Log message:
ansible: updated to 9.1.0

v9.1.0

ansible.utils
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Fact_diff filter plugin - Add fact_diff filter plugin. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.utils/issues/78).

ansible.windows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Set minimum supported Ansible version to 2.14 to align with the versions still \ 
supported by Ansible.
- win_share - Added a new param called ``scope_name`` that allows file shares to \ 
be scoped for Windows Server failover cluster roles.

cisco.ios
~~~~~~~~~

- Added ios_evpn_evi resource module.
- Added ios_evpn_global resource module.
- Added ios_vxlan_vtep resource module.
- Fixed ios_evpn_evi resource module integration test failure - code to remove \ 
VLAN config.
- ios_bgp_address_family - Fixed an issue with inherit peer-policy CLI
- ios_bgp_address_family - added 'advertise' key
- ios_vlans - added vlan config CLI feature.
- ios_vrf - added MDT related keys

cisco.ise
~~~~~~~~~

- Services included configuration, edda, dataconnect_services, subscriber.

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

- nxos_config - Relax restrictions on I(src) parameter so it can be used more \ 
like I(lines). (https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.nxos/issues/89).

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

- bitwarden lookup plugin - when looking for items using an item ID, the item is \ 
now accessed directly with ``bw get item`` instead of searching through all \ 
items. This doubles the lookup speed \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7468).
- elastic callback plugin - close elastic client to not leak resources \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7517).
- git_config - allow multiple git configs for the same name with the new \ 
``add_mode`` option \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
- git_config - the ``after`` and ``before`` fields in the ``diff`` of the return \ 
value can be a list instead of a string in case more configs with the same key \ 
are affected \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
- git_config - when a value is unset, all configs with the same key are unset \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7260).
- gitlab modules - add ``ca_path`` option \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7472).
- gitlab modules - remove duplicate ``gitlab`` package check \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7486).
- gitlab_runner - add support for new runner creation workflow \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7199).
- ipa_config - adds ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` parameter's \ 
choices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7588).
- ipa_sudorule - adds options to include denied commands or command groups \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7415).
- ipa_user - adds ``idp`` and ``passkey`` choice to ``ipauserauthtype`` \ 
parameter's choices \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7589).
- irc - add ``validate_certs`` option, and rename ``use_ssl`` to ``use_tls``, \ 
while keeping ``use_ssl`` as an alias. The default value for ``validate_certs`` \ 
is ``false`` for backwards compatibility. We recommend to every user of this \ 
module to explicitly set ``use_tls=true`` and `validate_certs=true`` whenever \ 
possible, especially when communicating to IRC servers over the internet \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7550).
- keycloak module utils - expose error message from Keycloak server for HTTP \ 
errors in some specific situations \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7645).
- keycloak_user_federation - add option for ``krbPrincipalAttribute`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7538).
- lvol - change ``pvs`` argument type to list of strings \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7676, \ 
https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7504).
- lxd connection plugin - tighten the detection logic for lxd ``Instance not \ 
found`` errors, to avoid false detection on unrelated errors such as \ 
``/usr/bin/python3: not found`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7521).
- netcup_dns - adds support for record types ``OPENPGPKEY``, ``SMIMEA``, and \ 
``SSHFP`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7489).
- nmcli - add support for new connection type ``loopback`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6572).
- nmcli - allow for ``infiniband`` slaves of ``bond`` interface types \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7569).
- nmcli - allow for the setting of ``MTU`` for ``infiniband`` and ``bond`` \ 
interface types \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7499).
- onepassword lookup plugin - support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client by \ 
setting the connect_host and connect_token parameters \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7116).
- onepassword_raw lookup plugin - support 1Password Connect with the opv2 client \ 
by setting the connect_host and connect_token parameters \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7116)
- passwordstore - adds ``timestamp`` and ``preserve`` parameters to modify the \ 
stored password format \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7426).
- proxmox - adds ``template`` value to the ``state`` parameter, allowing \ 
conversion of container to a template \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7143).
- proxmox - adds ``update`` parameter, allowing update of an already existing \ 
containers configuration \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7540).
- proxmox inventory plugin - adds an option to exclude nodes from the dynamic \ 
inventory generation. The new setting is optional, not using this option will \ 
behave as usual \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6714, \ 
https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7461).
- proxmox_disk - add ability to manipulate CD-ROM drive \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7495).
- proxmox_kvm - adds ``template`` value to the ``state`` parameter, allowing \ 
conversion of a VM to a template \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7143).
- proxmox_kvm - support the ``hookscript`` parameter \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7600).
- proxmox_ostype - it is now possible to specify the ``ostype`` when creating an \ 
LXC container \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7462).
- proxmox_vm_info - add ability to retrieve configuration info \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7485).
- redfish_info - adding the ``BootProgress`` property when getting ``Systems`` \ 
info (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7626).
- ssh_config - adds ``controlmaster``, ``controlpath`` and ``controlpersist`` \ 
parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7456).

