Rebase PR #898 (#905) (#912)

This is a backport of PR #905 as merged into main (d329e7e).
This PR is a rebase of #898 for CI to pass
Thanks @efussi for your collaboration.
Closes #892

Reviewed-by: Bianca Henderson <beeankha@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Bikouo Aubin

.ansible-lint-ignore

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-lint/docs/rules/
+# no-changed-when is not requried for examples
+plugins/connection/kubectl.py no-changed-when
+# false positive result
+plugins/connection/kubectl.py var-naming[no-reserved]
+# stable-3 branch support ansible-core>=2.14.0
+meta/runtime.yml meta-runtime[unsupported-version]

.config/ansible-lint.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+profile: production
+
+exclude_paths:
+  - .ansible/
+  - tests/integration
+  - tests/unit
+  - tests/sanity

.github/stale.yml

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
----
-# Configuration for probot-stale - https://github.com/probot/stale
-
-# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request becomes stale
-daysUntilStale: 90
-
-# Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request with the stale
-# label is closed. Set to false to disable. If disabled, issues still need to be
-# closed manually, but will remain marked as stale.
-daysUntilClose: 30
-
-# Only issues or pull requests with all of these labels are check if stale.
-# Defaults to `[]` (disabled)
-onlyLabels: []
-
-# Issues or Pull Requests with these labels will never be considered stale. Set
-# to `[]` to disable
-exemptLabels:
-  - security
-  - planned
-  - priority/critical
-  - lifecycle/frozen
-  - verified
-
-# Set to true to ignore issues in a project (defaults to false)
-exemptProjects: false
-
-# Set to true to ignore issues in a milestone (defaults to false)
-exemptMilestones: true
-
-# Set to true to ignore issues with an assignee (defaults to false)
-exemptAssignees: false
-
-# Label to use when marking as stale
-staleLabel: lifecycle/stale
-
-# Limit the number of actions per hour, from 1-30. Default is 30
-limitPerRun: 30
-
-pulls:
-  markComment: |-
-    PRs go stale after 90 days of inactivity.
-    If there is no further activity, the PR will be closed in another 30 days.
-
-  unmarkComment: >-
-    This pull request is no longer stale.
-
-  closeComment: >-
-    This pull request has been closed due to inactivity.
-
-issues:
-  markComment: |-
-    Issues go stale after 90 days of inactivity.
-    If there is no further activity, the issue will be closed in another 30 days.
-
-  unmarkComment: >-
-    This issue is no longer stale.
-
-  closeComment: >-
-    This issue has been closed due to inactivity.

.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

.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

.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+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"
+      community_general: "./community_general"
+    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 }}-enable_turbo=${{ matrix.enable-turbo-mode }}"
+    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: checkout ansible-collections/community.general
+        uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/checkout_dependency@main
+        with:
+          repository: ansible-collections/community.general
+          path: ${{ env.community_general }}
+          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: install community.general collection
+        uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/build_install_collection@main
+        with:
+          install_python_dependencies: false
+          source_path: ${{ env.community_general }}
+
+      - 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 }}

.github/workflows/linters.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+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@v25.1.2

.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

.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

.gitignore

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ changelogs/.plugin-cache.yaml
 tests/output
 tests/integration/cloud-config-*
 .cache
+.ansible
 
 # Helm charts
 tests/integration/*-chart-*.tgz

.yamllint

@@ -5,16 +5,24 @@ rules:
   braces:
     max-spaces-inside: 1
     level: error
+
   brackets:
     max-spaces-inside: 1
     level: error
+  comments:
+    min-spaces-from-content: 1
+  comments-indentation: false
   document-start: disable
   line-length: disable
   truthy: disable
   indentation:
     spaces: 2
     indent-sequences: consistent
+  octal-values:
+    forbid-implicit-octal: true
+    forbid-explicit-octal: true
 ignore: |
   .cache
   .tox
+  .ansible
   tests/output

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,267 @@ Kubernetes Collection Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v3.3.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This release fixes the CI issues with the ``linters`` workflow.
+
+v3.3.0
+======
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- inventory/k8s.py - Defer removal of k8s inventory plugin to version 5.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/723).
+- inventory/k8s.py - Defer removal of k8s inventory plugin to version 6.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/734).
+- k8s_drain - Improve error message for pod disruption budget when draining a node (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/797).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- helm - Helm version checks did not support RC versions. They now accept any version tags. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/745).
+- helm_pull - Apply no_log=True to pass_credentials to silence false positive warning.. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/796).
+- k8s_drain - Fix k8s_drain does not wait for single pod (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/769).
+- k8s_drain - Fix k8s_drain runs into a timeout when evicting a pod which is part of a stateful set  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/792).
+- kubeconfig option should not appear in module invocation log (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/782).
+- kustomize - kustomize plugin fails with deprecation warnings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/639).
+- waiter - Fix waiting for daemonset when desired number of pods is 0. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/756).
+
+v3.2.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This release comes with documentation updates.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- connection/kubectl.py - Added an example of using the kubectl connection plugin to the documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/741).
+- inventory/k8s.py - Defer removal of k8s inventory plugin to version 6.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/734).
+
+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
 ======

