- idrac_user - Issue(192043) The module may error out with the message ``unable to perform the import or export operation because there are pending attribute changes or a configuration job is in progress``. Wait for the job to complete and run the task again.
- ome_application_alerts_syslog - Issue(215374) - The module does not provide a proper error message if the destination_address is more than 255 characters.
- ome_device_network_services - Issue(212681) - The module does not provide a proper error message if unsupported values are provided for the parameters- port_number, community_name, max_sessions, max_auth_retries, and idle_timeout.
- ome_device_power_settings - Issue(212679) - The module displays the following message if the value provided for the parameter ``power_cap`` is not within the supported range of 0 to 32767, ``Unable to complete the request because PowerCap does not exist or is not applicable for the resource URI.``
- ome_smart_fabric_uplink - Issue(186024) - The module does not allow the creation of multiple uplinks of the same name even though it is supported by OpenManage Enterprise Modular. If an uplink is created using the same name as an existing uplink, the existing uplink is modified.
Breaking Changes
----------------
Ansible-core
~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ansible-test validate-modules - Removed the ``missing-python-doc`` error code in validate modules, ``missing-documentation`` is used instead for missing PowerShell module documentation.
amazon.aws
~~~~~~~~~~
- amazon.aws collection - Support for ansible-core < 2.11 has been dropped (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1087).
- amazon.aws collection - The amazon.aws collection has dropped support for ``botocore<1.21.0`` and ``boto3<1.18.0``. Most modules will continue to work with older versions of the AWS SDK, however compatability with older versions of the SDK is not guaranteed and will not be tested. When using older versions of the SDK a warning will be emitted by Ansible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/934).
- doc_fragments - remove minimum collection requirements from doc_fragments/aws.py and allow pulling those from doc_fragments/aws_boto3.py instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/985).
- ec2_ami - the default value for ``purge_tags`` has been changed from ``False`` to ``True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/916).
- ec2_ami - the parameter aliases ``DeviceName``, ``VirtualName`` and ``NoDevice`` were previously deprecated and have been removed, please use ``device_name``, ``virtual_name`` and ``no_device`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/913).
- ec2_eni_info - the mutual exclusivity of the ``eni_id`` and ``filters`` parameters is now enforced, previously ``filters`` would be ignored if ``eni_id`` was set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/954).
- ec2_instance - the default value for ``purge_tags`` has been changed from ``False`` to ``True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/916).
- ec2_key - the default value for ``purge_tags`` has been changed from ``False`` to ``True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/916).
- ec2_vol - the default value for ``purge_tags`` has been changed from ``False`` to ``True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/916).
- ec2_vpc_dhcp_option_info - the parameter aliases ``DhcpOptionIds`` and ``DryRun`` were previously deprecated and have been removed, please use ``dhcp_options_ids`` and ``no_device`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/913).
- ec2_vpc_endpoint - the default value for ``purge_tags`` has been changed from ``False`` to ``True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/916).
- ec2_vpc_net - the default value for ``purge_tags`` has been changed from ``False`` to ``True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/916).
- ec2_vpc_route_table - the default value for ``purge_tags`` has been changed from ``False`` to ``True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/916).
- s3_bucket - the previously deprecated alias ``S3_URL`` for the ``s3_url`` parameter has been removed. Playbooks shuold be updated to use ``s3_url`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/908).
- s3_object - the previously deprecated alias ``S3_URL`` for the ``s3_url`` parameter has been removed. Playbooks should be updated to use ``s3_url`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/908).
community.aws
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- acm_certificate - the previously deprecated default value of ``purge_tags=False`` has been updated to ``purge_tags=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1343).
- autoscaling_group - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.autoscaling_group``.
- autoscaling_group_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.autoscaling_group_info``.
- cloudfront_distribution - the previously deprecated default value of ``purge_tags=False`` has been updated to ``purge_tags=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1343).
- cloudtrail - The module has been migrated to the ``amazon.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.cloudtrail``.
- cloudwatch_metric_alarm - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.cloudwatch_metric_alarm``.
- cloudwatchevent_rule - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.cloudwatchevent_rule``.
- cloudwatchlogs_log_group - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.cloudwatchlogs_log_group``.
- cloudwatchlogs_log_group_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.cloudwatchlogs_log_group_info``.
- cloudwatchlogs_log_group_metric_filter - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.cloudwatchlogs_log_group_metric_filter``.
- community.aws collection - Support for ansible-core < 2.11 has been dropped (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1541).
- community.aws collection - The community.aws collection has dropped support for ``botocore<1.21.0`` and ``boto3<1.18.0``. Most modules will continue to work with older versions of the AWS SDK, however compatability with older versions of the SDK is not guaranteed and will not be tested. When using older versions of the SDK a warning will be emitted by Ansible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1362).
