# Release Announcement : Community Execution Environments Base and Minimal 2.18.5-1

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-community-execution-environments-base-and-minimal-2-18-5-1/42036>\
**Category:** Ecosystem Releases\
**Tags:** windows, fedora, ee\
**Created:** [April 25, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-community-execution-environments-base-and-minimal-2-18-5-1/42036 "2025-04-25T16:44:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-community-execution-environments-base-and-minimal-2-18-5-1/42036/1 "2025-04-25T16:44:28Z")

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Hello everyone,

We’re happy to announce the release of the

- [Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.18.5-1 (Latest)](https://github.com/ansible-community/images/pkgs/container/community-ee-base/402821664?tag=2.18.5-1)
- [Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.18.5-1 (Latest)](https://github.com/ansible-community/images/pkgs/container/community-ee-base/402821664?tag=2.18.5-1)

## What’s inside Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.18.5-1(Latest)?

### This container image includes :

Base\_image: fedora 41

ansible-core: ansible-core 2.18.5 (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 :

726ebf4fcb2951241195fa2e6908c8a0a9d0c61433375ab118770c33da3e7ac0

### How to get community-ee-base 2.18.5-1 (Latest)?

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

`podman pull http://ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-base@sha256:726ebf4fcb2951241195fa2e6908c8a0a9d0c61433375ab118770c33da3e7ac0`

#### 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:2.18.5-1`

# What’s inside community-ee-minimal?

## Ansible Community Excution Environment Minimal 2.18.5-1 (Latest)

### This container image includes :

base\_image: fedora 41

ansible-core: ansible-core 2.18.5 (latest version of ansible-core)

### sha256 sum value of the container image :

6b3d8dc7f40a42c7f45b0c9fedcb7888ccbcd56d74cb848ebfc7c1a5ff4b3d0c

### How to get community-ee-minimal 2.18.5-1 (Latest)?

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

`podman pull http://ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-minimal@sha256:6b3d8dc7f40a42c7f45b0c9fedcb7888ccbcd56d74cb848ebfc7c1a5ff4b3d0c`

#### 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:2.18.5-1`

# 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