Merge branch 'main' into sseekamp/multi-manager

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ schedules:
     always: true
     branches:
       include:
+        - stable-9
         - stable-8
-        - stable-7
   - cron: 0 11 * * 0
     displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
     always: true
     branches:
       include:
-        - stable-6
+        - stable-7
 
 variables:
   - name: checkoutPath
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ variables:
 resources:
   containers:
     - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:4.0.1
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:6.0.0
 
 pool: Standard
 
@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ stages:
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
             - test: extra
+  - stage: Sanity_2_17
+    displayName: Sanity 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.17/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
   - stage: Sanity_2_16
     displayName: Sanity 2.16
     dependsOn: []
@@ -99,19 +112,6 @@ stages:
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_14
-    displayName: Sanity 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
 ### Units
   - stage: Units_devel
     displayName: Units devel
@@ -122,12 +122,23 @@ stages:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - test: 3.7
             - test: 3.8
             - test: 3.9
             - test: '3.10'
             - test: '3.11'
             - test: '3.12'
+            - test: '3.13'
+  - stage: Units_2_17
+    displayName: Units 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.17/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.7
+            - test: "3.12"
   - stage: Units_2_16
     displayName: Units 2.16
     dependsOn: []
@@ -151,16 +162,6 @@ stages:
           targets:
             - test: 3.5
             - test: "3.10"
-  - stage: Units_2_14
-    displayName: Units 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.9
 
 ## Remote
   - stage: Remote_devel_extra_vms
@@ -171,12 +172,14 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.19
+            - name: Alpine 3.20
-              test: alpine/3.19
+              test: alpine/3.20
-            # - name: Fedora 39
+            # - name: Fedora 40
-            #   test: fedora/39
+            #   test: fedora/40
             - name: Ubuntu 22.04
               test: ubuntu/22.04
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu/24.04
           groups:
             - vm
   - stage: Remote_devel
@@ -189,10 +192,26 @@ stages:
           targets:
             - name: macOS 14.3
               test: macos/14.3
-            - name: RHEL 9.3
+            - name: RHEL 9.4
-              test: rhel/9.3
+              test: rhel/9.4
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.1
+              test: freebsd/14.1
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_17
+    displayName: Remote 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.17/{0}
+          targets:
             - name: FreeBSD 13.3
               test: freebsd/13.3
+            - name: RHEL 9.3
+              test: rhel/9.3
             - name: FreeBSD 14.0
               test: freebsd/14.0
           groups:
@@ -213,8 +232,8 @@ stages:
               test: rhel/9.2
             - name: RHEL 8.8
               test: rhel/8.8
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
+            # - name: FreeBSD 13.2
-              test: freebsd/13.2
+            #   test: freebsd/13.2
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -241,24 +260,6 @@ stages:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Remote_2_14
-    displayName: Remote 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
-          targets:
-            #- name: macOS 12.0
-            #  test: macos/12.0
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-            #- name: FreeBSD 12.4
-            #  test: freebsd/12.4
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
 
 ### Docker
   - stage: Docker_devel
@@ -269,14 +270,32 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
           targets:
-            - name: Fedora 39
+            - name: Fedora 40
-              test: fedora39
+              test: fedora40
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
+            - name: Alpine 3.20
-              test: ubuntu2004
+              test: alpine320
             - name: Ubuntu 22.04
               test: ubuntu2204
+            - name: Ubuntu 24.04
+              test: ubuntu2404
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_17
+    displayName: Docker 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.17/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 39
+              test: fedora39
             - name: Alpine 3.19
               test: alpine319
+            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
+              test: ubuntu2004
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -315,20 +334,6 @@ stages:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_14
-    displayName: Docker 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
 
 ### Community Docker
   - stage: Docker_community_devel
@@ -344,7 +349,7 @@ stages:
             - name: Debian Bookworm
               test: debian-bookworm/3.11
             - name: ArchLinux
-              test: archlinux/3.11
+              test: archlinux/3.12
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
@@ -359,6 +364,18 @@ stages:
         parameters:
           nameFormat: Python {0}
           testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: '3.8'
+            - test: '3.11'
+            - test: '3.13'
+  - stage: Generic_2_17
+    displayName: Generic 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.17/generic/{0}/1
           targets:
             - test: '3.7'
             - test: '3.12'
@@ -384,42 +401,32 @@ stages:
           testFormat: 2.15/generic/{0}/1
           targets:
             - test: '3.9'
-  - stage: Generic_2_14
-    displayName: Generic 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: '3.10'
 
   - stage: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
       - Sanity_devel
+      - Sanity_2_17
       - Sanity_2_16
       - Sanity_2_15
-      - Sanity_2_14
       - Units_devel
+      - Units_2_17
       - Units_2_16
       - Units_2_15
-      - Units_2_14
       - Remote_devel_extra_vms
       - Remote_devel
+      - Remote_2_17
       - Remote_2_16
       - Remote_2_15
-      - Remote_2_14
       - Docker_devel
+      - Docker_2_17
       - Docker_2_16
       - Docker_2_15
-      - Docker_2_14
       - Docker_community_devel
 # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
 #      - Generic_devel
+#      - Generic_2_17
 #      - Generic_2_16
 #      - Generic_2_15
-#      - Generic_2_14
     jobs:
       - template: templates/coverage.yml