community.routeros
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- api_info, api_modify - add missing DoH parameters \ 
``doh-max-concurrent-queries``, ``doh-max-server-connections``, and \ 
``doh-timeout`` to the ``ip dns`` path \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/issues/230, \ 
https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/235)
- api_info, api_modify - add missing parameters ``address-list``, \ 
``address-list-timeout``, ``randomise-ports``, and ``realm`` to subpaths of the \ 
``ip firewall`` path \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/issues/236, \ 
https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/237).
- api_info, api_modify - mark the ``interface wireless`` parameter ``running`` \ 
as read-only \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/233).
- api_info, api_modify - set the default value to ``false`` for the  \ 
``disabled`` parameter in some more paths where it can be seen in the \ 
documentation \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/237).
- api_modify - add missing ``comment`` attribute to ``/routing id`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/234).
- api_modify - add missing attributes to the ``routing bgp connection`` path \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/234).
- api_modify - add versioning to the ``/tool e-mail`` path (RouterOS 7.12 \ 
release) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/234).
- api_modify - make ``/ip traffic-flow target`` a multiple value attribute \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/234).

community.windows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Set minimum supported Ansible version to 2.14 to align with the versions still \ 
supported by Ansible.

community.zabbix
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Added zabbix_group_events_info module
- action module - Added notify_if_canceled property
- agent and proxy roles - Set default `zabbix_api_server_port` to 80 or 443 \ 
based on `zabbix_api_use_ssl`
- agent role - Removed duplicative Windows agent task
- agent role - Standardized default yum priority to 99
- all roles - Re-added ability to override Debian repo source
- all roles - Updated Debian repository format to 822 standard
- various - updated testing modules
- various - updated to fully qualified module names
- zabbix agent - Added capability to add additional configuration includes
- zabbix_api_info module added
- zabbix_user module - add current_passwd optional parameter to enable password \ 
updating of the currently logged in user \ 
(https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/6.4/en/manual/api/reference/user/update)

dellemc.powerflex
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Added support for PowerFlex Denver version(4.5.x) to TB and Config role.

f5networks.f5_modules
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- bigiq_device_discovery - Changes in documentation related to Provider block

google.cloud
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- anisble-test - integration tests are now run against 2.14.0 and 2.15.0
- ansible - 2.14.0 is now the minimum version supported
- ansible-lint - fixed over a thousand reported errors
- ansible-lint - upgraded to 6.22
- ansible-test - add support for GCP application default credentials \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/google.cloud/issues/359).
- gcp_serviceusage_service - added backoff when checking for operation completion.
- gcp_serviceusage_service - use alloyb API for the integration test as spanner \ 
conflicts with other tests
- gcp_sql_ssl_cert - made sha1_fingerprint optional, which enables resource creation
- gcp_storage_default_object_acl - removed non-existent fields; the resource is \ 
not usable.

