# Release Announcement : Execution Environment Minimal & Base

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-execution-environment-minimal-base/40796>\
**Category:** Ecosystem Releases\
**Tags:** windows, fedora, release, ee\
**Created:** [March 5, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-execution-environment-minimal-base/40796 "2025-03-05T11:57:04Z")\
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Hello everyone,

We’re happy to announce the release of the

- [Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.18.3-1 (Latest)](https://github.com/ansible-community/images/pkgs/container/community-ee-base/367838949?tag=2.18.3-1)

- [Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.18.2-1](https://github.com/ansible-community/images/pkgs/container/community-ee-base/365448633?tag=2.18.2-1)

- [Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.18.3-1 (Latest)](https://github.com/ansible-community/images/pkgs/container/community-ee-minimal/367857583?tag=2.18.3-1)

- [Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.18.2-1](https://github.com/ansible-community/images/pkgs/container/community-ee-minimal/365449229?tag=2.18.2-1)

## Execution Environment Base 2.18.3-1 image includes

Base\_image: fedora 41

ansible-core: ansible-core 2.18.3 (latest version of ansible-core)

collections: The following set of collections

ansible.posix 1.6.2

ansible.utils 5.1.2

ansible.windows 2.7.0

### sha256 sum of 2.18.3-1 base image :

3ebe7f410215fd4e541956aa330e881c036bd078b369cd8b82fb7f4c324124f8

### 2.18.3-1 base image in the following ways:

`podman pull [Package community-ee-base · GitHub](http://ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-base@sha256:3ebe7f410215fd4e541956aa330e881c036bd078b369cd8b82fb7f4c324124f8)

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

`podman pull ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-base:2.18.3-1`

## Execution Environment Base 2.18.2-1 image includes :

Base\_image: fedora 41

ansible-core: ansible-core 2.18.2

collections: The following set of collections

ansible.posix 1.6.2

ansible.utils 5.1.2

ansible.windows 2.7.0

### sha256 sum of 2.18.2-1 base image :

49fff154f02c52fd9fda1e879f303c52b2775971b0f7a51542c6e2146a49565c

### Get 2.18.2-1 base image in the following ways:

`podman pull [Package community-ee-base · GitHub](http://ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-base@sha256:49fff154f02c52fd9fda1e879f303c52b2775971b0f7a51542c6e2146a49565c)

`podman pull ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-base:2.17.6-1`

## Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.18.3-1 (Latest) includes :

base\_image: fedora 41

ansible-core: ansible-core 2.18.3 (latest version of ansible-core)

### sha256 sum value of the container image :

442ccc35e65ee580d7561ad53e5c1acfb0dcf2a49d94e13460a8942abb9e3e8e

### Get community-ee-minimal 2.18.3-1 (Latest) in the following ways:

`podman pull [Package community-ee-minimal · GitHub](http://ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-minimal@sha256:442ccc35e65ee580d7561ad53e5c1acfb0dcf2a49d94e13460a8942abb9e3e8e)

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

`podman pull ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-minimal:2.18.3-1`

## Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.18.2-1 includes :

base\_image: fedora 41

ansible-core: ansible-core 2.18.2

### sha256 sum value of the container image :

84a223b708bc736a620bba476eb14e001ca0195e299dca2bf29b9975ce3ad2a8

### Get community-ee-minimal 2.18.2-1 (Latest) in the following ways:

`podman pull http://ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-minimal@sha256:84a223b708bc736a620bba476eb14e001ca0195e299dca2bf29b9975ce3ad2a8`

`podman pull ghcr.io/ansible-community/community-ee-minimal:2.18.2-1`

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