.github/BOTMETA.yml

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: $team_ansible_core
   $becomes/pmrun.py:
     maintainers: $team_ansible_core
+  $becomes/run0.py:
+    maintainers: konstruktoid
   $becomes/sesu.py:
     maintainers: nekonyuu
   $becomes/sudosu.py:
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: ryancurrah
   $callbacks/syslog_json.py:
     maintainers: imjoseangel
+  $callbacks/timestamp.py:
+    maintainers: kurokobo
   $callbacks/unixy.py:
     labels: unixy
     maintainers: akatch
@@ -117,6 +121,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: $team_ansible_core
   $doc_fragments/:
     labels: docs_fragments
+  $doc_fragments/django.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
   $doc_fragments/hpe3par.py:
     labels: hpe3par
     maintainers: farhan7500 gautamphegde
@@ -151,6 +157,8 @@ files:
   $filters/jc.py:
     maintainers: kellyjonbrazil
   $filters/json_query.py: {}
+  $filters/keep_keys.py:
+    maintainers: vbotka
   $filters/lists.py:
     maintainers: cfiehe
   $filters/lists_difference.yml:
@@ -164,6 +172,12 @@ files:
   $filters/lists_union.yml:
     maintainers: cfiehe
   $filters/random_mac.py: {}
+  $filters/remove_keys.py:
+    maintainers: vbotka
+  $filters/replace_keys.py:
+    maintainers: vbotka
+  $filters/reveal_ansible_type.py:
+    maintainers: vbotka
   $filters/time.py:
     maintainers: resmo
   $filters/to_days.yml:
@@ -294,8 +308,12 @@ files:
     labels: module_utils
   $module_utils/btrfs.py:
     maintainers: gnfzdz
+  $module_utils/cmd_runner.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
   $module_utils/deps.py:
     maintainers: russoz
+  $module_utils/django.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
   $module_utils/gconftool2.py:
     labels: gconftool2
     maintainers: russoz
@@ -339,6 +357,8 @@ files:
   $module_utils/pipx.py:
     labels: pipx
     maintainers: russoz
+  $module_utils/python_runner.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
   $module_utils/puppet.py:
     labels: puppet
     maintainers: russoz
@@ -428,6 +448,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: hkariti
   $modules/bitbucket_:
     maintainers: catcombo
+  $modules/bootc_manage.py:
+    maintainers: cooktheryan
   $modules/bower.py:
     maintainers: mwarkentin
   $modules/btrfs_:
@@ -490,6 +512,12 @@ files:
     maintainers: tintoy
   $modules/discord.py:
     maintainers: cwollinger
+  $modules/django_check.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
+  $modules/django_command.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
+  $modules/django_createcachetable.py:
+    maintainers: russoz
   $modules/django_manage.py:
     ignore: scottanderson42 tastychutney
     labels: django_manage
@@ -532,8 +560,6 @@ files:
     maintainers: $team_flatpak
   $modules/flatpak_remote.py:
     maintainers: $team_flatpak
-  $modules/flowdock.py:
-    ignore: mcodd
   $modules/gandi_livedns.py:
     maintainers: gthiemonge
   $modules/gconftool2.py:
@@ -622,6 +648,11 @@ files:
     labels: homebrew_ macos
     maintainers: $team_macos
     notify: chris-short
+  $modules/homebrew_services.py:
+    ignore: ryansb
+    keywords: brew cask services darwin homebrew macosx macports osx
+    labels: homebrew_ macos
+    maintainers: $team_macos kitizz
   $modules/homectl.py:
     maintainers: jameslivulpi
   $modules/honeybadger_deployment.py:
@@ -778,8 +809,12 @@ files:
     maintainers: elfelip
   $modules/keycloak_user_federation.py:
     maintainers: laurpaum
+  $modules/keycloak_userprofile.py:
+    maintainers: yeoldegrove
   $modules/keycloak_component_info.py:
     maintainers: desand01
+  $modules/keycloak_client_rolescope.py:
+    maintainers: desand01
   $modules/keycloak_user_rolemapping.py:
     maintainers: bratwurzt
   $modules/keycloak_realm_rolemapping.py:
@@ -941,6 +976,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: $team_opennebula
   $modules/one_host.py:
     maintainers: rvalle
+  $modules/one_vnet.py:
+    maintainers: abakanovskii
   $modules/oneandone_:
     maintainers: aajdinov edevenport
   $modules/onepassword_info.py:
@@ -1094,46 +1131,6 @@ files:
   $modules/python_requirements_info.py:
     ignore: ryansb
     maintainers: willthames
-  $modules/rax:
-    ignore: ryansb sivel
-  $modules/rax.py:
-    maintainers: omgjlk sivel
-  $modules/rax_cbs.py:
-    maintainers: claco
-  $modules/rax_cbs_attachments.py:
-    maintainers: claco
-  $modules/rax_cdb.py:
-    maintainers: jails
-  $modules/rax_cdb_database.py:
-    maintainers: jails
-  $modules/rax_cdb_user.py:
-    maintainers: jails
-  $modules/rax_clb.py:
-    maintainers: claco
