## Published 2023-06-30 23:00 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-107

*This week in Ansible Community*
*Issue #107, 2023-06-30 ([Past Issues](https://us19.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=56d874e027110e35dea0e03c1&id=d6635f5420))*

Welcome to [The Bullhorn](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you're welcome to chat with us in the [Ansible Social room on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com), and mention [`newsbot`](https://matrix.to/#/@newsbot:ansible.im) to have your news item tagged for review for the next weekly issue!

## KEY DATES ⏱️

[cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) said

> * 2023-07-04: [DaWGs meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/678), 15:00 UTC
> * 2023-07-05: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/679), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues))
> * 2023-07-06: [Infra config as Code office hours](https://github.com/redhat-cop/controller_configuration/issues/638), 13:00 UTC
> * 2023-07-06: [Bullhorn #108 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), 18:00 UTC
> * 2023-07-11: [AWX Office hours](https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/14131), 15:00 UTC
> * 2023-07-17: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.14.8 and 2.15.2
> * 2023-07-18: [ETA for Ansible 8.2.0 release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html)

## GENERAL NEWS UPDATES 🔈️

[Don Naro](https://matrix.to/#/@orandon:ansible.im) contributed

> ### Separating Community Docs from ansible/ansible
>
> Hi everyone. We're working on [making Ansible community documentation a separate project to ansible/ansible](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/243). The purpose is to benefit the Ansible community by decoupling community doc initiatives from core release cycles. This change also removes the Ansible Core team as the gate for other doc related efforts that will meet community needs, such as putting source content for docs.ansible.com under the direct control of the Steering Committee. Overall this change is a first step towards providing greater access and ownership of docs.ansible.com to the Ansible community.
>
> This change will take place on **July 10, 2023**. As a result, all RST source for Ansible community documentation will move from [`ansible/docs/docsite`](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/tree/devel/docs/docsite) to the [`ansible/ansible-documentation`](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-documentation) repository. If you have any comments or concerns, please join us in the [docs channel on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#docs:ansible.com) and give us your feedback.

[cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) shared

> ### Recordings from DevConfCZ
>
> While we wait for the DevConf team to process all the videos, you can already watch the [presentations](https://devconfcz2023.sched.com/) from their [unedited live streams](https://www.youtube.com/@DevConfs/streams). Here are some of them:
> * [How to contribute to the Ansible Community](https://youtu.be/detokEIR4jU?t=3055)
> * [DevOps for Ansible Lightspeed (Project Wisdom)](https://youtu.be/DZSfF61zA0w?t=14141)
> * [Automating Kubernetes with Event Driven Ansible](https://youtu.be/Txyl-4tRVxw?t=794)
> * [Zen of Ansible](https://youtu.be/_igS-VWZ5-Y?t=6032)
> * [Scaling new heights in 2023 with Ansible Community](https://youtu.be/VuCzXJarnEI?t=16696)

## MAJOR NEW RELEASES 🏆️

### Antsibull [↗](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull) 🐂

Tooling for building the `Ansible` package and collection documentation.

[felixfontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:libera.chat) shared

> [antsibull-docs 2.2.0](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-docs/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v2-2-0) has been released with bugfixes for the docsite rendering and improvements for collection docs linting. The linter now also validates `seealso` plugin and module references, and makes sure that array stubs are used correctly when referencing sub-options or sub-return values in `O()` and `RV()`.

### AWX Project [↗](https://github.com/ansible/awx) AWX

AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible.

