Log message:
ansible: updated to 2.9.11

v2.9.11
=======

Minor Changes
-------------
- The ``items2dict`` filter can now create a dict whose values are the original \ 
elements of the input list, and whose keys are the value of some key in each \ 
dict. When the resulting dict is stored, this allows for O(1) lookup of a \ 
particular key without having to scan the entire list each time.
- k8s - update openshift requirements in documentation
- pipe lookup - update docs for Popen with shell=True usages \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70159).

Bugfixes
--------
- Allow TypeErrors on Undefined variables in filters to be handled or deferred \ 
when processing for loops.
- Fix ``delegate_facts: true`` when ``ansible_python_interpreter`` is not set. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70168)
- Support check mode in NXOS BGP modules \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57360).
- TaskExecutor - Handle unexpected errors as failed while post validating loops \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70050).
- The `ansible_become` value was not being treated as a boolean value when set \ 
in an INI format inventory file (fixes bug \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70476).
- To fix ios_l2_interfaces facts parsing issue \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.ios/pull/59)
- To fix ios_user and ios_command test case failure fix \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.ios/pull/82)
- Vault - Allow single vault encrypted values to be used directly as module \ 
parameters. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/68275)
- add constraints file for ``anisble_runner`` test since an update to ``psutil`` \ 
is now causing test failures
- ansible-galaxy - Instead of assuming the first defined server is galaxy, \ 
filter based on the servers that support the v1 API, and return the first of \ 
those (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65440)
- ansible-test no longer tracebacks during change analysis due to processing an \ 
empty python file
- ansible-test now correctly recognizes imports in collections when using the \ 
``--changed`` option.
- ansible-test now ignores empty ``*.py`` files when analyzing module_utils \ 
imports for change detection
- assemble - fix decrypt argument in the module \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65450).
- docker_container - various error fixes in string handling for Python 2 to \ 
avoid crashes when non-ASCII characters are used in strings \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/640).
- eos_eapi - enable eapi by default
- group_by now should correctly refect changed status.
- json callback - Fix host result to task references in the resultant JSON \ 
output for non-lockstep strategy plugins such as free \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65931)
- nmcli - Add compatibility for new networkmanager library \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/65726).
- puppet - fix command line construction for check mode and ``manifest:`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/60576).
- selective callback - mark task failed correctly \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63767).
- windows async - use full path when calling PowerShell to reduce reliance on \ 
environment vars being correct - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70655
- winrm - preserve winrm forensic data on put_file failures

Log message:
ansible: updated to 2.9.10

v2.9.10
=======

Minor Changes
-------------
- Add new magic variable ``ansible_collection`` that contains the collection name
- Add new magic variable ``ansible_role_name`` that contains the FQCN of the role
- Added missing platform guide for FRR
- Fix a typo in remove_signature flag in podman_image module
- Remove the deprecation message for the ``TRANSFORM_INVALID_GROUP_CHARS`` setting.
- The results queue and counter for results are now split for standard / handler \ 
results. This allows the governing strategy to be truly independent from the \ 
handler strategy, which basically follows the linear methodology.
- Updates ``ansible_role_names``, ``ansible_play_role_names``, and \ 
``ansible_dependent_role_names`` to include the FQCN
- ``Display.deprecated()``, ``AnsibleModule.deprecate()`` and \ 
``Ansible.Basic.Deprecate()`` now also accept the deprecation-by-date parameters \ 
and collection name parameters from Ansible 2.10, so plugins and modules in \ 
collections that conform to Ansible 2.10 will run with newer versions of Ansible \ 
2.9.
- ovirt: update operating system options
- ovirt_storage_vm_info: fix example
- ovirt_vm: fix quotas example

Deprecated Features
-------------------
- Using the DefaultCallback without the correspodning doc_fragment or copying \ 
the documentation.

Bugfixes
--------
- Allow tasks to notify a fqcn handler name
- Avoid bare select() for running commands to avoid too large file descriptor \ 
numbers failing tasks
- Avoid running subfunctions that are passed to show_vars function when it will \ 
be a noop.
- Create an ``import_module`` compat util, for use across the codebase, to allow \ 
collection loading to work properly on Python26
- Do not keep empty blocks in PlayIterator after skipping tasks with tags.
- Ensure that ``--version`` works with non-ascii ansible project paths
- Fix content encoding/decoding and do not fail when key based auth is used
- Fix gather_facts not working for network platforms when network_os is in FQCN \ 
format
- Fix issue with nxos_l2_interfaces where replaced doesn't remove superfluous config
- Fix nxos_facts with VDC having no interfaces
- Fix nxos_interfaces enabled not working properly because of broken system \ 
default dict generation
- Fix the issue when OS secgroup rule couldn't be imported from a different tenant
- Fixed the equality check for IncludedFiles to ensure they are not accidently \ 
merged when process_include_results runs.
- Prevent a race condition when running handlers using a combination of the free \ 
strategy and include_role.
- Properly handle unicode in ``safe_eval``.
- Remove unused and invalid import from FRR cliconf plugin
- RoleRequirement - include stderr in the error message if a scm command fails
- To fix ios_l3_interfaces Loopback issue
- To fix ios_vlans vtp version 2 issue
- Update NX-OS cliconf to accomodate MDS
- Update terminal plugin to check feature privilege only when escalation is needed
- Validate include args in handlers.
- added 'unimplemented' prefix to file based caching
- added new option for default callback to compat variable to avoid old 3rd \ 
party plugins from erroring out.
- ansible-doc - Allow and give precedence to `removed_at_date` for deprecated \ 
modules.
- ansible-galaxy - Fix ``multipart/form-data`` body to include extra CRLF
- ansible-galaxy - Preserve symlinks when building and installing a collection
- ansible-galaxy collection build - Command did not ignore .git files, which had \ 
the potential to cause troubles later on (for example, when importing into \ 
Automation Hub)
- ansible-test - Disabled the ``duplicate-code`` and ``cyclic-import`` checks \ 
for the ``pylint`` sanity test due to inconsistent results.
- ansible-test - The shebang sanity test now correctly identifies modules in \ 
subdirectories in collections.
- ansible-test change detection - Run only sanity tests on ``docs/`` and \ 
``changelogs/`` in collections, to avoid triggering full CI runs of integration \ 
and unit tests when files in these directories change.
- ansible-test is now able to find its ``egg-info`` directory when it contains \ 
the Ansible version number
- ansible-test no longer optimizes setting ``PATH`` by prepending the directory \ 
containing the selected Python interpreter when it is named ``python``. This \ 
avoids unintentionally making other programs available on ``PATH``, including an \ 
already installed version of Ansible.
- ansible-test pylint sanity test - do not crash when ``version`` specified to \ 
``AnsibleModule.deprecate()`` or ``Display.deprecated()`` contains string \ 
components, f.ex. tagged version numbers for Ansible 2.10.
- archive - fix issue with empty file exclusion from archive
- avoid fatal traceback when a bad FQCN for a callback is supplied in the whitelist.
- ce - Modify the way of parsing NETCONF XML message in ce.py
- collection loader - fix file/module/class confusion issues on case-insensitive \ 
filesystems
- copy - Fixed copy module not working in case that remote_src is enabled and \ 
dest ends in a /
- discovery will NOT update incorrect host anymore when in delegate_to task.
- dnf - enable logging using setup_loggers() API in dnf-4.2.17-6 or later
- docker_machine - fallback to ip subcommand output if IPAddress is missing
- ensure we pass on interpreter discovery values to delegated host.
- file - return ``'state': 'absent'`` when a file does not exist
- fixed issues when using net_get & net_put before the persistent connection \ 
has been started
- interpreter discovery will now use correct vars (from delegated host) when in \ 
delegate_to task.
- k8s - Handle set object retrieved from lookup plugin.
- lineinfile - use ``module.tmpdir`` to allow configuration of the remote temp \ 
directory
- lxd_container - enables to set keys not present in existing config
- ovirt_disk fix activate
- ovirt_disk: fix upload/download of images for ovirt 4.4
- ovirt_disk: force wait when uploading disk
- ovirt_vm: fix cd_iso search by name
- profile_tasks - typecast results before using it
- sesu - make use of the prompt specified in the code
- syslog_json callback - fix plugin exception when running
- yum/dnf - check type of elements in a name
- zfs_delegate_admin - add missing choices diff/hold/release to the permissions \ 
parameter

Log message:
ansible: updated to 2.9.9

v2.9.9

Bugfixes
--------
- Fix an issue with the ``fileglob`` plugin where passing a subdirectory of \ 
non-existent directory would cause it to fail - \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69450

v2.9.8
======

Minor Changes
-------------
- Add test for reboot & wait_for_connection on EOS & IOS \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63014)
- Fixed 'intersect' filter spelling in constructed inventory plugin example.
- Move cli prompt check logic from action to cliconf plugin \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63945)
- Point inventory script location to their respective version rather than devel \ 
version in documentation.
- ansible-test - Now includes testing support for RHEL 8.2
- ansible-test - Remove obsolete support for provisioning remote vCenter \ 
instances. The supporting services are no longer available.

Bugfixes
--------
- Collections - Allow a collection role to call a stand alone role, without \ 
needing to explicitly add ``ansible.legacy`` to the collection search order \ 
within the collection role. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69101)
- Fix cli context check for network_cli connection \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/64697)
- Revert 5f6427b1fc7449a5c42212013d3f628665701c3d as it breaks netconf connection
- Role Installation - Ensure that a role containing files with non-ascii \ 
characters can be installed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69133)
- Update ActionBase._low_level_execute_command to honor executable \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/68054)
- collections - Handle errors better for filters and tests in collections, where \ 
a non-existent collection is specified, or importing the plugin results in an \ 
exception (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66721)
- deal with cases in which just a file is pased and not a path with directories, \ 
now fileglob correctly searches in 'files/' subdirs.
- dnf - Unified error messages when trying to install a nonexistent package with \ 
newer dnf (4.2.18) vs older dnf (4.2.9)
- dnf - Unified error messages when trying to remove a wildcard name that is not \ 
currently installed, with newer dnf (4.2.18) vs older dnf (4.2.9)
- hostname - make module work on Manjaro Linux \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61382)
- mysql_user - fix the error No database selected \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/68070).
- ovirt_disk: add warning when uploading wrong format
- ovirt_disk: upload image auto detect size
- ovirt_network: allow to remove vlan_tag
- pip - The virtualenv_command option can now include arguments without \ 
requiring the full path to the binary. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/52275)
- pip - check_mode with ``state: present`` now returns the correct state for \ 
pre-release versioned packages
- postgresql_set - fix converting value to uppercase \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67377).
- redfish_config - fix support for boolean bios attrs \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68251)
- service_facts - Now correctly parses systemd list-unit-files for systemd >=245
- sysvinit - Add missing parameter ``module`` in call to ``daemonize()``.
- the default parsing will now show existing JSON errors and not just YAML (last \ 
attempted), also we avoid YAML parsing when we know we only want JSON issue
- win_psmodule - Fix TLS 1.2 compatibility with PSGallery.
- win_psrepository - Fix TLS 1.2 compatibility with PSGallery.
- win_psrepository - Fix ``Ignore`` error when trying to retrieve the list of \ 
registered repositories
- zabbix_template - no longer fails with KeyError when there are no macros \ 
present in existing template (see \ 
https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.zabbix/issues/19)

Log message:
ansible: updated to 2.9.7

v2.9.7
======

Minor Changes
-------------

- 'Edit on GitHub' link for plugin, cli documentation fixed to navigate to \ 
correct plugin, cli source.
- Handle get_tags_for_object API correctly in vmware_rest_client.
- Remove redundant encoding in json.load call in ipa module_utils \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66592).
- ansible-test - Upgrade OpenSUSE containers to use Leap 15.1.
- ansible-test now supports testing against RHEL 7.8 when using the ``--remote`` \ 
option.
- vmware_cluster - Document alternatives for deprecated parameters

Removed Features (previously deprecated)
----------------------------------------

- ldap_attr, ldap_entry - The ``params`` option has been removed in Ansible-2.10 \ 
as it circumvents Ansible's option handling.  Setting ``bind_pw`` with the \ 
``params`` option was disallowed in Ansible-2.7, 2.8, and 2.9 as it was \ 
insecure.  For information about this policy, see the discussion at: \ 
https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-meeting/2017-09-28/ansible_dev_meeting.2017-09-28-15.00.log.html \ 
This fixes CVE-2020-1746

Bugfixes
--------

- **security issue** - The ``subversion`` module provided the password via the \ 
svn command line option ``--password`` and can be retrieved from the host's \ 
/proc/<pid>/cmdline file. Update the module to use the secure \ 
``--password-from-stdin`` option instead, and add a warning in the module and in \ 
the documentation if svn version is too old to support it. (CVE-2020-1739)

- **security issue** win_unzip - normalize paths in archive to ensure extracted \ 
files do not escape from the target directory (CVE-2020-1737)

- **security_issue** - create temporary vault file with strict permissions when \ 
editing and prevent race condition (CVE-2020-1740)
- Alter task_executor's start_connection to support newer modules from \ 
collections which expect to send task UUID.
- Ansible.ModuleUtils.WebRequest - actually set no proxy when ``use_proxy: no`` \ 
is set on a Windows module - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/68528
- Ensure DataLoader temp files are removed at appropriate times and that we \ 
observe the LOCAL_TMP setting.
- Ensure we don't allow ansible_facts subkey of ansible_facts to override top \ 
level, also fix 'deprefixing' to prevent key transforms.
- Ensure we get an error when creating a remote tmp if it already exists. \ 
CVE-2020-1733
- Fact Delegation - Add ability to indicate which facts must always be \ 
delegated. Primarily for ``discovered_interpreter_python`` right now, but \ 
extensible later. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61002)
- Fix nxos_lacp replace operation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/64074).
- Handle equal sign in password while using passwordstore lookup plugin.
- In fetch action, avoid using slurp return to set up dest, also ensure no dir \ 
traversal CVE-2019-3828.
- In vmware_guest_network module use appropriate network while creating or \ 
reconfiguring (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65968).
- Log additional messages from persistent connection modules that may be missed \ 
if the module fails or returns early.
- `vmware_content_deploy_template`'s `cluster` argument no longer fails with an \ 
error message about resource pools.
- ansible command now correctly sends v2_playbook_on_start to callbacks
- ansible-galaxy - Error when install finds a tar with a file that will be \ 
extracted outside the collection install directory - CVE-2020-10691
- ansible-galaxy collection - Preserve executable bit on build and preserve mode \ 
on install from what tar member is set to - \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/68415
- dense callback - fix plugin access to its configuration variables and remove a \ 
warning message (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64628).
- display - Improve method of removing extra new line after warnings so it does \ 
not break Tower/Runner (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68517)
- docker connection plugin - do not prefix remote path if running on Windows \ 
containers.
- for those running uids for invalid users (containers), fallback to \ 
uid=<uid> when logging fixes
- get_url pass incorrect If-Modified-Since header \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67417)
- mysql_user - Fix idempotence when long grant lists are used \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/68044)
- os_user_role - Fix os_user_role issue to grant a role in a domain.
- ovirt_storage_domain: fix update_check for warning_low_space
- purefa_snmp - Fix error when deleting a manager and when creating a v2c \ 
manager (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68180)
- rabbitmq_policy - Fix version parsing for RabbitMQ 3.8.
- routeros_facts - Prevent crash of module when ``ipv6`` package is not installed
- setup.ps1 - Fix ``ansible_fqdn`` using the wrong values to build the actual \ 
DNS FQDN.

Log message:
ansible: updated to 2.9.6

v2.9.6

Minor Changes
- Fix URL in postgresql_table documentation.
- Refator net_base action plugin to support collection with network platform \ 
agnostic modules.
- docker connection plugin - run Powershell modules on Windows containers.
- ovirt_disk: correct description of storage_domain, there is no default value \ 
of the attribute
- ovirt_vm: remove deprecated warning of Linux boot parameters

Bugfixes
- Bump the minimum openstacksdk version to 0.18.0 when os_network uses the \ 
port_security_enabled or mtu arguments.
- Fix Python3 compatibility for vmware_export_ovf module.
- Fix a bug when a host was not removed from a play after ``meta: end_host`` and \ 
as a result the host was still present in ``ansible_play_hosts`` and \ 
``ansible_play_batch`` variables.
- Fix collection install error that happened if a dependency specified \ 
dependencies to be null
- Fix examples in eos_vlans
- Templating - Ansible was caching results of Jinja2 expressions in some cases \ 
where these expressions could have dynamic results, like password generation
- Update the warning message for ``CONDITIONAL_BARE_VARS`` to list the original \ 
conditional not the value of the original conditional
- Use hostnamectl command to get current hostname for host while using systemd \ 
strategy
- also strip spaces around config values in pathlist as we do in list types
- ansible-galaxy - Display proper error when invalid token is used for Galaxy servers
- ansible-galaxy - Fix issue when compared installed dependencies with a \ 
collection having no ``MANIFEST.json`` or an empty version string in the json
- ansible-galaxy - Fix up pagination searcher for collection versions on \ 
Automation Hub
- ansible-galaxy - Remove uneeded verbose messages when accessing local token file
- ansible-galaxy - Send SHA256 hashes when publishing a collection
- ansible-galaxy - properly list roles when the role name also happens to be in \ 
the role path
- ansible-test validate-modules - Fix arg spec collector for PowerShell to find \ 
utils in both a collection and base.
- azure_rm_resourcegroup_facts - adds the ansible_facts as a sub map to fix the \ 
KeyError
- docker_login - make sure that ``~/.docker/config.json`` is created with \ 
permissions ``0600``.
- ec2_asg - regression bug, when an existing autoscaling group was updated and \ 
but the launch config of existing instances was deleted.
- fix the bug where IOS vlans module throws traceback.
- fixes the eos_vlans repalced state behavior to configure the 'name' parameter
- get_certificate - Fix cryptography backend when pyopenssl is unavailable
- make ``no_log=False`` on a module option silence the ``no_log`` warning
- mysql_db - fix bug in the ``db_import`` function introduced by \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56721
- nxos_vlans -  Allow nxos_l2_interfaces to append the allowed vlans list
- openssl_* modules - prevent crash on fingerprint determination in FIPS mode
- ovirt_vm: correct keyError for iSCSI parameters
- ovirt_vm: correct numa nodes and update documentation
- plugins - Allow ensure_type to decrypt the value for string types (and \ 
implicit string types) when value is an inline vault.
- proxysql - fixed mysql dictcursor
- route53 - improve handling of octal encoded characters
- synchronize - allow data to be passed between two managed nodes when using the \ 
docker connection plugin
- unixy - fixed duplicate log entries on loops
- vmware_host_firewall_manager - Fixed creating IP specific firewall rules with \ 
Python 2
- vultr - Fixed the issue retry max delay param was ignored.
- win_credential - Fix issue that errors when trying to add a ``name`` with \ 
wildcards.
- win_unzip - Fix support for paths with square brackets not being detected properly

Log message:
ansible: updated to 2.9.5

v2.9.5
======

Minor Changes
- add one note to help ansible user to understand the requirements to
- ovirt_disk: remove default value because the parameter is required when disk \ 
is attached to vm
- ovirt_vm add comunentaion about how to import ova
- powershell (shell plugin) - Fix `join_path` to support UNC paths

Deprecated Features
- aws_az_info (aws_az_facts) - Fixed deprecation warning so that it triggers \ 
when run as aws_az_facts.  Bumped removal version to 2.14

Bugfixes
- AnsibleModule.run_command() - set ``close_fds`` to ``False`` on Python 2 if \ 
``pass_fds`` are passed to ``run_command()``. Since ``subprocess.Popen()`` on \ 
Python 2 does not have the ``pass_fds`` option, there is no way to exclude a \ 
specific list of file descriptors from being closed.

- Fix multiple issues with nxos_interfaces states
- Module arguments in suboptions which were marked as deprecated with \ 
``removed_in_version`` did not result in a warning.
- Redact GitLab Project variables which might include sensetive information such \ 
as password, api_keys and other project related details.
- Working implementation for editing Cisco IOS \ 
macros(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/55220)
- ansible-test - Use ``virtualenv`` versions before 20 on provisioned macOS \ 
instances to remain compatible with an older pip install.
- ansible-test now limits Jinja2 installs to version 2.10 and earlier on Python 2.6
- ansible-test windows coverage - Ensure coverage reports are UTF-8 encoded \ 
without a BOM
- bump the minimum openstacksdk version when os_network uses the dns_domain argument
- display - remove extra new line after warnings
- dnf - Fix idempotence of `state: installed`
- docker_container - passing ``test: [NONE]`` now actually disables the image's \ 
healthcheck, as documented.
- docker_swarm_service - passing ``test: [NONE]`` now actually disables the \ 
image's healthcheck, as documented.
- file - change ``_diff_peek`` in argument spec to be the correct type, which is \ 
``bool``
- galaxy - Fix an AttributeError on ansible-galaxy install with an empty \ 
requirements.yml
- group - The group module was not correctly detecting whether a local group is \ 
existing or not with local set to yes if the same group exists in a non local \ 
group repository e.g. LDAP.