-  $modules/rax_clb_nodes.py:
-    maintainers: neuroid
-  $modules/rax_clb_ssl.py:
-    maintainers: smashwilson
-  $modules/rax_files.py:
-    maintainers: angstwad
-  $modules/rax_files_objects.py:
-    maintainers: angstwad
-  $modules/rax_identity.py:
-    maintainers: claco
-  $modules/rax_mon_alarm.py:
-    maintainers: smashwilson
-  $modules/rax_mon_check.py:
-    maintainers: smashwilson
-  $modules/rax_mon_entity.py:
-    maintainers: smashwilson
-  $modules/rax_mon_notification.py:
-    maintainers: smashwilson
-  $modules/rax_mon_notification_plan.py:
-    maintainers: smashwilson
-  $modules/rax_network.py:
-    maintainers: claco omgjlk
-  $modules/rax_queue.py:
-    maintainers: claco
   $modules/read_csv.py:
     maintainers: dagwieers
   $modules/redfish_:
@@ -1298,8 +1295,6 @@ files:
     maintainers: farhan7500 gautamphegde
   $modules/ssh_config.py:
     maintainers: gaqzi Akasurde
-  $modules/stackdriver.py:
-    maintainers: bwhaley
   $modules/stacki_host.py:
     labels: stacki_host
     maintainers: bsanders bbyhuy
@@ -1392,8 +1387,6 @@ files:
     maintainers: $team_wdc
   $modules/wdc_redfish_info.py:
     maintainers: $team_wdc
-  $modules/webfaction_:
-    maintainers: quentinsf
   $modules/xattr.py:
     labels: xattr
     maintainers: bcoca
@@ -1445,8 +1438,16 @@ files:
     ignore: matze
     labels: zypper
     maintainers: $team_suse
+  $plugin_utils/ansible_type.py:
+    maintainers: vbotka
+  $plugin_utils/keys_filter.py:
+    maintainers: vbotka
+  $plugin_utils/unsafe.py:
+    maintainers: felixfontein
   $tests/a_module.py:
     maintainers: felixfontein
+  $tests/ansible_type.py:
+    maintainers: vbotka
   $tests/fqdn_valid.py:
     maintainers: vbotka
 #########################
@@ -1460,6 +1461,14 @@ files:
     maintainers: felixfontein
   docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_lists_helper.rst:
     maintainers: cfiehe
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries-keep_keys.rst:
+    maintainers: vbotka
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries-remove_keys.rst:
+    maintainers: vbotka
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries-replace_keys.rst:
+    maintainers: vbotka
+  docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide-abstract_informations-lists_of_dictionaries.rst:
+    maintainers: vbotka
   docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst:
     maintainers: vbotka
   docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_conversions.rst:
@@ -1476,12 +1485,20 @@ files:
     maintainers: ericzolf
   docs/docsite/rst/guide_alicloud.rst:
     maintainers: xiaozhu36
+  docs/docsite/rst/guide_cmdrunner.rst:
+    maintainers: russoz
+  docs/docsite/rst/guide_deps.rst:
+    maintainers: russoz
+  docs/docsite/rst/guide_modulehelper.rst:
+    maintainers: russoz
   docs/docsite/rst/guide_online.rst:
     maintainers: remyleone
   docs/docsite/rst/guide_packet.rst:
     maintainers: baldwinSPC nurfet-becirevic t0mk teebes
   docs/docsite/rst/guide_scaleway.rst:
     maintainers: $team_scaleway
+  docs/docsite/rst/guide_vardict.rst:
+    maintainers: russoz
   docs/docsite/rst/test_guide.rst:
     maintainers: felixfontein
 #########################
@@ -1501,7 +1518,6 @@ macros:
   becomes: plugins/become
   caches: plugins/cache
   callbacks: plugins/callback
-  cliconfs: plugins/cliconf
   connections: plugins/connection
   doc_fragments: plugins/doc_fragments
   filters: plugins/filter
@@ -1509,12 +1525,12 @@ macros:
   lookups: plugins/lookup
   module_utils: plugins/module_utils
   modules: plugins/modules
-  terminals: plugins/terminal
+  plugin_utils: plugins/plugin_utils
   tests: plugins/test
   team_ansible_core:
   team_aix: MorrisA bcoca d-little flynn1973 gforster kairoaraujo marvin-sinister mator molekuul ramooncamacho wtcross
   team_bsd: JoergFiedler MacLemon bcoca dch jasperla mekanix opoplawski overhacked tuxillo
-  team_consul: sgargan apollo13
+  team_consul: sgargan apollo13 Ilgmi
   team_cyberark_conjur: jvanderhoof ryanprior
   team_e_spirit: MatrixCrawler getjack
   team_flatpak: JayKayy oolongbrothers
@@ -1523,7 +1539,7 @@ macros:
   team_huawei: QijunPan TommyLike edisonxiang freesky-edward hwDCN niuzhenguo xuxiaowei0512 yanzhangi zengchen1024 zhongjun2
   team_ipa: Akasurde Nosmoht justchris1
   team_jboss: Wolfant jairojunior wbrefvem
-  team_keycloak: eikef ndclt mattock
+  team_keycloak: eikef ndclt mattock thomasbach-dev
   team_linode: InTheCloudDan decentral1se displague rmcintosh Charliekenney23 LBGarber
   team_macos: Akasurde kyleabenson martinm82 danieljaouen indrajitr
   team_manageiq: abellotti cben gtanzillo yaacov zgalor dkorn evertmulder