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

- Add the `hetzner.hcloud.all` group to configure all the modules using \ 
`module_defaults`.
- Allow to set the `api_endpoint` module argument using the `HCLOUD_ENDPOINT` \ 
environment variable.
- Removed the `hcloud_` prefix from all modules names, e.g. \ 
`hetzner.hcloud.hcloud_firewall` was renamed to `hetzner.hcloud.firewall`. Old \ 
module names will continue working.
- Renamed the `endpoint` module argument to `api_endpoint`, backward \ 
compatibility is maintained using an alias.
- hcloud inventory - Add the `api_endpoint` option.
- hcloud inventory - Deprecate the `api_token_env` option, suggest using a \ 
lookup plugin (`{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'YOUR_ENV_VAR') }}`) or use the \ 
well-known `HCLOUD_TOKEN` environment variable name.
- hcloud inventory - Rename the `token_env` option to `api_token_env`, use \ 
aliases for backward compatibility.
- hcloud inventory - Rename the `token` option to `api_token`, use aliases for \ 
backward compatibility.

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

- Modify edit_smtp_com and add description information.

microsoft.ad
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Make ``name`` an optional parameter for the AD modules. Either ``name`` or \ 
``identity`` needs to be set with their respective behaviours. If creating a new \ 
AD user and only ``identity`` is set, that will be the value used for the name \ 
of the object.
- Set minimum supported Ansible version to 2.14 to align with the versions still \ 
supported by Ansible.
- object_info - Add ActiveDirectory module import

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

- purefa_dns - Added facility to add a CA certifcate to management DNS and check \ 
peer.
- purefa_info - Add NSID value for NVMe namespace in `hosts` response
- purefa_info - Subset `pgroups` now also provides a new dict called \ 
`deleted_pgroups`
- purefa_offload - Remove `nfs` as an option when Purity//FA 6.6.0 or higher is \ 
detected
- purefa_snap - Add support for suffix on remote offload snapshots

telekom_mms.icinga_director
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Extended docs and examples for multiple assign_filter conditions \ 
(https://github.com/telekom-mms/ansible-collection-icinga-director/pull/227)

theforeman.foreman
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- content_view_publish role - allow passing ``async`` and ``poll`` to the module \ 
(https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules/pull/1676)
- convert2rhel role - install ``convert2rhel`` from ``cdn-public.redhat.com``, \ 
dropping the requirement of a custom CA cert

Log message:
ansible: updated to 8.6.1

v8.6.1

Bugfixes
--------

netapp.ontap

- na_ontap_dns - fix keyerror for uuid when DNS is set to vserver in REST.
- na_ontap_volume - fix invalid field error with 'space.snapshot.autodelete' in REST.

v8.6.0

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

community.mysql

- The community.mysql collection no longer supports ``ansible-core 2.12`` and \ 
``ansible-core 2.13``. While we take no active measures to prevent usage and \ 
there are no plans to introduce incompatible code to the modules, we will stop \ 
testing those versions. Both are or will soon be End of Life and if you are \ 
still using them, you should consider upgrading to the ``latest Ansible / \ 
ansible-core 2.15 or later`` as soon as possible \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/pull/574).
- mysql_role - the ``column_case_sensitive`` argument's default value will be \ 
changed to ``true`` in community.mysql 4.0.0. If your playbook expected the \ 
column to be automatically uppercased for your roles privileges, you should set \ 
this to false explicitly \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/issues/578).
- mysql_user - the ``column_case_sensitive`` argument's default value will be \ 
changed to ``true`` in community.mysql 4.0.0. If your playbook expected the \ 
column to be automatically uppercased for your users privileges, you should set \ 
this to false explicitly \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/issues/577).

fortinet.fortios

- Add new fortios version 7.4.1.
- Format the contents in the changelog.yml file.
- Update Ansible version from 2.9 to 2.14.
- Update Q&A with a resolution for Ansible Always Sending GET/PUT Requests \ 
as POST Requests.
- Update the requirement.txt file to specify the sphinx_rtd_theme==1.3.0
- update the required Ansible version to 2.14.0 in the runtime.yml file.

