Log Message:
ansible: updated to 7.3.0

7.3.0

Major Changes
-------------

kubernetes.core
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- refactor K8sAnsibleMixin into module_utils/k8s/ \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/481).

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

Ansible-core
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Make using blocks as handlers a parser error \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79968)
- ansible-test - Specify the configuration file location required by test \ 
plugins when the config file is not found. This resolves issue: \ 
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79411
- ansible-test - Update error handling code to use Python 3.x constructs, \ 
avoiding direct use of ``errno``.
- ansible-test acme test container - update version to update used Pebble \ 
version, underlying Python and Go base containers, and Python requirements \ 
(https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79783).

cisco.aci
~~~~~~~~~

- Add Node Profile BGP Peer and Route Control Profile functionalities to \ 
aci_l3out_bgp_peer module
- Add SVI auto state support (auto_state attribute) to aci_l3out_interface
- Add aci_aaa_domain, aci_aaa_role and aci_custom_privilege modules
- Add aci_fabric_pod_policy_group module
- Add aci_interface_policy_leaf_profile_fex_policy_group module and add FEX \ 
support to aci_access_port_to_interface_policy_leaf_profile
- Add aci_tenant_span_src_group_src module
- Add action_groups for module_defaults
- Add support for filter direction in aci_contract_subject and \ 
aci_contract_subject_to_filter
- Update modules to assign roles and permissions to a user

cisco.nxos
~~~~~~~~~~

- `nxos_acls` - Support ICMPv6 option. Please refer to module doc for all new \ 
options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.nxos/issues/624).
- `nxos_facts` - Update facts gathering logic to ensure that \ 
`gather_network_resources: all` does not fail for NX-OS on MDS switches.
- `nxos_l2_interfaces` - Add new mode dot1q-tunnel \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.nxos/issues/600).

community.crypto
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- get_certificate - adds ``ciphers`` option for custom cipher selection \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/571).

community.general
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- dnsimple - set custom User-Agent for API requests to DNSimple \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5927).
- flatpak_remote - add new boolean option ``enabled``. It controls, whether the \ 
remote is enabled or not \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5926).
- gitlab_project - add ``releases_access_level``, ``environments_access_level``, \ 
``feature_flags_access_level``, ``infrastructure_access_level``, \ 
``monitor_access_level``, and ``security_and_compliance_access_level`` options \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5986).
- jc filter plugin - added the ability to use parser plugins \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6043).
- keycloak_group - add new optional module parameter ``parents`` to properly \ 
handle keycloak subgroups \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5814).
- keycloak_user_federation - make \ 
``org.keycloak.storage.ldap.mappers.LDAPStorageMapper`` the default value for \ 
mappers ``providerType`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5863).
- ldap modules - add ``xorder_discovery`` option \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6045, \ 
https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6109).
- lxd_container - add diff and check mode \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5866).
- mattermost, rocketchat, slack - replace missing default favicon with \ 
docs.ansible.com favicon \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5928).
- modprobe - add ``persistent`` option \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4028, \ 
https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/542).
- osx_defaults - include stderr in error messages \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6011).
- proxmox - suppress urllib3 ``InsecureRequestWarnings`` when ``validate_certs`` \ 
option is ``false`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5931).
- redfish_command - adding ``EnableSecureBoot`` functionality \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5899).
- redfish_command - adding ``VerifyBiosAttributes`` functionality \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5900).
- sefcontext - add support for path substitutions \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1193).

community.grafana
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- able to set `uid` for datasources in grafana via module grafana_datasource

community.mongodb
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- 491 mongodb_shell - Add feature to detect if mongo or mongosh is available.
- 494 mongodb_auth - Removes module_defaults from role.
- 494 mongodb_shutdown - Fix examples block.
- 511 mongodb_auth - Adds support for deletion of users.
- 514 mongodb_linux - Remove extended FQCN for pam_limits.
- 524 mongodb_auth - Add supports for Amazon Linux 2.
- 528 multiple roles - Use first ip address when multiple bind IPs provided.
- 530 mongodb_role - Adds new module to manage MongoDB roles.
- 536 mongodb_auth - Add user after enabling authentication.
- 544 mongodb_replicaset - Module documentation improvements.
- 547 mongodb_repository - Bump default of MongoDB to 6.0.

