# The Bullhorn, #208

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-208/44811>\
**Category:** Newsletter\
**Tags:** event, vmware, aap, community-general, community-wg, aws, collections, ee, ansible-core\
**Created:** [November 7, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-208/44811 "2025-11-07T16:08:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**This week in Ansible Community**

_Issue #208, 2025-11-07 ([Past Issues](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/bullhorn/17))_

Welcome to [The Bullhorn](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/bullhorn/17), our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to chat with us in the [Ansible Social room on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com), and mention [`newsbot`](https://matrix.to/#/@newsbot:ansible.im) to have your news item tagged for review for the next weekly issue!

## Major new releases 🏆

### Ansible-Core [↗](https://github.com/ansible/ansible)

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](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/roadmap/ansible_core_roadmap_index.html).

#### ansible-core v2.20.0 Release

[ansible-announce](https://matrix.to/#/@ansible-announce:matrix.org) said

> New Release: ansible-core v2.20.0 - [New Release: ansible-core v2.20.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-20-0/44790)

#### ansible-core v2.19.4 Release

[ansible-announce](https://matrix.to/#/@ansible-announce:matrix.org) shared

> New Release: ansible-core v2.19.4 - [New Release: ansible-core v2.19.4](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-19-4/44789)

#### ansible-core v2.18.11 Release

[ansible-announce](https://matrix.to/#/@ansible-announce:matrix.org) shared

> New Release: ansible-core v2.18.11 - [New Release: ansible-core v2.18.11](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-18-11/44788)

### Ansible Community Package [↗](https://github.com/ansible-collections)

The `Ansible` package includes `ansible-core` and is a batteries-included package that provides a curated set of Ansible collections. See the [Ansible roadmaps](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/ansible_roadmap_index.html) for future release plans.

#### Ansible Community Package 12.2.0 Release

[anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) said

Ansible 12.2.0 package is here! ❤

🔗[Release announcement: Ansible community package 12.2.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-12-2-0/44795)  
💽You can install it by running the following command:  
`python3 -m pip install ansible==12.2.0 --user`

➡ Check [Release Notes 📦🗒](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/12.2.0/12/CHANGELOG-v12.md) and [Ansible 12 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/porting_guides/porting_guide_12.html)

#### Ansible 13.0.0b1 Release

[anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) stated

> Ansible 13.0.0b1 package (pre-release) is here! ❤

🔗[Release announcement: Ansible community package 13.0.0b1 (Pre-Release)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-13-0-0b1-pre-release/44797)  
💽You can install it by running the following command:

`python3 -m pip install ansible==13.0.0b1 --user`

➡ Check [Release Notes 📦🗒](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/13.0.0b1/13/CHANGELOG-v13.md) and [Ansible 13 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_13.html)

#### Ansible 11.12.0 package release

[anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) informed

Ansible 11.12.0 package is here! ❤

🔗[Release announcement: Ansible community package 11.12.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-11-12-0/44798)  
💽You can install it by running the following command:

`python3 -m pip install ansible==11.12.0 --user`

➡ Check [Release Notes 📦🗒](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/11.12.0/11/CHANGELOG-v11.md) and [Ansible 11 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/porting_guides/porting_guide_11.html)

#### Ansible Community Execution Environment Images 2.19.4-1 (latest) Release

[anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) said

We’re happy to announce the release of the

Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.19.4-1 (latest)!

Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.19.4-1 (latest)!

Get the details of both the images in [the announcement](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-execution-environment-base-and-minimal-images-2-19-4-1-latest/44808) made in the Ansible Forum.

## Collection updates 🪄

### community.general

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said

> community.general 12.0.0 ([community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-12 · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-12/CHANGELOG.md#v12-0-0)) has been released! The collection contains mainy new features, bugfixes, and new plugins and modules! It also drops support for ansible-core 2.16, and is thus supporting only Python 3.7+. For this release, the Python code was polished and modernized a bit - there’s still a lot of work left, which isn’t surprising since there are over 1000 Python files.