.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         ansible:
           - '2.13'
+          - '2.14'
     # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
     # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
     # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
         with:
           ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
           pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
           testing-type: sanity
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ jobs:
             python: '2.7'
           - ansible: '2.13'
             python: '3.8'
+          - ansible: '2.14'
+            python: '3.9'
 
     steps:
       - name: >-
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
         with:
           ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
           pre-test-cmd: >-
             mkdir -p ../../ansible
@@ -148,11 +153,29 @@ jobs:
             docker: alpine3
             python: ''
             target: azp/posix/3/
+          # 2.14
+          - ansible: '2.14'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/1/
+          - ansible: '2.14'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/2/
+          - ansible: '2.14'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: azp/posix/3/
           # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
           # - ansible: '2.13'
           #   docker: default
           #   python: '3.9'
           #   target: azp/generic/1/
+          # Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+          # - ansible: '2.14'
+          #   docker: default
+          #   python: '3.10'
+          #   target: azp/generic/1/
 
     steps:
       - name: >-
@@ -162,6 +185,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
         with:
           ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
           docker-image: ${{ matrix.docker }}
           integration-continue-on-error: 'false'

.github/workflows/reuse.yml

@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || '' }}
 
       - name: REUSE Compliance Check
-        uses: fsfe/reuse-action@v3
+        uses: fsfe/reuse-action@v4

.gitignore

@@ -512,3 +512,7 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 
 # Integration tests cloud configs
 tests/integration/cloud-config-*.ini
+
+
+# VSCode specific extensions
+.vscode/settings.json

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ Also, consider taking up a valuable, reviewed, but abandoned pull request which
 * Try committing your changes with an informative but short commit message.
 * Do not squash your commits and force-push to your branch if not needed. Reviews of your pull request are much easier with individual commits to comprehend the pull request history. All commits of your pull request branch will be squashed into one commit by GitHub upon merge.
 * Do not add merge commits to your PR. The bot will complain and you will have to rebase ([instructions for rebasing](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_rebasing.html)) to remove them before your PR can be merged. To avoid that git automatically does merges during pulls, you can configure it to do rebases instead by running `git config pull.rebase true` inside the repository checkout.
-* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments). (You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
+* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/collection_development_process.html#creating-a-changelog-fragment).
+  * You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. (If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
+  * Please always include a link to the pull request itself, and if the PR is about an issue, also a link to the issue. Also make sure the fragment ends with a period, and begins with a lower-case letter after `-`. (Again, if you don't do this, we'll add suggestions to fix it, so don't worry too much :) )
 * Avoid reformatting unrelated parts of the codebase in your PR. These types of changes will likely be requested for reversion, create additional work for reviewers, and may cause approval to be delayed.
 
 You can also read [our Quick-start development guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/create_pr_quick_start_guide.rst).
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ cd ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/general
 
 Then you can run `ansible-test` (which is a part of [ansible-core](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core/)) inside the checkout. The following example commands expect that you have installed Docker or Podman. Note that Podman has only been supported by more recent ansible-core releases. If you are using Docker, the following will work with Ansible 2.9+.
 
+### Sanity tests
+
 The following commands show how to run sanity tests:
 
 ```.bash
@@ -64,6 +68,8 @@ ansible-test sanity --docker -v
 ansible-test sanity --docker -v plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
 ```
 
+### Unit tests
+
 The following commands show how to run unit tests:
 
 ```.bash
@@ -77,13 +83,32 @@ ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8
 ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools/test_nmcli.py
 ```
 
+### Integration tests
+
 The following commands show how to run integration tests:
 
-```.bash
+#### In Docker
-# Run integration tests for the interfaces_files module in a Docker container using the
-# fedora35 operating system image (the supported images depend on your ansible-core version):
-ansible-test integration --docker fedora35 -v interfaces_file
 