- include_vars - fix stack trace when passing ``dirs`` in an ad-hoc command
- ios_* - Fix bug where IPV6 was duplicated for replace state
- ios_banner - Modified the regular expression check to be non greedy when \ 
multiple banners are present.
- jenkins_job module: xml config encoding bugfix on python3
- mysql_user - fix support privileges with underscore
- mysql_variable - fix the module doesn't support variables name with dot
- nxos_facts: Don't throw an error if faninfo is not reported.
- nxos_telemetry - Fix fact gathering for sensor-groups
- openssl_publickey - fix a module crash caused when pyOpenSSL is not installed
- ovirt - add suport for search with space
- ovirt_job: add job when job is already existing and is in state finished
- ovirt_network: add check to control when creating network
- pacman - fix module crash with ``IndexError: list index out of range``
- pamd - Bugfix for attribute error when removing the first or last line
- pmrun plugin - The success command string was no longer quoted. This caused \ 
unusual use-cases like ``become_flags=su - root -c`` to fail.
- podman connection plugin - fix to handle the new default copy pause rootless \ 
containers from upstream
- pure - fix incorrect user_string setting in module_utils file
- redhat_subscription - do not set the default quantity to ``1`` when no \ 
quantity is provided
- synchronize - fix password authentication on Python 2
- systemd - don't require systemd to be running to enable/disable or mask/unmask \ 
units
- throttle: the linear strategy didn't always stuck with the throttle limit
- user - update module to support silencing ``no_log`` warnings in the future
- wait_for_connection - with pipelining enabled, interpreter discovery would \ 
fail if the first connection attempt was not successful

v2.9.4
======

Bugfixes
- yum - fix bug that caused ``enablerepo`` to not be honored when used with \ 
disablerepo all wildcard/glob

v2.9.3
======

Minor Changes
- Fixed typos in various modules regarding argument_spec data types.
- dnf - Properly handle module AppStreams that don't define stream
- docker_container.py - update a containers restart_policy without restarting \ 
the container
- docker_stack - Added ``stdout``, ``stderr``, and ``rc`` to return values.
- zabbix_* - underlying python module now required in version zabbix-api==0.5.4

Bugfixes
- **SECURITY** - CVE-2019-14904 - solaris_zone module accepts zone name and \ 
performs actions related to that. However, there is no user input validation \ 
done while performing actions. A malicious user could provide a crafted zone \ 
name which allows executing commands into the server manipulating the module \ 
behaviour. Adding user input validation as per Solaris Zone documentation fixes \ 
this issue.
- ActionBase - Add new ``cleanup`` method that is explicitly run by the \ 
``TaskExecutor`` to ensure that the shell plugins ``tmpdir`` is always removed. \ 
This change means that individual action plugins need not be responsible for \ 
removing the temporary directory, which ensures that we don't have code paths \ 
that accidentally leave behind the temporary directory.
- CVE-2019-14905 - nxos_file_copy module accepts remote_file parameter which is \ 
used for destination name and performs actions related to that on the device \ 
using the value of remote_file which is of string type However, there is no user \ 
input validation done while performing actions. A malicious code could crafts \ 
the filename parameter to take advantage by performing an OS command injection. \ 
This fix validates the option value if it is legitimate file path or not.
- Fix bandwidth calculation in nxos_ospf_vrf for Python 3
- Fix for network_cli become method to be compatible with collections
- Fix how the neighbour password was being defaulted
- Fix idempotence issue in nxos_lag_interfaces with Python 3
- Fix issue where nxos_l3_interfaces was not rendering 'dhcp' in facts
- Fix issue where nxos_user unintentionally creates user with two different roles
- Fix issue where purge breaks with empty aggregate
- Fix issue with callbacks ``set_options`` method that was not called with \ 
collections
- Fix multiple issues with how nxos_vlans Resource Module behaves
- Fix nxos_hsrp throwing a KeyError for `auth_enc`
- Fix nxos_vxlan_vtep_vni rendering duplicate peer-ip commands
- Fix ordering of the commands sent in nxos_snmp_community
- Fix regular expression to allow dots in username
- Fixes in network action plugins load from collections using module prefix
- Fixes in network action plugins to work in network connection plugin and \ 
modules in collection
- Make netconf plugin configurable to set ncclient device handler name in \ 
netconf plugin
- Netconf modules are sending a bad rpc call for IOS-XR
- Use correct datastore in multi-datacenter environment while using vmware_deploy_ovf
- When cloning vm from the template it assigned Blank template to it and when \ 
rerun playbook it failed.
- ansible-galaxy - Expand the ``User-Agent`` to include more information and add \ 
it to more calls to Galaxy endpoints.
- ansible-galaxy - Treat the ``GALAXY_SERVER_LIST`` config entry that is defined \ 
but with no values as an empty list
- ansible-test no longer tries to install ``coverage`` 5.0+ since those versions \ 
are unsupported
- ansible-test no longer tries to install ``setuptools`` 45+ on Python 2.x since \ 
those versions are unsupported
- ansible-test now ignores warnings when comparing pip versions before and after \ 
integration tests run
- ansible-test now properly recognizes modules and module_utils in collections \ 
when using the ``blacklist`` plugin for the ``pylint`` sanity test
- collection_loader - sort Windows modules below other plugin types so the \ 
correct builtin plugin inside a role is selected
- cyberarkpassword - fix invalid attribute access
- display logging - Fix issue where 3rd party modules will print tracebacks when \ 
attempting to log information when ``ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH`` is set - \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65249
- display logging - Fixed up the logging formatter to use the proper prefixes \ 
for ``u=user`` and ``p=process``
- display logging - Re-added the ``name`` attribute to the log formatter so that \ 
the source of the log can be seen
- dnf module - Ensure the modules exit_json['msg'] response is always string, \ 
not sometimes a tuple.
- docker_container - wait for removal of container if docker API returns early
- docker_image - fix validation of build options.
- docker_image - improve file handling when loading images from disk.
- docker_login - fix error handling when ``username`` or ``password`` is not \ 
specified when ``state`` is ``present``.
- docker_network - fix idempotency for multiple IPAM configs of the same IP version
- docker_network - validate IPAM config subnet CIDR notation on module setup and \ 
not during idempotence checking.
- docker_swarm_service - fix task always reporting as changed when using \ 
``healthcheck.start_period``.
- ec2_group - Fix regression with revoking security groups in EC2 Classic Load \ 
Balancers.
- ec2_group_info, ec2_vol_info, ec2_vol_info - Fixed RuntimeErrors on Python3.8 \ 
when iterating filter dictionaries.
- elb_application_lb, elb_network_lb - fixed errors during listener rule \ 
comparison which caused broken JSON, and which caused some values not being \ 
compared correctly.
- elb_application_lb, elb_network_lb - idempotence check for rules now compares \ 
all values order-independently, instead of just comparing the first value if \ 
multiple are specified.
- fact gathering - Display warnings and deprecation messages that are created \ 
during the fact gathering phase
- gitlab_runner - fix idempotency for shared runner
- mysql - dont mask ``mysql_connect`` function errors from modules
- openssl_certificate - ``provider`` option was documented as required, but it \ 
was not checked whether it was provided. It is now only required when ``state`` \ 
is ``present``.
- ovirt_network: correct external_provider logic - first try to import when not \ 
found try to create it
- pacman - Fix pacman output parsing on localized environment.
- paramiko - catch and handle exception to prevent stack trace when running in \ 
FIPS mode
- postgresql_privs - fix sorting lists with None elements for python3
- postgresql_schema - use query parameters with cursor object
- postgresql_sequence - use query parameters with cursor object
- postgresql_set - use query parameters with cursor object
- postgresql_slot - use query parameters with cursor object
- roles - Ensure that ``allow_duplicates: true`` enables to run single role \ 
multiple times
- terraform - adding support for absolute paths additionally to the relative \ 
path within project_path
- terraform module - fixes usage for providers not supporting workspaces
- user - fix comparison on macOS so module does not improperly report a change
- user - on systems using busybox, honor the ``on_changed`` parameter to prevent \ 
unnecessary password changing
- win_uri win_get_url - Fix the behaviour of ``follow_redirects: safe`` to \ 
actual redirect on ``GET`` and ``HEAD`` requests - \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65556
- yum - performance bugfix, the YumBase object was being  instantiated multiple \ 
times unnecessarily, which lead to considerable overhead when operating against \ 
large sets of packages.

New Plugins

Netconf
- ce - Use ce netconf plugin to run netconf commands on Huawei Cloudengine platform
- default - Use default netconf plugin to run standard netconf commands as per RFC
- iosxr - Use iosxr netconf plugin to run netconf commands on Cisco IOSXR platform
- junos - Use junos netconf plugin to run netconf commands on Juniper JUNOS platform
- sros - Use Nokia SROS netconf plugin to run netconf commands on Nokia SROS platform

Log message:
ansible: updated to 2.9.2

v2.9.2

Minor Changes
- Provides additional information about collection namespace name restrictions
- docker_swarm_service - Sort lists when checking for changes.

Bugfixes
- Check NoneType for raw_params before proceeding in include_vars
- Fix nxos_facts rendering of keys
- Fix regression when ``ansible_failed_task`` and ``ansible_failed_result`` are \ 
not defined in the rescue block
- Fix string parsing of inline vault strings for plugin config variable sources
- Fixed typo in vmware_guest_powerstate module
- Revert customization of guest custom value behavior
- ``AnsibleUnsafe``/``AnsibleContext``/``Templar`` - Do not treat \ 
``AnsibleUndefined`` as being "unsafe"
- acme_certificate - fix misbehavior when ACME v1 is used with \ 
``modify_account`` set to ``false``.
- ansible-galaxy - Fix ``collection install`` when installing from a URL or a \ 
file - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65109
- ansible-galaxy - Return the HTTP code reason if no error msg was returned by \ 
the server - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64850
- ansible-galaxy - Set ``User-Agent`` to Ansible version when interacting with \ 
Galaxy or Automation Hub
- ansible-test now properly handles enumeration of git submodules. Enumeration \ 
is now done with ``git submodule status --recursive`` without specifying ``.`` \ 
for the path, since that could cause the command to fail. Instead, relative \ 
paths outside the current directory are filtered out of the results. Errors from \ 
``git`` commands will now once again be reported as errors instead of warnings.
- ansible-test windows coverage - Output temp files as UTF-8 with BOM to \ 
standardise against non coverage runs
- become - Fix various plugins that still used play_context to get the become \ 
password instead of through the plugin - \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62367
- ce modules - Update(add) docs notes to tell user modules work connection.
- ce modules - Update(add) docs notes to tell user modules work connection.
- ce modules - Update(add) docs notes to tell user modules work connection.
- ce modules - Update(add) docs notes to tell user modules work connection.
- ce modules - Update(add) docs notes to tell user modules work connection.
- ce modules - Update(add) docs notes to tell user modules work connection.
- decouple k8s_scale from the k8s module utils so that it doesn't complain about \ 
missing arguments
- docker_container - fix network idempotence comparison error.
- docker_network - fix idempotence comparison error.
- fix all checkpoint modules to be able to get parameter with value false
- fortios httpapi plugin - fix the issue that fortios httpapi plugin does not \ 
support python2
- netconf_rpc module does not work with nxos
- netscaler_service - fixed issue preventing use of graceful attribute
- openssh_keypair - fixes idempotence issue with public key
- openssl_csr - the module will now enforce that ``privatekey_path`` is \ 
specified when ``state=present``.
- plugins-netconf-ce - Fix failed to get version information.
- postgres.py - add a new keyword argument ``query_params``
- postgresql_db - Removed exception for 'LibraryError'
- postgresql_idx.py - use the ``query_params`` arg of exec_sql function
- postgresql_lang - use query params with cursor.execute
- postgresql_owner - use query_params with cursor object
- postgresql_privs - sort results before comparing so that the values are \ 
compared and not the result of ``.sort()``
- postgresql_privs.py - fix reports as changed behavior of module when using \ 
``type=default_privs``
- postgresql_user - fix the module doesn't correctly commit changes if groups is set
- proxmox - fix version detection of proxmox 6 and up (Fixes \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59164)
- pulp_repo - the ``client_cert`` and ``client_key`` options were used for both \ 
requests to the Pulp instance and for the repo to sync with, resulting in errors \ 
when they were used. Use the new options ``feed_client_cert`` and \ 
``feed_client_key`` for client certificates that should only be used for repo \ 
synchronisation, and not for communication with the Pulp instance.
- runas - Fix the ``runas`` ``become_pass`` variable fallback from \ 
``ansible_runas_runas`` to ``ansible_runas_pass``
- win_chocolatey - Improve error checking when finding the path of a newly \ 
installed Chocolatey app
- win_domain_computer - Fix idempotence checks when ``sAMAccountName`` is \ 
different from ``name``
- win_iis_webapppool - Do not try and set attributes in check mode when the pool \ 
did not exist
- yarn - handle no version when installing module by name
- zabbix_action - arguments ``event_source`` and ``esc_period`` no longer \ 
required when ``state=absent``

Log message:
ansible: updated to 2.9.1

v2.9.1
======

Minor Changes
-------------

- Fixed typo in inventory_discovery.rst document.
- Fixes update_resource and delete_resource API for correct number of arguments \ 
in aws_config_aggregator (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/64581).
- Fixing typo mistake in testbed with section. Deploy template from content \ 
library is supported from 67U3 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62957).
- ansible-test - module validation now allows ``elements:`` for return value \ 
documentation.
- ansible-test - switch from testing RHEL 8.0 and RHEL 8.1 Beta to RHEL 8.1
- ansible-test no longer tries to install sanity test dependencies on \ 
unsupported Python versions
- ovirt_vm: correct cpu_threads documentation
- vmware_host_firewall_manager - ``allowed_hosts`` excpects a dict as parameter, \ 
list is deprecated

Bugfixes
--------

- (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63901)
- **security issue** - Ansible: Splunk and Sumologic callback plugins leak \ 
sensitive data in logs (CVE-2019-14864)
- ACI modules - Fix a whitespace issue in filters for ACI 4.2 strict validation
- ACME modules: fix bug in ACME v1 account update code
- ACME modules: make sure some connection errors are handled properly
- ACME modules: support Buypass' ACME v1 endpoint
- Ansible.Basic - Fix issue when setting a ``no_log`` parameter to an empty \ 
string - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62613
- Can't use plugin options vars in playbook when using collections  \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63975)
- Cloudengine module_utils - the ``set-id`` (RPC-REPLY XML attribute) may change \ 
over the time althougth ``set-id`` is the identity of the next RPC packet.
- Cloudengine netconf plugin - add a dispatch RPC function,just return original \ 
RPC-REPLY, the function is used by ``Cloudengine module_utils``.
- Fix IOS_VLANS override operation for new \ 
VLANs(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63624)
- Fix deprecation warning on GitLab modules
- Fix for backup option dest key for network modules \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57131).
- Fix for performance regression in handler invocation \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59017)
- Fix ios_l2_interfaces skipping relevant L2 interfaces \ 
facts(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63779)
- Fix requirements on non required module parameters
- Fix the ``xml`` module to use ``list(elem)`` instead of ``elem.getchildren()`` \ 
since it is being removed in Python 3.9
- Handle empty extra vars in ansible cli \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61497).
- HostVarsVars - Template the __repr__ value \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64128).
- Ovirt correct resolving nested atributes which are false.
- Remove a temp directory created by wait_for_connection action plugin \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62407).
- Remove the unnecessary warning about aptitude not being installed \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56832).
- Remove unused variable in junos_user to fix flake8 failure.
- TaskQueueManager - Explicitly set the mutliprocessing start method to ``fork`` \ 
to avoid issues with the default on macOS now being ``spawn``.
- To fix ios_interfaces where non-existing virtual/loopback interfaces was not \ 
getting configured
- account for empty strings in when splitting the host pattern \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61964)
- acl - fixed module failure if there are spaces in a path
- acme_certificate - fix crash when module is used with Python 2.x.
- action/ce - fix a bug, some new version os will not discard uncommitted \ 
configure with a return \ 
directly.(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63513).
- ansible-galaxy - Fix pagination issue when retrieving role versions for \ 
install - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64355
- ansible-test - bump version of ACME test container. The new version includes \ 
updated dependencies.
- ansible-test now limits ``pathspec`` to versions prior to 0.6.0 on Python 2.6 \ 
to avoid installation errors
- ansible-test now properly reports import errors for collections when running \ 
the import sanity test
- ansible-test now properly uses a fresh copy of environment variables for each \ 
command invocation to avoid mixing vars between commands
- ansible-test now shows the correct source path instead of ``%s`` for \ 
collection role based test targets when the ``-v`` option is used
- ansible-test validate-modules sanity test code \ 
``missing-module-utils-import-c#-requirements`` is now \ 
``missing-module-utils-import-csharp-requirements`` (fixes ignore bug).
- ansible-test validate-modules sanity test code \ 
``multiple-c#-utils-per-requires`` is now ``multiple-csharp-utils-per-requires`` \ 
(fixes ignore bug).
- ansible-test validate-modules sanity test now checks for AnsibleModule \ 
initialization instead of module_utils imports, which did not work in many \ 
cases.
- ansible-test validate-modules sanity test now properly handles collections \ 
imports using the Ansible collection loader.
- ansible-test validate-modules sanity test now properly handles relative imports.
- ansible-test validate-modules sanity test now properly handles sys.exit in modules.
- ansible-test validate-modules sanity test now properly invokes Ansible modules \ 
as scripts.
- ce_acl_interface - update to fix some bugs - Modified the prompt statement \ 
when the switch device cannot be configured. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/64018)
- ce_bgp - update to fix some bugs - When the vrf_name parameter is in the \ 
module and the configuration is repeatedly sent to the device, the module \ 
displays change = True. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/60573)
- ce_bgp_af - update to fix some bugs - Add some update statements. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62589)
- ce_bgp_neighbor - update to fix some bugs - Add some update statements. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/60934)
- ce_bgp_neighbor_af - update to fix some bugs - Add some update statements. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/60937)
- ce_config - fixed issue - Re-building commands(config src) by replacing '#' \ 
with 'quit','quit' commands may close connection \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62872)
- ce_evpn_bgp - update to fix some bugs - Modify the configured query statement \ 
and replace get_config with exec_command. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61136)
- ce_evpn_bgp_rr - update to fix some bugs - Modify the configured query \ 
statement and replace get_config with exec_command. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61168)
- ce_evpn_global - update to fix some bugs - Modify the configured query \ 
statement and replace get_config with exec_command. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61013)
- ce_facts - update to fix some bugs - Modifying regular expression errors. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63331)
- ce_info_center_global- update to fix some bugs - Add some update statements. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61283)
- ce_interface_ospf- update to fix some bugs - Add some update statements. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61431)
- ce_link_status - fix some bugs, result of interface <get> operation \ 
involves a large amount of data,interact with the device through the \ 
<get-next>.(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62417).
- ce_mtu- update to fix some bugs - Contrast before and after adding \ 
configuration. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61442)
- ce_netstream_aging - Fix bugs(list index out of range).
- ce_netstream_aging- update to fix some bugs - Modify the configured query \ 
statement and replace get_config with exec_command. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61653)
- ce_netstream_export- update to fix some bugs - Modify the configured query \ 
statement and replace get_config with exec_command. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61652)
- ce_netstream_global -  Fix bugs(list index out of range and key error).
- ce_netstream_template - Fix bugs(list index out of range and update commands \ 
error).
- ce_ntp - update to fix some bugs - Add some update statements. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61654)
- ce_vrf_af - update to fix some bugs - Add some update statements. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61683)
- copy - recursive copy with ``remote_src=yes`` now recurses beyond first level. \ 
(Fixes https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58284)
- debug - fixed an issue introduced in Ansible 2.4 where a loop of debug tasks \ 
would lose the "changed" status on each item.
- docker_container - fix idempotency for IP addresses for networks. The old \ 
implementation checked the effective IP addresses assigned by the Docker daemon, \ 
and not the specified ones. This causes idempotency issues for containers which \ 
are not running, since they have no effective IP addresses assigned.
- docker_container - make sure that when image is missing, check mode indicates \ 
a change (image will be pulled).
- docker_image - make sure that deprecated options also emit proper deprecation \ 
warnings next to warnings which indicate how to replace them.
- docker_login - Use ``with`` statement when accessing files, to prevent that \ 
invalid JSON output is produced.
- docker_node_info - improve error handling when service inspection fails, for \ 
example because node name being ambiguous \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63353, PR \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63418).
- docker_swarm_service - ``source`` must no longer be specified for ``tmpfs`` mounts.
- eos_vlans - Fixed behavior of when state=overridden
- facts/virtual
- gitlab_user - Fix adding ssh key to new/changed user and adding group \ 
membership for new/changed user
- grafana_datasource module no longer fails if datasource name contains space \ 
characters.
- iosxr - Make sure that empty configs don't throw a traceback for Resource \ 
Modules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62515)
- jenkins modules - CSRF handling fixed accordingly the latest updates in \ 
Jenkins Security model for versions > 2.173.3
- junos_user - fixed issue with adding multiple values for a Junos account with \ 
aggregate mode
- lineinfile - don't attempt mkdirs when path doesn't contain directory path
- lineinfile - fix bug that caused multiple line insertions \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58923).
- lineinfile - properly handle inserting a line when backrefs are enabled and \ 
the line already exists in the file \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63756)
- lineinfile - use correct index value when inserting a line at the end of a \ 
file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63684)
- loops - Do not indiscriminately mark loop items as unsafe, only apply unsafe \ 
to ``with_`` style loops. The items from ``loop`` should not be explicitly \ 
wrapped in unsafe. The underlying templating mechanism should dictate this. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64379)
- module executor - Address issue where changes to Ansiballz module code, change \ 
the behavior of module execution as it pertains to ``__file__`` and \ 
``sys.modules`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64664)
- openssl_certificate - fix ``assertonly`` provider certificate verification, \ 
causing 'private key mismatch' and 'subject mismatch' errors.
- openssl_certificate and openssl_csr - fix Ed25519 and Ed448 private key \ 
support for ``cryptography`` backend. This probably needs at least cryptography \ 
2.8, since older versions have problems with signing certificates or CSRs with \ 
such keys. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59039, PR \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63984)
- openssl_csr - a warning is issued if an unsupported value for ``version`` is \ 
used for the ``cryptography`` backend.
- ovirt: Fix fetching of nested attributes
- ovirt_disk: add host parameter to specify where should be the lun disk added.
- ovirt_host_network: correct dictionary check.
- package_facts - fix value of ``vital`` attribute which is returned when \ 
``pkg`` manager is used
- package_facts - use module warnings rather than a custom implementation for \ 
reporting warnings
- paramiko_ssh - improve authentication error message so it is less confusing
- plugins-netconf-ce - to get attribute 'set-id' from rpc-reply.
- postgresql_publication - fix typo in module.warn method name \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64582).
- syslogger callback plugin - remove check mode support since it did nothing anyway
- template lookup - fix regression when templating hostvars \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63940)
- user - fix stack trace on AIX when attempting to parse shadow file that does \ 
not exist (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62510)
- vmware_host_firewall_manager - Ensure we can set rule with no \ 
``allowed_hosts`` key (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61332)
- vyos - Make sure that empty configs don't throw a traceback for Resource \ 
Modules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62520)
- win_acl - Fixed error when setting rights on directory for which inheritance \ 
from parent directory has been disabled.
- win_domain_computer - Honour the explicit domain server and credentials when \ 
moving or removing a computer object - \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63093
- win_iis_website - Actually restart the site when ``state=restarted`` - \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63828
- win_packages - fixed issue where Test-Path failed to find files with special \ 
characters (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62521)
- win_partition - Fix invalid variable name causing a failure on checks - \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62401
- zabbix_host - module will now properly logout from Zabbix server and won't \ 
leave open session behind (see https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63774)

v2.9.0
======

Release Summary
---------------

| Release Date: 2019-10-31
| `Porting Guide \ 
<https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__

