# Did you know there are 8 new modules in 0.8?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/did-you-know-there-are-8-new-modules-in-0-8/11959>\
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**Created:** [October 8, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/did-you-know-there-are-8-new-modules-in-0-8/11959 "2012-10-08T23:26:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/did-you-know-there-are-8-new-modules-in-0-8/11959/1 "2012-10-08T23:26:15Z")

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> From the changelog:

\* ini\_file module for manipulating INI files  
\* vsphere\_facts -- new VMware ESX facts module (use with local\_action  
or delegate\_to)  
\* hpilo\_facts -- new HP ILO facts module (use with local\_action or delegate\_to)  
\* hpilo\_boot -- new HP ILO provisioning module (use with local\_action  
or delegate\_to)  
\* pause pause module -- (pause seconds=10) (pause minutes=1) (pause  
prompt=foo) -- it's an action plugin  
\* cron -- a module for adding entries to the main crontab (though you  
may still wish to just drop template files into cron.d)  
\* debug module can be used for outputing messages without using 'shell echo'  
\* fail module is now available for causing errors, you might want to  
use it with only\_if to fail in certain conditions

Note: I plan on freezing features this weekend and releasing later  
the following week.

If you want more information about what these do than is evident on  
the module doc site, please ask -- and let us know what needs to be  
more clear in the docs.

--Michael