+Integration tests on Docker have the following parameters:
+- `image_name` (required): The name of the Docker image. To get the list of supported Docker images, run
+  `ansible-test integration --help` and look for _target docker images_.
+- `test_name` (optional): The name of the integration test.  
+  For modules, this equals the short name of the module; for example, `pacman` in case of `community.general.pacman`.  
+  For plugins, the plugin type is added before the plugin's short name, for example `callback_yaml` for the `community.general.yaml` callback.
+```.bash
+# Test all plugins/modules on fedora40
+ansible-test integration -v --docker fedora40
+
+# Template
+ansible-test integration -v --docker image_name test_name
+
+# Example community.general.ini_file module on fedora40 Docker image:
+ansible-test integration -v --docker fedora40 ini_file
+```
+
+#### Without isolation
+
+```.bash
 # Run integration tests for the flattened lookup **without any isolation**:
 ansible-test integration -v lookup_flattened
 ```

README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 [![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=main)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
 [![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/workflows/EOL%20CI/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)
+[![REUSE status](https://api.reuse.software/badge/github.com/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://api.reuse.software/info/github.com/ansible-collections/community.general)
 
 This repository contains the `community.general` Ansible Collection. The collection is a part of the Ansible package and includes many modules and plugins supported by Ansible community which are not part of more specialized community collections.
 
@@ -22,9 +23,21 @@ We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/comm
 
 If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html), please refer to the [policy violations](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html#policy-violations) section of the Code of Conduct for information on how to raise a complaint.
 
+## Communication
+
+* Join the Ansible forum:
+  * [Get Help](https://forum.ansible.com/c/help/6): get help or help others. This is for questions about modules or plugins in the collection. Please add appropriate tags if you start new discussions.
+  * [Tag `community-general`](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/community-general): discuss the *collection itself*, instead of specific modules or plugins.
+  * [Social Spaces](https://forum.ansible.com/c/chat/4): gather and interact with fellow enthusiasts.
+  * [News & Announcements](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/5): track project-wide announcements including social events.
+
+* The Ansible [Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn): used to announce releases and important changes.
+
+For more information about communication, see the [Ansible communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
+
 ## Tested with Ansible
 
-Tested with the current ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15, ansible-core 2.16 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.13.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14, ansible-core 2.15, ansible-core 2.16, ansible-core 2.17 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.13.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
 
 ## External requirements
 
@@ -97,18 +110,6 @@ It is necessary for maintainers of this collection to be subscribed to:
 
 They also should be subscribed to Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn).
 
-## Communication
-
-We announce important development changes and releases through Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP). If you are a collection developer, be sure you are subscribed.
-
-Join us in the `#ansible` (general use questions and support), `#ansible-community` (community and collection development questions), and other [IRC channels](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#irc-channels) on [Libera.chat](https://libera.chat).
-
-We take part in the global quarterly [Ansible Contributor Summit](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Contributor-Summit) virtually or in-person. Track [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP) and join us.
-
-For more information about communities, meetings and agendas see [Community Wiki](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Community).
-
-For more information about communication, refer to Ansible's the [Communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).
-
 ## Publishing New Version
 
 See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/releasing_collections.rst) to learn how to release this collection.

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-ancestor: 8.0.0
+---
+ancestor: 9.0.0
 releases: {}

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -18,20 +18,25 @@ output_formats:
 prelude_section_name: release_summary
 prelude_section_title: Release Summary
 sections:
-- - major_changes
+  - - major_changes
-  - Major Changes
+    - Major Changes
-- - minor_changes
+  - - minor_changes
-  - Minor Changes
+    - Minor Changes
-- - breaking_changes
+  - - breaking_changes
-  - Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+    - Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
-- - deprecated_features
+  - - deprecated_features
-  - Deprecated Features
+    - Deprecated Features
-- - removed_features
+  - - removed_features
-  - Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+    - Removed Features (previously deprecated)
-- - security_fixes
+  - - security_fixes
-  - Security Fixes
+    - Security Fixes
-- - bugfixes
+  - - bugfixes
-  - Bugfixes
+    - Bugfixes
-- - known_issues
+  - - known_issues
-  - Known Issues
+    - Known Issues
 title: Community General
+trivial_section_name: trivial
+use_fqcn: true
+add_plugin_period: true
+changelog_nice_yaml: true
+changelog_sort: version

changelogs/fragments/000-redhat_subscription-dbus-on-7.4-plus.yaml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - |
-    redhat_subscription - use the D-Bus registration on RHEL 7 only on 7.4 and
-    greater; older versions of RHEL 7 do not have it
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7622,
-    https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7624).

changelogs/fragments/5588-support-1password-connect.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - onepassword lookup plugin - support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect_host and connect_token parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7116).
-  - onepassword_raw lookup plugin - support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by setting the connect_host and connect_token parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7116)

changelogs/fragments/6572-nmcli-add-support-loopback-type.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - add support for new connection type ``loopback`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6572).

changelogs/fragments/7143-proxmox-template.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox - adds ``template`` value to the ``state`` parameter, allowing conversion of container to a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7143).
-  - proxmox_kvm - adds ``template`` value to the ``state`` parameter, allowing conversion of a VM to a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7143).

changelogs/fragments/7151-fix-keycloak_authz_permission-incorrect-resource-payload.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak_authz_permission - resource payload variable for scope-based permission was constructed as a string, when it needs to be a list, even for a single item (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7151).

changelogs/fragments/7199-gitlab-runner-new-creation-workflow.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_runner - add support for new runner creation workflow (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7199).

changelogs/fragments/7242-multi-values-for-same-name-in-git-config.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - "git_config - allow multiple git configs for the same name with the new ``add_mode`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260)."
-    - "git_config - the ``after`` and ``before`` fields in the ``diff`` of the return value can be a list instead of a string in case more configs with the same key are affected (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260)."
-    - "git_config - when a value is unset, all configs with the same key are unset (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260)."

