This week in Ansible Community
Issue #165, 2024-12-06 (Past Issues)
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Major new releases 
Community EEs
anwesha contributed
We’re happy to announce the release of the
Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.17.7-1
Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.17.7-1 !Get the details of both the images in the announcement made in the Ansible Forum.
Join the Ansible Forum to know about the future release announcements.
On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating!
anwesha contributed
We’re happy to announce the release of the
Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.18.1-1
Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.18.1-1 !Get the details of both the images in the announcement made in the Ansible Forum.
Join the Ansible Forum to know about the future release announcements.
On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating!
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
Felix Fontein shared
Ansible 11.1.0 package is here!
Release announcement: Ansible community package 11.1.0
You can install it by running the following command:
python3 -m pip install ansible==11.1.0 --user
Check Release Notes
(ansible-build-data/11/CHANGELOG-v11.md at 11.1.0 · ansible-community/ansible-build-data · GitHub) and Ansible 11 Porting Guide (Ansible 11 Porting Guide — Ansible Community Documentation) for more details!
Ansible 12 roadmap
mariolenz shared
There is now a suggested roadmap for Ansible 12. Feel free to comment!
Ansible 9 EOL
Felix Fontein shared
Ansible 9.13.0 package is here!
python3 -m pip install ansible==9.13.0 --userThis is the final 9.X.X release.
Felix Fontein shared
Ansible 10 EOL
Ansible 10.7.0 package is here!
python3 -m pip install ansible==10.7.0 --userThis is the final 10.X.X release.
Project updates 
How to release a collection
andersson007_ shared
Check out a new post How to release an Ansible collection step by step that complements the previous related posts:
Any feedback is welcome!
Collection updates 
Certified collections
samccann said
Certified collections updated this week:
amazon.aws
abuzachis said
The amazon.aws 9.1.0 has been released! This release features:
- Bugfixes and some minor changes.
- A brand-new
rds_instance_param_group_infomodule.- Planned deprecations for the
autoscaling_groupmodule.For full details, check out the changelog.
community.routeros
Felix Fontein shared
community.routeros 3.1.0 (community.routeros/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-collections/community.routeros · GitHub) has been released with some new supported fields and some fixed default values for existing fields.
community.postgresql
andersson007_ shared
The community.postgresql collection version 3.9.1 has been released!
cisco.asa deprecation
Sagar Paul contributed
An update from the Network Automation Working Group -
The cisco.asa collection has been deprecated and will not have any more major releases.
ansible.posix
hsaito shared
ansible.posix 2.0.0 has been released.
This release includes two break fixes for options in the firewalld module. Additionally, please note that the Skippy plugin has been removed. You can see more details in changelog.happy automating
community.dns
Felix Fontein contributed
community.dns 3.1.0 (community.dns/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-collections/community.dns · GitHub) has been released with new plugins for reverse DNS lookups and an updated Public Suffix List.
Help wanted 
Docs redirects consolidation
Oranod shared
The Ansible community team is planning to consolidate redirects for Ansible documentation from versions 2.3 to 2.10 as well as for links to some specific modules and plugins docs that existed before collections. This effort will result in a change to the user experience but we’re doing it in the name of progress.
We’re asking our community members to review all the details in this forum post: Consolidating redirects on docs.ansible.com. You can find specific examples about the change as well as the PR that consolidates the redirects. We’ve also done a lot of testing to make sure the consolidated redirect rules work as expected and don’t result in a load of 404s. You can find the test results linked in that forum post as well. Thanks!
Community events and meetups 
Ansible Contributor summit
Oranod contributed
Ansible Contributor Summit is coming to Cfgmgmtcamp 2025! We’ll be back with a full day working session on Wednesday, Feb 5th. The agenda is coming together and you can see what we’ve got in store for you in the Contributor Summit event page on the forum.
Be sure to reply to that forum post and tell us what you’d like to hear or do at the Contributor Summit. If you didn’t make the submission deadline for one of the days, but have a talk you’d like to give, let us know and we can potentially add it to the agenda on Wednesday. We expect to close the agenda in the next week so be sure to get in touch asap.
See you in Ghent next year!
Cfgmgmtcamp schedule
Oranod shared
Exciting news for everyone heading to Configuration Management Camp next February in Ghent! The Cfgmgmtcamp 2025 schedule is available!! There are still one or two talks we’re waiting to confirm for the Ansible tracks and some final tweaks to be made but you can see what talks are coming and plan your trip.
Be sure to register for Cfgmgmtcamp if you haven’t already. It’s free, fun, and a great opportunity to learn, share, and engage with fellow IaC technologists right after FOSDEM.
You can also grab some Cfgmgmtcamp gear from the online shop.
Other events and releases
Use the Ansible Forum to see other events and releases.
Join the Ansible community
Looking for ways to get involved? See how can I help for some ideas!
You can find easy issues in collections and other projects for code or documentation contributions.
That’s all for now!
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