\)\.
+* cloudflare\_dns \- fix crash when deleting a DNS record or when updating a record with <code>solo\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9652](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9652)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9649](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9649)\)\.
+* cloudlare\_dns \- handle exhausted response stream in case of HTTP errors to show nice error message to the user \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9782](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9782)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9818](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9818)\)\.
+* cobbler\_system \- fix bug with Cobbler \>\= 3\.4\.0 caused by giving more than 2 positional arguments to <code>CobblerXMLRPCInterface\.get\_system\_handle\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8506)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10145](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10145)\)\.
+* cobbler\_system \- update minimum version number to avoid wrong comparisons that happen in some cases using LooseVersion class which results in TypeError \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8506](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8506)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10145](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10145)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10178](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10178)\)\.
+* dependent look plugin \- make compatible with ansible\-core\'s Data Tagging feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9833](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9833)\)\.
+* dig lookup plugin \- correctly handle <code>NoNameserver</code> exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9363](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9363)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9362](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9362)\)\.
+* diy callback plugin \- make compatible with ansible\-core\'s Data Tagging feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9833](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9833)\)\.
+* dnf\_config\_manager \- fix hanging when prompting to import GPG keys \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9124](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9124)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8830](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8830)\)\.
+* dnf\_config\_manager \- forces locale to <code>C</code> before module starts\. If the locale was set to non\-English\, the output of the <code>dnf config\-manager</code> could not be parsed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9157](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9157)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9046](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9046)\)\.
+* dnf\_versionlock \- add support for dnf5 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9556](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9556)\)\.
+* elasticsearch\_plugin \- fix <code>ERROR\: D is not a recognized option</code> issue when configuring proxy settings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9774](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9774)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9773](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9773)\)\.
+* flatpak \- force the locale language to <code>C</code> when running the flatpak command \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9187](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9187)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8883](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8883)\)\.
+* gio\_mime \- fix command line when determining version of <code>gio</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9171](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9171)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9158](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9158)\)\.
+* github\_deploy\_key \- check that key really exists on 422 to avoid masking other errors \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6718](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/6718)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10011](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10011)\)\.
+* github\_key \- in check mode\, a faulty call to <code>\`datetime\.strftime\(\.\.\.\)\`</code> was being made which generated an exception \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9185](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9185)\)\.
+* gitlab\_group\_access\_token\, gitlab\_project\_access\_token \- fix handling of group and project access tokens for changes in GitLab 17\.10 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10196](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10196)\)\.
+* hashids and unicode\_normalize filter plugins \- avoid deprecated <code>AnsibleFilterTypeError</code> on ansible\-core 2\.19 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9992](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9992)\)\.
+* homebrew \- emit a useful error message if <code>brew info</code> reports a package tap is <code>null</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10013](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10013)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10012](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10012)\)\.
+* homebrew \- fix crash when package names include tap \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9777](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9777)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9803](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9803)\)\.
+* homebrew \- fix incorrect handling of aliased homebrew modules when the alias is requested \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9255](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9255)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9240](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9240)\)\.
+* homebrew \- fix incorrect handling of homebrew modules when a tap is requested \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9546](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9546)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9533](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9533)\)\.
+* homebrew \- make package name parsing more resilient \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9665](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9665)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9641](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9641)\)\.
+* homebrew\_cask \- allow <code>\+</code> symbol in Homebrew cask name validation regex \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9128](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9128)\)\.
+* homebrew\_cask \- handle unusual brew version strings \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8432](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8432)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9881](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9881)\)\.
+* htpasswd \- report changes when file permissions are adjusted \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9485](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9485)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9490](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9490)\)\.
+* iocage inventory plugin \- the plugin parses the IP4 tab of the jails list and put the elements into the new variable <code>iocage\_ip4\_dict</code>\. In multiple interface format the variable <code>iocage\_ip4</code> keeps the comma\-separated list of IP4 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9538](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9538)\)\.
+* ipa\_host \- module revoked existing host certificates even if <code>user\_certificate</code> was not given \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9694](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9694)\)\.
+* java\_cert \- the module no longer fails if the optional parameters <code>pkcs12\_alias</code> and <code>cert\_alias</code> are not provided \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9970](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9970)\)\.
+* kdeconfig \- allow option values beginning with a dash \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10127](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10127)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10128](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10128)\)\.
+* keycloak \- update more than 10 sub\-groups \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9690](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9690)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9692](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9692)\)\.
+* keycloak module utils \- replaces missing return in get\_role\_composites method which caused it to return None instead of composite roles \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9678](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9678)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9691](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9691)\)\.
+* keycloak\_authentication \- fix authentification config duplication for Keycloak \< 26\.2\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9987](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9987)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- fix and improve existing tests\. The module showed a diff without actual changes\, solved by improving the <code>normalise\_cr\(\)</code> function \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9644](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9644)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- fix diff by removing code that turns the attributes dict which contains additional settings into a list \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9077](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9077)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- fix the idempotency regression by normalizing the Keycloak response for <code>after\_client</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9905](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9905)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9976](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9976)\)\.
+* keycloak\_client \- in check mode\, detect whether the lists in before client \(for example redirect URI list\) contain items that the lists in the desired client do not contain \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9739](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9739)\)\.
+* keycloak\_clientscope \- fix diff and <code>end\_state</code> by removing the code that turns the attributes dict\, which contains additional config items\, into a list \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9082](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9082)\)\.
+* keycloak\_clientscope\_type \- sort the default and optional clientscope lists to improve the diff \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9202](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9202)\)\.
+* keycloak\_user\_rolemapping \- fix <code>\-\-diff</code> mode \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10067](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10067)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10075](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10075)\)\.
+* lldp \- fix crash caused by certain lldpctl output where an attribute is defined as branch and leaf \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9657](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9657)\)\.
+* nmcli \- enable changing only the order of DNS servers or search suffixes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8724](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/8724)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9880](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9880)\)\.
+* onepassword\_doc lookup plugin \- ensure that 1Password Connect support also works for this plugin \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9625](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9625)\)\.
+* passwordstore lookup plugin \- fix subkey creation even when <code>create\=false</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9105](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9105)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9106](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9106)\)\.
+* pickle cache plugin \- avoid extra JSON serialization with ansible\-core \>\= 2\.19 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10136](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10136)\)\.
+* pipx \- honor option <code>global</code> when <code>state\=latest</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9623](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9623)\)\.
+* qubes connection plugin \- fix the printing of debug information \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9334](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9334)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- Fix <code>VerifyBiosAttributes</code> command on multi system resource nodes \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9234](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9234)\)\.
+* redfish\_utils module utils \- remove undocumented default applytime \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9114](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9114)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- do not try to unsubscribe \(i\.e\. remove subscriptions\)
+  when unregistering a system\: newer versions of subscription\-manager\, as
+  available in EL 10 and Fedora 41\+\, do not support entitlements anymore\, and
+  thus unsubscribing will fail
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9578](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9578)\)\.
+* redhat\_subscription \- use the \"enable\_content\" option \(when available\) when
+  registering using D\-Bus\, to ensure that subscription\-manager enables the
+  content on registration\; this is particular important on EL 10\+ and Fedora
+  41\+
+  \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9778](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9778)\)\.
+* reveal\_ansible\_type filter plugin and ansible\_type test plugin \- make compatible with ansible\-core\'s Data Tagging feature \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9833](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9833)\)\.
+* rundeck\_acl\_policy \- ensure that project ACLs are sent to the correct endpoint \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10097](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10097)\)\.
+* slack \- fail if Slack API response is not OK with error message \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9198](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9198)\)\.
+* sudoers \- display stdout and stderr raised while failed validation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9674](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/9674)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9871](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9871)\)\.
+* sysrc \- no longer always reporting <code>changed\=true</code> when <code>state\=absent</code>\. This fixes the method <code>exists\(\)</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10004](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10004)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10005](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10005)\)\.
+* sysrc \- split the output of <code>sysrc \-e \-a</code> on the first <code>\=</code> only \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10120](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10120)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10121](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10121)\)\.
+* xml \- ensure file descriptor is closed \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9695](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9695)\)\.
+* yaml callback plugin \- adjust to latest changes in ansible\-core devel \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10212](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10212)\)\.
+* yaml callback plugin \- use ansible\-core internals to avoid breakage with Data Tagging \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9833](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9833)\)\.
+* yaml callback plugin \- when using ansible\-core 2\.19\.0b2 or newer\, uses a new utility provided by ansible\-core\. This allows us to remove all hacks and vendored code that was part of the plugin for ansible\-core versions with Data Tagging so far \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10242](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10242)\)\.
+* zfs \- fix handling of multi\-line values of user\-defined ZFS properties \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6264](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/6264)\)\.
+* zfs\_facts \- parameter <code>type</code> now accepts multple values as documented \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5909](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5909)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9697](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9697)\)\.
+* zypper\_repository \- make compatible with Python 3\.12\+ \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10222](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10222)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10223](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10223)\)\.
+* zypper\_repository \- use <code>metalink</code> attribute to identify repositories without <code>\<url/\></code> element \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10224](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10224)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10225](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10225)\)\.
+
+<a id="known-issues"></a>
+### Known Issues
+
+* reveal\_ansible\_type filter plugin and ansible\_type test plugin \- note that ansible\-core\'s Data Tagging feature implements new aliases\, such as <code>\_AnsibleTaggedStr</code> for <code>str</code>\, <code>\_AnsibleTaggedInt</code> for <code>int</code>\, and <code>\_AnsibleTaggedFloat</code> for <code>float</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9833](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9833)\)\.
+
+<a id="new-plugins-2"></a>
+### New Plugins
+
+<a id="callback-1"></a>
+#### Callback
+
+* community\.general\.print\_task \- Prints playbook task snippet to job output\.
+
+<a id="connection"></a>
+#### Connection
+
+* community\.general\.wsl \- Run tasks in WSL distribution using wsl\.exe CLI via SSH\.
+
+<a id="filter"></a>
+#### Filter
+
+* community\.general\.accumulate \- Produce a list of accumulated sums of the input list contents\.
+* community\.general\.json\_diff \- Create a JSON patch by comparing two JSON files\.
+* community\.general\.json\_patch \- Apply a JSON\-Patch \(RFC 6902\) operation to an object\.
+* community\.general\.json\_patch\_recipe \- Apply JSON\-Patch \(RFC 6902\) operations to an object\.
+* community\.general\.to\_prettytable \- Format a list of dictionaries as an ASCII table\.
+
+<a id="inventory"></a>
+#### Inventory
+
+* community\.general\.iocage \- iocage inventory source\.
+
+<a id="lookup-1"></a>
+#### Lookup
+
+* community\.general\.onepassword\_ssh\_key \- Fetch SSH keys stored in 1Password\.
+
+<a id="new-modules-2"></a>
+### New Modules
+
+* community\.general\.android\_sdk \- Manages Android SDK packages\.
+* community\.general\.decompress \- Decompresses compressed files\.
+* community\.general\.ldap\_inc \- Use the Modify\-Increment LDAP V3 feature to increment an attribute value\.
+* community\.general\.lvm\_pv \- Manage LVM Physical Volumes\.
+* community\.general\.pacemaker\_resource \- Manage pacemaker resources\.
+* community\.general\.systemd\_creds\_decrypt \- C\(systemd\)\'s C\(systemd\-creds decrypt\) plugin\.
+* community\.general\.systemd\_creds\_encrypt \- C\(systemd\)\'s C\(systemd\-creds encrypt\) plugin\.
+* community\.general\.systemd\_info \- Gather C\(systemd\) unit info\.
+* community\.general\.xdg\_mime \- Set default handler for MIME types\, for applications using XDG tools\.
+* community\.general\.zpool \- Manage ZFS zpools\.

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 * 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).
@@ -42,7 +44,49 @@ 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
+## Run sanity or unit locally (with antsibull-nox)
+
+The easiest way to run sanity and unit tests locally is to use [antsibull-nox](https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/antsibull-nox/).
+(If you have [nox](https://nox.thea.codes/en/stable/) installed, it will automatically install antsibull-nox in a virtual environment for you.)
+
+### Sanity tests
+
+The following commands show how to run ansible-test sanity tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run basic sanity tests for all files in the collection:
+nox -Re ansible-test-sanity-devel
+
+# Run basic sanity tests for the given files and directories:
+nox -Re ansible-test-sanity-devel -- plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
+
+# Run all other sanity tests for all files in the collection:
+nox -R
+```
+
+If you replace `-Re` with `-e`, respectively. If you leave `-R` away, then the virtual environments will be re-created. The `-R` re-uses them (if they already exist).
+
+### Unit tests
+
+The following commands show how to run unit tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run all unit tests:
+nox -Re ansible-test-units-devel
+
+# Run all unit tests for one Python version (a lot faster):
+nox -Re ansible-test-units-devel -- --python 3.13
+
+# Run a specific unit test (for the nmcli module) for one Python version:
+nox -Re ansible-test-units-devel -- --python 3.13 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools/test_nmcli.py
+```
+
+If you replace `-Re` with `-e`, then the virtual environments will be re-created. The `-R` re-uses them (if they already exist).
+
+## Run basic sanity, unit or integration tests locally (with ansible-test)
+
+Instead of using antsibull-nox, you can also run sanity and unit tests with ansible-test directly.
+This also allows you to run integration tests.
 
 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:
 
@@ -54,16 +98,27 @@ 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:
+### Basic sanity tests
+
+The following commands show how to run basic sanity tests:
 
 ```.bash
-# Run sanity tests for all files in the collection:
+# Run basic sanity tests for all files in the collection:
 ansible-test sanity --docker -v
 
-# Run sanity tests for the given files and directories:
+# Run basic sanity tests for the given files and directories:
 ansible-test sanity --docker -v plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
 ```
 
+### Unit tests
+
+Note that for running unit tests, you need to install required collections in the same folder structure that `community.general` is checked out in.
+Right now, you need to install [`community.internal_test_tools`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools).
+If you want to use the latest version from GitHub, you can run:
+```
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/internal_test_tools
+```
+
 The following commands show how to run unit tests:
 
 ```.bash
@@ -77,13 +132,42 @@ ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8
 ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools/test_nmcli.py
 ```
 
+### Integration tests
+
+Note that for running integration tests, you need to install required collections in the same folder structure that `community.general` is checked out in.
+Right now, depending on the test, you need to install [`ansible.posix`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix), [`community.crypto`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto), and [`community.docker`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker):
+If you want to use the latest versions from GitHub, you can run:
+```
+mkdir -p ~/dev/ansible_collections/ansible
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/ansible/posix
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/crypto
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/docker
+```
+
 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
+#### In Docker
 
+Integration tests on Docker have the following parameters:
+- `image_name` (required): The name of the Docker image. To get the list of supported Docker images, run
+  `ansible-test integration --help` and look for _target docker images_.
+- `test_name` (optional): The name of the integration test.
+  For modules, this equals the short name of the module; for example, `pacman` in case of `community.general.pacman`.
+  For plugins, the plugin type is added before the plugin's short name, for example `callback_yaml` for the `community.general.yaml` callback.
+```.bash
+# Test all plugins/modules on fedora40
+ansible-test integration -v --docker fedora40
+
+# Template
+ansible-test integration -v --docker image_name test_name
+
+# Example community.general.ini_file module on fedora40 Docker image:
+ansible-test integration -v --docker fedora40 ini_file
+```
+
+#### Without isolation
+
+```.bash
 # Run integration tests for the flattened lookup **without any isolation**:
 ansible-test integration -v lookup_flattened
 ```
@@ -112,19 +196,9 @@ 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 add a redirect entry
-   in `meta/runtime.yml`. For example, for the `aerospike_migrations` module located in
-   `plugins/modules/database/aerospike/aerospike_migrations.py`, you need to create the following entry:
-   ```.yaml
-       aerospike_migrations:
-         redirect: community.general.database.aerospike.aerospike_migrations
-   ```
-   Here, the relative path `database/aerospike/` is inserted into the module's FQCN (Fully Qualified Collection Name) after the
-   collection's name and before the module's name. This must not be done for other plugin types but modules and action plugins!
-
-   - 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

README.md

@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 # Community General Collection
 
-[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-5)](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)
+[![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-brightgreen.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/)
+[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-11)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
+[![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions/workflows/ansible-test.yml/badge.svg?branch=stable-11)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
+[![Nox CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions/workflows/nox.yml/badge.svg?branch=stable-11)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)
+[![REUSE status](https://api.reuse.software/badge/github.com/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://api.reuse.software/info/github.com/ansible-collections/community.general)
 
 This repository contains the `community.general` Ansible Collection. The collection is a part of the Ansible package and includes many modules and plugins supported by Ansible community which are not part of more specialized community collections.
 
@@ -22,11 +25,21 @@ We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/comm
 
 If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html), please refer to the [policy violations](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html#policy-violations) section of the Code of Conduct for information on how to raise a complaint.
 
+## Communication
+
+* Join the Ansible forum:
+  * [Get Help](https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6): get help or help others. This is for questions about modules or plugins in the collection. Please add appropriate tags if you start new discussions.
+  * [Tag `community-general`](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/community-general): discuss the *collection itself*, instead of specific modules or plugins.
+  * [Social Spaces](https://forum.ansible.com/c/chat/4): gather and interact with fellow enthusiasts.
+  * [News & Announcements](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/5): track project-wide announcements including social events.
+
+* The Ansible [Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn): used to announce releases and important changes.
+
+For more information about communication, see the [Ansible communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
+
 ## Tested with Ansible
 
-Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, and ansible-core 2.15 releases. Ansible-core versions before 2.11.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
-
-Parts of this collection will not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.16, ansible-core 2.17, ansible-core 2.18, ansible-core 2.19 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.16.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
 
 ## External requirements
 
@@ -65,10 +78,6 @@ ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==X.Y.Z
 
 See [Ansible Using collections](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/collections_using.html) for more details.
 
-### FQCNs for modules and actions
-
-⚠️ The collection uses a similar directory structure for modules as the Ansible repository used for Ansible 2.9 and before. This directory structure was never exposed to the user. Due to changes in community.general 5.0.0 (using `meta/runtime.yml` redirects instead of symbolic links) some tooling started exposing the internal module names to end-users. These **internal names**, like `community.general.system.ufw` for the UFW firewall managing module, do work, but should be avoided since they are treated as an implementation detail that can change at any time, even in bugfix releases. Always use the three-component FQCN form, for example `community.general.ufw` for the UFW module. ⚠️
-
 ## Contributing to this collection
 
 The content of this collection is made by good people just like you, a community of individuals collaborating on making the world better through developing automation software.
@@ -103,25 +112,13 @@ It is necessary for maintainers of this collection to be subscribed to:
 
 They also should be subscribed to Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn).
 
-## Communication
-
-We announce important development changes and releases through Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP). If you are a collection developer, be sure you are subscribed.
-
-Join us in the `#ansible` (general use questions and support), `#ansible-community` (community and collection development questions), and other [IRC channels](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#irc-channels) on [Libera.chat](https://libera.chat).
-
-We take part in the global quarterly [Ansible Contributor Summit](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Contributor-Summit) virtually or in-person. Track [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP) and join us.
-
-For more information about communities, meetings and agendas see [Community Wiki](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Community).
-
-For more information about communication, refer to Ansible's the [Communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
-
 ## Publishing New Version
 
 See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/releasing_collections.rst) to learn how to release this collection.
 
 ## Release notes
 
-See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-5/CHANGELOG.rst).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-11/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 ## Roadmap
 
@@ -140,8 +137,8 @@ See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues
 
 This collection is primarily licensed and distributed as a whole under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
 
-See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/COPYING) for the full text.
+See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-11/COPYING) for the full text.
 
-Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt).
+Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-11/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-11/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-11/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/).
+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.toml`. This conforms to the [REUSE specification](https://reuse.software/spec/).