Minor Changes
-------------

- Add 'auth_url' field to galaxy server config stanzas in ansible.cfg The url \ 
should point to the token_endpoint of a Keycloak server.
- Add I(preferred_arrays) param to enable preferred arrays to be set in a host \ 
configuration. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59735)
- Add ability to force a protection group snapshot to immediately replicate to a \ 
remote array (if configured)
- Add date header to the email based on local time in mail module \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58808).
- Add folder option in vmware_datastore_cluster to place datastore cluster in \ 
specific folder (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/48010).
- Add folder option in vmware_dvswitch to place distributed switch in a network \ 
specific folder (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54986).
- Add installation documentation for vSphere Automation SDK for Python in vmware \ 
inventory plugin docs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57224).
- Add managed object identifier (moId) and vim reference (vimref) of virtual \ 
machine in guest facts (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/53372).
- Add new option to default standard out callback plugin, \ 
``ANSIBLE_CHECK_MODE_MARKERS``, which adds check mode markers (``DRY RUN``, \ 
``CHECK_MODE``) to the output when running in check mode. It is off by default.
- Add support for NIS in an NFS directory service and support for specifying an \ 
OU for an SMD directory service (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59608)
- Add support for `check_mode`
- Add toggle to show per host task start on default callback
- Added C# module util that implements various access token functions
- Added a parameter to allow remounting a filesystem
- Added new `throttle` keyword, which can be used at the task, block, or play \ 
level to limit the number of workers (up to the specified forks or serial \ 
setting) allowed.
- Added new parameters hostname and subdomain to kubevirt_vm module.
- Adjusted PowerShell and C# collection util imports to use a Python package \ 
name that reflects the location of the util in the collection. This is a \ 
breaking change, for more information see :ref:`porting_2.9_guide` for more \ 
information.
- All previously deprecated sudo/su and module locale global settings have been \ 
removed.
- Allow ansible-doc to return JSON as output.
- Allow debugger to take a templated value \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/53587)
- Allow expanded options for user to control behaviour on duplicate YAML keys.
- Allow the users to enable or disable the rescue mode on Hetzner cloud servers
- Ansible now supports relative imports of module_utils files in modules and \ 
module_utils.
- Ansible will now warn if two aliases of the same option are used for Python \ 
modules.
- Check dvs in the given portgroup before accessing any properties of dvs \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59952). This can be due to permission \ 
issue or no association between distributed virtual portgroup and dvswitch.
- Check return value of FindByInventoryPath API used for finding folder value \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54823).
- Command line argument parsing - Switch from deprecated optparse to argparse
- Corrected API call for module.fail_json in command module.
- Enable ansible-doc to work with 'adjacent' collections via --playbook-dir option.
- Fix Key Error in get_vm() api in vmware.py module util \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/60129).
- Handle user unauthorization errors in VMware REST API code for tagging \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58326).
- Implement config options for ``display_ok_hosts`` and \ 
``display_skipped_hosts`` in unixy callback plugin
- InventoryManager - Speed up host subset calculation by performing direct host \ 
uuid comparisons, instead of Host object comparisons
- Jinja tests - Remove deprecated functionality of registering tests as filters \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55319)
- Make VM name and VM UUID as mutual exclusive and required one of \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57580).
- Make ``ansible_index_var`` accessible as a magic variable.
- Meraki modules now return data in snake_case instead of camelCase. The \ 
ANSIBLE_MERAKI_FORMAT environment variable can be set to camelcase to revert \ 
back to camelcase until deprecation in Ansible 2.13.
- Now callback plugins MUST allow for setting options as deprecation period that \ 
allowed older callbacks to ignore this is over.
- Refactored ``ansible-galaxy collections`` API code to be more friendly for \ 
future bugfixes
- Remove duplicate implementation of memory reservation parameter in \ 
vmware_guest (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54335).
- Restrict vcenter_folder to vCenter only, since folder creation api is not \ 
supported on ESXi hostsystem (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/49938).
- Revert apply as the default of kubernetes modules such as k8s.  This restores \ 
the 2.8 and previous behaviour as the default.  apply can still be explicitly \ 
enabled https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62661
- Templar - Speed up ``is_template`` by lexing the string, instead of actually \ 
templating the string (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57489)
- The ``ali_instance_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ali_instance_info``.
- The ``aws_acm_facts`` module has been renamed to ``aws_acm_info``.
- The ``aws_az_facts`` module has been renamed to ``aws_az_info``.
- The ``aws_caller_facts`` module has been renamed to ``aws_caller_info``.
- The ``aws_kms_facts`` module has been renamed to ``aws_kms_info``.
- The ``aws_region_facts`` module has been renamed to ``aws_region_info``.
- The ``aws_s3_bucket_facts`` module has been renamed to ``aws_s3_bucket_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``aws_sgw_facts`` module has been renamed to ``aws_sgw_info``.
- The ``aws_waf_facts`` module has been renamed to ``aws_waf_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_aks_facts`` module has been renamed to ``azure_rm_aks_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_aksversion_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_aksversion_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_applicationsecuritygroup_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_applicationsecuritygroup_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_appserviceplan_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_appserviceplan_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_automationaccount_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_automationaccount_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_autoscale_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_autoscale_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_availabilityset_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_availabilityset_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_cdnendpoint_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_cdnendpoint_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_cdnprofile_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_cdnprofile_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_containerinstance_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_containerinstance_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_containerregistry_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_containerregistry_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_deployment_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_deployment_info``.
- The ``azure_rm_resourcegroup_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``azure_rm_resourcegroup_info``.
- The ``bigip_device_facts`` module has been renamed to ``bigip_device_info``.
- The ``bigiq_device_facts`` module has been renamed to ``bigiq_device_info``.
- The ``cloudformation_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``cloudformation_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``cloudfront_facts`` module has been renamed to ``cloudfront_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``cloudwatchlogs_log_group_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``cloudwatchlogs_log_group_info``.
- The ``cs_instance_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use ``cs_instance_info`` \ 
instead.
- The ``cs_zone_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use ``cs_zone_info`` instead.
- The ``digital_ocean_account_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``digital_ocean_account_info``.
- The ``digital_ocean_certificate_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``digital_ocean_certificate_info``.
- The ``digital_ocean_domain_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``digital_ocean_domain_info``.
- The ``digital_ocean_firewall_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``digital_ocean_firewall_info``.
- The ``digital_ocean_floating_ip_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``digital_ocean_floating_ip_info``.
- The ``digital_ocean_image_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``digital_ocean_image_info``.
- The ``digital_ocean_load_balancer_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``digital_ocean_load_balancer_info``.
- The ``digital_ocean_region_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``digital_ocean_region_info``.
- The ``digital_ocean_size_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``digital_ocean_size_info``.
- The ``digital_ocean_snapshot_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``digital_ocean_snapshot_info``.
- The ``digital_ocean_sshkey_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``digital_ocean_sshkey_info`` instead.
- The ``digital_ocean_tag_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``digital_ocean_tag_info``.
- The ``digital_ocean_volume_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``digital_ocean_volume_info``.
- The ``ec2_ami_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_ami_info``.
- The ``ec2_asg_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_asg_info``.
- The ``ec2_customer_gateway_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ec2_customer_gateway_info``.
- The ``ec2_eip_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_eip_info``.
- The ``ec2_elb_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_elb_info``.
- The ``ec2_eni_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_eni_info``.
- The ``ec2_group_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_group_info``.
- The ``ec2_instance_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_instance_info``.
- The ``ec2_lc_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_lc_info``.
- The ``ec2_placement_group_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ec2_placement_group_info``.
- The ``ec2_snapshot_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_snapshot_info``.
- The ``ec2_vol_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_vol_info``.
- The ``ec2_vpc_dhcp_option_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ec2_vpc_dhcp_option_info``.
- The ``ec2_vpc_endpoint_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ec2_vpc_endpoint_info``.
- The ``ec2_vpc_igw_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_vpc_igw_info``.
- The ``ec2_vpc_nacl_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_vpc_nacl_info``.
- The ``ec2_vpc_nat_gateway_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ec2_vpc_nat_gateway_info``.
- The ``ec2_vpc_net_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_vpc_net_info``.
- The ``ec2_vpc_peering_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_vpc_peering_info``.
- The ``ec2_vpc_route_table_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ec2_vpc_route_table_info``.
- The ``ec2_vpc_subnet_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_vpc_subnet_info``.
- The ``ec2_vpc_vgw_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_vpc_vgw_info``.
- The ``ec2_vpc_vpn_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ec2_vpc_vpn_info``.
- The ``ecs_service_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ecs_service_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ecs_taskdefinition_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ecs_taskdefinition_info``.
- The ``efs_facts`` module has been renamed to ``efs_info``. When called with \ 
the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``elasticache_facts`` module has been renamed to ``elasticache_info``.
- The ``elb_application_lb_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``elb_application_lb_info``.
- The ``elb_classic_lb_facts`` module has been renamed to ``elb_classic_lb_info``.
- The ``elb_target_facts`` module has been renamed to ``elb_target_info``.
- The ``elb_target_group_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``elb_target_group_info``.
- The ``gcp_bigquery_dataset_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_bigquery_dataset_info``.
- The ``gcp_bigquery_table_facts`` module was renamed to ``gcp_bigquery_table_info``.
- The ``gcp_cloudbuild_trigger_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_cloudbuild_trigger_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_address_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_address_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_backend_bucket_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_backend_bucket_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_backend_service_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_backend_service_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_disk_facts`` module was renamed to ``gcp_compute_disk_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_firewall_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_firewall_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_forwarding_rule_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_forwarding_rule_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_global_address_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_global_address_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_global_forwarding_rule_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_health_check_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_health_check_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_http_health_check_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_http_health_check_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_https_health_check_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_https_health_check_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_image_facts`` module was renamed to ``gcp_compute_image_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_instance_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_instance_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_instance_group_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_instance_group_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_instance_group_manager_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_instance_group_manager_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_instance_template_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_instance_template_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_interconnect_attachment_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_interconnect_attachment_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_network_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_network_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_region_disk_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_region_disk_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_route_facts`` module was renamed to ``gcp_compute_route_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_router_facts`` module was renamed to ``gcp_compute_router_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_ssl_certificate_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_ssl_certificate_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_ssl_policy_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_ssl_policy_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_subnetwork_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_subnetwork_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_target_http_proxy_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_target_http_proxy_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_target_https_proxy_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_target_https_proxy_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_target_pool_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_target_pool_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_target_ssl_proxy_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_target_tcp_proxy_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_target_vpn_gateway_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_target_vpn_gateway_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_url_map_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_url_map_info``.
- The ``gcp_compute_vpn_tunnel_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_compute_vpn_tunnel_info``.
- The ``gcp_container_cluster_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_container_cluster_info``.
- The ``gcp_container_node_pool_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_container_node_pool_info``.
- The ``gcp_dns_managed_zone_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_dns_managed_zone_info``.
- The ``gcp_dns_resource_record_set_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_dns_resource_record_set_info``.
- The ``gcp_iam_role_facts`` module was renamed to ``gcp_iam_role_info``.
- The ``gcp_iam_service_account_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_iam_service_account_info``.
- The ``gcp_pubsub_subscription_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_pubsub_subscription_info``.
- The ``gcp_pubsub_topic_facts`` module was renamed to ``gcp_pubsub_topic_info``.
- The ``gcp_redis_instance_facts`` module was renamed to ``gcp_redis_instance_info``.
- The ``gcp_resourcemanager_project_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_resourcemanager_project_info``.
- The ``gcp_sourcerepo_repository_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_sourcerepo_repository_info``.
- The ``gcp_spanner_database_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_spanner_database_info``.
- The ``gcp_spanner_instance_facts`` module was renamed to \ 
``gcp_spanner_instance_info``.
- The ``gcp_sql_database_facts`` module was renamed to ``gcp_sql_database_info``.
- The ``gcp_sql_instance_facts`` module was renamed to ``gcp_sql_instance_info``.
- The ``gcp_sql_user_facts`` module was renamed to ``gcp_sql_user_info``.
- The ``gcp_tpu_node_facts`` module was renamed to ``gcp_tpu_node_info``.
- The ``gcpubsub_facts`` module has been renamed to ``gcpubsub_info``.
- The ``github_webhook_facts`` module has been renamed to ``github_webhook_info``.
- The ``gluster_heal_facts`` module has been renamed to ``gluster_heal_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``hcloud_datacenter_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``hcloud_datacenter_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``hcloud_floating_ip_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``hcloud_floating_ip_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``hcloud_image_facts`` module has been renamed to ``hcloud_image_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``hcloud_location_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``hcloud_location_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``hcloud_server_facts`` module has been renamed to ``hcloud_server_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``hcloud_server_type_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``hcloud_server_type_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``hcloud_ssh_key_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``hcloud_ssh_key_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``hcloud_volume_facts`` module has been renamed to ``hcloud_volume_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``hpilo_facts`` module has been renamed to ``hpilo_info``. When called \ 
with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``iam_mfa_device_facts`` module has been renamed to ``iam_mfa_device_info``.
- The ``iam_role_facts`` module has been renamed to ``iam_role_info``.
- The ``iam_server_certificate_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``iam_server_certificate_info``.
- The ``idrac_redfish_facts`` module has been renamed to ``idrac_redfish_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``intersight_facts`` module has been renamed to ``intersight_info``.
- The ``jenkins_job_facts`` module has been renamed to ``jenkins_job_info``.
- The ``k8s_facts`` module has been renamed to ``k8s_info``.
- The ``lambda_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use ``lambda_info`` instead.
- The ``memset_memstore_facts`` module has been renamed to ``memset_memstore_info``.
- The ``memset_server_facts`` module has been renamed to ``memset_server_info``.
- The ``na_ontap_gather_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``na_ontap_info`` instead.
- The ``nginx_status_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``nginx_status_info`` instead.
- The ``one_image_facts`` module has been renamed to ``one_image_info``.
- The ``onepassword_facts`` module has been renamed to ``onepassword_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``oneview_datacenter_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``oneview_datacenter_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``oneview_enclosure_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``oneview_enclosure_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``oneview_ethernet_network_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``oneview_ethernet_network_info``. When called with the new name, the module no \ 
longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``oneview_fc_network_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``oneview_fc_network_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``oneview_fcoe_network_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``oneview_fcoe_network_info``. When called with the new name, the module no \ 
longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``oneview_logical_interconnect_group_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``oneview_logical_interconnect_group_info``. When called with the new name, the \ 
module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``oneview_network_set_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``oneview_network_set_info``. When called with the new name, the module no \ 
longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``oneview_san_manager_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``oneview_san_manager_info``. When called with the new name, the module no \ 
longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``online_server_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``online_server_info`` instead.
- The ``online_user_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use ``online_user_info`` \ 
instead.
- The ``os_flavor_facts`` module has been renamed to ``os_flavor_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``os_image_facts`` module has been renamed to ``os_image_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``os_keystone_domain_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``os_keystone_domain_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``os_networks_facts`` module has been renamed to ``os_networks_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``os_port_facts`` module has been renamed to ``os_port_info``. When called \ 
with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``os_project_facts`` module has been renamed to ``os_project_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``os_server_facts`` module has been renamed to ``os_server_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``os_subnets_facts`` module has been renamed to ``os_subnets_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``os_user_facts`` module has been renamed to ``os_user_info``. When called \ 
with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_affinity_label_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ovirt_affinity_label_info``. When called with the new name, the module no \ 
longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_api_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_api_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_cluster_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_cluster_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_datacenter_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ovirt_datacenter_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_disk_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_disk_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_event_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_event_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_external_provider_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ovirt_external_provider_info``. When called with the new name, the module no \ 
longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_group_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_group_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_host_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_host_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_host_storage_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ovirt_host_storage_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_network_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_network_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_nic_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_nic_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_permission_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ovirt_permission_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_quota_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_quota_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_scheduling_policy_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ovirt_scheduling_policy_info``. When called with the new name, the module no \ 
longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_snapshot_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ovirt_snapshot_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_storage_domain_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ovirt_storage_domain_info``. When called with the new name, the module no \ 
longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_storage_template_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ovirt_storage_template_info``. When called with the new name, the module no \ 
longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_storage_vm_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ovirt_storage_vm_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_tag_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_tag_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_template_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``ovirt_template_info``. When called with the new name, the module no longer \ 
returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_user_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_user_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_vm_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_vm_info``. When \ 
called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``ovirt_vmpool_facts`` module has been renamed to ``ovirt_vmpool_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``purefa_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use ``purefa_info`` instead.
- The ``purefb_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use ``purefb_info`` instead.
- The ``python_requirements_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``python_requirements_info``.
- The ``rds_instance_facts`` module has been renamed to ``rds_instance_info``.
- The ``rds_snapshot_facts`` module has been renamed to ``rds_snapshot_info``.
- The ``redfish_facts`` module has been renamed to ``redfish_info``. When called \ 
with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``redshift_facts`` module has been renamed to ``redshift_info``.
- The ``route53_facts`` module has been renamed to ``route53_info``.
- The ``scaleway_image_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``scaleway_image_info`` instead.
- The ``scaleway_ip_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use ``scaleway_ip_info`` \ 
instead.
- The ``scaleway_organization_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``scaleway_organization_info`` instead.
- The ``scaleway_security_group_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``scaleway_security_group_info`` instead.
- The ``scaleway_server_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``scaleway_server_info`` instead.
- The ``scaleway_snapshot_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``scaleway_snapshot_info`` instead.
- The ``scaleway_volume_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``scaleway_volume_info`` instead.
- The ``smartos_image_facts`` module has been renamed to ``smartos_image_info``. \ 
When called with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``vcenter_extension_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vcenter_extension_info`` instead.
- The ``vertica_facts`` module has been renamed to ``vertica_info``. When called \ 
with the new name, the module no longer returns ``ansible_facts``.
- The ``vmware_about_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_about_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_category_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_category_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_cluster_facts`` module has been renamed to ``vmware_cluster_info``.
- The ``vmware_datastore_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``vmware_datastore_info``.
- The ``vmware_drs_group_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_drs_group_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_drs_rule_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_drs_rule_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_dvs_portgroup_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_dvs_portgroup_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_guest_boot_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_guest_boot_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_guest_customization_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_guest_customization_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_guest_disk_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_guest_disk_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_guest_facts`` module has been renamed to ``vmware_guest_info``.
- The ``vmware_guest_snapshot_facts`` module has been renamed to \ 
``vmware_guest_snapshot_info``.
- The ``vmware_host_capability_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_host_capability_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_host_config_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_host_config_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_host_dns_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_host_dns_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_host_feature_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_host_feature_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_host_firewall_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_host_firewall_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_host_ntp_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_host_ntp_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_host_package_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_host_package_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_host_service_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_host_service_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_host_ssl_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_host_ssl_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_host_vmhba_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_host_vmhba_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_host_vmnic_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_host_vmnic_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_local_role_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_local_role_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_local_user_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_local_user_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_portgroup_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_portgroup_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_resource_pool_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_resource_pool_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_tag_facts`` module has been renamed to ``vmware_tag_info``.
- The ``vmware_target_canonical_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_target_canonical_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_vm_facts`` module has been renamed to ``vmware_vm_info``.
- The ``vmware_vmkernel_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_vmkernel_info`` instead.
- The ``vmware_vswitch_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vmware_vswitch_info`` instead.
- The ``vultr_account_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vultr_account_info`` instead.
- The ``vultr_block_storage_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vultr_block_storage_info`` instead.
- The ``vultr_dns_domain_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vultr_dns_domain_info`` instead.
- The ``vultr_firewall_group_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vultr_firewall_group_info`` instead.
- The ``vultr_network_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vultr_network_info`` instead.
- The ``vultr_os_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use ``vultr_os_info`` instead.
- The ``vultr_plan_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use ``vultr_plan_info`` \ 
instead.
- The ``vultr_region_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vultr_region_info`` instead.
- The ``vultr_server_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vultr_server_info`` instead.
- The ``vultr_ssh_key_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vultr_ssh_key_info`` instead.
- The ``vultr_startup_script_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use \ 
``vultr_startup_script_info`` instead.
- The ``vultr_user_facts`` module has been deprecated. Use ``vultr_user_info`` \ 
instead.
- The ``xenserver_guest_facts`` module has been renamed to ``xenserver_guest_info``.
- The ``zabbix_group_facts`` module has been renamed to ``zabbix_group_info``.
- The ``zabbix_host_facts`` module has been renamed to ``zabbix_host_info``.
- The `podman` connection plugin now supports pipelining.
- Typecast vlan id to string in nmcli module \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58949).
- When using `fetch_nested` fetch also list of href, instead only single object \ 
hrefs.
- acme_certificate - all alternate chains can be retrieved using the new \ 
``retrieve_all_alternates`` option.
- add purge_tags parameter to s3_bucket to allow preservation of existing tags \ 
when updating tags.
- added ``use`` option to ``hostname`` module to allow user to override \ 
autodetection.
- ansible-galaxy - Added the ``collection build`` command to build a collection \ 
tarball ready for uploading.
- ansible-galaxy - Added the ``collection init`` command to create a skeleton \ 
collection directory.
- ansible-galaxy - Added the ``collection install`` command to install \ 
collections locally.
- ansible-galaxy - Added the ``collection publish`` command to publish a \ 
collection tarball to a Galaxy server.
- ansible-test - Bump version of ACME test container to 1.8.0. Fixes a typo in \ 
the API and adds a newer Pebble version.
- ansible-test defaults to redacting sensitive values (disable with the \ 
``--no-redact`` option)
- apt - Remove deprecated ``installed`` and ``removed`` aliases \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55311)
- aws_eks_cluster - Ansible may now wait until an EKS cluster is fully removed \ 
before moving on.
- backports.ssl_match_hostname - Update bundled copy of \ 
backports.ssl_match_hostname from 3.4.0.2 to 3.7.0.1 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/51794)
- changed task module/action parsing to report more helpful errors
- collection role dependencies will first search for unqualified role names in \ 
the containing collection.
- cosmetic change, simplify FC WWN facts gathering on Solaris
- default collection - a playbook run inside a collection (eg, as part of a \ 
runme.sh integration test) will first search the containing collection for \ 
unqualified module/action references \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61415)
- distro - Update bundled copy of distro from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55302)
- dnf - Properly handle idempotent transactions with package name wildcard globs \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62809)
- dnf - Provide a better error message including python version info when \ 
installing python-dnf fails
- dnf - set lock_timeout to a sane default (30 seconds, as is the cli)
- docker_container - add ``mounts`` option.
- docker_container - now tests for mount endpoint collisions (for both \ 
``mounts`` and ``volumes``) to abort early when collisions are found
- docker_image - Add ``build.target`` option.
- docker_image - added ``extra_hosts`` argument \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59233)
- docker_swarm_service - Add ``npipe`` mount support.
- docker_swarm_service - Remove requirement of ``secret_id`` on ``secrets`` and \ 
``config_id`` on ``configs``.
- docker_swarm_service - Support passing dictionaries in ``networks`` to allow \ 
setting ``aliases`` and ``options``.
- ec2 - Remove deprecated ``device_type`` option \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55306)
- ec2_eip - Added support for BYOIP to ec2_eip module and filtering reusable \ 
addresses based on tags (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59180).
- ec2_instance - Remove deprecated ``network.ebs_optimized`` option \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55307)
- ec2_lc - Remove deprecated ``device_type`` option \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55308)
- eos_use_sessions is now type boolean instead of int.
- file - Extend ``-diff`` to return list of files and folders that will be \ 
removed in case of ``state=absent`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56353)
- gcp_compute - Added additional environment variables to the `gcp_compute` \ 
inventory plugin to align with the rest of the `gcp_*` modules.
- get_certificate - added ``proxy_*`` options.
- get_certificate - now works with both PyOpenSSL and cryptography Python \ 
libraries. Autodetection can be overridden with ``select_crypto_backend`` \ 
option.
- get_certificate - the ``pyopenssl`` backend has been deprecated, it will be \ 
removed in Ansible 2.13.
- getent - add service parameter to getent to lookup specified service
- git - add a ``gpg_whitelist`` option to specify a list of trusted GPG \ 
fingerprints for when ``verify_commit`` is enabled \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/55396)
- k8s - add `wait_sleep` parameter (number of seconds to sleep between checks).
- log_plays - Add a new log_folder option to the log_plays callback plugin.
- lookup_url - added ability to specify request headers
- magic variables - added a new ``ansible_parent_role_names`` magic variable \ 
that, when a role is included by another role, contains a list of all parent \ 
roles.
- magic variables - added a new ``ansible_parent_role_paths`` magic variable \ 
that, when a role is included by another role, contains a list of all parent \ 
role paths.
- meraki_* - Idempotency check has been rewritten. The new version is more thorough.
- meraki_* - Meraki modules now return data when no changes are made.
- meraki_* - Modules now respect 429 (rate limit) and 500/502 errors with a \ 
graceful backoff.
- meraki_admin - Add support for check mode.
- meraki_config_template - Enable check mode.
- meraki_content_filtering - Add support for check mode.
- meraki_mr_l3_firewall - Integration test now uses net_id in some tests for \ 
improved code coverage.
- meraki_network - Add support for disabling remote status page on a network.
- meraki_network - Add support for enabling or disabling VLANs on a network.
- meraki_organization - Removed the absent option for state due to the possibly \ 
catastrophic mistakes. Parameter will be added in 2.10 with safeguards.
- meraki_snmp - Add support for check mode.
- meraki_ssid - Add examples to documentation.
- meraki_vlan - Add support for check mode.
- mysql_db - now behaves better w.r.t ``changed`` results in ``check_mode``
- mysql_db now supports creation and deletion of multiple databases \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58370)
- mysql_db now supports multiple databases in dump operation \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56059)
- openssh_keypair - add key ``comment`` to return value
- openssl_certificate - Add support for a new provider ``entrust`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59272).
- openssl_certificate - add support for subject key identifier and authority key \ 
identifier extensions. Subject key identifiers are created by default when not \ 
explicitly disabled.
- openssl_certificate - the ``assertonly`` provider has been deprecated. See \ 
examples in module to see how to replace it.
- openssl_certificate - the ``ownca`` provider creates authority key identifiers \ 
if not explicitly disabled with ``ownca_create_authority_key_identifier: no``.
- openssl_certificate - the ``pyopenssl`` backend has been deprecated, it will \ 
be removed in Ansible 2.13.
- openssl_certificate_info - add ``ocsp_uri`` return value.
- openssl_certificate_info - add support for subject key identifier and \ 
authority key identifier extensions.
- openssl_certificate_info - added ``issuer_ordered`` and ``subject_ordered`` \ 
return values.
- openssl_certificate_info - the ``pyopenssl`` backend has been deprecated, it \ 
will be removed in Ansible 2.13.
- openssl_csr - add support for subject key identifier and authority key \ 
identifier extensions.
- openssl_csr - the ``pyopenssl`` backend has been deprecated, it will be \ 
removed in Ansible 2.13.
- openssl_csr_info - add support for subject key identifier and authority key \ 
identifier extensions.
- openssl_csr_info - added ``subject_ordered`` return value.
- openssl_csr_info - the ``pyopenssl`` backend has been deprecated, it will be \ 
removed in Ansible 2.13.
- openssl_privatekey - the ``pyopenssl`` backend has been deprecated, it will be \ 
removed in Ansible 2.13.
- openssl_privatekey_info - the ``pyopenssl`` backend has been deprecated, it \ 
will be removed in Ansible 2.13.
- openssl_publickey - now works with both PyOpenSSL and cryptography Python \ 
libraries. Autodetection can be overridden with ``select_crypto_backend`` \ 
option.
- openssl_publickey - the ``pyopenssl`` backend has been deprecated, it will be \ 
removed in Ansible 2.13.
- os_network - added MTU support when creating/updating a network
- os_network - added dns_domain support when creating/updating a network
- ovirt4 inventory - Updated the dynamic inventory script for Python 3 support
- pluribus networks modules to handle empty output string.
- postgresql_ext - add version parameter to support creation / update extensions \ 
of specific versions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/58381)
- postgresql_query - Add array handling for positional_args and named_args \ 
parameters (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59955).
- postgresql_query - add autocommit parameter to support commands that can't be \ 
run inside a transaction block (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/58704)
- postgresql_user - Add the new parameter ``groups`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/60638).
- psrp - Added the ``ansible_psrp_reconnection_backoff`` variable to control the \ 
reconnection backoff setting - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58714
- purefa_ra - change resulting fact dict from I(ansible_facts) to I(ra_info)  \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61355)
- purefa_user - change module parameter I(api_token) to I(api) and to stop clash \ 
with known variable.
- purefa_user - change resulting fact dict from I(ansible_facts) to I(user_info) \ 
 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61353)
- purefa_user - change resulting facts from I(api_token) to I(user_api) for \ 
clarity (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57588)
- purefb_fs - Deprecate I(nfs) param and replace with I(nfsv3). Add params \ 
I(user_quota) and I(group_quota) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59559)
- purefb_s3user - change resulting fact dict from I(ansible_facts) to \ 
I(s3user_info)  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61356)
- rabbitmq_binding - added missing SSL options for HTTP GET and DELETE requests
- redhat_subscription - allow to set syspurpose attributes \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59850)
- redhat_subscription - do not call ``subscribtion-manager`` command, when it is \ 
not necessary (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/58665)
- redhat_subscription - made code more testable \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/58665)
- refactor iSCSI network facts for AIX and HP-UX, add unit test, remove external \ 
grep call
- removed previously deprecated ``get_md5`` option from M(stat) module.
- roles and plugins in collections may now be stored in subdirectories under the \ 
roles or plugin-type dirs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/60682)
- roles that define a collections search list in metadata will attempt to use \ 
the defined search list when resolving unqualified role names.
- selectors2 - Update bundled copy of selectors2 from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55300)
- selinux_special_filesystems config can be specified via environment variable \ 
``ANSIBLE_SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS``
- setup - octal escape sequences are now evaluated for mount facts pulled from \ 
/etc/mtab
- six - Update bundled copy of six from 1.11.0 to 1.12.0 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55303)
- syslog_json - Allow configuration of the syslog_json plugin via an Ansible \ 
configuration file.
- update ansible-test default-test-container from version 1.9.1 to 1.9.2
- update ansible-test default-test-container from version 1.9.2 to 1.9.3
- update ansible-test default-test-container from version 1.9.3 to 1.10.1
- uri - Remove deprecated ``HEADER_`` support \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55310)
- vApp setting can be set while VM creation in vmware_guest \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/50617).
- validate-modules - change numeric error codes to descriptive strings \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/60711)
- vcenter_folder - returns a dict instead of a string, the previous output is \ 
now in the 'msg' key
- vcenter_folder - returns now the full path of the file in the new 'path' key
- vmware - The VMware modules can now access a server behind a HTTP proxy \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52936)
- vmware - reduces the memory usage during the object lookup
- vmware_cluster - Refactor into several modules (vmware_cluster, \ 
vmware_cluster_drs, vmware_cluster_ha and vmware_cluster_vsan)
- vmware_cluster_facts now supports tag facts \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46458).
- vmware_cluster_ha - Remove a wrong parameter from an example in the documentation.
- vmware_datastore_facts - When no datastore was found, returns an empty list.
- vmware_datastore_maintenancemode - Raise an error if the datastore does not exist.
- vmware_guest_disk module supports use_instance_uuid parameter since Ansible \ 
2.8 (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56021).
- vmware_guest_disk_facts module - added bus number of the SCSI controller to \ 
the output (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56442)
- vmware_host_datastore - Ability to directly target a ESXi.
- vmware_host_facts now supports tag facts \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46461).
- vmware_portgroup accepts list of ESXi hostsystem. Modified get_all_host_objs \ 
API to accept list of hostsystems.
- vmware_vm_facts supports folder as a filter to gather fact for VM \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56125).
- vsphere_copy - The ``host`` and ``login`` parameters are deprecated, use \ 
`hostname` and ``username`` like for the other VMware modules.
- vsphere_copy - The module can now also be used with standalone ESXi.
- vultr - the retry on failure functionality was changed to use an exponential \ 
backoff behaviour.
- vultr_server - Implemented support for using the ID instead of a name to match \ 
a resource, especially useful for region, plan and OS type.
- win_domain_user - Allow to only set password when it actually changed \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58246)
- win_domain_user - Make the query user try catch block more accurate for \ 
missing identity (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57719)
- win_domain_user and win_domain_group: add created result boolean \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57547)
- win_xml - Added 'count' module parameter which will return number of nodes \ 
matched by xpath if set to yes/true
- win_xml - Behaviour change, fragment no longer required when processing \ 
element type nodes and state=absent.
- win_xml - Behaviour change, module now processes all nodes specified by xpath, \ 
not just first encountered.
- win_xml - Some output messages worded differently now the module uses a \ 
generic method to save changes.
- xenserver_guest - wait_for_ip_address is now ignored when state=absent \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55348).
- xml - Introduce ``insertbefore`` and ``insertafter`` to specify the position \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/44811)
- yum - set lock_timeout to a sane default (30 seconds, as is the cli)
- zabbix_action - ``esc_period`` is now required to reflect actual Zabbix API call
- zabbix_action - support for new condition operators (``matches``, ``does not \ 
match``, ``Yes``, ``No``) added in Zabbix 4.0 and Zabbix 4.2 \ 
(https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/4.2/manual/api/reference/action/object#action_filter_condition)
- zabbix_screen - added an option to sort hosts on a zabbix screen alphabetically
- zabbix_screen - updated documentation and module arguments
- zabbix_template - it is no longer accepted to provide parameters \ 
`template_name` and `template_groups` when using `template_json`
- zabbix_template - new parameter `dump_format` allows user to specify in which \ 
format (JSON or XML) should a template be exported from Zabbix
- zabbix_template - new parameter `template_xml` adds support for importing \ 
templates from XML documents
- zabbix_template - now allows import of multiple templates at once when using \ 
`template_json` or `template_xml` parameters
- zabbix_template - parameter `template_groups` is now required when passing \ 
`template_name` and template is being created for the first time. Not required \ 
when template is being updated.
- zabbix_template - parameters `template_name`, `template_json` and \ 
`template_xml` are now mutually exclusive
- zabbix_template - template can now be updated with just a `clear_templates` \ 
parameter without requiring any additional parameters to be passed (see examples \ 
of the module)
- zfs - Remove deprecated key=value 'option' \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55318)

