- The community.general 1.x.y release stream will be **End of Life** on 2022-05-23, which coincides with the latest day that community.general 5.0.0 must be released (see `the Roadmap for Ansible 6 <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_6.rst#release-schedule>`_). At this point, community.general 1.0.0 has been released almost two years ago. It received new features for half a year, bugfixes for another half a year, and has only been receiving major bugfixes or security fixes until then. Thank you very much to everyone who contributed to the 1.x.y releases!
- ovirt* modules - remove bad unnecessary import for current ansible-core development version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2381).
- hiera lookup - minor refactor converting multiple statements to a single list literal (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2160).
- ipwcli_dns - minor refactor converting multiple statements to a single list literal (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2160).
- known_hosts module utils - minor refactor converting multiple statements to a single list literal (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2160).
- nictagadm - minor refactor converting multiple statements to a single list literal (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2160).
- smartos_image_info - minor refactor converting multiple statements to a single list literal (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2160).
- svr4pkg - minor refactor converting multiple statements to a single list literal (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2160).
- xattr - minor refactor converting multiple statements to a single list literal (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2160).
- zfs_facts - minor refactor converting multiple statements to a single list literal (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2160).
- zpool_facts - minor refactor converting multiple statements to a single list literal (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2160).
Security Fixes
--------------
- java_keystore - pass secret to keytool through an environment variable to not expose it as a commandline argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1668).
Bugfixes
--------
- dimensiondata_network - bug when formatting message, instead of % a simple comma was used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2139).
- funcd connection plugin - can now load (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2235).
- haproxy - fix a bug preventing haproxy from properly entering ``DRAIN`` mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1913).
- hiera lookup plugin - converts the return type of plugin to unicode string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2329).
- ipa_user - allow ``sshpubkey`` to permit multiple word comments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2159).
- java_keystore - improve error handling and return ``cmd`` as documented. Force ``LANG``, ``LC_ALL`` and ``LC_MESSAGES`` environment variables to ``C`` to rely on ``keytool`` output parsing. Fix pylint's ``unused-variable`` and ``no-else-return`` hints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2183).
- java_keystore - use tempfile lib to create temporary files with randomized names, and remove the temporary PKCS#12 keystore as well as other materials (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1667).
- kibana_plugin - added missing parameter to ``remove_plugin`` when using ``state=present force=true``, and fix potential quoting errors when invoking ``kibana`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2143).
- nmap inventory plugin - fix cache and constructed group support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2242).
- pkgutil - fixed calls to ``list.extend()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2161).
- terraform - fix issue that cause the destroy to fail because from Terraform 0.15 on, the ``terraform destroy -force`` option is replaced with ``terraform destroy -auto-approve`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2247).
- terraform - fix issue that cause the execution fail because from Terraform 0.15 on, the ``-var`` and ``-var-file`` options are no longer available on ``terraform validate`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2246).
- terraform - remove uses of ``use_unsafe_shell=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2246).
- vmadm - correct type of list elements in ``resolvers`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2135).
- xfconf - module was not honoring check mode when ``state`` was ``absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2185).
Fixes compatibility issues with the latest ansible-core 2.11 beta, and some more bugs.
Minor Changes
-------------
- Restrict dependency to community.kubernetes to < 2.0.0, since community.general will no longer work with the latest git version of community.kubernetes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2087).
Bugfixes
--------
- nios* modules - fix modules to work with ansible-core 2.11 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2057).
- stacki_host - replaced ``default`` to environment variables with ``fallback`` to them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2072).
- bundler - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- consul - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- consul_acl - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- consul_session - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- datadog_monitor - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- oneandone_firewall_policy - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- oneandone_load_balancer - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- oneandone_monitoring_policy - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- oneandone_private_network - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- oneandone_server - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- profitbricks - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- profitbricks_volume - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- sensu_check - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- sensu_client - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- sensu_handler - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- webfaction_domain - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
- webfaction_site - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
--------------------------------
- docker_swarm - if ``join_token`` is specified, a returned join token with the same value will be replaced by ``VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER``. Make sure that you do not blindly use the join tokens from the return value of this module when the module is invoked with ``join_token`` specified! This breaking change appears in a minor release since it is necessary to fix a security issue (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/103).
Security Fixes
--------------
- docker_swarm - the ``join_token`` option is now marked as ``no_log`` so it is no longer written into logs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/103).
- na_cdot_user - mark the ``set_password`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2018).
- sf_account_manager - mark the ``initiator_secret`` and ``target_secret`` parameters as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2018).
Bugfixes
--------
- Mark various module options with ``no_log=False`` which have a name that potentially could leak secrets, but which do not (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2001).
- bigpanda - actually use the ``deployment_message`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1928).
- cloudforms inventory - fixed issue that non-existing (archived) VMs were synced (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/720).
- docker_image - prevent module failure when removing image that is removed between inspection and removal (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/87).
- docker_image - prevent module failure when removing non-existant image by ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/87).
- docker_image_info - prevent module failure when image vanishes between listing and inspection (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/87).
- docker_image_info - prevent module failure when querying non-existant image by ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/87).
- nmcli - ensure the ``slave-type`` option is passed to ``nmcli`` for type ``bond-slave`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1882).
- proxmox - removed requirement that root password is provided when containter state is ``present`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1999).
- proxmox inventory - added handling of extra trailing slashes in the URL (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1914).
- proxmox inventory - exclude qemu templates from inclusion to the inventory via pools (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1986, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1991).
- xfs_quota - the feedback for initializing project quota using xfs_quota binary from ``xfsprogs`` has changed since the version it was written for (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1596).
- zfs - some ZFS properties could be passed when the dataset/volume did not exist, but would fail if the dataset already existed, even if the property matched what was specified in the ansible task (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/868, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1833).
- clc_* modules - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1771).
- dnsimple - elements of list parameters ``record_ids`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- gitlab_runner - elements of list parameters ``tag_list`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- keycloak_client - elements of list parameters ``default_roles``, ``redirect_uris``, ``web_origins`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- librato_annotation - elements of list parameters ``links`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- lxd_container - elements of list parameter ``profiles`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- mail - elements of list parameters ``to``, ``cc``, ``bcc``, ``attach``, ``headers`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- na_ontap_gather_facts - elements of list parameters ``gather_subset`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- nexmo - elements of list parameters ``dest`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- nsupdate - elements of list parameters ``value`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- omapi_host - elements of list parameters ``statements`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- onepassword_info - elements of list parameters ``search_terms`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- packet_device - elements of list parameters ``device_ids``, ``hostnames`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- pagerduty - elements of list parameters ``service`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- plugins/module_utils/oracle/oci_utils.py - elements of list parameter ``key_by`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- proxmox_kvm module - actually implemented ``vmid`` and ``status`` return values. Updated documentation to reflect current situation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1715).
- pubnub_blocks - elements of list parameters ``event_handlers`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- redfish modules - explicitly setting lists' elements to ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1761).
- redhat_subscription - elements of list parameters ``pool_ids``, ``addons`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- rocketchat - elements of list parameters ``attachments`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- sendgrid - elements of list parameters ``to_addresses``, ``cc``, ``bcc``, ``attachments`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- sl_vm - elements of list parameters ``disks``, ``ssh_keys`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- slack - elements of list parameters ``attachments`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- statusio_maintenance - elements of list parameters ``components``, ``containers`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- twilio - elements of list parameters ``to_numbers`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- vmadm - elements of list parameters ``disks``, ``nics``, ``resolvers``, ``filesystems`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- xml - elements of list parameters ``add_children``, ``set_children`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
Bugfixes
--------
- aerospike_migration - fix typo that caused ``migrate_tx_key`` instead of ``migrate_rx_key`` being used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1739).
- alternatives - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- beadm - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- chef_databag lookup plugin - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- cobbler_sync, cobbler_system - fix SSL/TLS certificate check when ``validate_certs`` set to ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1880).
- cronvar - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- dconf - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- deploy_helper - allow ``state=clean`` to be used without defining a ``release`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1852).