REUSE.toml

@@ -0,0 +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 = 1
+
+[[annotations]]
+path = "changelogs/fragments/**"
+precedence = "aggregate"
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "Ansible Project"
+SPDX-License-Identifier = "GPL-3.0-or-later"

antsibull-nox.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# 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: 2025 Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
+
+[collection_sources]
+"ansible.posix" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git,main"
+"community.crypto" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git,main"
+"community.docker" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git,main"
+"community.internal_test_tools" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git,main"
+
+[collection_sources_per_ansible.'2.16']
+# community.crypto's main branch needs ansible-core >= 2.17
+"community.crypto" = "git+https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git,stable-2"
+
+[sessions]
+
+[sessions.lint]
+run_isort = false
+run_black = false
+run_flake8 = false
+run_pylint = false
+run_yamllint = true
+yamllint_config = ".yamllint"
+# yamllint_config_plugins = ".yamllint-docs"
+# yamllint_config_plugins_examples = ".yamllint-examples"
+run_mypy = false
+
+[sessions.docs_check]
+validate_collection_refs="all"
+codeblocks_restrict_types = [
+    "ansible-output",
+    "console",
+    "ini",
+    "json",
+    "python",
+    "shell",
+    "yaml",
+    "yaml+jinja",
+    "text",
+]
+codeblocks_restrict_type_exact_case = true
+codeblocks_allow_without_type = false
+codeblocks_allow_literal_blocks = false
+
+[sessions.license_check]
+
+[sessions.extra_checks]
+run_no_unwanted_files = true
+no_unwanted_files_module_extensions = [".py"]
+no_unwanted_files_yaml_extensions = [".yml"]
+run_action_groups = true
+run_no_trailing_whitespace = true
+no_trailing_whitespace_skip_paths = [
+    "tests/integration/targets/iso_extract/files/test.iso",
+    "tests/integration/targets/java_cert/files/testpkcs.p12",
+    "tests/integration/targets/one_host/files/testhost/tmp/opennebula-fixtures.json.gz",
+    "tests/integration/targets/one_template/files/testhost/tmp/opennebula-fixtures.json.gz",
+    "tests/integration/targets/setup_flatpak_remote/files/repo.tar.xz",
+]
+no_trailing_whitespace_skip_directories = [
+    "tests/unit/plugins/modules/interfaces_file/interfaces_file_fixtures/golden_output/",
+    "tests/unit/plugins/modules/interfaces_file/interfaces_file_fixtures/input/",
+]
+
+[[sessions.extra_checks.action_groups_config]]
+name = "consul"
+pattern = "^consul_.*$"
+exclusions = [
+    "consul_acl_bootstrap",
+    "consul_kv",
+]
+doc_fragment = "community.general.consul.actiongroup_consul"
+
+[[sessions.extra_checks.action_groups_config]]
+name = "keycloak"
+pattern = "^keycloak_.*$"
+exclusions = [
+    "keycloak_realm_info",
+]
+doc_fragment = "community.general.keycloak.actiongroup_keycloak"
+
+[sessions.build_import_check]
+run_galaxy_importer = true
+
+[sessions.ansible_test_sanity]
+include_devel = true
+
+[sessions.ansible_test_units]
+include_devel = true

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -7,28 +7,37 @@ changelog_filename_template: ../CHANGELOG.rst
 changelog_filename_version_depth: 0
 changes_file: changelog.yaml
 changes_format: combined
+ignore_other_fragment_extensions: true
 keep_fragments: false
 mention_ancestor: true
-flatmap: true
 new_plugins_after_name: removed_features
 notesdir: fragments
+output_formats:
+  - md
+  - rst
 prelude_section_name: release_summary
 prelude_section_title: Release Summary
 sections:
-- - major_changes
-  - Major Changes
-- - minor_changes
-  - Minor Changes
-- - breaking_changes
-  - Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
-- - deprecated_features
-  - Deprecated Features
-- - removed_features
-  - Removed Features (previously deprecated)
-- - security_fixes
-  - Security Fixes
-- - bugfixes
-  - Bugfixes
-- - known_issues
-  - Known Issues
+  - - major_changes
+    - Major Changes
+  - - minor_changes
+    - Minor Changes
+  - - breaking_changes
+    - Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+  - - deprecated_features
+    - Deprecated Features
+  - - removed_features
+    - Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+  - - security_fixes
+    - Security Fixes
+  - - bugfixes
+    - Bugfixes
+  - - known_issues
+    - Known Issues
 title: Community General
+trivial_section_name: trivial
+use_fqcn: true
+add_plugin_period: true
+changelog_nice_yaml: true
+changelog_sort: version
+vcs: auto

docs/docsite/config.yml

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-list3: "{{ list1|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name') }}"
+changelog:
+  write_changelog: true

docs/docsite/extra-docs.yml

@@ -8,3 +8,17 @@ sections:
     toctree:
       - filter_guide
       - test_guide
+  - title: Technology Guides
+    toctree:
+      - guide_alicloud
+      - guide_iocage
+      - guide_online
+      - guide_packet
+      - guide_scaleway
+  - title: Developer Guides
+    toctree:
+      - guide_deps
+      - guide_vardict
+      - guide_cmdrunner
+      - guide_modulehelper
+      - guide_uthelper

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

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list1:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      x: default_value
-      y: default_value
-      list:
-        - default_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-list2:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-      list:
-        - patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]

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

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-- name: 1. Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-001_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-001.out

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

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

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

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-- name: 2. Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-002_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-002.out

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

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

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

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-- name: 3. Merge recursive by 'name', replace lists (default)
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-003_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-003.out

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

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

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

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-- name: 4. Merge recursive by 'name', keep lists
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-004_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-004.out

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

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

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

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                           recursive=true,
-                                           list_merge='keep') }}"

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

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-- name: 5. Merge recursive by 'name', append lists
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-005_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-005.out

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

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

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

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                           recursive=true,
-                                           list_merge='append') }}"

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

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-- name: 6. Merge recursive by 'name', prepend lists
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-006_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-006.out

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

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

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

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                           recursive=true,
-                                           list_merge='prepend') }}"

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

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-- name: 7. Merge recursive by 'name', append lists 'remove present'
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-007_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-007.out

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

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

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

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                           recursive=true,
-                                           list_merge='append_rp') }}"

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

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-- name: 8. Merge recursive by 'name', prepend lists 'remove present'
-  include_vars:
-    dir: example-008_vars
-- debug:
-    var: list3
-  when: debug|d(false)|bool
-- template:
-    src: list3.out.j2
-    dest: example-008.out

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

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

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

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                           recursive=true,
-                                           list_merge='prepend_rp') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/examples.yml

@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-examples:
-  - label: 'In the example below the lists are merged by the attribute ``name``:'
-    file: example-001_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-001.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'It is possible to use a list of lists as an input of the filter:'
-    file: example-002_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces the same result as in the previous example:'
-    file: example-002.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=replace`` (default):'
-    file: example-003_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-003.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=keep``:'
-    file: example-004_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-004.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=append``:'
-    file: example-005_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-005.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=prepend``:'
-    file: example-006_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-006.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=append_rp``:'
-    file: example-007_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-007.out
-    lang: 'yaml'
-  - label: 'Example ``list_merge=prepend_rp``:'
-    file: example-008_vars/list3.yml
-    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
-  - label: 'This produces:'
-    file: example-008.out
-    lang: 'yaml'

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

@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-..
-  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-Merging lists of dictionaries
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the ``lists_mergeby`` filter.
-
-.. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See :ref:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <ansible_collections.community.general.yaml_callback>`.
-
-Let us use the lists below in the following examples:
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  {{ lookup('file', 'default-common.yml')|indent(2) }}
-
-{% for i in examples[0:2] %}
-{{ i.label }}
-
-.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
-
-  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
-
-{% endfor %}
-
-.. versionadded:: 2.0.0
-
-{% for i in examples[2:4] %}
-{{ i.label }}
-
-.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
-
-  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
-
-{% endfor %}
-
-The filter also accepts two optional parameters: ``recursive`` and ``list_merge``. These parameters are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core, but not with Ansible 2.9. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
-
-**recursive**
-    Is a boolean, default to ``False``. Should the ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.
-
-**list_merge**
-    Is a string, its possible values are ``replace`` (default), ``keep``, ``append``, ``prepend``, ``append_rp`` or ``prepend_rp``. It modifies the behaviour of ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.
-
-The examples below set ``recursive=true`` and display the differences among all six options of ``list_merge``. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter ``combine``. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
-
-Let us use the lists below in the following examples
-
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  {{ lookup('file', 'default-recursive-true.yml')|indent(2) }}
-
-{% for i in examples[4:16] %}
-{{ i.label }}
-
-.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
-
-  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
-
-{% endfor %}

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/playbook.yml

@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-# 1) Run all examples and create example-XXX.out
-# shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e examples=true
-#
-# 2) Optionally, for testing, create examples_all.rst
-# shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e examples_all=true
-#
-# 3) Create docs REST files
-# shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e merging_lists_of_dictionaries=true
-#
-# Notes:
-# * Use YAML callback, e.g. set ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=community.general.yaml
-# * Use sphinx-view to render and review the REST files
-#   shell> sphinx-view <path_to_helper>/examples_all.rst
-# * Proofread and copy completed docs *.rst files into the directory rst.
-# * Then delete the *.rst and *.out files from this directory. Do not
-#   add *.rst and *.out in this directory to the version control.
-#
-# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-# community.general/docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/playbook.yml
-
-- hosts: localhost
-  gather_facts: false
-  tasks:
-
-    - block:
-        - import_tasks: example-001.yml
-          tags: t001
-        - import_tasks: example-002.yml
-          tags: t002
-        - import_tasks: example-003.yml
-          tags: t003
-        - import_tasks: example-004.yml
-          tags: t004
-        - import_tasks: example-005.yml
-          tags: t005
-        - import_tasks: example-006.yml
-          tags: t006
-        - import_tasks: example-007.yml
-          tags: t007
-        - import_tasks: example-008.yml
-          tags: t008
-      when: examples|d(false)|bool
-
-    - block:
-        - include_vars: examples.yml
-        - template:
-            src: examples_all.rst.j2
-            dest: examples_all.rst
-      when: examples_all|d(false)|bool
-
-    - block:
-        - include_vars: examples.yml
-        - template:
-            src: filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst.j2
-            dest: filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst
-      when: merging_lists_of_dictionaries|d(false)|bool

docs/docsite/links.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ edit_on_github:
   path_prefix: ''
 
 extra_links:
+  - description: Ask for help
+    url: https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6/none
   - description: Submit a bug report
     url: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=bug_report.yml
   - description: Request a feature
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@ communication:
     - topic: General usage and support questions
       network: Libera
       channel: '#ansible'
-  mailing_lists:
-    - topic: Ansible Project List
-      url: https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-project
+  forums:
+    - topic: "Ansible Forum: General usage and support questions"
+      # The following URL directly points to the "Get Help" section
+      url: https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6/none
+    - topic: "Ansible Forum: Discussions about the collection itself, not for specific modules or plugins"
+      # The following URL directly points to the "community-general" tag
+      url: https://forum.ansible.com/tag/community-general

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries-keep_keys.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+..
+  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
+
+keep_keys
+"""""""""
+
+Use the filter :ansplugin:`community.general.keep_keys#filter` if you have a list of dictionaries and want to keep certain keys only.
+
+.. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See :ansplugin:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <community.general.yaml#callback>`.
+
+
+Let us use the below list in the following examples:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   input:
+     - k0_x0: A0
+       k1_x1: B0
+       k2_x2: [C0]
+       k3_x3: foo
+     - k0_x0: A1
+       k1_x1: B1
+       k2_x2: [C1]
+       k3_x3: bar
+
+
+* By default, match keys that equal any of the items in the target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1
+
+   target: ['k0_x0', 'k1_x1']
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.keep_keys(target=target) }}"
+
+
+gives
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     - {k0_x0: A0, k1_x1: B0}
+     - {k0_x0: A1, k1_x1: B1}
+
+
+.. versionadded:: 9.1.0
+
+* The results of the below examples 1-5 are all the same:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     - {k0_x0: A0, k1_x1: B0}
+     - {k0_x0: A1, k1_x1: B1}
+
+
+1. Match keys that equal any of the items in the target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: equal
+   target: ['k0_x0', 'k1_x1']
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.keep_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+2. Match keys that start with any of the items in the target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: starts_with
+   target: ['k0', 'k1']
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.keep_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+3. Match keys that end with any of the items in target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: ends_with
+   target: ['x0', 'x1']
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.keep_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+4. Match keys by the regex.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: regex
+   target: ['^.*[01]_x.*$']
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.keep_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+5. Match keys by the regex.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: regex
+   target: ^.*[01]_x.*$
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.keep_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+
+* The results of the below examples 6-9 are all the same:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     - {k0_x0: A0}
+     - {k0_x0: A1}
+
+
+6. Match keys that equal the target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: equal
+   target: k0_x0
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.keep_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+7. Match keys that start with the target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: starts_with
+   target: k0
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.keep_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+8. Match keys that end with the target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: ends_with
+   target: x0
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.keep_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+9. Match keys by the regex.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: regex
+   target: ^.*0_x.*$
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.keep_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries-remove_keys.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+..
+  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
+
+remove_keys
+"""""""""""
+
+Use the filter :ansplugin:`community.general.remove_keys#filter` if you have a list of dictionaries and want to remove certain keys.
+
+.. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See See :ansplugin:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <community.general.yaml#callback>`.
+
+
+Let us use the below list in the following examples:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   input:
+     - k0_x0: A0
+       k1_x1: B0
+       k2_x2: [C0]
+       k3_x3: foo
+     - k0_x0: A1
+       k1_x1: B1
+       k2_x2: [C1]
+       k3_x3: bar
+
+
+* By default, match keys that equal any of the items in the target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1
+
+   target: ['k0_x0', 'k1_x1']
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.remove_keys(target=target) }}"
+
+
+gives
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     - k2_x2: [C0]
+       k3_x3: foo
+     - k2_x2: [C1]
+       k3_x3: bar
+
+
+.. versionadded:: 9.1.0
+
+* The results of the below examples 1-5 are all the same:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     - k2_x2: [C0]
+       k3_x3: foo
+     - k2_x2: [C1]
+       k3_x3: bar
+
+
+1. Match keys that equal any of the items in the target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: equal
+   target: ['k0_x0', 'k1_x1']
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.remove_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+2. Match keys that start with any of the items in the target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: starts_with
+   target: ['k0', 'k1']
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.remove_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+3. Match keys that end with any of the items in target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: ends_with
+   target: ['x0', 'x1']
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.remove_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+4. Match keys by the regex.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: regex
+   target: ['^.*[01]_x.*$']
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.remove_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+5. Match keys by the regex.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: regex
+   target: ^.*[01]_x.*$
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.remove_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+
+* The results of the below examples 6-9 are all the same:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     - k1_x1: B0
+       k2_x2: [C0]
+       k3_x3: foo
+     - k1_x1: B1
+       k2_x2: [C1]
+       k3_x3: bar
+
+
+6. Match keys that equal the target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: equal
+   target: k0_x0
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.remove_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+7. Match keys that start with the target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: starts_with
+   target: k0
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.remove_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+8. Match keys that end with the target.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: ends_with
+   target: x0
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.remove_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+9. Match keys by the regex.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1,2
+
+   mp: regex
+   target: ^.*0_x.*$
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.remove_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries-replace_keys.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+..
+  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
+
+replace_keys
+""""""""""""
+
+Use the filter :ansplugin:`community.general.replace_keys#filter` if you have a list of dictionaries and want to replace certain keys.
+
+.. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See :ansplugin:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <community.general.yaml#callback>`.
+
+
+Let us use the below list in the following examples:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   input:
+     - k0_x0: A0
+       k1_x1: B0
+       k2_x2: [C0]
+       k3_x3: foo
+     - k0_x0: A1
+       k1_x1: B1
+       k2_x2: [C1]
+       k3_x3: bar
+
+
+* By default, match keys that equal any of the attributes before.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-3
+
+   target:
+     - {after: a0, before: k0_x0}
+     - {after: a1, before: k1_x1}
+
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.replace_keys(target=target) }}"
+
+
+gives
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     - a0: A0
+       a1: B0
+       k2_x2: [C0]
+       k3_x3: foo
+     - a0: A1
+       a1: B1
+       k2_x2: [C1]
+       k3_x3: bar
+
+
+.. versionadded:: 9.1.0
+
+* The results of the below examples 1-3 are all the same:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     - a0: A0
+       a1: B0
+       k2_x2: [C0]
+       k3_x3: foo
+     - a0: A1
+       a1: B1
+       k2_x2: [C1]
+       k3_x3: bar
+
+
+1. Replace keys that starts with any of the attributes before.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-4
+
+   mp: starts_with
+   target:
+     - {after: a0, before: k0}
+     - {after: a1, before: k1}
+
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.replace_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+2. Replace keys that ends with any of the attributes before.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-4
+
+   mp: ends_with
+   target:
+     - {after: a0, before: x0}
+     - {after: a1, before: x1}
+
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.replace_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+3. Replace keys that match any regex of the attributes before.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-4
+
+   mp: regex
+   target:
+     - {after: a0, before: ^.*0_x.*$}
+     - {after: a1, before: ^.*1_x.*$}
+
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.replace_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+
+* The results of the below examples 4-5 are the same:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     - {X: foo}
+     - {X: bar}
+
+
+4. If more keys match the same attribute before the last one will be used.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-3
+
+   mp: regex
+   target:
+     - {after: X, before: ^.*_x.*$}
+
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.replace_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+5. If there are items with equal attribute before the first one will be used.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-3
+
+   mp: regex
+   target:
+     - {after: X, before: ^.*_x.*$}
+     - {after: Y, before: ^.*_x.*$}
+
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.replace_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+
+6. If there are more matches for a key the first one will be used.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   input:
+     - {aaa1: A, bbb1: B, ccc1: C}
+     - {aaa2: D, bbb2: E, ccc2: F}
+
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-4
+
+   mp: starts_with
+   target:
+     - {after: X, before: a}
+     - {after: Y, before: aa}
+
+   result: "{{ input | community.general.replace_keys(target=target, matching_parameter=mp) }}"
+
+gives
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+   :emphasize-lines: 1-
+
+   result:
+     - {X: A, bbb1: B, ccc1: C}
+     - {X: D, bbb2: E, ccc2: F}
+
+

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.filter_guide.filter_guide_abstract_informations.lists_of_dicts:
+
+Lists of dictionaries
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Filters to manage keys in a list of dictionaries:
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries-keep_keys
+   filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries-remove_keys
+   filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries-replace_keys

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide.rst

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 community.general Filter Guide
 ==============================
 
-The :ref:`community.general collection <plugins_in_community.general>` offers several useful filter plugins.
+The :anscollection:`community.general collection <community.general#collection>` offers several useful filter plugins.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations.rst

@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@ Abstract transformations
 
    filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries
    filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping
+   filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries
    filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries
+   filter_guide_abstract_informations_lists_helper
    filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_counting_elements_in_sequence.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Counting elements in a sequence
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-The ``community.general.counter`` filter plugin allows you to count (hashable) elements in a sequence. Elements are returned as dictionary keys and their counts are stored as dictionary values.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.counter filter plugin <community.general.counter#filter>` allows you to count (hashable) elements in a sequence. Elements are returned as dictionary keys and their counts are stored as dictionary values.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_dictionaries.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Dictionaries
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-You can use the ``dict_kv`` filter to create a single-entry dictionary with ``value | community.general.dict_kv(key)``:
+You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.dict_kv filter <community.general.dict_kv#filter>` to create a single-entry dictionary with ``value | community.general.dict_kv(key)``:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ You can use the ``dict_kv`` filter to create a single-entry dictionary with ``va
           type: host
           database: all
         myservers:
-        - server1
-        - server2
+          - server1
+          - server2
 
 This produces:
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ This produces:
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.0.0
 
-If you need to convert a list of key-value pairs to a dictionary, you can use the ``dict`` function. Unfortunately, this function cannot be used with ``map``. For this, the ``community.general.dict`` filter can be used:
+If you need to convert a list of key-value pairs to a dictionary, you can use the ``dict`` function. Unfortunately, this function cannot be used with ``map``. For this, the :ansplugin:`community.general.dict filter <community.general.dict#filter>` can be used:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_grouping.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Grouping
 ^^^^^^^^
 
-If you have a list of dictionaries, the Jinja2 ``groupby`` filter allows to group the list by an attribute. This results in a list of ``(grouper, list)`` namedtuples, where ``list`` contains all dictionaries where the selected attribute equals ``grouper``. If you know that for every ``grouper``, there will be a most one entry in that list, you can use the ``community.general.groupby_as_dict`` filter to convert the original list into a dictionary which maps ``grouper`` to the corresponding dictionary.
+If you have a list of dictionaries, the Jinja2 ``groupby`` filter allows to group the list by an attribute. This results in a list of ``(grouper, list)`` namedtuples, where ``list`` contains all dictionaries where the selected attribute equals ``grouper``. If you know that for every ``grouper``, there will be a most one entry in that list, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.groupby_as_dict filter <community.general.groupby_as_dict#filter>` to convert the original list into a dictionary which maps ``grouper`` to the corresponding dictionary.
 
 One example is ``ansible_facts.mounts``, which is a list of dictionaries where each has one ``device`` element to indicate the device which is mounted. Therefore, ``ansible_facts.mounts | community.general.groupby_as_dict('device')`` is a dictionary mapping a device to the mount information:
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_lists_helper.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+..
+  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
+
+Union, intersection and difference of lists
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Starting with Ansible Core 2.16, the builtin filters :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.union#filter`, :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.intersect#filter`, :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.difference#filter` and :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.symmetric_difference#filter` began to behave differently and do no longer preserve the item order. Items in the resulting lists are returned in arbitrary order and the order can vary between subsequent runs.
+
+The Ansible community.general collection provides the following additional list filters:
+
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_union#filter`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_intersect#filter`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_difference#filter`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_symmetric_difference#filter`
+
+These filters preserve the item order, eliminate duplicates and are an extended version of the builtin ones, because they can operate on more than two lists.
+
+.. note:: Stick to the builtin filters, when item order is not important or when you do not need the n-ary operating mode. The builtin filters are faster, because they rely mostly on sets as their underlying datastructure.
+
+Let us use the lists below in the following examples:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  A: [9, 5, 7, 1, 9, 4, 10, 5, 9, 7]
+  B: [4, 1, 2, 8, 3, 1, 7]
+  C: [10, 2, 1, 9, 1]
+
+The union of ``A`` and ``B`` can be written as:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ A | community.general.lists_union(B) }}"
+
+This statement produces:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  result: [9, 5, 7, 1, 4, 10, 2, 8, 3]
+
+If you want to calculate the intersection of ``A``, ``B`` and ``C``, you can use the following statement:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ A | community.general.lists_intersect(B, C) }}"
+
+Alternatively, you can use a list of lists as an input of the filter
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ [A, B] | community.general.lists_intersect(C) }}"
+
+or
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ [A, B, C] | community.general.lists_intersect(flatten=true) }}"
+
+All three statements are equivalent and give:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  result: [1]
+
+.. note:: Be aware that in most cases, filter calls without any argument require ``flatten=true``, otherwise the input is returned as result. The reason for this is, that the input is considered as a variable argument and is wrapped by an additional outer list. ``flatten=true`` ensures that this list is removed before the input is processed by the filter logic.