Deprecated Features
-------------------

- Deprecated ``net_interface``, ``net_linkagg``, ``net_lldp_interface``, \ 
``net_l2_interface``, ``net_vlan``, ``net_l3_interface``, ``net_vrf``, \ 
``net_lldp``, ``net_banner``, ``net_logging``, ``net_system``, ``net_user``, and \ 
``net_static_route``. Please use either the equivalent network role or the \ 
platform-specific resource module.
- Deprecated setting the verbosity before the sub command for ``ansible-galaxy`` \ 
and ``ansible-vault``. Set the verbosity level after the sub command, e.g. do \ 
``ansible-galaxy init -v`` and not ``ansible-galaxy -v init``.
- aws_kms - Deprecate mode, role_name, role_arn, grant_types and \ 
policy_clean_invalid_entries in favour of policy
- vmware_cluster - Deprecate DRS, HA and VSAN configuration in favour of new \ 
modules vmware_cluster_drs, vmware_cluster_ha and vmware_cluster_vsan.

Removed Features (previously deprecated)
----------------------------------------

- redis_kv - Remove deprecated lookup plugin \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59948)

Bugfixes
--------

- **security issue** - Convert CLI provided passwords to text initially, to \ 
prevent unsafe context being lost when converting from bytes->text during \ 
post processing of PlayContext. This prevents CLI provided passwords from being \ 
incorrectly templated (CVE-2019-14856)

- **security issue** - Redact cloud plugin secrets in ansible-test when running \ 
integration tests using cloud plugins. Only present in 2.9.0b1.

- **security issue** - TaskExecutor - Ensure we don't erase unsafe context in \ 
TaskExecutor.run on bytes. Only present in 2.9.0beta1 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62237)

