The Bullhorn #141

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Issue #141, 2024-06-10 (Past Issues)

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KEY DATES :stopwatch:

MAJOR NEW RELEASES :trophy:

Ansible Community Package :arrow_upper_right:

The Ansible package includes ansible-core and is a batteries-included package that provides a curated set of Ansible collections. See the Ansible roadmaps for future release plans.

Felix Fontein said

Ansible 10.0.1 package is here! :heart:
:link:Release announcement: Ansible community package 10.0.1
:minidisc:You can install it by running the following command:

python3 -m pip install ansible==10.0.1 --user

This release updates 10.0.0 by removing binary files from a Windows venv that accidentally were included in two collection releases. We will later today yank the 10.0.0 release.

:arrow_right: Check Release Notes :package::spiral_notepad: (ansible-build-data/10/CHANGELOG-v10.md at 10.0.1 · ansible-community/ansible-build-data · GitHub) and Ansible 10 Porting Guide (Ansible 10 Porting Guide — Ansible Community Documentation) for more details!

Felix Fontein said

Ansible 9.6.1 package is here! :heart:
:link:Release announcement: Ansible community package 9.6.1
:minidisc:You can install it by running the following command:

python3 -m pip install ansible==9.6.1 --user

This release updates 9.6.0 by removing binary files from a Windows venv that accidentally were included in two collection releases. We will later today yank the 9.6.0 release.

:arrow_right: Check Release Notes :package::spiral_notepad: (ansible-build-data/9/CHANGELOG-v9.md at 9.6.1 · ansible-community/ansible-build-data · GitHub) and Ansible 9 Porting Guide (Ansible 9 Porting Guide — Ansible Community Documentation) for more details!

PROJECT UPDATES :hammer_and_wrench:

anwesha said

Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.17-1 is here. It includes Base_image: fedora 40, ansible-core: ansible-core 2.17 (latest version of ansible-core) collections: ansible.posix 1.5.4, ansible.utils 4.1.0
& ansible.windows 2.3.0.

Install from command line via image tag

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

Read the whole announcement here . Please join the Ansible Forum to follow all the recent updates and conversations in Ansible land.

AWX Project :arrow_upper_right:

AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. Join the AWX discussion in the Ansible Community Forum.

TVo contributed

Announcing 24.5.0 and AWX-Operator 2.18.0

Hi all,

We’re happy to announce that the latest release of AWX, version 24.5.0 is now available!
Some notable features include:

  • Added check_instance_ready to management commands (PR #15238)
  • Added centralized logging via OpenTelemetry (OTel) (PR #15199)
  • Added AWS SNS notification support for webhooks (PR #15184)

In addition AWX Operator version 2.18.0 has also been released!
Some notable features include:

  • Added extra_settings_files for AWX CR that allows users to add extra settings through python (*.py) files from ConfigMaps or Secrets (PR #1836)
  • Added the ability for the operator to create horizontal pod autoscaling resources for the web and task deployments (PR #1676)

Please see the releases pages for more details:
AWX: Release 24.5.0 · ansible/awx · GitHub
Operator: Release 2.18.0 · ansible/awx-operator · GitHub

The AWX team

COLLECTION UPDATES :magic_wand:

abuzachis said

amazon.aws 8.0.1 has been released with some bug fixes for the s3_object, ec2_instance and backup_plan_info modules. (see changelog for details).

amazon.aws 7.6.1 has been released with some bug fixes for the ec2_instance and backup_plan_info modules. (see changelog for details).

PROPOSALS - DISCUSS AND VOTE! :ballot_box:

mariolenz said

There has been a deprecation announcement in The Bullhorn #123 for the vyos.vyos collection. There is now a discussion open what this means for the Ansible Community Package, that is if and / or when we should remove the collection.

Leo shared

Calling all Ansible Collection developers! Do you think a dedicated Ansible Forum category for collection development discussions —including playbooks, roles, modules and other plugins— would be useful to increase contributors to your collection or enable newcomers? Join the discussion here.

mariolenz contributed

There has been a deprecation announcement in The Bullhorn #123 for the openvswitch.openvswitch collection. There is now a discussion open what this means for the Ansible Community Package, that is if and / or when we should remove the collection.

mariolenz shared

There has been a deprecation announcement in The Bullhorn #123 for the frr.frr collection. There is now a discussion open what this means for the Ansible Community Package, that is if and / or when we should remove the collection.

COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS :date:

samccann shared

The Ansible Minneapolis group will have an AnsibleFest/Summit recap and discussion on ansible-builder on June 20th- check out the details and save the date!

douweb82 said

In about four weeks, we have the Benelux (Belgium - Netherlands - Luxembourg) Ansible Meetup in Nieuwegein, The Netherlands → Ansible EDA and Windows, Sat, Jul 6, 2024, 10:00 AM | Meetup

THAT’S ALL FOR NOW!

Have any questions you’d like to ask, or issues you’d like to see covered? Please ask in #social:ansible.com! See you next time!

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