Makefile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Also needs to be updated in galaxy.yml
-VERSION = 2.2.0
+VERSION = 3.3.1
 
 TEST_ARGS ?= ""
 PYTHON_VERSION ?= `python -c 'import platform; print(".".join(platform.python_version_tuple()[0:2]))'`

PSF-license.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2
+--------------------------------------------
+
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+("PSF"), and the Individual or Organization ("Licensee") accessing and
+otherwise using this software ("Python") in source or binary form and
+its associated documentation.
+
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+All Rights Reserved" are retained in Python alone or in any derivative version
+prepared by Licensee.
+
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+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.
+
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+FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS AS
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+Agreement.

README.md

@@ -4,61 +4,68 @@
 
 This repository hosts the `kubernetes.core` (formerly known as `community.kubernetes`) Ansible Collection.
 
+## Description
+
 The collection includes a variety of Ansible content to help automate the management of applications in Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters, as well as the provisioning and maintenance of clusters themselves.
 
+## Requirements
+
 <!--start requires_ansible-->
-## Ansible version compatibility
+### 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.
 <!--end requires_ansible-->
 
-## Python Support
+### 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
+### Kubernetes Version Support
 
-This collection supports Kubernetes versions >=1.19.
+This collection supports Kubernetes versions >= 1.24.
 
-## Included content
+### Included content
 
 Click on the name of a plugin or module to view that content's documentation:
 
 <!--start collection content-->
-### Connection plugins
+#### Connection plugins
 Name | Description
 --- | ---
 [kubernetes.core.kubectl](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.kubectl_connection.rst)|Execute tasks in pods running on Kubernetes.
 
-### K8s filter plugins
+#### K8s filter plugins
 Name | Description
 --- | ---
 kubernetes.core.k8s_config_resource_name|Generate resource name for the given resource of type ConfigMap, Secret
 
-### Inventory plugins
+#### Inventory plugins
 Name | Description
 --- | ---
 [kubernetes.core.k8s](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_inventory.rst)|Kubernetes (K8s) inventory source
 
-### Lookup plugins
+#### Lookup plugins
 Name | Description
 --- | ---
 [kubernetes.core.k8s](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.k8s_lookup.rst)|Query the K8s API
 [kubernetes.core.kustomize](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.kustomize_lookup.rst)|Build a set of kubernetes resources using a 'kustomization.yaml' file.
 
-### Modules
+#### Modules
 Name | Description
 --- | ---
 [kubernetes.core.helm](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/kubernetes.core.helm_module.rst)|Manages Kubernetes packages with the Helm package manager
 [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
@@ -72,12 +79,11 @@ 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-->
 
-## Installation and Usage
-
-### Installing the Collection from Ansible Galaxy
+## Installation
 
 Before using the Kubernetes collection, you need to install it with the Ansible Galaxy CLI:
 