community.mysql
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- mysql_info - add ``connector_name`` and ``connector_version`` to returned \ 
values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/pull/497).
- mysql_role - enable auto_commit to avoid MySQL metadata table lock \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/issues/479).
- mysql_user - add plugin_auth_string as optional parameter to use a specific \ 
pam service if pam/auth_pam plugin is used \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/pull/445).
- mysql_user - add the ``session_vars`` argument to set session variables at the \ 
beginning of module execution \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/issues/478).
- mysql_user - display a more informative invalid privilege exception. Changes \ 
the exception handling of the granting permission logic to show the query \ 
executed , params and the exception message granting privileges fails` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/issues/465).
- mysql_user - enable auto_commit to avoid MySQL metadata table lock \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/issues/479).
- setup_mysql - update MySQL tarball URL \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/pull/491).

community.vmware
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- vmware_guest_disk - Add support for IDE disk add, remove or reconfigure, and \ 
change to gather same VM disk info as in vmware_guest_disk_info \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/issues/1428).
- vmware_guest_disk - Extend return value documentation for vmware_guest_disk \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1641)
- vmware_guest_disk_info - Move gather VM disk info function to \ 
vm_device_helper.py \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/issues/1617)
- vmware_vmotion - New parameter timeout in order to allow vmotions running \ 
longer than 1 hour \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pulls/1629).

grafana.grafana
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Updated the return message in grafana.grafana.folder module

hetzner.hcloud
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- hcloud_server - add private_networks_info containing name and private ip in \ 
responses
- hcloud_server_info - add private_networks_info containing name and private ip \ 
in responses
- inventory plugin - Add list of all private networks to server variables.
- inventory plugin - Add new connect_with setting public_ipv6 to connect to \ 
discovered servers via public IPv6 address.
- inventory plugin - Add public IPv6 address to server variables.
- inventory plugin - Log warning instead of crashing when some servers do not \ 
work with global connect_with setting.

inspur.ispim
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Change the ansible-test.yml application file version.
- Change the description of the edit_bios module file_url field.
- Modify the description information of the backup module item field.
- Modify the description of the media_attach, retry_count, and \ 
retry_time_interval fields of the edit_kvm module.
- Modify the description of the secure_channel field of the edit_media_instance \ 
module.
- Modify the description of the slot and vname fields of the add_ldisk module.
- Modify the edit_ntp module example.
- Modify the edit_snmp_trap module version field description information.
- Modify the mode field description information of update_fw module.
- Modify the name field description of the user_group module.
- Modify the restore module example.
- Modify the supporting properties and description information of the edit_ncsi \ 
module edit_ncsi field.
- The edit_power_budget module adds the except_action field.

kubernetes.core
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Adjust k8s_user_impersonation tests to be compatible with Kubernetes 1.24 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/520).
- add support for dry run with kubernetes client version >=18.20 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/245).
- added ignore.txt for Ansible 2.14 devel branch.
- fixed module_defaults by removing routing hacks from runtime.yml \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/347).
- helm - add support for -set-file, -set-json, -set and -set-string options when \ 
running helm install \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/533).
- helm - add support for helm dependency update \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/208).
- helm - add support for post-renderer flag \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/30).
- helm - add support for timeout cli parameter to allow setting Helm timeout \ 
independent of wait \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/67).
- helm - add support for wait parameter for helm uninstall command. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/33).
- helm - support repo location for helm diff \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/174).
- helm - when ansible is executed in check mode, return the diff between what's \ 
deployed and what will be deployed.
- helm, helm_plugin, helm_info, helm_plugin_info, kubectl - add support for \ 
in-memory kubeconfig. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/492).
- helm_info - add hooks, notes and manifest as part of returned information \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/546).
- helm_info - add release state as a module argument \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/377).
- helm_info - added possibility to get all values by adding get_all_values \ 
parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/531).
- helm_plugin - Add plugin_version parameter to the helm_plugin module \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/157).
- helm_plugin - Add support for helm plugin update using state=update.
- helm_repository - Ability to replace (overwrite) the repo if it already exists \ 
by forcing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/491).
- helm_repository - add support for pass-credentials cli parameter \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/282).
- helm_repository - added support for ``host``, ``api_key``, ``validate_certs``, \ 
and ``ca_cert``.
- helm_repository - mark `pass_credentials` as no_log=True to silence false \ 
warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/412).
- helm_template - add name (NAME of release) and disable_hook as optional module \ 
arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/313).
- helm_template - add show_only and release_namespace as module arguments \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/313).
- helm_template - add support for -set-file, -set-json, -set and -set-string \ 
options when running helm template \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/546).
- k8s - add no_proxy support to k8s* \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/272).
- k8s - add support for server_side_apply. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/87).
- k8s - add support for user impersonation. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/40).
- k8s - allow resource definition using metadata.generateName \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/35).
- k8s lookup plugin - Enable turbo mode via environment variable  \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/291).
- k8s, k8s_scale, k8s_service - add support for resource definition as manifest \ 
via. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/451).
- k8s_cp - remove dependency with 'find' executable on remote pod when \ 
state=from_pod \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/486).
- k8s_drain - Adds ``delete_emptydir_data`` option to \ 
``k8s_drain.delete_options`` to evict pods with an ``emptyDir`` volume attached \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/322).
- k8s_exec - select first container from the pod if none specified \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/358).
- k8s_exec - update deprecation warning for `return_code` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/417).
- k8s_json_patch - minor typo fix in the example section \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/411).
- k8s_log - add the ``all_containers`` for retrieving all containers' logs in \ 
the pod(s).
- k8s_log - added the `previous` parameter for retrieving the previously \ 
terminated pod logs \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/437).
- k8s_log - added the `tail_lines` parameter to limit the number of lines to be \ 
retrieved from the end of the logs \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/488).
- k8s_rollback - add support for check_mode. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/243).
- k8s_scale - add support for check_mode. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/core/issues/244).
- kubectl - wait for dd command to complete before proceeding \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/321).
- kubectl.py - replace distutils.spawn.find_executable with shutil.which in the \ 
kubectl connection plugin \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/456).

