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Ansible 2.6
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.. contents:: Topics
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Release Schedule
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Proposed
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- 2018-05-17 Core Freeze (Core Engine and Non-Community Modules)
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- 2018-05-17 Alpha Release 1
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- 2018-05-24 Alpha Release 2
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- 2018-05-25 Community Freeze (Community Modules)
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- 2018-05-31 Branch stable-2.6
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- 2018-05-31 Release Candidate 1
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- 2018-06-07 Release Candidate 2
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- 2018-06-14 Release Candidate 3
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- 2018-06-28 Final Release
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Engine improvements
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- Version 2.6 is largely going to be a stabilization release for Core code.
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- Some of the items covered in this release, but are not limited to are the following:
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- ``ansible-inventory``
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- ``import_*``
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- ``include_*``
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- Test coverage
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- Performance Testing
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Core Modules
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- Adopt-a-module Campaign
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- Review current status of all Core Modules
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- Reduce backlog of open issues against these modules
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Cloud Modules
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Network
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Connection work
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* New connection plugin: eAPI `proposal#102 <https://github.com/ansible/proposals/issues/102>`_
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* New connection plugin: NX-API
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* Support for configurable options for network_cli & netconf
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* Stretch & tech preview: New connection plugin for gRPC
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* Stretch: netconf plugin for IOS
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* Stretch: netconf plugin for NXOS
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Modules
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* New ``cli_config`` - platform agnostic module for sending text based config over network_cli
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* New ``cli_command`` - platform agnostic command module
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* New ``netconf_get`` - implements the standard netconf get rpc
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* New ``netconf_config`` - implements the standard netconf edit/configure rpc
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* New ``netconf_rpc`` - calls any playbook defined rpc on the remote device and returns the results
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* New ``network_get`` - platform agnostic module for pulling configuration via SCP/SFTP over network_cli
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* New ``network_put`` - platform agnostic module for pushing configuration via SCP/SFTP over network_cli
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Other Features
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* Stretch & tech preview: Configuration caching for network_cli. Opt-in feature to avoid ``show running`` performance hit
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Windows
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