- diy callback plugin - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- elasticsearch_plugin - ``state`` parameter choices must use ``list()`` in python3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
- filesystem - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- filesystem - remove ``swap`` from list of FS supported by ``resizefs=yes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/790).
- git_config - prevent ``run_command`` from expanding values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1776).
- gitlab_runner - parameter ``registration_token`` was required but is used only when ``state`` is ``present`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1714).
- hipchat - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- idrac_redfish_command - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- idrac_redfish_config - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- idrac_redfish_info - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- imc_rest - explicitly logging out instead of registering the call in ```atexit``` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1735).
- infoblox inventory script - make sure that the script also works with Ansible 2.9, and returns a more helpful error when community.general is not installed as part of Ansible 2.10/3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1871).
- interfaces_file - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- iso_extract - use proper alias deprecation mechanism for ``thirsty`` alias of ``force`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
- java_cert - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- kibana_plugin - ``state`` parameter choices must use ``list()`` in python3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
- logstash_plugin - wrapped ``dict.keys()`` with ``list`` for use in ``choices`` setting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
- lvg - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- lvol - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- lxc - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- lxc_container - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- lxc_container - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- lxd_container - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- memcached cache plugin - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- net_tools.nios.api module_utils - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- nios_host_record - allow DNS Bypass for views other than default (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1786).
- nomad_job_info - fix module failure when nomad client returns no jobs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1721).
- nsot inventory script - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- oci_vcn - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- oneandone_monitoring_policy - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- parted - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- postgresql_info - fix crash caused by wrong PgSQL version parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql/issues/40).
- postgresql_ping - fix crash caused by wrong PgSQL version parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql/issues/40).
- postgresql_query - fix datetime.timedelta type handling (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql/issues/47).
- postgresql_set - fails in check_mode on non-numeric values containing ``B`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql/issues/48).
- postgresql_set - return a message instead of traceback when a passed parameter has not been found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql/issues/41).
- proxmox* modules - refactored some parameter validation code into use of ``env_fallback``, ``required_if``, ``required_together``, ``required_one_of`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1765).
- proxmox_kvm - do not add ``args`` if ``proxmox_default_behavior`` is set to no_defaults (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1641).
- proxmox_kvm - fix parameter ``vmid`` passed twice to ``exit_json`` while creating a virtual machine without cloning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1895).
- proxmox_kvm - fix undefined local variable ``status`` when the parameter ``state`` is either ``stopped``, ``started``, ``restarted`` or ``absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1847).
- proxmox_kvm - stop implicitly adding ``force`` equal to ``false``. Proxmox API requires not implemented parameters otherwise, and assumes ``force`` to be ``false`` by default anyways (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1783).
- redfish_command - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- redfish_config - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- redhat_subscription - ``mutually_exclusive`` was referring to parameter alias instead of name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
- redhat_subscription - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- redis cache plugin - wrapped usages of ``keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- riak - parameters ``wait_for_handoffs`` and ``wait_for_ring`` are ``int`` but the default value was ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
- rundeck_acl_policy - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- runit - removed unused code, and passing command as ``list`` instead of ``str`` to ``run_command()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
- selective callback plugin - adjust import so that the plugin also works with ansible-core 2.11 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1807).
- selective callback plugin - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- sensu_check - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- spotinst_aws_elastigroup - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- statusio_maintenance - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- timezone - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819).
- utm_utils module_utils - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- vdo - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
- zfs_delegate_admin - the elements of ``users``, ``groups`` and ``permissions`` are now enforced to be strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1766).
Regular bugfix and security bugfix (potential information leaks in multiple modules, CVE-2021-20191) release.
Minor Changes
-------------
- scaleway modules and inventory plugin - update regions and zones to add the new ones (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1690).
Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
--------------------------------
- utm_proxy_auth_profile - the ``frontend_cookie_secret`` return value now contains a placeholder string instead of the module's ``frontend_cookie_secret`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
Security Fixes
--------------
- dnsmadeeasy - mark the ``account_key`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- docker_swarm - enabled ``no_log`` for the option ``signing_ca_key`` to prevent accidental disclosure (CVE-2021-20191, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1728).
- gitlab_runner - mark the ``registration_token`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- hwc_ecs_instance - mark the ``admin_pass`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- ibm_sa_host - mark the ``iscsi_chap_secret`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- keycloak_* modules - mark the ``auth_client_secret`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- keycloak_client - mark the ``registration_access_token`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- librato_annotation - mark the ``api_key`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- logentries_msg - mark the ``token`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- module_utils/_netapp, na_ontap_gather_facts - enabled ``no_log`` for the options ``api_key`` and ``secret_key`` to prevent accidental disclosure (CVE-2021-20191, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1725).
- module_utils/identity/keycloak, keycloak_client, keycloak_clienttemplate, keycloak_group - enabled ``no_log`` for the option ``auth_client_secret`` to prevent accidental disclosure (CVE-2021-20191, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1725).
- nios_nsgroup - mark the ``tsig_key`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- oneandone_firewall_policy, oneandone_load_balancer, oneandone_monitoring_policy, oneandone_private_network, oneandone_public_ip - mark the ``auth_token`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- ovirt - mark the ``instance_key`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- ovirt - mark the ``instance_rootpw`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- pagerduty_alert - mark the ``api_key``, ``service_key`` and ``integration_key`` parameters as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- pagerduty_change - mark the ``integration_key`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- pingdom - mark the ``key`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- pulp_repo - mark the ``feed_client_key`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- rax_clb_ssl - mark the ``private_key`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- redfish_command - mark the ``update_creds.password`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- rollbar_deployment - mark the ``token`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- spotinst_aws_elastigroup - mark the ``multai_token`` and ``token`` parameters as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- stackdriver - mark the ``key`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
- utm_proxy_auth_profile - enabled ``no_log`` for the option ``frontend_cookie_secret`` to prevent accidental disclosure (CVE-2021-20191, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1725).
- utm_proxy_auth_profile - mark the ``frontend_cookie_secret`` parameter as ``no_log`` to avoid leakage of secrets. This causes the ``utm_proxy_auth_profile`` return value to no longer containing the correct value, but a placeholder (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1736).
Bugfixes
--------
- docker connection plugin - fix Docker version parsing, as some docker versions have a leading ``v`` in the output of the command ``docker version --format "{{.Server.Version}}"`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/76).
- filesystem - do not fail when ``resizefs=yes`` and ``fstype=xfs`` if there is nothing to do, even if the filesystem is not mounted. This only covers systems supporting access to unmounted XFS filesystems. Others will still fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1457, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1478).
- gitlab_user - make updates to the ``isadmin``, ``password`` and ``confirm`` options of an already existing GitLab user work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1724).
- parted - change the regex that decodes the partition size to better support different formats that parted uses. Change the regex that validates parted's version string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1695).
- redfish_info module, redfish_utils module utils - add ``Name`` and ``Id`` properties to output of Redfish inventory commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1650).
- sensu-silence module - fix json parsing of sensu API responses on Python 3.5 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1703).
- dnsmadeeasy - fix HTTP 400 errors when creating a TXT record (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1237).
- docker_container - allow IPv6 zones (RFC 4007) in bind IPs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/66).
- docker_image - fix crash on loading images with versions of Docker SDK for Python before 2.5.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/72, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/73).
- homebrew - add default search path for ``brew`` on Apple silicon hardware (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1679).
- homebrew_cask - add default search path for ``brew`` on Apple silicon hardware (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1679).
- homebrew_tap - add default search path for ``brew`` on Apple silicon hardware (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1679).
- lldp - use ``get_bin_path`` to locate the ``lldpctl`` executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1643).
- onepassword lookup plugin - updated to support password items, which place the password field directly in the payload's ``details`` attribute (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1610).
- passwordstore lookup plugin - fix compatibility with gopass when used with ``create=true``. While pass returns 1 on a non-existent password, gopass returns 10, or 11, depending on whether a similar named password was stored. We now just check standard output and that the return code is not zero (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1589).
- terraform - improve result code checking when executing terraform commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1632).
Bugfix/security release that addresses CVE-2021-20180.
