The Bullhorn #234

[dbrennand (Daniel Brennand)]

This week in Ansible Community
Issue #234, 2026-08-06 (Past Issues)

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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 2.21.2 release

ansible-announce shared

New Release: ansible-core v2.21.2 - New Release: ansible-core v2.21.2

ansible-test Alpine 3.24 container update

Felix Fontein said

Ansible-core devel’s ansible-test replaced its Alpine 3.23 container image and VM by Alpine 3.24 (Ansible-test devel: Alpine 3.23 replaced by Alpine 3.24).

Antsibull

Tooling for building the Ansible package and collection documentation.

antsibull-docs 2.25.0 release

Felix Fontein shared

antsibull-docs 2.25.0 (Release 2.25.0 · ansible-community/antsibull-docs · GitHub) has been released. It fixes a bug regarding environment variable definitions in collections, and improves position reporting during linting in some cases.

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 15 roadmap vote accepted

mariolenz shared

The vote on the Ansible 15 roadmap has finished and the suggested schedule has been accepted.

dellemc.unity inclusion requirements violation

mariolenz said

It looks like dellemc.unity violates the Ansible Community Package inclusion requirements. The last run seems to have been 9 months ago testing with ansible-core 2.19. But the current ACP 14 is based on ansible-core 2.21. This looks like we should remove the collection from the Ansible Community Package. If you’re a maintainer or user of this collection, feel free to join the discussion on the forum!

Ansible 14.2.0 package release

gotmax23 contributed

Ansible 14.2.0 package is here!
Release announcement: Ansible community package 14.2.0
You can install it by running the following command:

python3 -m pip install ansible==14.2.0 --user

Check Release Notes and Ansible 14 Porting Guide for more details!

community.okd maintenance status discussion

mariolenz said

It’s a little bit unclear if community.okd is really and fully maintained. There is now a discussion about this. Depending on the result, we might or might not remove this collection from the Ansible Community Package. If you’re a maintainer of community.okd and want to keep the collection in the ACP, or if you’re using the collection by installing ACP, please join the discussion!

Project updates

ara 10th anniversary and MCP server

dmsimard contributed

I am happy to celebrate the project’s 10th anniversary with the release of ara 1.8.0

You can read about the news on:

• Mastodon: ARA Records Ansible: "ARA Records #Ansible 1.8.0 has been released ! T…" - Fosstodon
• The blog: Announcing the release of ARA 1.8.0 | ARA Records Ansible | ara.recordsansible.org

Full release notes are available on Codeberg and a compilation of all past release notes are in the documentation.

This new release is the first to include the optional MCP server which I’ve talked about at CfgMgmtCamp last February and followed up on the forum.

It is also the first one to feature a brand new Prometheus exporter for Ansible metrics which I have been working on for over 3 years now. The results are worth it !

Enjoy !

Collection updates

hashicorp.vault 1.3.0 release

mjohns91 shared

The hashicorp.vault collection version
1.3.0 has been released!

Release Highlights

This minor release adds several new capabilities and improvements:

New Features:

• Proxy support: Access Vault servers through HTTP/HTTPS proxies via the new proxies parameter
• Enhanced environment variable support: Configure VAULT_NAMESPACE, VAULT_AUTH_METHOD, and VAULT_ENGINE_MOUNT_POINT via environment variables
• Timeout and retry controls: New timeout and retries parameters for configuring request behavior and automatic retry logic
• Action group: All KV secret modules now support the action group for easier task configuration
• Database role improvements: Added connection_name alias for better parameter consistency across database modules

Improvements:

• kv2_secret_info now returns an empty response instead of failing when a secret doesn’t exist
• Refactored module utilities for better code organization and maintainability

Deprecation Notice:

• The default value for the namespace parameter will change from admin to root in version 2.0.0. Users should explicitly set this parameter to prepare for
  the change.

