This week in Ansible Community
Issue #237, 2026-10-23 (Past Issues)
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General news updates 
Ansible event platform consolidation proposal
gundalow shared
Proposal: Consolidating Ansible discussion platforms
We propose moving away from Meetup Pro and using the Ansible Forum for event information and community discussion, with Pretix for registration and ticketing.
- Event discussions stay in the Ansible community: agendas, questions, and follow-up live on the Forum, where people can contribute and find them later.
- Local updates are opt-in: people can follow events in the cities they care about through Forum location preferences and city notifications.
Registration is purpose-built: Pretix handles RSVPs, attendee updates, and check-in, including offline check-in when venue connectivity is unreliable.- The tools are more open to community stewardship: Pretix is open source, has an API, and can be self-hosted, while the Forum provides a shared place to improve event guidance and processes.
This would give each city a place to plan and share events, while providing organisers with registration and check-in tools. It would also bring event conversations into the Ansible community’s existing spaces, where people can ask questions and share what they learn after an event.
- Where do you currently hear about events (not just Ansible), and what would help you discover events?
- Would you be OK having to use your Ansible Forum login to RSVP to community events?
- Meetup Organizers: Is the workflow easy for you?
- Are we missing a meetup city?
We have a proposal, and we want your feedback before we settle the details.
CfgMgmtCamp 2027 call for papers
gundalow shared
CfgMgmtCamp Call for Papers: closes in 3 weeks
The CFP for CfgMgmtCamp
Configuration Management Camp takes place in Ghent, Belgium 1-3rd February 2027
There is still time to submit your talk idea, and let us know what you’d like to hear about
- Official Website and guide
- 5, 25, 50 minute talks welcome
- Submit your topic
- About CfgMgmtCamp
- Got an idea, but don’t want to present, tell us what you want to hear at CfgMgmtCamp 2027
NewsBot migrated to AWS ECS Fargate
dbrennand contributed
NewsBot Deployment Update
We’ve migrated the NewsBot deployment over to AWS ECS Fargate!
What’s changed & why:
- Improved Stability & Reduced Maintenance: The bot has been pretty unstable in recent months, so moving to Fargate gives us a more reliable, hands off runtime environment.
- Custom Container Image: We’re now using our own container image built on top of the upstream hebbot project.
- Unified Repository: All NewsBot configuration and container definitions are now consolidated in one place: GitHub - ansible-community/newsbot: Configuration, newsletter template, and container image for the Ansible Community Newsbot. · GitHub
Project updates 
andebox release with dependency updates
russoz (Alex Z) contributed
New Release: andebox 2.1.1!
andebox 2.1.1 is out with dependencies updates! Starting from this version, deps updates will trigger a patch release for andebox.
Install this release from PyPI. Check the changelogs at: andebox/CHANGELOG.md at main · russoz-ansible/andebox · GitHub
Collection updates 
community.postgresql 5.1.0 release
andersson007_ contributed
The community.postgresql collection version 5.1.0 has been released!
community.openwrt 1.10.0 release with new modules
russoz (Alex Z) shared
New Release: community.openwrt 1.10.0 has been released, bringing three new modules, along new features and bugfixes. Additionally, unit testing for ucode is now performed using utest.
This release comes after an OpenWrt service release 25.12.6 and the collection drops support for ansible-core versions that are EOL, so the minimum ansible-core supported is now 2.19.
Certified collections weekly update
cisco.ise, f5networks, and ibm.storage_virtualize certified updates
dbrennand shared
Certified collections updated this week:
Community events and meetups
Upcoming meetups and working groups
Office hours, AWS meetup, and CfgMgmtCamp schedule
dbrennand shared
- 2026-11-05, AAP Config as Code Office Hours - First Thursday of Every Month
- 2026-11-17, Announcing Our Official Code Freeze Schedule & Process
- 2026-11-26, AWS Community Meeting
- 2027-02-01, CfgMgmtCamp 2027
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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