Hello everyone,
We’re happy to announce the release of the Ansible 14.0.0a4 package pre-release!
Ansible 14.0.0a4 depends on ansible-core 2.21.0rc1 and includes a curated set of Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules, plugins, and roles. This is a pre-release of Ansible 14.
How to get it
This pre-release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip:
python3 -m pip install ansible==14.0.0a4 --user
The sources for this release can be found here:
Release tarball: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d1/ab/e7ff2f71ff1c2de43a2ee2888743571f4e8bc026bc65ec23f386d32f6513/ansible-14.0.0a4.tar.gz
SHA256: 97e2fb8d643b6f3a23dbfd1e7e918673fe92c6de5bf618531f62830d5a0a1151
SHA256: addea2b9b27e54e5d0abf6253dfc108ed1894cf5f59270eb771e0187d0dc0361
Some important details
ansible-core is a separate package on which ansible depends. pip install ansible installs ansible-core, but it can also be installed independently of the ansible package.
Collections that have opted to join the Ansible 14 unified changelog will have an entry on this page: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/14.0.0a4/14/CHANGELOG-v14.md
For collections which have not opted-in to the unified changelog, you may find more information on Collection Index — Ansible Community Documentation or on the collection source repository. For example, the community.crypto collection is available at Community.Crypto — Ansible Community Documentation and you can find a link to the source repository under the “Repository (Sources)” button.
The changelog for ansible-core 2.21 installed by this release of Ansible 14 can be found here: ansible/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.21.rst at v2.21.0rc1 · ansible/ansible · GitHub
What’s the schedule for new Ansible releases after 14.0.0a4?
The next release roadmap can be found at Ansible Roadmap — Ansible Community Documentation
The Ansible community package release schedule follows the Ansible Core release schedule, including, for example, delays for holidays. This means Ansible releases happen every four weeks through most of the year, but release dates may be delayed when Ansible Core releases are.
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Porting Help
A unified porting guide for collections that have opted in is available here: Ansible 14 Porting Guide — Ansible Community Documentation
Getting collection updates from Ansible 14 with older releases of ansible-core
Ansible 14 depends on ansible-core 2.21. Depending on your needs, you can get collection updates as they ship in the Ansible “batteries included” package while continuing to use older versions of ansible-core.
See the ansible-galaxy requirements file based on the collections from Ansible 14 for this use case: ansible-build-data/14/galaxy-requirements.yaml at 14.0.0a4 · ansible-community/ansible-build-data · GitHub
After you download the requirements file, you can install the collections by running the following command:
ansible-galaxy collection install -r galaxy-requirements.yaml
On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating!
Cheers,
Ansible Release Management Working Group