Log message:
ansible: updated to 8.5.0

8.5.0

amazon.aws
~~~~~~~~~~

- ec2_ami - add support for ``org_arns`` and ``org_unit_arns`` in \ 
launch_permissions \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1690).
- elb_application_lb_info - drop redundant ``describe_load_balancers`` call \ 
fetching ``ip_address_type`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1768).

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

- cargo - add option ``executable``, which allows user to specify path to the \ 
cargo binary \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7352).
- cargo - add option ``locked`` which allows user to specify install the locked \ 
version of dependency instead of latest compatible version \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6134).
- dig lookup plugin - add TCP option to enable the use of TCP connection during \ 
DNS lookup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7343).
- gitlab_group - add option ``force_delete`` (default: false) which allows \ 
delete group even if projects exists in it \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7364).
- ini_file - add ``ignore_spaces`` option \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7273).
- newrelic_deployment - add option ``app_name_exact_match``, which filters \ 
results for the exact app_name provided \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7355).
- onepassword lookup plugin - introduce ``account_id`` option which allows \ 
specifying which account to use \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7308).
- onepassword_raw lookup plugin - introduce ``account_id`` option which allows \ 
specifying which account to use \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7308).
- parted - on resize, use ``--fix`` option if available \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7304).
- pnpm - set correct version when state is latest or version is not mentioned. \ 
Resolves previous idempotency problem \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7339).
- proxmox - add ``vmid`` (and ``taskid`` when possible) to return values \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7263).
- random_string - added new ``ignore_similar_chars`` and ``similar_chars`` \ 
option to ignore certain chars \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7242).
- redfish_command - add new option ``update_oem_params`` for the \ 
``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` command \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/7331).
- redfish_config - add ``CreateVolume`` command to allow creation of volumes on \ 
servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6813).
- redfish_config - adding ``SetSecureBoot`` command \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7129).
- redfish_info - add support for ``GetBiosRegistries`` command \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7144).
- redfish_info - adds ``LinkStatus`` to NIC inventory \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7318).
- redis_info - refactor the redis_info module to use the redis module_utils \ 
enabling to pass TLS parameters to the Redis client \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7267).
- supervisorctl - allow to stop matching running processes before removing them \ 
with ``stop_before_removing=true`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7284).

community.libvirt
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- virt - add `mutate_flags` parameter to enable XML mutation (add UUID, MAC \ 
addresses from existing domain) \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.libvirt/pull/142/).
- virt - support ``--diff`` for ``define`` command \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.libvirt/pull/142/).

community.routeros
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- api_info - add new ``include_read_only`` option to select behavior for \ 
read-only values. By default these are not returned \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/213).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for ``address-list`` and \ 
``match-subdomain`` introduced by RouterOS 7.7 in the ``ip dns static`` path \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/197).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for ``user``, ``time`` and ``gmt-offset`` \ 
under the ``system clock`` path \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/210).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``interface ppp-client`` path \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/199).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``interface wireless`` path \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/195).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``iot modbus`` path \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/205).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``ip dhcp-server option`` and ``ip \ 
dhcp-server option sets`` paths \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/223).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``ip upnp interfaces``, ``tool \ 
graphing interface``, ``tool graphing resource`` paths \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/227).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``ipv6 firewall nat`` path \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/204).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``mode`` property in ``ip neighbor \ 
discovery-settings`` introduced in RouterOS 7.7 \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/198).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``port remote-access`` path \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/224).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``routing filter rule`` and \ 
``routing filter select-rule`` paths \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/200).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``routing table`` path in RouterOS \ 
7 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/215).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``tool netwatch`` path in RouterOS \ 
7 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/216).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``user settings`` path \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/201).
- api_info, api_modify - add support for the ``user`` path \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/211).
- api_info, api_modify - finalize fields for the ``interface wireless \ 
security-profiles`` path and enable it \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/203).
- api_info, api_modify - finalize fields for the ``ppp profile`` path and enable \ 
it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/217).
- api_modify - add new ``handle_read_only`` and ``handle_write_only`` options to \ 
handle the module's behavior for read-only and write-only fields \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/213).
- api_modify, api_info - support API paths ``routing id``, ``routing bgp \ 
connection`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/220).

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

- add moid property in the return value for the \ 
module(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1855).
- add new snapshot_id option to the vmware_guest_snapshot \ 
module(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1847).

dellemc.powerflex
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Added Ansible role to support installation and uninstallation of Gateway.
- Added Ansible role to support installation and uninstallation of SDR.
- Added Ansible role to support installation and uninstallation of Web UI.

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

- Add check for Curl and failure step if Agent Version is not retrieved
- Allow alert resource provisioning in Grafana Role
- Bump cryptography from 39.0.2 to 41.0.3
- Bump cryptography from 41.0.3 to 41.0.4
- Bump semver from 5.7.1 to 5.7.2
- Bump word-wrap from 1.2.3 to 1.2.5
- Create local dashboard directory in check mode
- Create missing notification directory in Grafana Role
- Remove check_mode from create local directory task in Grafana Role
- Remove dependency on local-fs.target from Grafana Agent role
- Update CI Testing
- Update Cloud Stack Module failures
- Use 'ansible_system' env variable to detect os typ in Grafana Agent Role
- hange grafana Agent Wal and Positions Directory in Grafana Agent Role

ovirt.ovirt
~~~~~~~~~~~