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ You can also include it in a `requirements.yml` file and install it via `ansible
 ---
 collections:
   - name: kubernetes.core
-    version: 2.2.0
+    version: 3.3.1
 ```
 
 ### Installing the Kubernetes Python Library
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ Content in this collection requires the [Kubernetes Python client](https://pypi.
 
     pip3 install kubernetes
 
-### Using modules from the Kubernetes Collection in your playbooks
+## Use Cases
 
 It's preferable to use content in this collection using their Fully Qualified Collection Namespace (FQCN), for example `kubernetes.core.k8s_info`:
 
@@ -185,12 +191,16 @@ defined in the playbook using `environment` keyword as above, you must set it us
 
 Please read more about Ansible Turbo mode - [here](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/docs/ansible_turbo_mode.rst).
 
-## Testing and Development
+## Contributing to this collection
 
 If you want to develop new content for this collection or improve what's already here, the easiest way to work on the collection is to clone it into one of the configured [`COLLECTIONS_PATHS`](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#collections-paths), and work on it there.
 
 See [Contributing to kubernetes.core](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
+## Testing
+
+[![Linters](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/linters.yaml?label=linters)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/actions/workflows/linters.yaml) [![Integration tests](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/integration-tests.yaml?label=integration%20tests)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/actions/workflows/integration-tests.yaml) [![Sanity tests](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/sanity-tests.yaml?label=sanity%20tests)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/actions/workflows/sanity-tests.yaml) [![Unit tests](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/unit-tests.yaml?label=unit%20tests)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/actions/workflows/unit-tests.yaml) [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core)
+
 ### Testing with `ansible-test`
 
 The `tests` directory contains configuration for running sanity and integration tests using [`ansible-test`](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/testing_integration.html).
@@ -227,10 +237,36 @@ After the version is published, verify it exists on the [Kubernetes Collection G
 
 The process for uploading a supported release to Automation Hub is documented separately.
 
+## Support
+
+<!--List available communication channels. In addition to channels specific to your collection, we also recommend to use the following ones.-->
+
+We announce releases and important changes through Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn). Be sure you are [subscribed](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP).
+
+We take part in the global quarterly [Ansible Contributor Summit](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Contributor-Summit) virtually or in-person. Track [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP) and join us.
+
+For more information about communication, refer to the [Ansible Communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
+
+For the latest supported versions, refer to the release notes below.
+
+If you encounter issues or have questions, you can submit a support request through the following channels:
+ - GitHub Issues: Report bugs, request features, or ask questions by opening an issue in the [GitHub repository]((https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/).
+
+## Release notes
+
+See the [raw generated changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst).
+
 ## More Information
 
 For more information about Ansible's Kubernetes integration, join the `#ansible-kubernetes` channel on [libera.chat](https://libera.chat/) IRC, and browse the resources in the [Kubernetes Working Group](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Kubernetes) Community wiki page.
 
+## Code of Conduct
+
+We follow the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our interactions within this project.
+
+If you encounter abusive behavior, please refer to the [policy violations](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/code_of_conduct.html#policy-violations) section of the Code for information on how to raise a complaint.
+
+
 ## License
 
 GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

bindep.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 kubernetes-client [platform:fedora]
 openshift-clients [platform:rhel-8]
+openshift-clients [platform:rhel-9]

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -486,3 +486,422 @@ 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'
+  3.2.0:
+    changes:
+      minor_changes:
+      - connection/kubectl.py - Added an example of using the kubectl connection plugin
+        to the documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/741).
+      - inventory/k8s.py - Defer removal of k8s inventory plugin to version 5.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/723).
+      - inventory/k8s.py - Defer removal of k8s inventory plugin to version 6.0.0
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/734).
+      release_summary: This release comes with documentation updates.
+    fragments:
+    - 20240530-defer-removal-and-ansible-core-support-update.yaml
+    - 20240601-doc-example-of-using-kubectl.yaml
+    - 3.2.0.yml
+    - inventory-update_removal_date.yml
+    release_date: '2024-06-14'
+  3.3.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - helm - Helm version checks did not support RC versions. They now accept any
+        version tags. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/745).
+      - helm_pull - Apply no_log=True to pass_credentials to silence false positive
+        warning. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/796).
+      - k8s_drain - Fix k8s_drain does not wait for single pod (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/769).
+      - k8s_drain - Fix k8s_drain runs into a timeout when evicting a pod which is
+        part of a stateful set  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/792).
+      - kubeconfig option should not appear in module invocation log (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/782).
+      - kustomize - kustomize plugin fails with deprecation warnings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/639).
+      - waiter - Fix waiting for daemonset when desired number of pods is 0. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/756).
+      minor_changes:
+      - k8s_drain - Improve error message for pod disruption budget when draining
+        a node (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/797).
+      release_summary: This release comes with improvements to the error messages in the k8s_drain module and several bug fixes.
+    fragments:
+    - 20240530-ansible-core-support-update.yaml
+    - 20240611-helm-rc-version.yaml
+    - 20240620-fix-kustomize-plugin-fails-with-deprecation-warnings.yml
+    - 20241102-fix-ci-post-2.18-issue.yaml
+    - 20241213-kubeconfig-set-no_log-true.yaml
+    - 756-fix-daemonset-waiting.yaml
+    - 770-fix-k8s-drain-doesnt-wait-for-single-pod.yaml
+    - 793-fix-k8s-drain-runs-into-timeout.yaml
+    - 796-false-positive-helmull.yaml
+    - 798-drain-pdb-error-message.yaml
+    - readme_template_update.yml
+    release_date: '2025-01-22'
+  3.3.1:
+    changes:
+      release_summary: This release fixes the CI issues with the ``linters`` workflow.
+    fragments:
+    - release_summary.yml
+    release_date: '2025-03-26'

changelogs/fragments/0-copy_ignore_txt.yml

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-trivial:
-  - Copy ignore.txt.

changelogs/fragments/20250324-k8s_info-templating.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - action/k8s_info - update templating mechanism with changes from ``ansible-core 2.19`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/888).

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-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.

changelogs/fragments/231-helm-add-timeout-parameter.yaml

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-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).

changelogs/fragments/238-helm-add-support-for-helm-uninstall-wait.yaml

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-minor_changes:
-  - helm - add support for wait parameter for helm uninstall command. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/33).

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-  - k8s - allow resource definition using metadata.generateName (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/35).

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-minor_changes:
-  - add support for dry run with kubernetes client version >=18.20 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/245).

changelogs/fragments/250-k8s-add-support-for-impersonation.yaml

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-minor_changes:
-  - k8s - add support for user impersonation. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/40).

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----
-bugfixes:
-  - k8s_info - don't wait on empty List resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/253).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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.

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).

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).

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.

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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)

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

changelogs/fragments/898-k8s-dont-delete-in-check-mode.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - module_utils/k8s/service - fix issue when trying to delete resource using `delete_options` and `check_mode=true` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/892).

changelogs/fragments/919-update-ansible-lint-version.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - Bump version of ansible-lint to 25.1.2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/919).

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.

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)."

changelogs/fragments/exception.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-- import exception from ``kubernetes.client.rest``.

changelogs/fragments/helm_repository.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-- helm_repository - added support for ``host``, ``api_key``, ``validate_certs``, and ``ca_cert``.

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">

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 3.0.0</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 3.0.0</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

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>

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

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)

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/>
 

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

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>

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

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 3.0.0</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

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

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 3.0.0</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>

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 6.0.0.
+
+: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 6.0.0. *[deprecated]*
+- For more information see `DEPRECATED`_.
+
+
 Authors
 ~~~~~~~
 
