Prepare release 4.0.0 (#727 )

* Prepare release 4.0.0 * update documentation
Remove deprecated function from module_utils/common.py (#726 )
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353 changed files with 14978 additions and 4755 deletions
--- a/.ansible-lint
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+profile: production
+
+exclude_paths:
+  - tests/integration
+  - tests/sanity
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+name: Changelog
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+      - labeled
+      - unlabeled
+      - synchronize
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+
+jobs:
+  changelog:
+    uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/workflows/changelog.yml@main
--- a/.github/workflows/galaxy-import.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/galaxy-import.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: galaxy-import
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+
+jobs:
+  galaxy_importer:
+    uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/workflows/galaxy_importer.yml@main
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+name: Integration tests
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+      - labeled
+      - unlabeled
+      - synchronize
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+
+jobs:
+  splitter:
+    env:
+      source_dir: "./source"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      test_targets: ${{ steps.splitter.outputs.test_targets }}
+      test_targets_json: ${{ steps.splitter.outputs.test_targets_json }}
+      test_jobs: ${{ steps.splitter.outputs.test_jobs }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the collection repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.source_dir }}
+          fetch-depth: "0"
+
+      - name: list changes for pull request
+        id: splitter
+        uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/ansible_test_splitter@main
+        with:
+          collections_to_test: ${{ env.source_dir }}
+          total_jobs: 8
+
+      - name: Display splitter output
+        run: |
+          echo "test_targets=${{ steps.splitter.outputs.test_targets }}"
+          echo "test_targets_json=${{ steps.splitter.outputs.test_targets_json }}"
+          echo "test_jobs=${{ steps.splitter.outputs.test_jobs }}"
+        shell: bash
+  integration:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    needs:
+      - splitter
+    if: ${{ needs.splitter.outputs.test_targets != '' }}
+    env:
+      source: "./source"
+      cloud_common: "./cloudcommon"
+      ansible_posix: "./ansible_posix"
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        ansible-version:
+          - milestone
+        python-version:
+          - "3.12"
+        enable-turbo-mode:
+          - true
+          - false
+        workflow-id: ${{ fromJson(needs.splitter.outputs.test_jobs) }}
+    name: "integration-py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.ansible-version }}-${{ matrix.workflow-id }}"
+    steps:
+      - name: Read target
+        id: read-targets
+        run: |
+          import json, os
+          with open(os.environ.get('GITHUB_OUTPUT'), "a", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+              fh.write(f'ansible_test_targets={json.loads(os.environ.get("ALL_TEST_TARGETS")).get(os.environ.get("WORKFLOW_ID"))}\n')
+        shell: python
+        env:
+          ALL_TEST_TARGETS: ${{ needs.splitter.outputs.test_targets_json }}
+          WORKFLOW_ID: ${{ matrix.workflow-id }}
+
+      - name: Display ansible test targets
+        run: |
+          echo "ansible_test_targets -> ${{ steps.read-targets.outputs.ansible_test_targets }}"
+
+      - name: Checkout kubernetes.core repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.source }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      # install ansible
+      - name: Install ansible-core (${{ matrix.ansible-version }})
+        run: >-
+          python3 -m pip install
+          https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/${{ matrix.ansible-version }}.tar.gz
+          --disable-pip-version-check
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Build and install collection
+        id: install-src
+        uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/build_install_collection@main
+        with:
+          install_python_dependencies: true
+          source_path: ${{ env.source }}
+
+      - name: checkout ansible-collections/cloud.common
+        uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/checkout_dependency@main
+        with:
+          repository: ansible-collections/cloud.common
+          path: ${{ env.cloud_common }}
+          ref: main
+
+      - name: checkout ansible-collections/ansible.posix
+        uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/checkout_dependency@main
+        with:
+          repository: ansible-collections/ansible.posix
+          path: ${{ env.ansible_posix }}
+          ref: main
+
+      - name: install cloud.common collection
+        uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/build_install_collection@main
+        with:
+          install_python_dependencies: true
+          source_path: ${{ env.cloud_common }}
+
+      - name: install ansible.posix collection
+        uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/build_install_collection@main
+        with:
+          install_python_dependencies: true
+          source_path: ${{ env.ansible_posix }}
+
+      - name: create kubernetes cluster
+        uses: helm/kind-action@v1.8.0
+        with:
+          node_image: "kindest/node:v1.29.2"
+
+      - name: Run integration tests
+        uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/ansible_test_integration@main
+        with:
+          collection_path: ${{ steps.install-src.outputs.collection_path }}
+          python_version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          ansible_version: ${{ matrix.ansible-version }}
+          ansible_test_targets: ${{ steps.read-targets.outputs.ansible_test_targets }}
+          ansible_test_environment: |
+            ENABLE_TURBO_MODE=${{ matrix.enable-turbo-mode }}
--- a/.github/workflows/linters.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linters.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+name: Linters
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  linters:
+    uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/workflows/tox-linters.yml@main
+  ansible-lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Run ansible-lint
+        uses: ansible/ansible-lint@v24.2.3
--- a/.github/workflows/sanity-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sanity-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+name: Sanity tests
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+
+jobs:
+  sanity:
+    uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/workflows/sanity.yml@main
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: Unit tests
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+
+jobs:
+  unit-source:
+    uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/workflows/unit_source.yml@main
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,257 @@ Kubernetes Collection Release Notes

 .. contents:: Topics

+v4.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This major release brings several bug fixes. We have also removed support for ``ansible-core<2.15`` and deprecated functions and class from ``module_utils/common.py``.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- inventory/k8s.py - Defer removal of k8s inventory plugin to version 5.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/723).
+- k8s - The module and K8sService were changed so warnings returned by the K8S API are now displayed to the user.
+
+Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+----------------------------------------
+
+- k8s - Support for ``merge_type=json`` has been removed in version 4.0.0. Please use ``kubernetes.core.k8s_json_patch`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/722).
+- k8s_exec - the previously deprecated ``result.return_code`` return value has been removed, consider using ``result.rc`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/726).
+- module_utils/common.py - the previously deprecated ``K8sAnsibleMixin`` class has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/726).
+- module_utils/common.py - the previously deprecated ``configuration_digest()`` function has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/726).
+- module_utils/common.py - the previously deprecated ``get_api_client()`` function has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/726).
+- module_utils/common.py - the previously deprecated ``unique_string()`` function has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/726).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Resolve Collections util resource discovery fails when complex subresources present (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/676).
+- align `helmdiff_check()` function commandline rendering with the `deploy()` function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/670).
+- avoid unsafe conditions in integration tests (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/665).
+- helm - use ``reuse-values`` when running ``helm diff`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/680).
+- integrations test helm_kubeconfig - set helm version to v3.10.3 to avoid incompatability with new bitnami charts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/670).
+
+v3.1.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This release comes with some bugfixes and documentation updates. It also adds new features to the kubectl connection plugin and the kustomize lookup plugin.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- kubectl - added support of local enviroment variable that will be used for kubectl and may be requried for establishing connections ifself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/702)
+- kustomize - new parameter added to --enable-helm (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/568)
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- helm - expand kubeconfig path with user's home directory for consistency with k8s
+- k8s_json_patch - rename action symlink to ensure k8s action plugin is used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/652).
+
+v3.0.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This release fixes issue with resources discovery when complex subresources are present, and fixes issues with `reuse-values` parameter for helm module.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Resolve Collections util resource discovery fails when complex subresources present (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/676).
+- align `helmdiff_check()` function commandline rendering with the `deploy()` function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/670).
+- helm - use ``reuse-values`` when running ``helm diff`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/680).
+- integrations test helm_kubeconfig - set helm version to v3.10.3 to avoid incompatability with new bitnami charts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/670).
+
+v3.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This major release drops support for ansible-core versions lower than 2.14, Python versions lower than 3.9 and updates python kubernetes library to 24.2.0, helm/kind-action to 1.8.0, kubernetes >= 1.24, along with bug fixes and minor changes.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- helm - add ``reuse_values`` and ``reset_values`` support to helm module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/394).
+- k8s - add new option ``delete_all`` to support deletion of all resources when state is set to ``absent``. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/504)
+- k8s, k8s_info - add a hidden_fields option to allow fields to be hidden in the results of k8s and k8s_info
+- k8s_drain - add ability to filter the list of pods to be drained by a pod label selector (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/474).
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- Remove support for ansible-core < 2.14
+- Update python kubernetes library to 24.2.0, helm/kind-action to 1.8.0, kubernetes >= 1.24.
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- k8s - the ``k8s`` inventory plugin has been deprecated and will be removed in release 4.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/31).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- helm - Put the chart_ref into quotes when running ``helm show chart``, ``helm upgrade`` and ``helm dependency update`` commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/653).
+- helm - delete temporary file created when deploying chart with option ``release_values`` set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/530).
+- helm - fix issue occurring when uninstalling chart with statues others than ``deployed`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/319).
+- helm - fix post_renderer argument breaking the helm deploy_command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/586).
+- helm - use post_renderer when checking ``changed`` status for a helm release (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/588).
+- k8s_scale - clean handling of ResourceTimeout exception (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/583).
+- k8s_scale - fix issue when scaling StatefulSets with ``updateStrategy=OnDelete`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/579).
+
+v2.4.0
+======
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- refactor K8sAnsibleMixin into module_utils/k8s/ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/481).
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Adjust k8s_user_impersonation tests to be compatible with Kubernetes 1.24 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/520).
+- add support for dry run with kubernetes client version >=18.20 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/245).
+- added ignore.txt for Ansible 2.14 devel branch.
+- fixed module_defaults by removing routing hacks from runtime.yml (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/347).
+- helm - add support for -set-file, -set-json, -set and -set-string options when running helm install (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/533).
+- helm - add support for helm dependency update (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/208).
+- helm - add support for post-renderer flag (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/30).
+- helm - add support for timeout cli parameter to allow setting Helm timeout independent of wait (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/67).
+- helm - add support for wait parameter for helm uninstall command. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/33).
+- helm - support repo location for helm diff (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/174).
+- helm - when ansible is executed in check mode, return the diff between what's deployed and what will be deployed.
+- helm, helm_plugin, helm_info, helm_plugin_info, kubectl - add support for in-memory kubeconfig. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/492).
+- helm_info - add hooks, notes and manifest as part of returned information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/546).
+- helm_info - add release state as a module argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/377).
+- helm_info - added possibility to get all values by adding get_all_values parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/531).
+- helm_plugin - Add plugin_version parameter to the helm_plugin module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/157).
+- helm_plugin - Add support for helm plugin update using state=update.
+- helm_repository - Ability to replace (overwrite) the repo if it already exists by forcing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/491).
+- helm_repository - add support for pass-credentials cli parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/282).
+- helm_repository - added support for ``host``, ``api_key``, ``validate_certs``, and ``ca_cert``.
+- helm_repository - mark `pass_credentials` as no_log=True to silence false warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/412).
+- helm_template - add name (NAME of release) and disable_hook as optional module arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/313).
+- helm_template - add show_only and release_namespace as module arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/313).
+- helm_template - add support for -set-file, -set-json, -set and -set-string options when running helm template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/546).
+- k8s - add no_proxy support to k8s* (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/272).
+- k8s - add support for server_side_apply. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/87).
+- k8s - add support for user impersonation. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/40).
+- k8s - allow resource definition using metadata.generateName (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/35).
+- k8s lookup plugin - Enable turbo mode via environment variable  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/291).
+- k8s, k8s_scale, k8s_service - add support for resource definition as manifest via. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/451).
+- k8s_cp - remove dependency with 'find' executable on remote pod when state=from_pod (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/486).
+- k8s_drain - Adds ``delete_emptydir_data`` option to ``k8s_drain.delete_options`` to evict pods with an ``emptyDir`` volume attached (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/322).
+- k8s_exec - select first container from the pod if none specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/358).
+- k8s_exec - update deprecation warning for `return_code` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/417).
+- k8s_json_patch - minor typo fix in the example section (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/411).
+- k8s_log - add the ``all_containers`` for retrieving all containers' logs in the pod(s).
+- k8s_log - added the `previous` parameter for retrieving the previously terminated pod logs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/437).
+- k8s_log - added the `tail_lines` parameter to limit the number of lines to be retrieved from the end of the logs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/488).
+- k8s_rollback - add support for check_mode. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/243).
+- k8s_scale - add support for check_mode. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/244).
+- kubectl - wait for dd command to complete before proceeding (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/321).
+- kubectl.py - replace distutils.spawn.find_executable with shutil.which in the kubectl connection plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/456).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix dry_run logic - Pass the value dry_run=All instead of dry_run=True to the client, add conditional check on kubernetes client version as this feature is supported only for kubernetes >= 18.20.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/561).
+- Fix kubeconfig parameter when multiple config files are provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/435).
+- Helm - Fix issue with alternative kubeconfig provided with validate_certs=False (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/538).
+- Various modules and plugins - use vendored version of ``distutils.version`` instead of the deprecated Python standard library ``distutils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/314).
+- add missing documentation for filter plugin kubernetes.core.k8s_config_resource_name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/558).
+- common - Ensure the label_selectors parameter of _wait_for method is optional.
+- common - handle ``aliases`` passed from inventory and lookup plugins.
+- helm_template - evaluate release_values after values_files, insuring highest precedence (now same behavior as in helm module). (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/348)
+- import exception from ``kubernetes.client.rest``.
+- k8s - Fix issue with check_mode when using server side apply (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/547).
+- k8s - Fix issue with server side apply with kubernetes release '25.3.0' (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/548).
+- k8s_cp - add support for check_mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/380).
+- k8s_drain - fix error caused by accessing an undefined variable when pods have local storage (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/292).
+- k8s_info - don't wait on empty List resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/253).
+- k8s_info - fix issue when module returns successful true after the resource cache has been established during periods where communication to the api-server is not possible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/508).
+- k8s_log - Fix module traceback when no resource found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/479).
+- k8s_log - fix exception raised when the name is not provided for resources requiring. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/514)
+- k8s_scale - fix waiting on statefulset when scaled down to 0 replicas (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/203).
+- module_utils.common - change default opening mode to read-bytes to avoid bad interpretation of non ascii characters and strings, often present in 3rd party manifests.
+- module_utils/k8s/client.py - fix issue when trying to authenticate with host, client_cert and client_key parameters only.
+- remove binary file from k8s_cp test suite (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/298).
+- use resource prefix when finding resource and apiVersion is v1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/351).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- helm_pull - download a chart from a repository and (optionally) unpack it in local directory.
+
+v2.3.1
+======
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Catch expectation raised when the process is waiting for resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/407).
+- Remove `omit` placeholder when defining resource using template parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/431).
+- k8s - fix the issue when trying to delete resources using label_selectors options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/433).
+- k8s_cp - fix issue when using parameter local_path with file on managed node. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/421).
+- k8s_drain - fix error occurring when trying to drain node with disable_eviction set to yes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/416).
+
+v2.3.0
+======
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- add support for dry run with kubernetes client version >=18.20 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/245).
+- fixed module_defaults by removing routing hacks from runtime.yml (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/347).
+- helm - add support for timeout cli parameter to allow setting Helm timeout independent of wait (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/67).
+- helm - add support for wait parameter for helm uninstall command. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/33).
+- helm - support repo location for helm diff (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/174).
+- helm - when ansible is executed in check mode, return the diff between what's deployed and what will be deployed.
+- helm_info - add release state as a module argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/377).
+- helm_plugin - Add plugin_version parameter to the helm_plugin module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/157).
+- helm_plugin - Add support for helm plugin update using state=update.
+- helm_repository - add support for pass-credentials cli parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/282).
+- helm_repository - added support for ``host``, ``api_key``, ``validate_certs``, and ``ca_cert``.
+- helm_template - add show_only and release_namespace as module arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/313).
+- k8s - add no_proxy support to k8s* (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/272).
+- k8s - add support for server_side_apply. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/87).
+- k8s - add support for user impersonation. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/40).
+- k8s - allow resource definition using metadata.generateName (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/35).
+- k8s lookup plugin - Enable turbo mode via environment variable  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/291).
+- k8s_drain - Adds ``delete_emptydir_data`` option to ``k8s_drain.delete_options`` to evict pods with an ``emptyDir`` volume attached (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/322).
+- k8s_exec - select first container from the pod if none specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/358).
+- k8s_rollback - add support for check_mode. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/243).
+- k8s_scale - add support for check_mode. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/244).
+- kubectl - wait for dd command to complete before proceeding (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/321).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Various modules and plugins - use vendored version of ``distutils.version`` instead of the deprecated Python standard library ``distutils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/314).
+- common - Ensure the label_selectors parameter of _wait_for method is optional.
+- helm_template - evaluate release_values after values_files, insuring highest precedence (now same behavior as in helm module). (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/348)
+- import exception from ``kubernetes.client.rest``.
+- k8s_drain - fix error caused by accessing an undefined variable when pods have local storage (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/292).
+- k8s_info - don't wait on empty List resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/253).
+- k8s_scale - fix waiting on statefulset when scaled down to 0 replicas (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/203).
+- module_utils.common - change default opening mode to read-bytes to avoid bad interpretation of non ascii characters and strings, often present in 3rd party manifests.
+- remove binary file from k8s_cp test suite (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/298).
+- use resource prefix when finding resource and apiVersion is v1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/351).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- k8s_taint - Taint a node in a Kubernetes/OpenShift cluster

 v2.2.0
 ======
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Also needs to be updated in galaxy.yml
-VERSION = 2.2.0
+VERSION = 4.0.0

 TEST_ARGS ?= ""
 PYTHON_VERSION ?= `python -c 'import platform; print(".".join(platform.python_version_tuple()[0:2]))'`
--- a/PSF-license.txt
+++ b/PSF-license.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2
+--------------------------------------------
+
+1. This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between the Python Software Foundation
+("PSF"), and the Individual or Organization ("Licensee") accessing and
+otherwise using this software ("Python") in source or binary form and
+its associated documentation.
+
+2. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, PSF hereby
+grants Licensee a nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce,
+analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works,
+distribute, and otherwise use Python alone or in any derivative version,
+provided, however, that PSF's License Agreement and PSF's notice of copyright,
+i.e., "Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
+2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Python Software Foundation;
+All Rights Reserved" are retained in Python alone or in any derivative version
+prepared by Licensee.
+
+3. In the event Licensee prepares a derivative work that is based on
+or incorporates Python or any part thereof, and wants to make
+the derivative work available to others as provided herein, then
+Licensee hereby agrees to include in any such work a brief summary of
+the changes made to Python.
+
+4. PSF is making Python available to Licensee on an "AS IS"
+basis.  PSF MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED.  BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, PSF MAKES NO AND
+DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
+FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF PYTHON WILL NOT
+INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.
+
+5. PSF SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY OTHER USERS OF PYTHON
+FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS AS
+A RESULT OF MODIFYING, DISTRIBUTING, OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON,
+OR ANY DERIVATIVE THEREOF, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF.
+
+6. This License Agreement will automatically terminate upon a material
+breach of its terms and conditions.
+
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+relationship of agency, partnership, or joint venture between PSF and
+Licensee.  This License Agreement does not grant permission to use PSF
+trademarks or trade name in a trademark sense to endorse or promote
+products or services of Licensee, or any third party.
+
+8. By copying, installing or otherwise using Python, Licensee
+agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this License
+Agreement.
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ The collection includes a variety of Ansible content to help automate the manage
 <!--start requires_ansible-->
 ## Ansible version compatibility

-This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.9.17**.
+This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.14.0**.

+For collections that support Ansible 2.9, please ensure you update your `network_os` to use the
+fully qualified collection name (for example, `cisco.ios.ios`).
 Plugins and modules within a collection may be tested with only specific Ansible versions.
 A collection may contain metadata that identifies these versions.
 PEP440 is the schema used to describe the versions of Ansible.
@@ -18,13 +20,13 @@ PEP440 is the schema used to describe the versions of Ansible.

 ## Python Support

-* Collection supports 3.6+
+* Collection supports 3.9+

 Note: Python2 is deprecated from [1st January 2020](https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/). Please switch to Python3.

 ## Kubernetes Version Support

-This collection supports Kubernetes versions >=1.19.
+This collection supports Kubernetes versions >= 1.24.

 ## Included content

@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ Name | Description
 [kubernetes.core.helm_info](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_info_module.rst)|Get information from Helm package deployed inside the cluster
 [kubernetes.core.helm_plugin](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_plugin_module.rst)|Manage Helm plugins
 [kubernetes.core.helm_plugin_info](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_plugin_info_module.rst)|Gather information about Helm plugins
+[kubernetes.core.helm_pull](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_pull_module.rst)|download a chart from a repository and (optionally) unpack it in local directory.
 [kubernetes.core.helm_repository](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_repository_module.rst)|Manage Helm repositories.
 [kubernetes.core.helm_template](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_template_module.rst)|Render chart templates
 [kubernetes.core.k8s](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_module.rst)|Manage Kubernetes (K8s) objects
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ Name | Description
 [kubernetes.core.k8s_rollback](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_rollback_module.rst)|Rollback Kubernetes (K8S) Deployments and DaemonSets
 [kubernetes.core.k8s_scale](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_scale_module.rst)|Set a new size for a Deployment, ReplicaSet, Replication Controller, or Job.
 [kubernetes.core.k8s_service](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_service_module.rst)|Manage Services on Kubernetes
+[kubernetes.core.k8s_taint](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_taint_module.rst)|Taint a node in a Kubernetes/OpenShift cluster