- ovirt_vm - Add tpm_enabled \ 
(https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-ansible-collection/pull/722).
- storage_error_resume_behaviour - Support VM storage error resume behaviour \ 
"auto_resume", "kill", "leave_paused". \ 
(https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-ansible-collection/pull/721)
- vm_infra - Support boot disk renaming and resizing. \ 
(https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-ansible-collection/pull/705)

purestorage.flashblade
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- purefb_bucket_replica - Added support for cascading replica links
- purefb_info - New fields to display free space (remaining quota) for Accounts \ 
and Buckets. Space used by destroyed buckets is split out from virtual field to \ 
new destroyed_virtual field
- purefb_info - Report encryption state in SMB client policy rules
- purefb_info - Report more detailed space data from Purity//FB 4.3.0
- purefb_policy - Add deny effect for object store policy rules. Requires \ 
Purity//FB 4.3.0+
- purefb_policy - Added parameter to define object store policy description

vultr.cloud
~~~~~~~~~~~

- inventory - Added VPC/VPC 2.0 support by adding ``internal_ip`` to the \ 
attributes (https://github.com/vultr/ansible-collection-vultr/issues/86).

Log message:
ansible: updated to 8.4.0

v8.4.0

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

fortinet.fortios

- Improve the document for adding notes and examples in Q&A for modules \ 
using Integer number as the mkey.

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

amazon.aws

- cloudformation - Add support for ``disable_rollback`` to update stack \ 
operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/issues/1681).
- ec2_key - add support for new parameter ``file_name`` to save private key in \ 
when new key is created by AWS. When this option is provided the generated \ 
private key will be removed from the module return \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1704).

ansible.netcommon

- Add a new cliconf plugin ``default`` that can be used when no cliconf plugin \ 
is found for a given network_os. This plugin only supports ``get()``. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/pull/569)
- httpapi - Add additional option ``ca_path``, ``client_cert``, ``client_key``, \ 
and ``http_agent`` that are available in open_url but not to httpapi. \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/issues/528)
- telnet - add crlf option to send CRLF instead of just LF \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/pull/440).

ansible.utils

- Add ipcut filter \ 
plugin.(https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.utils/issues/251)
- Add ipv6form filter \ 
plugin.(https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.utils/issues/230)

arista.eos

- Add support for overridden operation in bgp_global resource module.

Log message:
ansible: updated to 8.3.0

8.3.0

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

fortinet.fortios

- Add readthedocs.yaml file.
- Update Q&A regarding setting up FortiToken multi-factor authentication;

Log message:
*: recursive bump for Python 3.11 as new default

Log message:
ansible: updated to 8.2.0

v8.2.0

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

chocolatey.chocolatey
- win_chocolatey - add options for specifying checksums
- win_chocolatey_facts - add filter / gather_subset option

community.vmware
- vmware_vasa - added a new module to register/unregister a VASA provider
- vmware_vasa_info - added a new module to gather the information about existing \ 
VASA provider(s)

grafana.grafana
- Addition of Grafana Server role by @gardar
- Configurable agent user groups by @NormanJS
- Grafana Plugins support on-prem Grafana installation by @ishanjainn
- Updated Service for flow mode

Log message:
ansible: updated to 8.1.0

8.1.0

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

cloudscale_ch.cloud