-- Chris Houseknecht <@chouseknecht>
-- Fabian von Feilitzsch <@fabianvf>
+- Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)
+- Fabian von Feilitzsch (@fabianvf)
 
 
 .. hint::

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
 
 

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

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::

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
 
@@ -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 3.0.0</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 3.0.0</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>
@@ -425,7 +524,7 @@ Parameters
                         <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><em>merge_type=json</em> is deprecated and will be removed in version 4.0.0. Please use <span class='module'>kubernetes.core.k8s_json_patch</span> instead.</div>
                 </td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
@@ -464,6 +563,25 @@ 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 +723,63 @@ 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 +794,8 @@ 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 +1157,14 @@ 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 +1182,10 @@ 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 +1242,41 @@ 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

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>

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>

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>

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)

docs/kubernetes.core.kubectl_connection.rst

@@ -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>
@@ -343,6 +365,82 @@ Parameters
 
 
 
+Examples
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    - name: Run a command in a pod using local kubectl with kubeconfig file ~/.kube/config
+      hosts: localhost
+      gather_facts: no
+      vars:
+        ansible_connection: kubernetes.core.kubectl
+        ansible_kubectl_namespace: my-namespace
+        ansible_kubectl_pod: my-pod
+        ansible_kubectl_container: my-container
+      tasks:
+        # be aware that the command is executed as the user that started the container
+        # and requires python to be installed in the image
+        - name: Run a command in a pod
+          ansible.builtin.command: echo "Hello, World!"
+
+    - name: Run a command in a pod using local kubectl with inventory variables
+      # Example inventory:
+      # k8s:
+      #   hosts:
+      #     foo.example.com:
+      #       ansible_connection: kubernetes.core.kubectl
+      #       ansible_kubectl_kubeconfig: /root/.kube/foo.example.com.config
+      #       ansible_kubectl_pod: my-foo-pod
+      #       ansible_kubectl_container: my-foo-container
+      #       ansible_kubectl_namespace: my-foo-namespace
+      #     bar.example.com:
+      #       ansible_connection: kubernetes.core.kubectl
+      #       ansible_kubectl_kubeconfig: /root/.kube/bar.example.com.config
+      #       ansible_kubectl_pod: my-bar-pod
+      #       ansible_kubectl_container: my-bar-container
+      #       ansible_kubectl_namespace: my-bar-namespace
+      hosts: k8s
+      gather_facts: no
+      tasks:
+        # be aware that the command is executed as the user that started the container
+        # and requires python to be installed in the image
+        - name: Run a command in a pod
+          ansible.builtin.command: echo "Hello, World!"
+
+    - name: Run a command in a pod using dynamic inventory
+      hosts: localhost
+      gather_facts: no
+      vars:
+        kubeconfig: /root/.kube/config
+        namespace: my-namespace
+        my_app: my-app
+      tasks:
+        - name: Get My App pod info based on label
+          kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
+            kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig }}"
+            namespace: "{{ namespace }}"
+            kind: Pod
+            label_selectors: app.kubernetes.io/name = "{{ my_app }}"
+          register: my_app_pod
+
+        - name: Get My App pod name
+          ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+            my_app_pod_name: "{{ my_app_pod.resources[0].metadata.name }}"
+
+        - name: Add My App pod to inventory
+          ansible.builtin.add_host:
+            name: "{{ my_app_pod_name }}"
+            ansible_connection: kubernetes.core.kubectl
+            ansible_kubectl_kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig }}"
+            ansible_kubectl_pod: "{{ my_app_pod_name }}"
+            ansible_kubectl_namespace: "{{ namespace }}"
+
+        - name: Run a command in My App pod
+          # be aware that the command is executed as the user that started the container
+          # and requires python to be installed in the image
+          ansible.builtin.command: echo "Hello, World!"
+          delegate_to: "{{ my_app_pod_name }}"
 
 
 