- ec2_eip - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.ec2_eip``.
- ec2_eip_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.ec2_eip_info``.
- ec2_vpc_vpn - the previously deprecated default value of ``purge_tags=False`` has been updated to ``purge_tags=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1343).
- elb_application_lb - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.elb_application_lb``.
- elb_application_lb_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.elb_application_lb_info``.
- execute_lambda - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.execute_lambda``.
- iam_policy - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.iam_policy``.
- iam_policy_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.iam_policy_info``.
- iam_server_certificate - Passing file names to the ``cert``, ``chain_cert`` and ``key`` parameters has been removed. We recommend using a lookup plugin to read the files instead, see the documentation for an example (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1265).
- iam_server_certificate - the default value for the ``dup_ok`` parameter has been changed to ``true``. To preserve the original behaviour explicitly set the ``dup_ok`` parameter to ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1265).
- iam_user - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.iam_user``.
- iam_user_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.iam_user_info``.
- kms_key - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.kms_key``.
- kms_key - managing the KMS IAM Policy via ``policy_mode`` and ``policy_grant_types`` was previously deprecated and has been removed in favor of the ``policy`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1344).
- kms_key - the previously deprecated default value of ``purge_tags=False`` has been updated to ``purge_tags=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1343).
- kms_key_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.kms_key_info``.
- lambda - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.lambda``.
- lambda_alias - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.lambda_alias``.
- lambda_event - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.lambda_event``.
- lambda_execute - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.lambda_execute``.
- lambda_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.lambda_info``.
- lambda_policy - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.lambda_policy``.
- rds_cluster - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_cluster``.
- rds_cluster_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_cluster_info``.
- rds_cluster_snapshot - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_cluster_snapshot``.
- rds_instance - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_instance``.
- rds_instance_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_instance_info``.
- rds_instance_snapshot - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_instance_snapshot``.
- rds_option_group - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_option_group``.
- rds_option_group_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_option_group_info``.
- rds_param_group - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_param_group``.
- rds_param_group - the previously deprecated default value of ``purge_tags=False`` has been updated to ``purge_tags=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1343).
- rds_snapshot_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_snapshot_info``.
- rds_subnet_group - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_subnet_group``.
- route53 - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.route53``.
- route53_health_check - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.route53_health_check``.
- route53_health_check - the previously deprecated default value of ``purge_tags=False`` has been updated to ``purge_tags=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1343).
- route53_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.route53_info``.
- route53_zone - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.route53_zone``.
- route53_zone - the previously deprecated default value of ``purge_tags=False`` has been updated to ``purge_tags=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1343).
- sqs_queue - the previously deprecated default value of ``purge_tags=False`` has been updated to ``purge_tags=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1343).
community.general
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- newrelic_deployment - ``revision`` is required for v2 API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
community.vmware
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Removed support for ansible-core version < 2.13.0.
- vmware_dvs_portgroup - Add a new sub-option `inherited` to the `in_traffic_shaping` parameter. This means you can keep the setting as-is by not defining the parameter, but also that you have to define the setting as not `inherited` if you want to override it at the PG level (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1483).
- vmware_dvs_portgroup - Add a new sub-option `inherited` to the `out_traffic_shaping` parameter. This means you can keep the setting as-is by not defining the parameter, but also that you have to define the setting as not `inherited` if you want to override it at the PG level (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1483).
- vmware_dvs_portgroup - Change the type of `net_flow` to string to allow setting it implicitly to inherited or to keep the value as-is. This means you can keep the setting as-is by not defining the parameter, but also that while `true` or `no` still work, `True` or `Off` (uppercase) won't (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1483).
- vmware_dvs_portgroup - Remove support for vSphere API less than 6.7.
- vmware_dvs_portgroup - Remove the default for `network_policy` and add a new sub-option `inherited`. This means you can keep the setting as-is by not defining the parameter, but also that you have to define the setting as not `inherited` if you want to override it at the PG level (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1483).
- vmware_dvs_portgroup_info - Remove support for vSphere API less than 6.7.
- vmware_dvswitch - Remove support for vSphere API less than 6.7.
- vmware_dvswitch_uplink_pg - Remove support for vSphere API less than 6.7.
- vmware_guest_boot_manager - Remove default for ``secure_boot_enabled`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/issues/1461).
- vmware_vm_config_option - Dict item names in result are changed from strings joined with spaces to strings joined with underlines, e.g. `Guest fullname` is changed to `guest_fullname` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/issues/1268).
- vmware_vspan_session - Remove support for vSphere API less than 6.7.
Major Changes
-------------
amazon.aws
~~~~~~~~~~
- autoscaling_group - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.autoscaling_group``.
- autoscaling_group_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.autoscaling_group_info``.
- cloudtrail - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.cloudtrail``.