Security Fixes
--------------
- bitbucket_pipeline_variable - **CVE-2021-20180** - hide user sensitive information which are marked as ``secured`` from logging into the console (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1635).
Bugfixes
--------
- npm - handle json decode exception while parsing command line output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1614).
Bugfix/security release that addresses CVE-2021-20178.
Major Changes
-------------
- For community.general 2.0.0, the kubevirt modules will be moved to the `community.kubevirt <https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/kubevirt>`_ collection.
A redirection will be inserted so that users using ansible-base 2.10 or newer do not have to change anything.
If you use Ansible 2.9 and explicitly use kubevirt modules from this collection, you will need to adjust your playbooks and roles to use FQCNs starting with ``community.kubevirt.`` instead of ``community.general.``,
for example replace ``community.general.kubevirt_vm`` in a task by ``community.kubevirt.kubevirt_vm``.
If you use ansible-base and installed ``community.general`` manually and rely on the kubevirt modules, you have to make sure to install the ``community.kubevirt`` collection as well.
If you are using FQCNs, for example ``community.general.kubevirt_vm`` instead of ``kubevirt_vm``, it will continue working, but we still recommend to adjust the FQCNs as well.
Security Fixes
--------------
- snmp_facts - **CVE-2021-20178** - hide user sensitive information such as ``privkey`` and ``authkey`` from logging into the console (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1621).
- For community.general 2.0.0, the Google modules will be moved to the `community.google <https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/google>`_ collection.
A redirection will be inserted so that users using ansible-base 2.10 or newer do not have to change anything.
If you use Ansible 2.9 and explicitly use Google modules from this collection, you will need to adjust your playbooks and roles to use FQCNs starting with ``community.google.`` instead of ``community.general.``,
for example replace ``community.general.gcpubsub`` in a task by ``community.google.gcpubsub``.
If you use ansible-base and installed ``community.general`` manually and rely on the Google modules, you have to make sure to install the ``community.google`` collection as well.
If you are using FQCNs, for example ``community.general.gcpubsub`` instead of ``gcpubsub``, it will continue working, but we still recommend to adjust the FQCNs as well.
- For community.general 2.0.0, the OC connection plugin will be moved to the `community.okd <https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/okd>`_ collection.
A redirection will be inserted so that users using ansible-base 2.10 or newer do not have to change anything.
If you use Ansible 2.9 and explicitly use OC connection plugin from this collection, you will need to adjust your playbooks and roles to use FQCNs ``community.okd.oc`` instead of ``community.general.oc``.
If you use ansible-base and installed ``community.general`` manually and rely on the OC connection plugin, you have to make sure to install the ``community.okd`` collection as well.
If you are using FQCNs, in other words ``community.general.oc`` instead of ``oc``, it will continue working, but we still recommend to adjust this FQCN as well.
- For community.general 2.0.0, the hashi_vault lookup plugin will be moved to the `community.hashi_vault <https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/hashi_vault>`_ collection.
A redirection will be inserted so that users using ansible-base 2.10 or newer do not have to change anything.
If you use Ansible 2.9 and explicitly use hashi_vault lookup plugin from this collection, you will need to adjust your playbooks and roles to use FQCNs ``community.hashi_vault.hashi_vault`` instead of ``community.general.hashi_vault``.
If you use ansible-base and installed ``community.general`` manually and rely on the hashi_vault lookup plugin, you have to make sure to install the ``community.hashi_vault`` collection as well.
If you are using FQCNs, in other words ``community.general.hashi_vault`` instead of ``hashi_vault``, it will continue working, but we still recommend to adjust this FQCN as well.
Minor Changes
-------------
- homebrew_cask - Homebrew will be deprecating use of ``brew cask`` commands as of version 2.6.0, see https://brew.sh/2020/12/01/homebrew-2.6.0/. Added logic to stop using ``brew cask`` for brew version >= 2.6.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1481).
- jira - added the traceback output to ``fail_json()`` calls deriving from exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1536).
Bugfixes
--------
- docker_image - if ``push=true`` is used with ``repository``, and the image does not need to be tagged, still push. This can happen if ``repository`` and ``name`` are equal (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/52, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/53).
- docker_image - report error when loading a broken archive that contains no image (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/46, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/55).
- docker_image - report error when the loaded archive does not contain the specified image (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/41, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/55).
- jira - ``fetch`` and ``search`` no longer indicate that something changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1536).
- jira - ensured parameter ``issue`` is mandatory for operation ``transition`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1536).
- jira - module no longer incorrectly reports change for information gathering operations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1536).
- jira - replaced custom parameter validation with ``required_if`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1536).
- launchd - handle deprecated APIs like ``readPlist`` and ``writePlist`` in ``plistlib`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1552).
- ldap_search - the module no longer incorrectly reports a change (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1040).
- make - fixed ``make`` parameter used for check mode when running a non-GNU ``make`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1574).
- monit - add support for all monit service checks (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1532).
- nios_member - fix Python 3 compatibility with nios api ``member_normalize`` function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1526).
- nmcli - remove ``bridge-slave`` from list of IP based connections ((https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1500).
- pamd - added logic to retain the comment line (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1394).
- passwordstore lookup plugin - always use explicit ``show`` command to retrieve password. This ensures compatibility with ``gopass`` and avoids problems when password names equal ``pass`` commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1493).
- rhn_channel - Python 2.7.5 fails if the certificate should not be validated. Fixed this by creating the correct ``ssl_context`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/470).
- sendgrid - update documentation and warn user about sendgrid Python library version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1553).
- syslogger - update ``syslog.openlog`` API call for older Python versions, and improve error handling (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/953).
- yaml callback plugin - do not remove non-ASCII Unicode characters from multiline string output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1519).
- bigpanda - removed the dynamic default for ``host`` param (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1423).
- bitbucket_pipeline_variable - change pagination logic for pipeline variable get API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1425).
- cobbler inventory script - add Python 3 support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/638).
- docker_container - the validation for ``capabilities`` in ``device_requests`` was incorrect (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/42, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/43).
- git_config - now raises an error for non-existent repository paths (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/630).
- jira - provide error message raised from exception (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1504).
- json_query - handle ``AnsibleUnicode`` and ``AnsibleUnsafeText`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/320).
- keycloak module_utils - provide meaningful error message to user when auth URL does not start with http or https (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/331).
- ldap_entry - improvements in documentation, simplifications and replaced code with better ``AnsibleModule`` arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1516).
- mas - fix ``invalid literal`` when no app can be found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1436).
- nios_host_record - fix to remove ``aliases`` (CNAMES) for configuration comparison (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1335).
- osx_defaults - unquote values and unescape double quotes when reading array values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/358).
- profitbricks_nic - removed the dynamic default for ``name`` param (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1423).
- profitbricks_nic - replaced code with ``required`` and ``required_if`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1423).
- redfish_info module, redfish_utils module utils - correct ``PartNumber`` property name in Redfish ``GetMemoryInventory`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1483).
- saltstack connection plugin - use ``hashutil.base64_decodefile`` to ensure that the file checksum is preserved (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1472).
- udm_user - removed the dynamic default for ``userexpiry`` param (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1423).
- utm_network_interface_address - changed param type from invalid 'boolean' to valid 'bool' (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1423).
- utm_proxy_exception - four parameters had elements types set as 'string' (invalid), changed to 'str' (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1399).
- vmadm - simplification of code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1415).
- xfconf - add in missing return values that are specified in the documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1418).
This is the last minor 1.x.0 release. The next releases from the stable-1 branch will be 1.3.y patch releases.
Major Changes
-------------
- For community.general 2.0.0, the Hetzner Robot modules will be moved to the `community.hrobot <https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/hrobot>`_ collection.
A redirection will be inserted so that users using ansible-base 2.10 or newer do not have to change anything.
If you use Ansible 2.9 and explicitly use Hetzner Robot modules from this collection, you will need to adjust your playbooks and roles to use FQCNs starting with ``community.hrobot.`` instead of ``community.general.hetzner_``,
for example replace ``community.general.hetzner_firewall_info`` in a task by ``community.hrobot.firewall_info``.