- **security issue** - properly hide parameters marked with ``no_log`` in \ 
suboptions when invalid parameters are passed to the module (CVE-2019-14858)
- Add missing directory provided via ``--playbook-dir`` to adjacent collection \ 
loading
- Add no_log to credentials field to avoid disclosures, also switch type to \ 
jsonarg to avoid having users responsible for transformations.
- Add nxos_telemetry replaced state (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62368).
- Allow config options that are type boolean to default to None rather than only \ 
True or False.
- AnsiballZ - Use ``importlib`` to load the module instead of ``imp`` on Python3+
- Ansible.Basic - Fix issue when deserilizing a JSON string that is not a \ 
dictionary - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/55691
- AnsibleDumper - Add a representer for AnsibleUnsafeBytes \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62562).
- Be sure to use the active state when checking for any_errors_fatal
- CLI - the `ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK_DIR` envvar or `playbook_dir` config can now \ 
substitute for the --playbook-dir arg on CLIs that support it \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59464)
- Change enable to enabled for junos_interfaces and junos_lldp_interfaces module \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62319)
- Check action plugin names for network (eos, ios, iosxr, junos, netconf, nxos) \ 
modules properly load with collections.
- Clarify roles path target behaviour for ansible-galaxy
- Correctly handle delegate_to hostnames in loops \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59650)
- Do not re-use remote_user from previous loop iteration \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58876)
- Ensure connection with remote host is created before invoking \ 
execute_command() from module side \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61596)
- Fix --diff to produce output when creating a new file \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57618)
- Fix PSLint errors regarding global vars (PSAvoidGlobalVars)
- Fix SSL protocol references in the ``mqtt`` module to prevent failures on \ 
Python 2.6.
- Fix delete to pass the right \ 
parameters(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62525)
- Fix doc for proxy_username and proxy_password in yum_repository.py \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59068).
- Fix firewalld source option handling to be exclusive \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55683)
- Fix for junos cli_config replace option \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62131).
- Fix foreman inventory plugin when inventory caching is disabled
- Fix https://github.com/ansible/galaxy-dev/issues/96 Add support for \ 
automation-hub authentication to ansible-galaxy
- Fix ios_lldp_global enable to \ 
enabled(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62420)
- Fix issue where the collection loader tracebacks if ``collections_paths = ./`` \ 
is set in the config
- Fix loading network facts modules for smart gathering \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59856).
- Fix media type of RESTCONF requests.
- Fix negated all,min for network_facts and remove choices \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61362).
- Fix nxos_bfd_global cmd order and tests \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61943).
- Fix nxos_l3_interfaces module deleting mgmt IP \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62545).
- Fix privilege escalation support for the docker connection plugin when \ 
credentials need to be supplied (e.g. sudo with password).
- Fix regression warning on jinja2 delimiters in when statements \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56830)
- Fix regression when including a role with a custom filter \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57351)
- Fix regular expression to support parsing more than 10 network interfaces in \ 
RouterOS output (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62346)
- Fix strategy functions that update inventory and back 'add_host' and \ 
'group_by' actions.
- Fix support for Specialized images in Azure Shared Image Gallery
- Fix the issue that disk is not activated after its creation \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57412)
- Fix the upstream rpm spec file.  The ansible-test package requirement on the \ 
main ansible package was formatted incorrectly.
- Fix traceback error in IOS and IOSXR when ran with empty config \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62400)
- Fix traceback session uid error(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62523)
- Fix traceback with empty config error \ 
msg(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62538)
- Fixed a traceback in the ``git`` module when using an absolute path for the \ 
``repo`` parameter.
- Fixed ce_bgp,first the pattern to be searched is need to change, otherwise \ 
there is no data to be found.then after running a task with this module,it will \ 
not show 'changed' correctly.
- Fixed ce_bgp_af,'changed' of module run result is not showed, however the \ 
module runs correctly,and updates commands if result is not correct.
- Fixed ce_bgp_neighbor, find specify bgp as information, as number is necessary \ 
and so on.
- Fixed ce_bgp_neighbor_af,update commands should be showed correctly, and xml \ 
for filter and edit are also re-factor as the software version upgrade and \ 
update.
- Fixed intermittent "JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, not \ 
list" error with EOS over httpapi
- Fixed loading namespaced documentation fragments from collections.
- Fixed role's hash_params behavior to not union \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/20596).
- Fixed some PSlint warnings
- For package_facts, correct information about apt being missing and fix missing \ 
attribute.
- Gather facts should use gather_subset config by default.
- Handle IndexError while parsing empty limit file \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59695).
- Handle improper variable substitution that was happening in safe_eval, it was \ 
always meant to just do 'type enforcement' and have Jinja2 deal with all \ 
variable interpolation. Also see CVE-2019-10156
- Inventory sources now respect setting ``hash_behaviour``. Previously each new \ 
inventory source would overwrite existing vars, even when ``hash_behavior`` was \ 
set to ``merge``.
- Make EOS / FRR / IOS / IOSXR bgp modules collection safe
- Make max_connections parameter work again in vmware_guest module \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/58061).
- Module tracebacks are now recognized on stdout and stderr, intead of just on \ 
stderr.
- Only warn for bare variables if they are not type boolean \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/53428)
- Pipelining now works with the buildah plugin.
- Redfish - Instead of building the Power URI from assumptions about URI \ 
structure, assemble from @odata.id information in the Chassis resource \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56137).
- Remove case sensitivity on interface names from eos_interfaces, \ 
eos_l2_interfaces, eos_l3_interfaces, eos_lacp_interfaces, eos_lag_interfaces, \ 
and eos_lldp_interfaces.
- Remove lingering ansible vault cipher (AES) after it was removed in
- Remove unused import from iosxr l3_interfaces facts library.
- Removed unused FactArgs imports from eos / ios / iosxr / junos / vyos facts modules
- Return commands key instead of xml in result for junos resource module \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61773)
- SECURITY Fixed the python interpreter detection, added in 2.8.0alpha1, to \ 
properly mark the returned data as untemplatable. This prevents a malicious \ 
managed machine from running code on the controller via templating.
- Stabilize nxos initiated copy for nxos_file_copy plugin \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62355).
- TaskExecutor - Create new instance of the action plugin on each iteration when \ 
using until (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57886)
- TaskQueueManager - Ensure ``has_dead_workers`` can function, by using the \ 
correct reference, and only allow an exit code of 0. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/29124)
- The ansible-galaxy publish command was using an incorrect URL for v3 servers. \ 
The configuration for v3 servers includes part of the path fragment that was \ 
added in the new test.
- To fix ios_l3_interfaces resource module round trip \ 
failure(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61642)
- To rename CheckPoint to Check_Point due to CP legal reasons. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61172).
- Unit tests for cp_cp_mgmt_discard
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_access_layer
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_access_layer_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_access_role
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_access_role_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_access_rule
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_access_rule_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_address_range
- Unit tests for \ 
cp_mgmt_address_range_facts(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62338)
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_administrator
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_administrator_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_application_group
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_application_group_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_application_site
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_application_site_category
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_application_site_category_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_application_site_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_assign_global_assignment
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_dns_domain
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_dns_domain_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_dynamic_object
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_dynamic_object_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_exception_group
- Unit tests for \ 
cp_mgmt_exception_group_facts(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62216)
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_global_assignment
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_global_assignment
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_global_assignment_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_global_assignment_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_group
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_group
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_group_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_group_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_group_with_exclusion
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_group_with_exclusion
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_group_with_exclusion_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_group_with_exclusion_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_host
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_host
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_host_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_host_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_install_policy
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_multicast_address_range
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_multicast_address_range_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_multicast_address_range_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_network
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_package
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_package
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_package_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_package_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_publish
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_put_file
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_run_ips_update
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_run_script(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62322)
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_security_zone
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_security_zone
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_security_zone_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_security_zone_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_dce_rpc
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_dce_rpc
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_dce_rpc_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_dce_rpc_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_group
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_group
- Unit tests for \ 
cp_mgmt_service_group_facts(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62213)
- Unit tests for \ 
cp_mgmt_service_group_facts(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62214)
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_icmp
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_icmp6
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_icmp6_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_icmp_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_other
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_other_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_rpc
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_rpc_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_sctp
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_sctp_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_tcp
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_tcp_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_udp
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_service_udp_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_simple_gateway
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_simple_gateway_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_tag
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_tag_facts(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62215)
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_threat_exception
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_threat_exception_facts
- Unit tests for \ 
cp_mgmt_threat_protection_override(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62328)
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_threat_rule
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_threat_rule_facts
- Unit tests for cp_mgmt_verfiy_policy
- Unit tests for the case with more than 10 network interfaces
- Use async poll default setting for play tasks also, previously in only \ 
affected adhoc ansible.
- Use templated loop_var/index_var when looping include_* \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58820)
- _purefa_facts - Fix missing API version check when calling I(admins) or I(all) \ 
as the subset
- acme_certificate - Only return challenges in ``challenge_data`` and \ 
``challenge_data_dns`` which are not yet valid.
- acme_certificate - improve compatibility when finalizing ACME v2 orders. Fixes \ 
problem with Buypass' ACME v2 testing endpoint.
- acme_certificate - use ``ipaddress`` module bundled with Ansible for \ 
normalizations needed for OpenSSL backend.
- add options type info for Redfish modules \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54688)
- adhoc CLI - when playbook-dir is specified and inside a collection, use \ 
default collection logic to resolve modules/actions
- allow external collections to be created in the 'ansible' collection namespace \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59988)
- allow include_role to work with ansible command
- allow loading inventory plugins adjacent to playbooks
- allow python_requirements_facts to report on dependencies containing dashes
- ansible-connection persists even after playbook run is completed \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61591)
- ansible-doc now properly handles removed modules/plugins
- ansible-galaxy -  Stop appendding '/api' to configured galaxy urls. Special \ 
case migrated configs.
- ansible-galaxy - Default collection install path to first path in \ 
COLLECTIONS_PATHS (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62870)
- ansible-galaxy - Ensure we preserve the new URL when appending ``/api`` for \ 
the case where the GET succeeds on galaxy.ansible.com
- ansible-galaxy - Fix url building to not truncate the URL \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61624)
- ansible-galaxy - Handle the different task resource urls in API responses from \ 
publishing collection artifacts to galaxy servers using v2 and v3 APIs.
- ansible-galaxy cli - fixed ``--version`` argument
- ansible-galaxy role - Fix issue where ``--server`` was not being used for \ 
certain ``ansible-galaxy role`` actions - \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61609
- ansible-inventory - Properly hide arguments that should not be shown \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61604)
- ansible-inventory - Restore functionality to allow ``--graph`` to be limited \ 
by a host pattern
- ansible-podman connection plugin - Fix case when mount of podman container \ 
fails and files can't be copied to/from container. Also add error handling in \ 
case of failed podman commands. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57740)
- ansible-test coverage - Fix the ``--all`` argument when generating coverage \ 
reports - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62096
- ansible-test import sanity test now consistently reports errors against the \ 
file being tested.
- ansible-test import sanity test now consistently reports warnings as errors.
- ansible-test import sanity test now properly handles relative imports.
- ansible-test import sanity test now properly invokes Ansible modules as scripts.
- ansible-test now correctly enumerates submodules when a collection resides \ 
below the repository root
- ansible-test now correctly excludes the test results temporary directory when \ 
copying files from the remote test system to the local system
- ansible-test now correctly installs the requirements specified by the \ 
collection's unit and integration tests instead of the requirements specified \ 
for Ansible's own unit and integration tests
- ansible-test now creates its integration test temporary directory within the \ 
collection so ansible-playbook can properly detect the default collection
- ansible-test now creates output directories as needed for powershell coverage \ 
output before generating reports
- ansible-test now loads the collection loader plugin early enough for \ 
ansible_collections imports to work in unit test conftest.py modules
- ansible-test now properly activates the vcenter plugin for vcenter tests when \ 
docker is available
- ansible-test now properly activates virtual environments created using the \ 
--venv option
- ansible-test now properly creates a virtual environment using ``venv`` when \ 
running in a ``virtualenv`` created virtual environment
- ansible-test now properly excludes the ``tests/output/`` directory from code \ 
coverage
- ansible-test now properly handles creation of Python execv wrappers when the \ 
selected interpreter is a script
- ansible-test now properly handles warnings for removed modules/plugins
- ansible-test now properly ignores the ``tests/output//`` directory when not \ 
using git
- ansible-test now properly installs requirements for multiple Python versions \ 
when running sanity tests
- ansible-test now properly registers its own code in a virtual environment when \ 
running from an install
- ansible-test now properly searches for ``pythonX.Y`` instead of ``python`` \ 
when looking for the real python that created a ``virtualenv``
- ansible-test now properly sets PYTHONPATH for tests when running from an \ 
Ansible installation
- ansible-test now properly sets ``ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK_DIR`` for integration tests \ 
so unqualified collection references work for adhoc ``ansible`` usage
- ansible-test now shows sanity test doc links when installed (previously the \ 
links were only visible when running from source)
- ansible-test now updates SSH keys it generates with newer versions of \ 
ssh-keygen to function with Paramiko
- ansible-vault - fix error when multiple vault password files are specified \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57172)
- ansible.basics - fix core C# recursive call when logging fails (e.g. if \ 
insufficient permissions are held) \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59503)
- apt - Fixed the issue the cache being updated while auto-installing its \ 
dependencies even when ``update_cache`` is set to false.
- apt - fixed issue where allow_unauthenticated did not apply to dependencies \ 
when installing a deb directly
- apt - strip whitespaces in package names \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55741)
- apt_facts - fix performance regression when getting facts about apt packages \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/60450)
- apt_repository - Fix crash caused by ``cache.update()`` raising an ``IOError`` \ 
due to a timeout in ``apt update`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/51995)
- async - Fix async callback plugins to allow async output to be displayed when \ 
running command/shell (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/15988)
- avoid choosing an unreadable ansible.cfg just because it exists.
- aws_ec2 inventory plugin - fixed race condition when trying to fetch IAM \ 
instance profile (role) credentials \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59638)
- aws_kms - Update key policy when key already exists
- aws_kms - Use ARN rather than ID so that cross-account changes function
- aws_kms - fix exception when only Key ID is passed
- aws_kms module ensure tag keys have their case preserved by avoiding a second \ 
unnecessary format conversion
- aws_s3 - Improve usability when the execution host lacks MD5 support (e.g. due \ 
to FIPS-140-2).
- aws_s3 - Try to wait for the bucket to exist before setting the access control \ 
list.
- aws_ses_identity module works when region is provided using config or \ 
environment variables rather than the region parameter \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/51531)
- azure - fix for specialized images in vmss
- azure_rm_dnsrecordset_info - no longer returns empty ``azure_dnsrecordset`` \ 
facts when called as ``_info`` module.
- azure_rm_networkinterface_info - Fix up instances when ``ansible_facts`` is \ 
returned for the older ``_facts`` alias.
- azure_rm_resourcegroup_info - no longer returns ``azure_resourcegroups`` facts \ 
when called as ``_info`` module.
- azure_rm_securitygroup_info - Fix up instances when ``ansible_facts`` is \ 
returned for the older ``_facts`` alias.
- azure_rm_storageaccount_info - no longer returns empty \ 
``azure_storageaccounts`` facts when called as ``_info`` module.
- azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_info - no longer returns empty ``azure_vmimages`` \ 
facts when called as ``_info`` module.
- azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset_info - fix wrongly empty result, or \ 
``ansible_facts`` result, when called as ``_info`` module.
- azure_rm_virtualnetwork_info - no longer returns empty \ 
``azure_virtualnetworks`` facts when called as ``_info`` module.
- become - Provide nice error when the shell plugin is incompatible with the \ 
configured become plugin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57770)
- ce_acl_interface - Strict regularity can't find anything.
- ce_dldp - tag named data of a xpath is unnecessary for old software version to \ 
find a element from xml tree, but element can not be found with 'data' tag for \ 
new version, so remove.
- ce_dldp_interface - tag named data of a xpath is unnecessary for old software \ 
version to find a element from xml tree, but element can not be found with \ 
'data' tag for new version, so remove.
- ce_interface - It is not a good way to find data from a xml tree by regular. \ 
lin379 line405.
- ce_interface - line 750,779 Some attributes of interfaces are missing, \ 
'ifAdminStatus', 'ifDescr', 'isL2SwitchPort'.So add them when get interface \ 
status.
- ce_ospf - update to fix some bugs - Contrast before and after adding \ 
configuration. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61684)
- ce_snmp_location - fixed an out of array index error.
- ce_snmp_target_host - None has no 'lower()' attribute.
- ce_snmp_target_host - update to fix some bugs - Contrast before and after \ 
adding configuration. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61842)
- ce_snmp_traps - update to fix some bugs - Contrast before and after adding \ 
configuration. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61843)
- ce_static_route - update to fix some bugs - Add some update statements. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62498)
- ce_stp - update to fix some bugs - Modify the configured query statement and \ 
replace get_config with exec_command. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61774)
- ce_vxlan_arp - override 'get_config' to show specific configuration.
- ce_vxlan_arp - update to fix some bugs - Modifying regular expressions. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61995)
- ce_vxlan_gateway - override 'get_config' to show specific configuration.
- ce_vxlan_global - Network_cli and netconf should be not mixed together, \ 
otherwise something bad will happen. Function get_nc_config uses netconf and \ 
load_config uses network_cli.
- ce_vxlan_global - line 242 , bd_info is a string array,and it should be \ 
'extend' operation.
- ce_vxlan_global - line 423, 'if' and 'else' should set a different value. if \ 
'exist', that value is 'enable'.
- ce_vxlan_global - line 477. To get state of result, if it is changed or not.
- ce_vxlan_tunnel - Network_cli and netconf should be not mixed together, \ 
otherwise something bad will happen. Function get_nc_config uses netconf and \ 
load_config uses network_cli.
- ce_vxlan_vap - tag named data of a xpath is unnecessary for old software \ 
version to find a element from xml tree, but element can not be found with \ 
'data' tag for new version, so remove.
- ce_vxlan_vap - update to fix some bugs - Modify the Operator Difference \ 
between Python 2 and Python 3. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61996)
- cgroup_perf_recap - When not using file_per_task, make sure we don't \ 
prematurely close the perf files
- clarify error messages for 'auto' and missing libs, add missing lib msg for rpm.
- cloudformation_info - Fix a KeyError returning information about the stack(s).
- collection loader - ensure Jinja function cache is fully-populated before lookup
- collection loader - fixed relative imports on Python 2.7, ensure pluginloader \ 
caches use full name to prevent names from being clobbered \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/60317)
- combine filter - Validate that undefined variables aren't used \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55810).
- config - encoding failures on config values should be non-fatal \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63310)
- constructed - Add a warning for the change in behavior in the sanitization of \ 
the groups option.
- consul_session - ``sessions`` returned value is a list even though no sessions \ 
were found
- consul_session - don't ignore ``validate_certs`` parameter
- consul_session: don't ignore ``scheme`` parameter
- cowsay - Fix issue with an empty cow_whitelist \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/45631)
- cron and cronvar - use get_bin_path utility to locate the default crontab \ 
executable instead of the hardcoded /usr/bin/crontab. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59765)
- cron cronvar - only run ``get_bin_path()`` once
- cronvar - use correct binary name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63274)
- crypto modules - improve error messages when required Python library is missing.
- cyberarkpassword - fix result decoding issues with Python 3 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/52625)
- digital_ocean_droplet - Fix creation of DigitalOcean droplets using \ 
digital_ocean_droplet module (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61655)
- display - remove leading space when displaying WARNING messages
- display underlying error when reporting an invalid ``tasks:`` block.
- dnf - fix formatting of module name in error message \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/58647)
- dnf - fix wildcard matching for state: absent \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55938)
- dnsmadeeasy - force the date to be rendered with C (POSIX system default) \ 
locale as English short date names are required by API
- docker connection plugin - accept version ``dev`` as 'newest version' and \ 
print warning.
- docker_* modules - behave better when requests errors are not caught by docker-py.
- docker_* modules - improve error message when docker-py is missing / has wrong \ 
version.
- docker_* modules - improve robustness when not handled Docker errors occur.
- docker_compose - fix issue where docker deprecation warning results in ansible \ 
erroneously reporting a failure
- docker_container - Add support for image lookups by digest. Fixes the \ 
detection of digest changes.
- docker_container - ``oom_killer`` and ``oom_score_adj`` options are available \ 
since docker-py 1.8.0, not 2.0.0 as assumed by the version check.
- docker_container - add support for ``nocopy`` mode for volumes.
- docker_container - correct variable used in warning message about default IP
- docker_container - fix idempotency of ``log_options`` when non-string values \ 
are used. Also warn user that this is the case.
- docker_container - fix network creation when ``networks_cli_compatible`` is \ 
enabled.
- docker_container - fix port bindings with IPv6 addresses.
- docker_container - improve error behavior when parsing port ranges fails.
- docker_container - switch to ``Config`` data source for images (API>=1.21).
- docker_container - use docker API's ``restart`` instead of ``stop``/``start`` \ 
to restart a container.
- docker_host_info - ``network_filters`` needs docker-py 2.0.2, ``disk_usage`` \ 
needs docker-py 2.2.0.
- docker_image - Add support for image lookups by digest. Fixes the detection of \ 
digest changes.
- docker_image - if ``build`` was not specified, the wrong default for \ 
``build.rm`` is used.
- docker_image - if ``nocache`` set to ``yes`` but not ``build.nocache``, the \ 
module failed.
- docker_image - module failed when ``source: build`` was set but ``build.path`` \ 
options not specified.
- docker_image - validate ``tag`` option value.
- docker_image_info - Add support for image lookups by digest. Fixes the \ 
detection of digest changes.
- docker_login - correct broken fix for \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/60381 which crashes for Python 3.
- docker_login - report change on successful logout \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59232)
- docker_network module - fix idempotency when using ``aux_addresses`` in \ 
``ipam_config``.
- docker_swarm_service - Change the type of options ``gid`` and ``uid`` on \ 
``secrets`` and ``configs`` to ``str``.
- docker_swarm_service - allow the same port to be published both with TCP and UDP.
- docker_swarm_service - fix resource lookup if mounts.source="".
- docker_swarm_service_info - work around problems with older docker-py versions \ 
such as 2.0.2.
- documented ``ignore`` option for ``TRANSFORM_INVALID_GROUP_CHARS``
- dzdo did not work with password authentication
- ec2_group - Don't truncate the host bits off of IPv6 CIDRs. CIDRs will be \ 
passed thru to EC2 as-is provided they are valid IPv6 representations.  \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/53297)
- ec2_group - Fix traceback sorting dictionaries using Python 3 and ensure rules \ 
shown by diff mode are in a consistent order.
- ec2_instance - Ensures ``ebs.volume_size`` and ``ebs.iops`` are ``int`` to \ 
avoid issues with Jinja2 templating
- ec2_instance - make Name tag idempotent \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/55224)
- ec2_launch_template - Only 'volume' and 'instance' are valid resource types \ 
for tag specifications.
- ecs_certificate - Always specify header ``connection: keep-alive`` for ECS API \ 
connections.
- ecs_certificate - Fix formatting of contents of ``full_chain_path``.
- ensure all cases of a None remote/become user are covered.
- ensure module results and facts are marked untrusted as templates for safer \ 
use within the same task
- ensure run_command passes bytes to Popen, which is what it expects.
- fact_cache - Define the first_order_merge method for the legacy \ 
FactCache.update(key, value).
- facts - change to use boot_time on a solaris OS to report correct uptime \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/53635)
- facts - handle situation where ``ansible_architecture`` may not be defined \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55400)
- facts - properly detect is_chroot on XFS for non-root users \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56437)
- file - Fix setting relative paths for hard links \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55971)
- file - fix setting attributes for symlinked file \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56928)
- file - return more useful error message for recursion error \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56397)
- find - clarify description of ``contains`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61983)
- firewalld - enable the firewalld module to function offline with firewalld \ 
version 0.7.0 and newer (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63254)
- first_found - Un-deprecate ``skip``, as the alternative of ``errors`` does not \ 
work with ``with_first_found`` and only use of ``lookup`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58942)
- fix if equals error code command is not \ 
found(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62529)
- fix incorrect uses of to_native that should be to_text instead.
- fixed collection-based plugin loading in ansible-connection (eg networking plugins)
- gather_facts - Clean up tmp files upon completion \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57248)
- gather_facts - Prevent gather_facts from being verbose, just like is done in \ 
the normal action plugin for setup \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58310)
- gather_facts now correctly passes back the full output of modules on error and \ 
skipped, fixes
- gcp_compute - Speed up dynamic invetory up to 30x.
- get_url - Don't treat no checksum as a checksum match \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61978)
- gitlab modules - Update version deprecations to use strings instead of \ 
integers so that ``2.10`` isn't converted to ``2.1``. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/55395)
- gitlab_runner - Fix idempotency when creating runner \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57759)
- group - The group module errored of if the gid exists with the same group \ 
name. This prevents reruns of the playbook. This fixes a regression introduced \ 
by 4898b0a.
- group - properly detect duplicate GIDs when local=yes \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56481)
- handlers - Cache templated handler name on included handlers to avoid later \ 
templating errors (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58769)
- handlers - Only notify a handler if the handler is an exact match by ensuring \ 
`listen` is a list of strings. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55575)
- hcloud_volume - Fix idempotency when attaching a server to a volume.
- hostname - Readded support for Cumulus Linux which broke in v2.8.0 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57493)
- hostname - fix regression with Oracle Linux \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42726)
- hostname - make module work on CoreOS, Oracle Linux, Clear Linux, OpenSUSE \ 
Leap, ArchARM (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/42726)
- iam_password_policy - Fix AWS/boto3 errors when setting no password expiration
- iam_password_policy no longer throws errors when you don't set pw_reuse_prevent
- iam_password_policy now only returns changed when the policy changes
- ibm_storage - Added a check for null fields in ibm_storage utils module.
- include_tasks - whitelist ``listen`` as a valid keyword \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56580)
- includes - Ensure to use the correct filename when AnsibleFileNotFound is \ 
encountered (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58436)
- iosxr - Fix random idempotence issues with iosxr_lag_interfaces Resource \ 
Module (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62998).
- iosxr - support cases where a normal commit operation also throws a prompt \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62132)
- iosxr_l3_interfaces - Fixes IOSXR L3 which was having idempotent issue raised \ 
in issue 61844, also adding a RTT for iosxr_l3_interfaces resource module
- ipaddr: prevent integer indices from being parsed as ip nets
- java_keystore - Use SHA256 to check the fingerprints' certs. The module is \ 
compatible with java<=8 (SHA1 by default) and Java>=9 (SHA256 by default) \ 
now.
- junos_config - Add commands alias to lines option to be in sync with other \ 
platforms (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62221)
- junos_config - allow validate config before committing to running \ 
configuration (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61969)
- junos_user - Add no_log=True to junos_user `encrypted_password` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62184)
- k8s - ensure k8s returns result of a resource update as it is at the end of \ 
the wait period
- k8s - ensure that apply works with check mode. Bumps minimum openshift version \ 
for apply to 0.9.2.
- k8s - ensure wait_condition works when Status is Unknown
- k8s - resource updates applied with force work correctly now
- k8s module - fix for case when resource definition yaml ended with 3 dashes
- keep results subset also when not no_log.
- kubevirt: apply wait_sleep fix from devel to not fail on missing param
- lineinfile - fix a race / file descriptor leak when writing the file \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57327)
- lvg - Fixed warning shown when using default value for pesize about conversion \ 
from int to str.
- machinectl become plugin - correct bugs which induced errors on plugin usage
- make command module more resilient unicode errors. Also to fs errors.
- meraki_config_template - Don't query all networks unless needed.
- meraki_ssid - Improved documentation about parameter dependencies.
- meraki_ssid - Provides more accurate change results for some operations.
- meraki_static_route - Module would make unnecessary API calls to Meraki when \ 
``net_id`` is specified in task.
- meraki_static_route - Module would make unnecessary API calls to Meraki when \ 
``net_id`` is specified in task.
- meraki_switchport - improve reliability with native VLAN functionality.
- meraki_syslog - Module would ignore net_id parameter if passed.
- meraki_vlan - Module would make unnecessary API calls to Meraki when net_id is \ 
specified in task.
- module_defaults - Added aws_codebuild, aws_codecommit, aws_codepipeline, \ 
aws_secret, aws_ses_rule_set, cloudformation_stack_set, dms_endpoint, \ 
dms_replication_subnet_group, ec2_transit_gateway, ec2_transit_gateway_info, \ 
ecs_taskdefinition_facts, elb_target_info, iam_password_policy, \ 
redshift_cross_region_snapshots, s3_bucket_notification to the aws \ 
module_defaults group.
- module_utils - remove unused objects from dict_transformations, removed, and \ 
sys_info modules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59570)
- mysql - Fix ``mysql_connect`` function's logic related to the ``cursor_class`` \ 
keyword argument (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61832).
- mysql_user: fix regression introduced when fixing MariaDB/MySQL multiple \ 
versions handling
- nagios - Removed redundant type check which caused crashes. Guardrails added \ 
elsewhere in earlier change.
- nagios module - Fix nagios module to recognize if ``cmdfile`` exists and is \ 
fifo pipe.
- netbox - Fix missing implementation of `groups` option \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57688)
- netbox_ip_address - Fixed issue where it would create duplicate IP addresses \ 
when trying to serialize the IP address object which doesn't have the \ 
``.serialize()`` method. This should also prevent future duplicate objects being \ 
created if they don't have the ``.serialize()`` method as well.