- cloudwatch_metric_alarm - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.cloudwatch_metric_alarm``.
- cloudwatchevent_rule - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.cloudwatchevent_rule``.
- cloudwatchlogs_log_group - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.cloudwatchlogs_log_group``.
- cloudwatchlogs_log_group_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.cloudwatchlogs_log_group_info``.
- cloudwatchlogs_log_group_metric_filter - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.cloudwatchlogs_log_group_metric_filter``.
- ec2_eip - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.ec2_eip``.
- ec2_eip_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.ec2_eip_info``.
- elb_application_lb - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.elb_application_lb``.
- elb_application_lb_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.elb_application_lb_info``.
- execute_lambda - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.execute_lambda``.
- iam_policy - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.iam_policy``.
- iam_policy_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.iam_policy_info``.
- iam_user - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.iam_user``.
- iam_user_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.iam_user_info``.
- kms_key - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.kms_key``.
- kms_key_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.kms_key_info``.
- lambda - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.lambda``.
- lambda_alias - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.lambda_alias``.
- lambda_event - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.lambda_event``.
- lambda_execute - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.lambda_execute``.
- lambda_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.lambda_info``.
- lambda_policy - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.lambda_policy``.
- rds_cluster - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_cluster``.
- rds_cluster_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_cluster_info``.
- rds_cluster_snapshot - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_cluster_snapshot``.
- rds_instance - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_instance``.
- rds_instance_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_instance_info``.
- rds_instance_snapshot - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_instance_snapshot``.
- rds_option_group - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_option_group``.
- rds_option_group_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_option_group_info``.
- rds_param_group - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_param_group``.
- rds_snapshot_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_snapshot_info``.
- rds_subnet_group - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.rds_subnet_group``.
- route53 - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.route53``.
- route53_health_check - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.route53_health_check``.
- route53_info - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.route53_info``.
- route53_zone - The module has been migrated from the ``community.aws`` collection. Playbooks using the Fully Qualified Collection Name for this module should be updated to use ``amazon.aws.route53_zone``.
arista.eos
~~~~~~~~~~
- Remove following EOS dprecated modules
- Use of connection: local and the provider option are no longer valid on any modules in this collection.
- eos_interface
- eos_l2_interface
- eos_l3_interface
- eos_linkagg
- eos_static_route
- eos_vlan
cisco.asa
~~~~~~~~~
- Please use either of the following connection types - network_cli, httpapi or netconf.
- This includes the following modules:
- This release drops support for `connection: local` and provider dictionary.
- This release removes all deprecated plugins that have reached their end-of-life.
- Use of connection: local and the provider option are no longer valid on any modules in this collection.
- asa_acl
- asa_og
cisco.ios
~~~~~~~~~
- Only valid connection types for this collection is network_cli.
- This release drops support for `connection: local` and provider dictionary.
cisco.iosxr
~~~~~~~~~~~
- Only valid connection types for this collection are network_cli and netconf.
- This release drops support for `connection: local` and provider dictionary.
cisco.nxos
~~~~~~~~~~
- Please use either of the following connection types - network_cli, httpapi or netconf.
- This release drops support for `connection: local` and provider dictionary.
community.general
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- newrelic_deployment - removed New Relic v1 API, added support for v2 API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
dellemc.openmanage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- idrac_bios - The module is enhanced to support clear pending BIOS attributes, reset BIOS to default settings, and configure BIOS attribute using Redfish.
infoblox.nios_modules
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Feature for extra layer security , with ``cert`` and ``key`` parameters in playbooks for authenticating using certificate and key ``*.pem`` file absolute path `#154 <https://github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-ansible/pull/154>`_
- Fix to remove issue causing due to template attr in deleting network using Ansible module nios network `#147 <https://github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-ansible/pull/147>`_
junipernetworks.junos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Use of connection: local and the provider option are no longer valid on any modules in this collection.
vyos.vyos
~~~~~~~~~
- Use of connection: local and the provider option are no longer valid on any modules in this collection.
Removed Features
----------------
ansible.netcommon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- napalm - Removed unused connection plugin.
- net_banner - Use <network_os>_banner instead.
- net_interface - Use <network_os>_interfaces instead.
- net_l2_interface - Use <network_os>_l2_interfaces instead.
- net_l3_interface - Use <network_os>_l3_interfaces instead.
- net_linkagg - Use <network_os>_lag_interfaces instead.
- net_lldp - Use <network_os>_lldp_global instead.
- net_lldp_interface - Use <network_os>_lldp_interfaces instead.
- net_logging - Use <network_os>_logging_global instead.
- net_static_route - Use <network_os>_static_routes instead.
- net_system - Use <network_os>_system instead.
- net_user - Use <network_os>_user instead.
- net_vlan - Use <network_os>_vlans instead.