If you use ansible-base and installed ``community.general`` manually and rely on the Hetzner Robot modules, you have to make sure to install the ``community.hrobot`` collection as well.
If you are using FQCNs, i.e. ``community.general.hetzner_failover_ip`` instead of ``hetzner_failover_ip``, it will continue working, but we still recommend to adjust the FQCNs as well.
- For community.general 2.0.0, the ``docker`` modules and plugins will be moved to the `community.docker <https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/docker>`_ collection.
A redirection will be inserted so that users using ansible-base 2.10 or newer do not have to change anything.
If you use Ansible 2.9 and explicitly use ``docker`` content from this collection, you will need to adjust your playbooks and roles to use FQCNs starting with ``community.docker.`` instead of ``community.general.``,
for example replace ``community.general.docker_container`` in a task by ``community.docker.docker_container``.
If you use ansible-base and installed ``community.general`` manually and rely on the ``docker`` content, you have to make sure to install the ``community.docker`` collection as well.
If you are using FQCNs, i.e. ``community.general.docker_container`` instead of ``docker_container``, it will continue working, but we still recommend to adjust the FQCNs as well.
- For community.general 2.0.0, the ``postgresql`` modules and plugins will be moved to the `community.postgresql <https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/postgresql>`_ collection.
A redirection will be inserted so that users using ansible-base 2.10 or newer do not have to change anything.
If you use Ansible 2.9 and explicitly use ``postgresql`` content from this collection, you will need to adjust your playbooks and roles to use FQCNs starting with ``community.postgresql.`` instead of ``community.general.``,
for example replace ``community.general.postgresql_info`` in a task by ``community.postgresql.postgresql_info``.
If you use ansible-base and installed ``community.general`` manually and rely on the ``postgresql`` content, you have to make sure to install the ``community.postgresql`` collection as well.
If you are using FQCNs, i.e. ``community.general.postgresql_info`` instead of ``postgresql_info``, it will continue working, but we still recommend to adjust the FQCNs as well.
- The community.general collection no longer depends on the ansible.posix collection (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1157).
Minor Changes
-------------
- Add new filter plugin ``dict_kv`` which returns a single key-value pair from two arguments. Useful for generating complex dictionaries without using loops. For example ``'value' | community.general.dict_kv('key'))`` evaluates to ``{'key': 'value'}`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1264).
- django_manage - renamed parameter ``app_path`` to ``project_path``, adding ``app_path`` and ``chdir`` as aliases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1044).
- docker_container - now supports the ``device_requests`` option, which allows to request additional resources such as GPUs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65748, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1119).
- docker_secret - add a warning when the secret does not have an ``ansible_key`` label but the ``force`` parameter is not set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/30, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/31).
- facter - added option for ``arguments`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/768).
- hashi_vault - support ``VAULT_SKIP_VERIFY`` environment variable for determining if to verify certificates (in addition to the ``validate_certs=`` flag supported today) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1024).
- hashi_vault lookup plugin - add support for JWT authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1213).
- infoblox inventory script - use stderr for reporting errors, and allow use of environment for configuration (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/436).
- ipa_host - silence warning about non-secret ``random_password`` option not having ``no_log`` set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1339).
- ipa_user - silence warning about non-secret ``krbpasswordexpiration`` and ``update_password`` options not having ``no_log`` set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1339).
- linode_v4 - added support for Linode StackScript usage when creating instances (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/723).
- lvol - fix idempotency issue when using lvol with ``%VG`` or ``%PVS`` size options and VG is fully allocated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/229).
- maven_artifact - added ``client_cert`` and ``client_key`` parameters to the maven_artifact module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1123).
- module_helper - added ModuleHelper class and a couple of convenience tools for module developers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1322).
- nmcli - refactor internal methods for simplicity and enhance reuse to support existing and future connection types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1113).
- nmcli - the ``dns4``, ``dns4_search``, ``dns6``, and ``dns6_search`` arguments are retained internally as lists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1113).
- odbc - added a parameter ``commit`` which allows users to disable the explicit commit after the execute call (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1139).
- passwordstore lookup plugin - added ``umask`` option to set the desired file permisions on creation. This is done via the ``PASSWORD_STORE_UMASK`` environment variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1156).
- pkgin - add support for installation of full versioned package names (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1256).
- pkgng - present the ``ignore_osver`` option to pkg (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1243).
- portage - add ``getbinpkgonly`` option, remove unnecessary note on internal portage behaviour (getbinpkg=yes), and remove the undocumented exclusiveness of the pkg options as portage makes no such restriction (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1169).
- postgresql_info - add ``in_recovery`` return value to show if a service in recovery mode or not (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1068).
- postgresql_privs - add ``procedure`` type support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1002).
- postgresql_query - add ``query_list`` and ``query_all_results`` return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/838).
- proxmox - add new ``proxmox_default_behavior`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/850).
- proxmox - add support for API tokens (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1206).
- proxmox - extract common code and documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1331).
- proxmox inventory plugin - ignore QEMU templates altogether instead of skipping the creation of the host in the inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1185).
- proxmox_kvm - add cloud-init support (new options: ``cicustom``, ``cipassword``, ``citype``, ``ciuser``, ``ipconfig``, ``nameservers``, ``searchdomains``, ``sshkeys``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/797).
- proxmox_kvm - add new ``proxmox_default_behavior`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/850).
- proxmox_kvm - add support for API tokens (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1206).
- proxmox_template - add support for API tokens (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1206).
- redis cache plugin - make the redis cache keyset name configurable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1036).
- terraform - add ``init_reconfigure`` option, which controls the ``-reconfigure`` flag (backend reconfiguration) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/823).
- xfconf - removed unnecessary second execution of ``xfconf-query`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1305).
Deprecated Features
-------------------
- django_manage - the parameter ``liveserver`` relates to a no longer maintained third-party module for django. It is now deprecated, and will be remove in community.general 3.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1154).
- proxmox - the default of the new ``proxmox_default_behavior`` option will change from ``compatibility`` to ``no_defaults`` in community.general 4.0.0. Set the option to an explicit value to avoid a deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/850).
- proxmox_kvm - the default of the new ``proxmox_default_behavior`` option will change from ``compatibility`` to ``no_defaults`` in community.general 4.0.0. Set the option to an explicit value to avoid a deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/850).
- syspatch - deprecate the redundant ``apply`` argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/360).
Bugfixes
--------
- apache2_module - amend existing module identifier workaround to also apply to updated Shibboleth modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1379).
- beadm - fixed issue "list object has no attribute split" (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/791).
- capabilities - fix for a newer version of libcap release (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1061).
- composer - fix bug in command idempotence with composer v2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1179).
- docker_login - fix internal config file storage to handle credentials for more than one registry (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1117).
- filesystem - add option ``state`` with default ``present``. When set to ``absent``, filesystem signatures are removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/355).
- flatpak - use of the ``--non-interactive`` argument instead of ``-y`` when possible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1246).
- gcp_storage_files lookup plugin - make sure that plugin errors out on initialization if the required library is not found, and not on load-time (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1297).
- gitlab_group - added description parameter to ``createGroup()`` call (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/138).
- gitlab_group_variable - support for GitLab pagination limitation by iterating over GitLab variable pages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/968).
- gitlab_project_variable - support for GitLab pagination limitation by iterating over GitLab variable pages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/968).
- hashi_vault - fix approle authentication without ``secret_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1138).
- homebrew - fix package name validation for packages containing hypen ``-`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1037).
- homebrew_cask - fix package name validation for casks containing hypen ``-`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1037).
- influxdb - fix usage of path for older version of python-influxdb (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/997).
- iptables_state - fix race condition between module and its action plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1136).
- linode inventory plugin - make sure that plugin errors out on initialization if the required library is not found, and not on load-time (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1297).
- lxc_container - fix the type of the ``container_config`` parameter. It is now processed as a list and not a string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/216).
- macports - fix failure to install a package whose name is contained within an already installed package's name or variant (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1307).
