# Release announcement: Ansible Community Package 9.0.0

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-0-0/2492>\
**Category:** Ecosystem Releases\
**Tags:** release-management, release, distro-packaging\
**Created:** [November 21, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-0-0/2492 "2023-11-21T16:57:15Z")\
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Hello everyone,

We’re happy to announce the release of Ansible 9.0.0!

This version contains the latest version of ansible-core  
2.16 and includes a curated set of Ansible collections that provides a  
vast number of modules and plugins.

ansible-core is a required dependency, not contained within the  
ansible packages.

## How to get it?

[This release is available on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/ansible/9.0.0/) and can be installed with pip:

`$ python3 -m pip install ansible==9.0.0 --user`

The source and the wheel for this release can be found here:

Release tarball:

[https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/28/b7/44c7823f0342b358d3eca451a49c88a1ae7ce1724c9503290de9b04e09f3/ansible-9.0.0.tar.gz](https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/28/b7/44c7823f0342b358d3eca451a49c88a1ae7ce1724c9503290de9b04e09f3/ansible-9.0.0.tar.gz)

SHA256:

c337b6f31187baffe7d289f4eaefb89bb34a3aae56dda6e1e8e61e4ae405cb3a

Wheel package:

[https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cb/3a/f4c07cb9aac56d1e4b1b329c3ef7359feec00cedf22a2ef019df7edf74b7/ansible-9.0.0-py3-none-any.whl](https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cb/3a/f4c07cb9aac56d1e4b1b329c3ef7359feec00cedf22a2ef019df7edf74b7/ansible-9.0.0-py3-none-any.whl)

SHA256:

e5fd9eeca38d0241ccd414302df2aa0937aaac060aeb150aa9bcc8016a194ad3

## Some important details

Python wheels are available for both Ansible 9.0.0 and ansible-core 2.16.0.

In addition, Ansible 9 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 9  
unified changelog will have an entry on this page:

[https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/9.0.0/CHANGELOG-v9.rst](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/9.0.0/CHANGELOG-v9.rst)

For collections which have not opted-in to the unified changelog, you  
may find more information on

> **[Collection Index — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/)**

or the collection source repository. For example, the community.crypto  
collection is available at

> **[Community.Crypto — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/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 2.16 installed by this release of  
Ansible 9 can be found here:

> <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.16.0/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.16.rst>

## What’s the schedule for new Ansible releases after 9.0.0?

The next release roadmap can be found at

> **[Ansible Roadmap — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/roadmap/ansible_roadmap_index.html)**

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You can find all past Bullhorn issues on the official wiki page:

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Join the new Ansible Community Forum to follow along and participate  
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announcements. Feel free to share your thoughts, ideas and concerns  
there.

Register here to join the Ansible Forum:

[http://forum.ansible.com](http://forum.ansible.com)

## Porting Help

A unified porting guide for collections that have opted-in is available here:

> **[Ansible 9 Porting Guide — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_9.html)**

## Getting collection updates from Ansible 9 with older releases of ansible-core

Ansible 9 includes ansible-core 2.16 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 9 has been made available for this use case:

> <https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/9.0.0/9/galaxy-requirements.yaml>

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 shoutout with a big THANK YOU to the Release Management Working Group for making this release happen!

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

Cheers,  
Maxwell