 <!--end collection content-->

@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ You can also include it in a `requirements.yml` file and install it via `ansible
 ---
 collections:
  - name: kubernetes.core
-    version: 2.2.0
+    version: 4.0.0
 ```

 ### Installing the Kubernetes Python Library
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 kubernetes-client [platform:fedora]
 openshift-clients [platform:rhel-8]
+openshift-clients [platform:rhel-9]
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -486,3 +486,413 @@ releases:
        name: kustomize
        namespace: null
    release_date: '2021-09-15'
+  2.3.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Various modules and plugins - use vendored version of ``distutils.version``
+        instead of the deprecated Python standard library ``distutils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/314).
+      - common - Ensure the label_selectors parameter of _wait_for method is optional.
+      - helm_template - evaluate release_values after values_files, insuring highest
+        precedence (now same behavior as in helm module). (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/348)
+      - import exception from ``kubernetes.client.rest``.
+      - k8s_drain - fix error caused by accessing an undefined variable when pods
+        have local storage (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/292).
+      - k8s_info - don't wait on empty List resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/253).
+      - k8s_scale - fix waiting on statefulset when scaled down to 0 replicas (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/203).
+      - module_utils.common - change default opening mode to read-bytes to avoid bad
+        interpretation of non ascii characters and strings, often present in 3rd party
+        manifests.
+      - remove binary file from k8s_cp test suite (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/298).
+      - use resource prefix when finding resource and apiVersion is v1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/351).
+      minor_changes:
+      - add support for dry run with kubernetes client version >=18.20 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/245).
+      - fixed module_defaults by removing routing hacks from runtime.yml (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/347).
+      - helm - add support for timeout cli parameter to allow setting Helm timeout
+        independent of wait (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/67).
+      - helm - add support for wait parameter for helm uninstall command. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/33).
+      - helm - support repo location for helm diff (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/174).
+      - helm - when ansible is executed in check mode, return the diff between what's
+        deployed and what will be deployed.
+      - helm_info - add release state as a module argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/377).
+      - helm_plugin - Add plugin_version parameter to the helm_plugin module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/157).
+      - helm_plugin - Add support for helm plugin update using state=update.
+      - helm_repository - add support for pass-credentials cli parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/282).
+      - helm_repository - added support for ``host``, ``api_key``, ``validate_certs``,
+        and ``ca_cert``.
+      - helm_template - add show_only and release_namespace as module arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/313).
+      - k8s - add no_proxy support to k8s* (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/272).
+      - k8s - add support for server_side_apply. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/87).
+      - k8s - add support for user impersonation. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/40).
+      - k8s - allow resource definition using metadata.generateName (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/35).
+      - k8s lookup plugin - Enable turbo mode via environment variable  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/291).
+      - k8s_drain - Adds ``delete_emptydir_data`` option to ``k8s_drain.delete_options``
+        to evict pods with an ``emptyDir`` volume attached (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/322).
+      - k8s_exec - select first container from the pod if none specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/358).
+      - k8s_rollback - add support for check_mode. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/243).
+      - k8s_scale - add support for check_mode. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/244).
+      - kubectl - wait for dd command to complete before proceeding (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/321).
+    fragments:
+    - 0-copy_ignore_txt.yml
+    - 226-add-version-parameter-to-helm_plugin.yml
+    - 231-helm-add-timeout-parameter.yaml
+    - 238-helm-add-support-for-helm-uninstall-wait.yaml
+    - 238-k8s-add-support-for-generate_name.yml
+    - 245-add-dry-run.yaml
+    - 250-k8s-add-support-for-impersonation.yaml
+    - 253-dont-wait-on-list-resources.yaml
+    - 255-k8s_scale-k8s_rollback-add-support-for-check_mode.yml
+    - 260-k8s-add-support-for-server_side_apply.yml
+    - 272-k8s-add-support-no_proxy.yaml
+    - 282-helm-repository-add-pass-credentials.yaml
+    - 290-returns-diff-in-check-mode.yaml
+    - 295-fix-k8s-drain-variable-declaration.yaml
+    - 298-remove-binary-file.yaml
+    - 308-fix-for-common-non-ascii-characters-in-resources.yaml
+    - 313-helm-template-add-support-for-show-only-and-release-namespace.yml
+    - 321-kubectl_sleep.yml
+    - 322-Add-delete_emptydir_data-to-drain-delete_options.yaml
+    - 335-k8s-lookup-add-support-for-turbo-mode.yml
+    - 347-routing.yml
+    - 348-helm_template-fix-precedence-of-release-values-over-values-files.yaml
+    - 358-k8s_exec.yml
+    - 364-use-resource-prefix.yaml
+    - 377-helm-info-state.yml
+    - 389-helm-add-support-chart_repo_url-on-helm_diff.yml
+    - 391-fix-statefulset-wait.yaml
+    - _wait_for_label_selector_optional.yaml
+    - disutils.version.yml
+    - exception.yml
+    - helm_repository.yml
+    modules:
+    - description: Taint a node in a Kubernetes/OpenShift cluster
+      name: k8s_taint
+      namespace: ''
+    release_date: '2022-03-11'
+  2.3.1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Catch expectation raised when the process is waiting for resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/407).
+      - Remove `omit` placeholder when defining resource using template parameter
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/431).
+      - k8s - fix the issue when trying to delete resources using label_selectors
+        options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/433).
+      - k8s_cp - fix issue when using parameter local_path with file on managed node.
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/421).
+      - k8s_drain - fix error occurring when trying to drain node with disable_eviction
+        set to yes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/416).
+    fragments:
+    - 408-fix-wait-on-exception.yml
+    - 417-fix-k8s-drain-delete-options.yaml
+    - 422-k8s_cp-fix-issue-when-issue-local_path.yaml
+    - 432-fix-issue-when-using-template-parameter.yaml
+    - 434-fix-k8s-delete-using-label_selector.yaml
+    release_date: '2022-05-02'
+  2.4.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Fix dry_run logic - Pass the value dry_run=All instead of dry_run=True to
+        the client, add conditional check on kubernetes client version as this feature
+        is supported only for kubernetes >= 18.20.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/561).
+      - Fix kubeconfig parameter when multiple config files are provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/435).
+      - Helm - Fix issue with alternative kubeconfig provided with validate_certs=False
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/538).
+      - Various modules and plugins - use vendored version of ``distutils.version``
+        instead of the deprecated Python standard library ``distutils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/314).
+      - add missing documentation for filter plugin kubernetes.core.k8s_config_resource_name
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/558).
+      - common - Ensure the label_selectors parameter of _wait_for method is optional.
+      - common - handle ``aliases`` passed from inventory and lookup plugins.
+      - helm_template - evaluate release_values after values_files, insuring highest
+        precedence (now same behavior as in helm module). (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/348)
+      - import exception from ``kubernetes.client.rest``.
+      - k8s - Fix issue with check_mode when using server side apply (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/547).
+      - k8s - Fix issue with server side apply with kubernetes release '25.3.0' (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/548).
+      - k8s_cp - add support for check_mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/380).
+      - k8s_drain - fix error caused by accessing an undefined variable when pods
+        have local storage (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/292).
+      - k8s_info - don't wait on empty List resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/253).
+      - k8s_info - fix issue when module returns successful true after the resource
+        cache has been established during periods where communication to the api-server
+        is not possible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/508).
+      - k8s_log - Fix module traceback when no resource found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/479).
+      - k8s_log - fix exception raised when the name is not provided for resources
+        requiring. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/514)
+      - k8s_scale - fix waiting on statefulset when scaled down to 0 replicas (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/203).
+      - module_utils.common - change default opening mode to read-bytes to avoid bad
+        interpretation of non ascii characters and strings, often present in 3rd party
+        manifests.
+      - module_utils/k8s/client.py - fix issue when trying to authenticate with host,
+        client_cert and client_key parameters only.
+      - remove binary file from k8s_cp test suite (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/298).
+      - use resource prefix when finding resource and apiVersion is v1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/351).
+      major_changes:
+      - refactor K8sAnsibleMixin into module_utils/k8s/ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/481).
+      minor_changes:
+      - Adjust k8s_user_impersonation tests to be compatible with Kubernetes 1.24
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/520).
+      - add support for dry run with kubernetes client version >=18.20 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/245).
+      - added ignore.txt for Ansible 2.14 devel branch.
+      - fixed module_defaults by removing routing hacks from runtime.yml (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/347).
+      - helm - add support for -set-file, -set-json, -set and -set-string options
+        when running helm install (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/533).
+      - helm - add support for helm dependency update (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/208).
+      - helm - add support for post-renderer flag (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/30).
+      - helm - add support for timeout cli parameter to allow setting Helm timeout
+        independent of wait (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/67).
+      - helm - add support for wait parameter for helm uninstall command. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/33).
+      - helm - support repo location for helm diff (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/174).
+      - helm - when ansible is executed in check mode, return the diff between what's
+        deployed and what will be deployed.
+      - helm, helm_plugin, helm_info, helm_plugin_info, kubectl - add support for
+        in-memory kubeconfig. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/492).
+      - helm_info - add hooks, notes and manifest as part of returned information
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/546).
+      - helm_info - add release state as a module argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/377).
+      - helm_info - added possibility to get all values by adding get_all_values parameter
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/531).
+      - helm_plugin - Add plugin_version parameter to the helm_plugin module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/157).
+      - helm_plugin - Add support for helm plugin update using state=update.
+      - helm_repository - Ability to replace (overwrite) the repo if it already exists
+        by forcing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/491).
+      - helm_repository - add support for pass-credentials cli parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/282).
+      - helm_repository - added support for ``host``, ``api_key``, ``validate_certs``,
+        and ``ca_cert``.
+      - helm_repository - mark `pass_credentials` as no_log=True to silence false
+        warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/412).
+      - helm_template - add name (NAME of release) and disable_hook as optional module
+        arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/313).
+      - helm_template - add show_only and release_namespace as module arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/313).
+      - helm_template - add support for -set-file, -set-json, -set and -set-string
+        options when running helm template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/546).
+      - k8s - add no_proxy support to k8s* (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/272).
+      - k8s - add support for server_side_apply. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/87).
+      - k8s - add support for user impersonation. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/40).
+      - k8s - allow resource definition using metadata.generateName (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/35).
+      - k8s lookup plugin - Enable turbo mode via environment variable  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/291).
+      - k8s, k8s_scale, k8s_service - add support for resource definition as manifest
+        via. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/451).
+      - k8s_cp - remove dependency with 'find' executable on remote pod when state=from_pod
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/486).
+      - k8s_drain - Adds ``delete_emptydir_data`` option to ``k8s_drain.delete_options``
+        to evict pods with an ``emptyDir`` volume attached (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/322).
+      - k8s_exec - select first container from the pod if none specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/358).
+      - k8s_exec - update deprecation warning for `return_code` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/417).
+      - k8s_json_patch - minor typo fix in the example section (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/411).
+      - k8s_log - add the ``all_containers`` for retrieving all containers' logs in
+        the pod(s).
+      - k8s_log - added the `previous` parameter for retrieving the previously terminated
+        pod logs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/437).
+      - k8s_log - added the `tail_lines` parameter to limit the number of lines to
+        be retrieved from the end of the logs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/488).
+      - k8s_rollback - add support for check_mode. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/243).
+      - k8s_scale - add support for check_mode. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/244).
+      - kubectl - wait for dd command to complete before proceeding (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/321).
+      - kubectl.py - replace distutils.spawn.find_executable with shutil.which in
+        the kubectl connection plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/456).
+    fragments:
+    - 0-copy_ignore_txt.yml
+    - 208-add-dependency-update.yaml
+    - 226-add-version-parameter-to-helm_plugin.yml
+    - 231-helm-add-timeout-parameter.yaml
+    - 238-helm-add-support-for-helm-uninstall-wait.yaml
+    - 238-k8s-add-support-for-generate_name.yml
+    - 245-add-dry-run.yaml
+    - 250-k8s-add-support-for-impersonation.yaml
+    - 253-dont-wait-on-list-resources.yaml
+    - 255-k8s_scale-k8s_rollback-add-support-for-check_mode.yml
+    - 260-k8s-add-support-for-server_side_apply.yml
+    - 272-k8s-add-support-no_proxy.yaml
+    - 282-helm-repository-add-pass-credentials.yaml
+    - 290-returns-diff-in-check-mode.yaml
+    - 295-fix-k8s-drain-variable-declaration.yaml
+    - 298-remove-binary-file.yaml
+    - 30-helm-add-post-renderer-support.yml
+    - 308-fix-for-common-non-ascii-characters-in-resources.yaml
+    - 313-helm-template-add-support-for-name-and-disablehook.yml
+    - 313-helm-template-add-support-for-show-only-and-release-namespace.yml
+    - 321-kubectl_sleep.yml
+    - 322-Add-delete_emptydir_data-to-drain-delete_options.yaml
+    - 335-k8s-lookup-add-support-for-turbo-mode.yml
+    - 347-routing.yml
+    - 348-helm_template-fix-precedence-of-release-values-over-values-files.yaml
+    - 358-k8s_exec.yml
+    - 364-use-resource-prefix.yaml
+    - 377-helm-info-state.yml
+    - 389-helm-add-support-chart_repo_url-on-helm_diff.yml
+    - 391-fix-statefulset-wait.yaml
+    - 411_k8s_json_patch.yml
+    - 412_pass_creds.yml
+    - 417_deprecation.yml
+    - 428-fix-kubeconfig-parameter-with-multiple-config-files.yaml
+    - 437-k8s-add-support-for-previous-logs.yaml
+    - 456-replace-distutils.yml
+    - 478-add-support-for-manifest-url.yaml
+    - 481-refactor-common.yml
+    - 488-add-support-for-tail-logs.yaml
+    - 493-k8s_log-fix-module-when-pod-does-exist.yaml
+    - 497-helm-add-support-for-in-memory-kubeconfig.yml
+    - 498-k8s-honor-aliases.yaml
+    - 505-add-from-yaml-all-example.yml
+    - 509-helm-repo-add-force_update-argument.yaml
+    - 512-k8s_cp-add-support-for-check_mode-update-command-for-listing-files-into-pod.yaml
+    - 515-update-sanity-for-2-15.yml
+    - 522-fix-helm-tests.yml
+    - 523-helm_info-get-all-values.yaml
+    - 528-k8s_log-support-all_containers-options.yml
+    - 532-k8s_crd-fix-integration-test.yml
+    - 546-helm-install-add-support-for-set-options.yaml
+    - 549-fix-server-side-apply.yaml
+    - 552-k8s_cp-fix-issue-when-copying-item-with-space-in-its-name.yml
+    - 561-fix-dry-run.yml
+    - 562-helm-fix-issue-when-alternative-kubeconfig-is-provided.yaml
+    - 571-k8s_info-fix-issue-with-api-server.yaml
+    - _wait_for_label_selector_optional.yaml
+    - disutils.version.yml
+    - exception.yml
+    - fix-ci-unit-tests.yaml
+    - helm_repository.yml
+    - ignore_2.14.yml
+    - k8s_config_resource_name-add-missing-documentation.yml
+    - k8s_rollback_reduce_tmeouts.yaml
+    - k8s_user_impersonation_k8s_1_24.yaml
+    - minor-tests-duration.yaml
+    modules:
+    - description: download a chart from a repository and (optionally) unpack it in
+        local directory.
+      name: helm_pull
+      namespace: ''
+    release_date: '2023-01-24'
+  3.0.0:
+    changes:
+      breaking_changes:
+      - Remove support for ansible-core < 2.14
+      - Update python kubernetes library to 24.2.0, helm/kind-action to 1.8.0, kubernetes
+        >= 1.24.
+      bugfixes:
+      - helm - Put the chart_ref into quotes when running ``helm show chart``, ``helm
+        upgrade`` and ``helm dependency update`` commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/653).
+      - helm - delete temporary file created when deploying chart with option ``release_values``
+        set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/530).
+      - helm - fix issue occurring when uninstalling chart with statues others than
+        ``deployed`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/319).
+      - helm - fix post_renderer argument breaking the helm deploy_command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/586).
+      - helm - use post_renderer when checking ``changed`` status for a helm release
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/588).
+      - k8s_scale - clean handling of ResourceTimeout exception (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/583).
+      - k8s_scale - fix issue when scaling StatefulSets with ``updateStrategy=OnDelete``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/579).
+      deprecated_features:
+      - k8s - the ``k8s`` inventory plugin has been deprecated and will be removed
+        in release 4.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/31).
+      minor_changes:
+      - helm - add ``reuse_values`` and ``reset_values`` support to helm module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/394).
+      - k8s - add new option ``delete_all`` to support deletion of all resources when
+        state is set to ``absent``. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/504)
+      - k8s, k8s_info - add a hidden_fields option to allow fields to be hidden in
+        the results of k8s and k8s_info
+      - k8s_drain - add ability to filter the list of pods to be drained by a pod
+        label selector (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/474).
+      release_summary: This major release drops support for ansible-core versions
+        lower than 2.14, Python versions lower than 3.9 and updates python kubernetes
+        library to 24.2.0, helm/kind-action to 1.8.0, kubernetes >= 1.24, along with
+        bug fixes and minor changes.
+    fragments:
+    - 20230206-deprecate-k8s-inventory.yml
+    - 20231110-helm-quote-ref.yaml
+    - 517-k8s-make-name-optional.yaml
+    - 575-helm-add-support-for-reuse_values-and-reset_values.yml
+    - 579-k8s_scale-fix-issue-with-scaling-statefulsets.yml
+    - 583-k8s_scale-clean-handling-of-ResourceTimeout-exception.yaml
+    - 586-helm-fix-post-renderer-arg.yml
+    - 588-helm-use-post-renderer-for-helmdiff.yml
+    - 589-helm-uninstall-chart-releases-with-statuses-different-than-deployed.yaml
+    - 606-k8s_drain-add-pod_selectors-parameter.yaml
+    - 612-fix-helm-tests.yaml
+    - 629-add-hidden-fields-option.yaml
+    - gha-sanity-fixes.yaml
+    - helm-delete-temporary-file-created-when-using-option-release_values.yaml
+    - remove_ansible_2_13.yaml
+    - update_supported_versions.yaml
+    release_date: '2023-11-17'
+  3.0.1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Resolve Collections util resource discovery fails when complex subresources
+        present (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/676).
+      - align `helmdiff_check()` function commandline rendering with the `deploy()`
+        function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/670).
+      - helm - use ``reuse-values`` when running ``helm diff`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/680).
+      - integrations test helm_kubeconfig - set helm version to v3.10.3 to avoid incompatability
+        with new bitnami charts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/670).
+      release_summary: This release fixes issue with resources discovery when complex
+        subresources are present, and fixes issues with `reuse-values` parameter for
+        helm module.
+    fragments:
+    - 20240117-fix-helm-diff-cmd-line-rendering.yml
+    - 20240222-Collections-util-resource-discovery-fails-when-complex-subresources-present.yml
+    - 20240228-fix-helm-diff-with-reuse-values.yml
+    - 3.0.1.yml
+    release_date: '2024-03-01'
+  3.1.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - helm - expand kubeconfig path with user's home directory for consistency with
+        k8s
+      - k8s_json_patch - rename action symlink to ensure k8s action plugin is used
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/652).
+      minor_changes:
+      - kubectl - added support of local enviroment variable that will be used for
+        kubectl and may be requried for establishing connections ifself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/702)
+      - kustomize - new parameter added to --enable-helm (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/568)
+      release_summary: This release comes with some bugfixes and documentation updates.
+        It also adds new features to the kubectl connection plugin and the kustomize
+        lookup plugin.
+    fragments:
+    - 20240426-add-support-of-kubectl-local-env-vars-for-connection-plugin.yml
+    - 3.1.0.yml
+    - 592-kustomize-helm-support.yml
+    - 652-fix-json-patch-action.yml
+    - 654-helm-expand-user.yml
+    release_date: '2024-05-16'
+  4.0.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Resolve Collections util resource discovery fails when complex subresources
+        present (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/676).
+      - align `helmdiff_check()` function commandline rendering with the `deploy()`
+        function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/670).
+      - avoid unsafe conditions in integration tests (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/665).
+      - helm - use ``reuse-values`` when running ``helm diff`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/680).
+      - integrations test helm_kubeconfig - set helm version to v3.10.3 to avoid incompatability
+        with new bitnami charts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/670).
+      minor_changes:
+      - inventory/k8s.py - Defer removal of k8s inventory plugin to version 5.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/723).
+      - k8s - The module and K8sService were changed so warnings returned by the K8S
+        API are now displayed to the user.
+      release_summary: This major release brings several bug fixes. We have also removed
+        support for ``ansible-core<2.15`` and deprecated functions and class from
+        ``module_utils/common.py``.
+      removed_features:
+      - k8s - Support for ``merge_type=json`` has been removed in version 4.0.0. Please
+        use ``kubernetes.core.k8s_json_patch`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/722).
+      - k8s_exec - the previously deprecated ``result.return_code`` return value has
+        been removed, consider using ``result.rc`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/726).
+      - module_utils/common.py - the previously deprecated ``K8sAnsibleMixin`` class
+        has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/726).
+      - module_utils/common.py - the previously deprecated ``configuration_digest()``
+        function has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/726).
+      - module_utils/common.py - the previously deprecated ``get_api_client()`` function
+        has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/726).
+      - module_utils/common.py - the previously deprecated ``unique_string()`` function
+        has been removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/726).
+    fragments:
+    - 20231206-fix-unsafe-condition-in-integration.yml
+    - 20240117-fix-helm-diff-cmd-line-rendering.yml
+    - 20240222-Collections-util-resource-discovery-fails-when-complex-subresources-present.yml
+    - 20240228-fix-helm-diff-with-reuse-values.yml
+    - 20240423-k8s-display-warnings-to-users.yml
+    - 4.0.0.yaml
+    - inventory-update_removal_date.yml
+    - k8s-merge_type-removed.yml
+    - module_utils-common-remove-deprecated-functions-and-class.yaml
+    release_date: '2024-05-24'
--- a/changelogs/fragments/0-copy_ignore_txt.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/0-copy_ignore_txt.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-trivial:
-  - Copy ignore.txt.
--- a/changelogs/fragments/226-add-version-parameter-to-helm_plugin.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/226-add-version-parameter-to-helm_plugin.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - helm_plugin - Add plugin_version parameter to the helm_plugin module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/157).
-  - helm_plugin - Add support for helm plugin update using state=update.
--- a/changelogs/fragments/231-helm-add-timeout-parameter.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/231-helm-add-timeout-parameter.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - helm - add support for timeout cli parameter to allow setting Helm timeout independent of wait (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/67).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/238-helm-add-support-for-helm-uninstall-wait.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/238-helm-add-support-for-helm-uninstall-wait.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - helm - add support for wait parameter for helm uninstall command. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/33).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/238-k8s-add-support-for-generate_name.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/238-k8s-add-support-for-generate_name.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - k8s - allow resource definition using metadata.generateName (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/35).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/245-add-dry-run.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/245-add-dry-run.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
-  - add support for dry run with kubernetes client version >=18.20 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/245).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/250-k8s-add-support-for-impersonation.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/250-k8s-add-support-for-impersonation.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - k8s - add support for user impersonation. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/40).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/253-dont-wait-on-list-resources.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/253-dont-wait-on-list-resources.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - k8s_info - don't wait on empty List resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/253).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/255-k8s_scale-k8s_rollback-add-support-for-check_mode.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/255-k8s_scale-k8s_rollback-add-support-for-check_mode.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - k8s_scale - add support for check_mode. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/244).
-  - k8s_rollback - add support for check_mode. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/243).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/260-k8s-add-support-for-server_side_apply.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/260-k8s-add-support-for-server_side_apply.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - k8s - add support for server_side_apply. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/87).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/272-k8s-add-support-no_proxy.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/272-k8s-add-support-no_proxy.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - k8s - add no_proxy support to k8s* (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/272).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/282-helm-repository-add-pass-credentials.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/282-helm-repository-add-pass-credentials.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - helm_repository - add support for pass-credentials cli parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/282).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/290-returns-diff-in-check-mode.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/290-returns-diff-in-check-mode.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - helm - when ansible is executed in check mode, return the diff between what's deployed and what will be deployed.
--- a/changelogs/fragments/295-fix-k8s-drain-variable-declaration.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/295-fix-k8s-drain-variable-declaration.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - k8s_drain - fix error caused by accessing an undefined variable when pods have local storage (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/292).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/298-remove-binary-file.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/298-remove-binary-file.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - remove binary file from k8s_cp test suite (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/298).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/308-fix-for-common-non-ascii-characters-in-resources.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/308-fix-for-common-non-ascii-characters-in-resources.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - module_utils.common - change default opening mode to read-bytes to avoid bad interpretation of non ascii characters and strings, often present in 3rd party manifests.
--- a/changelogs/fragments/313-helm-template-add-support-for-show-only-and-release-namespace.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/313-helm-template-add-support-for-show-only-and-release-namespace.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
- helm_template - add show_only and release_namespace as module arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/313).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/321-kubectl_sleep.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/321-kubectl_sleep.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
- kubectl - wait for dd command to complete before proceeding (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/321).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/322-Add-delete_emptydir_data-to-drain-delete_options.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/322-Add-delete_emptydir_data-to-drain-delete_options.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
-  - k8s_drain - Adds ``delete_emptydir_data`` option to ``k8s_drain.delete_options`` to evict pods with an ``emptyDir`` volume attached (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/322).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/335-k8s-lookup-add-support-for-turbo-mode.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/335-k8s-lookup-add-support-for-turbo-mode.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
-  - k8s lookup plugin - Enable turbo mode via environment variable  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/291).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/347-routing.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/347-routing.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
- fixed module_defaults by removing routing hacks from runtime.yml (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/347).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/348-helm_template-fix-precedence-of-release-values-over-values-files.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/348-helm_template-fix-precedence-of-release-values-over-values-files.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - helm_template - evaluate release_values after values_files, insuring highest precedence (now same behavior as in helm module). (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/348)
--- a/changelogs/fragments/358-k8s_exec.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/358-k8s_exec.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
- k8s_exec - select first container from the pod if none specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/358).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/364-use-resource-prefix.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/364-use-resource-prefix.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - use resource prefix when finding resource and apiVersion is v1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/351).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/377-helm-info-state.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/377-helm-info-state.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
- helm_info - add release state as a module argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/377).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/389-helm-add-support-chart_repo_url-on-helm_diff.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/389-helm-add-support-chart_repo_url-on-helm_diff.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
- helm - support repo location for helm diff (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/174).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/391-fix-statefulset-wait.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/391-fix-statefulset-wait.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - k8s_scale - fix waiting on statefulset when scaled down to 0 replicas (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/203).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/_wait_for_label_selector_optional.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/_wait_for_label_selector_optional.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
- common - Ensure the label_selectors parameter of _wait_for method is optional.
--- a/changelogs/fragments/disutils.version.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/disutils.version.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "Various modules and plugins - use vendored version of ``distutils.version`` instead of the deprecated Python standard library ``distutils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/314)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/exception.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/exception.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
- import exception from ``kubernetes.client.rest``.
--- a/changelogs/fragments/helm_repository.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/helm_repository.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
- helm_repository - added support for ``host``, ``api_key``, ``validate_certs``, and ``ca_cert``.
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_info_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_info_module.rst
@@ -105,6 +105,27 @@ Parameters
                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: kube_context</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>get_all_values</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Set to <code>True</code> if you want to get all (computed) values of the release.</div>
+                        <div>When <code>False</code> (default), only user supplied values are returned.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -127,7 +148,7 @@ Parameters
                    <b>kubeconfig</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                        <span style="color: purple">raw</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
@@ -135,6 +156,7 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                        <div>Helm option to specify kubeconfig path to use.</div>
                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG</code> will be used instead.</div>
+                        <div>The configuration can be provided as dictionary. Added in version 2.4.0.</div>
                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: kubeconfig_path</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -172,6 +194,32 @@ Parameters
                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: namespace</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>release_state</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">[]</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Show releases as per their states.</div>
+                        <div>Default value is <code>deployed</code> and <code>failed</code>.</div>
+                        <div>If set to <code>all</code>, show all releases without any filter applied.</div>
+                        <div>If set to <code>deployed</code>, show deployed releases.</div>
+                        <div>If set to <code>failed</code>, show failed releases.</div>
+                        <div>If set to <code>pending</code>, show pending releases.</div>
+                        <div>If set to <code>superseded</code>, show superseded releases.</div>
+                        <div>If set to <code>uninstalled</code>, show uninstalled releases, if <code>helm uninstall --keep-history</code> was used.</div>
+                        <div>If set to <code>uninstalling</code>, show releases that are currently being uninstalled.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -204,11 +252,18 @@ Examples

 .. code-block:: yaml

-    - name: Deploy latest version of Grafana chart inside monitoring namespace
+    - name: Gather information of Grafana chart inside monitoring namespace
      kubernetes.core.helm_info:
        name: test
        release_namespace: monitoring

+    - name: Gather information about test-chart with pending state
+      kubernetes.core.helm_info:
+        name: test-chart
+        release_namespace: testenv
+        release_state:
+        - pending
+


 Return Values
@@ -270,6 +325,42 @@ Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/late
                    <br/>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>hooks</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                       / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>always</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>Hooks of the release</div>
+                    <br/>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>manifest</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                       / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>always</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>Manifest of the release</div>
+                    <br/>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                <td colspan="1">
@@ -302,6 +393,23 @@ Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/late
                    <br/>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>notes</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>always</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>Notes of the release</div>
+                    <br/>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
                <td colspan="1">
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_module.rst
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ Parameters

    <table  border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
        <tr>
-            <th colspan="1">Parameter</th>
+            <th colspan="2">Parameter</th>
            <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
            <th width="100%">Comments</th>
        </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>api_key</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>atomic</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>binary_path</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>ca_cert</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>chart_ref</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>chart_repo_url</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>chart_version</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>context</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>create_namespace</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -194,7 +194,32 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>dependency_update</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Run standalone <code>helm dependency update CHART</code> before the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Run inline <code>--dependency-update</code> with <code>helm install</code> command. This feature is not supported yet with the <code>helm upgrade</code> command.</div>
+                        <div>So we should consider to use <em>dependency_update</em> options with <em>replace</em> option enabled when specifying <em>chart_repo_url</em>.</div>
+                        <div>The <em>dependency_update</em> option require the add of <code>dependencies</code> block in <code>Chart.yaml/requirements.yaml</code> file.</div>
+                        <div>For more information please visit <a href='https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_dependency/'>https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_dependency/</a></div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: dep_up</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>disable_hook</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -213,7 +238,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>force</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -232,7 +257,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>history_max</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -249,7 +274,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>host</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -265,12 +290,12 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>kubeconfig</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                        <span style="color: purple">raw</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
@@ -278,11 +303,28 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                        <div>Helm option to specify kubeconfig path to use.</div>
                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG</code> will be used instead.</div>
+                        <div>The configuration can be provided as dictionary. Added in version 2.4.0.</div>
                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: kubeconfig_path</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>post_renderer</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Path to an executable to be used for post rendering.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>purge</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -301,7 +343,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>release_name</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -318,7 +360,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>release_namespace</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -335,7 +377,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>release_state</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -355,7 +397,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>release_values</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -372,7 +414,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>replace</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -394,7 +436,108 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>reset_values</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.5.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li>no</li>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>When upgrading package, reset the values to the ones built into the chart.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>reuse_values</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.5.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li>no</li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>When upgrading package, specifies wether to reuse the last release&#x27;s values and merge in any overrides from parameters <em>release_values</em>, <em>values_files</em> or <em>set_values</em>.</div>
+                        <div>If <em>reset_values</em> is set to <code>True</code>, this is ignored.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>set_values</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Values to pass to chart configuration</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>value</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Value to pass to chart configuration (e.g phase=prod).</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>value_type</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">-</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>raw</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>string</li>
+                                    <li>json</li>
+                                    <li>file</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Use <code>raw</code> set individual value.</div>
+                        <div>Use <code>string</code> to force a string for an individual value.</div>
+                        <div>Use <code>file</code> to set individual values from a file when the value itself is too long for the command line or is dynamically generated.</div>
+                        <div>Use <code>json</code> to set json values (scalars/objects/arrays). This feature requires helm&gt;=3.10.0.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>skip_crds</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -414,7 +557,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>timeout</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -432,7 +575,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>update_repo_cache</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -451,7 +594,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>validate_certs</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -472,7 +615,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>values_files</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -493,7 +636,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>wait</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -513,7 +656,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>wait_timeout</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -532,6 +675,12 @@ Parameters
    <br/>


+Notes
+-----
+
+.. note::
+   - The default idempotency check can fail to report changes when ``release_state`` is set to ``present`` and ``chart_repo_url`` is defined. Install helm diff >= 3.4.1 for better results.
+


 Examples
@@ -588,6 +737,15 @@ Examples
        state: absent
        update_repo_cache: true

+    - name: Deploy Grafana chart using set values on target
+      kubernetes.core.helm:
+        name: test
+        chart_ref: stable/grafana
+        release_namespace: monitoring
+        set_values:
+          - value: phase=prod
+            value_type: string
+
    # From git
    - name: Git clone stable repo on HEAD
      ansible.builtin.git:
@@ -633,6 +791,17 @@ Examples
          logging:
            enabled: True

+    # Deploy latest version
+    - name: Deploy latest version of Grafana chart using reuse_values
+      kubernetes.core.helm:
+        name: test
+        chart_ref: stable/grafana
+        release_namespace: monitoring
+        reuse_values: true
+        values:
+          replicas: 2
+          version: 3e8ec0b2dffa40fb97d5342e4af887de95faa8c61a62480dd7f8aa03dffcf533
+


 Return Values
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_plugin_info_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_plugin_info_module.rst
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Parameters
                    <b>kubeconfig</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                        <span style="color: purple">raw</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                        <div>Helm option to specify kubeconfig path to use.</div>
                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG</code> will be used instead.</div>
+                        <div>The configuration can be provided as dictionary. Added in version 2.4.0.</div>
                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: kubeconfig_path</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_plugin_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_plugin_module.rst
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Parameters
                    <b>kubeconfig</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                        <span style="color: purple">raw</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                        <div>Helm option to specify kubeconfig path to use.</div>
                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG</code> will be used instead.</div>
+                        <div>The configuration can be provided as dictionary. Added in version 2.4.0.</div>
                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: kubeconfig_path</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Name of Helm plugin.</div>
-                        <div>Required only if <code>state=absent</code>.</div>
+                        <div>Required only if <code>state=absent</code> or <code>state=latest</code>.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
@@ -170,6 +171,23 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Required only if <code>state=present</code>.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>plugin_version</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Plugin version to install. If this is not specified, the latest version is installed.</div>
+                        <div>Ignored when <code>state=absent</code> or <code>state=latest</code>.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -183,10 +201,12 @@ Parameters
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>absent</li>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>present</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>latest</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>If <code>state=present</code> the Helm plugin will be installed.</div>
+                        <div>If <code>state=latest</code> the Helm plugin will be updated. Added in version 2.3.0.</div>
                        <div>If <code>state=absent</code> the Helm plugin will be removed.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -237,6 +257,17 @@ Examples
        plugin_name: env
        state: absent

+    - name: Install Helm plugin with a specific version
+      kubernetes.core.helm_plugin:
+        plugin_version: 2.0.1
+        plugin_path: https://domain/path/to/plugin.tar.gz
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Update Helm plugin
+      kubernetes.core.helm_plugin:
+        plugin_name: secrets
+        state: latest
+


 Return Values
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_pull_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_pull_module.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,467 @@
+.. _kubernetes.core.helm_pull_module:
+
+
+*************************
+kubernetes.core.helm_pull
+*************************
+
+**download a chart from a repository and (optionally) unpack it in local directory.**
+
+
+Version added: 2.4.0
+
+.. contents::
+   :local:
+   :depth: 1
+
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+- Retrieve a package from a package repository, and download it locally.
+- It can also be used to perform cryptographic verification of a chart without installing the chart.
+- There are options for unpacking the chart after download.
+
+
+
+Requirements
+------------
+The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
+
+- helm >= 3.0 (https://github.com/helm/helm/releases)
+
+
+Parameters
+----------
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+    <table  border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
+        <tr>
+            <th colspan="1">Parameter</th>
+            <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
+            <th width="100%">Comments</th>
+        </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>binary_path</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The path of a helm binary to use.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>chart_ca_cert</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Verify certificates of HTTPS-enabled servers using this CA bundle.</div>
+                        <div>Requires helm &gt;= 3.1.0.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>chart_devel</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li>no</li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Use development versions, too. Equivalent to version &#x27;&gt;0.0.0-0&#x27;.</div>
+                        <div>Mutually exclusive with <code>chart_version</code>.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>chart_ref</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>chart name on chart repository.</div>
+                        <div>absolute URL.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>chart_ssl_cert_file</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Identify HTTPS client using this SSL certificate file.</div>
+                        <div>Requires helm &gt;= 3.1.0.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>chart_ssl_key_file</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Identify HTTPS client using this SSL key file</div>
+                        <div>Requires helm &gt;= 3.1.0.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>chart_version</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Specify a version constraint for the chart version to use.</div>
+                        <div>This constraint can be a specific tag (e.g. 1.1.1) or it may reference a valid range (e.g. ^2.0.0).</div>
+                        <div>Mutually exclusive with <code>chart_devel</code>.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>destination</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>location to write the chart.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>pass_credentials</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Pass credentials to all domains.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>provenance</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Fetch the provenance file, but don&#x27;t perform verification.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>repo_password</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Chart repository password where to locate the requested chart.</div>
+                        <div>Required if <code>repo_username</code> is specified.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: password, chart_repo_password</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>repo_url</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>chart repository url where to locate the requested chart.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: url, chart_repo_url</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>repo_username</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Chart repository username where to locate the requested chart.</div>
+                        <div>Required if <code>repo_password</code> is specified.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: username, chart_repo_username</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>skip_tls_certs_check</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Whether or not to check tls certificate for the chart download.</div>
+                        <div>Requires helm &gt;= 3.3.0.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>untar_chart</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>if set to true, will untar the chart after downloading it.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>verify_chart</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Verify the package before using it.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>verify_chart_keyring</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>location of public keys used for verification.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+    </table>
+    <br/>
+
+
+
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    - name: Download chart using chart url
+      kubernetes.core.helm_pull:
+        chart_ref: https://github.com/grafana/helm-charts/releases/download/grafana-5.6.0/grafana-5.6.0.tgz
+        destination: /path/to/chart
+
+    - name: Download Chart using chart_name and repo_url
+      kubernetes.core.helm_pull:
+        chart_ref: redis
+        repo_url: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+        untar_chart: yes
+        destination: /path/to/chart
+
+    - name: Download Chart (skip tls certificate check)
+      kubernetes.core.helm_pull:
+        chart_ref: redis
+        repo_url: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+        untar_chart: yes
+        destination: /path/to/chart
+        skip_tls_certs_check: yes
+
+    - name: Download Chart using chart registry credentials
+      kubernetes.core.helm_pull:
+        chart_ref: redis
+        repo_url: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+        untar_chart: yes
+        destination: /path/to/chart
+        username: myuser
+        password: mypassword123
+
+
+
+Return Values
+-------------
+Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+    <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
+        <tr>
+            <th colspan="1">Key</th>
+            <th>Returned</th>
+            <th width="100%">Description</th>
+        </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>command</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>always</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>Full `helm pull` command built by this module, in case you want to re-run the command outside the module or debug a problem.</div>
+                    <br/>
+                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
+                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">helm pull --repo test ...</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>rc</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>always</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>Helm pull command return code</div>
+                    <br/>
+                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
+                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">1</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>stderr</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>always</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>Full `helm pull` command stderr, in case you want to display it or examine the event log</div>
+                    <br/>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>stdout</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>always</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>Full `helm pull` command stdout, in case you want to display it or examine the event log</div>
+                    <br/>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+    </table>
+    <br/><br/>
+
+
+Status
+------
+
+
+Authors
+~~~~~~~
+
+- Aubin Bikouo (@abikouo)
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_repository_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_repository_module.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,22 @@ Parameters
            <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
            <th width="100%">Comments</th>
        </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>api_key</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Token used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via <code>K8S_AUTH_API_KEY</code> environment variable.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -55,6 +71,117 @@ Parameters
                        <div>The path of a helm binary to use.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>ca_cert</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Path to a CA certificate used to authenticate with the API. The full certificate chain must be provided to avoid certificate validation errors. Can also be specified via <code>K8S_AUTH_SSL_CA_CERT</code> environment variable.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: ssl_ca_cert</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>context</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Helm option to specify which kubeconfig context to use.</div>
+                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>K8S_AUTH_CONTEXT</code> will be used instead.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: kube_context</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>force_update</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Whether or not to replace (overwrite) the repo if it already exists.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: force</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>host</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via <code>K8S_AUTH_HOST</code> environment variable.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>kubeconfig</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">raw</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Helm option to specify kubeconfig path to use.</div>
+                        <div>If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable <code>K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG</code> will be used instead.</div>
+                        <div>The configuration can be provided as dictionary.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: kubeconfig_path</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>pass_credentials</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Pass credentials to all domains.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -142,6 +269,27 @@ Parameters
                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: username</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>validate_certs</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li>no</li>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Whether or not to verify the API server&#x27;s SSL certificates. Can also be specified via <code>K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL</code> environment variable.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: verify_ssl</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
    </table>
    <br/>

--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_template_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_template_module.rst
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ Parameters

    <table  border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
        <tr>
-            <th colspan="1">Parameter</th>
+            <th colspan="2">Parameter</th>
            <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
            <th width="100%">Comments</th>
        </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>binary_path</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>chart_ref</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>chart_repo_url</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>chart_version</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -97,7 +97,50 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>dependency_update</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Run helm dependency update before the operation.</div>
+                        <div>The <em>dependency_update</em> option require the add of <code>dependencies</code> block in <code>Chart.yaml/requirements.yaml</code> file.</div>
+                        <div>For more information please visit <a href='https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_dependency/'>https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_dependency/</a></div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: dep_up</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>disable_hook</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Prevent hooks from running during install.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>include_crds</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -116,7 +159,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>output_dir</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -132,7 +175,40 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>release_name</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Release name to use in rendered templates.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: name</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>release_namespace</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>namespace scope for this request.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>release_values</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -149,7 +225,85 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>set_values</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Values to pass to chart configuration.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>value</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Value to pass to chart configuration (e.g phase=prod).</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>value_type</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">-</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>raw</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>string</li>
+                                    <li>json</li>
+                                    <li>file</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Use <code>raw</code> set individual value.</div>
+                        <div>Use <code>string</code> to force a string for an individual value.</div>
+                        <div>Use <code>file</code> to set individual values from a file when the value itself is too long for the command line or is dynamically generated.</div>
+                        <div>Use <code>json</code> to set json values (scalars/objects/arrays). This feature requires helm&gt;=3.10.0.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>show_only</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">[]</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Only show manifests rendered from the given templates.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>update_repo_cache</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -168,7 +322,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="1">
+                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>values_files</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
@@ -213,6 +367,24 @@ Examples
        dest: myfile.yaml
        content: "{{ result.stdout }}"

+    - name: Render MutatingWebhooksConfiguration for revision tag "canary", rev "1-13-0"
+      kubernetes.core.helm_template:
+        chart_ref: istio/istiod
+        chart_version: "1.13.0"
+        release_namespace: "istio-system"
+        show_only:
+          - "templates/revision-tags.yaml"
+        release_values:
+          revision: "1-13-0"
+          revisionTags:
+            - "canary"
+      register: result
+
+    - name: Write templates to file
+      copy:
+        dest: myfile.yaml
+        content: "{{ result.stdout }}"
+


 Return Values
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_cluster_info_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_cluster_info_module.rst
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0
 - PyYAML >= 3.11


@@ -136,6 +136,41 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_groups</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_user</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Username to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -168,9 +203,29 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</div>
                        <div>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>no_proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</div>
+                        <div>example value is &quot;localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16&quot;</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_cp_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_cp_module.rst
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0


 Parameters
@@ -167,6 +167,41 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_groups</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_user</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Username to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -180,6 +215,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</div>
                        <div>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -236,6 +272,25 @@ Parameters
                        <div>This option is ignored when <em>content</em> is set or when <em>state</em> is set to <code>from_pod</code>.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>no_proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</div>
+                        <div>example value is &quot;localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16&quot;</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -503,7 +558,7 @@ Examples
        state: from_pod

    # copy content into a file in the remote pod
-    - name: Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally
+    - name: Copy content into a file in the remote pod
      kubernetes.core.k8s_cp:
        state: to_pod
        namespace: some-namespace
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_drain_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_drain_module.rst
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0


 Parameters
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ Parameters
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">{}</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Specify options to delete pods.</div>
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ Parameters
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ Parameters
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
-                        <div>Continue even if there are pods using emptyDir (local data that will be deleted when the node is drained)</div>
+                        <div>Continue even if there are pods using emptyDir (local data that will be deleted when the node is drained).</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
@@ -286,6 +288,41 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_groups</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_user</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Username to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -299,6 +336,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</div>
                        <div>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -318,6 +356,25 @@ Parameters
                        <div>The name of the node.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>no_proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</div>
+                        <div>example value is &quot;localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16&quot;</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -357,6 +414,25 @@ Parameters
                        <div>The fix for this k8s python library is here: https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python-base/pull/169</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>pod_selectors</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.5.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Label selector to filter pods on the node.</div>
+                        <div>This option has effect only when <code>state</code> is set to <em>drain</em>.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: label_selectors</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -526,7 +602,7 @@ Examples
        state: drain
        name: foo
        delete_options:
-            terminate_grace_period: 900
+          terminate_grace_period: 900

    - name: Mark node "foo" as schedulable.
      kubernetes.core.k8s_drain:
@@ -538,6 +614,14 @@ Examples
        state: cordon
        name: foo

+    - name: Drain node "foo" using label selector to filter the list of pods to be drained.
+      kubernetes.core.k8s_drain:
+        state: drain
+        name: foo
+        pod_selectors:
+        - 'app!=csi-attacher'
+        - 'app!=csi-provisioner'
+


 Return Values
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_exec_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_exec_module.rst
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0
 - PyYAML >= 3.11


@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
-                        <div>The command to execute</div>
+                        <div>The command to execute.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                        <div>The name of the container in the pod to connect to.</div>
                        <div>Defaults to only container if there is only one container in the pod.</div>
+                        <div>If not specified, will choose the first container from the given pod as kubectl cmdline does.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
@@ -166,6 +167,41 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_groups</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_user</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Username to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -179,6 +215,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</div>
                        <div>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -195,7 +232,26 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
-                        <div>The pod namespace name</div>
+                        <div>The pod namespace name.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>no_proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</div>
+                        <div>example value is &quot;localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16&quot;</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
@@ -250,7 +306,7 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
-                        <div>The pod name</div>
+                        <div>The pod name.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
@@ -267,7 +323,7 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                        <div>The URL of an HTTP proxy to use for the connection.</div>
                        <div>Can also be specified via <em>K8S_AUTH_PROXY</em> environment variable.</div>
-                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. HTTP_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (for example, HTTP_PROXY).</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
@@ -414,6 +470,13 @@ Examples
        msg: "cmd failed"
      when: command_status.rc != 0

+    - name: Specify a container name to execute the command on
+      kubernetes.core.k8s_exec:
+        namespace: myproject
+        pod: busybox-test
+        container: manager
+        command: echo "hello"
+


 Return Values
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_info_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_info_module.rst
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0
 - PyYAML >= 3.11


@@ -153,11 +153,31 @@ Parameters
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">[]</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>List of field selectors to use to filter results</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>hidden_fields</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.5.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Hide fields matching any of the field definitions in the result</div>
+                        <div>An example might be <code>hidden_fields=[metadata.managedFields]</code></div>
+                        <div>Only field definitions that don&#x27;t reference list items are supported (so V(spec.containers[0]) would not work)</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -173,6 +193,41 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_groups</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_user</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Username to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -205,6 +260,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</div>
                        <div>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -219,6 +275,7 @@ Parameters
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">[]</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>List of label selectors to use to filter results</div>
@@ -260,6 +317,25 @@ Parameters
                        <div>If <em>resource definition</em> is provided, the <em>metadata.namespace</em> value from the <em>resource_definition</em> will override this option.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>no_proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</div>
+                        <div>example value is &quot;localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16&quot;</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_inventory.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_inventory.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ kubernetes.core.k8s
   :local:
   :depth: 1

+DEPRECATED
+----------
+:Removed in collection release after 
+:Why: As discussed in https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/31, we decided to
+remove the k8s inventory plugin in release 5.0.0.
+
+:Alternative: Use :ref:`kubernetes.core.k8s_info <kubernetes.core.k8s_info_module>` and :ref:`ansible.builtin.add_host <ansible.builtin.add_host_module>` instead.
+
+

 Synopsis
 --------
@@ -27,8 +36,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the local Ansible controller node that executes this inventory.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0
 - PyYAML >= 3.11


@@ -322,24 +331,24 @@ Examples

    # File must be named k8s.yaml or k8s.yml

-    # Authenticate with token, and return all pods and services for all namespaces
-    plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
-    connections:
-      - host: https://192.168.64.4:8443
-        api_key: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-        validate_certs: false
+    - name: Authenticate with token, and return all pods and services for all namespaces
+      plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
+      connections:
+        - host: https://192.168.64.4:8443
+          api_key: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+          validate_certs: false

-    # Use default config (~/.kube/config) file and active context, and return objects for a specific namespace
-    plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
-    connections:
-      - namespaces:
-        - testing
+    - name: Use default config (~/.kube/config) file and active context, and return objects for a specific namespace
+      plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
+      connections:
+        - namespaces:
+            - testing

-    # Use a custom config file, and a specific context.
-    plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
-    connections:
-      - kubeconfig: /path/to/config
-        context: 'awx/192-168-64-4:8443/developer'
+    - name: Use a custom config file, and a specific context.
+      plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
+      connections:
+        - kubeconfig: /path/to/config
+          context: 'awx/192-168-64-4:8443/developer'



@@ -348,11 +357,15 @@ Status
 ------


+- This inventory will be removed in version 5.0.0. *[deprecated]*
+- For more information see `DEPRECATED`_.
+
+
 Authors
 ~~~~~~~