- maven_artifact - handle timestamped snapshot version strings properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/709).
- memcached cache plugin - make sure that plugin errors out on initialization if the required library is not found, and not on load-time (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1297).
- monit - fix modules ability to determine the current state of the monitored process (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1107).
- nios_fixed_address, nios_host_record, nios_zone - removed redundant parameter aliases causing warning messages to incorrectly appear in task output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/852).
- nmcli - cannot modify ``ifname`` after connection creation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1089).
- nmcli - use consistent autoconnect parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/459).
- omapi_host - fix compatibility with Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/787).
- packet_net.py inventory script - fixed failure w.r.t. operating system retrieval by changing array subscription back to attribute access (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/891).
- postgresql_ext - fix the module crashes when available ext versions cannot be compared with current version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1095).
- postgresql_ext - fix version selection when ``version=latest`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1078).
- postgresql_pg_hba - fix a crash when a new rule with an 'options' field replaces a rule without or vice versa (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1108).
- postgresql_privs - fix module fails when ``type`` group and passing ``objs`` value containing hyphens (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1058).
- proxmox_kvm - fix issue causing linked clones not being create by allowing ``format=unspecified`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1027).
- proxmox_kvm - ignore unsupported ``pool`` parameter on update (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1258).
- redis - fixes parsing of config values which should not be converted to bytes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1079).
- redis cache plugin - make sure that plugin errors out on initialization if the required library is not found, and not on load-time (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1297).
- slack - avoid trying to update existing message when sending messages that contain the string "ts" (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1097).
- solaris_zone - fixed issue trying to configure zone in Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1081).
- syspatch - fix bug where not setting ``apply=true`` would result in error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/360).
- xfconf - parameter ``value`` no longer required for state ``absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1329).
- xfconf - xfconf no longer passing the command args as a string, but rather as a list (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1328).
- zypper - force ``LANG=C`` to as zypper is looking in XML output where attribute could be translated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1175).
New Modules
-----------
Cloud
~~~~~
misc
^^^^
- proxmox_domain_info - Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE domains
- proxmox_group_info - Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE groups
- proxmox_user_info - Retrieve information about one or more Proxmox VE users
Clustering
~~~~~~~~~~
nomad
^^^^^
- nomad_job - Launch a Nomad Job
- nomad_job_info - Get Nomad Jobs info
Monitoring
~~~~~~~~~~
- pagerduty_change - Track a code or infrastructure change as a PagerDuty change event
- pagerduty_user - Manage a user account on PagerDuty
- hashi_vault - support ``VAULT_NAMESPACE`` environment variable for namespaced lookups against Vault Enterprise (in addition to the ``namespace=`` flag supported today) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/929).
- hashi_vault lookup - add ``VAULT_TOKEN_FILE`` as env option to specify ``token_file`` param (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/373).
- hashi_vault lookup - add ``VAULT_TOKEN_PATH`` as env option to specify ``token_path`` param (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/373).
- iptables_state - use FQCN when calling a module from action plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/967).
- nagios - add the ``acknowledge`` action (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/820).
- nagios - add the ``host`` and ``all`` values for the ``forced_check`` action (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/998).
- nagios - add the ``service_check`` action (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/820).
- nagios - rename the ``service_check`` action to ``forced_check`` since we now are able to check both a particular service, all services of a particular host and the host itself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/998).
- pkgutil - module can now accept a list of packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/799).
- pkgutil - module has a new option, ``force``, equivalent to the ``-f`` option to the `pkgutil <http://pkgutil.net/>`_ command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/799).
- pkgutil - module now supports check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/799).
- postgresql_privs - add the ``usage_on_types`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/884).
- redfish_command - add sub-command for ``EnableContinuousBootOverride`` and ``DisableBootOverride`` to allow setting BootSourceOverrideEnabled Redfish property (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/824).
- redfish_command - support same reset actions on Managers as on Systems (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/901).
- slack - add support for updating messages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/304).
- xml - fixed issue were changed was returned when removing non-existent xpath (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1007).
- zypper_repository - proper failure when python-xml is missing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/939).
Bugfixes
--------
- aerospike_migrations - handle exception when unstable-cluster is returned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/900).
- django_manage - fix idempotence for ``createcachetable`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/699).
- docker_container - fix idempotency problem with ``published_ports`` when strict comparison is used and list is empty (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/978).
- gem - fix get_installed_versions: correctly parse ``default`` version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/783).
- hashi_vault lookup - ``token_path`` in config file overridden by env ``HOME`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/373).
- homebrew_cask - fixed issue where a cask with ``@`` in the name is incorrectly reported as invalid (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/733).
- interfaces_file - escape regular expression characters in old value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/777).
- launchd - fix for user-level services (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/896).
- nmcli - set ``C`` locale when executing ``nmcli`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/989).
- parted - fix creating partition when label is changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/522).
- pkg5 - now works when Python 3 is used on the target (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/789).
- postgresql_privs - allow to pass ``PUBLIC`` role written in lowercase letters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/857).
- postgresql_privs - fix the module mistakes a procedure for a function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/994).
- postgresql_privs - rollback if nothing changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/885).
- postgresql_privs - the module was attempting to revoke grant options even though ``grant_option`` was not specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/796).
- proxmox_kvm - defer error-checking for non-existent VMs in order to fix idempotency of tasks using ``state=absent`` and properly recognize a success (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/811).
- proxmox_kvm - improve handling of long-running tasks by creating a dedicated function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/831).
- slack - fix ``xox[abp]`` token identification to capture everything after ``xox[abp]``, as the token is the only thing that should be in this argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/862).
- terraform - fix incorrectly reporting a status of unchanged when number of resources added or destroyed are multiples of 10 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/561).
- timezone - support Python3 on macos/darwin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/945).
- zfs - fixed ``invalid character '@' in pool name"`` error when working with snapshots on a root zvol (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/932).
- The collection dependencies where adjusted so that ``community.kubernetes`` and ``google.cloud`` are required to be of version 1.0.0 or newer (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/774).
- jc - new filter to convert the output of many shell commands and file-types to JSON. Uses the jc library at https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc. For example, filtering the STDOUT output of ``uname -a`` via ``{{ result.stdout | community.general.jc('uname') }}``. Requires Python 3.6+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/750).
- xfconf - add support for ``double`` type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/744).
- dsv lookup - use correct dict usage (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/743).
- inventory plugins - allow FQCN in ``plugin`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/722).
- ipa_hostgroup - fix an issue with load-balanced ipa and cookie handling with Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/737).
This is release 1.0.0 of ``community.general``, released on 2020-07-31.
Minor Changes
-------------
- Add the ``gcpubsub``, ``gcpubsub_info`` and ``gcpubsub_facts`` (to be removed in 3.0.0) modules. These were originally in community.general, but removed on the assumption that they have been moved to google.cloud. Since this turned out to be incorrect, we re-added them for 1.0.0.
- Add the deprecated ``gcp_backend_service``, ``gcp_forwarding_rule`` and ``gcp_healthcheck`` modules, which will be removed in 2.0.0. These were originally in community.general, but removed on the assumption that they have been moved to google.cloud. Since this turned out to be incorrect, we re-added them for 1.0.0.
- The collection is now actively tested in CI with the latest Ansible 2.9 release.
- firewalld - the module has been moved to the ``ansible.posix`` collection. A redirection is active, which will be removed in version 2.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/623).
- gitlab_project - add support for merge_method on projects (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/66813).
- gitlab_runners inventory plugin - permit environment variable input for ``server_url``, ``api_token`` and ``filter`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/611).
- haproxy - add options to dis/enable health and agent checks. When health and agent checks are enabled for a service, a disabled service will re-enable itself automatically. These options also change the state of the agent checks to match the requested state for the backend (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/684).
- log_plays callback - use v2 methods (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/442).
- logstash callback - add ini config (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/610).
- lxd_container - added support of ``--target`` flag for cluster deployments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/637).
- parted - accept negative numbers in ``part_start`` and ``part_end``
- pkgng - added ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` attributes to the result (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/560).