- net_vrf - Use <network_os>_vrf instead.
cisco.ios
~~~~~~~~~
- ios_interface - use ios_interfaces instead.
- ios_l2_interface - use ios_l2_interfaces instead.
- ios_l3_interface - use ios_l3_interfaces instead.
- ios_static_route - use ios_static_routes instead.
- ios_vlan - use ios_vlans instead.
cisco.iosxr
~~~~~~~~~~~
- iosxr_interface - use iosxr_interfaces instead.
cisco.nxos
~~~~~~~~~~
- This release removes the following deprecated plugins that have reached their end-of-life.
- nxos_acl
- nxos_acl_interface
- nxos_interface
- nxos_interface_ospf
- nxos_l2_interface
- nxos_l3_interface
- nxos_linkagg
- nxos_lldp
- nxos_ospf
- nxos_ospf_vrf
- nxos_smu
- nxos_static_route
- nxos_vlan
community.vmware
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- vca_fw - The deprecated module ``vca_fw`` has been removed.
- vca_nat - The deprecated module ``vca_nat`` has been removed.
- vca_vapp - The deprecated module ``vca_vapp`` has been removed.
- vmware_dns_config - The deprecated module ``vmware_dns_config`` has been removed, you can use ``vmware_host_dns`` instead.
- vmware_guest_network - The deprecated parameter ``networks`` has been removed, use loops to handle multiple interfaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1459).
- vmware_guest_vnc - The deprecated module ``vmware_guest_vnc`` has been removed. The VNC support has been dropped with vSphere 7 and later (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1454).
- vmware_host_firewall_manager - The module doesn't accept a list for ``allowed_hosts`` anymore, use a dict instead. Additionally, ``all_ip`` is now a required sub-option of ``allowed_hosts`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1463).
- vsphere_copy - The deprecated parameters ``host`` and ``login`` have been removed. Use ``hostname`` and ``username`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1456).
junipernetworks.junos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Remove following deprecated Junos Modules.
- junos_interface
- junos_l2_interface
- junos_l3_interface
- junos_linkagg
- junos_lldp
- junos_lldp_interface
- junos_static_route
- junos_vlan
vyos.vyos
~~~~~~~~~
- vyos_interface - use vyos_interfaces instead.
- vyos_l3_interface - use vyos_l3_interfaces instead.
- vyos_linkagg - use vyos_lag_interfaces instead.
- vyos_lldp - use vyos_lldp_global instead.
- vyos_lldp_interface - use vyos_lldp_interfaces instead.
- vyos_static_route - use vyos_static_routes instead.
Deprecated Features
-------------------
- The dellemc.os10 collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 8 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 8. See `the removal process for details on how this works <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection>`__ (https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/134).
- The dellemc.os6 collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 8 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 8. See `the removal process for details on how this works <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection>`__ (https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/132).
- The dellemc.os9 collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 8 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 8. See `the removal process for details on how this works <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection>`__ (https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/133).
- The mellanox.onyx collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed from Ansible 8 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 8. See `the removal process for details on how this works <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection>`__ (https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/136).
amazon.aws
~~~~~~~~~~
- amazon.aws collection - due to the AWS SDKs announcing the end of support for Python less than 3.7 (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/) support for Python less than 3.7 by this collection has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2023-05-31 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/935).
- inventory/aws_ec2 - the ``include_extra_api_calls`` is now deprecated, its value is silently ignored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1097).
cisco.mso
~~~~~~~~~
- The mso_schema_template_contract_filter contract_filter_type attribute is deprecated. The value is now deduced from filter_type.
community.aws
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- community.aws collection - due to the AWS SDKs announcing the end of support for Python less than 3.7 (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/python-support-policy-updates-for-aws-sdks-and-tools/) support for Python less than 3.7 by this collection has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2023-05-31 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/1361).
community.general
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ArgFormat module utils - deprecated along ``CmdMixin``, in favor of the ``cmd_runner_fmt`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
- CmdMixin module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
- CmdModuleHelper module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
- CmdStateModuleHelper module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
- django_manage - support for Django releases older than 4.1 has been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5400).
- django_manage - support for the commands ``cleanup``, ``syncdb`` and ``validate`` that have been deprecated in Django long time ago will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5400).
- django_manage - the behavior of "creating the virtual environment when missing" is being deprecated and will be removed in community.general version 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5405).
- lxc_container - the module will no longer make any effort to support Python 2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5304).
- newrelic_deployment - ``appname`` and ``environment`` are no longer valid options in the v2 API. They will be removed in community.general 7.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
Porting Guide for v7.0.0a1
==========================
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Breaking Changes
----------------
- Ansible 7 requires Python 3.9 on the controller, same as ansible-core 2.14.
Sandra McCann
2 years ago
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