Hello everyone,
We’re happy to announce the release of the Ansible 8.7.0 package!
Ansible 8.7.0 includes ansible-core 2.15.7 as well as a curated set of
Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules and plugins.
How to get it
This release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip:
$ python3 -m pip install ansible==8.7.0 --user
The sources for this release can be found here:
Release tarball:
SHA256:
3a5ca5152e4547d590e40b542d76b18dbbe2b36da4edd00a13a7c51a374ff737
Wheel package:
SHA256:
fa7d3bc2dfdb0ab031df645814ff86b15cb5ec041bfbee4041f795abfa5646ca
Some important details
This release includes the mitigation of security issue CVE-2023-5764. See the porting guide below for details.
Python wheels are now available for both Ansible 8 and ansible-core
2.15, resulting in significantly improved installation performance.
In addition, Ansible 8 does not install some unnecessary files from
the included Ansible collections such as tests or hidden files and
directories. This further improves installation performance and
reduces the size on disk. These files are still available in the
source tarball if needed.
Collections which have opted-in to being a part of the Ansible 8
unified changelog will have an entry on this page:
For collections which have not opted-in to the unified changelog, you
may find more information on
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections
source repository. For example, the community.crypto collection is
available at
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/crypto/index.html
and you can find a link to the source repository under the
“Repository(Sources)” button.
The changelog for ansible-core 2.15.7 installed by this release of
Ansible 8 can be found here:
What’s the schedule for new Ansible releases after 8.7.0?
This is the final release for Ansible 8 series. The next release roadmap can be found at
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/ansible_roadmap_index.html
From now on, the Ansible community package release schedule will follow 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 release is.
For the upcoming holiday season, this means that there will be no Ansible release in early January 2024, but instead on January 30th, 2024.
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Porting Help
A unified porting guide for collections that have opted-in is available here:
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_8.html
Getting collection updates from Ansible 8 with older releases of ansible-core
Ansible 8 includes ansible-core 2.15 Based on your requirements,
you can get collection updates as they ship in the Ansible "batteries
included" package while continuing to use older versions of
ansible-core.
An ansible-galaxy requirements file based on the collections from
Ansible 8 has been made available for this use case:
After you download the requirements file, the collections can be
installed by running this command:
“ansible-galaxy collection install -r galaxy-requirements.yaml”
Special Thanks
We would like to give a shout out with a big THANK YOU to @felixfontein and @oranod for making this release happen!
On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating!
Cheers
Ansible Community Team