+
+The filters :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_difference#filter` or :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_symmetric_difference#filter` can be used in the same way as the filters in the examples above. They calculate the difference or the symmetric difference between two or more lists and preserve the item order.
+
+For example, the symmetric difference of ``A``, ``B`` and ``C`` may be written as:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  result: "{{ A | community.general.lists_symmetric_difference(B, C) }}"
+
+This gives:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  result: [5, 8, 3, 1]
+

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst

@@ -6,33 +6,30 @@
 Merging lists of dictionaries
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the ``lists_mergeby`` filter.
+If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby <community.general.lists_mergeby#filter>` filter.
 
-.. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See :ref:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <ansible_collections.community.general.yaml_callback>`.
+.. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See the documentation for the :ansplugin:`community.general.yaml callback plugin <community.general.yaml#callback>`.
 
 Let us use the lists below in the following examples:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list1:
-    - name: foo
-      extra: true
-    - name: bar
-      extra: false
-    - name: meh
-      extra: true
+    - {name: foo, extra: true}
+    - {name: bar, extra: false}
+    - {name: meh, extra: true}
 
   list2:
-    - name: foo
-      path: /foo
-    - name: baz
-      path: /baz
+    - {name: foo, path: /foo}
+    - {name: baz, path: /baz}
 
+Two lists
+"""""""""
 In the example below the lists are merged by the attribute ``name``:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ list1|
+  list3: "{{ list1 |
              community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name') }}"
 
 This produces:
@@ -40,24 +37,21 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - extra: false
-    name: bar
-  - name: baz
-    path: /baz
-  - extra: true
-    name: foo
-    path: /foo
-  - extra: true
-    name: meh
+    - {name: bar, extra: false}
+    - {name: baz, path: /baz}
+    - {name: foo, extra: true, path: /foo}
+    - {name: meh, extra: true}
 
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.0.0
 
+List of two lists
+"""""""""""""""""
 It is possible to use a list of lists as an input of the filter:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"
 
 This produces the same result as in the previous example:
@@ -65,26 +59,40 @@ This produces the same result as in the previous example:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - extra: false
-    name: bar
-  - name: baz
-    path: /baz
-  - extra: true
-    name: foo
-    path: /foo
-  - extra: true
-    name: meh
+    - {name: bar, extra: false}
+    - {name: baz, path: /baz}
+    - {name: foo, extra: true, path: /foo}
+    - {name: meh, extra: true}
+
+Single list
+"""""""""""
+It is possible to merge single list:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+  list3: "{{ [list1 + list2, []] |
+             community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"
+
+This produces the same result as in the previous example:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  list3:
+    - {name: bar, extra: false}
+    - {name: baz, path: /baz}
+    - {name: foo, extra: true, path: /foo}
+    - {name: meh, extra: true}
 
 
-The filter also accepts two optional parameters: ``recursive`` and ``list_merge``. These parameters are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core, but not with Ansible 2.9. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
+The filter also accepts two optional parameters: :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:recursive` and :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge`. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
 
 **recursive**
-    Is a boolean, default to ``False``. Should the ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.
+    Is a boolean, default to ``false``. Should the :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter` filter recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.
 
 **list_merge**
-    Is a string, its possible values are ``replace`` (default), ``keep``, ``append``, ``prepend``, ``append_rp`` or ``prepend_rp``. It modifies the behaviour of ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.
+    Is a string, its possible values are :ansval:`replace` (default), :ansval:`keep`, :ansval:`append`, :ansval:`prepend`, :ansval:`append_rp` or :ansval:`prepend_rp`. It modifies the behaviour of :ansplugin:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.
 
-The examples below set ``recursive=true`` and display the differences among all six options of ``list_merge``. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter ``combine``. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
+The examples below set :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:recursive=true` and display the differences among all six options of :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge`. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.combine#filter`. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
 
 Let us use the lists below in the following examples
 
@@ -95,8 +103,7 @@ Let us use the lists below in the following examples
       param01:
         x: default_value
         y: default_value
-        list:
-          - default_value
+        list: [default_value]
     - name: myname02
       param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
 
@@ -105,16 +112,17 @@ Let us use the lists below in the following examples
       param01:
         y: patch_value
         z: patch_value
-        list:
-          - patch_value
+        list: [patch_value]
     - name: myname02
-      param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
+      param01: [3, 4, 4]
 
-Example ``list_merge=replace`` (default):
+list_merge=replace (default)
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=replace` (default):
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                              recursive=true) }}"
 
@@ -123,25 +131,22 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - patch_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: patch_value
+        list: [patch_value]
+        z: patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [3, 4, 4]
 
-Example ``list_merge=keep``:
+list_merge=keep
+"""""""""""""""
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=keep`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                              recursive=true,
                                              list_merge='keep') }}"
@@ -151,25 +156,22 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - default_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: patch_value
+        list: [default_value]
+        z: patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
 
-Example ``list_merge=append``:
+list_merge=append
+"""""""""""""""""
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                              recursive=true,
                                              list_merge='append') }}"
@@ -179,30 +181,22 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - default_value
-      - patch_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: patch_value
+        list: [default_value, patch_value]
+        z: patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4]
 
-Example ``list_merge=prepend``:
+list_merge=prepend
+""""""""""""""""""
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                              recursive=true,
                                              list_merge='prepend') }}"
@@ -212,30 +206,22 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - patch_value
-      - default_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: patch_value
+        list: [patch_value, default_value]
+        z: patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [3, 4, 4, 1, 1, 2, 3]
 
-Example ``list_merge=append_rp``:
+list_merge=append_rp
+""""""""""""""""""""
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=append_rp`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                              recursive=true,
                                              list_merge='append_rp') }}"
@@ -245,29 +231,22 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - default_value
-      - patch_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: patch_value
+        list: [default_value, patch_value]
+        z: patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4]
 
-Example ``list_merge=prepend_rp``:
+list_merge=prepend_rp
+"""""""""""""""""""""
+Example :ansopt:`community.general.lists_mergeby#filter:list_merge=prepend_rp`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2] |
              community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
                                              recursive=true,
                                              list_merge='prepend_rp') }}"
@@ -277,21 +256,12 @@ This produces:
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
   list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - patch_value
-      - default_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: patch_value
+        list: [patch_value, default_value]
+        z: patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [3, 4, 4, 1, 1, 2]
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_conversions.rst

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Conversions
 Parsing CSV files
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Ansible offers the :ref:`community.general.read_csv module <ansible_collections.community.general.read_csv_module>` to read CSV files. Sometimes you need to convert strings to CSV files instead. For this, the ``from_csv`` filter exists.
+Ansible offers the :ansplugin:`community.general.read_csv module <community.general.read_csv#module>` to read CSV files. Sometimes you need to convert strings to CSV files instead. For this, the :ansplugin:`community.general.from_csv filter <community.general.from_csv#filter>` exists.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ This produces:
         ]
     }
 
-The ``from_csv`` filter has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.from_csv filter <community.general.from_csv#filter>` has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
 
 :dialect: Dialect of the CSV file. Default is ``excel``. Other possible choices are ``excel-tab`` and ``unix``. If one of ``delimiter``, ``skipinitialspace`` or ``strict`` is specified, ``dialect`` is ignored.
 :fieldnames: A set of column names to use. If not provided, the first line of the CSV is assumed to contain the column names.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The ``from_csv`` filter has several keyword arguments to control its behavior:
 Converting to JSON
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-`JC <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ is a CLI tool and Python library which allows to interpret output of various CLI programs as JSON. It is also available as a filter in community.general. This filter needs the `jc Python library <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ installed on the controller.
+`JC <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ is a CLI tool and Python library which allows to interpret output of various CLI programs as JSON. It is also available as a filter in community.general, called :ansplugin:`community.general.jc#filter`. This filter needs the `jc Python library <https://pypi.org/project/jc/>`_ installed on the controller.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_creating_identifiers.rst

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The following filters allow to create identifiers.
 Hashids
 ^^^^^^^
 
-`Hashids <https://hashids.org/>`_ allow to convert sequences of integers to short unique string identifiers. This filter needs the `hashids Python library <https://pypi.org/project/hashids/>`_ installed on the controller.
+`Hashids <https://hashids.org/>`_ allow to convert sequences of integers to short unique string identifiers. The :ansplugin:`community.general.hashids_encode#filter` and :ansplugin:`community.general.hashids_decode#filter` filters need the `hashids Python library <https://pypi.org/project/hashids/>`_ installed on the controller.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The hashids filters accept keyword arguments to allow fine-tuning the hashids ge
 Random MACs
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-You can use the ``random_mac`` filter to complete a partial `MAC address <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address>`_ to a random 6-byte MAC address.
+You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.random_mac filter <community.general.random_mac#filter>` to complete a partial `MAC address <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address>`_ to a random 6-byte MAC address.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_paths.rst

@@ -6,14 +6,4 @@
 Paths
 -----
 
-The ``path_join`` filter has been added in ansible-base 2.10. If you want to use this filter, but also need to support Ansible 2.9, you can use ``community.general``'s ``path_join`` shim, ``community.general.path_join``. This filter redirects to ``path_join`` for ansible-base 2.10 and ansible-core 2.11 or newer, and re-implements the filter for Ansible 2.9.
-
-.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
-
-    # ansible-base 2.10 or newer:
-    path: {{ ('/etc', path, 'subdir', file) | path_join }}
-
-    # Also works with Ansible 2.9:
-    path: {{ ('/etc', path, 'subdir', file) | community.general.path_join }}
-
-.. versionadded:: 3.0.0
+The :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.path_join filter <ansible.builtin.path_join#filter>` has been added in ansible-base 2.10. Community.general 3.0.0 and newer contains an alias ``community.general.path_join`` for this filter that could be used on Ansible 2.9 as well. Since community.general no longer supports Ansible 2.9, this is now a simple redirect to :ansplugin:`ansible.builtin.path_join filter <ansible.builtin.path_join#filter>`.

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_selecting_json_data.rst

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Selecting JSON data: JSON queries
 ---------------------------------
 
-To select a single element or a data subset from a complex data structure in JSON format (for example, Ansible facts), use the ``json_query`` filter.  The ``json_query`` filter lets you query a complex JSON structure and iterate over it using a loop structure.
+To select a single element or a data subset from a complex data structure in JSON format (for example, Ansible facts), use the :ansplugin:`community.general.json_query filter <community.general.json_query#filter>`.  The :ansplugin:`community.general.json_query#filter` filter lets you query a complex JSON structure and iterate over it using a loop structure.
 
 .. note:: You must manually install the **jmespath** dependency on the Ansible controller before using this filter. This filter is built upon **jmespath**, and you can use the same syntax. For examples, see `jmespath examples <http://jmespath.org/examples.html>`_.
 
@@ -17,50 +17,50 @@ Consider this data structure:
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
     {
-        "domain_definition": {
-            "domain": {
-                "cluster": [
-                    {
-                        "name": "cluster1"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "cluster2"
-                    }
-                ],
-                "server": [
-                    {
-                        "name": "server11",
-                        "cluster": "cluster1",
-                        "port": "8080"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "server12",
-                        "cluster": "cluster1",
-                        "port": "8090"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "server21",
-                        "cluster": "cluster2",
-                        "port": "9080"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "server22",
-                        "cluster": "cluster2",
-                        "port": "9090"
-                    }
-                ],
-                "library": [
-                    {
-                        "name": "lib1",
-                        "target": "cluster1"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "name": "lib2",
-                        "target": "cluster2"
-                    }
-                ]
+      "domain_definition": {
+        "domain": {
+          "cluster": [
+            {
+              "name": "cluster1"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "cluster2"
             }
+          ],
+          "server": [
+            {
+              "name": "server11",
+              "cluster": "cluster1",
+              "port": "8080"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "server12",
+              "cluster": "cluster1",
+              "port": "8090"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "server21",
+              "cluster": "cluster2",
+              "port": "9080"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "server22",
+              "cluster": "cluster2",
+              "port": "9090"
+            }
+          ],
+          "library": [
+            {
+              "name": "lib1",
+              "target": "cluster1"
+            },
+            {
+              "name": "lib2",
+              "target": "cluster2"
+            }
+          ]
         }
+      }
     }
 
 To extract all clusters from this structure, you can use the following query:
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ To get a hash map with all ports and names of a cluster:
         var: item
       loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query(server_name_cluster1_query) }}"
       vars:
-        server_name_cluster1_query: "domain.server[?cluster=='cluster2'].{name: name, port: port}"
+        server_name_cluster1_query: "domain.server[?cluster=='cluster1'].{name: name, port: port}"
 
 To extract ports from all clusters with name starting with 'server1':
 
@@ -146,4 +146,4 @@ To extract ports from all clusters with name containing 'server1':
       vars:
         server_name_query: "domain.server[?contains(name,'server1')].port"
 
-.. note:: while using ``starts_with`` and ``contains``, you have to use `` to_json | from_json `` filter for correct parsing of data structure.
+.. note:: while using ``starts_with`` and ``contains``, you have to use ``to_json | from_json`` filter for correct parsing of data structure.

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_times.rst

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 Working with times
 ------------------
 
-The ``to_time_unit`` filter allows to convert times from a human-readable string to a unit. For example, ``'4h 30min 12second' | community.general.to_time_unit('hour')`` gives the number of hours that correspond to 4 hours, 30 minutes and 12 seconds.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.to_time_unit filter <community.general.to_time_unit#filter>` allows to convert times from a human-readable string to a unit. For example, ``'4h 30min 12second' | community.general.to_time_unit('hour')`` gives the number of hours that correspond to 4 hours, 30 minutes and 12 seconds.
 
-There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like ``to_hours``, ``to_minutes``, ``to_seconds``, and so on. The following table lists all units that can be used:
+There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like :ansplugin:`community.general.to_hours#filter`, :ansplugin:`community.general.to_minutes#filter`, :ansplugin:`community.general.to_seconds#filter`, and so on. The following table lists all units that can be used:
 
 .. list-table:: Units
    :widths: 25 25 25 25
@@ -21,37 +21,37 @@ There are shorthands to directly convert to various units, like ``to_hours``, ``
    * - Millisecond
      - 1/1000 second
      - ``ms``, ``millisecond``, ``milliseconds``, ``msec``, ``msecs``, ``msecond``, ``mseconds``
-     - ``to_milliseconds``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_milliseconds#filter`
    * - Second
      - 1 second
      - ``s``, ``sec``, ``secs``, ``second``, ``seconds``
-     - ``to_seconds``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_seconds#filter`
    * - Minute
      - 60 seconds
      - ``m``, ``min``, ``mins``, ``minute``, ``minutes``
-     - ``to_minutes``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_minutes#filter`
    * - Hour
      - 60*60 seconds
      - ``h``, ``hour``, ``hours``
-     - ``to_hours``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_hours#filter`
    * - Day
      - 24*60*60 seconds
      - ``d``, ``day``, ``days``
-     - ``to_days``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_days#filter`
    * - Week
      - 7*24*60*60 seconds
      - ``w``, ``week``, ``weeks``
-     - ``to_weeks``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_weeks#filter`
    * - Month
      - 30*24*60*60 seconds
      - ``mo``, ``month``, ``months``
-     - ``to_months``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_months#filter`
    * - Year
      - 365*24*60*60 seconds
      - ``y``, ``year``, ``years``
-     - ``to_years``
+     - :ansplugin:`community.general.to_years#filter`
 
-Note that months and years are using a simplified representation: a month is 30 days, and a year is 365 days. If you need different definitions of months or years, you can pass them as keyword arguments. For example, if you want a year to be 365.25 days, and a month to be 30.5 days, you can write ``'11months 4' | community.general.to_years(year=365.25, month=30.5)``. These keyword arguments can be specified to ``to_time_unit`` and to all shorthand filters.
+Note that months and years are using a simplified representation: a month is 30 days, and a year is 365 days. If you need different definitions of months or years, you can pass them as keyword arguments. For example, if you want a year to be 365.25 days, and a month to be 30.5 days, you can write ``'11months 4' | community.general.to_years(year=365.25, month=30.5)``. These keyword arguments can be specified to :ansplugin:`community.general.to_time_unit#filter` and to all shorthand filters.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_unicode.rst

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 Working with Unicode
 ---------------------
 
-`Unicode <https://unicode.org/main.html>`_ makes it possible to produce two strings which may be visually equivalent, but are comprised of distinctly different characters/character sequences. To address this ``Unicode`` defines `normalization forms <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ which avoid these distinctions by choosing a unique character sequence for a given visual representation.
+`Unicode <https://unicode.org/main.html>`_ makes it possible to produce two strings which may be visually equivalent, but are comprised of distinctly different characters/character sequences. To address this Unicode defines `normalization forms <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ which avoid these distinctions by choosing a unique character sequence for a given visual representation.
 
-You can use the ``community.general.unicode_normalize`` filter to normalize ``Unicode`` strings within your playbooks.
+You can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.unicode_normalize filter <community.general.unicode_normalize#filter>` to normalize Unicode strings within your playbooks.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ This produces:
         "msg": true
     }
 
-The ``community.general.unicode_normalize`` filter accepts a keyword argument to select the ``Unicode`` form used to normalize the input string.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.unicode_normalize filter <community.general.unicode_normalize#filter>` accepts a keyword argument :ansopt:`community.general.unicode_normalize#filter:form` to select the Unicode form used to normalize the input string.
 
 :form: One of ``'NFC'`` (default), ``'NFD'``, ``'NFKC'``, or ``'NFKD'``. See the `Unicode reference <https://unicode.org/reports/tr15/>`_ for more information.
 

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_working_with_versions.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Working with versions
 ---------------------
 
-If you need to sort a list of version numbers, the Jinja ``sort`` filter is problematic. Since it sorts lexicographically, ``2.10`` will come before ``2.9``. To treat version numbers correctly, you can use the ``version_sort`` filter:
+If you need to sort a list of version numbers, the Jinja ``sort`` filter is problematic. Since it sorts lexicographically, ``2.10`` will come before ``2.9``. To treat version numbers correctly, you can use the :ansplugin:`community.general.version_sort filter <community.general.version_sort#filter>`:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 

docs/docsite/rst/guide_alicloud.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_alicloud:
+
+Alibaba Cloud Compute Services Guide
+====================================
+
+Introduction
+````````````
+
+The community.general collection contains several modules for controlling and managing Alibaba Cloud Compute Services (Alicloud).  This guide
+explains how to use the Alicloud Ansible modules together.
+
+All Alicloud modules require ``footmark`` - install it on your control machine with ``pip install footmark``.
+
+Cloud modules, including Alicloud modules, are usually executed on your local machine (the control machine) with ``connection: local``, rather than on remote machines defined in your hosts.
+
+Normally, you'll use the following pattern for plays that provision Alicloud resources:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    - hosts: localhost
+      connection: local
+      vars:
+        - ...
+      tasks:
+        - ...
+
+Authentication
+``````````````
+
+You can specify your Alicloud authentication credentials (access key and secret key) by passing them as
+environment variables or by storing them in a vars file.
+
+To pass authentication credentials as environment variables:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    export ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY='Alicloud123'
+    export ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY='AlicloudSecret123'
+
+To store authentication credentials in a vars file, encrypt them with :ref:`Ansible Vault <vault>` to keep them secure, then list them:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    ---
+    alicloud_access_key: "--REMOVED--"
+    alicloud_secret_key: "--REMOVED--"
+
+Note that if you store your credentials in a vars file, you need to refer to them in each Alicloud module. For example:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - community.general.ali_instance:
+        alicloud_access_key: "{{ alicloud_access_key }}"
+        alicloud_secret_key: "{{ alicloud_secret_key }}"
+        image_id: "..."
+
+Provisioning
+````````````
+
+Alicloud modules create Alicloud ECS instances (:ansplugin:`community.general.ali_instance#module`) and retrieve information on these (:ansplugin:`community.general.ali_instance_info#module`).
+
+You can use the ``count`` parameter to control the number of resources you create or terminate. For example, if you want exactly 5 instances tagged ``NewECS``, set the ``count`` of instances to 5 and the ``count_tag`` to ``NewECS``, as shown in the last task of the example playbook below. If there are no instances with the tag ``NewECS``, the task creates 5 new instances. If there are 2 instances with that tag, the task creates 3 more. If there are 8 instances with that tag, the task terminates 3 of those instances.
+
+If you do not specify a ``count_tag``, the task creates the number of instances you specify in ``count`` with the ``instance_name`` you provide.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    # alicloud_setup.yml
+
+    - hosts: localhost
+      connection: local
+
+      tasks:
+        - name: Create a set of instances
+          community.general.ali_instance:
+            instance_type: ecs.n4.small
+            image_id: "{{ ami_id }}"
+            instance_name: "My-new-instance"
+            instance_tags:
+              Name: NewECS
+              Version: 0.0.1
+            count: 5
+            count_tag:
+              Name: NewECS
+            allocate_public_ip: true
+            max_bandwidth_out: 50
+          register: create_instance
+
+In the example playbook above, data about the instances created by this playbook is saved in the variable defined by the ``register`` keyword in the task.
+
+Each Alicloud module offers a variety of parameter options. Not all options are demonstrated in the above example. See each individual module for further details and examples.

docs/docsite/rst/guide_cmdrunner.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,529 @@
+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_cmdrunner:
+
+
+Command Runner guide
+====================
+
+
+Introduction
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner`` module util provides the
+``CmdRunner`` class to help execute external commands. The class is a wrapper around
+the standard ``AnsibleModule.run_command()`` method, handling command arguments, localization setting,
+output processing output, check mode, and other features.