- network_cli - ensure connection is established before returning the current prompt
- new code assumed role_versions always were present event though rest of code \ 
does not.
- nmcli - fixed regression caused by commit b7724fd, github issue
- npm - Validate that all passed options have proper types.
- nxos_file_copy call get_capabilities to initiate device connection \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62103).
- nxos_l2_interfaces fix for integration tests failing to setup layer2 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61887).
- nxos_lacp_interfaces fix integration test dependencies \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61947).
- onepassword - fix onepassword lookup plugin failing on fields without a name \ 
or t property (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/58308)
- onepassword_facts - fix onepassword_facts module failing on fields without a \ 
name or t property (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/58308)
- openssh_keypair - The fingerprint return value was incorrectly returning a \ 
list of ssh-keygen output; it now returns just the fingerprint value as a string
- openssh_keypair - add public key and key comment validation on change
- openssh_keypair - make regeneration of valid keypairs with the ``force`` \ 
option possible, add better handling for invalid files
- openssh_keypair - public key's file attributes (permissions, owner, group, \ 
etc.) are now set to the same values as the private key.
- openssl_certificate - When provider is ``entrust``, use a ``connection: \ 
keep-alive`` header for ECS API connections.
- openssl_certificate - ``invalid_at`` check was broken.
- openssl_certificate - ``key_usage`` check was broken for ``pyopenssl`` \ 
backend. Its error message was wrong for the ``cryptography`` backend.
- openssl_certificate - fix Subject Alternate Name comparison, which was broken \ 
for IPv6 addresses with PyOpenSSL, or with older cryptography versions (before \ 
2.1).
- openssl_certificate - fix private key passphrase handling for ``cryptography`` \ 
backend.
- openssl_certificate - if both private key and CSR were specified, the \ 
idempotency check for ``selfsigned`` and ``ownca`` providers ignored the CSR.
- openssl_certificate - improve behavior when required files are missing.
- openssl_certificate - relative times did not work for ``pyopenssl`` backend \ 
under Python 3, and generally didn't work for ``valid_at`` and ``invalid_at`` \ 
for ``pyopenssl`` backend.
- openssl_csr - SAN normalization for IP addresses for the pyOpenSSL backend was \ 
broken.
- openssl_csr - the cryptography backend's idempotency checking for basic \ 
constraints was broken.
- openssl_csr, openssl_csr_info - use ``ipaddress`` module bundled with Ansible \ 
for normalizations needed for pyOpenSSL backend.
- openssl_pkcs12 - fixes crash when private key has a passphrase and the module \ 
is run a second time.
- openssl_privatekey - ``secp256r1`` got accidentally forgotten in the curve list.
- os_port - handle binding:vnic_type as optional \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55524, \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55525)
- os_quota - fix failure to set compute or network quota when volume service is \ 
not available
- os_subnet - it is valid to specify an explicit ``subnetpool_id`` rather than \ 
``use_default_subnetpool`` or ``cidr``

- ovirt_vm - fix for module failure on creation \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59385)
- pass correct loading context to persistent connections
- pass correct loading context to persistent connections other than local
- pip - Remove the unused and undocumented option ``use_mirrors``.
- pip - Validate that all items in the ``name`` option are strings.
- pkg_mgr - Ansible 2.8.0 failing to install yum packages on Amazon Linux \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56583)
- plugin loader - Restore adding plugin loader playbook dir to ``Playbook`` in \ 
addition to ``PlaybookCLI`` to solve sub directory playbook relative plugins to \ 
be located (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59548)
- podman_image - handle new output format for image build
- podman_image_facts - do not fail if invalid or non-existant image name is \ 
provided (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57899)
- postgresql modules - use ``module_utils.postgres.exec_sql`` function instead \ 
of ``__exec_sql`` method (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57674)
- postgresql_idx - remove ``__exec_sql`` method and use \ 
``module_utils.postgres.exec_sql`` instead \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57684)
- postgresql_pg_hba - After splitting fields, merge authentication options back \ 
into a single field to prevent losing options beyond the first \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57505)
- postgresql_pg_hba - Fix TypeError after which pg_hba.conf is wiped \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56430)
- postgresql_privs - Fix incorrect views handling \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/27327).
- postgresql_slot - fixed sslrootcert mapping to psycopg2 connection string
- postgresql_table - fix schema handling \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57391)
- preserve actual ssh error when we cannot connect.
- proxmox_kvm - fixed issue when vm has not yet a name item \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58194)
- psexec - Fix issue where the Kerberos package was not detected as being available.
- psexec - Fix issue where the ``interactive`` option was not being passed down \ 
to the library.
- psrp - Fix blank newlines appearing before ``stdout`` when using ``script`` or \ 
``raw`` with the ``psrp`` connection plugin
- psrp - Fix issues when fetching large files causing a memory leak - \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55239
- psrp - Fix issues with propagating errors back to Ansible with ``raw`` tasks
- purefa_info - Fix missing API version check when calling I(admins) or I(all) \ 
as the subset
- rabbitmq lookup plugin - Fix for rabbitmq lookups failing when using pika \ 
v1.0.0 and newer.
- rabbitmq_policy - Add full check for rabbit policy changes \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/29264)
- rabbitmq_publish - Fix to ensure the module works correctly for pika v1.0.0 \ 
and later. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/61960)
- rabbitmq_user - Handle non-zero rabbitmqctl exit codes \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56164)
- rds_instance - Don't hardcode the license models because there are accepted \ 
values undocumented by AWS. Rely on the exception handling instead to provide a \ 
helpful error for invalid license models.
- rds_instance no longer fails when passing neither storage_type nor iops
- re allow empty plays for now, but add deprecation msg.
- re-fix CLI help for module path, previous fix which was lost in parser switch
- redfish_command - add If-Match etag header to Redfish PATCH requests \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56050)
- redfish_command - make power commands idempotent \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55869)
- redfish_facts - add MACAddress to properties fetched by Redfish \ 
GetNicInventory command
- redhat_subscription - made code compatible with Python3 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/58665)
- refactored into function and use in some action plugins to match actual module \ 
used, made precedence very clear in code.
- regex tests - Fail with undefined error if the value is undefined \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/12186)
- remove all temporary directories created by ansible-config \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56488)
- remove obsolete become mixin
- removed chdir from action plugins when using local connection, moved into \ 
plugin itself to avoid future issues with threads.
- removed_module - remove extra spaces from msg and docstring \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57209)
- resolves CVE-2019-10206, by avoiding templating passwords from prompt as it is \ 
probable they have special characters.
- route53_facts - the module did not advertise check mode support, causing it \ 
not to be run in check mode.
- setup (Windows) - prevent setup module failure if Get-MachineSid fails \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47813)
- setup.ps1 - Support non NETBIOS compliant hostnames \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54550)
- several minor fixes to ansible logging, allow deterministic log name, better \ 
level matching, leaner setup.
- show host_vars in ansible-inventory's --graph option.
- ssh connection plugin - Ensure that debug messages are properly encoded as text
- sts_assume_role - fix assertion text in integration test
- suppress "default will change" warnings for \ 
``TRANSFORM_INVALID_GROUP_CHARS`` setting when non-default option value is \ 
chosen
- sysctl - check system values, not just sysctl.conf file, when determining \ 
state (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56153#issuecomment-514384922)
- sysctl - fix err referenced before assignment \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58158)
- sysctl: the module now also checks the output of STDERR to report if values \ 
are correctly set (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/55695)
- systemd - wait for a service which is in deactivating state when using \ 
``state=stopped`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/59471)
- template lookup - restore variables between calls \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55113)
- this fix result in no more traceback on empty config when state is 'merged', \ 
'replaced' or 'overridden'. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62518).
- tower inventory plugin - fix TypeError when giving inventory_id as integer \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61333)
- tower_job_wait - Fixed wrong variable specification in examples
- tower_user - Fix to create user as a system auditor when specifying the \ 
`auditor` option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54446)
- ufw - correctly check status when logging is off \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56674)
- uri - Handle multiple Content-Type headers correctly \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/31238)
- uri - always return a value for status even during failure \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55897)
- urls - Handle redirects properly for IPv6 address by not splitting on ``:`` \ 
and rely on already parsed hostname and port values \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56258)
- use versioned link generator to link correct version for seealso
- user - allow 13 asterisk characters in password field without warning
- user - create parent directories when the specified home path has parent \ 
directories that do not exist (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41393)
- user - do not warn when using ``local: yes`` if user already exists \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58063)
- user - omit incompatible options when operating in local mode \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/48722)
- user - properly parse the shadow file on AIX \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54461)
- user - update docs to reflect proper way to remove account from all groups
- vault - Fix traceback using Python2 if a vault contains non-ascii characters \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58351).
- vfat - changed default value of selinux_special_filesystems to include vfat, \ 
the filesystem of ``/boot/efi`` on UEFI systems
- vmware - Ensure we can use the modules with Python < 2.7.9 or RHEL/CentOS \ 
< 7.4, this as soon as ``validate_certs`` is disabled.
- vmware - The VMware modules now enable the SSL certificate check unless \ 
``validate_certs`` is ``false``.
- vmware_guest accepts 0 MB of memory reservation, fix regression introduced via \ 
193f69064fb40a83e3e7d2112ef24868b45233b3 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59190).
- vmware_vcenter_statistics - Fix some corner cases like increasing some \ 
interval and decreasing another at the same time.
- vultr_server - Fix idempotency for options ``ipv6_enabled`` and \ 
``private_network_enabled``.
- warn user when attempting to use service with globs in systemd module.
- we don't really need to template vars on definition as we do this on demand in \ 
templating.
- win_acl - Change special id ref recognition to avoid language diff \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56757)
- win_acl - Fix qualifier parser when using UNC paths - \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55875
- win_become - Do not dispose of one of the logon tokens until after the process \ 
has run
- win_chocolatey - Better support detecting multiple packages installed at \ 
different versions on newer Chocolatey releases
- win_chocolatey - Install the specific Chocolatey version if the ``version`` \ 
option is set.
- win_domain - Fix checking for a domain introduced in a recent patch
- win_domain_controller - Do not fail the play without the user being able to \ 
catch dcpromo failing because of a pending reboot within a playbook using \ 
ignore_error or retry logic.
- win_domain_group_membership - Fix missing @extra_vars on Get-ADObject to \ 
support different domain and credentials for retrieval \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57404)
- win_domain_user - Do not hide error and stacktrace on failures
- win_dsc - Be more lenient around the accepted DateTime values for backwards \ 
compatibility - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59667
- win_exec_wrapper - Be more defensive when it comes to getting unhandled exceptions
- win_firewall_rule - Fix program var not expanding %SystemRoot% type vars \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/44450)
- win_get_url - Fix handling of restricted headers as per \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57880)
- win_get_url - Fix proxy_url not used correctly \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58691)
- win_hostname - Fix non netbios compliant name handling \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55283)
- win_iis_virtualdirectory - Support recursive removal \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/49755)
- win_iis_website - site_id not used if no sites exist already and creating a \ 
new site (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47057)
- win_pagefile - Fix idempotency when same settings as current \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57836)
- win_pagefile - not using testPath
- win_psmodule - Missing SkipPublisherCheck in Prerq installations
- win_reboot - pass return value for ``test_command`` result when using the \ 
``psrp`` connection plugin
- win_reg_stat - fix issue when trying to check keys in ``HKU:\`` - \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59337
- win_region - Fix the check for ``format`` when running on the ``psrp`` \ 
connection plugin
- win_scheduled_task - Fix start/end bountry triggers to allow for timezone sync \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/49327)
- win_shell - Fix bug when setting ``args.executable`` to an executable with a space
- win_user - Get proper error code when failing to validate the user's credentials
- winrm - Fix issue when attempting to parse CLIXML on send input failure
- xenserver_guest - fixed an issue where VM whould be powered off even though \ 
check mode is used if reconfiguration requires VM to be powered off.
- xenserver_guest - proper error message is shown when maximum number of network \ 
interfaces is reached and multiple network interfaces are added at once.
- xenserver_guest - when adding disks to a VM in powered on state, disks are now \ 
properly plugged/activated (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/60693).
- yum - Fix false error message about autoremove not being supported \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56458)
- yum - gracefully handle failure case of enabling a non existent repo, as the \ 
yum cli does (Fixes https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/52582)
- yum - handle special "_none_" value for proxy in yum.conf and .repo \ 
files (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56538)
- yum - handle stale/invalid yum.pid lock file \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/57189)

New Plugins
-----------

Cliconf
~~~~~~~

- eric_eccli - Use eccli cliconf to run command on Ericsson ECCLI platform
- icx - Use icx cliconf to run command on Ruckus ICX platform

Httpapi
~~~~~~~

- fortianalyzer - HttpApi Plugin for Fortinet FortiAnalyzer Appliance or VM
- fortios - HttpApi Plugin for Fortinet FortiOS Appliance or VM

