Issue #158, 2024-10-18 (Past Issues)
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The Ansible team is hiring! 
samccann said
Ansible is hiring! From associate engineer through principal and manager! I can’t figure out a good search url to pick up just the Ansible jobs but the following URL gets close - look for any interesting ones. They will either have Ansible in the job title or in the description. Come join us in Ansible Engineering! https://redhat.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/jobs/?q=Ansible&d=c18026e77576010f6ef6126f4e43ec4a
General news updates 
andersson007_ said
A new document called Ansible Ecosystem Project Development Resources has been added to docs.ansible.com that lists resources to help contributors interested in developing a community project in the Ansible ecosystem.
Learn how to set up a repository in a recommended way as well as the type of documentation a project should include: there’s a link to a ready-to-use docsite template you can easily fill in and build the documentation from using Sphynx.
Even if your project is mature, we recommend you take a look at the document to check if there’s anything to improve in both your project and the resources. Any feedback is much appreciated!
Major new releases 
Ansible-Core 
The ansible-core package contains the base engine and a small subset of modules and plugins. To see what’s planned for the next release, look at the ansible-core roadmaps.
ansible-core 2.18-rc1
ansible-announce contributed
New Release: ansible-core v2.18.0rc1 - New Release: ansible-core v2.18.0rc1
Ansible Community Package
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.
Ansible 11 alpha
mariolenz contributed
Ansible 11.0.0a2 package (pre-release) is here!
Release announcement: Ansible community package 11.0.0a2 (Pre-Release)
You can install it by running the following command:
python3 -m pip install ansible==11.0.0a2 --user
Check Release Notes
and Ansible 11 Porting Guide for more details!
Ansible 9 and 10 EOL dates
gotmax23 shared
The final minor versions of Ansible 9 and 10 will be released around December 3rd, and then both major versions will go end of life and no longer receive updates. At that point, users can update to Ansible 11.
Other releases
See Ecosystem Releases - Ansible for more of this week’s releases.
Collection updates 
community.network deprecation
andersson007_ contributed
The community.network community collection version 5.1.0 has been released. This release announces the collection deprecation and contains no functional changes. See the changelog for details.
New Forum tag - ciscosmb
andersson007_ shared
The ciscosmb tag has been added to the Ansible Forum to tag topics related to the community.ciscosmb collection for Cisco SMB switches: SG250, SG300, SG500, SG350, SG550, CBS350.
Proposals - discuss and vote! 
Vote: moving content to external collection
Felix Fontein shared
There’s a community vote on whether it should be allowed to move content from community.general/community.network to collections outside of Ansible ([Vote ends on 2024-10-23] Should we allow moving content out of community.general and community.network to collections that are not part of Ansible? - #11 by felixfontein).
Community events and meetups 
CfgMgmtCamp CFP
Oranod shared
Hi everyone! I’m pleased to announce that Configuration Management Camp (Cfgmgmtcamp) is back next year and runs Feb 3rd to 5th. It takes place right after FOSDEM in Ghent, Belgium, and is a key event for IaC enthusiasts in EMEA.
The CFP is now open and looking for proposals for ignite talks, presentations, and workshops. This year we had two full Ansible tracks and a ton of interest in all things Ansible. We’d like to make next year’s event even better. So if you have any community Ansible topics or experiences with Ansible Automation Platform that you think would benefit the wider IaC ecosystem, please submit your proposal by the end of this month (CFP closes on Oct 31). You can find the CFP here: CfgMgmtCamp 2025 Ghent :: pretalx
Thanks and looking forward to seeing some Ansible talks in Ghent!
Ansible Contributor Summit CFP
Oranod shared
Ansible Contributor Summit is coming to Cfgmgmtcamp 2025! We’ll be back with a full day working session especially for community users and contributors to interact with one another, as well as with Ansible development teams. We will discuss important issues affecting the Ansible community to help shape the future of Ansible with a focus on improving collaboration with our contributors.
We’re still working on putting together an agenda and there are more details to come but go ahead and mark your calendars and save the date!
We’d also like to ask our community what they’d like to hear, speak about, or participate in. So, if you’re planning to attend either in person or virtually, let us know what you’d like to add to the agenda. Head over to our Contributor Summit at Cfgmgmtcamp 2025 event topic in the forum and give us your thoughts.
Other events
See the Events - Ansible category for more upcoming Ansible community events.
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!