# Release Announcement : Ansible Community Execution Environment Base and Minimal 2.18.8-1(Latest)

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-execution-environment-base-and-minimal-2-18-8-1-latest/44292>\
**Category:** Ecosystem Releases\
**Tags:** community, windows, fedora, ee\
**Created:** [August 13, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-execution-environment-base-and-minimal-2-18-8-1-latest/44292 "2025-08-13T18:54:39Z")\
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Hello everyone,

We’re happy to announce the release of the

- [Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.18.8-1(Latest)](https://github.com/ansible-community/images/pkgs/container/community-ee-base/486286392?tag=2.18.8-1)
- [Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.18.8-1(Latest)](https://github.com/ansible-community/images/pkgs/container/community-ee-minimal/486288470?tag=2.18.8-1)

## What’s inside Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.18.8-1(Latest)?

### This container image includes :

Base\_image: Fedora 42

ansible-core: ansible-core 2.18.8 (latest version of ansible-core)

collections: The following set of collections

ansible.posix 1.6.2

ansible.utils 5.1.2

ansible.windows 2.8.0

### sha256 sum value of the container image :

3ce2b0c0bc2d6b0c22686d725c9cc997960bc7c1631cf55d0bdc72fcd839f888

### How to get community-ee-base 2.18.8-1(Latest)?

#### Install from command line via @sha256\_sum\_value of the image

`podman pull http://ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-base@sha256:3ce2b0c0bc2d6b0c22686d725c9cc997960bc7c1631cf55d0bdc72fcd839f888`

#### Install from command line via image tag

`podman pull ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-base:latest`

`podman pull ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-base:2.18.8-1`

# What’s inside community-ee-minimal?

## Ansible Community Excution Environment Minimal 2.18.8-1(Latest)

### This container image includes :

base\_image: fedora 42

ansible-core: ansible-core 2.18.8 (latest version of ansible-core)

### sha256 sum value of the container image :

8c95e496a96d26428815be78737c85f9095b6f88d667acb6e76874695016ab78

### How to get community-ee-minimal 2.18.8-1(Latest)?

#### Install from command line via @sha256\_sum\_value of the image

`podman pull http://ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-minimal@sha256:8c95e496a96d26428815be78737c85f9095b6f88d667acb6e76874695016ab78`

#### Install from command line via image tag

`podman pull ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-minimal:latest`

`podman pull ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-minimal:2.18.8-1`

# To know about future releases

Keep your eyes on Forum and Bullhorn.

On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating!

Cheers,

Ansible Community Team