- Bump minimum required Ansible version to 2.13.0

fortinet.fortimanager
- Support all FortiManager versions in 6.2, 6.4, 7.0, 7.2 and 7.4. 139 new modules.
- Support token based authentication.

fortinet.fortios
- Improve the `no_log` feature in some modules;
- Improve the documentation and example for `seq_num` in `fortios_router_static`;
- Improve the documentation for `member_path` in all the modules;
- Support new FOS versions.

Log message:
ansible: updated to 7.6.0

7.6.0

Major Changes

community.postgresql
- postgresql_privs - the ``password`` argument is deprecated and will be removed \ 
in community.postgresql 4.0.0, use the ``login_password`` argument instead \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql/issues/406).

infoblox.nios_modules
- Added Grid Master Candidate feature
- Added Member Assignment to network and ranges
- Added NIOS Range module with Create, Update and Delete features
- Fixes issue unable to update/delete EAs using Ansible plugin
- Fixes static and dynamic allocation of IPV4 address of A Record
- Fixes to Update host name of  NIOS member
- Updates default WAPI version to 2.9

Log message:
ansible: updated to 7.5.0

v7.5.0

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

ansible.posix
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Add jsonl callback plugin to ansible.posix collection
- firewalld - add `protocol` parameter

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

- Add aci_access_span_dst_group module for fabric access policies span \ 
destination group support
- Add aci_access_span_filter_group and aci_access_span_filter_group_entry \ 
modules for access span filter group support
- Add aci_config_export_policy module
- Add aci_igmp_interface_policy module
- Add aci_interface_config module for new interface configuration available in \ 
ACI v5.2(5)+
- Add aci_interface_policy_spanning_tree  module

cisco.dnac
~~~~~~~~~~

- accesspoint_configuration_details_by_task_id_info - new module
- authentication_policy_servers_info - new module
- credential_to_site_by_siteid_create_v2 - new module
- device_interface_info - attributes `lastInputTime` and `lastOutputTime` were added.
- device_reboot_apreboot_info - new module
- dnac_packages_info - new module
- eox_status_device_info - new module
- eox_status_summary_info - new module
- event_email_config - new module
- event_email_config_info - new module
- event_snmp_config_info - new module
- event_syslog_config - new module
- event_syslog_config_info - new module
- execute_suggested_actions_commands - new module
- global_credential_v2 - new module
- global_credential_v2_info - new module
- integration_settings_instances_itsm - new module
- integration_settings_instances_itsm_info - new module
- lan_automation_log_by_serial_number_info - new module
- network_device_user_defined_field - new module
- network_device_user_defined_field_info - new module
- network_v2 - new module
- network_v2_info - new module
- pnp_device_claim_to_site - attributes `removeInactive` and `hostname` were removed.
- role_permissions_info - new module
- roles_info - new module
- sda_fabric_border_device - attributes `routeDistributionProtocol` and \ 
`borderPriority` were added.
- sda_fabric_control_plane_device attribute `routeDistributionProtocol` was added.
- sda_fabric_edge_device - attribute `siteNameHierarchy` was added.
- sda_fabric_site - attribute `fabricType` was added.
- sda_port_assignment_for_user_device - attribute `interfaceNames` was added.
- sda_virtual_network - attribute `vManageVpnId` was added.
- sda_virtual_network_ip_pool - attribute `isBridgeModeVm` was added.
- sda_virtual_network_v2 - attribute `isBridgeModeVm` was added.
- service_provider_v2 - new module
- service_provider_v2_info - new module
- sp_profile_delete_v2 - new module
- user - new module
- user_info - new module
- users_external_servers_info - new module
- wireless_accespoint_configuration - new module
- wireless_accesspoint_configuration_summary_info - new module

