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@ -3,53 +3,67 @@ Ansible Changes By Release
0.9 "Dreams" -- release pending
Highlighted core changes:
* various performance tweaks, ansible executes dramatically less SSH ops per unit of work
* added 'script' module for pushing and running self-deleting remote scripts
* relative paths now work for 'first_available_file'
* fix for template calls when last character is '$'
* postgresql module now takes role_attr_flags
* ability to create SSH keys for users when using user module to create users
* close paramiko SFTP connections less often on copy/template operations (speed increase)
* change the way we use multiprocessing (speed/RAM usage improvements)
* atomic replacement of files preserves permissions of original file
* if ansible_*_interpreter is set on a delegated host, it now works as intended
* authorized key module uses temp file now to prevent failure on full disk
* MySQL module takes new grant options
* user module can create SSH keys
* yum module takes enablerepo= and disablerepo=
* --limit can now take "," as well as ";" or ":"
* various git module improvements/tweaks
* EC2 inventory script now produces nicer failure message if AWS is down (or similar)
* user module now works on FreeBSD, generic system for modules subclassed by OS platform/distro
* plugin loading code now more streamlined
* module options now sorted in documentation
* able to set default for asking password & sudo password in config file
* now installs nicely if running inside a virtualenv
* msg is now displaced with newlines when a task fails
* added a template lookup plugin (with_template: "{{ some_jinja2 }}")
* if any with_ plugin has no results in a list, the task is now skipped
* further upgrades to service module service status reporting
* tweaks to get service module to play nice with BSD style service systems (rc.conf)
* 'domain' fact now available
* group_by module allows partitioning hosts based on group data
* create= option on lineinfile can create the file when it does not exist
* misc yum module fixing for various corner cases
* lookup plugins for DNS text records, environment variables, and redis
* user module now does Solaris!
* new module for creating ec2 hosts
* new module for adding a temporary host record (used for creating new guests)
* solaris svr4pkg module
* shell and command module now take an 'executable=' flag for specifying an alternate shell than /bin/sh
* ansible now installs nicely if running inside a virtualenv
* flag to allow SSH connection to move files by scp vs sftp (in config file)
* various output formatting fixes/improvements
* various tweaks to the EC2 inventory plugin
* additional RPM subpackages for easily installing fireball mode deps (server and node)
* jinja2 filters are now pluggable so it's easy to write your own (to_json/etc, are now impl. as such)
* in get_url module, thirsty is no longer required for directory destinations
* various fixes to the git module
* group_vars/host_vars now available to ansible, not just playbooks
Other core changes:
* fix for template calls when last character is '$'
* if ansible_*_interpreter is set on a delegated host, it now works as intended
* --limit can now take "," as seperator as well as ";" or ":"
* msg is now displaced with newlines when a task fails
* if any with_ plugin has no results in a list (empty with_items, etc), the task is now skipped
* various output formatting fixes/improvements
* fix for Xen dom0/domU detection in default facts
* 'ansible_domain' fact now available (ex value: example.com)
Playbook changes:
* relative paths now work for 'first_available_file'
* various templating engine fixes
* user module supports BSD
Module additions:
* (addhost) new module for adding a temporary host record (used for creating new guests)
* (group_by) module allows partitioning hosts based on group data
* (ec2) new module for creating ec2 hosts
* (script) added 'script' module for pushing and running self-deleting remote scripts
* (svr4pkg) solaris svr4pkg module
Modules changes:
* (authorized key) module uses temp file now to prevent failure on full disk
* (get_url) thirsty is no longer required for directory destinations
* (git) various git module improvements/tweaks
* (mysql_db) module takes new grant options
* (lineinfile) create= option on lineinfile can create the file when it does not exist
* (postgresql_db) module now takes role_attr_flags
* (service) further upgrades to service module service status reporting
* (service) tweaks to get service module to play nice with BSD style service systems (rc.conf)
* (shell) and command module now take an 'executable=' flag for specifying an alternate shell than /bin/sh
* (user) ability to create SSH keys for users when using user module to create users
* (user) atomic replacement of files preserves permissions of original file
* (user) module can create SSH keys
* (user) module now does Solaris and BSD
* (yum) module takes enablerepo= and disablerepo=
* (yum) misc yum module fixing for various corner cases
Plugin changes:
* EC2 inventory script now produces nicer failure message if AWS is down (or similar)
* plugin loading code now more streamlined
* lookup plugins for DNS text records, environment variables, and redis
* added a template lookup plugin (with_template: "{{ some_jinja2 }}")
* various tweaks to the EC2 inventory plugin
* jinja2 filters are now pluggable so it's easy to write your own (to_json/etc, are now impl. as such)
0.8 "Cathedral" -- Oct 19, 2012