- Chris Houseknecht <@chouseknecht>
- Fabian von Feilitzsch <@fabianvf>
+- Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)
+- Fabian von Feilitzsch (@fabianvf)


 .. hint::
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_json_patch_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_json_patch_module.rst
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0
 - PyYAML >= 3.11
 - jsonpatch

@@ -155,6 +155,41 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_groups</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_user</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Username to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -185,6 +220,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</div>
                        <div>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -221,6 +257,25 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Use in conjunction with <em>api_version</em>, <em>kind</em>, and <em>name</em> to identify a specific object.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>no_proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</div>
+                        <div>example value is &quot;localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16&quot;</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -559,7 +614,7 @@ Examples
            path: /metadata/labels/app
            value: myapp
          - op: replace
-            patch: /spec/containers/0/image
+            path: /spec/containers/0/image
            value: nginx


--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_log_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_log_module.rst
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0
 - PyYAML >= 3.11


@@ -44,6 +44,27 @@ Parameters
            <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
            <th width="100%">Comments</th>
        </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>all_containers</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li>no</li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>If set to <code>true</code>, retrieve all containers&#x27; logs in the pod(s).</div>
+                        <div>mutually exclusive with <code>container</code>.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -141,7 +162,8 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                        <div>Use to specify the container within a pod to grab the log from.</div>
                        <div>If there is only one container, this will default to that container.</div>
-                        <div>If there is more than one container, this option is required.</div>
+                        <div>If there is more than one container, this option is required or set <em>all_containers</em> to <code>true</code>.</div>
+                        <div>mutually exclusive with <code>all_containers</code>.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
@@ -174,6 +196,41 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_groups</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_user</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Username to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -205,6 +262,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</div>
                        <div>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -219,6 +277,7 @@ Parameters
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">[]</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>List of label selectors to use to filter results</div>
@@ -260,6 +319,25 @@ Parameters
                        <div>If <em>resource definition</em> is provided, the <em>metadata.namespace</em> value from the <em>resource_definition</em> will override this option.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>no_proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</div>
+                        <div>example value is &quot;localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16&quot;</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -299,6 +377,26 @@ Parameters
                        <div>The fix for this k8s python library is here: https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python-base/pull/169</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>previous</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>If <code>true</code>, print the logs for the previous instance of the container in a pod if it exists.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -400,6 +498,22 @@ Parameters
                        <div>A relative time in seconds before the current time from which to show logs.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>tail_lines</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.4.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>A number of lines from the end of the logs to retrieve.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -484,8 +598,16 @@ Examples
        kind: DeploymentConfig
        namespace: testing
        name: example
+        tail_lines: 100
      register: log

+    # This will get the logs from all containers in Pod
+    - name: Get the logs from all containers in pod
+      kubernetes.core.k8s_log:
+        namespace: testing
+        name: some-pod
+        all_containers: true
+


 Return Values
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_lookup.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_lookup.rst
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the local Ansible controller node that executes this lookup.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0
 - PyYAML >= 3.11


@@ -438,106 +438,28 @@ Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/late

    <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
        <tr>
-            <th colspan="2">Key</th>
+            <th colspan="1">Key</th>
            <th>Returned</th>
            <th width="100%">Description</th>
        </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="2">
+                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>_list</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
+                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                       / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td></td>
                <td>
                            <div>One ore more object definitions returned from the API.</div>
                    <br/>
+                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
+                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">[{&#x27;kind&#x27;: &#x27;ConfigMap&#x27;, &#x27;apiVersion&#x27;: &#x27;v1&#x27;, &#x27;metadata&#x27;: {&#x27;creationTimestamp&#x27;: &#x27;2022-03-04T13:59:49Z&#x27;, &#x27;name&#x27;: &#x27;my-config-map&#x27;, &#x27;namespace&#x27;: &#x27;default&#x27;, &#x27;resourceVersion&#x27;: &#x27;418&#x27;, &#x27;uid&#x27;: &#x27;5714b011-d090-4eac-8272-a0ea82ec0abd&#x27;}, &#x27;data&#x27;: {&#x27;key1&#x27;: &#x27;val1&#x27;}}]</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
-                                <tr>
-                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
-                <td colspan="1">
-                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
-                    <b>api_version</b>
-                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
-                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
-                    </div>
-                </td>
-                <td>success</td>
-                <td>
-                            <div>The versioned schema of this representation of an object.</div>
-                    <br/>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
-                <td colspan="1">
-                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
-                    <b>kind</b>
-                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
-                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
-                    </div>
-                </td>
-                <td>success</td>
-                <td>
-                            <div>Represents the REST resource this object represents.</div>
-                    <br/>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
-                <td colspan="1">
-                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
-                    <b>metadata</b>
-                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
-                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
-                    </div>
-                </td>
-                <td>success</td>
-                <td>
-                            <div>Standard object metadata. Includes name, namespace, annotations, labels, etc.</div>
-                    <br/>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
-                <td colspan="1">
-                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
-                    <b>spec</b>
-                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
-                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
-                    </div>
-                </td>
-                <td>success</td>
-                <td>
-                            <div>Specific attributes of the object. Will vary based on the <em>api_version</em> and <em>kind</em>.</div>
-                    <br/>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
-                <td colspan="1">
-                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
-                    <b>status</b>
-                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
-                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
-                    </div>
-                </td>
-                <td>success</td>
-                <td>
-                            <div>Current status details for the object.</div>
-                    <br/>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
-
    </table>
    <br/><br/>