Lookup
~~~~~~

- avi - Look up ``Avi`` objects.

New Modules
-----------

Cloud
~~~~~

amazon
^^^^^^

- aws_codebuild - Create or delete an AWS CodeBuild project
- aws_codepipeline - Create or delete AWS CodePipelines
- aws_netapp_cvs_FileSystems - NetApp AWS Cloud Volumes Service Manage FileSystem.
- aws_netapp_cvs_active_directory - NetApp AWS CloudVolumes Service Manage \ 
Active Directory.
- aws_netapp_cvs_pool - NetApp AWS Cloud Volumes Service Manage Pools.
- aws_netapp_cvs_snapshots - NetApp AWS Cloud Volumes Service Manage Snapshots.
- dms_endpoint - creates or destroys a data migration services endpoint
- dms_replication_subnet_group - creates or destroys a data migration services \ 
subnet group
- lambda_info - Gathers AWS Lambda function details
- rds_snapshot - manage Amazon RDS snapshots.
- s3_bucket_notification - Creates, updates or deletes S3 Bucket notification \ 
for lambda

azure
^^^^^

- azure_rm_aks_info - Get Azure Kubernetes Service facts
- azure_rm_aksversion_info - Get available kubernetes versions supported by \ 
Azure Kubernetes Service
- azure_rm_applicationsecuritygroup_info - Get Azure Application Security Group facts
- azure_rm_appserviceplan_info - Get azure app service plan facts
- azure_rm_automationaccount - Manage Azure Automation account
- azure_rm_automationaccount_info - Get Azure automation account facts
- azure_rm_autoscale_info - Get Azure Auto Scale Setting facts
- azure_rm_availabilityset_info - Get Azure Availability Set facts
- azure_rm_azurefirewall - Manage Azure Firewall instance.
- azure_rm_azurefirewall_info - Get AzureFirewall info.
- azure_rm_batchaccount - Manages a Batch Account on Azure.
- azure_rm_cdnendpoint_info - Get Azure CDN endpoint facts
- azure_rm_cdnprofile_info - Get Azure CDN profile facts
- azure_rm_containerinstance_info - Get Azure Container Instance facts
- azure_rm_containerregistry_info - Get Azure Container Registry facts
- azure_rm_cosmosdbaccount_info - Get Azure Cosmos DB Account facts
- azure_rm_deployment_info - Get Azure Deployment facts
- azure_rm_devtestlab_info - Get Azure DevTest Lab facts
- azure_rm_devtestlabarmtemplate_info - Get Azure DevTest Lab ARM Template facts
- azure_rm_devtestlabartifact_info - Get Azure DevTest Lab Artifact facts
- azure_rm_devtestlabartifactsource_info - Get Azure DevTest Lab Artifact Source \ 
facts
- azure_rm_devtestlabcustomimage_info - Get Azure DevTest Lab Custom Image facts
- azure_rm_devtestlabenvironment_info - Get Azure Environment facts
- azure_rm_devtestlabpolicy_info - Get Azure DTL Policy facts
- azure_rm_devtestlabschedule_info - Get Azure Schedule facts
- azure_rm_devtestlabvirtualmachine_info - Get Azure DevTest Lab Virtual Machine \ 
facts
- azure_rm_devtestlabvirtualnetwork_info - Get Azure DevTest Lab Virtual Network \ 
facts
- azure_rm_dnsrecordset_info - Get DNS Record Set facts
- azure_rm_dnszone_info - Get DNS zone facts
- azure_rm_functionapp_info - Get Azure Function App facts
- azure_rm_gallery - Manage Azure Shared Image Gallery instance.
- azure_rm_gallery_info - Get Azure Shared Image Gallery info.
- azure_rm_galleryimage - Manage Azure SIG Image instance.
- azure_rm_galleryimage_info - Get Azure SIG Image info.
- azure_rm_galleryimageversion - Manage Azure SIG Image Version instance.
- azure_rm_galleryimageversion_info - Get Azure SIG Image Version info.
- azure_rm_hdinsightcluster_info - Get Azure HDInsight Cluster facts
- azure_rm_image_info - Get facts about azure custom images
- azure_rm_iotdevice - Manage Azure IoT hub device
- azure_rm_iotdevice_info - Facts of Azure IoT hub device
- azure_rm_iotdevicemodule - Manage Azure IoT hub device module
- azure_rm_iothub - Manage Azure IoT hub
- azure_rm_iothub_info - Get IoT Hub facts
- azure_rm_iothubconsumergroup - Manage Azure IoT hub
- azure_rm_keyvault_info - Get Azure Key Vault facts
- azure_rm_keyvaultkey_info - Get Azure Key Vault key facts.
- azure_rm_loadbalancer_info - Get load balancer facts
- azure_rm_lock - Manage Azure locks
- azure_rm_lock_info - Manage Azure locks
- azure_rm_loganalyticsworkspace_info - Get facts of Azure Log Analytics workspaces
- azure_rm_manageddisk_info - Get managed disk facts
- azure_rm_mariadbconfiguration_info - Get Azure MariaDB Configuration facts
- azure_rm_mariadbdatabase_info - Get Azure MariaDB Database facts
- azure_rm_mariadbfirewallrule_info - Get Azure MariaDB Firewall Rule facts
- azure_rm_mariadbserver_info - Get Azure MariaDB Server facts
- azure_rm_monitorlogprofile - Manage Azure Monitor log profile
- azure_rm_mysqlconfiguration_info - Get Azure MySQL Configuration facts
- azure_rm_mysqldatabase_info - Get Azure MySQL Database facts
- azure_rm_mysqlfirewallrule_info - Get Azure MySQL Firewall Rule facts
- azure_rm_mysqlserver_info - Get Azure MySQL Server facts
- azure_rm_networkinterface_info - Get network interface facts
- azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration_info - Get Azure PostgreSQL Configuration facts
- azure_rm_postgresqldatabase_info - Get Azure PostgreSQL Database facts
- azure_rm_postgresqlfirewallrule_info - Get Azure PostgreSQL Firewall Rule facts
- azure_rm_postgresqlserver_info - Get Azure PostgreSQL Server facts
- azure_rm_publicipaddress_info - Get public IP facts
- azure_rm_rediscache_info - Get Azure Cache for Redis instance facts
- azure_rm_resource_info - Generic facts of Azure resources
- azure_rm_roleassignment_info - Gets Azure Role Assignment facts
- azure_rm_roledefinition_info - Get Azure Role Definition facts
- azure_rm_routetable_info - Get route table facts
- azure_rm_securitygroup_info - Get security group facts
- azure_rm_servicebus_info - Get servicebus facts
- azure_rm_snapshot - Manage Azure Snapshot instance.
- azure_rm_sqlserver_info - Get SQL Server facts
- azure_rm_storageaccount_info - Get storage account facts
- azure_rm_trafficmanagerendpoint_info - Get Azure Traffic Manager endpoint facts
- azure_rm_trafficmanagerprofile_info - Get Azure Traffic Manager profile facts
- azure_rm_virtualmachine_info - Get virtual machine facts
- azure_rm_virtualmachineextension_info - Get Azure Virtual Machine Extension facts
- azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_info - Get virtual machine image facts
- azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset_info - Get Virtual Machine Scale Set facts
- azure_rm_virtualmachinescalesetextension_info - Get Azure Virtual Machine \ 
Scale Set Extension facts
- azure_rm_virtualmachinescalesetinstance_info - Get Azure Virtual Machine Scale \ 
Set Instance facts
- azure_rm_virtualnetwork_info - Get virtual network facts
- azure_rm_virtualnetworkpeering_info - Get facts of Azure Virtual Network Peering
- azure_rm_webapp_info - Get Azure web app facts

cloudstack
^^^^^^^^^^

- cs_instance_info - Gathering information from the API of instances from Apache \ 
CloudStack based clouds.
- cs_zone_info - Gathering information about zones from Apache CloudStack based \ 
clouds.

digital_ocean
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

- digital_ocean_sshkey_info - Gather information about DigitalOcean SSH keys

google
^^^^^^

- gcp_appengine_firewall_rule - Creates a GCP FirewallRule
- gcp_appengine_firewall_rule_info - Gather info for GCP FirewallRule
- gcp_cloudfunctions_cloud_function - Creates a GCP CloudFunction
- gcp_cloudfunctions_cloud_function_info - Gather info for GCP CloudFunction
- gcp_cloudscheduler_job - Creates a GCP Job
- gcp_cloudscheduler_job_info - Gather info for GCP Job
- gcp_cloudtasks_queue - Creates a GCP Queue
- gcp_cloudtasks_queue_info - Gather info for GCP Queue
- gcp_compute_autoscaler - Creates a GCP Autoscaler
- gcp_compute_autoscaler_info - Gather info for GCP Autoscaler
- gcp_compute_snapshot - Creates a GCP Snapshot
- gcp_compute_snapshot_info - Gather info for GCP Snapshot
- gcp_filestore_instance - Creates a GCP Instance
- gcp_filestore_instance_info - Gather info for GCP Instance
- gcp_kms_crypto_key - Creates a GCP CryptoKey
- gcp_kms_crypto_key_info - Gather info for GCP CryptoKey
- gcp_kms_key_ring - Creates a GCP KeyRing
- gcp_kms_key_ring_info - Gather info for GCP KeyRing
- gcp_mlengine_model - Creates a GCP Model
- gcp_mlengine_model_info - Gather info for GCP Model
- gcp_mlengine_version - Creates a GCP Version
- gcp_mlengine_version_info - Gather info for GCP Version
- gcp_tpu_node - Creates a GCP Node
- gcp_tpu_node_info - Gather info for GCP Node

hcloud
^^^^^^

- hcloud_network - Create and manage cloud Networks on the Hetzner Cloud.
- hcloud_network_info - Gather info about your Hetzner Cloud networks.
- hcloud_rdns - Create and manage reverse DNS entries on the Hetzner Cloud.
- hcloud_route - Create and delete cloud routes on the Hetzner Cloud.
- hcloud_server_network - Manage the relationship between Hetzner Cloud Networks \ 
and servers
- hcloud_subnetwork - Manage cloud subnetworks on the Hetzner Cloud.

online
^^^^^^

- online_server_info - Gather information about Online servers.
- online_user_info - Gather information about Online user.

openstack
^^^^^^^^^

- os_group_info - Retrieve info about one or more OpenStack groups

ovirt
^^^^^

- ovirt_job - Module to manage jobs in oVirt/RHV

scaleway
^^^^^^^^

- scaleway_image_info - Gather information about the Scaleway images available.
- scaleway_ip_info - Gather information about the Scaleway ips available.
- scaleway_organization_info - Gather information about the Scaleway \ 
organizations available.
- scaleway_security_group_info - Gather information about the Scaleway security \ 
groups available.
- scaleway_server_info - Gather information about the Scaleway servers available.
- scaleway_snapshot_info - Gather information about the Scaleway snapshots available.
- scaleway_volume_info - Gather information about the Scaleway volumes available.

vmware
^^^^^^

- vcenter_extension_info - Gather info vCenter extensions
- vmware_about_info - Provides information about VMware server to which user is \ 
connecting to
- vmware_category_info - Gather info about VMware tag categories
- vmware_cluster_drs - Manage Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) on VMware \ 
vSphere clusters
- vmware_cluster_ha - Manage High Availability (HA) on VMware vSphere clusters
- vmware_cluster_vsan - Manages virtual storage area network (vSAN) \ 
configuration on VMware vSphere clusters
- vmware_content_deploy_template - Deploy Virtual Machine from template stored \ 
in content library.
- vmware_content_library_info - Gather information about VMware Content Library
- vmware_content_library_manager - Create, update and delete VMware content library
- vmware_drs_group_info - Gathers info about DRS VM/Host groups on the given cluster
- vmware_drs_rule_info - Gathers info about DRS rule on the given cluster
- vmware_dvs_portgroup_find - Find portgroup(s) in a VMware environment
- vmware_dvs_portgroup_info - Gathers info DVS portgroup configurations
- vmware_dvswitch_nioc - Manage distributed switch Network IO Control
- vmware_evc_mode - Enable/Disable EVC mode on vCenter
- vmware_folder_info - Provides information about folders in a datacenter
- vmware_guest_boot_info - Gather info about boot options for the given virtual \ 
machine
- vmware_guest_customization_info - Gather info about VM customization specifications
- vmware_guest_disk_info - Gather info about disks of given virtual machine
- vmware_guest_network - Manage network adapters of specified virtual machine in \ 
given vCenter infrastructure
- vmware_guest_screenshot - Create a screenshot of the Virtual Machine console.
- vmware_guest_sendkey - Send USB HID codes to the Virtual Machine's keyboard.
- vmware_host_capability_info - Gathers info about an ESXi host's capability \ 
information
- vmware_host_config_info - Gathers info about an ESXi host's advance \ 
configuration information
- vmware_host_dns_info - Gathers info about an ESXi host's DNS configuration \ 
information
- vmware_host_feature_info - Gathers info about an ESXi host's feature \ 
capability information
- vmware_host_firewall_info - Gathers info about an ESXi host's firewall \ 
configuration information
- vmware_host_ntp_info - Gathers info about NTP configuration on an ESXi host
- vmware_host_package_info - Gathers info about available packages on an ESXi host
- vmware_host_service_info - Gathers info about an ESXi host's services
- vmware_host_ssl_info - Gather info of ESXi host system about SSL
- vmware_host_vmhba_info - Gathers info about vmhbas available on the given ESXi host
- vmware_host_vmnic_info - Gathers info about vmnics available on the given ESXi host
- vmware_local_role_info - Gather info about local roles on an ESXi host
- vmware_local_user_info - Gather info about users on the given ESXi host
- vmware_portgroup_info - Gathers info about an ESXi host's Port Group configuration
- vmware_resource_pool_info - Gathers info about resource pool information
- vmware_target_canonical_info - Return canonical (NAA) from an ESXi host system
- vmware_vm_storage_policy_info - Gather information about vSphere storage \ 
profile defined storage policy information.
- vmware_vmkernel_info - Gathers VMKernel info about an ESXi host
- vmware_vswitch_info - Gathers info about an ESXi host's vswitch configurations

vultr
^^^^^

- vultr_account_info - Get information about the Vultr account.
- vultr_block_storage_info - Get information about the Vultr block storage \ 
volumes available.
- vultr_dns_domain_info - Gather information about the Vultr DNS domains available.
- vultr_firewall_group_info - Gather information about the Vultr firewall groups \ 
available.
- vultr_network_info - Gather information about the Vultr networks available.
- vultr_os_info - Get information about the Vultr OSes available.
- vultr_plan_info - Gather information about the Vultr plans available.
- vultr_region_info - Gather information about the Vultr regions available.
- vultr_server_info - Gather information about the Vultr servers available.
- vultr_ssh_key_info - Get information about the Vultr SSH keys available.
- vultr_startup_script_info - Gather information about the Vultr startup scripts \ 
available.
- vultr_user_info - Get information about the Vultr user available.

Crypto
~~~~~~

entrust
^^^^^^^

- ecs_certificate - Request SSL/TLS certificates with the Entrust Certificate \ 
Services (ECS) API

Database
~~~~~~~~

mysql
^^^^^

- mysql_info - Gather information about MySQL servers

postgresql
^^^^^^^^^^

- postgresql_copy - Copy data between a file/program and a PostgreSQL table
- postgresql_publication - Add, update, or remove PostgreSQL publication
- postgresql_sequence - Create, drop, or alter a PostgreSQL sequence

Monitoring
~~~~~~~~~~

zabbix
^^^^^^

- zabbix_mediatype - Create/Update/Delete Zabbix media types

Net Tools
~~~~~~~~~

- hetzner_failover_ip - Manage Hetzner's failover IPs
- hetzner_failover_ip_info - Retrieve information on Hetzner's failover IPs