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said

> community.general 11.4.1 ([community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-11 · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-11/CHANGELOG.md#v11-4-1)), community.general 10.7.6 ([community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-10 · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-10/CHANGELOG.md#v10-7-6)), and community.general 9.5.13 ([community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-9 · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-9/CHANGELOG.md#v9-5-13)) have been released with new bugfixes and a security fix for community.general.keycloak\_user (the option `credentials[].value` is now marked as `no_log=True`). Please note that 9.5.13 was the last 9.x.y release; the 9.x.y release train is now End of Life. Thanks for everyone who contributed to 9.x.y releases!

### community.beszel

[dbrennand](https://matrix.to/#/@dbrenuk:matrix.org) shared

> [community.beszel 0.5.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.beszel/releases/tag/0.5.0) has been released with support for deploying the Beszel binary agent in air-gapped or restricted network environments.

### community.dns

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) contributed

> community.dns 3.4.0 ([community.dns/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-collections/community.dns · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.dns/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v3-4-0)) has been released with an updated Public Suffix List, a new lookup plugin, and some new features.

### community.docker

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) contributed

> community.docker 5.0.0 ([community.docker/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-collections/community.docker · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v5-0-0)) has been released!

### Certified Collections

[anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) said

> - [netapp.ontap:23.2.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/en/software/collection/netapp/ontap)
> - [cyberark.conjur:1.3.8](https://catalog.redhat.com/en/software/collection/cyberark/conjur)
> - [cisco.nxos:11.1.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/en/software/collection/cisco/nxos)
> - [vmware.vmware:2.5.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/en/software/collection/vmware/vmware)

## General news updates 🔈

#### `docs.ansible.com` migration to Read The Docs

[Oranod](https://matrix.to/#/@orandon:ansible.im) contributed

> We’re planning to migrate the `docs.ansible.com` subdomain to Read The Docs hosting on Monday, November 10. Hopefully the migration will go smoothly but we want to give notice in the event of unexpected behavior or outages. For more information, or to give us your thoughts, see the thread in the forum: [We’re moving to Read The Docs](https://forum.ansible.com/t/we-re-moving-to-read-the-docs/43519)

## Help wanted

#### Comment on suggested roadmap for Ansible 14

[mariolenz](https://matrix.to/#/@mariolenz:matrix.org) said

> There is now a [suggested roadmap for Ansible 14](https://forum.ansible.com/t/44778). Feel free to comment!

## Community events and meetups 📅

### Upcoming Community Events

- 2025-11-12, [Ansible for IBM Z community meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-for-ibm-z-community-meeting/44444)

- 2025-11-15, [CFP close for CfgMgmtCamp 2026](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cfp-close-for-cfgmgmtcamp-2026/44251)

- 2025-11-18, [Announcing Our Official Code Freeze Schedule & Process](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announcing-our-official-code-freeze-schedule-process/44176)

- 2025-11-27, [AWS Community Meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-community-meeting/1848)

- 2025-12-01, [Ansible @ AWS: re:invent - December 2025](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-aws-re-invent-december-2025/44263)

- 2025-12-04, [AAP Config as Code Office Hours - First Thursday of Every Month](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aap-config-as-code-office-hours-first-thursday-of-every-month/398)

- 2026-02-02, [CfgMgmtCamp 2026](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cfgmgmtcamp-2026/44250)

- Every Tuesday @11AM ET, [Documentation Working Group](https://forum.ansible.com/t/documentation-wg-weekly-meeting/7229)

- Every Thursday @13:00 UTC, [Network Working Group](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-automation-working-group-agenda/2539)

## Other events and releases

Use the Ansible Forum to see [other events](https://forum.ansible.com/c/events/8) and [releases](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/releases/18).

## Join the Ansible community

Looking for ways to get involved? See [how can I help](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/how_can_I_help.html#how-can-i-help) for some ideas!

You can find easy issues in [collections](https://github.com/search?q=user:ansible-collections+label:easyfix,%22good+first+issue%22+state:open&type=Issues) and [other projects](https://github.com/search?q=user:ansible+user:ansible-community+label:easyfix,%22good+first+issue%22+state:open&type=Issues) for code or documentation contributions.

## 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](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com)! See you next time!