See the full CHANGELOG for complete details.

infra.support_assist 1.2.0 release

Lenny Shirley shared

infra.support_assist 1.2.0 has been released.
This Ansible Collection will gather various reports/outputs that are commonly asked for in Red Hat Support Cases, and can optionally
create the case, and then upload the diagnostics directly to the Support Case Portal.
Visit GitHub - redhat-cop/infra.support_assist: This Ansible Collection will gather various reports/outputs that are commonly asked for in Red Hat Support Cases, and can optionally upload them directly to the Support Case Portal. · GitHub For more information and updates.

ansible.mysql 5.2.0 release

andersson007_ shared

The ansible.mysql collection version 5.2.0 has been released!

community.crypto 3.3.0 release

Felix Fontein shared

community.crypto 3.3.0 (community.crypto/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-collections/community.crypto · GitHub) has been released with first support for ML-DSA when creating private keys, retrieving key information, and signing CSRs and certificates.

ansible.posix 2.2.2 release

hsaito said

ansible.posix 2.2.2 has been released. This release adds instructions regarding the support workflow for certain users to the README; there are no functional changes from version 2.2.1.

community.clickhouse 2.3.0 release

rkozlo contributed

The community.clickhouse collection version 2.3.0 has been released!

community.general 13.2.0 and 12.6.3 releases

Felix Fontein contributed

There are two new community.general releases:

• community.general 13.2.0 (community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-13 · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub) is a regular feature and bugfix release with a new lookup plugin and a new module. Note that 13.2.0 adds a new dependency, community.library_inventory_filtering_v1, and uses it in the opennebula inventory plugin. If you are installing community.general manually, you have to adjust your installation procedure (at least if you’re using that inventory plugin). If you install the collection through ansible-galaxy, or use the ansible community package, the dependency will get installed automatically.
• community.general 12.6.3 (community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-12 · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub) is a regular bugfix release.

kubernetes.core 6.5.0 release

Bianca Henderson shared

The kubernetes.core collection version 6.5.0 has been released!

This release implements minor changes and bug fixes such as a new remove value to the behavior option of the kubeconfig module, allowing entries to be deleted from the kubeconfig file by name, as well as Helm v4 compatibility across the Helm modules.

Please see the changelog for more info.

kubernetes.core 5.4.4 release

Bianca Henderson said

The kubernetes.core collection version 5.4.4 has been released!

5.4.4 contains bugfixes such as improved idempotency for helm repository URLs with trailing slashes and also corrects the documented and enforced minimum ansible-core version to >=2.16.0.

Please see the changelog for more info.

community.beszel 2.0.0 release

dbrennand shared

community.beszel v2.0.0 is out now, raising the minimum requirement to ansible-core 2.19, introducing an argument spec for agent role validation, and modernizing the CI and testing workflows.

ansible.mariadb 6.0.0 release

andersson007_ contributed

The ansible.mariadb collection version 6.0.0 and 6.0.2 have been released! It was cloned from the ansible.mysql collection and from now on will hold MariaDB-related development. The ansible.mysql collection will not accept any new MariaDB-related content.

Certified Collections weekly update

dbrennand shared

Certified collections updated this week:

• akeyless.secrets_management:1.2.2
• ansible.platform:2.7.20260805
• dellemc.openmanage:10.0.3
• redhat.trusted_profile_analyzer:3.0.0
• zscaler.zpacloud:2.2.11

Community events and meetups

AAP 2.7 upgrade readiness webinar

steampunks shared

Hi, we’re organizing a live webinar on July 30 at 3 PM CEST, where we’ll show what AAP 2.7 does to your existing Ansible Playbook estate and how to get it upgrade-ready before things break. If you’re facing an AAP upgrade, this session might provide valuable insights. Check it out: AAP 2.7 is here - Are your Ansible Playbooks ready for it? | XLAB Steampunk

Upcoming meetups and working groups

dbrennand shared

• 2026-08-25, Announcing Our Official Code Freeze Schedule & Process
• 2026-08-27, AWS Community Meeting
• 2026-09-03, AAP Config as Code Office Hours - First Thursday of Every Month
• 2026-09-09, 10. Ansible Anwendertreffen / 10th German User Meetup

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!

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!