cisco.ios
~~~~~~~~~

- ios_bgp_address_family - add option redistribute.ospf.include_connected when \ 
redistributing OSPF in IPv6 AFI
- ios_bgp_address_family - add option redistribute.ospf.match.externals.type_1 \ 
to allow
- ios_bgp_address_family - add option redistribute.ospf.match.externals.type_2 \ 
to allow
- specification of OSPF E1 routes
- specification of OSPF E2 routes

cisco.mso
~~~~~~~~~

- Add ip_data_plane_learning and preferred_group arguments to \ 
mso_schema_template_vrf module
- Add module mso_schema_site_anp_epg_bulk_staticport
- Add route_reachability attribute to mso_schema_site_external_epg module

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

- `nxos_route_maps` - add support for 'set ip next-hop <>' command in \ 
route-maps
- `nxos_vxlan_vtep` - add support for 'advertise virtual-rmac' command under nve \ 
interface

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

- get_certificate - add ``asn1_base64`` option to control whether the ASN.1 \ 
included in the ``extensions`` return value is binary data or Base64 encoded \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/592).

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

- cpanm - minor change, use feature from ``ModuleHelper`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6385).
- dconf - be forgiving about boolean values: convert them to GVariant booleans \ 
automatically \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6206).
- dconf - minor refactoring improving parameters and dependencies validation \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6336).
- deps module utils - add function ``failed()`` providing the ability to check \ 
the dependency check result without triggering an exception \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6383).
- dig lookup plugin - Support multiple domains to be queried as indicated in \ 
docs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6334).
- gitlab_project - add new option ``topics`` for adding topics to GitLab \ 
projects (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6278).
- homebrew_cask - allows passing ``--greedy`` option to ``upgrade_all`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6267).
- idrac_redfish_command - add ``job_id`` to ``CreateBiosConfigJob`` response \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5603).
- ipa_hostgroup - add ``append`` parameter for adding a new hosts to existing \ 
hostgroups without changing existing hostgroup members \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6203).
- keycloak_authentication - add flow type option to sub flows to allow the \ 
creation of 'form-flow' sub flows like in Keycloak's built-in registration flow \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6318).
- mksysb - improved the output of the module in case of errors \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6263).
- nmap inventory plugin - added environment variables for configure ``address`` \ 
and ``exclude`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6351).
- nmcli - add ``macvlan`` connection type \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6312).
- pipx - add ``system_site_packages`` parameter to give application access to \ 
system-wide packages \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6308).
- pipx - ensure ``include_injected`` parameter works with ``state=upgrade`` and \ 
``state=latest`` \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6212).
- puppet - add new options ``skip_tags`` to exclude certain tagged resources \ 
during a puppet agent or apply \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6293).
- terraform - remove state file check condition and error block, because in the \ 
native implementation of terraform will not cause errors due to the non-existent \ 
file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6296).
- udm_dns_record - minor refactor to the code \ 
(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6382).

community.zabbix
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- httpapi plugin - updated to work with Zabbix 6.4.
- zabbix_action, zabbix_authentication, zabbix_discovery_rule, zabbix_mediatype, \ 
zabbix_user, zabbix_user_directory, zabbix_usergroup - updated to work with \ 
Zabbix 6.4.
- zabbix_agent role - Add support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP \ 
Applications ("SLES_SAP").
- zabbix_host - add missing variants for SNMPv3 authprotocol and privprotocol \ 
introduced by Zabbix 6
- zabbix_proxy role - Add variable zabbix_proxy_dbpassword_hash_method to \ 
control whether you want postgresql user password to be hashed with md5 or want \ 
to use db default. When zabbix_proxy_dbpassword_hash_method is set to anything \ 
other than md5 then do not hash the password with md5 so you could use \ 
postgresql scram-sha-256 hashing method.
- zabbix_server role - Add variable zabbix_server_dbpassword_hash_method to \ 
control whether you want postgresql user password to be hashed with md5 or want \ 
to use db default. When zabbix_server_dbpassword_hash_method is set to anything \ 
other than md5 then do not hash the password with md5 so you could use \ 
postgresql scram-sha-256 hashing method.
- zabbix_usergroup module - userdirectory, hostgroup_rights and \ 
templategroup_rights parameters added (Zabbix >= 6.2)
- zabbix_web role - possibility to add custom includes in apache vhost config