Network
~~~~~~~

aci
^^^

- aci_interface_policy_cdp - Manage CDP interface policies (cdp:IfPol)
- aci_l3out_extepg - Manage External Network Instance Profile (ExtEpg) objects \ 
(l3extInstP:instP)
- aci_l3out_extsubnet - Manage External Subnet objects (l3extSubnet:extsubnet)
- aci_vmm_credential - Manage virtual domain credential profiles (vmm:UsrAccP)
- mso_schema_site_anp_epg_domain - Manage site-local EPG domains in schema template

avi
^^^

- avi_user - Avi User Module

check_point
^^^^^^^^^^^

- cp_mgmt_access_layer - Manages access-layer objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_access_layer_facts - Get access-layer objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_access_role - Manages access-role objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_access_role_facts - Get access-role objects facts on Check Point over \ 
Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_access_rule - Manages access-rule objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_access_rule_facts - Get access-rule objects facts on Check Point over \ 
Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_address_range - Manages address-range objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_address_range_facts - Get address-range objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_administrator - Manages administrator objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_administrator_facts - Get administrator objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_application_site - Manages application-site objects on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_application_site_category - Manages application-site-category objects \ 
on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_application_site_category_facts - Get application-site-category \ 
objects facts on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_application_site_facts - Get application-site objects facts on Check \ 
Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_application_site_group - Manages application-site-group objects on \ 
Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_application_site_group_facts - Get application-site-group objects \ 
facts on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_assign_global_assignment - assign global assignment on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_discard - All changes done by user are discarded and removed from database.
- cp_mgmt_dns_domain - Manages dns-domain objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_dns_domain_facts - Get dns-domain objects facts on Check Point over \ 
Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_dynamic_object - Manages dynamic-object objects on Check Point over \ 
Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_dynamic_object_facts - Get dynamic-object objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_exception_group - Manages exception-group objects on Check Point over \ 
Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_exception_group_facts - Get exception-group objects facts on Check \ 
Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_global_assignment - Manages global-assignment objects on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_global_assignment_facts - Get global-assignment objects facts on Check \ 
Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_group - Manages group objects on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_group_facts - Get group objects facts on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_group_with_exclusion - Manages group-with-exclusion objects on Check \ 
Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_group_with_exclusion_facts - Get group-with-exclusion objects facts on \ 
Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_host - Manages host objects on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_host_facts - Get host objects facts on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_install_policy - install policy on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_mds_facts - Get Multi-Domain Server (mds) objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_multicast_address_range - Manages multicast-address-range objects on \ 
Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_multicast_address_range_facts - Get multicast-address-range objects \ 
facts on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_network - Manages network objects on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_network_facts - Get network objects facts on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_package - Manages package objects on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_package_facts - Get package objects facts on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_publish - All the changes done by this user will be seen by all users \ 
only after publish is called.
- cp_mgmt_put_file - put file on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_run_ips_update - Runs IPS database update. If "package-path" \ 
is not provided server will try to get the latest package from the User Center.
- cp_mgmt_run_script - Executes the script on a given list of targets.
- cp_mgmt_security_zone - Manages security-zone objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_security_zone_facts - Get security-zone objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_dce_rpc - Manages service-dce-rpc objects on Check Point over \ 
Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_dce_rpc_facts - Get service-dce-rpc objects facts on Check \ 
Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_group - Manages service-group objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_group_facts - Get service-group objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_icmp - Manages service-icmp objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_icmp6 - Manages service-icmp6 objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_icmp6_facts - Get service-icmp6 objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_icmp_facts - Get service-icmp objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_other - Manages service-other objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_other_facts - Get service-other objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_rpc - Manages service-rpc objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_rpc_facts - Get service-rpc objects facts on Check Point over \ 
Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_sctp - Manages service-sctp objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_sctp_facts - Get service-sctp objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_tcp - Manages service-tcp objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_tcp_facts - Get service-tcp objects facts on Check Point over \ 
Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_udp - Manages service-udp objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_service_udp_facts - Get service-udp objects facts on Check Point over \ 
Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_session_facts - Get session objects facts on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_simple_gateway - Manages simple-gateway objects on Check Point over \ 
Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_simple_gateway_facts - Get simple-gateway objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_tag - Manages tag objects on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_tag_facts - Get tag objects facts on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_threat_exception - Manages threat-exception objects on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_threat_exception_facts - Get threat-exception objects facts on Check \ 
Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_threat_indicator - Manages threat-indicator objects on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_threat_indicator_facts - Get threat-indicator objects facts on Check \ 
Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_threat_layer - Manages threat-layer objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_threat_layer_facts - Get threat-layer objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_threat_profile - Manages threat-profile objects on Check Point over \ 
Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_threat_profile_facts - Get threat-profile objects facts on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_threat_protection_override - Edit existing object using object name or uid.
- cp_mgmt_threat_rule - Manages threat-rule objects on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_mgmt_threat_rule_facts - Get threat-rule objects facts on Check Point over \ 
Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_time - Manages time objects on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_time_facts - Get time objects facts on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_verify_policy - Verifies the policy of the selected package.
- cp_mgmt_vpn_community_meshed - Manages vpn-community-meshed objects on Check \ 
Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_vpn_community_meshed_facts - Get vpn-community-meshed objects facts on \ 
Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_vpn_community_star - Manages vpn-community-star objects on Check Point \ 
over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_vpn_community_star_facts - Get vpn-community-star objects facts on \ 
Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_wildcard - Manages wildcard objects on Check Point over Web Services API
- cp_mgmt_wildcard_facts - Get wildcard objects facts on Check Point over Web \ 
Services API
- cp_publish - All the changes done by this user will be seen by all users only \ 
after publish is called.

eos
^^^

- eos_interfaces - Manages interface attributes of Arista EOS interfaces
- eos_l2_interfaces - Manages Layer-2 interface attributes of Arista EOS devices
- eos_l3_interfaces - Manages L3 interface attributes of Arista EOS devices.
- eos_lacp - Manage Global Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on Arista \ 
EOS devices.
- eos_lacp_interfaces - Manage Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) \ 
attributes of interfaces on Arista EOS devices.
- eos_lag_interfaces - Manages link aggregation groups on Arista EOS devices
- eos_lldp_global - Manage Global Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) settings \ 
on Arista EOS devices.
- eos_lldp_interfaces - Manage Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) attributes \ 
of interfaces on Arista EOS devices.
- eos_vlans - Manage VLANs on Arista EOS devices.

eric_eccli
^^^^^^^^^^

- eric_eccli_command - Run commands on remote devices running ERICSSON ECCLI

exos
^^^^

- exos_lldp_global - Configure and manage Link Layer Discovery Protocol(LLDP) \ 
attributes on EXOS platforms.

f5
^^

- bigip_apm_acl - Manage user-defined APM ACLs
- bigip_apm_network_access - Manage APM Network Access resource
- bigip_asm_dos_application - Manage application settings for DOS profile
- bigip_device_certificate - Manage self-signed device certificates
- bigip_firewall_log_profile - Manages AFM logging profiles configured in the system
- bigip_firewall_log_profile_network - Configures Network Firewall related \ 
settings of the log profile
- bigip_firewall_schedule - Manage BIG-IP AFM schedule configurations
- bigip_message_routing_peer - Manage peers for routing generic message protocol \ 
messages
- bigip_message_routing_protocol - Manage generic message parser profile.
- bigip_message_routing_route - Manages static routes for routing message \ 
protocol messages
- bigip_message_routing_router - Manages router profiles for message-routing \ 
protocols
- bigip_message_routing_transport_config - Manages configuration for an outgoing \ 
connection
- bigip_remote_user - Manages default settings for remote user accounts on a BIG-IP
- bigip_snat_translation - Manage SNAT Translations on a BIG-IP

fortianalyzer
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

- faz_device - Add or remove device

fortios
^^^^^^^

- fortios_alertemail_setting - Configure alert email settings in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_facts - Get facts about fortios devices.
- fortios_router_access_list6 - Configure IPv6 access lists in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_router_aspath_list - Configure Autonomous System (AS) path lists in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_router_community_list - Configure community lists in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_router_isis - Configure IS-IS in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_router_key_chain - Configure key-chain in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_router_prefix_list6 - Configure IPv6 prefix lists in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_router_ripng - Configure RIPng in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_router_route_map - Configure route maps in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_router_static6 - Configure IPv6 static routing tables in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_spamfilter_bwl - Configure anti-spam black/white list in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_spamfilter_bword - Configure AntiSpam banned word list in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_spamfilter_dnsbl - Configure AntiSpam DNSBL/ORBL in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_spamfilter_fortishield - Configure FortiGuard - AntiSpam in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_spamfilter_iptrust - Configure AntiSpam IP trust in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_spamfilter_mheader - Configure AntiSpam MIME header in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_spamfilter_options - Configure AntiSpam options in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_802_1X_settings - Configure global 802.1X settings \ 
in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_custom_command - Configure the FortiGate switch \ 
controller to send custom commands to managed FortiSwitch devices in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_igmp_snooping - Configure FortiSwitch IGMP snooping \ 
global settings in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_qos_dot1p_map - Configure FortiSwitch QoS 802.1p in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_qos_ip_dscp_map - Configure FortiSwitch QoS IP \ 
precedence/DSCP in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_qos_qos_policy - Configure FortiSwitch QoS policy in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_qos_queue_policy - Configure FortiSwitch QoS egress \ 
queue policy in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_quarantine - Configure FortiSwitch quarantine \ 
support in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_security_policy_802_1X - Configure 802.1x MAC \ 
Authentication Bypass (MAB) policies in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_security_policy_captive_portal - Names of VLANs that \ 
use captive portal authentication in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_sflow - Configure FortiSwitch sFlow in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_storm_control - Configure FortiSwitch storm control \ 
in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_stp_settings - Configure FortiSwitch spanning tree \ 
protocol (STP) in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_switch_group - Configure FortiSwitch switch groups \ 
in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_switch_interface_tag - Configure switch object tags \ 
in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_switch_log - Configure FortiSwitch logging (logs are \ 
transferred to and inserted into FortiGate event log) in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_switch_profile - Configure FortiSwitch switch \ 
profile in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_system - Configure system-wide switch controller \ 
settings in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_virtual_port_pool - Configure virtual pool in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_switch_controller_vlan - Configure VLANs for switch controller in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_affinity_interrupt - Configure interrupt affinity in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_affinity_packet_redistribution - Configure packet \ 
redistribution in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_alarm - Configure alarm in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_alias - Configure alias command in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_arp_table - Configure ARP table in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_auto_install - Configure USB auto installation in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_auto_script - Configure auto script in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_automation_action - Action for automation stitches in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_automation_destination - Automation destinations in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_automation_stitch - Automation stitches in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_automation_trigger - Trigger for automation stitches in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_autoupdate_push_update - Configure push updates in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_autoupdate_schedule - Configure update schedule in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_autoupdate_tunneling - Configure web proxy tunnelling for the \ 
FDN in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_cluster_sync - Configure FortiGate Session Life Support \ 
Protocol (FGSP) session synchronization in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_console - Configure console in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_csf - Add this FortiGate to a Security Fabric or set up a new \ 
Security Fabric on this FortiGate in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_custom_language - Configure custom languages in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_ddns - Configure DDNS in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_dedicated_mgmt - Configure dedicated management in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_dhcp6_server - Configure DHCPv6 servers in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_dns_database - Configure DNS databases in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_dns_server - Configure DNS servers in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_dscp_based_priority - Configure DSCP based priority table in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_email_server - Configure the email server used by the FortiGate \ 
various things. For example, for sending email messages to users to support user \ 
authentication features in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_external_resource - Configure external resource in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_fips_cc - Configure FIPS-CC mode in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_firmware_upgrade - Perform firmware upgrade on FortiGate or \ 
FortiOS (FOS) device.
- fortios_system_fm - Configure FM in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_fortiguard - Configure FortiGuard services in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_fortimanager - Configure FortiManager in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_fortisandbox - Configure FortiSandbox in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_fsso_polling - Configure Fortinet Single Sign On (FSSO) server \ 
in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_ftm_push - Configure FortiToken Mobile push services in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_geoip_override - Configure geographical location mapping for IP \ 
address(es) to override mappings from FortiGuard in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_gre_tunnel - Configure GRE tunnel in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_ha - Configure HA in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_ha_monitor - Configure HA monitor in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_ipip_tunnel - Configure IP in IP Tunneling in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_ips_urlfilter_dns - Configure IPS URL filter DNS servers in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_ips_urlfilter_dns6 - Configure IPS URL filter IPv6 DNS servers \ 
in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_ipv6_neighbor_cache - Configure IPv6 neighbor cache table in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_ipv6_tunnel - Configure IPv6/IPv4 in IPv6 tunnel in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_link_monitor - Configure Link Health Monitor in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_mac_address_table - Configure MAC address tables in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_management_tunnel - Management tunnel configuration in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_mobile_tunnel - Configure Mobile tunnels, an implementation of \ 
Network Mobility (NEMO) extensions for Mobile IPv4 RFC5177 in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_nat64 - Configure NAT64 in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_nd_proxy - Configure IPv6 neighbor discovery proxy (RFC4389) in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_netflow - Configure NetFlow in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_network_visibility - Configure network visibility settings in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_ntp - Configure system NTP information in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_object_tagging - Configure object tagging in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_password_policy - Configure password policy for locally defined \ 
administrator passwords and IPsec VPN pre-shared keys in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_password_policy_guest_admin - Configure the password policy for \ 
guest administrators in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_pppoe_interface - Configure the PPPoE interfaces in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_probe_response - Configure system probe response in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_proxy_arp - Configure proxy-ARP in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_admin - Replacement messages in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_alertmail - Replacement messages in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_auth - Replacement messages in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_device_detection_portal - Replacement messages in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_ec - Replacement messages in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_fortiguard_wf - Replacement messages in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_ftp - Replacement messages in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_group - Configure replacement message groups in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_http - Replacement messages in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_icap - Replacement messages in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_image - Configure replacement message images in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_mail - Replacement messages in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_nac_quar - Replacement messages in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_nntp - Replacement messages in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_spam - Replacement messages in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_sslvpn - Replacement messages in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_traffic_quota - Replacement messages in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_utm - Replacement messages in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_replacemsg_webproxy - Replacement messages in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_resource_limits - Configure resource limits in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_session_helper - Configure session helper in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_session_ttl - Configure global session TTL timers for this \ 
FortiGate in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_sflow - Configure sFlow in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_sit_tunnel - Configure IPv6 tunnel over IPv4 in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_sms_server - Configure SMS server for sending SMS messages to \ 
support user authentication in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_snmp_community - SNMP community configuration in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_snmp_sysinfo - SNMP system info configuration in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_snmp_user - SNMP user configuration in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_storage - Configure logical storage in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_switch_interface - Configure software switch interfaces by \ 
grouping physical and WiFi interfaces in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_tos_based_priority - Configure Type of Service (ToS) based \ 
priority table to set network traffic priorities in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_vdom_dns - Configure DNS servers for a non-management VDOM in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_vdom_exception - Global configuration objects that can be \ 
configured independently for all VDOMs or for the defined VDOM scope in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_vdom_link - Configure VDOM links in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_vdom_netflow - Configure NetFlow per VDOM in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_vdom_property - Configure VDOM property in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_vdom_radius_server - Configure a RADIUS server to use as a \ 
RADIUS Single Sign On (RSSO) server for this VDOM in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_system_vdom_sflow - Configure sFlow per VDOM to add or change the IP \ 
address and UDP port that FortiGate sFlow agents in this VDOM use to send sFlow \ 
datagrams to an sFlow collector in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_virtual_wire_pair - Configure virtual wire pairs in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_vxlan - Configure VXLAN devices in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_wccp - Configure WCCP in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_system_zone - Configure zones to group two or more interfaces. When a \ 
zone is created you can configure policies for the zone instead of individual \ 
interfaces in the zone in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_device - Configure devices in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_device_access_list - Configure device access control lists in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_device_category - Configure device categories in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_device_group - Configure device groups in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_user_domain_controller - Configure domain controller entries in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_fortitoken - Configure FortiToken in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_fsso - Configure Fortinet Single Sign On (FSSO) agents in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_fsso_polling - Configure FSSO active directory servers for \ 
polling mode in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_group - Configure user groups in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_krb_keytab - Configure Kerberos keytab entries in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_ldap - Configure LDAP server entries in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_user_local - Configure local users in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_password_policy - Configure user password policy in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_peer - Configure peer users in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_peergrp - Configure peer groups in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_pop3 - POP3 server entry configuration in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_user_quarantine - Configure quarantine support in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_security_exempt_list - Configure security exemption list in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_user_setting - Configure user authentication setting in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_vpn_certificate_ca - CA certificate in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_vpn_certificate_crl - Certificate Revocation List as a PEM file in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_vpn_certificate_local - Local keys and certificates in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_vpn_certificate_ocsp_server - OCSP server configuration in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_vpn_certificate_remote - Remote certificate as a PEM file in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_vpn_certificate_setting - VPN certificate setting in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_vpn_l2tp - Configure L2TP in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_vpn_pptp - Configure PPTP in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_vpn_ssl_web_host_check_software - SSL-VPN host check software in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_vpn_ssl_web_realm - Realm in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_vpn_ssl_web_user_bookmark - Configure SSL VPN user bookmark in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_vpn_ssl_web_user_group_bookmark - Configure SSL VPN user group \ 
bookmark in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_waf_main_class - Hidden table for datasource in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_waf_signature - Hidden table for datasource in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_waf_sub_class - Hidden table for datasource in Fortinet's FortiOS and \ 
FortiGate.
- fortios_wanopt_auth_group - Configure WAN optimization authentication groups \ 
in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wanopt_cache_service - Designate cache-service for wan-optimization \ 
and webcache in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wanopt_content_delivery_network_rule - Configure WAN optimization \ 
content delivery network rules in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wanopt_peer - Configure WAN optimization peers in Fortinet's FortiOS \ 
and FortiGate.
- fortios_wanopt_remote_storage - Configure a remote cache device as Web cache \ 
storage in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wanopt_webcache - Configure global Web cache settings in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_web_proxy_debug_url - Configure debug URL addresses in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_web_proxy_forward_server - Configure forward-server addresses in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_web_proxy_forward_server_group - Configure a forward server group \ 
consisting or multiple forward servers. Supports failover and load balancing in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_web_proxy_url_match - Exempt URLs from web proxy forwarding and \ 
caching in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_web_proxy_wisp - Configure Wireless Internet service provider (WISP) \ 
servers in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_ap_status - Configure access point status (rogue | \ 
accepted | suppressed) in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_ble_profile - Configure Bluetooth Low Energy \ 
profile in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_bonjour_profile - Configure Bonjour profiles. \ 
Bonjour is Apple's zero configuration networking protocol. Bonjour profiles \ 
allow APs and FortiAPs to connect to networks using Bonjour in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_anqp_3gpp_cellular - Configure 3GPP \ 
public land mobile network (PLMN) in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_anqp_ip_address_type - Configure IP \ 
address type availability in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_anqp_nai_realm - Configure network \ 
access identifier (NAI) realm in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_anqp_network_auth_type - Configure \ 
network authentication type in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_anqp_roaming_consortium - Configure \ 
roaming consortium in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_anqp_venue_name - Configure venue name \ 
duple in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_h2qp_conn_capability - Configure \ 
connection capability in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_h2qp_operator_name - Configure operator \ 
friendly name in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_h2qp_osu_provider - Configure online \ 
sign up (OSU) provider list in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_h2qp_wan_metric - Configure WAN metrics \ 
in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_hs_profile - Configure hotspot profile \ 
in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_icon - Configure OSU provider icon in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_hotspot20_qos_map - Configure QoS map set in \ 
Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_inter_controller - Configure inter wireless \ 
controller operation in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_qos_profile - Configure WiFi quality of service \ 
(QoS) profiles in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_timers - Configure CAPWAP timers in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_vap_group - Configure virtual Access Point (VAP) \ 
groups in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.
- fortios_wireless_controller_wtp_group - Configure WTP groups in Fortinet's \ 
FortiOS and FortiGate.

icx
^^^

- icx_banner - Manage multiline banners on Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_command - Run arbitrary commands on remote Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_config - Manage configuration sections of Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_copy - Transfer files from or to remote Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_facts - Collect facts from remote Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_interface - Manage Interface on Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_l3_interface - Manage Layer-3 interfaces on Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_linkagg - Manage link aggregation groups on Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_lldp - Manage LLDP configuration on Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_logging - Manage logging on Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_ping - Tests reachability using ping from Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_static_route - Manage static IP routes on Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_system - Manage the system attributes on Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches
- icx_user - Manage the user accounts on Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches.
- icx_vlan - Manage VLANs on Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches

ios
^^^

- ios_interfaces - Manages interface attributes of Cisco IOS network devices
- ios_l2_interfaces - Manage Layer-2 interface on Cisco IOS devices.
- ios_l3_interfaces - Manage Layer-3 interface on Cisco IOS devices.
- ios_lacp - Manage Global Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on Cisco IOS \ 
devices.
- ios_lacp_interfaces - Manage Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on Cisco \ 
IOS devices interface.
- ios_lag_interfaces - Manage Link Aggregation on Cisco IOS devices.
- ios_lldp_global - Configure and manage Link Layer Discovery Protocol(LLDP) \ 
attributes on IOS platforms.
- ios_lldp_interfaces - Manage link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) attributes \ 
of interfaces on Cisco IOS devices.
- ios_vlans - Manage VLANs on Cisco IOS devices.

iosxr
^^^^^

- iosxr_interfaces - Manage interface attributes on Cisco IOS-XR network devices
- iosxr_l2_interfaces - Manage Layer-2 interface on Cisco IOS-XR devices
- iosxr_l3_interfaces - Manage Layer-3 interface on Cisco IOS-XR devices.
- iosxr_lacp - Manage Global Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on IOS-XR \ 
devices.
- iosxr_lacp_interfaces - Manage Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) \ 
attributes of interfaces on IOS-XR devices.
- iosxr_lag_interfaces - Manages attributes of LAG/Ether-Bundle interfaces on \ 
IOS-XR devices.
- iosxr_lldp_global - Manage Global Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) \ 
settings on IOS-XR devices.
- iosxr_lldp_interfaces - Manage Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) attributes \ 
of interfaces on IOS-XR devices.

junos
^^^^^

- junos_interfaces - Manages interface attributes of Juniper Junos OS network \ 
devices.
- junos_l2_interfaces - Manage Layer-2 interface on Juniper JUNOS devices
- junos_l3_interfaces - Manage Layer 3 interface on Juniper JUNOS devices
- junos_lacp - Manage Global Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on Juniper \ 
Junos devices
- junos_lacp_interfaces - Manage Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) \ 
attributes of interfaces on Juniper JUNOS devices.
- junos_lag_interfaces - Manage Link Aggregation on Juniper JUNOS devices.
- junos_lldp_global - Manage link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) attributes on \ 
Juniper JUNOS devices.
- junos_lldp_interfaces - Manage link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) attributes \ 
of interfaces on Juniper JUNOS devices
- junos_vlans - Create and manage VLAN configurations on Junos OS

meraki
^^^^^^

- meraki_firewalled_services - Edit firewall policies for administrative network \ 
services
- meraki_malware - Manage Malware Protection in the Meraki cloud
- meraki_mx_l7_firewall - Manage MX appliance layer 7 firewalls in the Meraki cloud
- meraki_nat - Manage NAT rules in Meraki cloud
- meraki_webhook - Manage webhooks configured in the Meraki cloud

netvisor
^^^^^^^^

- pn_fabric_local - CLI command to modify fabric-local
- pn_ipv6security_raguard - CLI command to create/modify/delete ipv6security-raguard
- pn_ipv6security_raguard_port - CLI command to add/remove ipv6security-raguard-port
- pn_ipv6security_raguard_vlan - CLI command to add/remove ipv6security-raguard-vlan
- pn_log_audit_exception - CLI command to create/delete an audit exception
- pn_prefix_list - CLI command to create/delete prefix-list
- pn_vrouter_bgp - CLI command to add/modify/remove vrouter-bgp
- pn_vrouter_loopback_interface - CLI command to add/remove \ 
vrouter-loopback-interface
- pn_vrouter_ospf - CLI command to add/remove vrouter-ospf
- pn_vrouter_packet_relay - CLI command to add/remove vrouter-packet-relay
- pn_vtep - CLI command to create/delete vtep

nxos
^^^^

- nxos_bfd_global - Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) global-level \ 
configuration
- nxos_bfd_interfaces - Manages BFD attributes of nxos interfaces.
- nxos_interfaces - Manages interface attributes of NX-OS Interfaces
- nxos_l2_interfaces - Manages Layer-2 Interfaces attributes of NX-OS Interfaces
- nxos_l3_interfaces - Manages Layer-3 Interfaces attributes of NX-OS Interfaces
- nxos_lacp - Manage Global Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on Cisco \ 
NX-OS devices.
- nxos_lacp_interfaces - Manage Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) \ 
attributes of interfaces on Cisco NX-OS devices.
- nxos_lag_interfaces - Manages link aggregation groups of NX-OS Interfaces
- nxos_lldp_global - Configure and manage Link Layer Discovery Protocol(LLDP) \ 
attributes on NX-OS platforms.
- nxos_telemetry - Telemetry Monitoring Service (TMS) configuration
- nxos_vlans - Create VLAN and manage VLAN configurations on NX-OS Interfaces

onyx
^^^^

- onyx_qos - Configures QoS
- onyx_traffic_class - Configures Traffic Class
- onyx_wjh - Configure what-just-happend module

vyos
^^^^

- vyos_interfaces - Manages interface attributes of VyOS network devices.
- vyos_l3_interfaces - Manages L3 interface attributes of VyOS network devices.
- vyos_lag_interfaces - Manages attributes of link aggregation groups on VyOS \ 
network devices.
- vyos_lldp_global - Manage link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) attributes on \ 
VyOS devices..
- vyos_lldp_interfaces - Manages attributes of lldp interfaces on VyOS devices.

Notification
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- snow_record_find - Search for multiple records from ServiceNow

Remote Management
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

cpm
^^^

- cpm_serial_port_config - Set Serial port parameters in WTI OOB and PDU devices
- cpm_serial_port_info - Get Serial port parameters in WTI OOB and PDU devices

dellemc
^^^^^^^

- ome_device_info - Retrieves the information about Device.

ucs
^^^

- ucs_vlan_find - Find VLANs on Cisco UCS Manager

Source Control
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- gitlab_project_variable - Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Projects Variables

Storage
~~~~~~~

netapp
^^^^^^

- na_ontap_firmware_upgrade - NetApp ONTAP firmware upgrade for SP, shelf, ACP, \ 
and disk.
- na_ontap_info - NetApp information gatherer
- na_ontap_ipspace - NetApp ONTAP Manage an ipspace
- na_ontap_kerberos_realm - NetApp ONTAP vserver nfs kerberos realm
- na_ontap_ldap - NetApp ONTAP LDAP
- na_ontap_ldap_client - NetApp ONTAP LDAP client
- na_ontap_ndmp - NetApp ONTAP NDMP services configuration
- na_ontap_object_store - NetApp ONTAP manage object store config.
- na_ontap_ports - NetApp ONTAP add/remove ports
- na_ontap_qos_adaptive_policy_group - NetApp ONTAP Adaptive Quality of Service \ 
policy group.
- na_ontap_volume_autosize - NetApp ONTAP manage volume autosize
- na_ontap_vscan - NetApp ONTAP Vscan enable/disable.
- na_ontap_vserver_cifs_security - NetApp ONTAP vserver CIFS security modification
- netapp_e_drive_firmware - NetApp E-Series manage drive firmware
- netapp_e_firmware - NetApp E-Series manage firmware.

purestorage
^^^^^^^^^^^

- purefa_alert - Configure Pure Storage FlashArray alert email settings
- purefa_arrayname - Configure Pure Storage FlashArray array name
- purefa_banner - Configure Pure Storage FlashArray GUI and SSH MOTD message
- purefa_connect - Manage replication connections between two FlashArrays
- purefa_info - Collect information from Pure Storage FlashArray
- purefa_phonehome - Enable or Disable Pure Storage FlashArray Phonehome
- purefa_smtp - Configure FlashArray SMTP settings
- purefa_snmp - Configure FlashArray SNMP Managers
- purefa_syslog - Configure Pure Storage FlashArray syslog settings
- purefa_vg - Manage volume groups on Pure Storage FlashArrays
- purefb_info - Collect information from Pure Storage FlashBlade
- purefb_ra - Enable or Disable Pure Storage FlashBlade Remote Assist
- purefb_smtp - Configure SMTP for Pure Storage FlashBlade

vexata
^^^^^^

- vexata_eg - Manage export groups on Vexata VX100 storage arrays

System
~~~~~~

- listen_ports_facts - Gather facts on processes listening on TCP and UDP ports.
- syspatch - Manage OpenBSD system patches

Web Infrastructure
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- nginx_status_info - Retrieve information on nginx status.

Windows
~~~~~~~

- win_netbios - Manage NetBIOS over TCP/IP settings on Windows.

Log message:
sysutils/ansible: fix pkglint warnings and clean up Makefile

Log message:
Changed PYTHON_VERSIONS_INCOMPATIBLE to PYTHON_VERSIONS_ACCEPTED; needed for \ 
future Python 3.8