@@ -549,8 +471,8 @@ Status
 Authors
 ~~~~~~~

- Chris Houseknecht <@chouseknecht>
- Fabian von Feilitzsch <@fabianvf>
+- Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)
+- Fabian von Feilitzsch (@fabianvf)


 .. hint::
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_module.rst
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0
 - PyYAML >= 3.11
 - jsonpatch

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                        <div><code>apply</code> compares the desired resource definition with the previously supplied resource definition, ignoring properties that are automatically generated</div>
                        <div><code>apply</code> works better with Services than &#x27;force=yes&#x27;</div>
-                        <div>mutually exclusive with <code>merge_type</code></div>
+                        <div>Mutually exclusive with <code>merge_type</code>.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
@@ -208,6 +208,30 @@ Parameters
                        <div>This has no effect on the validation step which is controlled by the <code>validate.fail_on_error</code> parameter.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="3">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>delete_all</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.5.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>When this option is set to <em>true</em> and <em>state=absent</em>, module will delete all resources of the specified resource type in the requested namespace.</div>
+                        <div>Ignored when <code>state</code> is not set to <em>absent</em> or when one of (src), <code>name</code>  or <code>resource_definition</code> is provided.</div>
+                        <div>Parameter <code>kind</code> is required to use this option.</div>
+                        <div>This parameter can be used with <code>label_selectors</code> to restrict the resources to be deleted.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: all</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="3">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -336,6 +360,45 @@ Parameters
                        <div>If set to <code>yes</code>, and <em>state</em> is <code>present</code>, an existing object will be replaced.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="3">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>generate_name</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Use to specify the basis of an object name and random characters will be added automatically on server to generate a unique name.</div>
+                        <div>This option is ignored when <em>state</em> is not set to <code>present</code> or when <em>apply</em> is set to <code>yes</code>.</div>
+                        <div>If <em>resource definition</em> is provided, the <em>metadata.generateName</em> value from the <em>resource_definition</em> will override this option.</div>
+                        <div>If <em>resource definition</em> is provided, and contains <em>metadata.name</em>, this option is ignored.</div>
+                        <div>mutually exclusive with <code>name</code>.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="3">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>hidden_fields</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.5.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Hide fields matching this option in the result</div>
+                        <div>An example might be <code>hidden_fields=[metadata.managedFields]</code></div>
+                        <div>Only field definitions that don&#x27;t reference list items are supported (so V(spec.containers[0]) would not work)</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="3">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -351,6 +414,41 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="3">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_groups</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="3">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_user</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Username to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="3">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -382,6 +480,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</div>
                        <div>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -414,18 +513,17 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
-                                    <li>json</li>
                                    <li>merge</li>
                                    <li>strategic-merge</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Whether to override the default patch merge approach with a specific type. By default, the strategic merge will typically be used.</div>
-                        <div>For example, Custom Resource Definitions typically aren&#x27;t updatable by the usual strategic merge. You may want to use <code>merge</code> if you see &quot;strategic merge patch format is not supported&quot;</div>
+                        <div>For example, Custom Resource Definitions typically aren&#x27;t updatable by the usual strategic merge. You may want to use <code>merge</code> if you see &quot;strategic merge patch format is not supported&quot;.</div>
                        <div>See <a href='https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/update-api-object-kubectl-patch/#use-a-json-merge-patch-to-update-a-deployment'>https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/update-api-object-kubectl-patch/#use-a-json-merge-patch-to-update-a-deployment</a></div>
                        <div>If more than one <code>merge_type</code> is given, the merge_types will be tried in order. This defaults to <code>[&#x27;strategic-merge&#x27;, &#x27;merge&#x27;]</code>, which is ideal for using the same parameters on resource kinds that combine Custom Resources and built-in resources.</div>
-                        <div>mutually exclusive with <code>apply</code></div>
-                        <div><em>merge_type=json</em> is deprecated and will be removed in version 3.0.0. Please use <span class='module'>kubernetes.core.k8s_json_patch</span> instead.</div>
+                        <div>Mutually exclusive with <code>apply</code>.</div>
+                        <div><em>merge_type=json</em> has been removed in version 4.0.0. Please use <span class='module'>kubernetes.core.k8s_json_patch</span> instead.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
@@ -464,6 +562,25 @@ Parameters
                        <div>If <em>resource definition</em> is provided, the <em>metadata.namespace</em> value from the <em>resource_definition</em> will override this option.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="3">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>no_proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</div>
+                        <div>example value is &quot;localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16&quot;</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="3">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -605,6 +722,63 @@ Parameters
                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: definition, inline</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="3">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>server_side_apply</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>When this option is set, apply runs in the server instead of the client.</div>
+                        <div>Ignored if <code>apply</code> is not set or is set to False.</div>
+                        <div>This option requires &quot;kubernetes &gt;= 19.15.0&quot;.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>field_manager</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Name of the manager used to track field ownership.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>force_conflicts</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>A conflict is a special status error that occurs when an Server Side Apply operation tries to change a field, which another user also claims to manage.</div>
+                        <div>When set to True, server-side apply will force the changes against conflicts.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+
            <tr>
                <td colspan="3">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -619,7 +793,8 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                        <div>Provide a path to a file containing a valid YAML definition of an object or objects to be created or updated. Mutually exclusive with <em>resource_definition</em>. NOTE: <em>kind</em>, <em>api_version</em>, <em>name</em>, and <em>namespace</em> will be overwritten by corresponding values found in the configuration read in from the <em>src</em> file.</div>
                        <div>Reads from the local file system. To read from the Ansible controller&#x27;s file system, including vaulted files, use the file lookup plugin or template lookup plugin, combined with the from_yaml filter, and pass the result to <em>resource_definition</em>. See Examples below.</div>
-                        <div>Mutually exclusive with <em>template</em> in case of <span class='module'>k8s</span> module.</div>
+                        <div>The URL to manifest files that can be used to create the resource. Added in version 2.4.0.</div>
+                        <div>Mutually exclusive with <em>template</em> in case of <span class='module'>kubernetes.core.k8s</span> module.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
@@ -981,6 +1156,14 @@ Examples
        state: present
        definition: "{{ lookup('file', '/testing/deployment.yml') | from_yaml }}"

+    - name: >-
+        (Alternative) Read definition file from the Ansible controller file system.
+        In this case, the definition file contains multiple YAML documents, separated by ---.
+        If the definition file has been encrypted with Ansible Vault it will automatically be decrypted.
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        state: present
+        definition: "{{ lookup('file', '/testing/deployment.yml') | from_yaml_all }}"
+
    - name: Read definition template file from the Ansible controller file system
      kubernetes.core.k8s:
        state: present
@@ -998,10 +1181,10 @@ Examples
      kubernetes.core.k8s:
        state: present
        template:
-          - path: '/testing/deployment_one.j2'
-          - path: '/testing/deployment_two.j2'
-            variable_start_string: '[['
-            variable_end_string: ']]'
+        - path: '/testing/deployment_one.j2'
+        - path: '/testing/deployment_two.j2'
+          variable_start_string: '[['
+          variable_end_string: ']]'

    - name: fail on validation errors
      kubernetes.core.k8s:
@@ -1058,6 +1241,41 @@ Examples
            labels:
              support: patch

+    # Create object using generateName
+    - name: create resource using name generated by the server
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        state: present
+        generate_name: pod-
+        definition:
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: Pod
+          spec:
+            containers:
+            - name: py
+              image: python:3.7-alpine
+              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+
+    # Server side apply
+    - name: Create configmap using server side apply
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        namespace: testing
+        definition:
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: ConfigMap
+          metadata:
+            name: my-configmap
+        apply: yes
+        server_side_apply:
+          field_manager: ansible
+
+    # Delete all Deployment from specified namespace
+    - name: Delete all Deployment from specified namespace
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        api_version: apps/v1
+        namespace: testing
+        kind: Deployment
+        delete_all: true
+


 Return Values
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_rollback_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_rollback_module.rst
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0
 - PyYAML >= 3.11


@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ Parameters
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">[]</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>List of field selectors to use to filter results.</div>
@@ -172,6 +173,41 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_groups</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_user</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Username to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -203,6 +239,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</div>
                        <div>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -217,6 +254,7 @@ Parameters
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">[]</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>List of label selectors to use to filter results.</div>
@@ -258,6 +296,25 @@ Parameters
                        <div>If <em>resource definition</em> is provided, the <em>metadata.namespace</em> value from the <em>resource_definition</em> will override this option.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>no_proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</div>
+                        <div>example value is &quot;localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16&quot;</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_scale_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_scale_module.rst
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0
 - PyYAML >= 3.11


@@ -189,6 +189,41 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_groups</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_user</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Username to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -220,6 +255,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</div>
                        <div>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -235,6 +271,7 @@ Parameters
                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.0.0</div>
                </td>
                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">[]</div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>List of label selectors to use to filter results.</div>
@@ -276,6 +313,25 @@ Parameters
                        <div>If <em>resource definition</em> is provided, the <em>metadata.namespace</em> value from the <em>resource_definition</em> will override this option.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>no_proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</div>
+                        <div>example value is &quot;localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16&quot;</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -462,7 +518,8 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                        <div>Provide a path to a file containing a valid YAML definition of an object or objects to be created or updated. Mutually exclusive with <em>resource_definition</em>. NOTE: <em>kind</em>, <em>api_version</em>, <em>name</em>, and <em>namespace</em> will be overwritten by corresponding values found in the configuration read in from the <em>src</em> file.</div>
                        <div>Reads from the local file system. To read from the Ansible controller&#x27;s file system, including vaulted files, use the file lookup plugin or template lookup plugin, combined with the from_yaml filter, and pass the result to <em>resource_definition</em>. See Examples below.</div>
-                        <div>Mutually exclusive with <em>template</em> in case of <span class='module'>k8s</span> module.</div>
+                        <div>The URL to manifest files that can be used to create the resource. Added in version 2.4.0.</div>
+                        <div>Mutually exclusive with <em>template</em> in case of <span class='module'>kubernetes.core.k8s</span> module.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_service_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_service_module.rst
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ Requirements
 ------------
 The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 3.6
- kubernetes >= 12.0.0
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0


 Parameters
@@ -172,6 +172,41 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_groups</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_user</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Username to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -185,6 +220,7 @@ Parameters
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</div>
                        <div>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
@@ -245,6 +281,25 @@ Parameters
                        <div>Use to specify a Service object namespace.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>no_proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</div>
+                        <div>example value is &quot;localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16&quot;</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -433,7 +488,8 @@ Parameters
                <td>
                        <div>Provide a path to a file containing a valid YAML definition of an object or objects to be created or updated. Mutually exclusive with <em>resource_definition</em>. NOTE: <em>kind</em>, <em>api_version</em>, <em>name</em>, and <em>namespace</em> will be overwritten by corresponding values found in the configuration read in from the <em>src</em> file.</div>
                        <div>Reads from the local file system. To read from the Ansible controller&#x27;s file system, including vaulted files, use the file lookup plugin or template lookup plugin, combined with the from_yaml filter, and pass the result to <em>resource_definition</em>. See Examples below.</div>
-                        <div>Mutually exclusive with <em>template</em> in case of <span class='module'>k8s</span> module.</div>
+                        <div>The URL to manifest files that can be used to create the resource. Added in version 2.4.0.</div>
+                        <div>Mutually exclusive with <em>template</em> in case of <span class='module'>kubernetes.core.k8s</span> module.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_taint_module.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_taint_module.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,661 @@
+.. _kubernetes.core.k8s_taint_module:
+
+
+*************************
+kubernetes.core.k8s_taint
+*************************
+
+**Taint a node in a Kubernetes/OpenShift cluster**
+
+
+Version added: 2.3.0
+
+.. contents::
+   :local:
+   :depth: 1
+
+
+Synopsis
+--------
+- Taint allows a node to refuse Pod to be scheduled unless that Pod has a matching toleration.
+- Untaint will remove taints from nodes as needed.
+
+
+
+Requirements
+------------
+The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
+
+- python >= 3.9
+- kubernetes >= 24.2.0
+
+
+Parameters
+----------
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+    <table  border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
+        <tr>
+            <th colspan="2">Parameter</th>
+            <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
+            <th width="100%">Comments</th>
+        </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>api_key</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Token used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_API_KEY environment variable.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>ca_cert</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Path to a CA certificate used to authenticate with the API. The full certificate chain must be provided to avoid certificate validation errors. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_SSL_CA_CERT environment variable.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: ssl_ca_cert</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>client_cert</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Path to a certificate used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_CERT_FILE environment variable.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: cert_file</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>client_key</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">path</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Path to a key file used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KEY_FILE environment variable.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: key_file</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>context</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The name of a context found in the config file. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_CONTEXT environment variable.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>host</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_HOST environment variable.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_groups</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>impersonate_user</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Username to impersonate for the operation.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_USER environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>kubeconfig</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">raw</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Path to an existing Kubernetes config file. If not provided, and no other connection options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default configuration file from <em>~/.kube/config</em>. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator &#x27;;&#x27; for Windows platform or &#x27;:&#x27; for others platforms.</div>
+                        <div>The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version &gt;= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>name</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The name of the node.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>no_proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.3.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The comma separated list of hosts/domains/IP/CIDR that shouldn&#x27;t go through proxy. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_NO_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. NO_PROXY).</div>
+                        <div>This feature requires kubernetes&gt;=19.15.0. When kubernetes library is less than 19.15.0, it fails even no_proxy set in correct.</div>
+                        <div>example value is &quot;localhost,.local,.example.com,127.0.0.1,127.0.0.0/8,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16&quot;</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>password</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Provide a password for authenticating with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PASSWORD environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please read the description of the <code>username</code> option for a discussion of when this option is applicable.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>persist_config</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li>no</li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Whether or not to save the kube config refresh tokens. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PERSIST_CONFIG environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>When the k8s context is using a user credentials with refresh tokens (like oidc or gke/gcloud auth), the token is refreshed by the k8s python client library but not saved by default. So the old refresh token can expire and the next auth might fail. Setting this flag to true will tell the k8s python client to save the new refresh token to the kube config file.</div>
+                        <div>Default to false.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that the current version of the k8s python client library does not support setting this flag to True yet.</div>
+                        <div>The fix for this k8s python library is here: https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python-base/pull/169</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>proxy</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The URL of an HTTP proxy to use for the connection. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PROXY environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this module does not pick up typical proxy settings from the environment (e.g. HTTP_PROXY).</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>proxy_headers</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 2.0.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The Header used for the HTTP proxy.</div>
+                        <div>Documentation can be found here <a href='https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/urllib3.util.html?highlight=proxy_headers#urllib3.util.make_headers'>https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/urllib3.util.html?highlight=proxy_headers#urllib3.util.make_headers</a>.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>basic_auth</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Colon-separated username:password for basic authentication header.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PROXY_HEADERS_BASIC_AUTH environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>proxy_basic_auth</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Colon-separated username:password for proxy basic authentication header.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PROXY_HEADERS_PROXY_BASIC_AUTH environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>user_agent</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>String representing the user-agent you want, such as foo/1.0.</div>
+                        <div>Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_PROXY_HEADERS_USER_AGENT environment.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>replace</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>If <code>true</code>, allow taints to be replaced.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>state</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>present</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>absent</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Determines whether to add or remove taints.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>taints</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
+                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
+                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>List containing the taints.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>effect</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li>NoSchedule</li>
+                                    <li>NoExecute</li>
+                                    <li>PreferNoSchedule</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The effect of the taint on Pods that do not tolerate the taint.</div>
+                        <div>Required when <em>state=present</em>.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>key</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The taint key to be applied to a node.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>value</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>The taint value corresponding to the taint key.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>username</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Provide a username for authenticating with the API. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_USERNAME environment variable.</div>
+                        <div>Please note that this only works with clusters configured to use HTTP Basic Auth. If your cluster has a different form of authentication (e.g. OAuth2 in OpenShift), this option will not work as expected and you should look into the <span class='module'>community.okd.k8s_auth</span> module, as that might do what you need.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>validate_certs</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li>no</li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Whether or not to verify the API server&#x27;s SSL certificates. Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL environment variable.</div>
+                        <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: verify_ssl</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+    </table>
+    <br/>
+
+
+Notes
+-----
+
+.. note::
+   - To avoid SSL certificate validation errors when ``validate_certs`` is *True*, the full certificate chain for the API server must be provided via ``ca_cert`` or in the kubeconfig file.
+
+
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    - name: Taint node "foo"
+      kubernetes.core.k8s_taint:
+        state: present
+        name: foo
+        taints:
+        - effect: NoExecute
+          key: "key1"
+
+    - name: Taint node "foo"
+      kubernetes.core.k8s_taint:
+        state: present
+        name: foo
+        taints:
+        - effect: NoExecute
+          key: "key1"
+          value: "value1"
+        - effect: NoSchedule
+          key: "key1"
+          value: "value1"
+
+    - name: Remove taint from "foo".
+      kubernetes.core.k8s_taint:
+        state: absent
+        name: foo
+        taints:
+        - effect: NoExecute
+          key: "key1"
+          value: "value1"
+
+
+
+Return Values
+-------------
+Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+    <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
+        <tr>
+            <th colspan="2">Key</th>
+            <th>Returned</th>
+            <th width="100%">Description</th>
+        </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="2">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>result</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>success</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>The tainted Node object. Will be empty in the case of a deletion.</div>
+                    <br/>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>api_version</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>success</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>The versioned schema of this representation of an object.</div>
+                    <br/>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>kind</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>success</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>Represents the REST resource this object represents.</div>
+                    <br/>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>metadata</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>success</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>Standard object metadata. Includes name, namespace, annotations, labels, etc.</div>
+                    <br/>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>spec</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>success</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>Specific attributes of the object. Will vary based on the <em>api_version</em> and <em>kind</em>.</div>
+                    <br/>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
+                    <b>status</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>success</td>
+                <td>
+                            <div>Current status details for the object.</div>
+                    <br/>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+
+    </table>
+    <br/><br/>
+
+
+Status
+------
+
+
+Authors
+~~~~~~~
+
+- Alina Buzachis (@alinabuzachis)
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@@ -208,6 +208,28 @@ Parameters
                    </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Path to a kubectl config file. Defaults to <em>~/.kube/config</em></div>
+                        <div>The configuration can be provided as dictionary. Added in version 2.4.0.</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>kubectl_local_env_vars</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
+                    </div>
+                    <div style="font-style: italic; font-size: small; color: darkgreen">added in 3.1.0</div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">{}</div>
+                </td>
+                    <td>
+                                <div>var: ansible_kubectl_local_env_vars</div>
+                    </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Local enviromantal variable to be passed locally to the kubectl command line.</div>
+                        <div>Please be aware that this passes information directly on the command line and it could expose sensitive data.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
@@ -354,7 +376,7 @@ Status
 Authors
 ~~~~~~~

- xuxinkun
+- xuxinkun (@xuxinkun)


 .. hint::
--- a/docs/kubernetes.core.kustomize_lookup.rst
+++ b/docs/kubernetes.core.kustomize_lookup.rst
@@ -77,6 +77,24 @@ Parameters
                        <div>If omitted, &#x27;.&#x27; is assumed.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>enable_helm</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">-</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">"False"</div>
+                </td>
+                    <td>
+                    </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Enable the helm chart inflation generator</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
@@ -112,17 +130,21 @@ Examples
 .. code-block:: yaml

    - name: Run lookup using kustomize
-      set_fact:
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        resources: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', binary_path='/path/to/kustomize') }}"

    - name: Run lookup using kubectl kustomize
-      set_fact:
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        resources: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', binary_path='/path/to/kubectl') }}"

    - name: Create kubernetes resources for lookup output
-      k8s:
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
        definition: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir='/path/to/kustomization') }}"

+    - name: Create kubernetes resources for lookup output with `--enable-helm` set
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        definition: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir='/path/to/kustomization', enable_helm=True) }}"
+


 Return Values
@@ -133,106 +155,27 @@ Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/late

    <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
        <tr>
-            <th colspan="2">Key</th>
+            <th colspan="1">Key</th>
            <th>Returned</th>
            <th width="100%">Description</th>
        </tr>
            <tr>
-                <td colspan="2">
+                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>_list</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
+                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td></td>
                <td>
-                            <div>One ore more object definitions returned from the tool execution.</div>
+                            <div>YAML string for the object definitions returned from the tool execution.</div>
                    <br/>
+                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
+                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">{&#x27;kind&#x27;: &#x27;ConfigMap&#x27;, &#x27;apiVersion&#x27;: &#x27;v1&#x27;, &#x27;metadata&#x27;: {&#x27;name&#x27;: &#x27;my-config-map&#x27;, &#x27;namespace&#x27;: &#x27;default&#x27;}, &#x27;data&#x27;: {&#x27;key1&#x27;: &#x27;val1&#x27;}}</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
-                                <tr>
-                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
-                <td colspan="1">
-                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
-                    <b>api_version</b>
-                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
-                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
-                    </div>
-                </td>
-                <td>success</td>
-                <td>
-                            <div>The versioned schema of this representation of an object.</div>
-                    <br/>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
-                <td colspan="1">
-                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
-                    <b>kind</b>
-                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
-                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
-                    </div>
-                </td>
-                <td>success</td>
-                <td>
-                            <div>Represents the REST resource this object represents.</div>
-                    <br/>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
-                <td colspan="1">
-                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
-                    <b>metadata</b>
-                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
-                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
-                    </div>
-                </td>
-                <td>success</td>
-                <td>
-                            <div>Standard object metadata. Includes name, namespace, annotations, labels, etc.</div>
-                    <br/>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
-                <td colspan="1">
-                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
-                    <b>spec</b>
-                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
-                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
-                    </div>
-                </td>
-                <td>success</td>
-                <td>
-                            <div>Specific attributes of the object. Will vary based on the <em>api_version</em> and <em>kind</em>.</div>
-                    <br/>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-                    <td class="elbow-placeholder">&nbsp;</td>
-                <td colspan="1">
-                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
-                    <b>status</b>
-                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
-                    <div style="font-size: small">
-                      <span style="color: purple">complex</span>
-                    </div>
-                </td>
-                <td>success</td>
-                <td>
-                            <div>Current status details for the object.</div>
-                    <br/>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
-
    </table>
    <br/><br/>

