- azure_rm modules - internal changes to use API profiles and kwargs for future Azure Stack support and better stability between SDK updates. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/35538)
- azure_rm modules - updated with internal changes to use API profiles and kwargs for future Azure Stack support and better stability between SDK updates. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/35538)
- New simpler and more intuitive 'loop' keyword for task loops. The ``with_<lookup>`` loops will likely be deprecated in the near future and eventually removed.
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Added fact namespacing, from now on facts will be available under ``ansible_facts`` namespace (i.e. ``ansible_facts.os_distribution``)
w/o the ``ansible_`` prefix. They will continue to be added into the main namespace directly, but now with a configuration toggle to
enable this, currently on by default, in the future it will be off.
- Added a configuration file to filter modules that a site administrator wants to exclude from being used.
Added fact namespacing; from now on facts will be available under ``ansible_facts`` namespace (for example:``ansible_facts.os_distribution``)
without the ``ansible_`` prefix. They will continue to be added into the main namespace directly, but now with a configuration toggle to
enable this. This is currently on by default, but in the future it will default to off.
- Added a configuration file that a site administrator can use to specify modules to exclude from being used.
minor_changes:
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Added a few new magic vars corresponding to configuration/command
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Administrator users without disabling UAC on Windows hosts
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The jenkins\_plugin and yum\_repository plugins had their ``params``
option removed due to circumventing Ansible's option processing.
- combine filter now accepts a list of dicts as well as dicts directly
option removed because they circumvented Ansible's option processing.
- The combine filter now accepts a list of dicts as well as dicts directly
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New CLI options for ansible-inventory, ansible-console and ansible to
allow specifying a playbook\_dir to be used for relative search
paths.
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``stat`` and ``win_stat`` have changed the default value of
`The `stat`` and ``win_stat`` modules have changed the default value of
``get_md5`` to ``False`` which will result in the ``md5`` return
value not being returned. This option will be removed altogether in
Ansible 2.9. use ``get_checksum:True`` with
Ansible 2.9. Use ``get_checksum:True`` with
``checksum_algorithm:md5`` to return an md5 hash of the file under
the ``checksum`` return value.
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``osx_say`` module was renamed into ``say``.
The ``osx_say`` module was renamed into ``say``.
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Task debugger functionality was moved into ``StrategyBase``, and
extended to allow explicit invocation from use of the ``debugger``
keyword. The ``debug`` strategy is still functional, and is now just
a trigger to enable this functionality
a trigger to enable this functionality.
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Reorganized the documentation into distinct guides for different
target audiences.
The documentation has undergone a major overhaul. Content has been moved into
targeted guides; the table of contents has been cleaned up and streamlined;
the CSS theme has been updated to a custom version of the most recent
ReadTheDocs theme, and the underlying directory structure for the RST files
has been reorganized.
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The ANSIBLE\_REMOTE\_TMP environment variable has been added to
supplement (and override) ANSIBLE\_REMOTE\_TEMP. This matches with
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deprecated_features:
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Previously deprecated 'hostfile' config settings have been
're-deprecated'as previously code did not warn about deprecated
're-deprecated'because previously code did not warn about deprecated
configuration settings.
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Using Ansibleprovided Jinja tests as filters is deprecated and will
be removed in Ansible 2.9
Using Ansible-provided Jinja tests as filters is deprecated and will
be removed in Ansible 2.9.
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``stat`` and ``win_stat`` have deprecated ``get_md5`` and the ``md5``
return value and these options will become undocumented in Ansible
The ``stat`` and ``win_stat`` modules have deprecated ``get_md5`` and the ``md5``
return values. These options will become undocumented in Ansible
2.9and removed in a later version.
- The ``redis_kv`` lookup in favor of new ``redis`` lookup
- The ``redis_kv`` lookup has been deprecated in favor of new ``redis`` lookup
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Passing arbitrary parameters that begin with ``HEADER_`` to the uri
module, used for passing http headers, is deprecated. Use the
``headers`` parameter with a dictionary of header names to value
instead. This will be removed in Ansible-2.9
instead. This will be removed in Ansible2.9
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Passing arbitrary parameters to the zfs module to set zfs properties
is deprecated. Use the ``extra_zfs_properties`` parameter with a
dictionary of property names to values instead. This will be removed
in Ansible-2.9.
in Ansible2.9.
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Use of the AnsibleModule parameter, check\_invalid\_arguments, in custom modules is deprecated. In the future, all parameters will be
Use of the AnsibleModule parameter ``check\_invalid\_arguments`` in custom modules is deprecated. In the future, all parameters will be
checked to see whether they are listed in the arg spec and an error raised if they are not listed. This behaviour is the current and
future default so most custom modules can simply remove check\_invalid\_arguments if they set it to the default of True.
check\_invalid\_arguments will be removed in Ansible-2.9.
- nxos\_ip\_interface module is deprecated in Ansible 2.5. Use nxos\_l3\_interface module instead.
- nxos\_portchannel module is deprecated in Ansible 2.5. Use nxos\_linkagg module instead.
- nxos\_switchport module is deprecated in Ansible 2.5. Use nxos\_l2\_interface module instead.
- ec2\_ami\_find has been deprecated, use ec2\_ami\_facts.
future default so most custom modules can simply remove ``check\_invalid\_arguments`` if they set it to the default value of True.
The ``check\_invalid\_arguments`` parameter will be removed in Ansible 2.9.
- The nxos\_ip\_interface module is deprecated in Ansible 2.5. Use nxos\_l3\_interface module instead.
- The nxos\_portchannel module is deprecated in Ansible 2.5. Use nxos\_linkagg module instead.
- The nxos\_switchport module is deprecated in Ansible 2.5. Use nxos\_l2\_interface module instead.
- The ec2\_ami\_find has been deprecated; use ec2\_ami\_facts instead.
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panos\_security\_policy:Use panos\_security\_rule - the old module uses deprecated API calls
- vsphere\_guest is deprecated in Ansible 2.5 and will be removed in Ansible-2.9. Use vmware\_guest module instead.
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