+
+It is even more useful when one command is used in multiple modules, so that you can define all options
+in a module util file, and each module uses the same runner with different arguments.
+
+For the sake of clarity, throughout this guide, unless otherwise specified, we use the term *option* when referring to
+Ansible module options, and the term *argument* when referring to the command line arguments for the external command.
+
+
+Quickstart
+""""""""""
+
+``CmdRunner`` defines a command and a set of coded instructions on how to format
+the command-line arguments, in which specific order, for a particular execution.
+It relies on ``ansible.module_utils.basic.AnsibleModule.run_command()`` to actually execute the command.
+There are other features, see more details throughout this document.
+
+To use ``CmdRunner`` you must start by creating an object. The example below is a simplified
+version of the actual code in :ansplugin:`community.general.ansible_galaxy_install#module`:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner import CmdRunner, cmd_runner_fmt
+
+    runner = CmdRunner(
+        module,
+        command="ansible-galaxy",
+        arg_formats=dict(
+            type=cmd_runner_fmt.as_func(lambda v: [] if v == 'both' else [v]),
+            galaxy_cmd=cmd_runner_fmt.as_list(),
+            upgrade=cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool("--upgrade"),
+            requirements_file=cmd_runner_fmt.as_opt_val('-r'),
+            dest=cmd_runner_fmt.as_opt_val('-p'),
+            force=cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool("--force"),
+            no_deps=cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool("--no-deps"),
+            version=cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed("--version"),
+            name=cmd_runner_fmt.as_list(),
+        )
+    )
+
+This is meant to be done once, then every time you need to execute the command you create a context and pass values as needed:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+        # Run the command with these arguments, when values exist for them
+        with runner("type galaxy_cmd upgrade force no_deps dest requirements_file name", output_process=process) as ctx:
+            ctx.run(galaxy_cmd="install", upgrade=upgrade)
+
+        # version is fixed, requires no value
+        with runner("version") as ctx:
+            dummy, stdout, dummy = ctx.run()
+
+        # passes arg 'data' to AnsibleModule.run_command()
+        with runner("type name", data=stdin_data) as ctx:
+            dummy, stdout, dummy = ctx.run()
+
+        # Another way of expressing it
+        dummy, stdout, dummy = runner("version").run()
+
+Note that you can pass values for the arguments when calling ``run()``, otherwise ``CmdRunner``
+uses the module options with the exact same names to provide values for the runner arguments.
+If no value is passed and no module option is found for the name specified, then an exception is raised, unless
+the argument is using ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed`` as format function like the ``version`` in the example above.
+See more about it below.
+
+In the first example, values of ``type``, ``force``, ``no_deps`` and others
+are taken straight from the module, whilst ``galaxy_cmd`` and ``upgrade`` are
+passed explicitly.
+
+.. note::
+
+    It is not possible to automatically retrieve values of suboptions.
+
+That generates a resulting command line similar to (example taken from the
+output of an integration test):
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+        [
+            "<venv>/bin/ansible-galaxy",
+            "collection",
+            "install",
+            "--upgrade",
+            "-p",
+            "<collection-install-path>",
+            "netbox.netbox",
+        ]
+
+
+Argument formats
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+As seen in the example, ``CmdRunner`` expects a parameter named ``arg_formats``
+defining how to format each CLI named argument.
+An "argument format" is nothing but a function to transform the value of a variable
+into something formatted for the command line.
+
+
+Argument format function
+""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+An ``arg_format`` function is defined in the form similar to:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    def func(value):
+        return ["--some-param-name", value]
+
+The parameter ``value`` can be of any type - although there are convenience
+mechanisms to help handling sequence and mapping objects.
+
+The result is expected to be of the type ``Sequence[str]`` type (most commonly
+``list[str]`` or ``tuple[str]``), otherwise it is considered to be a ``str``,
+and it is coerced into ``list[str]``.
+This resulting sequence of strings is added to the command line when that
+argument is actually used.
+
+For example, if ``func`` returns:
+
+- ``["nee", 2, "shruberries"]``, the command line adds arguments ``"nee" "2" "shruberries"``.
+- ``2 == 2``, the command line adds argument ``True``.
+- ``None``, the command line adds argument ``None``.
+- ``[]``, the command line adds no command line argument for that particular argument.
+
+
+Convenience format methods
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+In the same module as ``CmdRunner`` there is a class ``cmd_runner_fmt`` which
+provides a set of convenience methods that return format functions for common cases.
+In the first block of code in the `Quickstart`_ section you can see the importing of
+that class:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner import CmdRunner, cmd_runner_fmt
+
+The same example shows how to make use of some of them in the instantiation of the ``CmdRunner`` object.
+A description of each one of the convenience methods available and examples of how to use them is found below.
+In these descriptions ``value`` refers to the single parameter passed to the formatting function.
+
+- ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_list()``
+    This method does not receive any parameter, function returns ``value`` as-is.
+
+    - Creation:
+        ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_list()``
+    - Examples:
+        +----------------------+---------------------+
+        | Value                | Outcome             |
+        +======================+=====================+
+        | ``["foo", "bar"]``   | ``["foo", "bar"]``  |
+        +----------------------+---------------------+
+        | ``"foobar"``         | ``["foobar"]``      |
+        +----------------------+---------------------+
+
+- ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool()``
+    This method receives two different parameters: ``args_true`` and ``args_false``, latter being optional.
+    If the boolean evaluation of ``value`` is ``True``, the format function returns ``args_true``.
+    If the boolean evaluation is ``False``, then the function returns ``args_false`` if it was provided, or ``[]`` otherwise.
+
+    - Creation (one arg):
+        ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool("--force")``
+    - Examples:
+        +------------+--------------------+
+        | Value      | Outcome            |
+        +============+====================+
+        | ``True``   | ``["--force"]``    |
+        +------------+--------------------+
+        | ``False``  | ``[]``             |
+        +------------+--------------------+
+    - Creation (two args, ``None`` treated as ``False``):
+        ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool("--relax", "--dont-do-it")``
+    - Examples:
+        +------------+----------------------+
+        | Value      | Outcome              |
+        +============+======================+
+        | ``True``   | ``["--relax"]``      |
+        +------------+----------------------+
+        | ``False``  | ``["--dont-do-it"]`` |
+        +------------+----------------------+
+        |            | ``["--dont-do-it"]`` |
+        +------------+----------------------+
+    - Creation (two args, ``None`` is ignored):
+        ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool("--relax", "--dont-do-it", ignore_none=True)``
+    - Examples:
+        +------------+----------------------+
+        | Value      | Outcome              |
+        +============+======================+
+        | ``True``   | ``["--relax"]``      |
+        +------------+----------------------+
+        | ``False``  | ``["--dont-do-it"]`` |
+        +------------+----------------------+
+        |            | ``[]``               |
+        +------------+----------------------+
+
+- ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool_not()``
+    This method receives one parameter, which is returned by the function when the boolean evaluation
+    of ``value`` is ``False``.
+
+    - Creation:
+        ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool_not("--no-deps")``
+    - Examples:
+        +-------------+---------------------+
+        | Value       | Outcome             |
+        +=============+=====================+
+        | ``True``    | ``[]``              |
+        +-------------+---------------------+
+        | ``False``   | ``["--no-deps"]``   |
+        +-------------+---------------------+
+
+- ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_optval()``
+    This method receives one parameter ``arg``, the function returns the string concatenation
+    of ``arg`` and ``value``.
+
+    - Creation:
+        ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_optval("-i")``
+    - Examples:
+        +---------------+---------------------+
+        | Value         | Outcome             |
+        +===============+=====================+
+        | ``3``         | ``["-i3"]``         |
+        +---------------+---------------------+
+        | ``foobar``    | ``["-ifoobar"]``    |
+        +---------------+---------------------+
+
+- ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_opt_val()``
+    This method receives one parameter ``arg``, the function returns ``[arg, value]``.
+
+    - Creation:
+        ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_opt_val("--name")``
+    - Examples:
+        +--------------+--------------------------+
+        | Value        | Outcome                  |
+        +==============+==========================+
+        | ``abc``      | ``["--name", "abc"]``    |
+        +--------------+--------------------------+
+
+- ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_opt_eq_val()``
+    This method receives one parameter ``arg``, the function returns the string of the form
+    ``{arg}={value}``.
+
+    - Creation:
+        ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_opt_eq_val("--num-cpus")``
+    - Examples:
+        +------------+-------------------------+
+        | Value      | Outcome                 |
+        +============+=========================+
+        | ``10``     | ``["--num-cpus=10"]``   |
+        +------------+-------------------------+
+
+- ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed()``
+    This method defines one or more fixed arguments that are returned by the generated function
+    regardless whether ``value`` is passed to it or not.
+
+    This method accepts these arguments in one of three forms:
+
+        * one scalar parameter ``arg``, which will be returned as ``[arg]`` by the function, or
+        * one sequence parameter, such as a list, ``arg``, which will be returned by the function as ``arg[0]``, or
+        * multiple parameters ``args``, which will be returned as ``args`` directly by the function.
+
+    See the examples below for each one of those forms. And, stressing that the generated function expects no ``value`` - if one
+    is provided then it is ignored.
+
+    - Creation (one scalar argument):
+        * ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed("--version")``
+    - Examples:
+        +---------+--------------------------------------+
+        | Value   | Outcome                              |
+        +=========+======================================+
+        |         | * ``["--version"]``                  |
+        +---------+--------------------------------------+
+        | 57      | * ``["--version"]``                  |
+        +---------+--------------------------------------+
+
+    - Creation (one sequence argument):
+        * ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed(["--list", "--json"])``
+    - Examples:
+        +---------+--------------------------------------+
+        | Value   | Outcome                              |
+        +=========+======================================+
+        |         | * ``["--list", "--json"]``           |
+        +---------+--------------------------------------+
+        | True    | * ``["--list", "--json"]``           |
+        +---------+--------------------------------------+
+
+    - Creation (multiple arguments):
+        * ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed("--one", "--two", "--three")``
+    - Examples:
+        +---------+--------------------------------------+
+        | Value   | Outcome                              |
+        +=========+======================================+
+        |         | * ``["--one", "--two", "--three"]``  |
+        +---------+--------------------------------------+
+        | False   | * ``["--one", "--two", "--three"]``  |
+        +---------+--------------------------------------+
+
+    - Note:
+        This is the only special case in which a value can be missing for the formatting function.
+        The first example here comes from the code in `Quickstart`_.
+        In that case, the module has code to determine the command's version so that it can assert compatibility.
+        There is no *value* to be passed for that CLI argument.
+
+- ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_map()``
+    This method receives one parameter ``arg`` which must be a dictionary, and an optional parameter ``default``.
+    The function returns the evaluation of ``arg[value]``.
+    If ``value not in arg``, then it returns ``default`` if defined, otherwise ``[]``.
+
+    - Creation:
+        ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_map(dict(a=1, b=2, c=3), default=42)``
+    - Examples:
+        +---------------------+---------------+
+        | Value               | Outcome       |
+        +=====================+===============+
+        | ``"b"``             | ``["2"]``     |
+        +---------------------+---------------+
+        | ``"yabadabadoo"``   | ``["42"]``    |
+        +---------------------+---------------+
+
+    - Note:
+        If ``default`` is not specified, invalid values return an empty list, meaning they are silently ignored.
+
+- ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_func()``
+    This method receives one parameter ``arg`` which is itself is a format function and it must abide by the rules described above.
+
+    - Creation:
+        ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_func(lambda v: [] if v == 'stable' else ['--channel', '{0}'.format(v)])``
+    - Note:
+        The outcome for that depends entirely on the function provided by the developer.
+
+
+Other features for argument formatting
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+Some additional features are available as decorators:
+
+- ``cmd_runner_fmt.unpack args()``
+    This decorator unpacks the incoming ``value`` as a list of elements.
+
+    For example, in ``ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.puppet``, it is used as:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+          @cmd_runner_fmt.unpack_args
+          def execute_func(execute, manifest):
+              if execute:
+                  return ["--execute", execute]
+              else:
+                  return [manifest]
+
+          runner = CmdRunner(
+              module,
+              command=_prepare_base_cmd(),
+              path_prefix=_PUPPET_PATH_PREFIX,
+              arg_formats=dict(
+                  # ...
+                  _execute=cmd_runner_fmt.as_func(execute_func),
+                  # ...
+              ),
+          )
+
+    Then, in :ansplugin:`community.general.puppet#module` it is put to use with:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+          with runner(args_order) as ctx:
+              rc, stdout, stderr = ctx.run(_execute=[p['execute'], p['manifest']])
+
+- ``cmd_runner_fmt.unpack_kwargs()``
+    Conversely, this decorator unpacks the incoming ``value`` as a ``dict``-like object.
+
+- ``cmd_runner_fmt.stack()``
+    This decorator assumes ``value`` is a sequence and concatenates the output
+    of the wrapped function applied to each element of the sequence.
+
+    For example, in :ansplugin:`community.general.django_check#module`, the argument format for ``database``
+    is defined as:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+          arg_formats = dict(
+              # ...
+              database=cmd_runner_fmt.stack(cmd_runner_fmt.as_opt_val)("--database"),
+              # ...
+          )
+
+    When receiving a list ``["abc", "def"]``, the output is:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+          ["--database", "abc", "--database", "def"]
+
+
+Command Runner
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Settings that can be passed to the ``CmdRunner`` constructor are:
+
+- ``module: AnsibleModule``
+    Module instance. Mandatory parameter.
+- ``command: str | list[str]``
+    Command to be executed. It can be a single string, the executable name, or a list
+    of strings containing the executable name as the first element and, optionally, fixed parameters.
+    Those parameters are used in all executions of the runner.
+    The *executable* pointed by this parameter (whether itself when ``str`` or its first element when ``list``) is
+    processed using ``AnsibleModule.get_bin_path()`` *unless* it is an absolute path or contains the character ``/``.
+- ``arg_formats: dict``
+    Mapping of argument names to formatting functions.
+- ``default_args_order: str``
+    As the name suggests, a default ordering for the arguments. When
+    this is passed, the context can be created without specifying ``args_order``. Defaults to ``()``.
+- ``check_rc: bool``
+    When ``True``, if the return code from the command is not zero, the module exits
+    with an error. Defaults to ``False``.
+- ``path_prefix: list[str]``
+    If the command being executed is installed in a non-standard directory path,
+    additional paths might be provided to search for the executable. Defaults to ``None``.
+- ``environ_update: dict``
+    Pass additional environment variables to be set during the command execution.
+    Defaults to ``None``.
+- ``force_lang: str``
+    It is usually important to force the locale to one specific value, so that responses are consistent and, therefore, parseable.
+    Please note that using this option (which is enabled by default) overwrites the environment variables ``LANGUAGE`` and ``LC_ALL``.
+    To disable this mechanism, set this parameter to ``None``.
+    In community.general 9.1.0 a special value ``auto`` was introduced for this parameter, with the effect
+    that ``CmdRunner`` then tries to determine the best parseable locale for the runtime.
+    It should become the default value in the future, but for the time being the default value is ``C``.
+
+When creating a context, the additional settings that can be passed to the call are:
+
+- ``args_order: str``
+    Establishes the order in which the arguments are rendered in the command line.
+    This parameter is mandatory unless ``default_args_order`` was provided to the runner instance.
+- ``output_process: func``
+    Function to transform the output of the executable into different values or formats.
+    See examples in section below.
+- ``check_mode_skip: bool``
+    Whether to skip the actual execution of the command when the module is in check mode.
+    Defaults to ``False``.
+- ``check_mode_return: any``
+    If ``check_mode_skip=True``, then return this value instead.
+- valid named arguments to ``AnsibleModule.run_command()``
+    Other than ``args``, any valid argument to ``run_command()`` can be passed when setting up the run context.
+    For example, ``data`` can be used to send information to the command's standard input.
+    Or ``cwd`` can be used to run the command inside a specific working directory.
+
+Additionally, any other valid parameters for ``AnsibleModule.run_command()`` may be passed, but unexpected behavior
+might occur if redefining options already present in the runner or its context creation. Use with caution.
+
+
+Processing results
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+As mentioned, ``CmdRunner`` uses ``AnsibleModule.run_command()`` to execute the external command,
+and it passes the return value from that method back to caller. That means that,
+by default, the result is going to be a tuple ``(rc, stdout, stderr)``.
+
+If you need to transform or process that output, you can pass a function to the context,
+as the ``output_process`` parameter. It must be a function like:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    def process(rc, stdout, stderr):
+        # do some magic
+        return processed_value    # whatever that is
+
+In that case, the return of ``run()`` is the ``processed_value`` returned by the function.
+
+
+PythonRunner
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``PythonRunner`` class is a specialized version of ``CmdRunner``, geared towards the execution of
+Python scripts. It features two extra and  mutually exclusive parameters ``python`` and ``venv`` in its constructor:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.python_runner import PythonRunner
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.cmd_runner import cmd_runner_fmt
+
+    runner = PythonRunner(
+        module,
+        command=["-m", "django"],
+        arg_formats=dict(...),
+        python="python",
+        venv="/path/to/some/venv",
+    )
+
+The default value for ``python`` is the string ``python``, and the for ``venv`` it is ``None``.
+
+The command line produced by such a command with ``python="python3.12"`` is something like:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+    /usr/bin/python3.12 -m django <arg1> <arg2> ...
+
+And the command line for ``venv="/work/venv"`` is like:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+    /work/venv/bin/python -m django <arg1> <arg2> ...
+
+You may provide the value of the ``command`` argument as a string (in that case the string is used as a script name)
+or as a list, in which case the elements of the list must be valid arguments for the Python interpreter, as in the example above.
+See `Command line and environment <https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html>`_ for more details.
+
+If the parameter ``python`` is an absolute path, or contains directory separators, such as ``/``, then it is used
+as-is, otherwise the runtime ``PATH`` is searched for that command name.
+
+Other than that, everything else works as in ``CmdRunner``.
+
+.. versionadded:: 4.8.0

docs/docsite/rst/guide_deps.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_deps:
+
+``deps`` Guide
+==============
+
+
+Using ``deps``
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.deps`` module util simplifies
+the importing of code as described in :ref:`Importing and using shared code <shared_code>`.
+Please notice that ``deps`` is meant to be used specifically with Ansible modules, and not other types of plugins.
+
+The same example from the Developer Guide would become:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils import deps
+
+    with deps.declare("foo"):
+        import foo
+
+Then in ``main()``, just after the argspec (or anywhere in the code, for that matter), do
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    deps.validate(module)  # assuming module is a valid AnsibleModule instance
+
+By default, ``deps`` will rely on ``ansible.module_utils.basic.missing_required_lib`` to generate
+a message about a failing import. That function accepts parameters ``reason`` and ``url``, and
+and so does ``deps```:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    with deps.declare("foo", reason="foo is needed to properly bar", url="https://foo.bar.io"):
+        import foo
+
+If you would rather write a custom message instead of using ``missing_required_lib`` then do:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    with deps.declare("foo", msg="Custom msg explaining why foo is needed"):
+        import foo
+
+``deps`` allows for multiple dependencies to be declared:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    with deps.declare("foo"):
+        import foo
+
+    with deps.declare("bar"):
+        import bar
+
+    with deps.declare("doe"):
+        import doe
+
+By default, ``deps.validate()`` will check on all the declared dependencies, but if so desired,
+they can be validated selectively by doing:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    deps.validate(module, "foo")       # only validates the "foo" dependency
+
+    deps.validate(module, "doe:bar")   # only validates the "doe" and "bar" dependencies
+
+    deps.validate(module, "-doe:bar")  # validates all dependencies except "doe" and "bar"
+
+.. versionadded:: 6.1.0

docs/docsite/rst/guide_iocage.rst

@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
   GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
   SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-{% for i in examples %}
-{{ i.label }}
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_iocage:
 
-.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
+************
+Iocage Guide
+************
 
-  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
 
-{% endfor %}
+   guide_iocage_inventory

docs/docsite/rst/guide_iocage_inventory.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_iocage.guide_iocage_inventory:
+
+community.general.iocage inventory plugin
+=========================================
+
+The inventory plugin :ansplugin:`community.general.iocage#inventory` gets the inventory hosts from the iocage jail manager.
+
+See:
+
+* `iocage - A FreeBSD Jail Manager <https://iocage.readthedocs.io/en/latest>`_
+* `man iocage <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iocage>`_
+* `Jails and Containers <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/jails>`_
+
+.. note::
+  The output of the examples is YAML formatted. See the option :ansopt:`ansible.builtin.default#callback:result_format`.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :caption: Table of Contents
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   guide_iocage_inventory_basics
+   guide_iocage_inventory_dhcp
+   guide_iocage_inventory_hooks
+   guide_iocage_inventory_properties
+   guide_iocage_inventory_tags
+   guide_iocage_inventory_aliases

docs/docsite/rst/guide_iocage_inventory_aliases.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_iocage.guide_iocage_inventory.guide_iocage_inventory_aliases:
+
+Aliases
+-------
+
+Quoting :ref:`inventory_aliases`:
+
+   The ``inventory_hostname`` is the unique identifier for a host in Ansible, this can be an IP or a hostname, but also just an 'alias' or short name for the host.