changelogs/fragments/7389-nmcli-issue-with-creating-a-wifi-bridge-slave.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - fix ``connection.slave-type`` wired to ``bond`` and not with parameter ``slave_type`` in case of connection type ``wifi`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7389).

changelogs/fragments/7418-kc_identity_provider-mapper-reconfiguration-fixes.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak_identity_provider - it was not possible to reconfigure (add, remove) ``mappers`` once they were created initially. Removal was ignored, adding new ones resulted in dropping the pre-existing unmodified mappers. Fix resolves the issue by supplying correct input to the internal update call (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7418).
-  - keycloak_identity_provider - ``mappers`` processing was not idempotent if the mappers configuration list had not been sorted by name (in ascending order). Fix resolves the issue by sorting mappers in the desired state using the same key which is used for obtaining existing state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7418).

changelogs/fragments/7426-add-timestamp-and-preserve-options-for-passwordstore.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - passwordstore - adds ``timestamp`` and ``preserve`` parameters to modify the stored password format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7426).

changelogs/fragments/7456-add-ssh-control-master.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ssh_config - adds ``controlmaster``, ``controlpath`` and ``controlpersist`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7456).

changelogs/fragments/7461-proxmox-inventory-add-exclude-nodes.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox inventory plugin - adds an option to exclude nodes from the dynamic inventory generation. The new setting is optional, not using this option will behave as usual (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6714, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7461).

changelogs/fragments/7462-Add-ostype-parameter-in-LXC-container-clone-of-ProxmoxVE.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_ostype - it is now possible to specify the ``ostype`` when creating an LXC container (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7462).

changelogs/fragments/7464-fix-vm-removal-in-proxmox_pool_member.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_pool_member - absent state for type VM did not delete VMs from the pools (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7464).

changelogs/fragments/7465-redfish-firmware-update-message-id-hardening.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - redfish_command - fix usage of message parsing in ``SimpleUpdate`` and ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` commands to treat the lack of a ``MessageId`` as no message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7465, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7471).

changelogs/fragments/7467-fix-gitlab-constants-calls.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - gitlab_group_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_group_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).  
-  - gitlab_project_members - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_project_members`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).  
-  - gitlab_protected_branches - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_protected_branches`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).  
-  - gitlab_user - fix gitlab constants call in ``gitlab_user`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7467).  

changelogs/fragments/7472-gitlab-add-ca-path-option.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab modules - add ``ca_path`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7472).

changelogs/fragments/7485-proxmox_vm_info-config.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_vm_info - add ability to retrieve configuration info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7485).

changelogs/fragments/7486-gitlab-refactor-package-check.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab modules - remove duplicate ``gitlab`` package check (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7486).

changelogs/fragments/7489-netcup-dns-record-types.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - netcup_dns - adds support for record types ``OPENPGPKEY``, ``SMIMEA``, and ``SSHFP`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7489).

changelogs/fragments/7495-proxmox_disk-manipulate-cdrom.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_disk - add ability to manipulate CD-ROM drive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7495).

changelogs/fragments/7499-allow-mtu-setting-on-bond-and-infiniband-interfaces.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - allow for the setting of ``MTU`` for ``infiniband`` and ``bond`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7499).

changelogs/fragments/7501-type.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "ocapi_utils, oci_utils, redfish_utils module utils - replace ``type()`` calls with ``isinstance()`` calls (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7501)."

changelogs/fragments/7506-pipx-pipargs.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - pipx module utils - change the CLI argument formatter for the ``pip_args`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7497, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7506).

changelogs/fragments/7517-elastic-close-client.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - elastic callback plugin - close elastic client to not leak resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7517).

changelogs/fragments/7535-terraform-fix-multiline-string-handling-in-complex-variables.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "terraform - fix multiline string handling in complex variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7535)."

changelogs/fragments/7538-add-krbprincipalattribute-option.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak_user_federation - add option for ``krbPrincipalAttribute`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7538).

changelogs/fragments/7540-proxmox-update-config.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox - adds ``update`` parameter, allowing update of an already existing containers configuration (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7540).

changelogs/fragments/7542-irc-logentries-ssl.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "log_entries callback plugin - replace ``ssl.wrap_socket`` that was removed from Python 3.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7542)."
-  - "irc - replace ``ssl.wrap_socket`` that was removed from Python 3.12 with code for creating a proper SSL context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7542)."

changelogs/fragments/7550-irc-use_tls-validate_certs.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "irc - add ``validate_certs`` option, and rename ``use_ssl`` to ``use_tls``, while keeping ``use_ssl`` as an alias.
-     The default value for ``validate_certs`` is ``false`` for backwards compatibility. We recommend to every user of
-     this module to explicitly set ``use_tls=true`` and `validate_certs=true`` whenever possible, especially when
-     communicating to IRC servers over the internet (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7550)."

changelogs/fragments/7564-onepassword-lookup-case-insensitive.yaml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - >-
-    onepassword lookup plugin - field and section titles are now case insensitive when using
-    op CLI version two or later. This matches the behavior of version one (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7564).

changelogs/fragments/7569-infiniband-slave-support.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - allow for ``infiniband`` slaves of ``bond`` interface types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7569).

changelogs/fragments/7577-fix-apt_rpm-module.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - apt-rpm - the module did not upgrade packages if a newer version exists. Now the package will be reinstalled if the candidate is newer than the installed version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7414).

changelogs/fragments/7578-irc-tls.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - "irc - the defaults ``false`` for ``use_tls`` and ``validate_certs`` have been deprecated and will change to ``true`` in community.general 10.0.0
-     to improve security. You can already improve security now by explicitly setting them to ``true``. Specifying values now disables the deprecation
-     warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7578)."

changelogs/fragments/7588-ipa-config-new-choice-passkey-to-ipauserauthtype.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- - ipa_config - adds ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7588).

changelogs/fragments/7589-ipa-config-new-choices-idp-and-passkey-to-ipauserauthtype.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- - ipa_user - adds ``idp`` and ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7589).

changelogs/fragments/7600-proxmox_kvm-hookscript.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "proxmox_kvm - support the ``hookscript`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7600)."

changelogs/fragments/7601-lvol-fix.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - lvol - test for output messages in both ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7601, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7182).

changelogs/fragments/7612-interface_file-method.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "interface_files - also consider ``address_family`` when changing ``option=method`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7610, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7612)."

changelogs/fragments/7626-redfish-info-add-boot-progress-property.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_info - adding the ``BootProgress`` property when getting ``Systems`` info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7626).

changelogs/fragments/7641-fix-keycloak-api-client-to-quote-properly.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak_* - fix Keycloak API client to quote ``/`` properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7641).

changelogs/fragments/7645-Keycloak-print-error-msg-from-server.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak module utils - expose error message from Keycloak server for HTTP errors in some specific situations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7645).

changelogs/fragments/7646-fix-order-number-detection-in-dn.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ldap - previously the order number (if present) was expected to follow an equals sign in the DN. This makes it so the order number string is identified correctly anywhere within the DN (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7646).

changelogs/fragments/7653-fix-cloudflare-lookup.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - cloudflare_dns - fix Cloudflare lookup of SHFP records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7652).  

changelogs/fragments/7676-lvol-pvs-as-list.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - lvol - change ``pvs`` argument type to list of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7676, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7504).

changelogs/fragments/7696-avoid-attempt-to-delete-non-existing-user.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak_user - when ``force`` is set, but user does not exist, do not try to delete it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7696).

changelogs/fragments/7698-improvements-to-keycloak_realm_key.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak_realm_key - the ``provider_id`` option now supports RSA encryption key usage (value ``rsa-enc``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7698).
-  - keycloak_realm_key - the ``config.algorithm`` option now supports 8 additional key algorithms (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7698).
-  - keycloak_realm_key - the ``config.certificate`` option value is no longer defined with ``no_log=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7698).

changelogs/fragments/7703-ssh_config_add_keys_to_agent_option.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ssh_config - new feature to set ``AddKeysToAgent`` option to ``yes`` or ``no`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7703).

changelogs/fragments/7704-ssh_config_identities_only_option.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ssh_config - new feature to set ``IdentitiesOnly`` option to ``yes`` or ``no`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7704).

changelogs/fragments/7717-prevent-modprobe-error.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - modprobe - listing modules files or modprobe files could trigger a FileNotFoundError if ``/etc/modprobe.d`` or ``/etc/modules-load.d`` did not exist. Relevant functions now return empty lists if the directories do not exist to avoid crashing the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7717).

changelogs/fragments/7723-ipa-pwpolicy-update-pwpolicy-module.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ipa_pwpolicy - update module to support ``maxrepeat``, ``maxsequence``, ``dictcheck``, ``usercheck``, ``gracelimit`` parameters in FreeIPA password policies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7723).
-  - ipa_pwpolicy - refactor module and exchange a sequence ``if`` statements with a ``for`` loop (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7723).

changelogs/fragments/7737-add-ipa-dnsrecord-ns-type.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ipa_dnsrecord - adds ability to manage NS record types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7737).

changelogs/fragments/7740-add-message-id-header-to-mail-module.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - mail - add ``Message-ID`` header; which is required by some mail servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7740).

changelogs/fragments/7746-raw_post-without-actions.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - xcc_redfish_command - added support for raw POSTs (``command=PostResource`` in ``category=Raw``) without a specific action info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7746).

changelogs/fragments/7754-fixed-payload-format.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - statusio_maintenance - fix error caused by incorrectly formed API data payload. Was raising "Failed to create maintenance HTTP Error 400 Bad Request" caused by bad data type for date/time and deprecated dict keys (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7754).

changelogs/fragments/7765-mail-message-id.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "mail module, mail callback plugin - allow to configure the domain name of the Message-ID header with a new ``message_id_domain`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7765)."

changelogs/fragments/7782-cloudflare_dns-spf.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - "cloudflare_dns - remove support for SPF records. These are no longer supported by CloudFlare (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7782)."

changelogs/fragments/7789-keycloak-user-federation-custom-provider-type.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak_user_federation - allow custom user storage providers to be set through ``provider_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7789).

changelogs/fragments/7790-gitlab-runner-api-pagination.yml

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - gitlab_runner - fix pagination when checking for existing runners (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7790).
-
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_deploy_key, gitlab_group_members, gitlab_group_variable, gitlab_hook,
-    gitlab_instance_variable, gitlab_project_badge, gitlab_project_variable,
-    gitlab_user - improve API pagination and compatibility with different versions
-    of ``python-gitlab`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7790).

changelogs/fragments/7791-proxmox_kvm-state-template-will-check-status-first.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - running ``state=template`` will first check whether VM is already a template (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7792).

changelogs/fragments/7797-ipa-fix-otp-idempotency.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ipa_otptoken - the module expect ``ipatokendisabled`` as string but the ``ipatokendisabled`` value is returned as a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7795).

changelogs/fragments/7821-mssql_script-py2.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "mssql_script - make the module work with Python 2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7818, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7821)."

changelogs/fragments/7826-consul-modules-refactoring.yaml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - 'consul_policy, consul_role, consul_session - removed dependency on ``requests`` and factored out common parts (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7826, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).'
-  - consul_policy - added support for diff and check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
-  - consul_role - added support for diff mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
-  - consul_role - added support for templated policies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