@@ -244,7 +187,7 @@ Status
 Authors
 ~~~~~~~

- Aubin Bikouo <@abikouo>
+- Aubin Bikouo (@abikouo)


 .. hint::
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ authors:
  - mmazur (https://github.com/mmazur)
  - jamescassell (https://github.com/jamescassell)
 description: Kubernetes Collection for Ansible.
-documentation: ''
-homepage: ''
+documentation: ""
+homepage: ""
 issues: https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues
 license_file: LICENSE
 namespace: kubernetes
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tags:
  - openshift
  - okd
  - cluster
-version: 2.2.0
+version: 4.0.0
 build_ignore:
  - .DS_Store
-  - '*.tar.gz'
+  - "*.tar.gz"
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: '>=2.9.17'
+requires_ansible: '>=2.14.0'

 action_groups:
  helm:
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ plugin_routing:
  inventory:
    openshift:
      redirect: community.okd.openshift
+    k8s:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 5.0.0
+        warning_text: >-
+          The k8s inventory plugin has been deprecated and
+          will be removed in release 5.0.0.
  modules:
    k8s_auth:
      redirect: community.okd.k8s_auth
--- a/plugins/action/k8s_info.py
+++ b/plugins/action/k8s_info.py
@@ -8,26 +8,53 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type

 import copy
-import traceback
 import os
+import platform
+import traceback
 from contextlib import contextmanager

-
 from ansible.config.manager import ensure_type
 from ansible.errors import (
-    AnsibleError,
-    AnsibleFileNotFound,
    AnsibleAction,
    AnsibleActionFail,
+    AnsibleError,
+    AnsibleFileNotFound,
 )
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
-from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types, iteritems
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text, to_bytes, to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems, string_types
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase


-class ActionModule(ActionBase):
+class RemoveOmit(object):
+    def __init__(self, buffer, omit_value):
+        try:
+            import yaml
+        except ImportError:
+            raise AnsibleError("Failed to import the required Python library (PyYAML).")
+        self.data = yaml.safe_load_all(buffer)
+        self.omit = omit_value

+    def remove_omit(self, data):
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            result = dict()
+            for key, value in iteritems(data):
+                if value == self.omit:
+                    continue
+                result[key] = self.remove_omit(value)
+            return result
+        if isinstance(data, list):
+            return [self.remove_omit(v) for v in data if v != self.omit]
+        return data
+
+    def output(self):
+        return [self.remove_omit(d) for d in self.data]
+
+
+ENV_KUBECONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR = ";" if platform.system() == "Windows" else ":"
+
+
+class ActionModule(ActionBase):
    TRANSFERS_FILES = True
    DEFAULT_NEWLINE_SEQUENCE = "\n"

@@ -180,6 +207,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                "'template' is only a supported parameter for the 'k8s' module."
            )

+        omit_value = task_vars.get("omit")
        template_params = []
        if isinstance(template, string_types) or isinstance(template, dict):
            template_params.append(self.get_template_args(template))
@@ -245,7 +273,10 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                    preserve_trailing_newlines=True,
                    escape_backslashes=False,
                )
-                result_template.append(result)
+                if omit_value is not None:
+                    result_template.extend(RemoveOmit(result, omit_value).output())
+                else:
+                    result_template.append(result)
        self._templar.available_variables = old_vars
        resource_definition = self._task.args.get("definition", None)
        if not resource_definition:
@@ -280,11 +311,15 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
            if not remote_transport:
                # kubeconfig is local
                # find in expected paths
-                kubeconfig = self._find_needle("files", kubeconfig)
+                configs = []
+                for config in kubeconfig.split(ENV_KUBECONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR):
+                    config = self._find_needle("files", config)

-                # decrypt kubeconfig found
-                actual_file = self._loader.get_real_file(kubeconfig, decrypt=True)
-                new_module_args["kubeconfig"] = actual_file
+                    # decrypt kubeconfig found
+                    configs.append(self._loader.get_real_file(config, decrypt=True))
+                new_module_args["kubeconfig"] = ENV_KUBECONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR.join(
+                    configs
+                )

        elif isinstance(kubeconfig, dict):
            new_module_args["kubeconfig"] = kubeconfig
@@ -295,7 +330,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
            )

    def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
-        """ handler for k8s options """
+        """handler for k8s options"""
        if task_vars is None:
            task_vars = dict()

@@ -323,7 +358,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
        # find the file in the expected search path
        src = self._task.args.get("src", None)

-        if src:
+        if src and not src.startswith(("http://", "https://", "ftp://")):
            if remote_transport:
                # src is on remote node
                result.update(
@@ -352,7 +387,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):

        local_path = self._task.args.get("local_path")
        state = self._task.args.get("state", None)
-        if local_path and state == "to_pod":
+        if local_path and state == "to_pod" and not remote_transport:
            new_module_args["local_path"] = self.get_file_realpath(local_path)

        # Execute the k8s_* module.
--- a/plugins/action/k8s_json_patch.py
+++ b/plugins/action/k8s_json_patch.py
--- a/plugins/connection/kubectl.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/kubectl.py
@@ -72,9 +72,19 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r"""
          - name: ansible_kubectl_extra_args
        env:
          - name: K8S_AUTH_EXTRA_ARGS
+      kubectl_local_env_vars:
+        description:
+          - Local enviromantal variable to be passed locally to the kubectl command line.
+          - Please be aware that this passes information directly on the command line and it could expose sensitive data.
+        default: {}
+        type: dict
+        version_added: 3.1.0
+        vars:
+          - name: ansible_kubectl_local_env_vars
      kubectl_kubeconfig:
        description:
          - Path to a kubectl config file. Defaults to I(~/.kube/config)
+          - The configuration can be provided as dictionary. Added in version 2.4.0.
        default: ''
        vars:
          - name: ansible_kubectl_kubeconfig
@@ -171,16 +181,18 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r"""
        aliases: [ kubectl_verify_ssl ]
 """

-import distutils.spawn
+import json
 import os
 import os.path
+import shutil
 import subprocess
+import tempfile

-from ansible.parsing.yaml.loader import AnsibleLoader
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleFileNotFound
-from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
-from ansible.plugins.connection import ConnectionBase, BUFSIZE
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
+from ansible.parsing.yaml.loader import AnsibleLoader
+from ansible.plugins.connection import BUFSIZE, ConnectionBase
 from ansible.utils.display import Display

 display = Display()
@@ -205,7 +217,7 @@ CONNECTION_OPTIONS = {


 class Connection(ConnectionBase):
-    """ Local kubectl based connections """
+    """Local kubectl based connections"""

    transport = CONNECTION_TRANSPORT
    connection_options = CONNECTION_OPTIONS
@@ -219,14 +231,15 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        # Note: kubectl runs commands as the user that started the container.
        # It is impossible to set the remote user for a kubectl connection.
        cmd_arg = "{0}_command".format(self.transport)
-        if cmd_arg in kwargs:
-            self.transport_cmd = kwargs[cmd_arg]
-        else:
-            self.transport_cmd = distutils.spawn.find_executable(self.transport)
-            if not self.transport_cmd:
-                raise AnsibleError(
-                    "{0} command not found in PATH".format(self.transport)
-                )
+        self.transport_cmd = kwargs.get(cmd_arg, shutil.which(self.transport))
+        if not self.transport_cmd:
+            raise AnsibleError("{0} command not found in PATH".format(self.transport))
+        self._file_to_delete = None
+
+    def delete_temporary_file(self):
+        if self._file_to_delete is not None:
+            os.remove(self._file_to_delete)
+            self._file_to_delete = None

    def _build_exec_cmd(self, cmd):
        """Build the local kubectl exec command to run cmd on remote_host"""
@@ -240,15 +253,27 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                # Translate verify_ssl to skip_verify_ssl, and output as string
                skip_verify_ssl = not self.get_option(key)
                local_cmd.append(
-                    u"{0}={1}".format(
+                    "{0}={1}".format(
                        self.connection_options[key], str(skip_verify_ssl).lower()
                    )
                )
                censored_local_cmd.append(
-                    u"{0}={1}".format(
+                    "{0}={1}".format(
                        self.connection_options[key], str(skip_verify_ssl).lower()
                    )
                )
+            elif key.endswith("kubeconfig") and self.get_option(key) != "":
+                kubeconfig_path = self.get_option(key)
+                if isinstance(kubeconfig_path, dict):
+                    fd, tmpfile = tempfile.mkstemp()
+                    with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as fp:
+                        json.dump(kubeconfig_path, fp)
+                    kubeconfig_path = tmpfile
+                    self._file_to_delete = tmpfile
+
+                cmd_arg = self.connection_options[key]
+                local_cmd += [cmd_arg, kubeconfig_path]
+                censored_local_cmd += [cmd_arg, kubeconfig_path]
            elif (
                not key.endswith("container")
                and self.get_option(key)
@@ -262,12 +287,12 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                else:
                    censored_local_cmd += [cmd_arg, self.get_option(key)]

-        extra_args_name = u"{0}_extra_args".format(self.transport)
+        extra_args_name = "{0}_extra_args".format(self.transport)
        if self.get_option(extra_args_name):
            local_cmd += self.get_option(extra_args_name).split(" ")
            censored_local_cmd += self.get_option(extra_args_name).split(" ")

-        pod = self.get_option(u"{0}_pod".format(self.transport))
+        pod = self.get_option("{0}_pod".format(self.transport))
        if not pod:
            pod = self._play_context.remote_addr
        # -i is needed to keep stdin open which allows pipelining to work
@@ -275,7 +300,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        censored_local_cmd += ["exec", "-i", pod]

        # if the pod has more than one container, then container is required
-        container_arg_name = u"{0}_container".format(self.transport)
+        container_arg_name = "{0}_container".format(self.transport)
        if self.get_option(container_arg_name):
            local_cmd += ["-c", self.get_option(container_arg_name)]
            censored_local_cmd += ["-c", self.get_option(container_arg_name)]
@@ -285,18 +310,31 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):

        return local_cmd, censored_local_cmd

+    def _local_env(self):
+        """Return a dict of local environment variables to pass to the kubectl command"""
+        local_env = {}
+        local_local_env_vars_name = "{0}_local_env_vars".format(self.transport)
+        local_env_vars = self.get_option(local_local_env_vars_name)
+        if local_env_vars:
+            if isinstance(local_env_vars, dict):
+                local_env_vars = json.dumps(local_env_vars)
+            local_env = os.environ.copy()
+            local_env.update(json.loads(local_env_vars))
+            return local_env
+        return None
+
    def _connect(self, port=None):
-        """ Connect to the container. Nothing to do """
+        """Connect to the container. Nothing to do"""
        super(Connection, self)._connect()
        if not self._connected:
            display.vvv(
-                u"ESTABLISH {0} CONNECTION".format(self.transport),
+                "ESTABLISH {0} CONNECTION".format(self.transport),
                host=self._play_context.remote_addr,
            )
            self._connected = True

    def exec_command(self, cmd, in_data=None, sudoable=False):
-        """ Run a command in the container """
+        """Run a command in the container"""
        super(Connection, self).exec_command(cmd, in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)

        local_cmd, censored_local_cmd = self._build_exec_cmd(
@@ -313,9 +351,11 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
            stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+            env=self._local_env(),
        )

        stdout, stderr = p.communicate(in_data)
+        self.delete_temporary_file()
        return (p.returncode, stdout, stderr)

    def _prefix_login_path(self, remote_path):
@@ -333,7 +373,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        return os.path.normpath(remote_path)

    def put_file(self, in_path, out_path):
-        """ Transfer a file from local to the container """
+        """Transfer a file from local to the container"""
        super(Connection, self).put_file(in_path, out_path)
        display.vvv(
            "PUT %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self._play_context.remote_addr
@@ -361,13 +401,18 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
            args = [to_bytes(i, errors="surrogate_or_strict") for i in args]
            try:
                p = subprocess.Popen(
-                    args, stdin=in_file, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
+                    args,
+                    stdin=in_file,
+                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                    stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                    env=self._local_env(),
                )
            except OSError:
                raise AnsibleError(
                    "kubectl connection requires dd command in the container to put files"
                )
            stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+            self.delete_temporary_file()

            if p.returncode != 0:
                raise AnsibleError(
@@ -376,7 +421,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                )

    def fetch_file(self, in_path, out_path):
-        """ Fetch a file from container to local. """
+        """Fetch a file from container to local."""
        super(Connection, self).fetch_file(in_path, out_path)
        display.vvv(
            "FETCH %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self._play_context.remote_addr
@@ -397,7 +442,11 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
        ) as out_file:
            try:
                p = subprocess.Popen(
-                    args, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=out_file, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
+                    args,
+                    stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+                    stdout=out_file,
+                    stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                    env=self._local_env(),
                )
            except OSError:
                raise AnsibleError(
@@ -406,6 +455,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                    )
                )
            stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+            self.delete_temporary_file()

            if p.returncode != 0:
                raise AnsibleError(
@@ -420,6 +470,6 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
            )

    def close(self):
-        """ Terminate the connection. Nothing to do for kubectl"""
+        """Terminate the connection. Nothing to do for kubectl"""
        super(Connection, self).close()
        self._connected = False
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/helm_common_options.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/helm_common_options.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type


 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-
    DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 options:
  binary_path:
@@ -30,18 +29,19 @@ options:
    description:
      - Helm option to specify kubeconfig path to use.
      - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG) will be used instead.
-    type: path
+      - The configuration can be provided as dictionary. Added in version 2.4.0.
+    type: raw
    aliases: [ kubeconfig_path ]
  host:
    description:
    - Provide a URL for accessing the API. Can also be specified via C(K8S_AUTH_HOST) environment variable.
    type: str
-    version_added: "1.2.0"
+    version_added: 1.2.0
  api_key:
    description:
    - Token used to authenticate with the API. Can also be specified via C(K8S_AUTH_API_KEY) environment variable.
    type: str
-    version_added: "1.2.0"
+    version_added: 1.2.0
  validate_certs:
    description:
    - Whether or not to verify the API server's SSL certificates. Can also be specified via C(K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL)
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ options:
    type: bool
    aliases: [ verify_ssl ]
    default: True
-    version_added: "1.2.0"
+    version_added: 1.2.0
  ca_cert:
    description:
    - Path to a CA certificate used to authenticate with the API. The full certificate chain must be provided to
      avoid certificate validation errors. Can also be specified via C(K8S_AUTH_SSL_CA_CERT) environment variable.
    type: path
    aliases: [ ssl_ca_cert ]
-    version_added: "1.2.0"
+    version_added: 1.2.0
 """
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_auth_options.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_auth_options.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type


 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-
    DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 options:
  host:
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ options:
      options are provided, the Kubernetes client will attempt to load the default
      configuration file from I(~/.kube/config). Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG environment
      variable.
+    - Multiple Kubernetes config file can be provided using separator ';' for Windows platform or ':' for others platforms.
    - The kubernetes configuration can be provided as dictionary. This feature requires a python kubernetes client version >= 17.17.0. Added in version 2.2.0.
    type: raw
  context:
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ options:
  impersonate_groups:
    description:
    - Group(s) to impersonate for the operation.
-    - "Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: 'Group1,Group2'"
+    - "Can also be specified via K8S_AUTH_IMPERSONATE_GROUPS environment. Example: Group1,Group2"
    type: list
    elements: str
    version_added: 2.3.0
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_delete_options.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_delete_options.py
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ __metaclass__ = type


 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-
    DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 options:
  delete_options:
    type: dict
-    version_added: '1.2.0'
+    version_added: 1.2.0
    description:
    - Configure behavior when deleting an object.
    - Only used when I(state=absent).
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_name_options.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_name_options.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type


 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-
    DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 options:
  api_version:
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_resource_options.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_resource_options.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type


 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-
    DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 options:
  resource_definition:
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ options:
    - Reads from the local file system. To read from the Ansible controller's file system, including vaulted files, use the file lookup
      plugin or template lookup plugin, combined with the from_yaml filter, and pass the result to
      I(resource_definition). See Examples below.
+    - The URL to manifest files that can be used to create the resource. Added in version 2.4.0.
    - Mutually exclusive with I(template) in case of M(kubernetes.core.k8s) module.
    type: path
 """
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_scale_options.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_scale_options.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type


 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-
    DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 options:
  replicas:
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_state_options.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_state_options.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type


 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-
    DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 options:
  state:
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_wait_options.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_wait_options.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type


 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-
    DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 options:
  wait:
--- a/plugins/filter/k8s_config_resource_name.yml
+++ b/plugins/filter/k8s_config_resource_name.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+DOCUMENTATION:
+  name: k8s_config_resource_name
+  short_description: Generate resource name for the given resource of type ConfigMap, Secret
+  description:
+    - Generate resource name for the given resource of type ConfigMap, Secret.
+    - Resource must have a C(metadata.name) key to generate a resource name
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description:
+        - A valid YAML definition for a ConfigMap or a Secret.
+      type: dict
+      required: true
+  author:
+    - ansible cloud team
+
+EXAMPLES: |
+  # Dump generated name for a configmap into a variable
+  - set_fact:
+      generated_name: '{{ definition | kubernetes.core.k8s_config_resource_name }}'
+    vars:
+      definition:
+        apiVersion: v1
+        kind: ConfigMap
+        metadata:
+          name: myconfigmap
+          namespace: mynamespace
+
+RETURN:
+  _value:
+    description: Generated resource name.
+    type: str
--- a/plugins/inventory/k8s.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/k8s.py
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
      - Uses the kubectl connection plugin to access the Kubernetes cluster.
      - Uses k8s.(yml|yaml) YAML configuration file to set parameter values.

+    deprecated:
+      removed_in: 5.0.0
+      why: |
+        As discussed in U(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/31), we decided to
+        remove the k8s inventory plugin in release 5.0.0.
+      alternative: "Use M(kubernetes.core.k8s_info) and M(ansible.builtin.add_host) instead."
+
    options:
      plugin:
         description: token that ensures this is a source file for the 'k8s' plugin.
@@ -86,49 +93,50 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
                    to access.

    requirements:
-    - "python >= 3.6"
-    - "kubernetes >= 12.0.0"
+    - "python >= 3.9"
+    - "kubernetes >= 24.2.0"
    - "PyYAML >= 3.11"
 """

-EXAMPLES = """
+EXAMPLES = r"""
 # File must be named k8s.yaml or k8s.yml

-# Authenticate with token, and return all pods and services for all namespaces
-plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
-connections:
-  - host: https://192.168.64.4:8443
-    api_key: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-    validate_certs: false
+- name: Authenticate with token, and return all pods and services for all namespaces
+  plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
+  connections:
+    - host: https://192.168.64.4:8443
+      api_key: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+      validate_certs: false

-# Use default config (~/.kube/config) file and active context, and return objects for a specific namespace
-plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
-connections:
-  - namespaces:
-    - testing
+- name: Use default config (~/.kube/config) file and active context, and return objects for a specific namespace
+  plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
+  connections:
+    - namespaces:
+        - testing

-# Use a custom config file, and a specific context.
-plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
-connections:
-  - kubeconfig: /path/to/config
-    context: 'awx/192-168-64-4:8443/developer'
+- name: Use a custom config file, and a specific context.
+  plugin: kubernetes.core.k8s
+  connections:
+    - kubeconfig: /path/to/config
+      context: 'awx/192-168-64-4:8443/developer'
 """

 import json

 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
-from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.common import (
-    K8sAnsibleMixin,
-    HAS_K8S_MODULE_HELPER,
-    k8s_import_exception,
-    get_api_client,
-)
-from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
+from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable, Constructable

 try:
    from kubernetes.dynamic.exceptions import DynamicApiError
-except ImportError:
-    pass
+
+    HAS_K8S_MODULE_HELPER = True
+    k8s_import_exception = None
+except ImportError as e:
+    HAS_K8S_MODULE_HELPER = False
+    k8s_import_exception = e
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.client import (
+    get_api_client,
+)


 def format_dynamic_api_exc(exc):
@@ -146,7 +154,7 @@ class K8sInventoryException(Exception):
    pass


-class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable, K8sAnsibleMixin):
+class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
    NAME = "kubernetes.core.k8s"

    connection_plugin = "kubernetes.core.kubectl"
@@ -154,6 +162,12 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable, K8sAnsibleM

    def parse(self, inventory, loader, path, cache=True):
        super(InventoryModule, self).parse(inventory, loader, path)
+
+        self.display.deprecated(
+            "The 'k8s' inventory plugin has been deprecated and will be removed in release 5.0.0",
+            version="5.0.0",
+            collection_name="kubernetes.core",
+        )
        cache_key = self._get_cache_prefix(path)
        config_data = self._read_config_data(path)
        self.setup(config_data, cache, cache_key)
@@ -179,7 +193,6 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable, K8sAnsibleM
            self.fetch_objects(connections)

    def fetch_objects(self, connections):
-
        if connections:
            if not isinstance(connections, list):
                raise K8sInventoryException("Expecting connections to be a list.")
--- a/plugins/lookup/k8s.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/k8s.py
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
        aliases: [ verify_ssl ]

    requirements:
-      - "python >= 3.6"
-      - "kubernetes >= 12.0.0"
+      - "python >= 3.9"
+      - "kubernetes >= 24.2.0"
      - "PyYAML >= 3.11"
 """

@@ -179,11 +179,12 @@ import os
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import KeysView
 from ansible.module_utils.common.validation import check_type_bool
-
-from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.common import (
-    K8sAnsibleMixin,
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.client import (
    get_api_client,
 )
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.resource import (
+    create_definitions,
+)

 try:
    enable_turbo_mode = check_type_bool(os.environ.get("ENABLE_TURBO_MODE"))
@@ -210,9 +211,8 @@ except ImportError as e:
    k8s_import_exception = e


-class KubernetesLookup(K8sAnsibleMixin):
+class KubernetesLookup(object):
    def __init__(self):
-
        if not HAS_K8S_MODULE_HELPER:
            raise Exception(
                "Requires the Kubernetes Python client. Try `pip install kubernetes`. Detail: {0}".format(
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class KubernetesLookup(K8sAnsibleMixin):

        cluster_info = kwargs.get("cluster_info")
        if cluster_info == "version":
-            return [self.client.version]
+            return [self.client.client.version]
        if cluster_info == "api_groups":
            if isinstance(self.client.resources.api_groups, KeysView):
                return [list(self.client.resources.api_groups)]
@@ -257,7 +257,12 @@ class KubernetesLookup(K8sAnsibleMixin):
        resource_definition = kwargs.get("resource_definition")
        src = kwargs.get("src")
        if src:
-            resource_definition = self.load_resource_definitions(src)[0]
+            definitions = create_definitions(params=dict(src=src))
+            if definitions:
+                self.kind = definitions[0].kind
+                self.name = definitions[0].name
+                self.namespace = definitions[0].namespace
+                self.api_version = definitions[0].api_version or "v1"
        if resource_definition:
            self.kind = resource_definition.get("kind", self.kind)
            self.api_version = resource_definition.get("apiVersion", self.api_version)
@@ -272,14 +277,15 @@ class KubernetesLookup(K8sAnsibleMixin):
                "using the 'resource_definition' parameter."
            )

-        resource = self.find_resource(self.kind, self.api_version, fail=True)
+        resource = self.client.resource(self.kind, self.api_version)
        try:
-            k8s_obj = resource.get(
+            params = dict(
                name=self.name,
                namespace=self.namespace,
                label_selector=self.label_selector,
                field_selector=self.field_selector,
            )
+            k8s_obj = self.client.get(resource, **params)
        except NotFoundError:
            return []

--- a/plugins/lookup/kustomize.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/kustomize.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """

    short_description: Build a set of kubernetes resources using a 'kustomization.yaml' file.

-    version_added: "2.2.0"
+    version_added: 2.2.0

    author:
      - Aubin Bikouo (@abikouo)
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
      opt_dirs:
        description:
        - An optional list of directories to search for the executable in addition to PATH.
+      enable_helm:
+        description:
+        - Enable the helm chart inflation generator
+        default: "False"

    requirements:
      - "python >= 3.6"
@@ -37,16 +41,20 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """

 EXAMPLES = """
 - name: Run lookup using kustomize
-  set_fact:
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    resources: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', binary_path='/path/to/kustomize') }}"

 - name: Run lookup using kubectl kustomize
-  set_fact:
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
    resources: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', binary_path='/path/to/kubectl') }}"

 - name: Create kubernetes resources for lookup output
-  k8s:
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
    definition: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir='/path/to/kustomization') }}"
+
+- name: Create kubernetes resources for lookup output with `--enable-helm` set
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    definition: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir='/path/to/kustomization', enable_helm=True) }}"
 """

 RETURN = """
@@ -64,13 +72,12 @@ RETURN = """
        key1: val1
 """

-from ansible.errors import AnsibleLookupError
-from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
-from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
-
-
 import subprocess

+from ansible.errors import AnsibleLookupError
+from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
+from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
+

 def get_binary_from_path(name, opt_dirs=None):
    opt_arg = {}
@@ -92,7 +99,14 @@ def run_command(command):

 class LookupModule(LookupBase):
    def run(
-        self, terms, variables=None, dir=".", binary_path=None, opt_dirs=None, **kwargs
+        self,
+        terms,
+        variables=None,
+        dir=".",
+        binary_path=None,
+        opt_dirs=None,
+        enable_helm=False,
+        **kwargs
    ):
        executable_path = binary_path
        if executable_path is None:
@@ -123,6 +137,9 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                )
            )

+        if enable_helm:
+            command += ["--enable-helm"]
+
        (out, err) = run_command(command)
        if err:
            raise AnsibleLookupError(
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_version.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Implements multiple version numbering conventions for the
 # Python Module Distribution Utilities.
 #
-# PSF License (see licenses/PSF-license.txt or https://opensource.org/licenses/Python-2.0)
+# PSF License (see PSF-license.txt or https://opensource.org/licenses/Python-2.0)
 #

 """Provides classes to represent module version numbers (one class for
--- a/plugins/module_utils/ansiblemodule.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/ansiblemodule.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ except TypeError:

 if enable_turbo_mode:
    try:
-        from ansible_collections.cloud.common.plugins.module_utils.turbo.module import (
+        from ansible_collections.cloud.common.plugins.module_utils.turbo.module import (  # noqa: F401
            AnsibleTurboModule as AnsibleModule,
-        )  # noqa: F401
+        )

        AnsibleModule.collection_name = "kubernetes.core"
    except ImportError:
--- a/plugins/module_utils/apply.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/apply.py
@@ -17,13 +17,19 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function

 __metaclass__ = type

-from collections import OrderedDict
 import json
+from collections import OrderedDict

 from ansible.module_utils.common.dict_transformations import dict_merge
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.exceptions import (
    ApplyException,
 )
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.core import (
+    gather_versions,
+)
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.version import (
+    LooseVersion,
+)

 try:
    from kubernetes.dynamic.exceptions import NotFoundError
@@ -131,7 +137,10 @@ def k8s_apply(resource, definition, **kwargs):
    existing, desired = apply_object(resource, definition)
    server_side = kwargs.get("server_side", False)
    if server_side:
-        body = json.dumps(definition).encode()
+        versions = gather_versions()
+        body = definition
+        if LooseVersion(versions["kubernetes"]) < LooseVersion("25.0.0"):
+            body = json.dumps(definition).encode()
        # server_side_apply is forces content_type to 'application/apply-patch+yaml'
        return resource.server_side_apply(
            body=body,
@@ -139,6 +148,8 @@ def k8s_apply(resource, definition, **kwargs):
            namespace=definition["metadata"].get("namespace"),
            force_conflicts=kwargs.get("force_conflicts"),
            field_manager=kwargs.get("field_manager"),
+            dry_run=kwargs.get("dry_run"),
+            serialize=kwargs.get("serialize"),
        )
    if not existing:
        return resource.create(
@@ -148,6 +159,7 @@ def k8s_apply(resource, definition, **kwargs):
        return resource.get(
            name=definition["metadata"]["name"],
            namespace=definition["metadata"].get("namespace"),
+            **kwargs
        )
    return resource.patch(
        body=desired,
--- a/plugins/module_utils/client/discovery.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/client/discovery.py
@@ -13,15 +13,18 @@
 # limitations under the License.


+import hashlib
 import json
 import os
-from collections import defaultdict
-import hashlib
 import tempfile
+from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import partial

 import kubernetes.dynamic
 import kubernetes.dynamic.discovery
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.client.resource import (
+    ResourceList,
+)
 from kubernetes import __version__
 from kubernetes.dynamic.exceptions import (
    ResourceNotFoundError,
@@ -29,10 +32,6 @@ from kubernetes.dynamic.exceptions import (
    ServiceUnavailableError,
 )

-from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.client.resource import (
-    ResourceList,
-)
-

 class Discoverer(kubernetes.dynamic.discovery.Discoverer):
    def __init__(self, client, cache_file):
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ class Discoverer(kubernetes.dynamic.discovery.Discoverer):
            self._write_cache()

    def get_resources_for_api_version(self, prefix, group, version, preferred):
-        """ returns a dictionary of resources associated with provided (prefix, group, version)"""
+        """returns a dictionary of resources associated with provided (prefix, group, version)"""

        resources = defaultdict(list)
        subresources = defaultdict(dict)
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ class Discoverer(kubernetes.dynamic.discovery.Discoverer):
            filter(lambda resource: "/" in resource["name"], resources_response)
        )
        for subresource in subresources_raw:
-            resource, name = subresource["name"].split("/")
+            resource, name = subresource["name"].split("/", 1)
            subresources[resource][name] = subresource

        for resource in resources_raw:
--- a/plugins/module_utils/common.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
--- a/plugins/module_utils/copy.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/copy.py
@@ -18,22 +18,26 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type

 import os
-from tempfile import TemporaryFile, NamedTemporaryFile
-from select import select
-from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 import tarfile
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+from select import select
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile, TemporaryFile
+
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native

 # from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.ansiblemodule import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.exceptions import (
+    CoreException,
+)

 try:
    from kubernetes.client.api import core_v1_api
    from kubernetes.stream import stream
    from kubernetes.stream.ws_client import (
-        STDOUT_CHANNEL,
-        STDERR_CHANNEL,
-        ERROR_CHANNEL,
        ABNF,
+        ERROR_CHANNEL,
+        STDERR_CHANNEL,
+        STDOUT_CHANNEL,
    )
 except ImportError:
    pass
@@ -61,6 +65,51 @@ class K8SCopy(metaclass=ABCMeta):
        self.container_arg = {}
        if module.params.get("container"):
            self.container_arg["container"] = module.params.get("container")
+        self.check_mode = self.module.check_mode
+
+    def _run_from_pod(self, cmd):
+        try:
+            resp = stream(
+                self.api_instance.connect_get_namespaced_pod_exec,
+                self.name,
+                self.namespace,
+                command=cmd,
+                async_req=False,
+                stderr=True,
+                stdin=False,
+                stdout=True,
+                tty=False,
+                _preload_content=False,
+                **self.container_arg,
+            )
+
+            stderr, stdout = [], []
+            while resp.is_open():
+                resp.update(timeout=1)
+                if resp.peek_stdout():
+                    stdout.extend(resp.read_stdout().rstrip("\n").split("\n"))
+                if resp.peek_stderr():
+                    stderr.extend(resp.read_stderr().rstrip("\n").split("\n"))
+            error = resp.read_channel(ERROR_CHANNEL)
+            resp.close()
+            error = yaml.safe_load(error)
+            return error, stdout, stderr
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.module.fail_json(
+                msg="Error while running/parsing from pod {1}/{2} command='{0}' : {3}".format(
+                    self.namespace, self.name, cmd, to_native(e)
+                )
+            )
+
+    def is_directory_path_from_pod(self, file_path, failed_if_not_exists=True):
+        # check if file exists
+        error, out, err = self._run_from_pod(cmd=["test", "-e", file_path])
+        if error.get("status") != "Success":
+            if failed_if_not_exists:
+                return None, "%s does not exist in remote pod filesystem" % file_path
+            return False, None
+        error, out, err = self._run_from_pod(cmd=["test", "-d", file_path])
+        return error.get("status") == "Success", None

    @abstractmethod
    def run(self):
@@ -75,56 +124,80 @@ class K8SCopyFromPod(K8SCopy):
    def __init__(self, module, client):
        super(K8SCopyFromPod, self).__init__(module, client)
        self.is_remote_path_dir = None
-        self.files_to_copy = list()
+        self.files_to_copy = []
+        self._shellname = None
+
+    @property
+    def pod_shell(self):
+        if self._shellname is None:
+            for s in ("/bin/sh", "/bin/bash"):
+                error, out, err = self._run_from_pod(s)
+                if error.get("status") == "Success":
+                    self._shellname = s
+                    break
+        return self._shellname
+
+    def listfiles_with_find(self, path):
+        find_cmd = ["find", path, "-type", "f"]
+        error, files, err = self._run_from_pod(cmd=find_cmd)
+        if error.get("status") != "Success":
+            self.module.fail_json(msg=error.get("message"))
+        return files
+
+    def listfile_with_echo(self, path):
+        echo_cmd = [
+            self.pod_shell,
+            "-c",
+            "echo {path}/* {path}/.*".format(
+                path=path.translate(str.maketrans({" ": r"\ "}))
+            ),
+        ]
+        error, out, err = self._run_from_pod(cmd=echo_cmd)
+        if error.get("status") != "Success":
+            self.module.fail_json(msg=error.get("message"))
+
+        files = []
+        if out:
+            output = out[0] + " "
+            files = [
+                os.path.join(path, p[:-1])
+                for p in output.split(f"{path}/")
+                if p and p[:-1] not in (".", "..")
+            ]
+
+        result = []
+        for f in files:
+            is_dir, err = self.is_directory_path_from_pod(f)
+            if err:
+                continue
+            if not is_dir:
+                result.append(f)
+                continue
+            result += self.listfile_with_echo(f)
+        return result

    def list_remote_files(self):
        """
        This method will check if the remote path is a dir or file
        if it is a directory the file list will be updated accordingly
        """
-        try:
-            find_cmd = ["find", self.remote_path, "-type", "f", "-name", "*"]
-            response = stream(
-                self.api_instance.connect_get_namespaced_pod_exec,
-                self.name,
-                self.namespace,
-                command=find_cmd,
-                stdout=True,
-                stderr=True,
-                stdin=False,
-                tty=False,
-                _preload_content=False,
-                **self.container_arg
-            )
-        except Exception as e:
-            self.module.fail_json(
-                msg="Failed to execute on pod {0}/{1} due to : {2}".format(
-                    self.namespace, self.name, to_native(e)
-                )
-            )
-        stderr = []
-        while response.is_open():
-            response.update(timeout=1)
-            if response.peek_stdout():
-                self.files_to_copy.extend(
-                    response.read_stdout().rstrip("\n").split("\n")
-                )
-            if response.peek_stderr():
-                err = response.read_stderr()
-                if "No such file or directory" in err:
-                    self.module.fail_json(
-                        msg="{0} does not exist in remote pod filesystem".format(
-                            self.remote_path
-                        )
-                    )
-                stderr.append(err)
-        error = response.read_channel(ERROR_CHANNEL)
-        response.close()
-        error = yaml.safe_load(error)
-        if error["status"] != "Success":
-            self.module.fail_json(
-                msg="Failed to execute on Pod due to: {0}".format(error)
+        # check is remote path exists and is a file or directory
+        is_dir, error = self.is_directory_path_from_pod(self.remote_path)
+        if error:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg=error)
+
+        if not is_dir:
+            return [self.remote_path]
+        else:
+            # find executable to list dir with
+            executables = dict(
+                find=self.listfiles_with_find,
+                echo=self.listfile_with_echo,
            )
+            for item in executables:
+                error, out, err = self._run_from_pod(item)
+                if error.get("status") == "Success":
+                    return executables.get(item)(self.remote_path)

    def read(self):
        self.stdout = None
@@ -159,40 +232,42 @@ class K8SCopyFromPod(K8SCopy):
        if is_remote_path_dir and os.path.isdir(self.local_path):
            relpath_start = os.path.dirname(self.remote_path)

-        for remote_file in self.files_to_copy:
-            dest_file = self.local_path
-            if is_remote_path_dir:
-                dest_file = os.path.join(
-                    self.local_path, os.path.relpath(remote_file, start=relpath_start)
-                )
-                # create directory to copy file in
-                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dest_file), exist_ok=True)
+        if not self.check_mode:
+            for remote_file in self.files_to_copy:
+                dest_file = self.local_path
+                if is_remote_path_dir:
+                    dest_file = os.path.join(
+                        self.local_path,
+                        os.path.relpath(remote_file, start=relpath_start),
+                    )
+                    # create directory to copy file in
+                    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dest_file), exist_ok=True)

-            pod_command = ["cat", remote_file]
-            self.response = stream(
-                self.api_instance.connect_get_namespaced_pod_exec,
-                self.name,
-                self.namespace,
-                command=pod_command,
-                stderr=True,
-                stdin=True,
-                stdout=True,
-                tty=False,
-                _preload_content=False,
-                **self.container_arg
-            )
-            errors = []
-            with open(dest_file, "wb") as fh:
-                while self.response._connected:
-                    self.read()
-                    if self.stdout:
-                        fh.write(self.stdout)
-                    if self.stderr:
-                        errors.append(self.stderr)
-            if errors:
-                self.module.fail_json(
-                    msg="Failed to copy file from Pod: {0}".format("".join(errors))
+                pod_command = ["cat", remote_file]
+                self.response = stream(
+                    self.api_instance.connect_get_namespaced_pod_exec,
+                    self.name,
+                    self.namespace,
+                    command=pod_command,
+                    stderr=True,
+                    stdin=True,
+                    stdout=True,
+                    tty=False,
+                    _preload_content=False,
+                    **self.container_arg,
                )
+                errors = []
+                with open(dest_file, "wb") as fh:
+                    while self.response._connected:
+                        self.read()
+                        if self.stdout:
+                            fh.write(self.stdout)
+                        if self.stderr:
+                            errors.append(self.stderr)
+                if errors:
+                    self.module.fail_json(
+                        msg="Failed to copy file from Pod: {0}".format("".join(errors))
+                    )
        self.module.exit_json(
            changed=True,
            result="{0} successfully copied locally into {1}".format(
@@ -201,7 +276,7 @@ class K8SCopyFromPod(K8SCopy):
        )

    def run(self):
-        self.list_remote_files()
+        self.files_to_copy = self.list_remote_files()
        if self.files_to_copy == []:
            self.module.exit_json(
                changed=False,
@@ -221,56 +296,6 @@ class K8SCopyToPod(K8SCopy):
        super(K8SCopyToPod, self).__init__(module, client)
        self.files_to_copy = list()

-    def run_from_pod(self, command):
-        response = stream(
-            self.api_instance.connect_get_namespaced_pod_exec,
-            self.name,
-            self.namespace,
-            command=command,
-            stderr=True,
-            stdin=False,
-            stdout=True,
-            tty=False,
-            _preload_content=False,
-            **self.container_arg
-        )
-        errors = []
-        while response.is_open():
-            response.update(timeout=1)
-            if response.peek_stderr():
-                errors.append(response.read_stderr())
-        response.close()
-        err = response.read_channel(ERROR_CHANNEL)
-        err = yaml.safe_load(err)
-        response.close()
-        if err["status"] != "Success":
-            self.module.fail_json(
-                msg="Failed to run {0} on Pod.".format(command), errors=errors
-            )
-
-    def is_remote_path_dir(self):
-        pod_command = ["test", "-d", self.remote_path]
-        response = stream(
-            self.api_instance.connect_get_namespaced_pod_exec,
-            self.name,
-            self.namespace,
-            command=pod_command,
-            stdout=True,
-            stderr=True,
-            stdin=False,
-            tty=False,
-            _preload_content=False,
-            **self.container_arg
-        )
-        while response.is_open():
-            response.update(timeout=1)
-        err = response.read_channel(ERROR_CHANNEL)
-        err = yaml.safe_load(err)
-        response.close()
-        if err["status"] == "Success":
-            return True
-        return False
-
    def close_temp_file(self):
        if self.named_temp_file:
            self.named_temp_file.close()
@@ -293,7 +318,12 @@ class K8SCopyToPod(K8SCopy):
            if not os.access(self.local_path, os.R_OK):
                self.module.fail_json(msg="{0} not readable".format(self.local_path))

-        if self.is_remote_path_dir():
+        is_dir, err = self.is_directory_path_from_pod(
+            self.remote_path, failed_if_not_exists=False
+        )
+        if err:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg=err)
+        if is_dir:
            if self.content:
                self.module.fail_json(
                    msg="When content is specified, remote path should not be an existing directory"
@@ -301,66 +331,67 @@ class K8SCopyToPod(K8SCopy):
            else:
                dest_file = os.path.join(dest_file, os.path.basename(src_file))

-        if self.no_preserve:
-            tar_command = [
-                "tar",
-                "--no-same-permissions",
-                "--no-same-owner",
-                "-xmf",
-                "-",
-            ]
-        else:
-            tar_command = ["tar", "-xmf", "-"]
+        if not self.check_mode:
+            if self.no_preserve:
+                tar_command = [
+                    "tar",
+                    "--no-same-permissions",
+                    "--no-same-owner",
+                    "-xmf",
+                    "-",
+                ]
+            else:
+                tar_command = ["tar", "-xmf", "-"]

-        if dest_file.startswith("/"):
-            tar_command.extend(["-C", "/"])
+            if dest_file.startswith("/"):
+                tar_command.extend(["-C", "/"])

-        response = stream(
-            self.api_instance.connect_get_namespaced_pod_exec,
-            self.name,
-            self.namespace,
-            command=tar_command,
-            stderr=True,
-            stdin=True,
-            stdout=True,
-            tty=False,
-            _preload_content=False,
-            **self.container_arg
-        )
-        with TemporaryFile() as tar_buffer:
-            with tarfile.open(fileobj=tar_buffer, mode="w") as tar:
-                tar.add(src_file, dest_file)
-            tar_buffer.seek(0)
-            commands = []
-            # push command in chunk mode
-            size = 1024 * 1024
-            while True:
-                data = tar_buffer.read(size)
-                if not data:
-                    break
-                commands.append(data)
+            response = stream(
+                self.api_instance.connect_get_namespaced_pod_exec,
+                self.name,
+                self.namespace,
+                command=tar_command,
+                stderr=True,
+                stdin=True,
+                stdout=True,
+                tty=False,
+                _preload_content=False,
+                **self.container_arg,
+            )
+            with TemporaryFile() as tar_buffer:
+                with tarfile.open(fileobj=tar_buffer, mode="w") as tar:
+                    tar.add(src_file, dest_file)
+                tar_buffer.seek(0)
+                commands = []
+                # push command in chunk mode
+                size = 1024 * 1024
+                while True:
+                    data = tar_buffer.read(size)
+                    if not data:
+                        break
+                    commands.append(data)

-            stderr, stdout = [], []
-            while response.is_open():
-                if response.peek_stdout():
-                    stdout.append(response.read_stdout().rstrip("\n"))
-                if response.peek_stderr():
-                    stderr.append(response.read_stderr().rstrip("\n"))
-                if commands:
-                    cmd = commands.pop(0)
-                    response.write_stdin(cmd)
-                else:
-                    break
-            response.close()
-            if stderr:
-                self.close_temp_file()
-                self.module.fail_json(
-                    command=tar_command,
-                    msg="Failed to copy local file/directory into Pod due to: {0}".format(
-                        "".join(stderr)
-                    ),
-                )
-        self.close_temp_file()
+                stderr, stdout = [], []
+                while response.is_open():
+                    if response.peek_stdout():
+                        stdout.append(response.read_stdout().rstrip("\n"))
+                    if response.peek_stderr():
+                        stderr.append(response.read_stderr().rstrip("\n"))
+                    if commands:
+                        cmd = commands.pop(0)
+                        response.write_stdin(cmd)
+                    else:
+                        break
+                response.close()
+                if stderr:
+                    self.close_temp_file()
+                    self.module.fail_json(
+                        command=tar_command,
+                        msg="Failed to copy local file/directory into Pod due to: {0}".format(
+                            "".join(stderr)
+                        ),
+                    )
+            self.close_temp_file()
        if self.content:
            self.module.exit_json(
                changed=True,
@@ -376,17 +407,24 @@ class K8SCopyToPod(K8SCopy):
        )


-def check_pod(k8s_ansible_mixin, module):
-    resource = k8s_ansible_mixin.find_resource("Pod", None, True)
+def check_pod(svc):
+    module = svc.module
    namespace = module.params.get("namespace")
    name = module.params.get("pod")
    container = module.params.get("container")

+    try:
+        resource = svc.find_resource("Pod", None, True)
+    except CoreException as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(e))
+
    def _fail(exc):
        arg = {}
        if hasattr(exc, "body"):
-            msg = "Namespace={0} Kind=Pod Name={1}: Failed requested object: {2}".format(
-                namespace, name, exc.body
+            msg = (
+                "Namespace={0} Kind=Pod Name={1}: Failed requested object: {2}".format(
+                    namespace, name, exc.body
+                )
            )
        else:
            msg = to_native(exc)
@@ -396,7 +434,7 @@ def check_pod(k8s_ansible_mixin, module):
        module.fail_json(msg=msg, **arg)

    try:
-        result = resource.get(name=name, namespace=namespace)
+        result = svc.client.get(resource, name=name, namespace=namespace)
        containers = [
            c["name"] for c in result.to_dict()["status"]["containerStatuses"]
        ]
--- a/plugins/module_utils/exceptions.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/exceptions.py
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ __metaclass__ = type


 class ApplyException(Exception):
-    """ Could not apply patch """
+    """Could not apply patch"""
--- a/plugins/module_utils/hashes.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/hashes.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function

 __metaclass__ = type

-import json
 import hashlib
+import json

 try:
    import string
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ except ImportError:

 def sorted_dict(unsorted_dict):
    result = OrderedDict()
-    for (k, v) in sorted(unsorted_dict.items()):
+    for k, v in sorted(unsorted_dict.items()):
        if isinstance(v, dict):
            v = sorted_dict(v)
        result[k] = v
--- a/plugins/module_utils/helm.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/helm.py
@@ -7,131 +7,30 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type


-from contextlib import contextmanager
+import copy
+import json
 import os
+import re
 import tempfile
 import traceback
-import re
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib

+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
+from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.version import (
+    LooseVersion,
+)

 try:
    import yaml

    HAS_YAML = True
+    YAML_IMP_ERR = None
 except ImportError:
    YAML_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
    HAS_YAML = False


-@contextmanager
-def prepare_helm_environ_update(module):
-    environ_update = {}
-    file_to_cleam_up = None
-    kubeconfig_path = module.params.get("kubeconfig")
-    if module.params.get("context") is not None:
-        environ_update["HELM_KUBECONTEXT"] = module.params.get("context")
-    if module.params.get("release_namespace"):
-        environ_update["HELM_NAMESPACE"] = module.params.get("release_namespace")
-    if module.params.get("api_key"):
-        environ_update["HELM_KUBETOKEN"] = module.params["api_key"]
-    if module.params.get("host"):
-        environ_update["HELM_KUBEAPISERVER"] = module.params["host"]
-    if module.params.get("validate_certs") is False or module.params.get("ca_cert"):
-        kubeconfig_path = write_temp_kubeconfig(
-            module.params["host"],
-            validate_certs=module.params["validate_certs"],
-            ca_cert=module.params["ca_cert"],
-        )
-        file_to_cleam_up = kubeconfig_path
-    if kubeconfig_path is not None:
-        environ_update["KUBECONFIG"] = kubeconfig_path
-
-    try:
-        yield environ_update
-    finally:
-        if file_to_cleam_up:
-            os.remove(file_to_cleam_up)
-
-
-def run_helm(module, command, fails_on_error=True):
-    if not HAS_YAML:
-        module.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib("PyYAML"), exception=YAML_IMP_ERR)
-
-    with prepare_helm_environ_update(module) as environ_update:
-        rc, out, err = module.run_command(command, environ_update=environ_update)
-    if fails_on_error and rc != 0:
-        module.fail_json(
-            msg="Failure when executing Helm command. Exited {0}.\nstdout: {1}\nstderr: {2}".format(
-                rc, out, err
-            ),
-            stdout=out,
-            stderr=err,
-            command=command,
-        )
-    return rc, out, err
-
-
-def get_values(module, command, release_name):
-    """
-    Get Values from deployed release
-    """
-    if not HAS_YAML:
-        module.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib("PyYAML"), exception=YAML_IMP_ERR)
-
-    get_command = command + " get values --output=yaml " + release_name
-
-    rc, out, err = run_helm(module, get_command)
-    # Helm 3 return "null" string when no values are set
-    if out.rstrip("\n") == "null":
-        return {}
-    return yaml.safe_load(out)
-
-
-def write_temp_kubeconfig(server, validate_certs=True, ca_cert=None):
-    # Workaround until https://github.com/helm/helm/pull/8622 is merged
-    content = {
-        "apiVersion": "v1",
-        "kind": "Config",
-        "clusters": [{"cluster": {"server": server}, "name": "generated-cluster"}],
-        "contexts": [
-            {"context": {"cluster": "generated-cluster"}, "name": "generated-context"}
-        ],
-        "current-context": "generated-context",
-    }
-
-    if not validate_certs:
-        content["clusters"][0]["cluster"]["insecure-skip-tls-verify"] = True
-    if ca_cert:
-        content["clusters"][0]["cluster"]["certificate-authority"] = ca_cert
-
-    _fd, file_name = tempfile.mkstemp()
-    with os.fdopen(_fd, "w") as fp:
-        yaml.dump(content, fp)
-    return file_name
-
-
-def get_helm_plugin_list(module, helm_bin=None):
-    """
-    Return `helm plugin list`
-    """
-    if not helm_bin:
-        return []
-    helm_plugin_list = helm_bin + " list"
-    rc, out, err = run_helm(module, helm_plugin_list)
-    if rc != 0 or (out == "" and err == ""):
-        module.fail_json(
-            msg="Failed to get Helm plugin info",
-            command=helm_plugin_list,
-            stdout=out,
-            stderr=err,
-            rc=rc,
-        )
-    return (rc, out, err)
-
-
-def parse_helm_plugin_list(module, output=None):
+def parse_helm_plugin_list(output=None):
    """
    Parse `helm plugin list`, return list of plugins
    """
@@ -153,12 +52,246 @@ def parse_helm_plugin_list(module, output=None):
    return ret