+
+As root at the iocage host, stop and destroy all jails:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> iocage stop ALL
+   * Stopping srv_1
+     + Executing prestop OK
+     + Stopping services OK
+     + Tearing down VNET OK
+     + Removing devfs_ruleset: 1000 OK
+     + Removing jail process OK
+     + Executing poststop OK
+   * Stopping srv_2
+     + Executing prestop OK
+     + Stopping services OK
+     + Tearing down VNET OK
+     + Removing devfs_ruleset: 1001 OK
+     + Removing jail process OK
+     + Executing poststop OK
+   * Stopping srv_3
+     + Executing prestop OK
+     + Stopping services OK
+     + Tearing down VNET OK
+     + Removing devfs_ruleset: 1002 OK
+     + Removing jail process OK
+     + Executing poststop OK
+   ansible_client is not running!
+
+   shell> iocage destroy -f srv_1 srv_2 srv_3
+   Destroying srv_1
+   Destroying srv_2
+   Destroying srv_3
+
+Create three VNET jails with a DHCP interface from the template *ansible_client*. Use the option ``--count``:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> iocage create --short --template ansible_client --count 3 bpf=1 dhcp=1 vnet=1
+   1c11de2d successfully created!
+   9d94cc9e successfully created!
+   052b9557 successfully created!
+
+The names are random. Start the jails:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> iocage start ALL
+   No default gateway found for ipv6.
+   * Starting 052b9557
+     + Started OK
+     + Using devfs_ruleset: 1000 (iocage generated default)
+     + Configuring VNET OK
+     + Using IP options: vnet
+     + Starting services OK
+     + Executing poststart OK
+     + DHCP Address: 10.1.0.137/24
+   No default gateway found for ipv6.
+   * Starting 1c11de2d
+     + Started OK
+     + Using devfs_ruleset: 1001 (iocage generated default)
+     + Configuring VNET OK
+     + Using IP options: vnet
+     + Starting services OK
+     + Executing poststart OK
+     + DHCP Address: 10.1.0.146/24
+   No default gateway found for ipv6.
+   * Starting 9d94cc9e
+     + Started OK
+     + Using devfs_ruleset: 1002 (iocage generated default)
+     + Configuring VNET OK
+     + Using IP options: vnet
+     + Starting services OK
+     + Executing poststart OK
+     + DHCP Address: 10.1.0.115/24
+   Please convert back to a jail before trying to start ansible_client
+
+List the jails:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> iocage list -l
+   +-----+----------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | JID |   NAME   | BOOT | STATE | TYPE |     RELEASE     |        IP4         | IP6 |    TEMPLATE    | BASEJAIL |
+   +=====+==========+======+=======+======+=================+====================+=====+================+==========+
+   | 207 | 052b9557 | off  | up    | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | epair0b|10.1.0.137 | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +-----+----------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | 208 | 1c11de2d | off  | up    | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | epair0b|10.1.0.146 | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +-----+----------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | 209 | 9d94cc9e | off  | up    | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | epair0b|10.1.0.115 | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +-----+----------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+
+Set notes. The tag *alias* will be used to create inventory aliases:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> iocage set notes="vmm=iocage_02 project=foo alias=srv_1" 052b9557
+   notes: none -> vmm=iocage_02 project=foo alias=srv_1
+   shell> iocage set notes="vmm=iocage_02 project=foo alias=srv_2" 1c11de2d
+   notes: none -> vmm=iocage_02 project=foo alias=srv_2
+   shell> iocage set notes="vmm=iocage_02 project=bar alias=srv_3" 9d94cc9e
+   notes: none -> vmm=iocage_02 project=bar alias=srv_3
+
+Update the inventory configuration. Set the option
+:ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:inventory_hostname_tag` to :ansval:`alias`. This tag keeps the
+value of the alias. The option :ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:get_properties` must be
+enabled. For example, ``hosts/02_iocage.yml`` contains:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   plugin: community.general.iocage
+   host: 10.1.0.73
+   user: admin
+   get_properties: true
+   inventory_hostname_tag: alias
+   hooks_results:
+     - /var/db/dhclient-hook.address.epair0b
+   compose:
+     ansible_host: (iocage_hooks.0 == '-') | ternary(iocage_ip4, iocage_hooks.0)
+     iocage_tags: dict(iocage_properties.notes | split | map('split', '='))
+   keyed_groups:
+     - prefix: vmm
+       key: iocage_tags.vmm
+     - prefix: project
+       key: iocage_tags.project
+
+Display tags and groups. Create a playbook ``pb-test-groups.yml`` with the following content:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+   - hosts: all
+     remote_user: admin
+
+     vars:
+
+       ansible_python_interpreter: auto_silent
+
+     tasks:
+
+       - debug:
+           var: iocage_tags
+
+       - debug:
+           msg: |
+             {% for group in groups %}
+             {{ group }}: {{ groups[group] }}
+             {% endfor %}
+         run_once: true
+
+Run the playbook:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> ansible-playbook -i hosts/02_iocage.yml pb-test-groups.yml
+
+   PLAY [all] **********************************************************************************************************
+
+   TASK [debug] ********************************************************************************************************
+   ok: [srv_1] =>
+       iocage_tags:
+           alias: srv_1
+           project: foo
+           vmm: iocage_02
+   ok: [srv_2] =>
+       iocage_tags:
+           alias: srv_2
+           project: foo
+           vmm: iocage_02
+   ok: [srv_3] =>
+       iocage_tags:
+           alias: srv_3
+           project: bar
+           vmm: iocage_02
+
+   TASK [debug] ********************************************************************************************************
+   ok: [srv_1] =>
+       msg: |-
+           all: ['srv_1', 'srv_2', 'srv_3']
+           ungrouped: []
+           vmm_iocage_02: ['srv_1', 'srv_2', 'srv_3']
+           project_foo: ['srv_1', 'srv_2']
+           project_bar: ['srv_3']
+
+   PLAY RECAP **********************************************************************************************************
+   srv_1                      : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
+   srv_2                      : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
+   srv_3                      : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

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+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_iocage.guide_iocage_inventory.guide_iocage_inventory_basics:
+
+Basics
+------
+
+As root at the iocage host, create three VNET jails with a DHCP interface from the template
+*ansible_client*:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> iocage create --template ansible_client --name srv_1 bpf=1 dhcp=1 vnet=1
+   srv_1 successfully created!
+   shell> iocage create --template ansible_client --name srv_2 bpf=1 dhcp=1 vnet=1
+   srv_2 successfully created!
+   shell> iocage create --template ansible_client --name srv_3 bpf=1 dhcp=1 vnet=1
+   srv_3 successfully created!
+
+See: `Configuring a VNET Jail <https://iocage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/networking.html#configuring-a-vnet-jail>`_.
+
+As admin at the controller, list the jails:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> ssh admin@10.1.0.73 iocage list -l
+   +------+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | JID  | NAME  | BOOT | STATE | TYPE |     RELEASE     |        IP4         | IP6 |    TEMPLATE    | BASEJAIL |
+   +======+=======+======+=======+======+=================+====================+=====+================+==========+
+   | None | srv_1 | off  | down  | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | DHCP (not running) | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +------+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | None | srv_2 | off  | down  | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | DHCP (not running) | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +------+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | None | srv_3 | off  | down  | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | DHCP (not running) | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +------+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+
+Create the inventory file ``hosts/02_iocage.yml``
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   plugin: community.general.iocage
+   host: 10.1.0.73
+   user: admin
+
+Display the inventory:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> ansible-inventory -i hosts/02_iocage.yml --list --yaml
+   all:
+     children:
+       ungrouped:
+         hosts:
+           srv_1:
+             iocage_basejail: 'no'
+             iocage_boot: 'off'
+             iocage_ip4: '-'
+             iocage_ip4_dict:
+               ip4: []
+               msg: DHCP (not running)
+             iocage_ip6: '-'
+             iocage_jid: None
+             iocage_release: 14.2-RELEASE-p3
+             iocage_state: down
+             iocage_template: ansible_client
+             iocage_type: jail
+           srv_2:
+             iocage_basejail: 'no'
+             iocage_boot: 'off'
+             iocage_ip4: '-'
+             iocage_ip4_dict:
+               ip4: []
+               msg: DHCP (not running)
+             iocage_ip6: '-'
+             iocage_jid: None
+             iocage_release: 14.2-RELEASE-p3
+             iocage_state: down
+             iocage_template: ansible_client
+             iocage_type: jail
+           srv_3:
+             iocage_basejail: 'no'
+             iocage_boot: 'off'
+             iocage_ip4: '-'
+             iocage_ip4_dict:
+               ip4: []
+               msg: DHCP (not running)
+             iocage_ip6: '-'
+             iocage_jid: None
+             iocage_release: 14.2-RELEASE-p3
+             iocage_state: down
+             iocage_template: ansible_client
+             iocage_type: jail
+
+Optionally, create shared IP jails:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> iocage create --template ansible_client --name srv_1 ip4_addr="em0|10.1.0.101/24"
+   srv_1 successfully created!
+   shell> iocage create --template ansible_client --name srv_2 ip4_addr="em0|10.1.0.102/24"
+   srv_2 successfully created!
+   shell> iocage create --template ansible_client --name srv_3 ip4_addr="em0|10.1.0.103/24"
+   srv_3 successfully created!
+   shell> iocage list -l
+   +------+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+-------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | JID  | NAME  | BOOT | STATE | TYPE |     RELEASE     |        IP4        | IP6 |    TEMPLATE    | BASEJAIL |
+   +======+=======+======+=======+======+=================+===================+=====+================+==========+
+   | None | srv_1 | off  | down  | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | em0|10.1.0.101/24 | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +------+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+-------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | None | srv_2 | off  | down  | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | em0|10.1.0.102/24 | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +------+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+-------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | None | srv_3 | off  | down  | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | em0|10.1.0.103/24 | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +------+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+-------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+
+See: `Configuring a Shared IP Jail <https://iocage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/networking.html#configuring-a-shared-ip-jail>`_
+
+If iocage needs environment variable(s), use the option :ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:env`. For example,
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   plugin: community.general.iocage
+   host: 10.1.0.73
+   user: admin
+   env:
+     CRYPTOGRAPHY_OPENSSL_NO_LEGACY: 1

docs/docsite/rst/guide_iocage_inventory_dhcp.rst

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+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_iocage.guide_iocage_inventory.guide_iocage_inventory_dhcp:
+
+DHCP
+----
+
+As root at the iocage host, start the jails:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> iocage start ALL
+   No default gateway found for ipv6.
+   * Starting srv_1
+     + Started OK
+     + Using devfs_ruleset: 1000 (iocage generated default)
+     + Configuring VNET OK
+     + Using IP options: vnet
+     + Starting services OK
+     + Executing poststart OK
+     + DHCP Address: 10.1.0.183/24
+   No default gateway found for ipv6.
+   * Starting srv_2
+     + Started OK
+     + Using devfs_ruleset: 1001 (iocage generated default)
+     + Configuring VNET OK
+     + Using IP options: vnet
+     + Starting services OK
+     + Executing poststart OK
+     + DHCP Address: 10.1.0.204/24
+   No default gateway found for ipv6.
+   * Starting srv_3
+     + Started OK
+     + Using devfs_ruleset: 1002 (iocage generated default)
+     + Configuring VNET OK
+     + Using IP options: vnet
+     + Starting services OK
+     + Executing poststart OK
+     + DHCP Address: 10.1.0.169/24
+   Please convert back to a jail before trying to start ansible_client
+
+List the jails:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> iocage list -l
+   +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | JID | NAME  | BOOT | STATE | TYPE |     RELEASE     |        IP4         | IP6 |    TEMPLATE    | BASEJAIL |
+   +=====+=======+======+=======+======+=================+====================+=====+================+==========+
+   | 204 | srv_1 | off  | up    | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | epair0b|10.1.0.183 | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | 205 | srv_2 | off  | up    | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | epair0b|10.1.0.204 | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | 206 | srv_3 | off  | up    | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | epair0b|10.1.0.169 | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+
+As admin at the controller, list the jails. The IP4 tab says "... address requires root":
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> ssh admin@10.1.0.73 iocage list -l
+   +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | JID | NAME  | BOOT | STATE | TYPE |     RELEASE     |                   IP4                   | IP6 |    TEMPLATE    | BASEJAIL |
+   +=====+=======+======+=======+======+=================+=========================================+=====+================+==========+
+   | 204 | srv_1 | off  | up    | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | DHCP (running -- address requires root) | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | 205 | srv_2 | off  | up    | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | DHCP (running -- address requires root) | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | 206 | srv_3 | off  | up    | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | DHCP (running -- address requires root) | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+
+Use sudo if enabled:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> ssh admin@10.1.0.73 sudo iocage list -l
+   +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | JID | NAME  | BOOT | STATE | TYPE |     RELEASE     |        IP4         | IP6 |    TEMPLATE    | BASEJAIL |
+   +=====+=======+======+=======+======+=================+====================+=====+================+==========+
+   | 204 | srv_1 | off  | up    | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | epair0b|10.1.0.183 | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | 205 | srv_2 | off  | up    | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | epair0b|10.1.0.204 | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+   | 206 | srv_3 | off  | up    | jail | 14.2-RELEASE-p3 | epair0b|10.1.0.169 | -   | ansible_client | no       |
+   +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+--------------------+-----+----------------+----------+
+
+Create the inventory file ``hosts/02_iocage.yml``. Use the option
+:ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:sudo`:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   plugin: community.general.iocage
+   host: 10.1.0.73
+   user: admin
+   sudo: true
+
+Display the inventory:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> ansible-inventory -i hosts/02_iocage.yml --list --yaml
+   all:
+     children:
+       ungrouped:
+         hosts:
+           srv_1:
+             iocage_basejail: 'no'
+             iocage_boot: 'off'
+             iocage_ip4: 10.1.0.183
+             iocage_ip4_dict:
+               ip4:
+               - ifc: epair0b
+                 ip: 10.1.0.183
+                 mask: '-'
+               msg: ''
+             iocage_ip6: '-'
+             iocage_jid: '204'
+             iocage_release: 14.2-RELEASE-p3
+             iocage_state: up
+             iocage_template: ansible_client
+             iocage_type: jail
+           srv_2:
+             iocage_basejail: 'no'
+             iocage_boot: 'off'
+             iocage_ip4: 10.1.0.204
+             iocage_ip4_dict:
+               ip4:
+               - ifc: epair0b
+                 ip: 10.1.0.204
+                 mask: '-'
+               msg: ''
+             iocage_ip6: '-'
+             iocage_jid: '205'
+             iocage_release: 14.2-RELEASE-p3
+             iocage_state: up
+             iocage_template: ansible_client
+             iocage_type: jail
+           srv_3:
+             iocage_basejail: 'no'
+             iocage_boot: 'off'
+             iocage_ip4: 10.1.0.169
+             iocage_ip4_dict:
+               ip4:
+               - ifc: epair0b
+                 ip: 10.1.0.169
+                 mask: '-'
+               msg: ''
+             iocage_ip6: '-'
+             iocage_jid: '206'
+             iocage_release: 14.2-RELEASE-p3
+             iocage_state: up
+             iocage_template: ansible_client
+             iocage_type: jail
+
+Note: If the option :ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:env` is used and :ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:sudo` is enabled, enable also :ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:sudo_preserve_env`. For example,
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   plugin: community.general.iocage
+   host: 10.1.0.73
+   user: admin
+   env:
+     CRYPTOGRAPHY_OPENSSL_NO_LEGACY: 1
+   sudo: true
+   sudo_preserve_env: true
+
+In this case, make sure the sudo tag ``SETENV`` is used:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> ssh admin@10.1.0.73 sudo cat /usr/local/etc/sudoers | grep admin
+   admin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:SETENV: ALL

docs/docsite/rst/guide_iocage_inventory_hooks.rst

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+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_iocage.guide_iocage_inventory.guide_iocage_inventory_hooks:
+
+Hooks
+-----
+
+The iocage utility internally opens a console to a jail to get the jail's DHCP address. This
+requires root. If you run the command ``iocage list -l`` as unprivileged user, you'll see the
+message ``DHCP (running -- address requires root)``. If you are not granted the root privilege, use
+``/etc/dhclient-exit-hooks``. For example, in the jail *srv_1*, create the file
+``/zroot/iocage/jails/srv_1/root/etc/dhclient-exit-hooks``
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+   case "$reason" in
+       "BOUND"|"REBIND"|"REBOOT"|"RENEW")
+       echo $new_ip_address > /var/db/dhclient-hook.address.$interface
+       ;;
+   esac
+
+where ``/zroot/iocage`` is the activated pool.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> zfs list | grep /zroot/iocage
+   zroot/iocage                                4.69G   446G  5.08M  /zroot/iocage
+   zroot/iocage/download                        927M   446G   384K  /zroot/iocage/download
+   zroot/iocage/download/14.1-RELEASE           465M   446G   465M  /zroot/iocage/download/14.1-RELEASE
+   zroot/iocage/download/14.2-RELEASE           462M   446G   462M  /zroot/iocage/download/14.2-RELEASE
+   zroot/iocage/images                          384K   446G   384K  /zroot/iocage/images
+   zroot/iocage/jails                           189M   446G   480K  /zroot/iocage/jails
+   zroot/iocage/jails/srv_1                    62.9M   446G   464K  /zroot/iocage/jails/srv_1
+   zroot/iocage/jails/srv_1/root               62.4M   446G  3.53G  /zroot/iocage/jails/srv_1/root
+   zroot/iocage/jails/srv_2                    62.8M   446G   464K  /zroot/iocage/jails/srv_2
+   zroot/iocage/jails/srv_2/root               62.3M   446G  3.53G  /zroot/iocage/jails/srv_2/root
+   zroot/iocage/jails/srv_3                    62.8M   446G   464K  /zroot/iocage/jails/srv_3
+   zroot/iocage/jails/srv_3/root               62.3M   446G  3.53G  /zroot/iocage/jails/srv_3/root
+   zroot/iocage/log                             688K   446G   688K  /zroot/iocage/log
+   zroot/iocage/releases                       2.93G   446G   384K  /zroot/iocage/releases
+   zroot/iocage/releases/14.2-RELEASE          2.93G   446G   384K  /zroot/iocage/releases/14.2-RELEASE
+   zroot/iocage/releases/14.2-RELEASE/root     2.93G   446G  2.88G  /zroot/iocage/releases/14.2-RELEASE/root
+   zroot/iocage/templates                       682M   446G   416K  /zroot/iocage/templates
+   zroot/iocage/templates/ansible_client        681M   446G   432K  /zroot/iocage/templates/ansible_client
+   zroot/iocage/templates/ansible_client/root   681M   446G  3.53G  /zroot/iocage/templates/ansible_client/root
+
+See: `man dhclient-script <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?dhclient-script>`_
+
+Create the inventory configuration. Use the option :ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:hooks_results` instead of :ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:sudo`:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> cat hosts/02_iocage.yml
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   plugin: community.general.iocage
+   host: 10.1.0.73
+   user: admin
+   hooks_results:
+     - /var/db/dhclient-hook.address.epair0b
+
+.. note::
+
+   The option :ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:hooks_results` expects the poolname to be mounted to ``/poolname``. For example, if you
+   activate the pool iocage, this plugin expects to find the :ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:hooks_results` items in the path
+   /iocage/iocage/jails/<name>/root. If you mount the poolname to a different path, the easiest
+   remedy is to create a symlink.
+
+As admin at the controller, display the inventory:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> ansible-inventory -i hosts/02_iocage.yml --list --yaml
+   all:
+     children:
+       ungrouped:
+         hosts:
+           srv_1:
+             iocage_basejail: 'no'
+             iocage_boot: 'off'
+             iocage_hooks:
+             - 10.1.0.183
+             iocage_ip4: '-'
+             iocage_ip4_dict:
+               ip4: []
+               msg: DHCP (running -- address requires root)
+             iocage_ip6: '-'
+             iocage_jid: '204'
+             iocage_release: 14.2-RELEASE-p3
+             iocage_state: up
+             iocage_template: ansible_client
+             iocage_type: jail
+           srv_2:
+             iocage_basejail: 'no'
+             iocage_boot: 'off'
+             iocage_hooks:
+             - 10.1.0.204
+             iocage_ip4: '-'
+             iocage_ip4_dict:
+               ip4: []
+               msg: DHCP (running -- address requires root)
+             iocage_ip6: '-'
+             iocage_jid: '205'
+             iocage_release: 14.2-RELEASE-p3
+             iocage_state: up
+             iocage_template: ansible_client
+             iocage_type: jail
+           srv_3:
+             iocage_basejail: 'no'
+             iocage_boot: 'off'
+             iocage_hooks:
+             - 10.1.0.169
+             iocage_ip4: '-'
+             iocage_ip4_dict:
+               ip4: []
+               msg: DHCP (running -- address requires root)
+             iocage_ip6: '-'
+             iocage_jid: '206'
+             iocage_release: 14.2-RELEASE-p3
+             iocage_state: up
+             iocage_template: ansible_client
+             iocage_type: jail
+
+Compose the variable ``ansible_host``. For example, ``hosts/02_iocage.yml`` could look like:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+   plugin: community.general.iocage
+   host: 10.1.0.73
+   user: admin
+   hooks_results:
+     - /var/db/dhclient-hook.address.epair0b
+   compose:
+     ansible_host: (iocage_hooks.0 == '-') | ternary(iocage_ip4, iocage_hooks.0)
+
+Test the jails. Create a playbook ``pb-test-uname.yml``:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   - hosts: all
+     remote_user: admin
+
+     vars:
+
+       ansible_python_interpreter: auto_silent
+
+     tasks:
+
+       - command: uname -a
+         register: out
+
+       - debug:
+           var: out.stdout
+
+See: :ref:`working_with_bsd`
+
+Run the playbook:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> ansible-playbook -i hosts/02_iocage.yml pb-test-uname.yml
+
+   PLAY [all] **********************************************************************************************************
+
+   TASK [command] ******************************************************************************************************
+   changed: [srv_3]
+   changed: [srv_1]
+   changed: [srv_2]
+
+   TASK [debug] ********************************************************************************************************
+   ok: [srv_1] =>
+       out.stdout: FreeBSD srv-1 14.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC amd64
+   ok: [srv_3] =>
+       out.stdout: FreeBSD srv-3 14.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC amd64
+   ok: [srv_2] =>
+       out.stdout: FreeBSD srv-2 14.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC amd64
+
+   PLAY RECAP **********************************************************************************************************
+   srv_1                      : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
+   srv_2                      : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
+   srv_3                      : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
+
+Note: This playbook and the inventory configuration works also for the *Shared IP Jails*.