@@ -354,7 +452,7 @@ Status
 Authors
 ~~~~~~~
 
-- xuxinkun
+- xuxinkun (@xuxinkun)
 
 
 .. hint::

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::

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: 3.3.1
 build_ignore:
   - .DS_Store
-  - '*.tar.gz'
+  - "*.tar.gz"

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: 6.0.0
+        warning_text: >-
+          The k8s inventory plugin has been deprecated and
+          will be removed in release 6.0.0.
   modules:
     k8s_auth:
       redirect: community.okd.k8s_auth

plugins/action/k8s_info.py

@@ -8,26 +8,41 @@ 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
 
+try:
+    from ansible.template import trust_as_template
+except ImportError:
+    trust_as_template = None
+
+
+def _from_yaml_to_definition(buffer):
+    try:
+        import yaml
+    except ImportError:
+        raise AnsibleError("Failed to import the required Python library (PyYAML).")
+    return list(yaml.safe_load_all(buffer))
+
+
+ENV_KUBECONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR = ";" if platform.system() == "Windows" else ":"
+
 
 class ActionModule(ActionBase):
-
     TRANSFERS_FILES = True
     DEFAULT_NEWLINE_SEQUENCE = "\n"
 
@@ -202,17 +217,18 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         old_vars = self._templar.available_variables
 
         default_environment = {}
-        for key in (
-            "newline_sequence",
-            "variable_start_string",
-            "variable_end_string",
-            "block_start_string",
-            "block_end_string",
-            "trim_blocks",
-            "lstrip_blocks",
-        ):
-            if hasattr(self._templar.environment, key):
-                default_environment[key] = getattr(self._templar.environment, key)
+        if trust_as_template is None:
+            for key in (
+                "newline_sequence",
+                "variable_start_string",
+                "variable_end_string",
+                "block_start_string",
+                "block_end_string",
+                "trim_blocks",
+                "lstrip_blocks",
+            ):
+                if hasattr(self._templar.environment, key):
+                    default_environment[key] = getattr(self._templar.environment, key)
         for template_item in template_params:
             # We need to convert unescaped sequences to proper escaped sequences for Jinja2
             newline_sequence = template_item["newline_sequence"]
@@ -229,23 +245,35 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             with self.get_template_data(template_item["path"]) as template_data:
                 # add ansible 'template' vars
                 temp_vars = copy.deepcopy(task_vars)
+                overrides = {}
                 for key, value in iteritems(template_item):
                     if hasattr(self._templar.environment, key):
                         if value is not None:
-                            setattr(self._templar.environment, key, value)
-                        else:
+                            overrides[key] = value
+                            if trust_as_template is None:
+                                setattr(self._templar.environment, key, value)
+                        elif trust_as_template is None:
                             setattr(
                                 self._templar.environment,
                                 key,
                                 default_environment.get(key),
                             )
                 self._templar.available_variables = temp_vars
-                result = self._templar.do_template(
-                    template_data,
-                    preserve_trailing_newlines=True,
-                    escape_backslashes=False,
-                )
-                result_template.append(result)
+                if trust_as_template:
+                    template_data = trust_as_template(template_data)
+                    result = self._templar.template(
+                        template_data,
+                        preserve_trailing_newlines=True,
+                        escape_backslashes=False,
+                        overrides=overrides,
+                    )
+                else:
+                    result = self._templar.do_template(
+                        template_data,
+                        preserve_trailing_newlines=True,
+                        escape_backslashes=False,
+                    )
+                result_template.extend(_from_yaml_to_definition(result))
         self._templar.available_variables = old_vars
         resource_definition = self._task.args.get("definition", None)
         if not resource_definition:
@@ -280,11 +308,15 @@ 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 +327,7 @@ 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 +355,7 @@ 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 +384,7 @@ 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.

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 +181,93 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r"""
         aliases: [ kubectl_verify_ssl ]
 """
 
-import distutils.spawn
+EXAMPLES = r"""
+
+- name: Run a command in a pod using local kubectl with kubeconfig file ~/.kube/config
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: no
+  vars:
+    ansible_connection: kubernetes.core.kubectl
+    ansible_kubectl_namespace: my-namespace
+    ansible_kubectl_pod: my-pod
+    ansible_kubectl_container: my-container
+  tasks:
+    # be aware that the command is executed as the user that started the container
+    # and requires python to be installed in the image
+    - name: Run a command in a pod
+      ansible.builtin.command: echo "Hello, World!"
+
+- name: Run a command in a pod using local kubectl with inventory variables
+  # Example inventory:
+  # k8s:
+  #   hosts:
+  #     foo.example.com:
+  #       ansible_connection: kubernetes.core.kubectl
+  #       ansible_kubectl_kubeconfig: /root/.kube/foo.example.com.config
+  #       ansible_kubectl_pod: my-foo-pod
+  #       ansible_kubectl_container: my-foo-container
+  #       ansible_kubectl_namespace: my-foo-namespace
+  #     bar.example.com:
+  #       ansible_connection: kubernetes.core.kubectl
+  #       ansible_kubectl_kubeconfig: /root/.kube/bar.example.com.config
+  #       ansible_kubectl_pod: my-bar-pod
+  #       ansible_kubectl_container: my-bar-container
+  #       ansible_kubectl_namespace: my-bar-namespace
+  hosts: k8s
+  gather_facts: no
+  tasks:
+    # be aware that the command is executed as the user that started the container
