Hello everyone, We're happy to announce the release of the Ansible 8.0.0a2 package!
Ansible 8.0.0a2 includes ansible-core 2.15.0rc1 as well as a curated set of Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules and plugins. How to get it ------------- This pre-release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip: `$ python3 -m pip install ansible==8.0.0a2 --user` The sources for this release can be found here: Release tarball: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3b/81/3576eb61e81eba9319afa61be429ef5ac82e08586cb0dba24caed57c5ad1/ansible-8.0.0a2.tar.gz SHA256: 66e25b753350aab48621c8a97659eb0bf176fc26fe25c7d9e52b291de6e903e4 Wheel package: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3e/dc/5148b6feee25f542cc8c3ecb305e573657fad7127b7da5d8c5e0a8842780/ansible-8.0.0a2-py3-none-any.whl SHA256: acf8eaa090c863212710ccfa4dffa4cf0828059c0f6ecf0f8f760003dba7222a What's new in Ansible 8 ----------------------- This is an Alpha release of a major version. Collections added to Ansible 8: * dellemc.powerflex (version 1.6.0) * dellemc.unity (version 1.6.0) * grafana.grafana (version 2.0.0) * microsoft.ad (version 1.0.0) * servicenow.servicenow (version 1.0.6) Collections removed from Ansible 8: * dellemc.os10 (previously included version: 1.1.1) * dellemc.os6 (previously included version: 1.0.7) * dellemc.os9 (previously included version: 1.0.4) * mellanox.onyx (previously included version: 1.0.0) The full changelog can be found here: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst What's the schedule for new Ansible releases after 8.0.0a2? --------------------------------------------------------- View the Roadmap for Ansible project 8.0 here: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html Subscribe to the Bullhorn for all future release dates, announcements, and Ansible community contributor news at: https://bit.ly/subscribe-bullhorn You can find all past Bullhorn issues on the official wiki page: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn Porting Help ------------ A unified porting guide for collections that have opted-in is available here: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_8.html Getting collection updates from Ansible 8 with older releases of ansible-core -------------------------------------- Ansible 8 includes ansible-core 2.15.x. Based on your requirements, you can get collection updates as they ship in the Ansible "batteries included" package while continuing to use older versions of ansible-core. An ansible-galaxy requirements file based on the collections from Ansible 8 has been made available for this use case: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/galaxy-requirements.yaml After you download the requirements file, the collections can be installed by running this command: "ansible-galaxy collection install -r galaxy-requirements.yaml" On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating! Cheers, Ansible Community Team -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAHK8evjxQXL99bZvzbUf6TFhFtABJMg2%3D1etsXfpEqYG7Ho2zg%40mail.gmail.com.