docs/docsite/rst/guide_iocage_inventory_properties.rst

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+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_iocage.guide_iocage_inventory.guide_iocage_inventory_properties:
+
+Properties
+----------
+
+Optionally, in the inventory file ``hosts/02_iocage.yml``, get the iocage properties. Enable
+:ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:get_properties`:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+   plugin: community.general.iocage
+   host: 10.1.0.73
+   user: admin
+   get_properties: true
+   hooks_results:
+     - /var/db/dhclient-hook.address.epair0b
+   compose:
+     ansible_host: (iocage_hooks.0 == '-') | ternary(iocage_ip4, iocage_hooks.0)
+
+Display the properties. Create the playbook ``pb-test-properties.yml``:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   - hosts: all
+     remote_user: admin
+
+     vars:
+
+       ansible_python_interpreter: auto_silent
+
+     tasks:
+
+       - debug:
+           var: iocage_properties
+
+Run the playbook. Limit the inventory to *srv_3*:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> ansible-playbook -i hosts/02_iocage.yml -l srv_3 pb-test-properties.yml
+
+   PLAY [all] **********************************************************************************************************
+
+   TASK [debug] ********************************************************************************************************
+   ok: [srv_3] =>
+       iocage_properties:
+           CONFIG_VERSION: '33'
+           allow_chflags: '0'
+           allow_mlock: '0'
+           allow_mount: '1'
+           allow_mount_devfs: '0'
+           allow_mount_fdescfs: '0'
+           allow_mount_fusefs: '0'
+           allow_mount_linprocfs: '0'
+           allow_mount_linsysfs: '0'
+           allow_mount_nullfs: '0'
+           allow_mount_procfs: '0'
+           allow_mount_tmpfs: '0'
+           allow_mount_zfs: '0'
+           allow_nfsd: '0'
+           allow_quotas: '0'
+           allow_raw_sockets: '0'
+           allow_set_hostname: '1'
+           allow_socket_af: '0'
+           allow_sysvipc: '0'
+           allow_tun: '0'
+           allow_vmm: '0'
+           assign_localhost: '0'
+           available: readonly
+           basejail: '0'
+           boot: '0'
+           bpf: '1'
+           children_max: '0'
+           cloned_release: 14.2-RELEASE
+           comment: none
+           compression: 'on'
+           compressratio: readonly
+           coredumpsize: 'off'
+           count: '1'
+           cpuset: 'off'
+           cputime: 'off'
+           datasize: 'off'
+           dedup: 'off'
+           defaultrouter: auto
+           defaultrouter6: auto
+           depends: none
+           devfs_ruleset: '4'
+           dhcp: '1'
+           enforce_statfs: '2'
+           exec_clean: '1'
+           exec_created: /usr/bin/true
+           exec_fib: '0'
+           exec_jail_user: root
+           exec_poststart: /usr/bin/true
+           exec_poststop: /usr/bin/true
+           exec_prestart: /usr/bin/true
+           exec_prestop: /usr/bin/true
+           exec_start: /bin/sh /etc/rc
+           exec_stop: /bin/sh /etc/rc.shutdown
+           exec_system_jail_user: '0'
+           exec_system_user: root
+           exec_timeout: '60'
+           host_domainname: none
+           host_hostname: srv-3
+           host_hostuuid: srv_3
+           host_time: '1'
+           hostid: ea2ba7d1-4fcd-f13f-82e4-8b32c0a03403
+           hostid_strict_check: '0'
+           interfaces: vnet0:bridge0
+           ip4: new
+           ip4_addr: none
+           ip4_saddrsel: '1'
+           ip6: new
+           ip6_addr: none
+           ip6_saddrsel: '1'
+           ip_hostname: '0'
+           jail_zfs: '0'
+           jail_zfs_dataset: iocage/jails/srv_3/data
+           jail_zfs_mountpoint: none
+           last_started: '2025-06-11 04:29:23'
+           localhost_ip: none
+           login_flags: -f root
+           mac_prefix: 02a098
+           maxproc: 'off'
+           memorylocked: 'off'
+           memoryuse: 'off'
+           min_dyn_devfs_ruleset: '1000'
+           mount_devfs: '1'
+           mount_fdescfs: '1'
+           mount_linprocfs: '0'
+           mount_procfs: '0'
+           mountpoint: readonly
+           msgqqueued: 'off'
+           msgqsize: 'off'
+           nat: '0'
+           nat_backend: ipfw
+           nat_forwards: none
+           nat_interface: none
+           nat_prefix: '172.16'
+           nmsgq: 'off'
+           notes: none
+           nsem: 'off'
+           nsemop: 'off'
+           nshm: 'off'
+           nthr: 'off'
+           openfiles: 'off'
+           origin: readonly
+           owner: root
+           pcpu: 'off'
+           plugin_name: none
+           plugin_repository: none
+           priority: '99'
+           pseudoterminals: 'off'
+           quota: none
+           readbps: 'off'
+           readiops: 'off'
+           release: 14.2-RELEASE-p3
+           reservation: none
+           resolver: /etc/resolv.conf
+           rlimits: 'off'
+           rtsold: '0'
+           securelevel: '2'
+           shmsize: 'off'
+           source_template: ansible_client
+           stacksize: 'off'
+           state: up
+           stop_timeout: '30'
+           swapuse: 'off'
+           sync_state: none
+           sync_target: none
+           sync_tgt_zpool: none
+           sysvmsg: new
+           sysvsem: new
+           sysvshm: new
+           template: '0'
+           type: jail
+           used: readonly
+           vmemoryuse: 'off'
+           vnet: '1'
+           vnet0_mac: 02a0983da05d 02a0983da05e
+           vnet0_mtu: auto
+           vnet1_mac: none
+           vnet1_mtu: auto
+           vnet2_mac: none
+           vnet2_mtu: auto
+           vnet3_mac: none
+           vnet3_mtu: auto
+           vnet_default_interface: auto
+           vnet_default_mtu: '1500'
+           vnet_interfaces: none
+           wallclock: 'off'
+           writebps: 'off'
+           writeiops: 'off'
+
+   PLAY RECAP **********************************************************************************************************
+   srv_3                      : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

docs/docsite/rst/guide_iocage_inventory_tags.rst

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+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_iocage.guide_iocage_inventory.guide_iocage_inventory_tags:
+
+Tags
+----
+
+Quoting `man iocage <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iocage>`_
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+   PROPERTIES
+   ...
+   notes="any string"
+         Custom notes for miscellaneous tagging.
+         Default: none
+         Source: local
+
+We will use the format `notes="tag1=value1 tag2=value2 ..."`.
+
+.. note::
+
+    The iocage tags have nothing to do with the :ref:`tags`.
+
+As root at the iocage host, set notes. For example,
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> iocage set notes="vmm=iocage_02 project=foo" srv_1
+   notes: none -> vmm=iocage_02 project=foo
+   shell> iocage set notes="vmm=iocage_02 project=foo" srv_2
+   notes: none -> vmm=iocage_02 project=foo
+   shell> iocage set notes="vmm=iocage_02 project=bar" srv_3
+   notes: none -> vmm=iocage_02 project=bar
+
+Update the inventory configuration. Compose a dictionary *iocage_tags* and create groups. The option
+:ansopt:`community.general.iocage#inventory:get_properties` must be enabled.
+For example, ``hosts/02_iocage.yml`` could look like:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   plugin: community.general.iocage
+   host: 10.1.0.73
+   user: admin
+   get_properties: true
+   hooks_results:
+     - /var/db/dhclient-hook.address.epair0b
+   compose:
+     ansible_host: (iocage_hooks.0 == '-') | ternary(iocage_ip4, iocage_hooks.0)
+     iocage_tags: dict(iocage_properties.notes | split | map('split', '='))
+   keyed_groups:
+     - prefix: vmm
+       key: iocage_tags.vmm
+     - prefix: project
+       key: iocage_tags.project
+
+Display tags and groups. Create a playbook ``pb-test-groups.yml``:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+   - hosts: all
+     remote_user: admin
+
+     vars:
+
+       ansible_python_interpreter: auto_silent
+
+     tasks:
+
+       - debug:
+           var: iocage_tags
+
+       - debug:
+           msg: |
+             {% for group in groups %}
+             {{ group }}: {{ groups[group] }}
+             {% endfor %}
+         run_once: true
+
+Run the playbook:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   shell> ansible-playbook -i hosts/02_iocage.yml pb-test-groups.yml
+
+   PLAY [all] **********************************************************************************************************
+
+   TASK [debug] ********************************************************************************************************
+   ok: [srv_1] =>
+       iocage_tags:
+           project: foo
+           vmm: iocage_02
+   ok: [srv_2] =>
+       iocage_tags:
+           project: foo
+           vmm: iocage_02
+   ok: [srv_3] =>
+       iocage_tags:
+           project: bar
+           vmm: iocage_02
+
+   TASK [debug] ********************************************************************************************************
+   ok: [srv_1] =>
+       msg: |-
+           all: ['srv_1', 'srv_2', 'srv_3']
+           ungrouped: []
+           vmm_iocage_02: ['srv_1', 'srv_2', 'srv_3']
+           project_foo: ['srv_1', 'srv_2']
+           project_bar: ['srv_3']
+
+   PLAY RECAP **********************************************************************************************************
+   srv_1                      : ok=2    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
+   srv_2                      : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0
+   srv_3                      : ok=1    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

docs/docsite/rst/guide_modulehelper.rst

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+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper:
+
+Module Helper guide
+===================
+
+
+Introduction
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Writing a module for Ansible is largely described in existing documentation.
+However, a good part of that is boilerplate code that needs to be repeated every single time.
+That is where ``ModuleHelper`` comes to assistance: a lot of that boilerplate code is done.
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.quickstart:
+
+Quickstart
+""""""""""
+
+See the `example from Ansible documentation <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_modules_general.html#creating-a-module>`_
+written with ``ModuleHelper``.
+But bear in mind that it does not showcase all of MH's features:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.module_helper import ModuleHelper
+
+
+    class MyTest(ModuleHelper):
+        module = dict(
+            argument_spec=dict(
+                name=dict(type='str', required=True),
+                new=dict(type='bool', required=False, default=False),
+            ),
+            supports_check_mode=True,
+        )
+
+        def __run__(self):
+            self.vars.original_message = ''
+            self.vars.message = ''
+            if self.check_mode:
+                return
+            self.vars.original_message = self.vars.name
+            self.vars.message = 'goodbye'
+            self.changed = self.vars['new']
+            if self.vars.name == "fail me":
+                self.do_raise("You requested this to fail")
+
+
+    def main():
+        MyTest.execute()
+
+
+    if __name__ == '__main__':
+        main()
+
+
+Module Helper
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Introduction
+""""""""""""
+
+``ModuleHelper`` is a wrapper around the standard ``AnsibleModule``, providing extra features and conveniences.
+The basic structure of a module using ``ModuleHelper`` is as shown in the
+:ref:`ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.quickstart`
+section above, but there are more elements that will take part in it.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.module_helper import ModuleHelper
+
+    class MyTest(ModuleHelper):
+        # behavior for module paramaters ONLY, see below for further information
+        output_params = ()
+        change_params = ()
+        diff_params = ()
+        facts_params = ()
+
+        facts_name = None   # used if generating facts, from parameters or otherwise
+
+        module = dict(
+            argument_spec=dict(...),
+            # ...
+        )
+
+After importing the ``ModuleHelper`` class, you need to declare your own class extending it.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    There is a variation called ``StateModuleHelper``, which builds on top of the features provided by MH.
+    See :ref:`ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.statemh` below for more details.
+
+The easiest way of specifying the module is to create the class variable ``module`` with a dictionary
+containing the exact arguments that would be passed as parameters to ``AnsibleModule``.
+If you prefer to create the ``AnsibleModule`` object yourself, just assign it to the ``module`` class variable.
+MH also accepts a parameter ``module`` in its constructor, if that parameter is used used,
+then it will override the class variable. The parameter can either be ``dict`` or ``AnsibleModule`` as well.
+
+Beyond the definition of the module, there are other variables that can be used to control aspects
+of MH's behavior. These variables should be set at the very beginning of the class, and their semantics are
+explained through this document.
+
+The main logic of MH happens in the ``ModuleHelper.run()`` method, which looks like:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    @module_fails_on_exception
+    def run(self):
+        self.__init_module__()
+        self.__run__()
+        self.__quit_module__()
+        output = self.output
+        if 'failed' not in output:
+            output['failed'] = False
+        self.module.exit_json(changed=self.has_changed(), **output)
+
+The method ``ModuleHelper.__run__()`` must be implemented by the module and most
+modules will be able to perform their actions implementing only that MH method.
+However, in some cases, you might want to execute actions before or after the main tasks, in which cases
+you should implement ``ModuleHelper.__init_module__()`` and ``ModuleHelper.__quit_module__()`` respectively.
+
+Note that the output comes from ``self.output``, which is a ``@property`` method.
+By default, that property will collect all the variables that are marked for output and return them in a dictionary with their values.
+Moreover, the default ``self.output`` will also handle Ansible ``facts`` and *diff mode*.
+Also note the changed status comes from ``self.has_changed()``, which is usually calculated from variables that are marked
+to track changes in their content.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    More details in sections
+    :ref:`ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.paramvaroutput` and
+    :ref:`ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.changes` below.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    See more about the decorator
+    :ref:`ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.modulefailsdeco` below.
+
+
+Another way to write the example from the
+:ref:`ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.quickstart`
+would be:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+        def __init_module__(self):
+            self.vars.original_message = ''
+            self.vars.message = ''
+
+        def __run__(self):
+            if self.check_mode:
+                return
+            self.vars.original_message = self.vars.name
+            self.vars.message = 'goodbye'
+            self.changed = self.vars['new']
+
+        def __quit_module__(self):
+            if self.vars.name == "fail me":
+                self.do_raise("You requested this to fail")
+
+Notice that there are no calls to ``module.exit_json()`` nor ``module.fail_json()``: if the module fails, raise an exception.
+You can use the convenience method ``self.do_raise()`` or raise the exception as usual in Python to do that.
+If no exception is raised, then the module succeeds.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    See more about exceptions in section
+    :ref:`ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.exceptions` below.
+
+Ansible modules must have a ``main()`` function and the usual test for ``'__main__'``. When using MH that should look like:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    def main():
+        MyTest.execute()
+
+
+    if __name__ == '__main__':
+        main()
+
+The class method ``execute()`` is nothing more than a convenience shorcut for:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    m = MyTest()
+    m.run()
+
+Optionally, an ``AnsibleModule`` may be passed as parameter to ``execute()``.
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.paramvaroutput:
+
+Parameters, variables, and output
+"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+All the parameters automatically become variables in the ``self.vars`` attribute, which is of the ``VarDict`` type.
+By using ``self.vars``, you get a central mechanism to access the parameters but also to expose variables as return values of the module.
+As described in :ref:`ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_vardict`, variables in ``VarDict`` have metadata associated to them.
+One of the attributes in that metadata marks the variable for output, and MH makes use of that to generate the module's return values.
+
+.. note::
+
+    The ``VarDict`` class was introduced in community.general 7.1.0, as part of ``ModuleHelper`` itself.
+    However, it has been factored out to become an utility on its own, described in :ref:`ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_vardict`,
+    and the older implementation was removed in community.general 11.0.0.
+
+    Some code might still refer to the class variables ``use_old_vardict`` and ``mute_vardict_deprecation``, used for the transtition to the new
+    implementation but from community.general 11.0.0 onwards they are no longer used and can be safely removed from the code.
+
+Contrary to new variables created in ``VarDict``, module parameters are not set for output by default.
+If you want to include some module parameters in the output, list them in the ``output_params`` class variable.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    class MyTest(ModuleHelper):
+        output_params = ('state', 'name')
+        ...
+
+.. important::
+
+    The variable names listed in ``output_params`` **must be module parameters**, as in parameters listed in the module's ``argument_spec``.
+    Names not found in ``argument_spec`` are silently ignored.
+
+Another neat feature provided by MH by using ``VarDict`` is the automatic tracking of changes when setting the metadata ``change=True``.
+Again, to enable this feature for module parameters, you must list them in the ``change_params`` class variable.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    class MyTest(ModuleHelper):
+        # example from community.general.xfconf
+        change_params = ('value', )
+        ...
+
+.. important::
+
+    The variable names listed in ``change_params`` **must be module parameters**, as in parameters listed in the module's ``argument_spec``.
+    Names not found in ``argument_spec`` are silently ignored.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    See more about this in
+    :ref:`ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.changes` below.
+
+Similarly, if you want to use Ansible's diff mode, you can set the metadata ``diff=True`` and ``diff_params`` for module parameters.
+With that, MH will automatically generate the diff output for variables that have changed.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    class MyTest(ModuleHelper):
+        diff_params = ('value', )
+
+    def __run__(self):
+        # example from community.general.gio_mime
+        self.vars.set_meta("handler", initial_value=gio_mime_get(self.runner, self.vars.mime_type), diff=True, change=True)
+
+.. important::
+
+    The variable names listed in ``diff_params`` **must be module parameters**, as in parameters listed in the module's ``argument_spec``.
+    Names not found in ``argument_spec`` are silently ignored.
+
+Moreover, if a module is set to return *facts* instead of return values, then again use the metadata ``fact=True`` and ``fact_params`` for module parameters.
+Additionally, you must specify ``facts_name``, as in:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    class VolumeFacts(ModuleHelper):
+        facts_name = 'volume_facts'
+
+        def __init_module__(self):
+            self.vars.set("volume", 123, fact=True)
+
+That generates an Ansible fact like:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Obtain volume facts
+      some.collection.volume_facts:
+        # parameters
+
+    - name: Print volume facts
+      debug:
+        msg: Volume fact is {{ ansible_facts.volume_facts.volume }}
+
+.. important::
+
+    The variable names listed in ``fact_params`` **must be module parameters**, as in parameters listed in the module's ``argument_spec``.
+    Names not found in ``argument_spec`` are silently ignored.
+
+.. important::
+
+    If ``facts_name`` is not set, the module does not generate any facts.
+
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.changes:
+
+Handling changes
+""""""""""""""""
+
+In MH there are many ways to indicate change in the module execution. Here they are:
+
+Tracking changes in variables
+-----------------------------
+
+As explained above, you can enable change tracking in any number of variables in ``self.vars``.
+By the end of the module execution, if any of those variables has a value different then the first value assigned to them,
+then that will be picked up by MH and signalled as changed at the module output.
+See the example below to learn how you can enabled change tracking in variables:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    # using __init_module__() as example, it works the same in __run__() and __quit_module__()
+    def __init_module__(self):
+        # example from community.general.ansible_galaxy_install
+        self.vars.set("new_roles", {}, change=True)
+
+        # example of "hidden" variable used only to track change in a value from community.general.gconftool2
+        self.vars.set('_value', self.vars.previous_value, output=False, change=True)
+
+        # enable change-tracking without assigning value
+        self.vars.set_meta("new_roles", change=True)
+
+        # if you must forcibly set an initial value to the variable
+        self.vars.set_meta("new_roles", initial_value=[])
+        ...
+
+If the end value of any variable marked ``change`` is different from its initial value, then MH will return ``changed=True``.
+
+Indicating changes with ``changed``
+-----------------------------------
+
+If you want to indicate change directly in the code, then use the ``self.changed`` property in MH.
+Beware that this is a ``@property`` method in MH, with both a *getter* and a *setter*.
+By default, that hidden field is set to ``False``.
+
+Effective change
+----------------
+
+The effective outcome for the module is determined in the ``self.has_changed()`` method, and it consists of the logical *OR* operation
+between ``self.changed`` and the change calculated from ``self.vars``.
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.exceptions:
+
+Exceptions
+""""""""""
+
+In MH, instead of calling ``module.fail_json()`` you can just raise an exception.
+The output variables are collected the same way they would be for a successful execution.
+However, you can set output variables specifically for that exception, if you so choose.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.module_helper import ModuleHelperException
+
+    def __init_module__(self):
+        if not complex_validation():
+            self.do_raise("Validation failed!")
+
+        # Or passing output variables
+        awesomeness = calculate_awesomeness()
+        if awesomeness > 1000:
+            self.do_raise("Over awesome, I cannot handle it!", update_output={"awesomeness": awesomeness})
+            # which is just a convenience shortcut for
+            raise ModuleHelperException("...", update_output={...})
+
+All exceptions derived from ``Exception`` are captured and translated into a ``fail_json()`` call.
+However, if you do want to call ``self.module.fail_json()`` yourself it will work,
+just keep in mind that there will be no automatic handling of output variables in that case.
+
+Behind the curtains, all ``do_raise()`` does is to raise a ``ModuleHelperException``.
+If you want to create specialized error handling for your code, the best way is to extend that clas and raise it when needed.
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.statemh:
+
+StateModuleHelper
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Many modules use a parameter ``state`` that effectively controls the exact action performed by the module, such as
+``state=present`` or ``state=absent`` for installing or removing packages.