+    # and requires python to be installed in the image
+    - name: Run a command in a pod
+      ansible.builtin.command: echo "Hello, World!"
+
+- name: Run a command in a pod using dynamic inventory
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: no
+  vars:
+    kubeconfig: /root/.kube/config
+    namespace: my-namespace
+    my_app: my-app
+  tasks:
+    - name: Get My App pod info based on label
+      kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig }}"
+        namespace: "{{ namespace }}"
+        kind: Pod
+        label_selectors: app.kubernetes.io/name = "{{ my_app }}"
+      register: my_app_pod
+
+    - name: Get My App pod name
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        my_app_pod_name: "{{ my_app_pod.resources[0].metadata.name }}"
+
+    - name: Add My App pod to inventory
+      ansible.builtin.add_host:
+        name: "{{ my_app_pod_name }}"
+        ansible_connection: kubernetes.core.kubectl
+        ansible_kubectl_kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig }}"
+        ansible_kubectl_pod: "{{ my_app_pod_name }}"
+        ansible_kubectl_namespace: "{{ namespace }}"
+
+    - name: Run a command in My App pod
+      # be aware that the command is executed as the user that started the container
+      # and requires python to be installed in the image
+      ansible.builtin.command: echo "Hello, World!"
+      delegate_to: "{{ my_app_pod_name }}"
+"""
+
+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 +292,7 @@ CONNECTION_OPTIONS = {
 
 
 class Connection(ConnectionBase):
-    """ Local kubectl based connections """
+    """Local kubectl based connections"""
 
     transport = CONNECTION_TRANSPORT
     connection_options = CONNECTION_OPTIONS
@@ -219,14 +306,15 @@ 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 +328,27 @@ 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 +362,12 @@ 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 +375,7 @@ 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 +385,31 @@ 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 +426,11 @@ 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 +448,7 @@ 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 +476,18 @@ 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 +496,7 @@ 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 +517,11 @@ 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 +530,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
                     )
                 )
             stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+            self.delete_temporary_file()
 
             if p.returncode != 0:
                 raise AnsibleError(
@@ -420,6 +545,6 @@ 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

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
 """

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

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).

plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_name_options.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 
 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-
     DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 options:
   api_version:

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
 """

plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_scale_options.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 
 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-
     DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 options:
   replicas:

plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_state_options.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 
 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-
     DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 options:
   state:

plugins/doc_fragments/k8s_wait_options.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 
 class ModuleDocFragment(object):
-
     DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 options:
   wait:

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

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: 6.0.0
+      why: |
+        As discussed in U(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/31), we decided to
+        remove the k8s inventory plugin in release 6.0.0.
+      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.
@@ -86,44 +93,45 @@ 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.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable, Constructable
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.common import (
-    K8sAnsibleMixin,
     HAS_K8S_MODULE_HELPER,
     k8s_import_exception,
+)
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.client import (
     get_api_client,
 )
-from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 
 try:
     from kubernetes.dynamic.exceptions import DynamicApiError
@@ -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 6.0.0",
+            version="6.0.0",
+            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.")

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 []
 

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 = {}
@@ -87,12 +94,20 @@ def get_binary_from_path(name, opt_dirs=None):
 
 def run_command(command):
     cmd = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-    return cmd.communicate()
+    stdout, stderr = cmd.communicate()
+    return cmd.returncode, stdout, stderr
 
 
 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:
@@ -123,9 +138,21 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                 )
             )
 
-        (out, err) = run_command(command)
-        if err:
-            raise AnsibleLookupError(
-                "kustomize command failed with: {0}".format(err.decode("utf-8"))
-            )
+        if enable_helm:
+            command += ["--enable-helm"]
+
+        (ret, out, err) = run_command(command)
+        if ret != 0:
+            if err:
+                raise AnsibleLookupError(
+                    "kustomize command failed. exit code: {0}, error: {1}".format(
+                        ret, err.decode("utf-8")
+                    )
+                )
+            else:
+                raise AnsibleLookupError(
+                    "kustomize command failed with unknown error. exit code: {0}".format(
+                        ret
+                    )
+                )
         return [out.decode("utf-8")]

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

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:

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 +148,7 @@ 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"),
         )
     if not existing:
         return resource.create(

plugins/module_utils/args_common.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AUTH_PROXY_HEADERS_SPEC = dict(
 )
 
 AUTH_ARG_SPEC = {
-    "kubeconfig": {"type": "raw"},
+    "kubeconfig": {"type": "raw", "no_log": True},
     "context": {},
     "host": {},
     "api_key": {"no_log": True},

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:

plugins/module_utils/common.py

@@ -20,16 +20,20 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 import base64
-import time
-import os
-import traceback
-import sys
 import hashlib
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import traceback
 from datetime import datetime
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
-from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.version import (
-    LooseVersion,
-)
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib
+from ansible.module_utils.common.dict_transformations import dict_merge
+from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
+from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems, string_types
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import Request
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.args_common import (
     AUTH_ARG_MAP,
     AUTH_ARG_SPEC,
@@ -41,26 +45,23 @@ from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.hashes import (
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.selector import (
     LabelSelectorFilter,
 )
-
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib
-from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems, string_types
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native, to_bytes, to_text
-from ansible.module_utils.common.dict_transformations import dict_merge
-from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
+from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.version import (
+    LooseVersion,
+)
 
 K8S_IMP_ERR = None
 try:
     import kubernetes
     from kubernetes.dynamic.exceptions import (
+        BadRequestError,
+        ConflictError,
+        DynamicApiError,
+        ForbiddenError,
+        KubernetesValidateMissing,
+        MethodNotAllowedError,
         NotFoundError,
         ResourceNotFoundError,
         ResourceNotUniqueError,
-        DynamicApiError,
-        ConflictError,
-        ForbiddenError,
-        MethodNotAllowedError,
-        BadRequestError,
-        KubernetesValidateMissing,
     )
 
     HAS_K8S_MODULE_HELPER = True
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ except ImportError as e:
 
 
 def configuration_digest(configuration, **kwargs):
+    """This function has been deprecated and will be removed in version 4.0.0."""
     m = hashlib.sha256()
     for k in AUTH_ARG_MAP:
         if not hasattr(configuration, k):
@@ -150,6 +152,8 @@ def configuration_digest(configuration, **kwargs):
 
 
 class unique_string(str):
+    """This function has been deprecated and will be removed in version 4.0.0."""
+
     _low = None
 
     def __hash__(self):
@@ -169,6 +173,7 @@ class unique_string(str):
 
 
 def get_api_client(module=None, **kwargs):
+    """This function has been deprecated and will be removed in version 4.0.0. Please use module_utils.k8s.client.get_api_client() instead."""
     auth = {}
 
     def _raise_or_fail(exc, msg):
@@ -338,8 +343,35 @@ def get_api_client(module=None, **kwargs):
 get_api_client._pool = {}
 
 
+def fetch_file_from_url(module, url):
+    # Download file
+    bufsize = 65536
+    file_name, file_ext = os.path.splitext(str(url.rsplit("/", 1)[1]))
+    temp_file = NamedTemporaryFile(
+        dir=module.tmpdir, prefix=file_name, suffix=file_ext, delete=False
+    )
+    module.add_cleanup_file(temp_file.name)
+    try:
+        rsp = Request().open("GET", url)
+        if not rsp:
+            module.fail_json(msg="Failure downloading %s" % url)
+        data = rsp.read(bufsize)
+        while data:
+            temp_file.write(data)
+            data = rsp.read(bufsize)
+        temp_file.close()
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Failure downloading %s, %s" % (url, to_native(e)))
+    return temp_file.name
+
+
 class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
     def __init__(self, module, pyyaml_required=True, *args, **kwargs):
+        module.deprecate(
+            msg="The K8sAnsibleMixin class has been deprecated and refactored into the module_utils/k8s/ directory.",
+            version="4.0.0",
+            collection_name="kubernetes.core",
+        )
         if not HAS_K8S_MODULE_HELPER:
             module.fail_json(
                 msg=missing_required_lib("kubernetes"),
@@ -421,18 +453,25 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
             field_selectors = []
 
         result = None
+        params = dict(
+            name=name,
+            namespace=namespace,
+            label_selector=",".join(label_selectors),
+            field_selector=",".join(field_selectors),
+        )
         try:
-            result = resource.get(
-                name=name,
-                namespace=namespace,
-                label_selector=",".join(label_selectors),
-                field_selector=",".join(field_selectors),
-            )
+            result = resource.get(**params)
         except BadRequestError:
             return dict(resources=[], api_found=True)
         except NotFoundError:
             if not wait or name is None:
                 return dict(resources=[], api_found=True)
+        except Exception as e:
+            if not wait or name is None:
+                err = "Exception '{0}' raised while trying to get resource using {1}".format(
+                    e, params
+                )
+                return dict(resources=[], msg=err, api_found=True)
 
         if not wait:
             result = result.to_dict()
@@ -452,21 +491,27 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
                 and not result.get("items")
             )
 
+        last_exception = None
         while result_empty(result) and _elapsed() < wait_timeout:
             try:
-                result = resource.get(
-                    name=name,
-                    namespace=namespace,
-                    label_selector=",".join(label_selectors),
-                    field_selector=",".join(field_selectors),
-                )
+                result = resource.get(**params)
             except NotFoundError:
                 pass
+            except Exception as e:
+                last_exception = e
             if not result_empty(result):
                 break
             time.sleep(wait_sleep)
         if result_empty(result):
-            return dict(resources=[], api_found=True)
+            res = dict(resources=[], api_found=True)
+            if last_exception is not None:
+                res[
+                    "msg"
+                ] = "Exception '%s' raised while trying to get resource using %s" % (
+                    last_exception,
+                    params,
+                )
+            return res
 
         if isinstance(result, ResourceInstance):
             satisfied_by = []
@@ -507,8 +552,15 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
                     if alias in self.params:
                         self.params.pop(alias)
 
-    def load_resource_definitions(self, src):
+    def load_resource_definitions(self, src, module=None):
         """Load the requested src path"""
+        if module and (
+            src.startswith("https://")
+            or src.startswith("http://")
+            or src.startswith("ftp://")
+        ):
+            src = fetch_file_from_url(module, src)
+
         result = None
         path = os.path.normpath(src)
         if not os.path.exists(path):
@@ -583,6 +635,8 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
             except NotFoundError:
                 if state == "absent":
                     return True, {}, _wait_for_elapsed()
+            except Exception:
+                pass
         if response:
             response = response.to_dict()
         return False, response, _wait_for_elapsed()
@@ -721,7 +775,7 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
 
         src = module.params.get("src")
         if src:
-            self.resource_definitions = self.load_resource_definitions(src)
+            self.resource_definitions = self.load_resource_definitions(src, module)
         try:
             self.resource_definitions = [
                 item for item in self.resource_definitions if item
@@ -742,8 +796,8 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
             self.resource_definitions = [implicit_definition]
 
     def check_library_version(self):
-        if LooseVersion(self.kubernetes_version) < LooseVersion("12.0.0"):
-            self.fail_json(msg="kubernetes >= 12.0.0 is required")
+        if LooseVersion(self.kubernetes_version) < LooseVersion("24.2.0"):
+            self.fail_json(msg="kubernetes >= 24.2.0 is required")
 
     def flatten_list_kind(self, list_resource, definitions):
         flattened = []
@@ -764,7 +818,7 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
         try:
             self.client = get_api_client(self.module)
         # Hopefully the kubernetes client will provide its own exception class one day
-        except (urllib3.exceptions.RequestError) as e:
+        except urllib3.exceptions.RequestError as e:
             self.fail_json(msg="Couldn't connect to Kubernetes: %s" % str(e))
 
         flattened_definitions = []
@@ -782,7 +836,7 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
                 resource = self.find_resource(kind, api_version, fail=True)
                 flattened_definitions.append((resource, definition))
 
-        for (resource, definition) in flattened_definitions:
+        for resource, definition in flattened_definitions:
             kind = definition.get("kind", self.kind)
             api_version = definition.get("apiVersion", self.api_version)
             definition = self.set_defaults(resource, definition)
@@ -829,9 +883,9 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
         definition["apiVersion"] = resource.group_version
         metadata = definition.get("metadata", {})
         if not metadata.get("name") and not metadata.get("generateName"):
-            if self.name:
+            if hasattr(self, "name") and self.name:
                 metadata["name"] = self.name
-            elif self.generate_name:
+            elif hasattr(self, "generate_name") and self.generate_name:
                 metadata["generateName"] = self.generate_name
         if resource.namespaced and self.namespace and not metadata.get("namespace"):
             metadata["namespace"] = self.namespace
@@ -980,6 +1034,7 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
                 if self.check_mode and not self.supports_dry_run:
                     return result
                 else:
+                    params = {"namespace": namespace}
                     if delete_options:
                         body = {
                             "apiVersion": "v1",
@@ -990,8 +1045,18 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
                     if self.check_mode:
                         params["dry_run"] = "All"
                     try:
-                        k8s_obj = resource.delete(**params)
-                        result["result"] = k8s_obj.to_dict()
+                        if existing.kind.endswith("List"):
+                            result["result"] = []
+                            for item in existing.items:
+                                origin_name = item.metadata.name
+                                params["name"] = origin_name
+                                k8s_obj = resource.delete(**params)
+                                result["result"].append(k8s_obj.to_dict())
+                        else:
+                            origin_name = existing.metadata.name
+                            params["name"] = origin_name
+                            k8s_obj = resource.delete(**params)
+                            result["result"] = k8s_obj.to_dict()
                     except DynamicApiError as exc:
                         msg = "Failed to delete object: {0}".format(exc.body)
                         if continue_on_error:
@@ -1370,7 +1435,7 @@ class K8sAnsibleMixin(object):
         if merge_type == "json":
             self.module.deprecate(
                 msg="json as a merge_type value is deprecated. Please use the k8s_json_patch module instead.",
-                version="3.0.0",
+                version="4.0.0",
                 collection_name="kubernetes.core",
             )
         try:

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"]
         ]

plugins/module_utils/exceptions.py

@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 
 class ApplyException(Exception):
-    """ Could not apply patch """
+    """Could not apply patch"""

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