-def get_helm_version(module, helm_bin):
+def write_temp_kubeconfig(server, validate_certs=True, ca_cert=None, kubeconfig=None):
+    # Workaround until https://github.com/helm/helm/pull/8622 is merged
+    content = {
+        "apiVersion": "v1",
+        "kind": "Config",
+        "clusters": [{"cluster": {"server": server}, "name": "generated-cluster"}],
+        "contexts": [
+            {"context": {"cluster": "generated-cluster"}, "name": "generated-context"}
+        ],
+        "current-context": "generated-context",
+    }
+    if kubeconfig:
+        content = copy.deepcopy(kubeconfig)

-    helm_version_command = helm_bin + " version"
-    rc, out, err = module.run_command(helm_version_command)
-    if rc == 0:
+    for cluster in content["clusters"]:
+        if server:
+            cluster["cluster"]["server"] = server
+        if not validate_certs:
+            cluster["cluster"]["insecure-skip-tls-verify"] = True
+        if ca_cert:
+            cluster["cluster"]["certificate-authority"] = ca_cert
+    return content
+
+
+class AnsibleHelmModule(object):
+
+    """
+    An Ansible module class for Kubernetes.core helm modules
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        self._module = None
+        if "module" in kwargs:
+            self._module = kwargs.get("module")
+        else:
+            self._module = AnsibleModule(**kwargs)
+
+        self.helm_env = None
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        return getattr(self._module, name)
+
+    @property
+    def params(self):
+        return self._module.params
+
+    def _prepare_helm_environment(self):
+        param_to_env_mapping = [
+            ("context", "HELM_KUBECONTEXT"),
+            ("release_namespace", "HELM_NAMESPACE"),
+            ("api_key", "HELM_KUBETOKEN"),
+            ("host", "HELM_KUBEAPISERVER"),
+        ]
+
+        env_update = {}
+        for p, env in param_to_env_mapping:
+            if self.params.get(p):
+                env_update[env] = self.params.get(p)
+
+        kubeconfig_content = None
+        kubeconfig = self.params.get("kubeconfig")
+        if kubeconfig:
+            if isinstance(kubeconfig, string_types):
+                with open(os.path.expanduser(kubeconfig)) as fd:
+                    kubeconfig_content = yaml.safe_load(fd)
+            elif isinstance(kubeconfig, dict):
+                kubeconfig_content = kubeconfig
+
+        if self.params.get("ca_cert"):
+            ca_cert = self.params.get("ca_cert")
+            if LooseVersion(self.get_helm_version()) < LooseVersion("3.5.0"):
+                # update certs from kubeconfig
+                kubeconfig_content = write_temp_kubeconfig(
+                    server=self.params.get("host"),
+                    ca_cert=ca_cert,
+                    kubeconfig=kubeconfig_content,
+                )
+            else:
+                env_update["HELM_KUBECAFILE"] = ca_cert
+
+        if self.params.get("validate_certs") is False:
+            validate_certs = self.params.get("validate_certs")
+            if LooseVersion(self.get_helm_version()) < LooseVersion("3.10.0"):
+                # update certs from kubeconfig
+                kubeconfig_content = write_temp_kubeconfig(
+                    server=self.params.get("host"),
+                    validate_certs=validate_certs,
+                    kubeconfig=kubeconfig_content,
+                )
+            else:
+                env_update["HELM_KUBEINSECURE_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY"] = "true"
+
+        if kubeconfig_content:
+            fd, kubeconfig_path = tempfile.mkstemp()
+            with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as fp:
+                json.dump(kubeconfig_content, fp)
+
+            env_update["KUBECONFIG"] = kubeconfig_path
+            self.add_cleanup_file(kubeconfig_path)
+
+        return env_update
+
+    @property
+    def env_update(self):
+        if self.helm_env is None:
+            self.helm_env = self._prepare_helm_environment()
+        return self.helm_env
+
+    def run_helm_command(self, command, fails_on_error=True):
+        if not HAS_YAML:
+            self.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib("PyYAML"), exception=YAML_IMP_ERR)
+
+        rc, out, err = self.run_command(command, environ_update=self.env_update)
+        if fails_on_error and rc != 0:
+            self.fail_json(
+                msg="Failure when executing Helm command. Exited {0}.\nstdout: {1}\nstderr: {2}".format(
+                    rc, out, err
+                ),
+                stdout=out,
+                stderr=err,
+                command=command,
+            )
+        return rc, out, err
+
+    def get_helm_binary(self):
+        return self.params.get("binary_path") or self.get_bin_path(
+            "helm", required=True
+        )
+
+    def get_helm_version(self):
+        command = self.get_helm_binary() + " version"
+        rc, out, err = self.run_command(command)
        m = re.match(r'version.BuildInfo{Version:"v([0-9\.]*)",', out)
        if m:
            return m.group(1)
-    return None
+        m = re.match(r'Client: &version.Version{SemVer:"v([0-9\.]*)", ', out)
+        if m:
+            return m.group(1)
+        return None
+
+    def get_values(self, release_name, get_all=False):
+        """
+        Get Values from deployed release
+        """
+        if not HAS_YAML:
+            self.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib("PyYAML"), exception=YAML_IMP_ERR)
+
+        get_command = (
+            self.get_helm_binary() + " get values --output=yaml " + release_name
+        )
+
+        if get_all:
+            get_command += " -a"
+
+        rc, out, err = self.run_helm_command(get_command)
+        # Helm 3 return "null" string when no values are set
+        if out.rstrip("\n") == "null":
+            return {}
+        return yaml.safe_load(out)
+
+    def parse_yaml_content(self, content):
+        if not HAS_YAML:
+            self.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib("yaml"), exception=HAS_YAML)
+
+        try:
+            return list(yaml.safe_load_all(content))
+        except (IOError, yaml.YAMLError) as exc:
+            self.fail_json(
+                msg="Error parsing YAML content: {0}".format(exc), raw_data=content
+            )
+
+    def get_manifest(self, release_name):
+        command = [
+            self.get_helm_binary(),
+            "get",
+            "manifest",
+            release_name,
+        ]
+        rc, out, err = self.run_helm_command(" ".join(command))
+        if rc != 0:
+            self.fail_json(msg=err)
+        return self.parse_yaml_content(out)
+
+    def get_notes(self, release_name):
+        command = [
+            self.get_helm_binary(),
+            "get",
+            "notes",
+            release_name,
+        ]
+        rc, out, err = self.run_helm_command(" ".join(command))
+        if rc != 0:
+            self.fail_json(msg=err)
+        return out
+
+    def get_hooks(self, release_name):
+        command = [
+            self.get_helm_binary(),
+            "get",
+            "hooks",
+            release_name,
+        ]
+        rc, out, err = self.run_helm_command(" ".join(command))
+        if rc != 0:
+            self.fail_json(msg=err)
+        return self.parse_yaml_content(out)
+
+    def get_helm_plugin_list(self):
+        """
+        Return `helm plugin list`
+        """
+        helm_plugin_list = self.get_helm_binary() + " plugin list"
+        rc, out, err = self.run_helm_command(helm_plugin_list)
+        if rc != 0 or (out == "" and err == ""):
+            self.fail_json(
+                msg="Failed to get Helm plugin info",
+                command=helm_plugin_list,
+                stdout=out,
+                stderr=err,
+                rc=rc,
+            )
+        return (rc, out, err, helm_plugin_list)
+
+    def get_helm_set_values_args(self, set_values):
+        if any(v.get("value_type") == "json" for v in set_values):
+            if LooseVersion(self.get_helm_version()) < LooseVersion("3.10.0"):
+                self.fail_json(
+                    msg="This module requires helm >= 3.10.0, to use set_values parameter with value type set to 'json'. current version is {0}".format(
+                        self.get_helm_version()
+                    )
+                )
+
+        options = []
+        for opt in set_values:
+            value_type = opt.get("value_type", "raw")
+            value = opt.get("value")
+
+            if value_type == "raw":
+                options.append("--set " + value)
+            else:
+                options.append("--set-{0} '{1}'".format(value_type, value))
+
+        return " ".join(options)
--- a/plugins/module_utils/helm_args_common.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/helm_args_common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import env_fallback
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+HELM_AUTH_ARG_SPEC = dict(
+    binary_path=dict(type="path"),
+    context=dict(
+        type="str",
+        aliases=["kube_context"],
+        fallback=(env_fallback, ["K8S_AUTH_CONTEXT"]),
+    ),
+    kubeconfig=dict(
+        type="raw",
+        aliases=["kubeconfig_path"],
+        fallback=(env_fallback, ["K8S_AUTH_KUBECONFIG"]),
+    ),
+    host=dict(type="str", fallback=(env_fallback, ["K8S_AUTH_HOST"])),
+    ca_cert=dict(
+        type="path",
+        aliases=["ssl_ca_cert"],
+        fallback=(env_fallback, ["K8S_AUTH_SSL_CA_CERT"]),
+    ),
+    validate_certs=dict(
+        type="bool",
+        default=True,
+        aliases=["verify_ssl"],
+        fallback=(env_fallback, ["K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL"]),
+    ),
+    api_key=dict(
+        type="str",
+        no_log=True,
+        fallback=(env_fallback, ["K8S_AUTH_API_KEY"]),
+    ),
+)
+
+HELM_AUTH_MUTUALLY_EXCLUSIVE = [
+    ("context", "ca_cert"),
+    ("context", "validate_certs"),
+]
--- a/plugins/module_utils/k8s/client.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/k8s/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,367 @@
+# Copyright: (c) 2021, Red Hat | Ansible
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+import hashlib
+import os
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+
+from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems, string_types
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.args_common import (
+    AUTH_ARG_MAP,
+    AUTH_ARG_SPEC,
+    AUTH_PROXY_HEADERS_SPEC,
+)
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.core import (
+    requires as _requires,
+)
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.exceptions import (
+    CoreException,
+)
+
+try:
+    from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils import (
+        k8sdynamicclient,
+    )
+    from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.client.discovery import (
+        LazyDiscoverer,
+    )
+except ImportError:
+    # Handled in module setup
+    pass
+
+try:
+    import kubernetes
+    from kubernetes.dynamic.exceptions import (
+        ResourceNotFoundError,
+        ResourceNotUniqueError,
+    )
+    from kubernetes.dynamic.resource import Resource
+except ImportError:
+    # kubernetes import error is handled in module setup
+    # This is defined only for the sake of Ansible's checked import requirement
+    Resource = Any  # type: ignore
+
+try:
+    import urllib3
+
+    urllib3.disable_warnings()
+except ImportError:
+    # Handled in module setup
+    pass
+
+
+_pool = {}
+
+
+class unique_string(str):
+    _low = None
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return id(self)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self is other
+
+    def lower(self):
+        if self._low is None:
+            lower = str.lower(self)
+            if str.__eq__(lower, self):
+                self._low = self
+            else:
+                self._low = unique_string(lower)
+        return self._low
+
+
+def _create_auth_spec(module=None, **kwargs) -> Dict:
+    auth: Dict = {}
+    # If authorization variables aren't defined, look for them in environment variables
+    for true_name, arg_name in AUTH_ARG_MAP.items():
+        if module and module.params.get(arg_name) is not None:
+            auth[true_name] = module.params.get(arg_name)
+        elif arg_name in kwargs and kwargs.get(arg_name) is not None:
+            auth[true_name] = kwargs.get(arg_name)
+        elif true_name in kwargs and kwargs.get(true_name) is not None:
+            # Aliases in kwargs
+            auth[true_name] = kwargs.get(true_name)
+        elif arg_name == "proxy_headers":
+            # specific case for 'proxy_headers' which is a dictionary
+            proxy_headers = {}
+            for key in AUTH_PROXY_HEADERS_SPEC.keys():
+                env_value = os.getenv(
+                    "K8S_AUTH_PROXY_HEADERS_{0}".format(key.upper()), None
+                )
+                if env_value is not None:
+                    if AUTH_PROXY_HEADERS_SPEC[key].get("type") == "bool":
+                        env_value = env_value.lower() not in ["0", "false", "no"]
+                    proxy_headers[key] = env_value
+            if proxy_headers is not {}:
+                auth[true_name] = proxy_headers
+        else:
+            env_value = os.getenv(
+                "K8S_AUTH_{0}".format(arg_name.upper()), None
+            ) or os.getenv("K8S_AUTH_{0}".format(true_name.upper()), None)
+            if env_value is not None:
+                if AUTH_ARG_SPEC[arg_name].get("type") == "bool":
+                    env_value = env_value.lower() not in ["0", "false", "no"]
+                auth[true_name] = env_value
+
+    return auth
+
+
+def _load_config(auth: Dict) -> None:
+    kubeconfig = auth.get("kubeconfig")
+    optional_arg = {
+        "context": auth.get("context"),
+        "persist_config": auth.get("persist_config"),
+    }
+    if kubeconfig:
+        if isinstance(kubeconfig, string_types):
+            kubernetes.config.load_kube_config(config_file=kubeconfig, **optional_arg)
+        elif isinstance(kubeconfig, dict):
+            kubernetes.config.load_kube_config_from_dict(
+                config_dict=kubeconfig, **optional_arg
+            )
+    else:
+        kubernetes.config.load_kube_config(config_file=None, **optional_arg)
+
+
+def _create_configuration(auth: Dict):
+    def auth_set(*names: list) -> bool:
+        return all(auth.get(name) for name in names)
+
+    if auth_set("host"):
+        # Removing trailing slashes if any from hostname
+        auth["host"] = auth.get("host").rstrip("/")
+
+    if (
+        auth_set("username", "password", "host")
+        or auth_set("api_key", "host")
+        or auth_set("cert_file", "key_file", "host")
+    ):
+        # We have enough in the parameters to authenticate, no need to load incluster or kubeconfig
+        pass
+    elif auth_set("kubeconfig") or auth_set("context"):
+        try:
+            _load_config(auth)
+        except Exception as err:
+            raise err
+
+    else:
+        # First try to do incluster config, then kubeconfig
+        try:
+            kubernetes.config.load_incluster_config()
+        except kubernetes.config.ConfigException:
+            try:
+                _load_config(auth)
+            except Exception as err:
+                raise err
+
+    # Override any values in the default configuration with Ansible parameters
+    # As of kubernetes-client v12.0.0, get_default_copy() is required here
+    try:
+        configuration = kubernetes.client.Configuration().get_default_copy()
+    except AttributeError:
+        configuration = kubernetes.client.Configuration()
+
+    for key, value in iteritems(auth):
+        if key in AUTH_ARG_MAP.keys() and value is not None:
+            if key == "api_key":
+                setattr(
+                    configuration, key, {"authorization": "Bearer {0}".format(value)}
+                )
+            elif key == "proxy_headers":
+                headers = urllib3.util.make_headers(**value)
+                setattr(configuration, key, headers)
+            else:
+                setattr(configuration, key, value)
+
+    return configuration
+
+
+def _create_headers(module=None, **kwargs):
+    header_map = {
+        "impersonate_user": "Impersonate-User",
+        "impersonate_groups": "Impersonate-Group",
+    }
+
+    headers = {}
+    for arg_name, header_name in header_map.items():
+        value = None
+        if module and module.params.get(arg_name) is not None:
+            value = module.params.get(arg_name)
+        elif arg_name in kwargs and kwargs.get(arg_name) is not None:
+            value = kwargs.get(arg_name)
+        else:
+            value = os.getenv("K8S_AUTH_{0}".format(arg_name.upper()), None)
+            if value is not None:
+                if AUTH_ARG_SPEC[arg_name].get("type") == "list":
+                    value = [x for x in value.split(",") if x != ""]
+        if value:
+            headers[header_name] = value
+    return headers
+
+
+def _configuration_digest(configuration, **kwargs) -> str:
+    m = hashlib.sha256()
+    for k in AUTH_ARG_MAP:
+        if not hasattr(configuration, k):
+            v = None
+        else:
+            v = getattr(configuration, k)
+        if v and k in ["ssl_ca_cert", "cert_file", "key_file"]:
+            with open(str(v), "r") as fd:
+                content = fd.read()
+                m.update(content.encode())
+        else:
+            m.update(str(v).encode())
+    for k, v in kwargs.items():
+        content = "{0}: {1}".format(k, v)
+        m.update(content.encode())
+    digest = m.hexdigest()
+
+    return digest
+
+
+def _set_header(client, header, value):
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        for v in value:
+            client.set_default_header(header_name=unique_string(header), header_value=v)
+    else:
+        client.set_default_header(header_name=header, header_value=value)
+
+
+def cache(func):
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        client = None
+        hashable_kwargs = {}
+        for k, v in kwargs.items():
+            if isinstance(v, list):
+                hashable_kwargs[k] = ",".join(sorted(v))
+            else:
+                hashable_kwargs[k] = v
+        digest = _configuration_digest(*args, **hashable_kwargs)
+        if digest in _pool:
+            client = _pool[digest]
+        else:
+            client = func(*args, **kwargs)
+            _pool[digest] = client
+
+        return client
+
+    return wrapper
+
+
+@cache
+def create_api_client(configuration, **headers):
+    client = kubernetes.client.ApiClient(configuration)
+    for header, value in headers.items():
+        _set_header(client, header, value)
+    return k8sdynamicclient.K8SDynamicClient(client, discoverer=LazyDiscoverer)
+
+
+class K8SClient:
+    """A Client class for K8S modules.
+
+    This class has the primary purpose to proxy the kubernetes client and resource objects.
+    If there is a need for other methods or attributes to be proxied, they can be added here.
+    """
+
+    K8S_SERVER_DRY_RUN = "All"
+
+    def __init__(self, configuration, client, dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
+        self.configuration = configuration
+        self.client = client
+        self.dry_run = dry_run
+
+    @property
+    def resources(self) -> List[Any]:
+        return self.client.resources
+
+    def _find_resource_with_prefix(
+        self, prefix: str, kind: str, api_version: str
+    ) -> Resource:
+        for attribute in ["kind", "name", "singular_name"]:
+            try:
+                return self.client.resources.get(
+                    **{"prefix": prefix, "api_version": api_version, attribute: kind}
+                )
+            except (ResourceNotFoundError, ResourceNotUniqueError):
+                pass
+        return self.client.resources.get(
+            prefix=prefix, api_version=api_version, short_names=[kind]
+        )
+
+    def resource(self, kind: str, api_version: str) -> Resource:
+        """Fetch a kubernetes client resource.
+
+        This will attempt to find a kubernetes resource trying, in order, kind,
+        name, singular_name and short_names.
+        """
+        try:
+            if api_version == "v1":
+                return self._find_resource_with_prefix("api", kind, api_version)
+        except ResourceNotFoundError:
+            pass
+        return self._find_resource_with_prefix(None, kind, api_version)
+
+    def _ensure_dry_run(self, params: Dict) -> Dict:
+        if self.dry_run:
+            params["dry_run"] = self.K8S_SERVER_DRY_RUN
+        return params
+
+    def validate(
+        self, resource, version: Optional[str] = None, strict: Optional[bool] = False
+    ):
+        return self.client.validate(resource, version, strict)
+
+    def get(self, resource, **params):
+        return resource.get(**params)
+
+    def delete(self, resource, **params):
+        return resource.delete(**self._ensure_dry_run(params))
+
+    def apply(self, resource, definition, namespace, **params):
+        return resource.apply(
+            definition, namespace=namespace, **self._ensure_dry_run(params)
+        )
+
+    def create(self, resource, definition, **params):
+        return resource.create(definition, **self._ensure_dry_run(params))
+
+    def replace(self, resource, definition, **params):
+        return resource.replace(definition, **self._ensure_dry_run(params))
+
+    def patch(self, resource, definition, **params):
+        return resource.patch(definition, **self._ensure_dry_run(params))
+
+
+def get_api_client(module=None, **kwargs: Optional[Any]) -> K8SClient:
+    auth_spec = _create_auth_spec(module, **kwargs)
+    if module:
+        requires = module.requires
+    else:
+        requires = _requires
+    if isinstance(auth_spec.get("kubeconfig"), dict):
+        requires("kubernetes", "17.17.0", "to use in-memory config")
+    if auth_spec.get("no_proxy"):
+        requires("kubernetes", "19.15.0", "to use the no_proxy feature")
+
+    try:
+        configuration = _create_configuration(auth_spec)
+        headers = _create_headers(module, **kwargs)
+        client = create_api_client(configuration, **headers)
+    except kubernetes.config.ConfigException as e:
+        msg = "Could not create API client: {0}".format(e)
+        raise CoreException(msg) from e
+
+    dry_run = False
+    if module and module.server_side_dry_run:
+        dry_run = True
+
+    k8s_client = K8SClient(
+        configuration=configuration,
+        client=client,
+        dry_run=dry_run,
+    )
+
+    return k8s_client
--- a/plugins/module_utils/k8s/core.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/k8s/core.py
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+import traceback
+from typing import Optional
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.version import (
+    LooseVersion,
+)
+
+
+class AnsibleK8SModule:
+    """A base module class for K8S modules.
+
+    This class should be used instead of directly using AnsibleModule. If there
+    is a need for other methods or attributes to be proxied, they can be added
+    here.
+    """
+
+    default_settings = {
+        "check_k8s": True,
+        "check_pyyaml": True,
+        "module_class": AnsibleModule,
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None:
+        local_settings = {}
+        for key in AnsibleK8SModule.default_settings:
+            try:
+                local_settings[key] = kwargs.pop(key)
+            except KeyError:
+                local_settings[key] = AnsibleK8SModule.default_settings[key]
+        self.settings = local_settings
+
+        self._module = self.settings["module_class"](**kwargs)
+
+        if self.settings["check_k8s"]:
+            self.requires("kubernetes")
+            self.has_at_least("kubernetes", "24.2.0", warn=True)
+
+        if self.settings["check_pyyaml"]:
+            self.requires("pyyaml")
+
+    @property
+    def check_mode(self):
+        return self._module.check_mode
+
+    @property
+    def server_side_dry_run(self):
+        return self.check_mode and self.has_at_least("kubernetes", "18.20.0")
+
+    @property
+    def _diff(self):
+        return self._module._diff
+
+    @property
+    def _name(self):
+        return self._module._name
+
+    @property
+    def params(self):
+        return self._module.params
+
+    def warn(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._module.warn(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def deprecate(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._module.deprecate(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def debug(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._module.debug(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def exit_json(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._module.exit_json(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def fail_json(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._module.fail_json(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def fail_from_exception(self, exception):
+        msg = to_text(exception)
+        tb = "".join(
+            traceback.format_exception(None, exception, exception.__traceback__)
+        )
+        return self.fail_json(msg=msg, exception=tb)
+
+    def has_at_least(
+        self, dependency: str, minimum: Optional[str] = None, warn: bool = False
+    ) -> bool:
+        supported = has_at_least(dependency, minimum)
+        if not supported and warn:
+            self.warn(
+                "{0}<{1} is not supported or tested. Some features may not work.".format(
+                    dependency, minimum
+                )
+            )
+        return supported
+
+    def requires(
+        self,
+        dependency: str,
+        minimum: Optional[str] = None,
+        reason: Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        try:
+            requires(dependency, minimum, reason=reason)
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail_json(msg=to_text(e))
+
+
+def gather_versions() -> dict:
+    versions = {}
+    try:
+        import jsonpatch
+
+        versions["jsonpatch"] = jsonpatch.__version__
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+    try:
+        import kubernetes
+
+        versions["kubernetes"] = kubernetes.__version__
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+    try:
+        import kubernetes_validate
+
+        versions["kubernetes-validate"] = kubernetes_validate.__version__
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+    try:
+        import yaml
+
+        versions["pyyaml"] = yaml.__version__
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+    return versions
+
+
+def has_at_least(dependency: str, minimum: Optional[str] = None) -> bool:
+    """Check if a specific dependency is present at a minimum version.
+
+    If a minimum version is not specified it will check only that the
+    dependency is present.
+    """
+    dependencies = gather_versions()
+    current = dependencies.get(dependency)
+    if current is not None:
+        if minimum is None:
+            return True
+        supported = LooseVersion(current) >= LooseVersion(minimum)
+        return supported
+    return False
+
+
+def requires(
+    dependency: str, minimum: Optional[str] = None, reason: Optional[str] = None
+) -> None:
+    """Fail if a specific dependency is not present at a minimum version.
+
+    If a minimum version is not specified it will require only that the
+    dependency is present. This function raises an exception when the
+    dependency is not found at the required version.
+    """
+    if not has_at_least(dependency, minimum):
+        if minimum is not None:
+            lib = "{0}>={1}".format(dependency, minimum)
+        else:
+            lib = dependency
+        raise Exception(missing_required_lib(lib, reason=reason))
--- a/plugins/module_utils/k8s/exceptions.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/k8s/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Copyright: (c) 2021, Red Hat | Ansible
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+
+class CoreException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class ResourceTimeout(CoreException):
+    def __init__(self, message="", result=None):
+        self.result = result or {}
+        super().__init__(message)
--- a/plugins/module_utils/k8s/resource.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/k8s/resource.py
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+# Copyright: (c) 2021, Red Hat | Ansible
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+import os
+from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Union, cast
+
+from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import Request
+
+try:
+    import yaml
+except ImportError:
+    # Handled in module setup
+    pass
+
+
+class ResourceDefinition(dict):
+    """Representation of a resource definition.
+
+    This is a thin wrapper around a dictionary representation of a resource
+    definition, with a few properties defined for conveniently accessing the
+    commonly used fields.
+    """
+
+    @property
+    def kind(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        return self.get("kind")
+
+    @property
+    def api_version(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        return self.get("apiVersion")
+
+    @property
+    def namespace(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        metadata = self.get("metadata", {})
+        return metadata.get("namespace")
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        metadata = self.get("metadata", {})
+        return metadata.get("name")
+
+
+def create_definitions(params: Dict) -> List[ResourceDefinition]:
+    """Create a list of ResourceDefinitions from module inputs.
+
+    This will take the module's inputs and return a list of ResourceDefintion
+    objects. The resource definitions returned by this function should be as
+    complete a definition as we can create based on the input. Any *List kinds
+    will be removed and replaced by the resources contained in it.
+    """
+    if params.get("resource_definition"):
+        d = cast(Union[str, List, Dict], params.get("resource_definition"))
+        definitions = from_yaml(d)
+    elif params.get("src"):
+        d = cast(str, params.get("src"))
+        if hasattr(d, "startswith") and d.startswith(("https://", "http://", "ftp://")):
+            data = Request().open("GET", d).read().decode("utf8")
+            definitions = from_yaml(data)
+        else:
+            definitions = from_file(d)
+    else:
+        # We'll create an empty definition and let merge_params set values
+        # from the module parameters.
+        definitions = [{}]
+
+    resource_definitions: List[Dict] = []
+    for definition in definitions:
+        merge_params(definition, params)
+        kind = cast(Optional[str], definition.get("kind"))
+        if kind and kind.endswith("List"):
+            resource_definitions += flatten_list_kind(definition, params)
+        else:
+            resource_definitions.append(definition)
+    return list(map(ResourceDefinition, resource_definitions))
+
+
+def from_yaml(definition: Union[str, List, Dict]) -> Iterable[Dict]:
+    """Load resource definitions from a yaml definition."""
+    definitions: List[Dict] = []
+    if isinstance(definition, string_types):
+        definitions += yaml.safe_load_all(definition)
+    elif isinstance(definition, list):
+        for item in definition:
+            if isinstance(item, string_types):
+                definitions += yaml.safe_load_all(item)
+            else:
+                definitions.append(item)
+    else:
+        definition = cast(Dict, definition)
+        definitions.append(definition)
+    return filter(None, definitions)
+
+
+def from_file(filepath: str) -> Iterable[Dict]:
+    """Load resource definitions from a path to a yaml file."""
+    path = os.path.normpath(filepath)