netapp.ontap
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- na_ontap_aggregate - new option ``allow_flexgroups`` added.
- na_ontap_cifs - new options ``access_based_enumeration``, ``change_notify``, \ 
``encryption``, ``home_directory``, ``oplocks``, ``show_snapshot``, \ 
``allow_unencrypted_access``, ``namespace_caching`` and \ 
``continuously_available`` added in REST.
- na_ontap_dns - ``skip_validation`` option requires 9.9.1 or later with REST \ 
and ignored for cluster DNS operations.
- na_ontap_dns - support cluster scope for modify and delete.
- na_ontap_interface - do not attempt to migrate FC interface if desired \ 
``home_port``, ``home_node`` and ``current_port``, ``current_node`` are same.
- na_ontap_license - support for NLF v2 license files.
- na_ontap_nfs - new options ``root``, ``windows`` and ``security`` added in REST.
- na_ontap_user_role - ``command_directory_name`` is required if ``privileges`` \ 
not set in REST.
- na_ontap_user_role - ``path`` is required if ``privileges`` set in REST.
- na_ontap_volume_efficiency - REST support for ``policy`` requires 9.7 or \ 
later, ``path`` requires 9.9.1 or later and ``volume_efficiency`` and \ 
``start_ve_scan_old_data`` requires 9.11.1 or later.
- na_ontap_volume_efficiency - ``schedule``, ``start_ve_scan_all``, \ 
``start_ve_build_metadata``, ``start_ve_delete_checkpoint``, \ 
``start_ve_queue_operation``, ``start_ve_qos_policy`` and \ 
``stop_ve_all_operations`` options are not supported with REST.
- na_ontap_volume_efficiency - new option ``volume_name`` added.
- na_ontap_volume_efficiency - updated private cli with REST API.

netbox.netbox
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- nb_inventory - Add serial and asset tag to extracted attributes

purestorage.flasharray
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- purefa_network - Added support for NVMe-RoCE and NVMe-TCP service types
- purefa_user - Added Ops Admin role to choices
- purefa_vlan - Added support for NVMe-TCP service type

Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
--------------------------------

hetzner.hcloud
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- inventory plugin - Python v3.5+ is now required.

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

- Since the google.cloud collection seems to be maintained again, we `cancelled \ 
the removal process \ 
<https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection>`__. \ 
So contrary to an earlier announcement, this collection is NOT deprecated and \ 
will NOT be removed from Ansible 8 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/105).

community.general
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- gitlab_runner - the option ``access_level`` will lose its default value in \ 
community.general 8.0.0. From that version on, you have set this option to \ 
``ref_protected`` explicitly, if you want to have a protected runner \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5925).