diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 0439df0dd18..e2b02691f7b 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -5,24 +5,24 @@ Ansible Changes By Release Highlighted new features: -* new /etc/ansible/facts.d allows JSON or INI style facts to be provided from the remote node, and supports executable fact programs in this dir. Files must end in *.fact. -* ability to make undefined template variables raise errors, see ansible.cfg -* (DOCS PENDING) sudo: True/False and sudo_user: True/False can set at include and role level -* added changed_when: (expression) which allows overriding whether a result is changed or not, can work with registered expressions. -* --extra-vars can now take a file as input "-e @filename" +* new /etc/ansible/facts.d allows JSON or INI-style facts to be provided from the remote node, and supports executable fact programs in this dir. Files must end in *.fact. +* added the ability to make undefined template variables raise errors (see ansible.cfg) +* (DOCS PENDING) sudo: True/False and sudo_user: True/False can be set at include and role level +* added changed_when: (expression) which allows overriding whether a result is changed or not and can work with registered expressions +* --extra-vars can now take a file as input, e.g., "-e @filename" * external inventory scripts may now return host variables in one pass, which allows them to be much more efficient for large numbers of hosts -* if --forks exceeds the numbers of hosts, it will be automatically reduced, set forks to 0 and you get "as many forks as I have hosts" out of the box. -* enabling error_on_undefined_vars by default, which will make errors in playbooks more obvious -* role dependencies -- be able to have one role pull in another, with parameters of its own. +* if --forks exceeds the numbers of hosts, it will be automatically reduced. Set forks to 0 and you get "as many forks as I have hosts" out of the box. +* enabled error_on_undefined_vars by default, which will make errors in playbooks more obvious +* role dependencies -- one role can now pull in another, with parameters of its own. New modules: * notifications: datadog_event -- send data to datadog -* cloud: digital_ocean -- module for digital ocean provisioning, also includes inventory module -* cloud: rds -- Amazon relational database service -* cloud: linode -- also included, an inventory module +* cloud: digital_ocean -- module for DigitalOcean provisioning that also includes inventory support +* cloud: rds -- Amazon Relational Database Service +* cloud: linode -- modules for Linode provisioning that also includes inventory support * cloud: route53 -- manage Amazon DNS entries -* cloud: ec2_ami -- manages (including creates!) ec2 AMIs +* cloud: ec2_ami -- manages (and creates!) ec2 AMIs * net_infrastructure: arista_interface * net_infrastructure: arista_lag * net_infrastructure: arista_l2interface @@ -31,33 +31,33 @@ New modules: * web_infrastructure: htpasswd -- manipulate htpasswd files * packaging: rpm_key -- adds or removes RPM signing keys * monitoring: boundary_meter -- adds or removes boundary.com meters -* net_infrastructure: dnsmadeeasy - manipulate DnsMadeEasy records +* net_infrastructure: dnsmadeeasy - manipulate DNS Made Easy records Misc changes: * Added OpenRC support (Gentoo) to the service module * ansible_ssh_user value is available to templates * added placement_group parameter to ec2 module -* new sha256 parameter to get_url module for validation +* new sha256sum parameter added to get_url module for checksum validation * search for mount binaries in system path and sbin vs assuming path * allowed inventory file to be read from a pipe * added Solaris distribution facts * fixed bug along error path in quantum_network module -* user password update mode is controllable in user module now (creation vs every time) +* user password update mode is controllable in user module now (at creation vs. every time) * added check mode support to the OpenBSD package module * Fix for MySQL 5.6 compatibility * HP UX virtualization facts * fixed some executable bits in git * made rhn_register module compatible with EL5 -* fix for setup module epoch time in Solaris -* sudo_user is now expanded later allowing to be set at inventory scope -* mondodb_user module change to also support MongoDB 2.2 -* new state=hard option to the file module for hardlinks vs softlinks +* fix for setup module epoch time on Solaris +* sudo_user is now expanded later, allowing it to be set at inventory scope +* mongodb_user module changed to also support MongoDB 2.2 +* new state=hard option added to the file module for hardlinks vs softlinks * fixes to apt module purging option behavior * fixes for device facts with multiple PCI domains -* added "with_inventory_hostnames" lookup plugin, which can take a pattern and loop over hostnames matching the pattern and is great for use with delegate_to and so on. +* added "with_inventory_hostnames" lookup plugin, which can take a pattern and loop over hostnames matching the pattern and is great for use with delegate_to and so on * ec2 module supports adding to multiple security groups -* cloudformation module fix down the error path, removed 'wait_for' parameter +* cloudformation module includes fixes for the error path, and the 'wait_for' parameter was removed * added --only-if-changed to ansible-pull, which runs only if the repo has changes (not default) * added 'mandatory', a Jinja2 filter that checks if a variable is defined: {{ foo|mandatory }} * added support for multiple size formats to the lvol module @@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ Misc changes: * fix for easy_install module when dealing with virtualenv * rackspace module now explicitly indicates rackspace vs vanilla openstack * add_host module does not report changed=True any longer -* explanatory error message when using fireball with sudo message has been improved +* explanatory error message when using fireball with sudo has been improved * git module now automatically pulls down git submodules -* negated patterns do not require "all:!foo", you can just say "!foo" now to select all not foos. +* negated patterns do not require "all:!foo", you can just say "!foo" now to select all not foos * fix for Debian services always reporting changed when toggling enablement bit -* roles files now tolerate files named 'main.yaml' and 'main' in addition to main.yaml +* roles files now tolerate files named 'main.yaml' and 'main' in addition to main.yml * some help cleanup to command line flags on scripts -* force option reinstated for file module, can create symlinks to non-existant files, etc +* force option reinstated for file module so it can create symlinks to non-existent files, etc. * added termination support to ec2 module * --ask-sudo-pass or --sudo-user does not enable all options to use sudo in ansible-playbook * include/role conditionals are added ahead of task conditionals so they can short circuit properly @@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ Misc changes: * error handling while executing Jinja2 filters has been improved * upgrades to atomic replacement logic when copying files across partitions/etc * mysql user module can try to login before requiring explicit password -* various additional options to supervisorctl module +* various additional options added to supervisorctl module * only add non unique parameter on group creation when required -* allow rabbitmq_plugin to specify a non-standard rabbitmq path -* authentatication fixes to keystone_user module +* allow rabbitmq_plugin to specify a non-standard RabbitMQ path +* authentication fixes to keystone_user module * added IAM role support to EC2 module * fixes for OpenBSD package module to avoid shell expansion * git module upgrades to allow --depth and --version to be used together @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Misc changes: * extra vars (-e) variables can be used in playbook include paths * improved reporting for invalid sudo passwords * improved reporting for inability to find a suitable tmp location -* require libselinux-python to perform file operations if SELinux is operational. +* require libselinux-python to perform file operations if SELinux is operational * ZFS module fixes for byte display constants and handling paths with spaces * setup module more tolerant of gathering facts against things it does not have permission to read * can specify name=* state=latest to update all yum modules @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Misc changes: * added Jinja2 filters: quote, quotes a string if it needs to be quoted * allow force=yes to affect apt upgrades * fix for saving conditionals in variable names -* support for multiple host ranges in INI inventory like: db[01:10:3]node-[01:10] +* support for multiple host ranges in INI inventory, e.g., db[01:10:3]node-[01:10] * fixes/improvements to cron module * add user_install=no option to gem module to install gems system wide * added raw=yes to allow copying without python on remote machines @@ -112,21 +112,21 @@ Misc changes: * Linode inventory plugin now significantly faster * added recurse=yes parameter to pacman module for package removal * apt_key module can now target specific keyrings (keyring=filename) -* ec2 module changed reporting improved +* ec2 module change reporting improved * hg module now expands user paths (~) -* SSH connection type known host checking now can process hashed known host files +* SSH connection type known host checking now can process hashed known_host files * lvg module now checks for executables in more correct locations -* copy module support when sudoing improved +* copy module now works correctly with sudo_user * region parameter added to ec2_elb module -* better default XMPP module default message types -* conditional tests against raw booleans fixed +* better default XMPP module message types +* fixed conditional tests against raw booleans * mysql module grant removal is now smarter -* and other misc bugfixes * apt-remove is now forced to be non-interactive * support ; comments in INI file module * fixes to callbacks WRT async output (fire and forget tasks now trigger callbacks!) * folder support for s3 module * added new example inventory plugin for Red Hat OpenShift +* and other misc. bugfixes 1.2.2 "Hear About It Later" (reprise) -- July 4, 2013