- pkgng - added support for upgrading all packages using ``name: *, state: latest``, similar to other package providers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/569).
- rundeck_acl_policy - add check for rundeck_acl_policy name parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/612).
- slack - add support for sending messages built with block kit (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/380).
- splunk callback - add an option to allow not to validate certificate from HEC (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/596).
- xfconf - add arrays support (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46308).
- xfconf - add support for ``uint`` type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/696).
Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
--------------------------------
- log_plays callback - add missing information to the logs generated by the callback plugin. This changes the log message format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/442).
- pkgng - passing ``name: *`` with ``state: absent`` will no longer remove every installed package from the system. It is now a noop. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/569).
- pkgng - passing ``name: *`` with ``state: latest`` or ``state: present`` will no longer install every package from the configured package repositories. Instead, ``name: *, state: latest`` will upgrade all already-installed packages, and ``name: *, state: present`` is a noop. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/569).
Deprecated Features
-------------------
- The ldap_attr module has been deprecated and will be removed in a later release; use ldap_attrs instead.
- xbps - the ``force`` option never had any effect. It is now deprecated, and will be removed in 3.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/568).
Removed Features (previously deprecated)
----------------------------------------
- conjur_variable lookup - has been moved to the ``cyberark.conjur`` collection. A redirection is active, which will be removed in version 2.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/570).
- digital_ocean_* - all DigitalOcean modules have been moved to the ``community.digitalocean`` collection. A redirection is active, which will be removed in version 2.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/622).
- infini_* - all infinidat modules have been moved to the ``infinidat.infinibox`` collection. A redirection is active, which will be removed in version 2.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/607).
- logicmonitor - the module has been removed in 1.0.0 since it is unmaintained and the API used by the module has been turned off in 2017 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/539, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/541).
- logicmonitor_facts - the module has been removed in 1.0.0 since it is unmaintained and the API used by the module has been turned off in 2017 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/539, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/541).
- mysql_* - all MySQL modules have been moved to the ``community.mysql`` collection. A redirection is active, which will be removed in version 2.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/633).
- proxysql_* - all ProxySQL modules have been moved to the ``community.proxysql`` collection. A redirection is active, which will be removed in version 2.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/624).
Bugfixes
--------
- aix_filesystem - fix issues with ismount module_util pathing for Ansible 2.9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/567).
- digital_ocean_tag_info - fix crash when querying for an individual tag (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/615).
- doas become plugin - address a bug with the parameters handling that was breaking the plugin in community.general when ``become_flags`` and ``become_user`` were not explicitly specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/704).
- docker_compose - add a condition to prevent service startup if parameter ``stopped`` is true. Otherwise, the service will be started on each play and stopped again immediately due to the ``stopped`` parameter and breaks the idempotency of the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/532).
- docker_compose - disallow usage of the parameters ``stopped`` and ``restarted`` at the same time. This breaks also the idempotency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/532).
- docker_container - use Config MacAddress by default instead of Networks. Networks MacAddress is empty in some cases (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70206).
- docker_container - various error fixes in string handling for Python 2 to avoid crashes when non-ASCII characters are used in strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/640).
- docker_swarm - removes ``advertise_addr`` from list of required arguments when ``state`` is ``"join"`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/439).
- dzdo become plugin - address a bug with the parameters handling that was breaking the plugin in community.general when ``become_user`` was not explicitly specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/708).
- filesystem - resizefs of xfs filesystems is fixed. Filesystem needs to be mounted.
- jenkins_plugin - replace MD5 checksum verification with SHA1 due to MD5 being disabled on systems with FIPS-only algorithms enabled (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/34304).
- pacman - treat package names containing .zst as package files during installation (https://www.archlinux.org/news/now-using-zstandard-instead-of-xz-for-package-compression/, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/650).
- pbrun become plugin - address a bug with the parameters handling that was breaking the plugin in community.general when ``become_user`` was not explicitly specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/708).
- postgresql_privs - fix crash when set privileges on schema with hyphen in the name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/656).
- postgresql_set - only display a warning about restarts, when restarting is needed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/651).
- yarn - fixed an index out of range error when no outdated packages where returned by yarn executable (see https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/474).
- yarn - fixed an too many values to unpack error when scoped packages are installed (see https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/474).
New Plugins
-----------
Inventory
~~~~~~~~~
- cobbler - Cobbler inventory source
Lookup
~~~~~~
- dsv - Get secrets from Thycotic DevOps Secrets Vault
- tss - Get secrets from Thycotic Secret Server
New Modules
-----------
Cloud
~~~~~
docker
^^^^^^
- docker_stack_info - Return information on a docker stack
This is the first proper release of the ``community.general`` collection on 2020-06-20.
The changelog describes all changes made to the modules and plugins included in this
collection since Ansible 2.9.0.
Major Changes
-------------
- docker_container - the ``network_mode`` option will be set by default to the name of the first network in ``networks`` if at least one network is given and ``networks_cli_compatible`` is ``true`` (will be default from community.general 2.0.0 on). Set to an explicit value to avoid deprecation warnings if you specify networks and set ``networks_cli_compatible`` to ``true``. The current default (not specifying it) is equivalent to the value ``default``.
- docker_container - the module has a new option, ``container_default_behavior``, whose default value will change from ``compatibility`` to ``no_defaults``. Set to an explicit value to avoid deprecation warnings.
- gitlab_user - no longer requires ``name``, ``email`` and ``password`` arguments when ``state=absent``.
Minor Changes
-------------
- A new filter ``to_time_unit`` with specializations ``to_milliseconds``, ``to_seconds``, ``to_minutes``, ``to_hours``, ``to_days``, ``to_weeks``, ``to_months`` and ``to_years`` has been added. For example ``'2d 4h' | community.general.to_hours`` evaluates to 52.
- Add a make option to the make module to be able to choose a specific make executable
- Add information about changed packages in homebrew returned facts (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59376).
- Follow up changes in homebrew_cask (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/34696).
- Moved OpenStack dynamic inventory script to Openstack Collection.
- Remove redundant encoding in json.load call in ipa module_utils (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66592).
- Updated documentation about netstat command requirement for listen_ports_facts module (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/68077).
- airbrake_deployment - Allow passing ``project_id`` and ``project_key`` for v4 api deploy compatibility
- docker_container - add new ``container_default_behavior`` option (PR https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63419).
- docker_container - allow to configure timeout when the module waits for a container's removal.
- docker_container - only passes anonymous volumes to docker daemon as ``Volumes``. This increases compatibility with the ``docker`` CLI program. Note that if you specify ``volumes: strict`` in ``comparisons``, this could cause existing containers created with docker_container from Ansible 2.9 or earlier to restart.
- docker_container - support for port ranges was adjusted to be more compatible to the ``docker`` command line utility: a one-port container range combined with a multiple-port host range will no longer result in only the first host port be used, but the whole range being passed to Docker so that a free port in that range will be used.
- docker_container.py - update a containers restart_policy without restarting the container (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65993)
- docker_stack - Added ``stdout``, ``stderr``, and ``rc`` to return values.
- docker_swarm_service - Added support for ``init`` option.
- docker_swarm_service - Sort lists when checking for changes.
- firewalld - new feature, can now set ``target`` for a ``zone`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/526).
- flatpak and flatpak_remote - use ``module.run_command()`` instead of ``subprocess.Popen()``.
- gitlab_project_variable - implement masked and protected attributes
- hashi_vault - AWS IAM auth method added. Accepts standard ansible AWS params and only loads AWS libraries when needed.
- hashi_vault - INI and additional ENV sources made available for some new and old options.
- hashi_vault - ``secret`` can now be an unnamed argument if it's specified first in the term string (see examples).
- hashi_vault - ``token`` is now an explicit option (and the default) in the choices for ``auth_method``. This matches previous behavior (``auth_method`` omitted resulted in token auth) but makes the value clearer and allows it to be explicitly specified.
- hashi_vault - new option ``return_format`` added to control how secrets are returned, including options for multiple secrets and returning raw values with metadata.
- hashi_vault - previous (undocumented) behavior was to attempt to read token from ``~/.vault-token`` if not specified. This is now controlled through ``token_path`` and ``token_file`` options (defaults will mimic previous behavior).
- hashi_vault - previously all options had to be supplied via key=value pairs in the term string; now a mix of string and parameters can be specified (see examples).
- hashi_vault - uses newer authentication calls in the HVAC library and falls back to older ones with deprecation warnings.
- nagios module - a start parameter has been added, allowing the time a Nagios outage starts to be set. It defaults to the current time if not provided, preserving the previous behavior and ensuring compatibility with existing playbooks.
- nsupdate - Use provided TSIG key to not only sign update queries but also lookup queries
- open_iscsi - allow ``portal`` parameter to be a domain name by resolving the portal ip address beforehand (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/461).
- packet_device - add ``tags`` parameter on device creation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/418)
- pacman - Improve package state detection speed: Don't query for full details of a package.
- parted - add the ``fs_type`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/135).
- pear - added ``prompts`` parameter to allow users to specify expected prompt that could hang Ansible execution (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/530).
- postgresql_copy - add the ``trust_input`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/313).
- slack - Add support for user/bot/application tokens (using Slack WebAPI)
- slack - Return ``thread_id`` with thread timestamp when user/bot/application tokens are used
- syslogger - added new parameter ident to specify the name of application which is sending the message to syslog (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/319).
- terraform - Adds option ``backend_config_files``. This can accept a list of paths to multiple configuration files (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/394).
- terraform - Adds option ``variables_files`` for multiple var-files (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/224).
- ufw - accept ``interface_in`` and ``interface_out`` as parameters.
- zypper - Added ``allow_vendor_change`` and ``replacefiles`` zypper options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/381)
Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
--------------------------------
- The environment variable for the auth context for the oc.py connection plugin has been corrected (K8S_CONTEXT). It was using an initial lowercase k by mistake. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/377).
- bigpanda - the parameter ``message`` was renamed to ``deployment_message`` since ``message`` is used by Ansible Core engine internally.
- cisco_spark - the module option ``message`` was renamed to ``msg``, as ``message`` is used internally in Ansible Core engine (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39295)
- datadog - the parameter ``message`` was renamed to ``notification_message`` since ``message`` is used by Ansible Core engine internally.
- docker_container - no longer passes information on non-anonymous volumes or binds as ``Volumes`` to the Docker daemon. This increases compatibility with the ``docker`` CLI program. Note that if you specify ``volumes: strict`` in ``comparisons``, this could cause existing containers created with docker_container from Ansible 2.9 or earlier to restart.
- docker_container - support for port ranges was adjusted to be more compatible to the ``docker`` command line utility: a one-port container range combined with a multiple-port host range will no longer result in only the first host port be used, but the whole range being passed to Docker so that a free port in that range will be used.
- hashi_vault lookup - now returns the latest version when using the KV v2 secrets engine. Previously, it returned all versions of the secret which required additional steps to extract and filter the desired version.
Deprecated Features
-------------------
- airbrake_deployment - Add deprecation notice for ``token`` parameter and v2 api deploys. This feature will be removed in community.general 3.0.0.
- clc_aa_policy - The ``wait`` option had no effect and will be removed in community.general 3.0.0.
- clc_aa_policy - the ``wait`` parameter will be removed. It has always been ignored by the module.
- docker_container - the ``trust_image_content`` option is now deprecated and will be removed in community.general 3.0.0. It has never been used by the module.
- docker_container - the ``trust_image_content`` option will be removed. It has always been ignored by the module.
- docker_container - the default of ``container_default_behavior`` will change from ``compatibility`` to ``no_defaults`` in community.general 3.0.0. Set the option to an explicit value to avoid a deprecation warning.
- docker_container - the default value for ``network_mode`` will change in community.general 3.0.0, provided at least one network is specified and ``networks_cli_compatible`` is ``true``. See porting guide, module documentation or deprecation warning for more details.
- docker_stack - Return values ``out`` and ``err`` have been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 3.0.0. Use ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` instead.
- docker_stack - the return values ``err`` and ``out`` have been deprecated. Use ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` from now on instead.
- helm - Put ``helm`` module to deprecated. New implementation is available in community.kubernetes collection.
- redfish_config - Deprecate ``bios_attribute_name`` and ``bios_attribute_value`` in favor of new `bios_attributes`` option.
- redfish_config - the ``bios_attribute_name`` and ``bios_attribute_value`` options will be removed. To maintain the existing behavior use the ``bios_attributes`` option instead.
- redfish_config and redfish_command - the behavior to select the first System, Manager, or Chassis resource to modify when multiple are present will be removed. Use the new ``resource_id`` option to specify target resource to modify.
- redfish_config, redfish_command - Behavior to modify the first System, Mananger, or Chassis resource when multiple are present is deprecated. Use the new ``resource_id`` option to specify target resource to modify.
Removed Features (previously deprecated)
----------------------------------------
- core - remove support for ``check_invalid_arguments`` in ``UTMModule``.
- pacman - Removed deprecated ``recurse`` option, use ``extra_args=--recursive`` instead
Security Fixes
--------------
-**SECURITY** - CVE-2019-14904 - solaris_zone module accepts zone name and performs actions related to that. However, there is no user input validation done while performing actions. A malicious user could provide a crafted zone name which allows executing commands into the server manipulating the module behaviour. Adding user input validation as per Solaris Zone documentation fixes this issue.
-**security issue** - Ansible: Splunk and Sumologic callback plugins leak sensitive data in logs (CVE-2019-14864)
- ldap_attr, ldap_entry - The ``params`` option has been removed in Ansible-2.10 as it circumvents Ansible's option handling. Setting ``bind_pw`` with the ``params`` option was disallowed in Ansible-2.7, 2.8, and 2.9 as it was insecure. For information about this policy, see the discussion at: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-meeting/2017-09-28/ansible_dev_meeting.2017-09-28-15.00.log.html This fixes CVE-2020-1746
Bugfixes
--------
- Convert MD5SUM to lowercase before comparison in maven_artifact module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/186).
- Fix GitLab modules authentication by handling `python-gitlab` library version >= 1.13.0 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64770)
- Fix SSL protocol references in the ``mqtt`` module to prevent failures on Python 2.6.
- Fix the ``xml`` module to use ``list(elem)`` instead of ``elem.getchildren()`` since it is being removed in Python 3.9
- Fix to return XML as a string even for python3 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/64032).
- Fixes the url handling in lxd_container module that url cannot be specified in lxd environment created by snap.
- Fixes the url handling in lxd_profile module that url cannot be specified in lxd environment created by snap.
- Redact GitLab Project variables which might include sensetive information such as password, api_keys and other project related details.
- Run command in absent state in atomic_image module.
- While deleting gitlab user, name, email and password is no longer required ini gitlab_user module (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61921).
- airbrake_deployment - Allow deploy notifications for Airbrake compatible v2 api (e.g. Errbit)
- apt_rpm - fix ``package`` type from ``str`` to ``list`` to fix invoking with list of packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/143).
- archive - make module compatible with older Ansible versions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/306).
- become - Fix various plugins that still used play_context to get the become password instead of through the plugin - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62367
- cronvar - use correct binary name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63274)
- cronvar - use get_bin_path utility to locate the default crontab executable instead of the hardcoded /usr/bin/crontab. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59765)
- datadog_monitor - Corrects ``_update_monitor`` to use ``notification_message`` insteade of deprecated ``message`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/389).
- datadog_monitor - added missing ``log alert`` type to ``type`` choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/251).
- dense callback - fix plugin access to its configuration variables and remove a warning message (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64628).
- digital_ocean_droplet - Fix creation of DigitalOcean droplets using digital_ocean_droplet module (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61655)
- docker connection plugin - do not prefix remote path if running on Windows containers.
- docker_compose - fix issue where docker deprecation warning results in ansible erroneously reporting a failure
- docker_container - fix idempotency for IP addresses for networks. The old implementation checked the effective IP addresses assigned by the Docker daemon, and not the specified ones. This causes idempotency issues for containers which are not running, since they have no effective IP addresses assigned.
- docker_network - fix idempotency for multiple IPAM configs of the same IP version (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65815).
- docker_network - validate IPAM config subnet CIDR notation on module setup and not during idempotence checking.
- docker_node_info - improve error handling when service inspection fails, for example because node name being ambiguous (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63353, PR https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63418).
- docker_swarm_service - ``source`` must no longer be specified for ``tmpfs`` mounts.
- docker_swarm_service - fix task always reporting as changed when using ``healthcheck.start_period``.
- docker_swarm_service - passing ``test: [NONE]`` now actually disables the image's healthcheck, as documented.
- firewalld - enable the firewalld module to function offline with firewalld version 0.7.0 and newer (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63254)
- flatpak and flatpak_remote - fix command line construction to build commands as lists instead of strings.
- gcp_storage_file lookup - die gracefully when the ``google.cloud`` collection is not installed, or changed in an incompatible way.
- github_deploy_key - added support for pagination
- gitlab_user - Fix adding ssh key to new/changed user and adding group membership for new/changed user
- hashi_vault - Fix KV v2 lookup to always return latest version
- hashi_vault - Handle equal sign in key=value (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55658).
- hashi_vault - error messages are now user friendly and don't contain the secret name ( https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/54 )
- hashi_vault - if used via ``with_hashi_vault`` and a list of n secrets to retrieve, only the first one would be retrieved and returned n times.
- hashi_vault - when a non-token authentication method like ldap or userpass failed, but a valid token was loaded anyway (via env or token file), the token was used to attempt authentication, hiding the failure of the requested auth method.
- influxdb_user - Don't grant admin privilege in check mode
- ipa modules - fix error when IPA_HOST is empty and fallback on DNS (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/241)
- java_keystore - make module compatible with older Ansible versions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/306).
- jira - printing full error message from jira server (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/22).
- jira - transition issue not working (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/109).
- linode inventory plugin - fix parsing of access_token (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66874)
- manageiq_provider - fix serialization error when running on python3 environment.
- maven_artifact - make module compatible with older Ansible versions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/306).
- mysql - dont mask ``mysql_connect`` function errors from modules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64560).
- mysql_db - fix Broken pipe error appearance when state is import and the target file is compressed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/20196).
- mysql_db - fix bug in the ``db_import`` function introduced by https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56721 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65351).
- mysql_info - add parameter for __collect to get only what are wanted (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/136).
- mysql_replication - allow to pass empty values to parameters (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/23976).
- mysql_user - Fix idempotence when long grant lists are used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/68044)
- postgresql_db - Removed exception for 'LibraryError' (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65223).
- postgresql_db - allow to pass users names which contain dots (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63204).
- postgresql_idx.py - use the ``query_params`` arg of exec_sql function (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/64661).
- postgresql_lang - use query params with cursor.execute (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/65093).
- postgresql_membership - make the ``groups`` and ``target_roles`` parameters required (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/67046).
- postgresql_membership - remove unused import of exec_sql function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/178).
- postgresql_owner - use query_params with cursor object (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/65310).
- postgresql_privs - fix sorting lists with None elements for python3 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65761).
- postgresql_privs - sort results before comparing so that the values are compared and not the result of ``.sort()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/65125)
- postgresql_privs.py - fix reports as changed behavior of module when using ``type=default_privs`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64371).
- postgresql_publication - fix typo in module.warn method name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64582).
- postgresql_publication - use query params arg with cursor object (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65404).
- postgresql_query - improve file handling by using a context manager.
- postgresql_query - the module doesn't support non-ASCII characters in SQL files with Python3 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65367).
- postgresql_schema - use query parameters with cursor object (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/65679).
- postgresql_sequence - use query parameters with cursor object (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/65787).
- postgresql_set - fix converting value to uppercase (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67377).
- postgresql_set - use query parameters with cursor object (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/65791).
- postgresql_slot - make the ``name`` parameter required (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/67046).
- postgresql_slot - use query parameters with cursor object (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/65791).
- postgresql_subscription - fix typo in module.warn method name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/64583).
- postgresql_subscription - use query parameters with cursor object (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/65791).
- postgresql_table - use query parameters with cursor object (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/65862).
- postgresql_tablespace - make the ``tablespace`` parameter required (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/67046).
- postgresql_tablespace - use query parameters with cursor object (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/65862).
- postgresql_user - allow to pass user name which contains dots (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63204).
- postgresql_user - use query parameters with cursor object (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/65862).
- proxmox - fix version detection of proxmox 6 and up (Fixes https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59164)
- proxysql - fixed mysql dictcursor
- pulp_repo - the ``client_cert`` and ``client_key`` options were used for both requests to the Pulp instance and for the repo to sync with, resulting in errors when they were used. Use the new options ``feed_client_cert`` and ``feed_client_key`` for client certificates that should only be used for repo synchronisation, and not for communication with the Pulp instance. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59513)
- puppet - fix command line construction for check mode and ``manifest:``
- pure - fix incorrect user_string setting in module_utils file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/66914)
- redfish_command - fix EnableAccount if Enabled property is not present in Account resource (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59822)
- redfish_command - fix error when deleting a disabled Redfish account (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64684)
- redfish_command - fix power ResetType mapping logic (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59804)
- redfish_config - fix support for boolean bios attrs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68251)
- redfish_facts - fix KeyError exceptions in GetLogs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59797)
- redhat_subscription - do not set the default quantity to ``1`` when no quantity is provided (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66478)
- replace use of deprecated functions from ``ansible.module_utils.basic``.
- rshm_repository - reduce execution time when changed is False (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/458).
- runas - Fix the ``runas````become_pass`` variable fallback from ``ansible_runas_runas`` to ``ansible_runas_pass``
- scaleway: use jsonify unmarshaller only for application/json requests to avoid breaking the multiline configuration with requests in text/plain (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65036)
- scaleway_compute - fix transition handling that could cause errors when removing a node (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/444).
- scaleway_compute(check_image_id): use get image instead loop on first page of images results
- sesu - make use of the prompt specified in the code
- slack - Fix ``thread_id`` data type
- slackpkg - fix matching some special cases in package names (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/505).
- slackpkg - fix name matching in package installation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/450).
- spacewalk inventory - improve file handling by using a context manager.
- syslog_json callback - fix plugin exception when running (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/407).
- syslogger callback plugin - remove check mode support since it did nothing anyway
- terraform - adding support for absolute paths additionally to the relative path within project_path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58578)
- terraform - reset out and err before plan creation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64369)
- terraform module - fixes usage for providers not supporting workspaces
- yarn - Return correct values when running yarn in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/153).
- yarn - handle no version when installing module by name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55097)
- zfs_delegate_admin - add missing choices diff/hold/release to the permissions parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/278)
New Plugins
-----------
Callback
~~~~~~~~
- diy - Customize the output
Lookup
~~~~~~
- etcd3 - Get key values from etcd3 server
- lmdb_kv - fetch data from LMDB
New Modules
-----------
Cloud
~~~~~
huawei
^^^^^^
- hwc_ecs_instance - Creates a resource of Ecs/Instance in Huawei Cloud
- hwc_evs_disk - Creates a resource of Evs/Disk in Huawei Cloud
- hwc_vpc_eip - Creates a resource of Vpc/EIP in Huawei Cloud
- hwc_vpc_peering_connect - Creates a resource of Vpc/PeeringConnect in Huawei Cloud
- hwc_vpc_port - Creates a resource of Vpc/Port in Huawei Cloud
- hwc_vpc_private_ip - Creates a resource of Vpc/PrivateIP in Huawei Cloud
- hwc_vpc_route - Creates a resource of Vpc/Route in Huawei Cloud
- hwc_vpc_security_group - Creates a resource of Vpc/SecurityGroup in Huawei Cloud
- hwc_vpc_security_group_rule - Creates a resource of Vpc/SecurityGroupRule in Huawei Cloud
- hwc_vpc_subnet - Creates a resource of Vpc/Subnet in Huawei Cloud