+    with open(path, "rb") as f:
+        definitions = list(yaml.safe_load_all(f))
+    return filter(None, definitions)
+
+
+def merge_params(definition: Dict, params: Dict) -> Dict:
+    """Merge module parameters with the resource definition.
+
+    Fields in the resource definition take precedence over module parameters.
+    """
+    definition.setdefault("kind", params.get("kind"))
+    definition.setdefault("apiVersion", params.get("api_version"))
+    metadata = definition.setdefault("metadata", {})
+    # The following should only be set if we have values for them
+    if params.get("namespace"):
+        metadata.setdefault("namespace", params.get("namespace"))
+    if params.get("name"):
+        metadata.setdefault("name", params.get("name"))
+    if params.get("generate_name"):
+        metadata.setdefault("generateName", params.get("generate_name"))
+    return definition
+
+
+def flatten_list_kind(definition: Dict, params: Dict) -> List[Dict]:
+    """Replace *List kind with the items it contains.
+
+    This will take a definition for a *List resource and return a list of
+    definitions for the items contained within the List.
+    """
+    items = []
+    kind = cast(str, definition.get("kind"))[:-4]
+    api_version = definition.get("apiVersion")
+    for item in definition.get("items", []):
+        item.setdefault("kind", kind)
+        item.setdefault("apiVersion", api_version)
+        items.append(merge_params(item, params))
+    return items
--- a/plugins/module_utils/k8s/runner.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/k8s/runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+# Copyright: (c) 2021, Red Hat | Ansible
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from typing import Dict
+
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.client import (
+    get_api_client,
+)
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.exceptions import (
+    CoreException,
+    ResourceTimeout,
+)
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.resource import (
+    create_definitions,
+)
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.service import (
+    K8sService,
+    diff_objects,
+    hide_fields,
+)
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.waiter import exists
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.selector import (
+    LabelSelectorFilter,
+)
+
+
+def validate(client, module, resource):
+    def _prepend_resource_info(resource, msg):
+        return "%s %s: %s" % (resource["kind"], resource["metadata"]["name"], msg)
+
+    module.requires("kubernetes-validate")
+
+    warnings, errors = client.validate(
+        resource,
+        module.params["validate"].get("version"),
+        module.params["validate"].get("strict"),
+    )
+
+    if errors and module.params["validate"]["fail_on_error"]:
+        module.fail_json(
+            msg="\n".join([_prepend_resource_info(resource, error) for error in errors])
+        )
+    return [_prepend_resource_info(resource, msg) for msg in warnings + errors]
+
+
+def get_definitions(svc, params):
+    try:
+        definitions = create_definitions(params)
+    except Exception as e:
+        msg = "Failed to load resource definition: {0}".format(e)
+        raise CoreException(msg) from e
+
+    delete_all = params.get("delete_all")
+    src = params.get("src")
+    resource_definition = params.get("resource_definition")
+    name = params.get("name")
+    state = params.get("state")
+
+    if (
+        delete_all
+        and state == "absent"
+        and name is None
+        and resource_definition is None
+        and src is None
+    ):
+        # Delete all resources in the namespace for the specified resource type
+        if params.get("kind") is None:
+            raise CoreException(
+                "'kind' option is required to specify the resource type."
+            )
+
+        resource = svc.find_resource(
+            params.get("kind"), params.get("api_version"), fail=True
+        )
+        definitions = svc.retrieve_all(
+            resource,
+            params.get("namespace"),
+            params.get("label_selectors"),
+        )
+
+    return definitions
+
+
+def run_module(module) -> None:
+    results = []
+    changed = False
+    client = get_api_client(module)
+    svc = K8sService(client, module)
+
+    definitions = get_definitions(svc, module.params)
+
+    for definition in definitions:
+        result = {"changed": False, "result": {}}
+        warnings = []
+
+        if module.params.get("validate") is not None:
+            warnings = validate(client, module, definition)
+
+        try:
+            result = perform_action(svc, definition, module.params)
+        except Exception as e:
+            try:
+                error = e.result
+            except AttributeError:
+                error = {}
+            try:
+                error["reason"] = e.__cause__.reason
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
+            error["msg"] = to_native(e)
+            if warnings:
+                error.setdefault("warnings", []).extend(warnings)
+
+            if module.params.get("continue_on_error"):
+                result["error"] = error
+            else:
+                module.fail_json(**error)
+
+        if warnings:
+            result.setdefault("warnings", []).extend(warnings)
+        changed |= result["changed"]
+        results.append(result)
+
+    if len(results) == 1:
+        module.exit_json(**results[0])
+
+    module.exit_json(**{"changed": changed, "result": {"results": results}})
+
+
+def perform_action(svc, definition: Dict, params: Dict) -> Dict:
+    origin_name = definition["metadata"].get("name")
+    namespace = definition["metadata"].get("namespace")
+    label_selectors = params.get("label_selectors")
+    state = params.get("state", None)
+    kind = definition.get("kind")
+    api_version = definition.get("apiVersion")
+    hidden_fields = params.get("hidden_fields")
+
+    result = {"changed": False, "result": {}}
+    instance = {}
+    warnings = []
+
+    resource = svc.find_resource(kind, api_version, fail=True)
+    definition["kind"] = resource.kind
+    definition["apiVersion"] = resource.group_version
+    existing = svc.retrieve(resource, definition)
+
+    if state == "absent":
+        if exists(existing) and existing.kind.endswith("List"):
+            instance = []
+            for item in existing.items:
+                r = svc.delete(resource, item, existing)
+                instance.append(r)
+        else:
+            instance = svc.delete(resource, definition, existing)
+        result["method"] = "delete"
+        if exists(existing):
+            result["changed"] = True
+    else:
+        if label_selectors:
+            filter_selector = LabelSelectorFilter(label_selectors)
+            if not filter_selector.isMatching(definition):
+                result["changed"] = False
+                result["msg"] = (
+                    "resource 'kind={kind},name={name},namespace={namespace}' "
+                    "filtered by label_selectors.".format(
+                        kind=kind,
+                        name=origin_name,
+                        namespace=namespace,
+                    )
+                )
+                return result
+
+        if params.get("apply"):
+            instance, warnings = svc.apply(resource, definition, existing)
+            result["method"] = "apply"
+        elif not existing:
+            if state == "patched":
+                result.setdefault("warnings", []).append(
+                    "resource 'kind={kind},name={name}' was not found but will not be "
+                    "created as 'state' parameter has been set to '{state}'".format(
+                        kind=kind, name=definition["metadata"].get("name"), state=state
+                    )
+                )
+                return result
+            instance, warnings = svc.create(resource, definition)
+            result["method"] = "create"
+            result["changed"] = True
+        elif params.get("force", False):
+            instance, warnings = svc.replace(resource, definition, existing)
+            result["method"] = "replace"
+        else:
+            instance, warnings = svc.update(resource, definition, existing)
+            result["method"] = "update"
+
+    if warnings:
+        result["warnings"] = warnings
+
+    # If needed, wait and/or create diff
+    success = True
+
+    if result["method"] == "delete":
+        # wait logic is a bit different for delete as `instance` may be a status object
+        if params.get("wait") and not svc.module.check_mode:
+            success, waited, duration = svc.wait(resource, definition)
+            result["duration"] = duration
+    else:
+        if params.get("wait") and not svc.module.check_mode:
+            success, instance, duration = svc.wait(resource, instance)
+            result["duration"] = duration
+
+    if result["method"] not in ("create", "delete"):
+        if existing:
+            existing = existing.to_dict()
+        else:
+            existing = {}
+        match, diffs = diff_objects(existing, instance, hidden_fields)
+        if match and diffs:
+            result.setdefault("warnings", []).append(
+                "No meaningful diff was generated, but the API may not be idempotent "
+                "(only metadata.generation or metadata.resourceVersion were changed)"
+            )
+        result["changed"] = not match
+        if svc.module._diff:
+            result["diff"] = diffs
+
+    result["result"] = hide_fields(instance, hidden_fields)
+    if not success:
+        raise ResourceTimeout(
+            '"{0}" "{1}": Timed out waiting on resource'.format(
+                definition["kind"], origin_name
+            ),
+            result,
+        )
+
+    return result
--- a/plugins/module_utils/k8s/service.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/k8s/service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,622 @@
+# Copyright: (c) 2021, Red Hat | Ansible
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+import copy
+from json import loads
+from re import compile
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+from ansible.module_utils.common.dict_transformations import dict_merge
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.hashes import (
+    generate_hash,
+)
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.core import requires
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.exceptions import (
+    CoreException,
+)
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.waiter import (
+    Waiter,
+    exists,
+    get_waiter,
+    resource_absent,
+)
+
+try:
+    from kubernetes.dynamic.exceptions import (
+        BadRequestError,
+        ConflictError,
+        ForbiddenError,
+        MethodNotAllowedError,
+        NotFoundError,
+        ResourceNotFoundError,
+        ResourceNotUniqueError,
+    )
+except ImportError:
+    # Handled in module setup
+    pass
+
+try:
+    from kubernetes.dynamic.resource import Resource, ResourceInstance
+except ImportError:
+    # These are defined only for the sake of Ansible's checked import requirement
+    Resource = Any  # type: ignore
+    ResourceInstance = Any  # type: ignore
+
+try:
+    from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.apply import (
+        apply_object,
+    )
+except ImportError:
+    # Handled in module setup
+    pass
+
+try:
+    from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.apply import (
+        recursive_diff,
+    )
+except ImportError:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.dict_transformations import recursive_diff
+
+
+try:
+    from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.common import (
+        _encode_stringdata,
+    )
+except ImportError:
+    # Handled in module setup
+    pass
+
+
+class K8sService:
+    """A Service class for K8S modules.
+    This class has the primary purpose is to perform work on the cluster (e.g., create, apply, replace, update, delete).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, client, module) -> None:
+        self.client = client
+        self.module = module
+
+    @property
+    def _client_side_dry_run(self):
+        return self.module.check_mode and not self.client.dry_run
+
+    def find_resource(
+        self, kind: str, api_version: str, fail: bool = False
+    ) -> Optional[Resource]:
+        try:
+            return self.client.resource(kind, api_version)
+        except (ResourceNotFoundError, ResourceNotUniqueError):
+            if fail:
+                raise CoreException(
+                    "Failed to find exact match for %s.%s by [kind, name, singularName, shortNames]"
+                    % (api_version, kind)
+                )
+
+    def wait(
+        self, resource: Resource, instance: Dict
+    ) -> Tuple[bool, Optional[Dict], int]:
+        wait_sleep = self.module.params.get("wait_sleep")
+        wait_timeout = self.module.params.get("wait_timeout")
+        wait_condition = None
+        if self.module.params.get("wait_condition") and self.module.params[
+            "wait_condition"
+        ].get("type"):
+            wait_condition = self.module.params["wait_condition"]
+        state = "present"
+        if self.module.params.get("state") == "absent":
+            state = "absent"
+        label_selectors = self.module.params.get("label_selectors")
+
+        waiter = get_waiter(
+            self.client, resource, condition=wait_condition, state=state
+        )
+        return waiter.wait(
+            timeout=wait_timeout,
+            sleep=wait_sleep,
+            name=instance["metadata"].get("name"),
+            namespace=instance["metadata"].get("namespace"),
+            label_selectors=label_selectors,
+        )
+
+    def create_project_request(self, definition: Dict) -> Dict:
+        definition["kind"] = "ProjectRequest"
+        results = {"changed": False, "result": {}}
+        resource = self.find_resource(
+            "ProjectRequest", definition["apiVersion"], fail=True
+        )
+        if not self.module.check_mode:
+            try:
+                k8s_obj = self.client.create(resource, definition)
+                results["result"] = k8s_obj.to_dict()
+            except Exception as e:
+                reason = e.body if hasattr(e, "body") else e
+                msg = "Failed to create object: {0}".format(reason)
+                raise CoreException(msg) from e
+
+        results["changed"] = True
+
+        return results
+
+    def patch_resource(
+        self,
+        resource: Resource,
+        definition: Dict,
+        name: str,
+        namespace: str,
+        merge_type: str = None,
+    ) -> Tuple[Dict, List[str]]:
+        try:
+            params = dict(name=name, namespace=namespace, serialize=False)
+            if merge_type:
+                params["content_type"] = "application/{0}-patch+json".format(merge_type)
+            return decode_response(self.client.patch(resource, definition, **params))
+        except Exception as e:
+            reason = e.body if hasattr(e, "body") else e
+            msg = "Failed to patch object: {0}".format(reason)
+            raise CoreException(msg) from e
+
+    def retrieve(self, resource: Resource, definition: Dict) -> ResourceInstance:
+        state = self.module.params.get("state", None)
+        append_hash = self.module.params.get("append_hash", False)
+        name = definition["metadata"].get("name")
+        generate_name = definition["metadata"].get("generateName")
+        namespace = definition["metadata"].get("namespace")
+        label_selectors = self.module.params.get("label_selectors")
+        existing: ResourceInstance = None
+
+        try:
+            # ignore append_hash for resources other than ConfigMap and Secret
+            if append_hash and definition["kind"] in ["ConfigMap", "Secret"]:
+                if name:
+                    name = "%s-%s" % (name, generate_hash(definition))
+                    definition["metadata"]["name"] = name
+                elif generate_name:
+                    definition["metadata"]["generateName"] = "%s-%s" % (
+                        generate_name,
+                        generate_hash(definition),
+                    )
+            params = {}
+            if name:
+                params["name"] = name
+            if namespace:
+                params["namespace"] = namespace
+            if label_selectors:
+                params["label_selector"] = ",".join(label_selectors)
+            if "name" in params or "label_selector" in params:
+                existing = self.client.get(resource, **params)
+        except (NotFoundError, MethodNotAllowedError):
+            pass
+        except ForbiddenError as e:
+            if (
+                definition["kind"] in ["Project", "ProjectRequest"]
+                and state != "absent"
+            ):
+                return self.create_project_request(definition)
+            reason = e.body if hasattr(e, "body") else e
+            msg = "Failed to retrieve requested object: {0}".format(reason)
+            raise CoreException(msg) from e
+        except Exception as e:
+            reason = e.body if hasattr(e, "body") else e
+            msg = "Failed to retrieve requested object: {0}".format(reason)
+            raise CoreException(msg) from e
+
+        return existing
+
+    def retrieve_all(
+        self, resource: Resource, namespace: str, label_selectors: List[str] = None
+    ) -> List[Dict]:
+        definitions: List[ResourceInstance] = []
+
+        try:
+            params = dict(namespace=namespace)
+            if label_selectors:
+                params["label_selector"] = ",".join(label_selectors)
+            resource_list = self.client.get(resource, **params)
+            for item in resource_list.items:
+                existing = self.client.get(
+                    resource, name=item.metadata.name, namespace=namespace
+                )
+                definitions.append(existing.to_dict())
+        except (NotFoundError, MethodNotAllowedError):
+            pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            reason = e.body if hasattr(e, "body") else e
+            msg = "Failed to retrieve requested object: {0}".format(reason)
+            raise CoreException(msg) from e
+
+        return definitions
+
+    def find(
+        self,
+        kind: str,
+        api_version: str,
+        name: str = None,
+        namespace: Optional[str] = None,
+        label_selectors: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        field_selectors: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        wait: Optional[bool] = False,
+        wait_sleep: Optional[int] = 5,
+        wait_timeout: Optional[int] = 120,
+        state: Optional[str] = "present",
+        condition: Optional[Dict] = None,
+        hidden_fields: Optional[List] = None,
+    ) -> Dict:
+        resource = self.find_resource(kind, api_version)
+        api_found = bool(resource)
+        if not api_found:
+            return dict(
+                resources=[],
+                msg='Failed to find API for resource with apiVersion "{0}" and kind "{1}"'.format(
+                    api_version, kind
+                ),
+                api_found=False,
+            )
+
+        if not label_selectors:
+            label_selectors = []
+        if not field_selectors:
+            field_selectors = []
+
+        result = {"resources": [], "api_found": True}
+
+        # With a timeout of 0 the waiter will do a single check and return, effectively not waiting.
+        if not wait:
+            wait_timeout = 0
+
+        if state == "present":
+            predicate = exists
+        else:
+            predicate = resource_absent
+
+        waiter = Waiter(self.client, resource, predicate)
+
+        # This is an initial check to get the resource or resources that we then need to wait on individually.
+        try:
+            success, resources, duration = waiter.wait(
+                timeout=wait_timeout,
+                sleep=wait_sleep,
+                name=name,
+                namespace=namespace,
+                label_selectors=label_selectors,
+                field_selectors=field_selectors,
+            )
+        except BadRequestError:
+            return result
+        except CoreException as e:
+            raise e
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise CoreException(
+                "Exception '{0}' raised while trying to get resource using (name={1}, namespace={2}, label_selectors={3}, field_selectors={4})".format(
+                    e, name, namespace, label_selectors, field_selectors
+                )
+            )
+
+        # There is either no result or there is a List resource with no items
+        if (
+            not resources
+            or resources["kind"].endswith("List")
+            and not resources.get("items")
+        ):
+            return result
+
+        instances = resources.get("items") or [resources]
+
+        if not wait:
+            result["resources"] = [
+                hide_fields(instance, hidden_fields) for instance in instances
+            ]
+            return result
+
+        # Now wait for the specified state of any resource instances we have found.
+        waiter = get_waiter(self.client, resource, state=state, condition=condition)
+        for instance in instances:
+            name = instance["metadata"].get("name")
+            namespace = instance["metadata"].get("namespace")
+            success, res, duration = waiter.wait(
+                timeout=wait_timeout,
+                sleep=wait_sleep,
+                name=name,
+                namespace=namespace,
+            )
+            if not success:
+                raise CoreException(
+                    "Failed to gather information about %s(s) even"
+                    " after waiting for %s seconds" % (res.get("kind"), duration)
+                )
+            result["resources"].append(hide_fields(res, hidden_fields))
+        return result
+
+    def create(self, resource: Resource, definition: Dict) -> Tuple[Dict, List[str]]:
+        namespace = definition["metadata"].get("namespace")
+        name = definition["metadata"].get("name")
+
+        if self._client_side_dry_run:
+            return _encode_stringdata(definition), []
+
+        try:
+            return decode_response(
+                self.client.create(
+                    resource, definition, namespace=namespace, serialize=False
+                )
+            )
+        except ConflictError:
+            # Some resources, like ProjectRequests, can't be created multiple times,
+            # because the resources that they create don't match their kind
+            # In this case we'll mark it as unchanged and warn the user
+            self.module.warn(
+                "{0} was not found, but creating it returned a 409 Conflict error. This can happen \
+                        if the resource you are creating does not directly create a resource of the same kind.".format(
+                    name
+                )
+            )
+            return dict(), []
+        except Exception as e:
+            reason = e.body if hasattr(e, "body") else e
+            msg = "Failed to create object: {0}".format(reason)
+            raise CoreException(msg) from e
+
+    def apply(
+        self,
+        resource: Resource,
+        definition: Dict,
+        existing: Optional[ResourceInstance] = None,
+    ) -> Tuple[Dict, List[str]]:
+        namespace = definition["metadata"].get("namespace")
+
+        server_side_apply = self.module.params.get("server_side_apply")
+        if server_side_apply:
+            requires("kubernetes", "19.15.0", reason="to use server side apply")
+
+        if self._client_side_dry_run:
+            ignored, patch = apply_object(resource, _encode_stringdata(definition))
+            if existing:
+                return dict_merge(existing.to_dict(), patch), []
+            else:
+                return patch, []
+
+        try:
+            params = {}
+            if server_side_apply:
+                params["server_side"] = True
+                params.update(server_side_apply)
+            return decode_response(
+                self.client.apply(
+                    resource, definition, namespace=namespace, serialize=False, **params
+                )
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            reason = e.body if hasattr(e, "body") else e
+            msg = "Failed to apply object: {0}".format(reason)
+            raise CoreException(msg) from e
+
+    def replace(
+        self,
+        resource: Resource,
+        definition: Dict,
+        existing: ResourceInstance,
+    ) -> Tuple[Dict, List[str]]:
+        append_hash = self.module.params.get("append_hash", False)
+        name = definition["metadata"].get("name")
+        namespace = definition["metadata"].get("namespace")
+
+        if self._client_side_dry_run:
+            return _encode_stringdata(definition), []
+
+        try:
+            return decode_response(
+                self.client.replace(
+                    resource,
+                    definition,
+                    name=name,
+                    namespace=namespace,
+                    append_hash=append_hash,
+                    serialize=False,
+                )
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            reason = e.body if hasattr(e, "body") else e
+            msg = "Failed to replace object: {0}".format(reason)
+            raise CoreException(msg) from e
+
+    def update(
+        self, resource: Resource, definition: Dict, existing: ResourceInstance
+    ) -> Tuple[Dict, List[str]]:
+        name = definition["metadata"].get("name")
+        namespace = definition["metadata"].get("namespace")
+
+        if self._client_side_dry_run:
+            return dict_merge(existing.to_dict(), _encode_stringdata(definition)), []
+
+        exception = None
+        for merge_type in self.module.params.get("merge_type") or [
+            "strategic-merge",
+            "merge",
+        ]:
+            try:
+                return self.patch_resource(
+                    resource,
+                    definition,
+                    name,
+                    namespace,
+                    merge_type=merge_type,
+                )
+            except CoreException as e:
+                exception = e
+                continue
+        raise exception
+
+    def delete(
+        self,
+        resource: Resource,
+        definition: Dict,
+        existing: Optional[ResourceInstance] = None,
+    ) -> Dict:
+        delete_options = self.module.params.get("delete_options")
+        label_selectors = self.module.params.get("label_selectors")
+        name = definition["metadata"].get("name")
+        namespace = definition["metadata"].get("namespace")
+        params = {}
+
+        if not exists(existing):
+            return {}
+
+        # Delete the object
+        if self._client_side_dry_run:
+            return {}
+
+        if name:
+            params["name"] = name
+
+        if namespace:
+            params["namespace"] = namespace
+
+        if label_selectors:
+            params["label_selector"] = ",".join(label_selectors)
+
+        if delete_options:
+            body = {
+                "apiVersion": "v1",
+                "kind": "DeleteOptions",
+            }
+            body.update(delete_options)
+            params["body"] = body
+
+        try:
+            k8s_obj = self.client.delete(resource, **params).to_dict()
+        except Exception as e:
+            reason = e.body if hasattr(e, "body") else e
+            msg = "Failed to delete object: {0}".format(reason)
+            raise CoreException(msg) from e
+        return k8s_obj
+
+
+def diff_objects(
+    existing: Dict, new: Dict, hidden_fields: Optional[list] = None
+) -> Tuple[bool, Dict]:
+    result = {}
+    diff = recursive_diff(existing, new)
+    if not diff:
+        return True, result
+
+    result["before"] = diff[0]
+    result["after"] = diff[1]
+
+    if list(result["after"].keys()) != ["metadata"] or list(
+        result["before"].keys()
+    ) != ["metadata"]:
+        return False, result
+
+    # If only metadata.generation and metadata.resourceVersion changed, ignore it
+    ignored_keys = set(["generation", "resourceVersion"])
+
+    if not set(result["after"]["metadata"].keys()).issubset(ignored_keys):
+        return False, result
+    if not set(result["before"]["metadata"].keys()).issubset(ignored_keys):
+        return False, result
+
+    result["before"] = hide_fields(result["before"], hidden_fields)
+    result["after"] = hide_fields(result["after"], hidden_fields)
+
+    return True, result
+
+
+def hide_fields(definition: dict, hidden_fields: Optional[list]) -> dict:
+    if not hidden_fields:
+        return definition
+    result = copy.deepcopy(definition)
+    for hidden_field in hidden_fields:
+        result = hide_field(result, hidden_field)
+    return result
+
+
+# hide_field is not hugely sophisticated and designed to cope
+# with e.g. status or metadata.managedFields rather than e.g.
+# spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[3].value
+def hide_field(definition: dict, hidden_field: str) -> dict:
+    split = hidden_field.split(".", 1)
+    if split[0] in definition:
+        if len(split) == 2:
+            definition[split[0]] = hide_field(definition[split[0]], split[1])
+        else:
+            del definition[split[0]]
+    return definition
+
+
+def decode_response(resp) -> Tuple[Dict, List[str]]:
+    """
+    This function decodes unserialized responses from the Kubernetes python
+    client and decodes the RFC2616 14.46 warnings found in the response
+    headers.
+    """
+    obj = ResourceInstance(None, loads(resp.data.decode("utf8"))).to_dict()
+    warnings = []
+    if (
+        resp.headers is not None
+        and "warning" in resp.headers
+        and resp.headers["warning"] is not None
+    ):
+        warnings = resp.headers["warning"].split(", ")
+    return obj, decode_warnings(warnings)
+
+
+def decode_warnings(warnings: str) -> List[str]:
+    """
+    This function decodes RFC2616 14.46 warnings in a simplified way, where
+    only the warn-texts are returned in a list.
+    """
+    p = compile('\\d{3} .+ (".+")')
+
+    decoded = []
+    for warning in warnings:
+        m = p.match(warning)
+        if m:
+            try:
+                parsed, unused = parse_quoted_string(m.group(1))
+                decoded.append(parsed)
+            except ValueError:
+                continue
+
+    return decoded
+
+
+def parse_quoted_string(quoted_string: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
+    """
+    This function was adapted from:
+    https://github.com/kubernetes/apimachinery/blob/bb8822152cabfb4f34dbc26270f874ce53db50de/pkg/util/net/http.go#L609
+    """
+    if len(quoted_string) == 0:
+        raise ValueError("invalid quoted string: 0-length")
+
+    if quoted_string[0] != '"':
+        raise ValueError("invalid quoted string: missing initial quote")
+
+    quoted_string = quoted_string[1:]
+    remainder = ""
+    escaping = False
+    closed_quote = False
+    result = []
+
+    for i, b in enumerate(quoted_string):
+        if b == '"':
+            if escaping:
+                result.append(b)
+                escaping = False
+            else:
+                closed_quote = True
+                remainder_start = i + 1
+                remainder = quoted_string[remainder_start:].strip()
+                break
+        elif b == "\\":
+            if escaping:
+                result.append(b)
+                escaping = False
+            else:
+                escaping = True
+        else:
+            result.append(b)
+            escaping = False
+
+    if not closed_quote:
+        raise ValueError("invalid quoted string: missing closing quote")
+
+    return "".join(result), remainder
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