+By using ``StateModuleHelper`` you can make your code like the excerpt from the ``gconftool2`` below:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.module_helper import StateModuleHelper
+
+    class GConftool(StateModuleHelper):
+        ...
+        module = dict(
+            ...
+        )
+
+        def __init_module__(self):
+            self.runner = gconftool2_runner(self.module, check_rc=True)
+            ...
+
+            self.vars.set('previous_value', self._get(), fact=True)
+            self.vars.set('value_type', self.vars.value_type)
+            self.vars.set('_value', self.vars.previous_value, output=False, change=True)
+            self.vars.set_meta('value', initial_value=self.vars.previous_value)
+            self.vars.set('playbook_value', self.vars.value, fact=True)
+
+        ...
+
+        def state_absent(self):
+            with self.runner("state key", output_process=self._make_process(False)) as ctx:
+                ctx.run()
+                self.vars.set('run_info', ctx.run_info, verbosity=4)
+            self.vars.set('new_value', None, fact=True)
+            self.vars._value = None
+
+        def state_present(self):
+            with self.runner("direct config_source value_type state key value", output_process=self._make_process(True)) as ctx:
+                ctx.run()
+                self.vars.set('run_info', ctx.run_info, verbosity=4)
+            self.vars.set('new_value', self._get(), fact=True)
+            self.vars._value = self.vars.new_value
+
+Note that the method ``__run__()`` is implemented in ``StateModuleHelper``, all you need to implement are the methods ``state_<state_value>``.
+In the example above, :ansplugin:`community.general.gconftool2#module` only has two states, ``present`` and ``absent``, thus, ``state_present()`` and ``state_absent()``.
+
+If the controlling parameter is not called ``state``, like in :ansplugin:`community.general.jira#module` module, just let SMH know about it:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    class JIRA(StateModuleHelper):
+        state_param = 'operation'
+
+        def operation_create(self):
+            ...
+
+        def operation_search(self):
+            ...
+
+Lastly, if the module is called with ``state=somevalue`` and the method ``state_somevalue``
+is not implemented, SMH will resort to call a method called ``__state_fallback__()``.
+By default, this method will raise a ``ValueError`` indicating the method was not found.
+Naturally, you can override that method to write a default implementation, as in :ansplugin:`community.general.locale_gen#module`:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+        def __state_fallback__(self):
+            if self.vars.state_tracking == self.vars.state:
+                return
+            if self.vars.ubuntu_mode:
+                self.apply_change_ubuntu(self.vars.state, self.vars.name)
+            else:
+                self.apply_change(self.vars.state, self.vars.name)
+
+That module has only the states ``present`` and ``absent`` and the code for both is the one in the fallback method.
+
+.. note::
+
+    The name of the fallback method **does not change** if you set a different value of ``state_param``.
+
+
+Other Conveniences
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Delegations to AnsibleModule
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+The MH properties and methods below are delegated as-is to the underlying ``AnsibleModule`` instance in ``self.module``:
+
+- ``check_mode``
+- ``get_bin_path()``
+- ``warn()``
+- ``deprecate()``
+
+Additionally, MH will also delegate:
+
+- ``diff_mode`` to ``self.module._diff``
+- ``verbosity`` to ``self.module._verbosity``
+
+Starting in community.general 10.3.0, MH will also delegate the method ``debug`` to ``self.module``.
+If any existing module already has a ``debug`` attribute defined, a warning message will be generated,
+requesting it to be renamed. Upon the release of community.general 12.0.0, the delegation will be
+preemptive and will override any existing method or property in the subclasses.
+
+Decorators
+""""""""""
+
+The following decorators should only be used within ``ModuleHelper`` class.
+
+@cause_changes
+--------------
+
+This decorator will control whether the outcome of the method will cause the module to signal change in its output.
+If the method completes without raising an exception it is considered to have succeeded, otherwise, it will have failed.
+
+The decorator has a parameter ``when`` that accepts three different values: ``success``, ``failure``, and ``always``.
+There are also two legacy parameters, ``on_success`` and ``on_failure``, that will be deprecated, so do not use them.
+The value of ``changed`` in the module output will be set to ``True``:
+
+- ``when="success"`` and the method completes without raising an exception.
+- ``when="failure"`` and the method raises an exception.
+- ``when="always"``, regardless of the method raising an exception or not.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.module_helper import cause_changes
+
+    # adapted excerpt from the community.general.jira module
+    class JIRA(StateModuleHelper):
+        @cause_changes(when="success")
+        def operation_create(self):
+            ...
+
+If ``when`` has a different value or no parameters are specificied, the decorator will have no effect whatsoever.
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_modulehelper.modulefailsdeco:
+
+@module_fails_on_exception
+--------------------------
+
+In a method using this decorator, if an exception is raised, the text message of that exception will be captured
+by the decorator and used to call ``self.module.fail_json()``.
+In most of the cases there will be no need to use this decorator, because ``ModuleHelper.run()`` already uses it.
+
+@check_mode_skip
+----------------
+
+If the module is running in check mode, this decorator will prevent the method from executing.
+The return value in that case is ``None``.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.module_helper import check_mode_skip
+
+    # adapted excerpt from the community.general.locale_gen module
+    class LocaleGen(StateModuleHelper):
+        @check_mode_skip
+        def __state_fallback__(self):
+            ...
+
+
+@check_mode_skip_returns
+------------------------
+
+This decorator is similar to the previous one, but the developer can control the return value for the method when running in check mode.
+It is used with one of two parameters. One is ``callable`` and the return value in check mode will be ``callable(self, *args, **kwargs)``,
+where ``self`` is the ``ModuleHelper`` instance and the union of ``args`` and ``kwargs`` will contain all the parameters passed to the method.
+
+The other option is to use the parameter ``value``, in which case the method will return ``value`` when in check mode.
+
+
+References
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- `Ansible Developer Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/index.html>`_
+- `Creating a module <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_modules_general.html#creating-a-module>`_
+- `Returning ansible facts <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#ansible-facts>`_
+- :ref:`ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_vardict`
+
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.1.0

docs/docsite/rst/guide_online.rst

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+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_online:
+
+****************
+Online.net Guide
+****************
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+Online is a French hosting company mainly known for providing bare-metal servers named Dedibox.
+Check it out: `https://www.online.net/en <https://www.online.net/en>`_
+
+Dynamic inventory for Online resources
+--------------------------------------
+
+Ansible has a dynamic inventory plugin that can list your resources.
+
+1. Create a YAML configuration such as ``online_inventory.yml`` with this content:
+
+   .. code-block:: yaml
+
+       plugin: community.general.online
+
+2. Set your ``ONLINE_TOKEN`` environment variable with your token.
+
+   You need to open an account and log into it before you can get a token.
+   You can find your token at the following page: `https://console.online.net/en/api/access <https://console.online.net/en/api/access>`_
+
+3. You can test that your inventory is working by running:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+       $ ansible-inventory -v -i online_inventory.yml --list
+
+
+4. Now you can run your playbook or any other module with this inventory:
+
+   .. code-block:: ansible-output
+
+       $ ansible all -i online_inventory.yml -m ping
+       sd-96735 | SUCCESS => {
+           "changed": false,
+           "ping": "pong"
+       }

docs/docsite/rst/guide_packet.rst

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+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_packet:
+
+**********************************
+Packet.net Guide
+**********************************
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+`Packet.net <https://packet.net>`_ is a bare metal infrastructure host that is supported by the community.general collection through six cloud modules. The six modules are:
+
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_device#module`: manages servers on Packet. You can use this module to create, restart and delete devices.
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_ip_subnet#module`: assign IP subnet to a bare metal server
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_project#module`: create/delete a project in Packet host
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_sshkey#module`: adds a public SSH key from file or value to the Packet infrastructure. Every subsequently-created device will have this public key installed in .ssh/authorized_keys.
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_volume#module`: create/delete a volume in Packet host
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.packet_volume_attachment#module`: attach/detach a volume to a device in the Packet host
+
+Note, this guide assumes you are familiar with Ansible and how it works. If you are not, have a look at their :ref:`docs <ansible_documentation>` before getting started.
+
+Requirements
+============
+
+The Packet modules connect to the Packet API using the `packet-python package <https://pypi.org/project/packet-python/>`_. You can install it with pip:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ pip install packet-python
+
+In order to check the state of devices created by Ansible on Packet, it is a good idea to install one of the `Packet CLI clients <https://www.packet.net/developers/integrations/>`_. Otherwise you can check them through the `Packet portal <https://app.packet.net/portal>`_.
+
+To use the modules you will need a Packet API token. You can generate an API token through the Packet portal `here <https://app.packet.net/portal#/api-keys>`__. The simplest way to authenticate yourself is to set the Packet API token in an environment variable:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ export PACKET_API_TOKEN=Bfse9F24SFtfs423Gsd3ifGsd43sSdfs
+
+If you are not comfortable exporting your API token, you can pass it as a parameter to the modules.
+
+On Packet, devices and reserved IP addresses belong to `projects <https://www.packet.com/developers/api/#projects>`_. In order to use the packet_device module, you need to specify the UUID of the project in which you want to create or manage devices. You can find a project's UUID in the Packet portal `here <https://app.packet.net/portal#/projects/list/table/>`_ (it is just under the project table) or through one of the available `CLIs <https://www.packet.net/developers/integrations/>`_.
+
+
+If you want to use a new SSH key pair in this tutorial, you can generate it to ``./id_rsa`` and ``./id_rsa.pub`` as:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ./id_rsa
+
+If you want to use an existing key pair, just copy the private and public key over to the playbook directory.
+
+
+Device Creation
+===============
+
+The following code block is a simple playbook that creates one `Type 0 <https://www.packet.com/cloud/servers/t1-small/>`_ server (the ``plan`` parameter). You have to supply ``plan`` and ``operating_system``. ``location`` defaults to ``ewr1`` (Parsippany, NJ). You can find all the possible values for the parameters through a `CLI client <https://www.packet.net/developers/integrations/>`_.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    # playbook_create.yml
+
+    - name: Create Ubuntu device
+      hosts: localhost
+      tasks:
+
+        - community.general.packet_sshkey:
+            key_file: ./id_rsa.pub
+            label: tutorial key
+
+        - community.general.packet_device:
+            project_id: <your_project_id>
+            hostnames: myserver
+            operating_system: ubuntu_16_04
+            plan: baremetal_0
+            facility: sjc1
+
+After running ``ansible-playbook playbook_create.yml``, you should have a server provisioned on Packet. You can verify through a CLI or in the `Packet portal <https://app.packet.net/portal#/projects/list/table>`__.
+
+If you get an error with the message "failed to set machine state present, error: Error 404: Not Found", please verify your project UUID.
+
+
+Updating Devices
+================
+
+The two parameters used to uniquely identify Packet devices are: "device_ids" and "hostnames". Both parameters accept either a single string (later converted to a one-element list), or a list of strings.
+
+The ``device_ids`` and ``hostnames`` parameters are mutually exclusive. The following values are all acceptable:
+
+- device_ids: ``a27b7a83-fc93-435b-a128-47a5b04f2dcf``
+
+- hostnames: ``mydev1``
+
+- device_ids: ``[a27b7a83-fc93-435b-a128-47a5b04f2dcf, 4887130f-0ccd-49a0-99b0-323c1ceb527b]``
+
+- hostnames: ``[mydev1, mydev2]``
+
+In addition, hostnames can contain a special ``%d`` formatter along with a ``count`` parameter that lets you easily expand hostnames that follow a simple name and number pattern; in other words, ``hostnames: "mydev%d", count: 2`` will expand to [mydev1, mydev2].
+
+If your playbook acts on existing Packet devices, you can only pass the ``hostname`` and ``device_ids`` parameters. The following playbook shows how you can reboot a specific Packet device by setting the ``hostname`` parameter:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    # playbook_reboot.yml
+
+    - name: reboot myserver
+      hosts: localhost
+      tasks:
+
+        - community.general.packet_device:
+            project_id: <your_project_id>
+            hostnames: myserver
+            state: rebooted
+
+You can also identify specific Packet devices with the ``device_ids`` parameter. The device's UUID can be found in the `Packet Portal <https://app.packet.net/portal>`_ or by using a `CLI <https://www.packet.net/developers/integrations/>`_. The following playbook removes a Packet device using the ``device_ids`` field:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    # playbook_remove.yml
+
+    - name: remove a device
+      hosts: localhost
+      tasks:
+
+        - community.general.packet_device:
+            project_id: <your_project_id>
+            device_ids: <myserver_device_id>
+            state: absent
+
+
+More Complex Playbooks
+======================
+
+In this example, we will create a CoreOS cluster with `user data <https://packet.com/developers/docs/servers/key-features/user-data/>`_.
+
+
+The CoreOS cluster will use `etcd <https://etcd.io/>`_ for discovery of other servers in the cluster. Before provisioning your servers, you will need to generate a discovery token for your cluster:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ curl -w "\n" 'https://discovery.etcd.io/new?size=3'
+
+The following playbook will create an SSH key, 3 Packet servers, and then wait until SSH is ready (or until 5 minutes passed). Make sure to substitute the discovery token URL in ``user_data``, and the ``project_id`` before running ``ansible-playbook``. Also, feel free to change ``plan`` and ``facility``.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    # playbook_coreos.yml
+
+    - name: Start 3 CoreOS nodes in Packet and wait until SSH is ready
+      hosts: localhost
+      tasks:
+
+        - community.general.packet_sshkey:
+            key_file: ./id_rsa.pub
+            label: new
+
+        - community.general.packet_device:
+            hostnames: [coreos-one, coreos-two, coreos-three]
+            operating_system: coreos_beta
+            plan: baremetal_0
+            facility: ewr1
+            project_id: <your_project_id>
+            wait_for_public_IPv: 4
+            user_data: |
+              # cloud-config
+              coreos:
+                etcd2:
+                  discovery: https://discovery.etcd.io/<token>
+                  advertise-client-urls: http://$private_ipv4:2379,http://$private_ipv4:4001
+                  initial-advertise-peer-urls: http://$private_ipv4:2380
+                  listen-client-urls: http://0.0.0.0:2379,http://0.0.0.0:4001
+                  listen-peer-urls: http://$private_ipv4:2380
+                fleet:
+                  public-ip: $private_ipv4
+                units:
+                  - name: etcd2.service
+                    command: start
+                  - name: fleet.service
+                    command: start
+          register: newhosts
+
+        - name: wait for ssh
+          ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+            delay: 1
+            host: "{{ item.public_ipv4 }}"
+            port: 22
+            state: started
+            timeout: 500
+          loop: "{{ newhosts.results[0].devices }}"
+
+
+As with most Ansible modules, the default states of the Packet modules are idempotent, meaning the resources in your project will remain the same after re-runs of a playbook. Thus, we can keep the ``packet_sshkey`` module call in our playbook. If the public key is already in your Packet account, the call will have no effect.
+
+The second module call provisions 3 Packet Type 0 (specified using the ``plan`` parameter) servers in the project identified by the ``project_id`` parameter. The servers are all provisioned with CoreOS beta (the ``operating_system`` parameter) and are customized with cloud-config user data passed to the ``user_data`` parameter.
+
+The ``packet_device`` module has a ``wait_for_public_IPv`` that is used to specify the version of the IP address to wait for (valid values are ``4`` or ``6`` for IPv4 or IPv6). If specified, Ansible will wait until the GET API call for a device contains an Internet-routeable IP address of the specified version. When referring to an IP address of a created device in subsequent module calls, it is wise to use the ``wait_for_public_IPv`` parameter, or ``state: active`` in the packet_device module call.
+
+Run the playbook:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ ansible-playbook playbook_coreos.yml
+
+Once the playbook quits, your new devices should be reachable through SSH. Try to connect to one and check if etcd has started properly:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    tomk@work $ ssh -i id_rsa core@$one_of_the_servers_ip
+    core@coreos-one ~ $ etcdctl cluster-health
+
+If you have any questions or comments let us know! help@packet.net

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+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_scaleway:
+
+**************
+Scaleway Guide
+**************
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+`Scaleway <https://scaleway.com>`_ is a cloud provider supported by the community.general collection through a set of plugins and modules.
+Those modules are:
+
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_compute#module`: manages servers on Scaleway. You can use this module to create, restart and delete servers.
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_compute_private_network#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_namespace_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_namespace#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_registry_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_container_registry#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_database_backup#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_function#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_function_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_function_namespace_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_function_namespace#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_image_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_ip#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_ip_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_lb#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_organization_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_private_network#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_security_group#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_security_group_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_security_group_rule#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_server_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_snapshot_info#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_sshkey#module`: adds a public SSH key from a file or value to the Packet infrastructure. Every subsequently-created device will have this public key installed in .ssh/authorized_keys.
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_user_data#module`
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_volume#module`: manages volumes on Scaleway.
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_volume_info#module`
+
+The plugins are:
+
+- :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway#inventory`: inventory plugin
+
+
+.. note::
+   This guide assumes you are familiar with Ansible and how it works.
+   If you are not, have a look at :ref:`ansible_documentation` before getting started.
+
+Requirements
+============
+
+The Scaleway modules and inventory script connect to the Scaleway API using `Scaleway REST API <https://developer.scaleway.com>`_.
+To use the modules and inventory script you will need a Scaleway API token.
+You can generate an API token through the `Scaleway console's credential page <https://cloud.scaleway.com/#/credentials>`__.
+The simplest way to authenticate yourself is to set the Scaleway API token in an environment variable:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ export SCW_TOKEN=00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+
+If you are not comfortable exporting your API token, you can pass it as a parameter to the modules using the ``api_token`` argument.
+
+If you want to use a new SSH key pair in this tutorial, you can generate it to ``./id_rsa`` and ``./id_rsa.pub`` as:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ./id_rsa
+
+If you want to use an existing key pair, just copy the private and public key over to the playbook directory.
+
+How to add an SSH key?
+======================
+
+Connection to Scaleway Compute nodes use Secure Shell.
+SSH keys are stored at the account level, which means that you can reuse the same SSH key in multiple nodes.
+The first step to configure Scaleway compute resources is to have at least one SSH key configured.
+
+:ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_sshkey#module` is a module that manages SSH keys on your Scaleway account.
+You can add an SSH key to your account by including the following task in a playbook:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: "Add SSH key"
+      community.general.scaleway_sshkey:
+        ssh_pub_key: "ssh-rsa AAAA..."
+        state: "present"
+
+The ``ssh_pub_key`` parameter contains your ssh public key as a string. Here is an example inside a playbook:
+
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Test SSH key lifecycle on a Scaleway account
+      hosts: localhost
+      gather_facts: false
+      environment:
+        SCW_API_KEY: ""
+
+      tasks:
+
+        - community.general.scaleway_sshkey:
+            ssh_pub_key: "ssh-rsa AAAAB...424242 developer@example.com"
+            state: present
+          register: result
+
+        - ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - result is success and result is changed
+
+How to create a compute instance?
+=================================
+
+Now that we have an SSH key configured, the next step is to spin up a server!
+:ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway_compute#module` is a module that can create, update and delete Scaleway compute instances:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Create a server
+      community.general.scaleway_compute:
+        name: foobar
+        state: present
+        image: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+        organization: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+        region: ams1
+        commercial_type: START1-S
+
+Here are the parameter details for the example shown above:
+
+- ``name`` is the name of the instance (the one that will show up in your web console).
+- ``image`` is the UUID of the system image you would like to use.
+  A list of all images is available for each availability zone.
+- ``organization`` represents the organization that your account is attached to.
+- ``region`` represents the Availability Zone which your instance is in (for this example, ``par1`` and ``ams1``).
+- ``commercial_type`` represents the name of the commercial offers.
+  You can check out the Scaleway pricing page to find which instance is right for you.
+
+Take a look at this short playbook to see a working example using ``scaleway_compute``:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - name: Test compute instance lifecycle on a Scaleway account
+      hosts: localhost
+      gather_facts: false
+      environment:
+        SCW_API_KEY: ""
+
+      tasks:
+
+        - name: Create a server
+          register: server_creation_task
+          community.general.scaleway_compute:
+            name: foobar
+            state: present
+            image: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+            organization: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+            region: ams1
+            commercial_type: START1-S
+            wait: true
+
+        - ansible.builtin.debug:
+            var: server_creation_task
+
+        - ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - server_creation_task is success
+              - server_creation_task is changed
+
+        - name: Run it
+          community.general.scaleway_compute:
+            name: foobar
+            state: running
+            image: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+            organization: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+            region: ams1
+            commercial_type: START1-S
+            wait: true
+            tags:
+              - web_server
+          register: server_run_task
+
+        - ansible.builtin.debug:
+            var: server_run_task
+
+        - ansible.builtin.assert:
+            that:
+              - server_run_task is success
+              - server_run_task is changed
+
+Dynamic Inventory Plugin
+========================
+
+Ansible ships with :ansplugin:`community.general.scaleway#inventory`.
+You can now get a complete inventory of your Scaleway resources through this plugin and filter it on
+different parameters (``regions`` and ``tags`` are currently supported).
+
+Let us create an example!
+Suppose that we want to get all hosts that got the tag web_server.
+Create a file named ``scaleway_inventory.yml`` with the following content:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    plugin: community.general.scaleway
+    regions:
+      - ams1
+      - par1
+    tags:
+      - web_server
+
+This inventory means that we want all hosts that got the tag ``web_server`` on the zones ``ams1`` and ``par1``.