dellemc.powerflex
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Info module is enhanced to support the listing of replication pairs.

dellemc.unity
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Add synchronous replication support for filesystem.
- Support addition of host from the Host List to NFS Export in nfs module.
- Support enable/disable advanced dedup in volume module.

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

- hcloud_image_info - Add cpu architecture field to return value.
- hcloud_image_info - Allow filtering images by cpu architecture.
- hcloud_server - Select matching image for the cpu architecture of the server \ 
type on create & rebuild.
- hcloud_server_type_info - Add cpu architecture field to return value.
- inventory plugin - Add cpu architecture to server variables.

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

- na_ontap_cifs - new options ``browsable`` and ``show_previous_versions`` added \ 
in REST.
- na_ontap_cifs - removed default value for ``unix_symlink`` as its not \ 
supported with ZAPI.
- na_ontap_cifs - updated documentation and examples for REST.
- na_ontap_file_security_permissions - updated module examples.
- na_ontap_ipspace - improved module fail error message in REST.
- na_ontap_rest_info - improved documentation for ``parameters`` option.
- na_ontap_security_config - updated documentation for ``supported_cipher_suites``.
- na_ontap_user - option ``vserver`` is not required with REST, ignore this \ 
option to create cluster scoped user.

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

- netbox_aggregate - Add tenant as parameter to module
- netbox_asn - Add module
- netbox_fhrp_group - Add module
- netbox_journal_entry - Add module

purestorage.flashblade
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- purefb_info - Added `encryption` and `support_keys` information.
- purefb_info - Added bucket quota and safemode information per bucket
- purefb_info - Added security update version for Purity//FB 4.0.2, or higher
- purefb_info - Updated object store account information
- purefb_inventory - Added `part_number` to hardware item information.
- purefb_policy - Added support for multiple rules in snapshot policies
- purefb_proxy - Added new boolean parameter `secure`. Default of true (for \ 
backwards compatability) sets the protocol to be `https://`. False sets \ 
`http://`
- purefb_s3acc - Added support for default bucket quotas and hard limits
- purefb_s3acc - Added support for object account quota and hard limit

purestorage.fusion
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- added Python package dependency checks in prerequisites.py
- fusion_hap - added missing 'windows' personality type

theforeman.foreman
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- content_export_library, content_export_repository, content_export_version - \ 
add ``format`` option to control the export format
- content_view_filter - add support for creating modulemd filters
- content_view_publish role - also accept a list of dicts as the \ 
``content_views`` role for publishing \ 
(https://github.com/theforeman/foreman-ansible-modules/issues/1436)
- setting - document how to obtain valid setting names \ 
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2174367)

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

cisco.ios
~~~~~~~~~

- ios_bgp_address_family - deprecate redistribute.ospf.match.external with \ 
redistribute.ospf.match.externals which enables attributes for OSPF type E1 and \ 
E2 routes
- ios_bgp_address_family - deprecate redistribute.ospf.match.nssa_external with \ 
redistribute.ospf.match.nssa_externals which enables attributes for OSPF type N1 \ 
and N2 routes
- ios_bgp_address_family - deprecate redistribute.ospf.match.type_1 with \ 
redistribute.ospf.match.nssa_externals.type_1
- ios_bgp_address_family - deprecate redistribute.ospf.match.type_2 with \ 
redistribute.ospf.match.nssa_externals.type_2