-  - consul_role - ``service_identities`` now expects a ``service_name`` option to match the Consul API, the old ``name`` is still supported as alias (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).
-  - consul_role - ``node_identities`` now expects a ``node_name`` option to match the Consul API, the old ``name`` is still supported as alias (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7878).

changelogs/fragments/7843-proxmox_kvm-update_unsafe.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - add parameter ``update_unsafe`` to avoid limitations when updating dangerous values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7843).

changelogs/fragments/7847-gitlab-issue-title.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - gitlab_issue - fix behavior to search GitLab issue, using ``search`` keyword instead of ``title`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7846).

changelogs/fragments/7870-homebrew-cask-installed-detection.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - homebrew - detect already installed formulae and casks using JSON output from ``brew info`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/864).

changelogs/fragments/7872-proxmox_fix-update-if-setting-doesnt-exist.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox - fix updating a container config if the setting does not already exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7872).

changelogs/fragments/7874-incus_connection_treats_inventory_hostname_as_literal_in_remotes.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "incus connection plugin - treats ``inventory_hostname`` as a variable instead of a literal in remote connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7874)."

changelogs/fragments/7880-ipa-fix-sudo-and-hbcalrule-idempotence.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ipa_sudorule - the module uses a string for ``ipaenabledflag`` for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7880).
-  - ipa_hbacrule - the module uses a string for ``ipaenabledflag`` for new FreeIPA versions while the returned value is a boolean (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7880).

changelogs/fragments/7881-fix-keycloak-client-ckeckmode.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak_client - fixes issue when metadata is provided in desired state when task is in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1226, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7881).

changelogs/fragments/7882-add-redfish-get-service-identification.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_info - add command ``GetServiceIdentification`` to get service identification (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7882).

changelogs/fragments/7896-add-terraform-diff-mode.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - terraform - add support for ``diff_mode`` for terraform resource_changes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7896).

changelogs/fragments/7897-consul-action-group.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - consul_auth_method, consul_binding_rule, consul_policy, consul_role, consul_session, consul_token - added action group ``community.general.consul`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7897).

changelogs/fragments/7901-consul-acl-deprecation.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - "consul_acl - the module has been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 10.0.0. ``consul_token`` and ``consul_policy``
-     can be used instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7901)."

changelogs/fragments/7916-add-redfish-set-service-identification.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_config - add command ``SetServiceIdentification`` to set service identification (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7916).

changelogs/fragments/7919-onepassword-fieldname-casing.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - onepassword lookup plugin - failed for fields that were in sections and had uppercase letters in the label/ID. Field lookups are now case insensitive in all cases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7919).

changelogs/fragments/7951-fix-redfish_info-exception.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "redfish_info - correct uncaught exception when attempting to retrieve ``Chassis`` information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7952)."

changelogs/fragments/7953-proxmox_kvm-fix_status_check.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - fixed status check getting from node-specific API endpoint (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7817).

changelogs/fragments/7956-adding-releases_events-option-to-gitlab_hook-module.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_hook - adds ``releases_events`` parameter for supporting Releases events triggers on GitLab hooks (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7956).

changelogs/fragments/7963-fix-terraform-diff-absent.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - terraform - fix ``diff_mode`` in state ``absent`` and when terraform ``resource_changes`` does not exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7963).

changelogs/fragments/7970-fix-cargo-path-idempotency.yaml

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "cargo - fix idempotency issues when using a custom installation path
-    for packages (using the ``--path`` parameter).
-    The initial installation runs fine, but subsequent runs use the
-    ``get_installed()`` function which did not check the given installation
-    location, before running ``cargo install``. This resulted in a false
-    ``changed`` state.
-    Also the removal of packeges using ``state: absent`` failed, as the
-    installation check did not use the given parameter
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7970)."

changelogs/fragments/7976-add-mssql_script-transactional-support.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - mssql_script - adds transactional (rollback/commit) support via optional boolean param ``transaction`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7976).

changelogs/fragments/7983-sudoers-add-support-noexec.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - sudoers - add support for the ``NOEXEC`` tag in sudoers rules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7983).

changelogs/fragments/7994-bitwarden-session-arg.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "bitwarden lookup plugin - add ``bw_session`` option, to pass session key instead of reading from env (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7994)."

changelogs/fragments/7996-add-templating-support-to-icinga2-inventory.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - icinga2 inventory plugin - add Jinja2 templating support to ``url``, ``user``, and ``password`` paramenters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7074, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7996).

changelogs/fragments/7998-icinga2-inventory-group_by_hostgroups-parameter.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - icinga2 inventory plugin - adds new parameter ``group_by_hostgroups`` in order to make grouping by Icinga2 hostgroups optional (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7998).

changelogs/fragments/8003-redfish-get-update-status-empty-response.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - redfish_info - allow for a GET operation invoked by ``GetUpdateStatus`` to allow for an empty response body for cases where a service returns 204 No Content (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8003).

changelogs/fragments/8013-bitwarden-full-collection-item-list.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "bitwarden lookup plugin - allows to fetch all records of a given collection ID, by allowing to pass an empty value for ``search_value`` when ``collection_id`` is provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8013)."

changelogs/fragments/8029-iptables-state-restore-check-mode.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - iptables_state - fix idempotency issues when restoring incomplete iptables dumps (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8029).

changelogs/fragments/8038-proxmox-startup.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox - adds ``startup`` parameters to configure startup order, startup delay and shutdown delay (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8038).

changelogs/fragments/8048-fix-homebrew-module-error-reporting-on-become-true.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - homebrew - error returned from brew command was ignored and tried to parse empty JSON. Fix now checks for an error and raises it to give accurate error message to users (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8047).