+Once you have configured this file, you can get the information using the following command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    $ ansible-inventory --list -i scaleway_inventory.yml
+
+The output will be:
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+    {
+        "_meta": {
+            "hostvars": {
+                "dd8e3ae9-0c7c-459e-bc7b-aba8bfa1bb8d": {
+                    "ansible_verbosity": 6,
+                    "arch": "x86_64",
+                    "commercial_type": "START1-S",
+                    "hostname": "foobar",
+                    "ipv4": "192.0.2.1",
+                    "organization": "00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444",
+                    "state": "running",
+                    "tags": [
+                        "web_server"
+                    ]
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "all": {
+            "children": [
+                "ams1",
+                "par1",
+                "ungrouped",
+                "web_server"
+            ]
+        },
+        "ams1": {},
+        "par1": {
+            "hosts": [
+                "dd8e3ae9-0c7c-459e-bc7b-aba8bfa1bb8d"
+            ]
+        },
+        "ungrouped": {},
+        "web_server": {
+            "hosts": [
+                "dd8e3ae9-0c7c-459e-bc7b-aba8bfa1bb8d"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+
+As you can see, we get different groups of hosts.
+``par1`` and ``ams1`` are groups based on location.
+``web_server`` is a group based on a tag.
+
+In case a filter parameter is not defined, the plugin supposes all values possible are wanted.
+This means that for each tag that exists on your Scaleway compute nodes, a group based on each tag will be created.
+
+Scaleway S3 object storage
+==========================
+
+`Object Storage <https://www.scaleway.com/object-storage>`_ allows you to store any kind of objects (documents, images, videos, and so on).
+As the Scaleway API is S3 compatible, Ansible supports it natively through the amazon.aws modules: :ansplugin:`amazon.aws.s3_bucket#module`, :ansplugin:`amazon.aws.s3_object#module`.
+
+You can find many examples in the `scaleway_s3 integration tests <https://github.com/ansible/ansible-legacy-tests/tree/devel/test/legacy/roles/scaleway_s3>`_.
+
+.. code-block:: yaml+jinja
+
+    - hosts: myserver
+      vars:
+        scaleway_region: nl-ams
+        s3_url: https://s3.nl-ams.scw.cloud
+      environment:
+        # AWS_ACCESS_KEY matches your scaleway organization id available at https://cloud.scaleway.com/#/account
+        AWS_ACCESS_KEY: 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444
+        # AWS_SECRET_KEY matches a secret token that you can retrieve at https://cloud.scaleway.com/#/credentials
+        AWS_SECRET_KEY: aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee
+      module_defaults:
+        group/amazon.aws.aws:
+          s3_url: '{{ s3_url }}'
+          region: '{{ scaleway_region }}'
+      tasks:
+       # use a fact instead of a variable, otherwise template is evaluate each time variable is used
+        - ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+            bucket_name: "{{ 99999999 | random | to_uuid }}"
+
+        # "requester_pays:" is mandatory because Scaleway does not implement related API
+        # another way is to use amazon.aws.s3_object and "mode: create" !
+        - amazon.aws.s3_bucket:
+            name: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+            requester_pays:
+
+        - name: Another way to create the bucket
+          amazon.aws.s3_object:
+            bucket: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+            mode: create
+            encrypt: false
+          register: bucket_creation_check
+
+        - name: add something in the bucket
+          amazon.aws.s3_object:
+            mode: put
+            bucket: '{{ bucket_name }}'
+            src: /tmp/test.txt  #  needs to be created before
+            object: test.txt
+            encrypt: false  # server side encryption must be disabled

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+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_uthelper:
+
+UTHelper Guide
+==============
+
+Introduction
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+``UTHelper`` was written to reduce the boilerplate code used in unit tests for modules.
+It was originally written to handle tests of modules that run external commands using ``AnsibleModule.run_command()``.
+At the time of writing (Feb 2025) that remains the only type of tests you can use
+``UTHelper`` for, but it aims to provide support for other types of interactions.
+
+Until now, there are many different ways to implement unit tests that validate a module based on the execution of external commands. See some examples:
+
+* `test_apk.py <https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/10.3.0/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_apk.py>`_ - A very simple one
+* `test_bootc_manage.py <https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/10.3.0/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_bootc_manage.py>`_ -
+  This one has more test cases, but do notice how the code is repeated amongst them.
+* `test_modprobe.py <https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/10.3.0/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_modprobe.py>`_ -
+  This one has 15 tests in it, but to achieve that it declares 8 classes repeating quite a lot of code.
+
+As you can notice, there is no consistency in the way these tests are executed -
+they all do the same thing eventually, but each one is written in a very distinct way.
+
+``UTHelper`` aims to:
+
+* provide a consistent idiom to define unit tests
+* reduce the code to a bare minimal, and
+* define tests as data instead
+* allow the test cases definition to be expressed not only as a Python data structure but also as YAML content
+
+Quickstart
+""""""""""
+
+To use UTHelper, your test module will need only a bare minimal of code:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    # tests/unit/plugin/modules/test_ansible_module.py
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.modules import ansible_module
+    from .uthelper import UTHelper, RunCommandMock
+
+
+    UTHelper.from_module(ansible_module, __name__, mocks=[RunCommandMock])
+
+Then, in the test specification file, you have:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    # tests/unit/plugin/modules/test_ansible_module.yaml
+    test_cases:
+      - id: test_ansible_module
+        flags:
+          diff: true
+        input:
+          state: present
+          name: Roger the Shrubber
+        output:
+          shrubbery:
+            looks: nice
+            price: not too expensive
+          changed: true
+          diff:
+            before:
+              shrubbery: null
+            after:
+              shrubbery:
+                looks: nice
+                price: not too expensive
+        mocks:
+          run_command:
+            - command: [/testbin/shrubber, --version]
+              rc: 0
+              out: "2.80.0\n"
+              err: ''
+            - command: [/testbin/shrubber, --make-shrubbery]
+              rc: 0
+              out: 'Shrubbery created'
+              err: ''
+
+.. note::
+
+    If you prefer to pick a different YAML file for the test cases, or if you prefer to define them in plain Python,
+    you can use the convenience methods ``UTHelper.from_file()`` and ``UTHelper.from_spec()``, respectively.
+    See more details below.
+
+
+Using ``UTHelper``
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Test Module
+"""""""""""
+
+``UTHelper`` is **strictly for unit tests**. To use it, you import the ``.uthelper.UTHelper`` class.
+As mentioned in different parts of this guide, there are three different mechanisms to load the test cases.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+    See the UTHelper class reference below for API details on the three different mechanisms.
+
+
+The easies and most recommended way of using ``UTHelper`` is literally the example shown.
+See a real world example at
+`test_gconftool2.py <https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/10.3.0/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_gconftool2.py>`_.
+
+The ``from_module()`` method will pick the filename of the test module up (in the example above, ``tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_gconftool2.py``)
+and it will search for ``tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_gconftool2.yaml`` (or ``.yml`` if that is not found).
+In that file it will expect to find the test specification expressed in YAML format, conforming to the structure described below LINK LINK LINK.
+
+If you prefer to read the test specifications a different file path, use ``from_file()`` passing the file handle for the YAML file.
+
+And, if for any reason you prefer or need to pass the data structure rather than dealing with YAML files, use the ``from_spec()`` method.
+A real world example for that can be found at
+`test_snap.py <https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_snap.py>`_.
+
+
+Test Specification
+""""""""""""""""""
+
+The structure of the test specification data is described below.
+
+Top level
+---------
+
+At the top level there are two accepted keys:
+
+- ``anchors: dict``
+    Optional. Placeholder for you to define YAML anchors that can be repeated in the test cases.
+    Its contents are never accessed directly by test Helper.
+- ``test_cases: list``
+    Mandatory. List of test cases, see below for definition.
+
+Test cases
+----------
+
+You write the test cases with five elements:
+
+- ``id: str``
+    Mandatory. Used to identify the test case.
+
+- ``flags: dict``
+    Optional. Flags controling the behavior of the test case. All flags are optional. Accepted flags:
+
+    * ``check: bool``: set to ``true`` if the module is to be executed in **check mode**.
+    * ``diff: bool``: set to ``true`` if the module is to be executed in **diff mode**.
+    * ``skip: str``: set the test case to be skipped, providing the message for ``pytest.skip()``.
+    * ``xfail: str``: set the test case to expect failure, providing the message for ``pytest.xfail()``.
+
+- ``input: dict``
+    Optional. Parameters for the Ansible module, it can be empty.
+
+- ``output: dict``
+    Optional. Expected return values from the Ansible module.
+    All RV names are used here are expected to be found in the module output, but not all RVs in the output must be here.
+    It can include special RVs such as ``changed`` and ``diff``.
+    It can be empty.
+
+- ``mocks: dict``
+    Optional. Mocked interactions, ``run_command`` being the only one supported for now.
+    Each key in this dictionary refers to one subclass of ``TestCaseMock`` and its
+    structure is dictated by the ``TestCaseMock`` subclass implementation.
+    All keys are expected to be named using snake case, as in ``run_command``.
+    The ``TestCaseMock`` subclass is responsible for defining the name used in the test specification.
+    The structure for that specification is dependent on the implementing class.
+    See more details below for the implementation of ``RunCommandMock``
+
+Example using YAML
+------------------
+
+We recommend you use ``UTHelper`` reading the test specifications from a YAML file.
+See an example below of how one actually looks like (excerpt from ``test_opkg.yaml``):
+
+..  code-block:: yaml
+
+  ---
+  anchors:
+    environ: &env-def {environ_update: {LANGUAGE: C, LC_ALL: C}, check_rc: false}
+  test_cases:
+    - id: install_zlibdev
+      input:
+        name: zlib-dev
+        state: present
+      output:
+        msg: installed 1 package(s)
+      mocks:
+        run_command:
+          - command: [/testbin/opkg, --version]
+            environ: *env-def
+            rc: 0
+            out: ''
+            err: ''
+          - command: [/testbin/opkg, list-installed, zlib-dev]
+            environ: *env-def
+            rc: 0
+            out: ''
+            err: ''
+          - command: [/testbin/opkg, install, zlib-dev]
+            environ: *env-def
+            rc: 0
+            out: |
+              Installing zlib-dev (1.2.11-6) to root...
+              Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.0/packages/mips_24kc/base/zlib-dev_1.2.11-6_mips_24kc.ipk
+              Installing zlib (1.2.11-6) to root...
+              Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.0/packages/mips_24kc/base/zlib_1.2.11-6_mips_24kc.ipk
+              Configuring zlib.
+              Configuring zlib-dev.
+            err: ''
+          - command: [/testbin/opkg, list-installed, zlib-dev]
+            environ: *env-def
+            rc: 0
+            out: |
+              zlib-dev - 1.2.11-6
+            err: ''
+    - id: install_zlibdev_present
+      input:
+        name: zlib-dev
+        state: present
+      output:
+        msg: package(s) already present
+      mocks:
+        run_command:
+          - command: [/testbin/opkg, --version]
+            environ: *env-def
+            rc: 0
+            out: ''
+            err: ''
+          - command: [/testbin/opkg, list-installed, zlib-dev]
+            environ: *env-def
+            rc: 0
+            out: |
+              zlib-dev - 1.2.11-6
+            err: ''
+
+TestCaseMocks Specifications
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``TestCaseMock`` subclass is free to define the expected data structure.
+
+RunCommandMock Specification
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+``RunCommandMock`` mocks can be specified with the key ``run_command`` and it expects a ``list`` in which elements follow the structure:
+
+- ``command: Union[list, str]``
+    Mandatory. The command that is expected to be executed by the module. It corresponds to the parameter ``args`` of the ``AnsibleModule.run_command()`` call.
+    It can be either a list or a string, though the list form is generally recommended.
+- ``environ: dict``
+    Mandatory. All other parameters passed to the ``AnsibleModule.run_command()`` call.
+    Most commonly used are ``environ_update`` and ``check_rc``.
+    Must include all parameters the Ansible module uses in the ``AnsibleModule.run_command()`` call, otherwise the test will fail.
+- ``rc: int``
+    Mandatory. The return code for the command execution.
+    As per usual in bash scripting, a value of ``0`` means success, whereas any other number is an error code.
+- ``out: str``
+    Mandatory. The *stdout* result of the command execution, as one single string containing zero or more lines.
+- ``err: str``
+    Mandatory. The *stderr* result of the command execution, as one single string containing zero or more lines.
+
+
+``UTHelper`` Reference
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. py:module:: .uthelper
+
+  .. py:class:: UTHelper
+
+    A class to encapsulate unit tests.
+
+    .. py:staticmethod:: from_spec(ansible_module, test_module, test_spec, mocks=None)
+
+      Creates an ``UTHelper`` instance from a given test specification.
+
+      :param ansible_module: The Ansible module to be tested.
+      :type ansible_module: module
+      :param test_module: The test module.
+      :type test_module: module
+      :param test_spec: The test specification.
+      :type test_spec: dict
+      :param mocks: List of ``TestCaseMocks`` to be used during testing. Currently only ``RunCommandMock`` exists.
+      :type mocks: list or None
+      :return: An ``UTHelper`` instance.
+      :rtype: UTHelper
+
+      Example usage of ``from_spec()``:
+
+      .. code-block:: python
+
+          import sys
+
+          from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.modules import ansible_module
+          from .uthelper import UTHelper, RunCommandMock
+
+          TEST_SPEC = dict(
+              test_cases=[
+                  ...
+              ]
+          )
+
+          helper = UTHelper.from_spec(ansible_module, sys.modules[__name__], TEST_SPEC, mocks=[RunCommandMock])
+
+    .. py:staticmethod:: from_file(ansible_module, test_module, test_spec_filehandle, mocks=None)
+
+      Creates an ``UTHelper`` instance from a test specification file.
+
+      :param ansible_module: The Ansible module to be tested.
+      :type ansible_module: module
+      :param test_module: The test module.
+      :type test_module: module
+      :param test_spec_filehandle: A file handle to an file stream handle providing the test specification in YAML format.
+      :type test_spec_filehandle: file
+      :param mocks: List of ``TestCaseMocks`` to be used during testing. Currently only ``RunCommandMock`` exists.
+      :type mocks: list or None
+      :return: An ``UTHelper`` instance.
+      :rtype: UTHelper
+
+      Example usage of ``from_file()``:
+
+      .. code-block:: python
+
+          import sys
+
+          from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.modules import ansible_module
+          from .uthelper import UTHelper, RunCommandMock
+
+          with open("test_spec.yaml", "r") as test_spec_filehandle:
+              helper = UTHelper.from_file(ansible_module, sys.modules[__name__], test_spec_filehandle, mocks=[RunCommandMock])
+
+    .. py:staticmethod:: from_module(ansible_module, test_module_name, mocks=None)
+
+      Creates an ``UTHelper`` instance from a given Ansible module and test module.
+
+      :param ansible_module: The Ansible module to be tested.
+      :type ansible_module: module
+      :param test_module_name: The name of the test module. It works if passed ``__name__``.
+      :type test_module_name: str
+      :param mocks: List of ``TestCaseMocks`` to be used during testing. Currently only ``RunCommandMock`` exists.
+      :type mocks: list or None
+      :return: An ``UTHelper`` instance.
+      :rtype: UTHelper
+
+      Example usage of ``from_module()``:
+
+      .. code-block:: python
+
+          from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.modules import ansible_module
+          from .uthelper import UTHelper, RunCommandMock
+
+          # Example usage
+          helper = UTHelper.from_module(ansible_module, __name__, mocks=[RunCommandMock])
+
+
+Creating TestCaseMocks
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+To create a new ``TestCaseMock`` you must extend that class and implement the relevant parts:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    class ShrubberyMock(TestCaseMock):
+        # this name is mandatory, it is the name used in the test specification
+        name = "shrubbery"
+
+        def setup(self, mocker):
+            # perform setup, commonly using mocker to patch some other piece of code
+            ...
+
+        def check(self, test_case, results):
+            # verify the tst execution met the expectations of the test case
+            # for example the function was called as many times as it should
+            ...
+
+        def fixtures(self):
+            # returns a dict mapping names to pytest fixtures that should be used for the test case
+            # for example, in RunCommandMock it creates a fixture that patches AnsibleModule.get_bin_path
+            ...
+
+Caveats
+^^^^^^^
+
+Known issues/opportunities for improvement:
+
+* Only one ``UTHelper`` per test module: UTHelper injects a test function with a fixed name into the module's namespace,
+  so placing a second ``UTHelper`` instance is going to overwrite the function created by the first one.
+* Order of elements in module's namespace is not consistent across executions in Python 3.5, so if adding more tests to the test module
+  might make Test Helper add its function before or after the other test functions.
+  In the community.general collection the CI processes uses ``pytest-xdist`` to paralellize and distribute the tests,
+  and it requires the order of the tests to be consistent.
+
+.. versionadded:: 7.5.0

docs/docsite/rst/guide_vardict.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+..
+  Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+  GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+.. _ansible_collections.community.general.docsite.guide_vardict:
+
+VarDict Guide
+=============
+
+Introduction
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.vardict`` module util provides the
+``VarDict`` class to help manage the module variables. That class is a container for module variables,
+especially the ones for which the module must keep track of state changes, and the ones that should
+be published as return values.
+
+Each variable has extra behaviors controlled by associated metadata, simplifying the generation of
+output values from the module.
+
+Quickstart
+""""""""""
+
+The simplest way of using ``VarDict`` is:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.vardict import VarDict
+
+Then in ``main()``, or any other function called from there:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    vars = VarDict()
+
+    # Next 3 statements are equivalent
+    vars.abc = 123
+    vars["abc"] = 123
+    vars.set("abc", 123)
+
+    vars.xyz = "bananas"
+    vars.ghi = False
+
+And by the time the module is about to exit:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    results = vars.output()
+    module.exit_json(**results)
+
+That makes the return value of the module:
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+    {
+        "abc": 123,
+        "xyz": "bananas",
+        "ghi": false
+    }
+
+Metadata
+""""""""
+
+The metadata values associated with each variable are:
+
+- ``output: bool`` - marks the variable for module output as a module return value.
+- ``fact: bool`` - marks the variable for module output as an Ansible fact.
+- ``verbosity: int`` - sets the minimum level of verbosity for which the variable will be included in the output.
+- ``change: bool`` - controls the detection of changes in the variable value.
+- ``initial_value: any`` - when using ``change`` and need to forcefully set an intial value to the variable.
+- ``diff: bool`` - used along with ``change``, this generates an Ansible-style diff ``dict``.
+
+See the sections below for more details on how to use the metadata.
+
+
+Using VarDict
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Basic Usage
+"""""""""""
+
+As shown above, variables can be accessed using the ``[]`` operator, as in a ``dict`` object,
+and also as an object attribute, such as ``vars.abc``. The form using the ``set()``
+method is special in the sense that you can use it to set metadata values:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    vars.set("abc", 123, output=False)
+    vars.set("abc", 123, output=True, change=True)
+
+Another way to set metadata after the variables have been created is:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    vars.set_meta("abc", output=False)
+    vars.set_meta("abc", output=True, change=True, diff=True)
+
+You can use either operator and attribute forms to access the value of the variable. Other ways to
+access its value and its metadata are:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    print("abc value = {0}".format(vars.var("abc")["value"]))        # get the value
+    print("abc output? {0}".format(vars.get_meta("abc")["output"]))  # get the metadata like this
+
+The names of methods, such as ``set``, ``get_meta``, ``output`` amongst others, are reserved and
+cannot be used as variable names. If you try to use a reserved name a ``ValueError`` exception
+is raised with the message "Name <var> is reserved".
+
+Generating output
+"""""""""""""""""
+
+By default, every variable create will be enable for output with minimum verbosity set to zero, in
+other words, they will always be in the output by default.
+
+You can control that when creating the variable for the first time or later in the code:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    vars.set("internal", x + 4, output=False)
+    vars.set_meta("internal", output=False)
+
+You can also set the verbosity of some variable, like:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    vars.set("abc", x + 4)
+    vars.set("debug_x", x, verbosity=3)
+
+    results = vars.output(module._verbosity)
+    module.exit_json(**results)
+
+If the module was invoked with verbosity lower than 3, then the output will only contain
+the variable ``abc``. If running at higher verbosity, as in ``ansible-playbook -vvv``,
+then the output will also contain ``debug_x``.
+
+Generating facts is very similar to regular output, but variables are not marked as facts by default.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    vars.set("modulefact", x + 4, fact=True)
+    vars.set("debugfact", x, fact=True, verbosity=3)
+
+    results = vars.output(module._verbosity)
+    results["ansible_facts"] = {"module_name": vars.facts(module._verbosity)}
+    module.exit_json(**results)
+
+Handling change
+"""""""""""""""
+
+You can use ``VarDict`` to determine whether variables have had their values changed.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    vars.set("abc", 42, change=True)
+    vars.abc = 90
+
+    results = vars.output()
+    results["changed"] = vars.has_changed
+    module.exit_json(**results)
+
+If tracking changes in variables, you may want to present the difference between the initial and the final
+values of it. For that, you want to use:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    vars.set("abc", 42, change=True, diff=True)
+    vars.abc = 90
+
+    results = vars.output()
+    results["changed"] = vars.has_changed
+    results["diff"] = vars.diff()
+    module.exit_json(**results)
+
+.. versionadded:: 7.1.0

docs/docsite/rst/test_guide.rst

@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 community.general Test (Plugin) Guide
 =====================================
 
-The :ref:`community.general collection <plugins_in_community.general>` offers currently one test plugin.
+The :anscollection:`community.general collection <community.general#collection>` offers currently one test plugin.
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 Feature Tests
 -------------
 
-The ``a_module`` test allows to check whether a given string refers to an existing module or action plugin. This can be useful in roles, which can use this to ensure that required modules are present ahead of time.
+The :ansplugin:`community.general.a_module test <community.general.a_module#test>` allows to check whether a given string refers to an existing module or action plugin. This can be useful in roles, which can use this to ensure that required modules are present ahead of time.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja