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1081 lines
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Ansible Changes By Release
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## 1.5 "Love Walks In" - Release pending!
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* no_reboot is now defaulted to "no" in the ec2_ami module to ensure filesystem consistency in the resulting AMI.
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## 1.4.1 "Could This Be Magic" - November 27, 2013
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* Misc fixes to accelerate mode and various modules.
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## 1.4 "Could This Be Magic" - November 21, 2013
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Highlighted new features:
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* Added do-until feature, which can be used to retry a failed task a specified number of times with a delay in-between the retries.
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* Added failed_when option for tasks, which can be used to specify logical statements that make it easier to determine when a task has failed, or to make it easier to ignore certain non-zero return codes for some commands.
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* Added the "subelement" lookup plugin, which allows iteration of the keys of a dictionary or items in a list.
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* Added the capability to use either paramiko or ssh for the inital setup connection of an accelerated playbook.
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* Automatically provide advice on common parser errors users encounter.
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* Deprecation warnings are now shown for legacy features: when_integer/etc, only_if, include+with_items, etc. Can be disabled in ansible.cfg
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* The system will now provide helpful tips around possible YAML syntax errors increasing ease of use for new users.
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* warnings are now shown for using {{ foo }} in loops and conditionals, and suggest leaving the variable expressions bare as per docs.
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* The roles search path is now configurable in ansible.cfg. 'roles_path' in the config setting.
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* Includes with parameters can now be done like roles for consistency: - { include: song.yml, year:1984, song:'jump' }
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* The name of each role is now shown before each task if roles are being used
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* Adds a "var=" option to the debug module for debugging variable data. "debug: var=hostvars['hostname']" and "debug: var=foo" are all valid syntax.
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* Variables in {{ format }} can be used as references even if they are structured data
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* Can force binding of accelerate to ipv6 ports.
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* the apt module will auto-install python-apt if not present rather than requiring a manual installation
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* the copy module is now recursive if the local 'src' parameter is a directory.
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* syntax checks now scan included task and variable files as well as main files
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New modules and plugins.
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* cloud: ec2_eip -- manage AWS elastic IPs
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* cloud: ec2_vpc -- manage ec2 virtual private clouds
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* cloud: elasticcache -- Manages clusters in Amazon Elasticache
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* cloud: rax_network -- sets up Rackspace networks
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* cloud: rax_facts: retrieve facts about a Rackspace Cloud Server
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* cloud: rax_clb_nodes -- manage Rackspace cloud load balanced nodes
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* cloud: rax_clb -- manages Rackspace cloud load balancers
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* cloud: docker - instantiates/removes/manages docker containers
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* cloud: ovirt -- VM lifecycle controls for ovirt
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* files: acl -- set or get acls on a file
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* files: unarchive: pushes and extracts tarballs
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* files: synchronize: a useful wraper around rsyncing trees of files
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* system: firewalld -- manage the firewalld configuration
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* system: modprobe -- manage kernel modules on systems that support modprobe/rmmod
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* system: open_iscsi -- manage targets on an initiator using open-iscsi
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* system: blacklist: add or remove modules from the kernel blacklist
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* system: hostname - sets the systems hostname
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* utilities: include_vars -- dynamically load variables based on conditions.
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* packaging: zypper_repository - adds or removes Zypper repositories
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* packaging: urpmi - work with urpmi packages
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* packaging: swdepot - a module for working with swdepot
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* notification: grove - notifies to Grove hosted IRC channels
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* web_infrastructure: ejabberd_user: add and remove users to ejabberd
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* web_infrastructure: jboss: deploys or undeploys apps to jboss
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* source_control: github_hooks: manages GitHub service hooks
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* net_infrastructure: bigip_monitor_http: manages F5 BIG-IP LTM http monitors
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* net_infrastructure: bigip_monitor_tcp: manages F5 BIG-IP LTM TCP monitors
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* net_infrastructure: bigip_pool_member: manages F5 BIG-IP LTM pool members
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* net_infrastructure: bigip_node: manages F5 BIG-IP LTM nodes
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* net_infrastructure: openvswitch_port
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* net_infrastructure: openvswitch_bridge
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Plugins:
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* jail connection module (FreeBSD)
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* lxc connection module
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* added inventory script for listing FreeBSD jails
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* added md5 as a Jinja2 filter: {{ path | md5 }}
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* added a fileglob filter that will return files matching a glob pattern. with_items: "/foo/pattern/*.txt | fileglob"
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* 'changed' filter returns whether a previous step was changed easier. when: registered_result | changed
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* DOCS NEEDED: 'unique' and 'intersect' filters are added for dealing with lists.
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* DOCS NEEDED: new lookup plugin added for etcd
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* a 'func' connection type to help people migrating from func/certmaster.
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Misc changes (all module additions/fixes may not listed):
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* (docs pending) New features for accelerate mode: configurable timeouts and a keepalives for long running tasks.
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* Added a `delimiter` field to the assemble module.
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* Added `ansible_env` to the list of facts returned by the setup module.
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* Added `state=touch` to the file module, which functions similarly to the command-line version of `touch`.
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* Added a -vvvv level, which will show SSH client debugging information in the event of a failure.
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* Includes now support the more standard syntax, similar to that of role includes and dependencies.
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* Changed the `user:` parameter on plays to `remote_user:` to prevent confusion with the module of the same name. Still backwards compatible on play parameters.
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* Added parameter to allow the fetch module to skip the md5 validation step ('validate_md5=false'). This is usefull when fetching files that are actively being written to, such as live log files.
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* Inventory hosts are used in the order they appear in the inventory.
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* in hosts: foo[2-5] type syntax, the iterators now are zero indexed and the last index is non-inclusive, to match Python standards.
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* There is now a way for a callback plugin to disable itself. See osx_say example code for an example.
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* Many bugfixes to modules of all types.
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* Complex arguments now can be used with async tasks
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* SSH ControlPath is now configurable in ansible.cfg. There is a limit to the lengths of these paths, see how to shorten them in ansible.cfg.
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* md5sum support on AIX with csum.
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* Extremely large documentation refactor into subchapters
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* Added 'append_privs' option to the mysql_user module
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* Can now update (temporarily change) host variables using the "add_host" module for existing hosts.
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* Fixes for IPv6 addresses in inventory text files
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* name of executable can be passed to pip/gem etc, for installing under *different* interpreters
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* copy of ./hacking/env-setup added for fish users, ./hacking/env-setup.fish
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* file module more tolerant of non-absolute paths in softlinks.
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* miscellaneous fixes/upgrades to async polling logic.
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* conditions on roles now pass to dependent roles
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* ansible_sudo_pass can be set in a host variable if desired
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* misc fixes for the pip an easy_install modules
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* support for running handlers that have parameterized names based on role parameters
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* added support for compressing MySQL dumps and extracting during import
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* Boto version compatibility fixes for the EC2 inventory script
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* in the EC2 inventory script, a group 'EC2' and 'RDS' contains EC2 and RDS hosts.
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* umask is enforced by the cron module
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* apt packages that are not-removed and not-upgraded do not count as changes
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* the assemble module can now use src files from the local server and copy them over dynamically
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* authorization code has been standardized between Amazon cloud modules
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* the wait_for module can now also wait for files to exist or a regex string to exist in a file
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* leading ranges are now allowed in ranged hostname patterns, ex: [000-250].example.com
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* pager support added to ansible-doc (so it will auto-invoke less, etc)
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* misc fixes to the cron module
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* get_url module now understands content-disposition headers for deciding filenames
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* it is possible to have subdirectories in between group_vars/ and host_vars/ and the final filename, like host_vars/rack42/asdf for the variables for host 'asdf'. The intermediate directories are ignored, and do not put a file in there twice.
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## 1.3.4 "Top of the World" (reprise) - October 29, 2013
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* Fixed a bug in the copy module, where a filename containing the string "raw" was handled incorrectly
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* Fixed a bug in accelerate mode, where copying a zero-length file out would fail
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## 1.3.3 "Top of the World" (reprise) - October 9, 2013
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Additional fixes for accelerate mode.
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## 1.3.2 "Top of the World" (reprise) - September 19th, 2013
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Multiple accelerate mode fixes:
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* Make packet reception less greedy, so multiple frames of data are not consumed by one call.
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* Adding two timeout values (one for connection and one for data reception timeout).
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* Added keepalive packets, so async mode is no longer required for long-running tasks.
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* Modified accelerate daemon to use the verbose logging level of the ansible command that started it.
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* Fixed bug where accelerate would not work in check-mode.
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* Added a -vvvv level, which will show SSH client debugging information in the event of a failure.
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* Fixed bug in apt_repository module where the repository cache was not being updated.
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* Fixed bug where "too many open files" errors would be encountered due to pseudo TTY's not being closed properly.
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## 1.3.1 "Top of the World" (reprise) - September 16th, 2013
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Fixing a bug in accelerate mode whereby the gather_facts step would always be run via sudo regardless of the play settings.
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## 1.3 "Top of the World" - September 13th, 2013
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Highlighted new features:
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* accelerated mode: An enhanced fireball mode that requires zero bootstrapping and fewer requirements plus adds capabilities like sudo commands.
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* role defaults: Allows roles to define a set of variables at the lowest priority. These variables can be overridden by any other variable.
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* 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.
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* added the ability to make undefined template variables raise errors (see ansible.cfg)
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* (DOCS PENDING) sudo: True/False and sudo_user: True/False can be set at include and role level
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* added changed_when: (expression) which allows overriding whether a result is changed or not and can work with registered expressions
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* --extra-vars can now take a file as input, e.g., "-e @filename" and can also be formatted as YAML
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* external inventory scripts may now return host variables in one pass, which allows them to be much more efficient for large numbers of hosts
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* 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.
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* enabled error_on_undefined_vars by default, which will make errors in playbooks more obvious
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* role dependencies -- one role can now pull in another, with parameters of its own.
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* added the ability to have tasks execute even during a check run (always_run).
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* added the ability to set the maximum failure percentage for a group of hosts.
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New modules:
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* notifications: datadog_event -- send data to datadog
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* cloud: digital_ocean -- module for DigitalOcean provisioning that also includes inventory support
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* cloud: rds -- Amazon Relational Database Service
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* cloud: linode -- modules for Linode provisioning that also includes inventory support
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* cloud: route53 -- manage Amazon DNS entries
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* cloud: ec2_ami -- manages (and creates!) ec2 AMIs
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* database: mysql_replication -- manages mysql replication settings for masters/slaves
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* database: mysql_variables -- manages mysql runtime variables
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* database: redis -- manages redis databases (slave mode and flushing data)
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* net_infrastructure: arista_interface
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* net_infrastructure: arista_lag
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* net_infrastructure: arista_l2interface
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* net_infrastructure: arista_vlan
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* system: stat -- reports on stat(istics) of remote files, for use with 'register'
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* web_infrastructure: htpasswd -- manipulate htpasswd files
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* packaging: rpm_key -- adds or removes RPM signing keys
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* packaging: apt_repository -- rewritten to remove dependencies
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* monitoring: boundary_meter -- adds or removes boundary.com meters
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* net_infrastructure: dnsmadeeasy - manipulate DNS Made Easy records
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* files: xattr -- manages extended attributes on files
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Misc changes:
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* return 3 when there are hosts that were unreachable during a run
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* the yum module now supports wildcard values for the enablerepo argument
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* added an inventory script to pull host information from Zabbix
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* async mode no longer allows with_* lookup plugins due to incompatibilities
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* Added OpenRC support (Gentoo) to the service module
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* ansible_ssh_user value is available to templates
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* added placement_group parameter to ec2 module
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* new sha256sum parameter added to get_url module for checksum validation
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* search for mount binaries in system path and sbin vs assuming path
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* allowed inventory file to be read from a pipe
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* added Solaris distribution facts
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* fixed bug along error path in quantum_network module
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* user password update mode is controllable in user module now (at creation vs. every time)
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* added check mode support to the OpenBSD package module
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* Fix for MySQL 5.6 compatibility
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* HP UX virtualization facts
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* fixed some executable bits in git
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* made rhn_register module compatible with EL5
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* fix for setup module epoch time on Solaris
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* sudo_user is now expanded later, allowing it to be set at inventory scope
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* mongodb_user module changed to also support MongoDB 2.2
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* new state=hard option added to the file module for hardlinks vs softlinks
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* fixes to apt module purging option behavior
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* fixes for device facts with multiple PCI domains
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* 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
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* ec2 module supports adding to multiple security groups
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* cloudformation module includes fixes for the error path, and the 'wait_for' parameter was removed
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* added --only-if-changed to ansible-pull, which runs only if the repo has changes (not default)
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* added 'mandatory', a Jinja2 filter that checks if a variable is defined: {{ foo|mandatory }}
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* added support for multiple size formats to the lvol module
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* timing reporting on wait_for module now includes the delay time
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* IRC module can now send a server password
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* "~" now expanded on each component of configured plugin paths
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* fix for easy_install module when dealing with virtualenv
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* rackspace module now explicitly indicates rackspace vs vanilla openstack
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* add_host module does not report changed=True any longer
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* explanatory error message when using fireball with sudo has been improved
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* git module now automatically pulls down git submodules
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* negated patterns do not require "all:!foo", you can just say "!foo" now to select all not foos
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* fix for Debian services always reporting changed when toggling enablement bit
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* roles files now tolerate files named 'main.yaml' and 'main' in addition to main.yml
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* some help cleanup to command line flags on scripts
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* force option reinstated for file module so it can create symlinks to non-existent files, etc.
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* added termination support to ec2 module
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* --ask-sudo-pass or --sudo-user does not enable all options to use sudo in ansible-playbook
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* include/role conditionals are added ahead of task conditionals so they can short circuit properly
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* added pipes.quote in various places so paths with spaces are better tolerated
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* error handling while executing Jinja2 filters has been improved
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* upgrades to atomic replacement logic when copying files across partitions/etc
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* mysql user module can try to login before requiring explicit password
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* various additional options added to supervisorctl module
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* only add non unique parameter on group creation when required
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* allow rabbitmq_plugin to specify a non-standard RabbitMQ path
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* authentication fixes to keystone_user module
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* added IAM role support to EC2 module
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* fixes for OpenBSD package module to avoid shell expansion
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* git module upgrades to allow --depth and --version to be used together
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* new lookup plugin, "with_flattened"
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* extra vars (-e) variables can be used in playbook include paths
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* improved reporting for invalid sudo passwords
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* improved reporting for inability to find a suitable tmp location
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* require libselinux-python to perform file operations if SELinux is operational
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* ZFS module fixes for byte display constants and handling paths with spaces
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* setup module more tolerant of gathering facts against things it does not have permission to read
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* can specify name=* state=latest to update all yum modules
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* major speedups to the yum module for default cases
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* ec2_facts module will now run in check mode
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* sleep option on service module for sleeping between stop/restart
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* fix for IPv6 facts on BSD
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* added Jinja2 filters: skipped, whether a result was skipped
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* added Jinja2 filters: quote, quotes a string if it needs to be quoted
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* allow force=yes to affect apt upgrades
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* fix for saving conditionals in variable names
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* support for multiple host ranges in INI inventory, e.g., db[01:10:3]node-[01:10]
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* fixes/improvements to cron module
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* add user_install=no option to gem module to install gems system wide
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* added raw=yes to allow copying without python on remote machines
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* added with_indexed_items lookup plugin
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* Linode inventory plugin now significantly faster
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* added recurse=yes parameter to pacman module for package removal
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* apt_key module can now target specific keyrings (keyring=filename)
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* ec2 module change reporting improved
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* hg module now expands user paths (~)
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* SSH connection type known host checking now can process hashed known_host files
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* lvg module now checks for executables in more correct locations
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* copy module now works correctly with sudo_user
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* region parameter added to ec2_elb module
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* better default XMPP module message types
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* fixed conditional tests against raw booleans
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* mysql module grant removal is now smarter
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* apt-remove is now forced to be non-interactive
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* support ; comments in INI file module
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* fixes to callbacks WRT async output (fire and forget tasks now trigger callbacks!)
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* folder support for s3 module
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* added new example inventory plugin for Red Hat OpenShift
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* and other misc. bugfixes
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## 1.2.3 "Hear About It Later" (reprise) -- Aug 21, 2013
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* Local security fixes for predictable file locations for ControlPersist and retry file paths on shared machines
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on operating systems without kernel symlink/hardlink protections.
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## 1.2.2 "Hear About It Later" (reprise) -- July 4, 2013
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* Added a configuration file option [paramiko_connection] record_host_keys which allows the code that paramiko uses
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to update known_hosts to be disabled. This is done because paramiko can be very slow at doing this if you have a
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large number of hosts and some folks may not want this behavior. This can be toggled independently of host key checking
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and does not affect the ssh transport plugin. Use of the ssh transport plugin is preferred if you have ControlPersist
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capability, and Ansible by default in 1.2.1 and later will autodetect.
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## 1.2.1 "Hear About It Later" -- July 4, 2013
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* Connection default is now "smart", which discovers if the system openssh can support ControlPersist, and uses
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it if so, if not falls back to paramiko.
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* Host key checking is on by default. Disable it if you like by adding host_key_checking=False in the [default]
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section of /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg or ~/ansible.cfg or by exporting ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False
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* Paramiko now records host keys it was in contact with host key checking is on. It is somewhat sluggish when doing this,
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so switch to the 'ssh' transport if this concerns you.
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## 1.2 "Right Now" -- June 10, 2013
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Core Features:
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* capability to set 'all_errors_fatal: True' in a playbook to force any error to stop execution versus
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a whole group or serial block needing to fail
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usable, without breaking the ability to override in ansible
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* ability to use variables from {{ }} syntax in mainline playbooks, new 'when' conditional, as detailed
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in documentation. Can disable old style replacements in ansible.cfg if so desired, but are still active
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by default.
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* can set ansible_ssh_private_key_file as an inventory variable (similar to ansible_ssh_host, etc)
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* 'when' statement can be affixed to task includes to auto-affix the conditional to each task therein
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* cosmetic: "*****" banners in ansible-playbook output are now constant width
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* --limit can now be given a filename (--limit @filename) to constrain a run to a host list on disk
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* failed playbook runs will create a retry file in /var/tmp/ansible usable with --limit
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* roles allow easy arrangement of reusable tasks/handlers/files/templates
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* pre_tasks and post_tasks allow for separating tasks into blocks where handlers will fire around them automatically
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* "meta: flush_handler" task capability added for when you really need to force handlers to run
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* new --start-at-task option to ansible playbook allows starting at a specific task name in a long playbook
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* added a log file for ansible/ansible-playbook, set 'log_path' in the configuration file or ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH in environment
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* debug mode always outputs debug in playbooks, without needing to specify -v
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* external inventory script added for Spacewalk / Red Hat Satellite servers
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* It is now possible to feed JSON structures to --extra-vars. Pass in a JSON dictionary/hash to feed in complex data.
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* group_vars/ and host_vars/ directories can now be kept alongside the playbook as well as inventory (or both!)
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* more filters: ability to say {{ foo|success }} and {{ foo|failed }} and when: foo|success and when: foo|failed
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* more filters: {{ path|basename }} and {{ path|dirname }}
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* lookup plugins now use the basedir of the file they have included from, avoiding needs of ../../../ in places and
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increasing the ease at which things can be reorganized.
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Modules added:
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* cloud: rax: module for creating instances in the rackspace cloud (uses pyrax)
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* packages: npm: node.js package management
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* packages: pkgng: next-gen package manager for FreeBSD
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* packages: redhat_subscription: manage Red Hat subscription usage
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* packages: rhn_register: basic RHN registration
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* packages: zypper (SuSE)
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* database: postgresql_priv: manages postgresql priveledges
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* networking: bigip_pool: load balancing with F5s
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* networking: ec2_elb: add and remove machines from ec2 elastic load balancers
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* notification: hipchat: send notification events to hipchat
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* notification: flowdock: send messages to flowdock during playbook runs
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* notification: campfire: send messages to campfire during playbook runs
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* notification: mqtt: send messages to the Mosquitto message bus
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* notification: irc: send messages to IRC channels
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* notification: filesystem - a wrapper around mkfs
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* notification: jabber: send jabber chat messages
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* notification: osx_say: make OS X say things out loud
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* openstack: keystone_user
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* openstack: glance_image
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* openstack: nova_compute
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* openstack: nova_keypair
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* openstack: quantum_floating_ip
|
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* openstack: quantum_floating_ip_associate
|
|
* openstack: quantum_network
|
|
* openstack: quantum_router
|
|
* openstack: quantum_router_gateway
|
|
* openstack: quantum_router_interface
|
|
* openstack: quantum_subnet
|
|
* monitoring: newrelic_deployment: notifies newrelic of new deployments
|
|
* monitoring: airbrake_deployment - notify airbrake of new deployments
|
|
* monitoring: pingdom
|
|
* monitoring: pagerduty
|
|
* monitoring: monit
|
|
* utility: set_fact: sets a variable, which can be the result of a template evaluation
|
|
|
|
Modules removed
|
|
|
|
* vagrant -- can't be compatible with both versions at once, just run things though the vagrant provisioner in vagrant core
|
|
|
|
Bugfixes and Misc Changes:
|
|
|
|
* service module happier if only enabled=yes|no specified and no state
|
|
* mysql_db: use --password= instead of -p in dump/import so it doesn't go interactive if no pass set
|
|
* when using -c ssh and the ansible user is the current user, don't pass a -o to allow SSH config to be
|
|
* overwrite parameter added to the s3 module
|
|
* private_ip parameter added to the ec2 module
|
|
* $FILE and $PIPE now tolerate unicode
|
|
* various plugin loading operations have been made more efficient
|
|
* hostname now uses platform.node versus socket.gethostname to be more consistant with Unix 'hostname'
|
|
* fix for SELinux operations on Unicode path names
|
|
* inventory directory locations now ignore files with .ini extensions, making hybrid inventory easier
|
|
* copy module in check-mode now reports back correct changed status when used with force=no
|
|
* added avail. zone to ec2 module
|
|
* fixes to the hash variable merging logic if so enabled in the main settings file (default is to replace, not merge hashes)
|
|
* group_vars and host_vars files can now end in a .yaml or .yml extension, (previously required no extension, still favored)
|
|
* ec2vol module improvements
|
|
* if the user module is told to generate the ssh key, the key generated is now returned in the results
|
|
* misc fixes to the Riak module
|
|
* make template module slightly more efficient
|
|
* base64encode / decode filters are now available to templates
|
|
* libvirt module can now work with multiple different libvirt connecton URIs
|
|
* fix for postgresql password escaping
|
|
* unicode fix for shlex.split in some cases
|
|
* apt module upgrade logic improved
|
|
* URI module now can follow redirects
|
|
* yum module can now install off http URLs
|
|
* sudo password now defaults to ssh password if you ask for both and just hit enter on the second prompt
|
|
* validate feature on copy and template module, for example, running visudo prior to copying the file over
|
|
* network facts upgraded to return advanced configs (bonding, etc)
|
|
* region support added to ec2 module
|
|
* riak module gets a wait for ring option
|
|
* improved check mode support in the file module
|
|
* exception handling added to handle scenario when attempt to log to systemd journal fails
|
|
* fix for upstart handling when toggling the enablement and running bits at the same time
|
|
* when registering a task with a conditional attached, and the task is skipped by the conditional,
|
|
the variable is still registered for the host, with the attribute skipped: True.
|
|
* delegate_to tasks can look up ansible_ssh_private_key_file variable from inventory correctly now
|
|
* s3 module takes a 'dest' parameter to change the destination for uploads
|
|
* apt module gets a cache_valid_time option to avoid redundant cache updates
|
|
* ec2 module better understands security groups
|
|
* fix for postgresql codec usage
|
|
* setup module now tolerant of OpenVZ interfaces
|
|
* check mode reporting improved for files and directories
|
|
* doc system now reports on module requirements
|
|
* group_by module can now also make use of globally scoped variables
|
|
* localhost and 127.0.0.1 are now fuzzy matched in inventory (are now more or less interchangeable)
|
|
* AIX improvements/fixes for users, groups, facts
|
|
* lineinfile now does atomic file replacements
|
|
* fix to not pass PasswordAuthentication=no in the config file unneccessarily for SSH connection type
|
|
* for for authorized_key on Debian Squeeze
|
|
* fixes for apt_repository module reporting changed incorrectly on certain repository types
|
|
* allow the virtualenv argument to the pip module to be a pathname
|
|
* service pattern argument now correctly read for BSD services
|
|
* fetch location can now be controlled more directly via the 'flat' parameter.
|
|
* added basename and dirname as Jinja2 filters available to all templates
|
|
* pip works better when sudoing from unpriveledged users
|
|
* fix for user creation with groups specification reporting 'changed' incorrectly in some cases
|
|
* fix for some unicode encoding errors in outputing some data in verbose mode
|
|
* improved FreeBSD, NetBSD and Solaris facts
|
|
* debug module always outputs data without having to specify -v
|
|
* fix for sysctl module creating new keys (must specify checks=none)
|
|
* NetBSD and OpenBSD support for the user and groups modules
|
|
* Add encrypted password support to password lookup
|
|
|
|
## 1.1 "Mean Street" -- 4/2/2013
|
|
|
|
Core Features
|
|
|
|
* added --check option for "dry run" mode
|
|
* added --diff option to show how templates or copied files change, or might change
|
|
* --list-tasks for the playbook will list the tasks without running them
|
|
* able to set the environment by setting "environment:" as a dictionary on any task (go proxy support!)
|
|
* added ansible_ssh_user and ansible_ssh_pass for per-host/group username and password
|
|
* jinja2 extensions can now be loaded from the config file
|
|
* support for complex arguments to modules (within reason)
|
|
* can specify ansible_connection=X to define the connection type in inventory variables
|
|
* a new chroot connection type
|
|
* module common code now has basic type checking (and casting) capability
|
|
* module common now supports a 'no_log' attribute to mark a field as not to be syslogged
|
|
* inventory can now point to a directory containing multiple scripts/hosts files, if using this, put group_vars/host_vars directories inside this directory
|
|
* added configurable crypt scheme for 'vars_prompt'
|
|
* password generating lookup plugin -- $PASSWORD(path/to/save/data/in)
|
|
* added --step option to ansible-playbook, works just like Linux interactive startup!
|
|
|
|
Modules Added:
|
|
|
|
* bzr (bazaar version control)
|
|
* cloudformation
|
|
* django-manage
|
|
* gem (ruby gems)
|
|
* homebrew
|
|
* lvg (logical volume groups)
|
|
* lvol (LVM logical volumes)
|
|
* macports
|
|
* mongodb_user
|
|
* netscaler
|
|
* okg
|
|
* openbsd_pkg
|
|
* rabbit_mq_plugin
|
|
* rabbit_mq_user
|
|
* rabbit_mq_vhost
|
|
* rabbit_mq_parameter
|
|
* rhn_channel
|
|
* s3 -- allows putting file contents in buckets for sharing over s3
|
|
* uri module -- can get/put/post/etc
|
|
* vagrant -- launching VMs with vagrant, this is different from existing vagrant plugin
|
|
* zfs
|
|
|
|
Bugfixes and Misc Changes:
|
|
|
|
* stderr shown when commands fail to parse
|
|
* uses yaml.safe_dump in filter plugins
|
|
* authentication Q&A no longer happens before --syntax-check, but after
|
|
* ability to get hostvars data for nodes not in the setup cache yet
|
|
* SSH timeout now correctly passed to native SSH connection plugin
|
|
* raise an error when multiple when_ statements are provided
|
|
* --list-hosts applies host limit selections better
|
|
* (internals) template engine specifications to use template_ds everywhere
|
|
* better error message when your host file can not be found
|
|
* end of line comments now work in the inventory file
|
|
* directory destinations now work better with remote md5 code
|
|
* lookup plugin macros like $FILE and $ENV now work without returning arrays in variable definitions/playbooks
|
|
* uses yaml.safe_load everywhere
|
|
* able to add EXAMPLES to documentation via EXAMPLES docstring, rather than just in main documentation YAML
|
|
* can set ANSIBLE_COW_SELECTION to pick other cowsay types (including random)
|
|
* to_nice_yaml and to_nice_json available as Jinja2 filters that indent and sort
|
|
* cowsay able to run out of macports (very important!)
|
|
* improved logging for fireball mode
|
|
* nicer error message when talking to an older system that needs a JSON module installed
|
|
* 'magic' variable 'inventory_dir' now gives path to inventory file
|
|
* 'magic' variable 'vars' works like 'hostvars' but gives global scope variables, useful for debugging in templates mostly
|
|
* conditionals can be used on plugins like add_host
|
|
* developers: all callbacks now have access to a ".runner" and ".playbook", ".play", and ".task" object (use getattr, they may not always be set!)
|
|
|
|
Facts:
|
|
|
|
* block device facts for the setup module
|
|
* facts for AIX
|
|
* fact detection for OS type on Amazon Linux
|
|
* device fact gathering stability improvements
|
|
* ansible_os_family fact added
|
|
* user_id (remote user name)
|
|
* a whole series of current time information under the 'datetime' hash
|
|
* more OS X facts
|
|
* support for detecting Alpine Linux
|
|
* added facts for OpenBSD
|
|
|
|
Module Changes/Fixes:
|
|
|
|
* ansible module common code (and ONLY that) which is mixed in with modules, is now BSD licensed. App remains GPLv3.
|
|
* service code works better on platforms that mix upstart, systemd, and system-v
|
|
* service enablement idempotence fixes for systemd and upstart
|
|
* service status 4 is also 'not running'
|
|
* supervisorctl restart fix
|
|
* increased error handling for ec2 module
|
|
* can recursively set permissions on directories
|
|
* ec2: change to the way AMI tags are handled
|
|
* cron module can now also manipulate cron.d files
|
|
* virtualenv module can now inherit system site packages (or not)
|
|
* lineinfile module now has an insertbefore option
|
|
* NetBSD service module support
|
|
* fixes to sysctl module where item has multiple values
|
|
* AIX support for the user and group modules
|
|
* able to specify a different hg repo to pull from than the original set
|
|
* add_host module can set ports and other inventory variables
|
|
* add_host module can add modules to multiple groups (groups=a,b,c), groups now alias for groupname
|
|
* subnet ID can be set on EC2 module
|
|
* MySQL module password handling improvements
|
|
* added new virtualenv flags to pip and easy_install modules
|
|
* various improvements to lineinfile module, now accepts common arguments from file
|
|
* force= now replaces thirsty where used before, thirsty remains an alias
|
|
* setup module can take a 'filter=<wildcard>' parameter to just return a few facts (not used by playbooks)
|
|
* cron module works even if no crontab is present (for cron.d)
|
|
* security group ID settable on EC2 module
|
|
* misc fixes to sysctl module
|
|
* fix to apt module so packages not in cache are still removable
|
|
* charset fix to mail module
|
|
* postresql db module now does not try to create the 'PUBLIC' user
|
|
* SVN module now works correctly with self signed certs
|
|
* apt module now has an upgrade parameter (values=yes, no, or 'dist')
|
|
* nagios module gets new silence/unsilence commands
|
|
* ability to disable proxy usage in get_url (use_proxy=no)
|
|
* more OS X facts
|
|
* added a 'fail_on_missing' (default no) option to fetch
|
|
* added timeout to the uri module (default 30 seconds, adjustable)
|
|
* ec2 now has a 'wait' parameter to wait for the instance to be active, eliminates need for separate wait_for call.
|
|
* allow regex backreferences in lineinfile
|
|
* id attribute on ec2 module can be used to set idempotent-do-not-recreate launches
|
|
* icinga support for nagios module
|
|
* fix default logins when no my.conf for MySQL module
|
|
* option to create users with non-unique UIDs (user module)
|
|
* macports module can enable/disable packages
|
|
* quotes in my.cnf are stripped by the MySQL modules
|
|
* Solaris Service management added
|
|
* service module will attempt to auto-add unmanaged chkconfig services when needed
|
|
* service module supports systemd service unit files
|
|
|
|
Plugins:
|
|
|
|
* added 'with_random_choice' filter plugin
|
|
* fixed ~ expansion for fileglob
|
|
* with_nested allows for nested loops (see examples in examples/playbooks)
|
|
|
|
## 1.0 "Eruption" -- Feb 1 2013
|
|
|
|
New modules:
|
|
|
|
* new sysctl module
|
|
* new pacman module (Arch linux)
|
|
* new apt_key module
|
|
* hg module now in core
|
|
* new ec2_facts module
|
|
* added pkgin module for Joyent SmartOS
|
|
|
|
New config settings:
|
|
|
|
* sudo_exe parameter can be set in config to use sudo alternatives
|
|
* sudo_flags parameter can alter the flags used with sudo
|
|
|
|
New playbook/language features:
|
|
|
|
* added when_failed and when_changed
|
|
* task includes can now be of infinite depth
|
|
* when_set and when_unset can take more than one var (when_set: $a and $b and $c)
|
|
* added the with_sequence lookup plugin
|
|
* can override "connection:" on an indvidual task
|
|
* parameterized playbook includes can now define complex variables (not just all on one line)
|
|
* making inventory variables available for use in vars_files paths
|
|
* messages when skipping plays are now more clear
|
|
* --extra-vars now has maximum precedence (as intended)
|
|
|
|
Module fixes and new flags:
|
|
|
|
* ability to use raw module without python on remote system
|
|
* fix for service status checking on Ubuntu
|
|
* service module now responds to additional exit code for SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
|
|
* fix for raw module with '-c local'
|
|
* various fixes to git module
|
|
* ec2 module now reports the public DNS name
|
|
* can pass executable= to the raw module to specify alternative shells
|
|
* fix for postgres module when user contains a "-"
|
|
* added additional template variables -- $template_fullpath and $template_run_date
|
|
* raise errors on invalid arguments used with a task include statement
|
|
* shell/command module takes a executable= parameter to specify a different shell than /bin/sh
|
|
* added return code and error output to the raw module
|
|
* added support for @reboot to the cron module
|
|
* misc fixes to the pip module
|
|
* nagios module can schedule downtime for all services on the host
|
|
* various subversion module improvements
|
|
* various mail module improvements
|
|
* SELinux fix for files created by authorized_key module
|
|
* "template override" ??
|
|
* get_url module can now send user/password authorization
|
|
* ec2 module can now deploy multiple simultaneous instances
|
|
* fix for apt_key modules stalling in some situations
|
|
* fix to enable Jinja2 {% include %} to work again in template
|
|
* ec2 module is now powered by Boto
|
|
* setup module can now detect if package manager is using pacman
|
|
* fix for yum module with enablerepo in use on EL 6
|
|
|
|
Core fixes and new behaviors:
|
|
|
|
* various fixes for variable resolution in playbooks
|
|
* fixes for handling of "~" in some paths
|
|
* various fixes to DWIM'ing of relative paths
|
|
* /bin/ansible now takes a --list-hosts just like ansible-playbook did
|
|
* various patterns can now take a regex vs a glob if they start with "~" (need docs on which!) - also /usr/bin/ansible
|
|
* allow intersecting host patterns by using "&" ("webservers:!debian:&datacenter1")
|
|
* handle tilde shell character for --private-key
|
|
* hash merging policy is now selectable in the config file, can choose to override or merge
|
|
* environment variables now available for setting all plugin paths (ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_PLUGINS, etc)
|
|
* added packaging file for macports (not upstreamed yet)
|
|
* hacking/test-module script now uses /usr/bin/env properly
|
|
* fixed error formatting for certain classes of playbook syntax errors
|
|
* fix for processing returns with large volumes of output
|
|
|
|
Inventory files/scripts:
|
|
|
|
* hostname patterns in the inventory file can now use alphabetic ranges
|
|
* whitespace is now allowed around group variables in the inventory file
|
|
* inventory scripts can now define groups of groups and group vars (need example for docs?)
|
|
|
|
## 0.9 "Dreams" -- Nov 30 2012
|
|
|
|
Highlighted core changes:
|
|
|
|
* various performance tweaks, ansible executes dramatically less SSH ops per unit of work
|
|
* close paramiko SFTP connections less often on copy/template operations (speed increase)
|
|
* change the way we use multiprocessing (speed/RAM usage improvements)
|
|
* able to set default for asking password & sudo password in config file
|
|
* ansible now installs nicely if running inside a virtualenv
|
|
* flag to allow SSH connection to move files by scp vs sftp (in config file)
|
|
* additional RPM subpackages for easily installing fireball mode deps (server and node)
|
|
* group_vars/host_vars now available to ansible, not just playbooks
|
|
* native ssh connection type (-c ssh) now supports passwords as well as keys
|
|
* ansible-doc program to show details
|
|
|
|
Other core changes:
|
|
|
|
* fix for template calls when last character is '$'
|
|
* if ansible_python_interpreter is set on a delegated host, it now works as intended
|
|
* --limit can now take "," as separator 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 list for 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)
|
|
* configured remote temp file location is now always used even for root
|
|
* 'register'-ed variables are not recorded for skipped hosts (for example, using only_if/when)
|
|
* duplicate host records for the same host can no longer result when a host is listed in multiple groups
|
|
* ansible-pull now passes --limit to prevent running on multiple hosts when used with generic playbooks
|
|
* remote md5sum check fixes for Solaris 10
|
|
* ability to configure syslog facility used by remote module calls
|
|
* in templating, stray '$' characters are now handled more correctly
|
|
|
|
Playbook changes:
|
|
|
|
* relative paths now work for 'first_available_file'
|
|
* various templating engine fixes
|
|
* 'when' is an easier form of only if
|
|
* --list-hosts on the playbook command now supports multiple playbooks on the same command line
|
|
* playbook includes can now be parameterized
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
|
Module changes:
|
|
|
|
* (authorized key) module uses temp file now to prevent failure on full disk
|
|
* (fetch) now uses the 'slurp' internal code to work as you would expect under sudo'ed accounts
|
|
* (fetch) internal usage of md5 sums fixed for BSD
|
|
* (get_url) thirsty is no longer required for directory destinations
|
|
* (git) various git module improvements/tweaks
|
|
* (group) now subclassed for various platforms, includes SunOS support
|
|
* (lineinfile) create= option on lineinfile can create the file when it does not exist
|
|
* (mysql_db) module takes new grant options
|
|
* (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)
|
|
* (service) possible to pass additional arguments to services
|
|
* (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 $TEMPLATE('filename.j2')
|
|
* 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
|
|
|
|
Highlighted Core Changes:
|
|
|
|
* fireball mode -- ansible can bootstrap a ephemeral 0mq (zeromq) daemon that runs as a given user and expires after X period of time. It is very fast.
|
|
* playbooks with errors now return 2 on failure. 1 indicates a more fatal syntax error. Similar for /usr/bin/ansible
|
|
* server side action code (template, etc) are now fully pluggable
|
|
* ability to write lookup plugins, like the code powering "with_fileglob" (see below)
|
|
|
|
Other Core Changes:
|
|
|
|
* ansible config file can also go in 'ansible.cfg' in cwd in addition to ~/.ansible.cfg and /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
|
|
* fix for inventory hosts at API level when hosts spec is a list and not a colon delimited string
|
|
* ansible-pull example now sets up logrotate for the ansible-pull cron job log
|
|
* negative host matching (!hosts) fixed for external inventory script usage
|
|
* internals: os.executable check replaced with utils function so it plays nice on AIX
|
|
* Debian packaging now includes ansible-pull manpage
|
|
* magic variable 'ansible_ssh_host' can override the hostname (great for usage with tunnels)
|
|
* date command usage in build scripts fixed for OS X
|
|
* don't use SSH agent with paramiko if a password is specified
|
|
* make output be cleaner on multi-line command/shell errors
|
|
* /usr/bin/ansible now prints things when tasks are skipped, like when creates= is used with -m command and /usr/bin/ansible
|
|
* when trying to async a module that is not a 'normal' asyncable module, ansible will now let you know
|
|
* ability to access inventory variables via 'hostvars' for hosts not yet included in any play, using on demand lookups
|
|
* merged ansible-plugins, ansible-resources, and ansible-docs into the main project
|
|
* you can set ANSIBLE_NOCOWS=1 if you want to disable cowsay if it is installed. Though no one should ever want to do this! Cows are great!
|
|
* you can set ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR=1 to force color mode even when running without a TTY
|
|
* fatal errors are now properly colored red.
|
|
* skipped messages are now cyan, to differentiate them from unchanged messages.
|
|
* extensive documentation upgrades
|
|
* delegate_action to localhost (aka local_action) will always use the local connection type
|
|
|
|
Highlighted playbook changes:
|
|
|
|
* is_set is available for use inside of an only_if expression: is_set('ansible_eth0'). We intend to further upgrade this with a 'when'
|
|
keyword providing better options to 'only_if' in the next release. Also is_unset('ansible_eth0')
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* playbooks can import playbooks in other directories and then be able to import tasks relative to them
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* FILE($path) now allows access of contents of file in a path, very good for use with SSH keys
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* similarly PIPE($command) will run a local command and return the results of executing this command
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* if all hosts in a play fail, stop the playbook, rather than letting the console log spool on by
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* only_if using register variables that are booleans now works in a boolean way like you'd expect
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* task includes now work with with_items (such as: include: path/to/wordpress.yml user=$item)
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* when using a $list variable with $var or ${var} syntax it will automatically join with commas
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* setup is not run more than once when we know it is has already been run in a play that included another play, etc
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* can set/override sudo and sudo_user on individual tasks in a play, defaults to what is set in the play if not present
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* ability to use with_fileglob to iterate over local file patterns
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* templates now use Jinja2's 'trim_blocks=True' to avoid stray newlines, small changes to templates may
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be required in rare cases.
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Other playbook changes:
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* to_yaml and from_yaml are available as Jinja2 filters
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* $group and $group_names are now accessible in with_items
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* where 'stdout' is provided a new 'stdout_lines' variable (type == list) is now generated and usable with with_items
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* when local_action is used the transport is automatically overridden to the local type
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* output on failed playbook commands is now nicely split for stderr/stdout and syntax errors
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* if local_action is not used and delegate_to was 127.0.0.1 or localhost, use local connection regardless
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* when running a playbook, and the statement has changed, prints 'changed:' now versus 'ok:' so it is obvious without colored mode
|
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* variables now usable within vars_prompt (just not host/group vars)
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* setup facts are now retained across plays (dictionary just gets updated as needed)
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* --sudo-user now works with --extra-vars
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* fix for multi_line strings with only_if
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New Modules:
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* ini_file module for manipulating INI files
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* new LSB facts (release, distro, etc)
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* pause module -- (pause seconds=10) (pause minutes=1) (pause prompt=foo) -- it's an action plugin
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* a module for adding entries to the main crontab (though you may still wish to just drop template files into cron.d)
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* debug module can be used for outputing messages without using 'shell echo'
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* a fail module is now available for causing errors, you might want to use it with only_if to fail in certain conditions
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Other module Changes, Upgrades, and Fixes:
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* removes= exists on command just like creates=
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* postgresql modules now take an optional port= parameter
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* /proc/cmdline info is now available in Linux facts
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* public host key detection for OS X
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* lineinfile module now uses 'search' not exact 'match' in regexes, making it much more intuitive and not needing regex syntax most of the time
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* added force=yes|no (default no) option for file module, which allows transition between files to directories and so on
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* additional facts for SunOS virtualization
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* copy module is now atomic when used across volumes
|
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* url_get module now returns 'dest' with the location of the file saved
|
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* fix for yum module when using local RPMs vs downloading
|
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* cleaner error messages with copy if destination directory does not exist
|
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* setup module now still works if PATH is not set
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* service module status now correct for services with 'subsys locked' status
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* misc fixes/upgrades to the wait_for module
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* git module now expands any "~" in provided destination paths
|
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* ignore stop error code failure for service module with state=restarted, always try to start
|
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* inline documentation for modules allows documentation source to built without pull requests to the ansible-docs project, among other things
|
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* variable '$ansible_managed' is now great to include at the top of your templates and includes useful information and a warning that it will be replaced
|
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* "~" now expanded in command module when using creates/removes
|
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* mysql module can do dumps and imports
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* selinux policy is only required if setting to not disabled
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* various fixes for yum module when working with packages not in any present repo
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## 0.7 "Panama" -- Sept 6 2012
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Module changes:
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* login_unix_socket option for mysql user and database modules (see PR #781 for doc notes)
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* new modules -- pip, easy_install, apt_repository, supervisorctl
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* error handling for setup module when SELinux is in a weird state
|
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* misc yum module fixes
|
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* better changed=True/False detection in user module on older Linux distros
|
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* nicer errors from modules when arguments are not key=value
|
|
* backup option on copy (backup=yes), as well as template, assemble, and lineinfile
|
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* file module will not recurse on directory properties
|
|
* yum module now workable without having repoquery installed, but doesn't support comparisons or list= if so
|
|
* setup module now detects interfaces with aliases
|
|
* better handling of VM guest type detection in setup module
|
|
* new module boilerplate code to check for mutually required arguments, arguments required together, exclusive args
|
|
* add pattern= as a paramter to the service module (for init scripts that don't do status, or do poor status)
|
|
* various fixes to mysql & postresql modules
|
|
* added a thirsty= option (boolean, default no) to the get_url module to decide to download the file every time or not
|
|
* added a wait_for module to poll for ports being open
|
|
* added a nagios module for controlling outage windows and alert statuses
|
|
* added a seboolean module for getsebool/setsebool type operations
|
|
* added a selinux module for controlling overall SELinux policy
|
|
* added a subversion module
|
|
* added lineinfile for adding and removing lines from basic files
|
|
* added facts for ARM-based CPUs
|
|
* support for systemd in the service module
|
|
* git moduleforce reset behavior is now controllable
|
|
* file module can now operate on special files (block devices, etc)
|
|
|
|
Core changes:
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* ansible --version will now give branch/SHA information if running from git
|
|
* better sudo permissions when encountering different umasks
|
|
* when using paramiko and SFTP is not accessible, do not traceback, but return a nice human readable msg
|
|
* use -vvv for extreme debug levels. -v gives more playbook output as before
|
|
* -vv shows module arguments to all module calls (and maybe some other things later)
|
|
* don not pass "--" to sudo to work on older EL5
|
|
* make remote_md5 internal function work with non-bash shells
|
|
* allow user to be passed in via --extra-vars (regression)
|
|
* add --limit option, which can be used to further confine the pattern given in ansible-playbooks
|
|
* adds ranged patterns like dbservers[0-49] for usage with patterns or --limit
|
|
* -u and user: defaults to current user, rather than root, override as before
|
|
* /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg and ~/ansible.cfg now available to set default values and other things
|
|
* (developers) ANSIBLE_KEEP_REMOTE_FILES=1 can be used in debugging (envrionment variable)
|
|
* (developers) connection types are now plugins
|
|
* (developers) callbacks can now be extended via plugins
|
|
* added FreeBSD ports packaging scripts
|
|
* check for terminal properties prior to engaging color modes
|
|
* explicitly disable password auth with -c ssh, as it is not used anyway
|
|
|
|
Playbooks:
|
|
|
|
* YAML syntax errors detected and show where the problem is
|
|
* if you ctrl+c a playbook it will not traceback (usually)
|
|
* vars_prompt now has encryption options (see examples/playbooks/prompts.yml)
|
|
* allow variables in parameterized task include parameters (regression)
|
|
* add ability to store the result of any command in a register (see examples/playbooks/register_logic.yml)
|
|
* --list-hosts to show what hosts are included in each play of a playbook
|
|
* fix a variable ordering issue that could affect vars_files with selective file source lists
|
|
* adds 'delegate_to' for a task, which can be used to signal outage windows and load balancers on behalf of hosts
|
|
* adds 'serial' to playbook, allowing you to specify how many hosts can be processing a playbook at one time (default 0=all)
|
|
* adds 'local_action: <action parameters>' as an alias to 'delegate_to: 127.0.0.1'
|
|
|
|
## 0.6 "Cabo" -- August 6, 2012
|
|
|
|
playbooks:
|
|
|
|
* support to tag tasks and includes and use --tags in playbook CLI
|
|
* playbooks can now include other playbooks (example/playbooks/nested_playbooks.yml)
|
|
* vars_files now usable with with_items, provided file paths don't contain host specific facts
|
|
* error reporting if with_items value is unbound
|
|
* with_items no longer creates lots of tasks, creates one task that makes multiple calls
|
|
* can use host_specific facts inside with_items (see above)
|
|
* at the top level of a playbook, set 'gather_facts: no' to skip fact gathering
|
|
* first_available_file and with_items used together will now raise an error
|
|
* to catch typos, like 'var' for 'vars', playbooks and tasks now yell on invalid parameters
|
|
* automatically load (directory_of_inventory_file)/group_vars/groupname and /host_vars/hostname in vars_files
|
|
* playbook is now colorized, set ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR=1 if you do not like this, does not colorize if not a TTY
|
|
* hostvars now preserved between plays (regression in 0.5 from 0.4), useful for sharing vars in multinode configs
|
|
* ignore_errors: yes on a task can be used to allow a task to fail and not stop the play
|
|
* with_items with the apt/yum module will install/remove/update everything in a single command
|
|
|
|
inventory:
|
|
|
|
* groups variable available as a hash to return the hosts in each group name
|
|
* in YAML inventory, hosts can list their groups in inverted order now also (see tests/yaml_hosts)
|
|
* YAML inventory is deprecated and will be removed in 0.7
|
|
* ec2 inventory script
|
|
* support ranges of hosts in the host file, like www[001-100].example.com (supports leading zeros and also not)
|
|
|
|
modules:
|
|
|
|
* fetch module now does not fail a system when requesting file paths (ex: logs) that don't exist
|
|
* apt module now takes an optional install-recommends=yes|no (default yes)
|
|
* fixes to the return codes of the copy module
|
|
* copy module takes a remote md5sum to avoid large file transfer
|
|
* various user and group module fixes (error handling, etc)
|
|
* apt module now takes an optional force parameter
|
|
* slightly better psychic service status handling for the service module
|
|
* fetch module fixes for SSH connection type
|
|
* modules now consistently all take yes/no for boolean parameters (and DWIM on true/false/1/0/y/n/etc)
|
|
* setup module no longer saves to disk, template module now only used in playbooks
|
|
* setup module no longer needs to run twice per playbook
|
|
* apt module now passes DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
|
|
* mount module (manages active mounts + fstab)
|
|
* setup module fixes if no ipv6 support
|
|
* internals: template in common module boilerplate, also causes less SSH operations when used
|
|
* git module fixes
|
|
* setup module overhaul, more modular
|
|
* minor caching logic added to inventory to reduce hammering of inventory scripts.
|
|
* MySQL and PostgreSQL modules for user and db management
|
|
* vars_prompt now supports private password entry (see examples/playbooks/prompts.yml)
|
|
* yum module modified to be more tolerant of plugins spewing random console messages (ex: RHN)
|
|
|
|
internals:
|
|
|
|
* when sudoing to root, still use /etc/ansible/setup as the metadata path, as if root
|
|
* paramiko is now only imported if needed when running from source checkout
|
|
* cowsay support on Ubuntu
|
|
* various ssh connection fixes for old Ubuntu clients
|
|
* ./hacking/test-module now supports options like ansible takes and has a debugger mode
|
|
* sudoing to a user other than root now works more seamlessly (uses /tmp, avoids umask issues)
|
|
|
|
## 0.5 "Amsterdam" ------- July 04, 2012
|
|
|
|
* Service module gets more accurate service states when running with upstart
|
|
* Jinja2 usage in playbooks (not templates), reinstated, supports %include directive
|
|
* support for --connection ssh (supports Kerberos, bastion hosts, etc), requires ControlMaster
|
|
* misc tracebacks replaced with error messages
|
|
* various API/internals refactoring
|
|
* vars can be built from other variables
|
|
* support for exclusion of hosts/groups with "!groupname"
|
|
* various changes to support md5 tool differences for FreeBSD nodes & OS X clients
|
|
* "unparseable" command output shows in command output for easier debugging
|
|
* mktemp is no longer required on remotes (not available on BSD)
|
|
* support for older versions of python-apt in the apt module
|
|
* a new "assemble" module, for constructing files from pieces of files (inspired by Puppet "fragments" idiom)
|
|
* ability to override most default values with ANSIBLE_FOO environment variables
|
|
* --module-path parameter can support multiple directories separated with the OS path separator
|
|
* with_items can take a variable of type list
|
|
* ansible_python_interpreter variable available for systems with more than one Python
|
|
* BIOS and VMware "fact" upgrades
|
|
* cowsay is used by ansible-playbook if installed to improve output legibility (try installing it)
|
|
* authorized_key module
|
|
* SELinux facts now sourced from the python selinux library
|
|
* removed module debug option -D
|
|
* added --verbose, which shows output from successful playbook operations
|
|
* print the output of the raw command inside /usr/bin/ansible as with command/shell
|
|
* basic setup module support for Solaris
|
|
* ./library relative to the playbook is always in path so modules can be included in tarballs with playbooks
|
|
|
|
## 0.4 "Unchained" ------- May 23, 2012
|
|
|
|
Internals/Core
|
|
* internal inventory API now more object oriented, parsers decoupled
|
|
* async handling improvements
|
|
* misc fixes for running ansible on OS X (overlord only)
|
|
* sudo improvements, now works much more smoothly
|
|
* sudo to a particular user with -U/--sudo-user, or using 'sudo_user: foo' in a playbook
|
|
* --private-key CLI option to work with pem files
|
|
|
|
Inventory
|
|
* can use -i host1,host2,host3:port to specify hosts not in inventory (replaces --override-hosts)
|
|
* ansible INI style format can do groups of groups [groupname:children] and group vars [groupname:vars]
|
|
* groups and users module takes an optional system=yes|no on creation (default no)
|
|
* list of hosts in playbooks can be expressed as a YAML list in addition to ; delimited
|
|
|
|
Playbooks
|
|
* variables can be replaced like ${foo.nested_hash_key.nested_subkey[array_index]}
|
|
* unicode now ok in templates (assumes utf8)
|
|
* able to pass host specifier or group name in to "hosts:" with --extra-vars
|
|
* ansible-pull script and example playbook (extreme scaling, remediation)
|
|
* inventory_hostname variable available that contains the value of the host as ansible knows it
|
|
* variables in the 'all' section can be used to define other variables based on those values
|
|
* 'group_names' is now a variable made available to templates
|
|
* first_available_file feature, see selective_file_sources.yml in examples/playbooks for info
|
|
* --extra-vars="a=2 b=3" etc, now available to inject parameters into playbooks from CLI
|
|
|
|
Incompatible Changes
|
|
* jinja2 is only usable in templates, not playbooks, use $foo instead
|
|
* --override-hosts removed, can use -i with comma notation (-i "ahost,bhost")
|
|
* modules can no longer include stderr output (paramiko limitation from sudo)
|
|
|
|
Module Changes
|
|
* tweaks to SELinux implementation for file module
|
|
* fixes for yum module corner cases on EL5
|
|
* file module now correctly returns the mode in octal
|
|
* fix for symlink handling in the file module
|
|
* service takes an enable=yes|no which works with chkconfig or updates-rc.d as appropriate
|
|
* service module works better on Ubuntu
|
|
* git module now does resets and such to work more smoothly on updates
|
|
* modules all now log to syslog
|
|
* enabled=yes|no on a service can be used to toggle chkconfig & updates-rc.d states
|
|
* git module supports branch=
|
|
* service fixes to better detect status using return codes of the service script
|
|
* custom facts provided by the setup module mean no dependency on Ruby, facter, or ohai
|
|
* service now has a state=reloaded
|
|
* raw module for bootstrapping and talking to routers w/o Python, etc
|
|
|
|
Misc Bugfixes
|
|
* fixes for variable parsing in only_if lines
|
|
* misc fixes to key=value parsing
|
|
* variables with mixed case now legal
|
|
* fix to internals of hacking/test-module development script
|
|
|
|
|
|
## 0.3 "Baluchitherium" -- April 23, 2012
|
|
|
|
* Packaging for Debian, Gentoo, and Arch
|
|
* Improvements to the apt and yum modules
|
|
* A virt module
|
|
* SELinux support for the file module
|
|
* Ability to use facts from other systems in templates (aka exported
|
|
resources like support)
|
|
* Built in Ansible facts so you don't need ohai, facter, or Ruby
|
|
* tempdir selections that work with noexec mounted /tmp
|
|
* templates happen locally, not remotely, so no dependency on
|
|
python-jinja2 for remote computers
|
|
* advanced inventory format in YAML allows more control over variables
|
|
per host and per group
|
|
* variables in playbooks can be structured/nested versus just a flat namespace
|
|
* manpage upgrades (docs)
|
|
* various bugfixes
|
|
* can specify a default --user for playbooks rather than specifying it
|
|
in the playbook file
|
|
* able to specify ansible port in ansible host file (see docs)
|
|
* refactored Inventory API to make it easier to write scripts using Ansible
|
|
* looping capability for playbooks (with_items)
|
|
* support for using sudo with a password
|
|
* module arguments can be unicode
|
|
* A local connection type, --connection=local, for use with cron or
|
|
in kickstarts
|
|
* better module debugging with -D
|
|
* fetch module for pulling in files from remote hosts
|
|
* command task supports creates=foo for idempotent semantics, won't run if file foo already exists
|
|
|
|
## 0.0.2 and 0.0.1
|
|
|
|
* Initial stages of project
|
|
|