diff --git a/changelogs/.changes.yaml b/changelogs/.changes.yaml
index 3115c255a91..03f17bae8e1 100644
--- a/changelogs/.changes.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/.changes.yaml
@@ -391,3 +391,23 @@ releases:
       lookup:
       - cpm_metering
     release_date: '2018-08-31'
+  2.7.0rc1:
+    codename: In the Light
+    fragments:
+    - 16748-docker_container-memory.yaml
+    - 33579-docker_container-log_driver.yaml
+    - 42380-docker_container-check-mode.yaml
+    - 42641-44812-docker-env-variables.yaml
+    - 42857-docker_container-working_dir.yaml
+    - 44808-docker_container-idempotency.yaml
+    - aws_bugfix_backports.yml
+    - cb_fix_config.yml
+    - dnf-group-removal.yaml
+    - ec2_vpc_route_table_replace_route_fix.yaml
+    - elb_target_group_fix_KeyError.yaml
+    - systemd_user_dep_fixes.yml
+    - terminal_plugin_nxos_iosxr.yaml
+    - v2.7.0rc1_summary.yaml
+    modules:
+    - online_user_facts
+    release_date: '2018-09-06'
diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst
index 5ef0e8eb078..091a840d323 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,59 @@
 Ansible 2.7 "In the Light" Release Notes
 ========================================
 
+.. contents:: Topics
+
+
+v2.7.0rc1
+=========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2018-09-06
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- dnf - group removal does not work if group was installed with Ansible because of dnf upstream bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1620324
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Add argspec to aws_application_scaling_policy module to handle metric specifications, scaling cooldowns, and target values. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45235
+- Allow arbitrary ``log_driver`` for docker_container (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/33579).
+- Fix ec2_group support for multi-account and peered VPC security groups. Reported in https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issue/44788 and fixed in https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45296
+- Fix ecs_taskdefinition handling of changed role_arn. If the task role in a ECS task definition changes ansible should create a new revsion of the task definition. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45317
+- Fix health check parameter handling in elb_target_group per https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/43244 about health_check_port. Fixed in https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45314
+- Fix lambda_policy updates when principal is an account number. Backport of https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/44871
+- Fix python2.6 `nothing to repeat` nxos terminal plugin bug (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45271).
+- Fix s3_lifecycle module backwards compatibility without providing prefix. Blank prefixes regression was introduced in boto3 rewrite. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45318
+- Fix terminal plugin regex nxos, iosxr (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45135).
+- Remove spurious `changed=True` returns when ec2_group module is used with numeric ports. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45240
+- Support key names that contain spaces in ec2_metadata_facts module. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45313
+- The docker_* modules respect the DOCKER_* environment variables again (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/42641).
+- corrected and clarified 'user' option deprecation in systemd module in favor of 'scope' option.
+- docker_container: fixing ``working_dir`` idempotency problem (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/42857)
+- docker_container: makes unit parsing for memory sizes more consistent, and fixes idempotency problem when ``kernel_memory`` is set (see https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/16748 and https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42692)
+- ec2_vpc_route_table - check the origin before replacing routes. Routes with the origin 'EnableVgwRoutePropagation' may not be replaced.
+- elb_target_group - cast target ports to integers before making API calls after the key 'Targets' is in params.
+- fixed typo in config that prevented keys matching
+- fixes docker_container check and debug mode (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/42380)
+- improves docker_container idempotency (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/44808)
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+Cloud
+~~~~~
+
+online
+^^^^^^
+
+- online_user_facts - Gather facts about Online user.
+
 v2.7.0b1
 ========
 
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/v2.7.0rc1_summary.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/v2.7.0rc1_summary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51d1c53ef8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/v2.7.0rc1_summary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2018-09-06
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index 0d19f7ba202..3807840bd05 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/release.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/release.py
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-__version__ = '2.7.0b1.post0'
+__version__ = '2.7.0rc1'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = 'In the Light'