[john-westcott-iv](https://matrix.to/#/@john-westcott-iv:ansible.im) contributed

> We're happy to announce that the next release of AWX, version 22.4.0 is now available!
> Some notable features include:
> * Add instance_group to bulk api
> * Add managed_by_policy checkbox to instances form.
> * Add warnings when associating or disassociating instances from instance groups.
> * Enable/Disable services on reboot
> * Send real client remote address in TACACS+ authentication packet
> * Add management command to precreate partitioned tables
> * Upgrade psycopg2 to psycopg3
> * Add dynamically configurable debug settings
> * Add AWS Secretsmanager plugin
> * Improve performance for awx cli export
> * In collection, give changed status in workflow_job_template when destroying nodes
> * Add --interval to launch monitor command
> * Tooling for running collection tests locally ad hoc
>
> In addition AWX Operator version 2.3.0 has also been released!
> Some notable features include:
> * Updated backup and restore roles so that node selector can be passed through spec
> * Update code with capability to set the init container resources instead of using web or task container resources
>
> Please see the releases pages for more details: [AWX](https://github.com/ansible/awx/releases/tag/22.4.0), [Operator](https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases/tag/2.3.0).

## PROJECT UPDATES 🛠️

[craig_br](https://matrix.to/#/@craig_br:matrix.org) said

> Would you like to experience our generative AI solution for Ansible?
>
> The Ansible Lightspeed with IBM Watson Code Assistant Technical Preview is here and open to all Ansible users!
>
> [This blog](https://red.ht/lightspeed-tech-preview) shows you how to connect to the Ansible Lightspeed service in VS Code and gives you a quick tour of the technical preview features.
>
> Need more? Here’s a [step-by-step tutorial video](https://youtu.be/yfXcGB7l0II) to get you started.

## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄

[mariolenz](https://matrix.to/#/@mariolenz:matrix.org) shared

> The deprecated `servicenow.servicenow` collection [has been removed from Ansible 7](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/124), but accidentally re-added to Ansible 8. It will be [removed again](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/246) from Ansible 9.

## HELP WANTED 🙏

[andersson007_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) said

> New collection inclusion [requests](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible-inclusion/discussions/categories/new-collection-reviews) are waiting for community [reviews](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible-inclusion#review-process). Contribute by helping extend the `ansible` package!

[samccann](https://matrix.to/#/@samccann:ansible.im) said

> Looking to help out in Ansible but not sure where to start? Take a look at some easyfix or good first issues:
> * across multiple [collections](https://github.com/search?q=user%3Aansible-collections+label%3Aeasyfix%2C%22good+first+issue%22+state%3Aopen&type=Issues )
> * for all [other](https://github.com/search?q=user%3Aansible+user%3Aansible-community+label%3Aeasyfix%2C%22good+first+issue%22+state%3Aopen&type=Issues) Ansible projects

## PROPOSALS - DISCUSS AND VOTE! 🗳️

[andersson007_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) contributed

> Please help the `community.mysql` collection define its [mission statement](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/discussions/560). Any feedback will be much appreciated!

[felixfontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:libera.chat) contributed

> We have started a community discussion on [Which/how many versions of ansible(-base|-core) should a (community) collection support?](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/245). This is a topic that really needs user feedback: which versions of ansible-core (or even ansible-base or Ansible 2.9) are you still using, and which do you expect to be supported by (which) collections you use? Since we do not have analytics we really don't know, so if you don't tell us we might drop support for the versions you are still using :) The discussion contains an explicit proposal for community.general, so we have something concrete to talk about: "For every new major release of community.general, drop support for all ansible-core versions that have been End of Life for at least a couple of weeks before the release date."

## COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS 📅

[Sean Sullivan](https://matrix.to/#/@ssulliva:matrix.org) shared

> The Infra config as Code collection group will have a Public Office hours meeting on July 6th at 9am EST/1pm UTC. Details [here](https://github.com/redhat-cop/controller_configuration/issues/638).

## COMMUNITY UPDATES 👂️

[steampunks](https://matrix.to/#/@xlab_steampunk:matrix.org) said

> Hey, our team would like to organize a Steampunk Ansible Challenge, a series of monthly competitions where participants solve complex automation problems and demonstrate playbook expertise. But first we want to weigh interest (and convince our bosses ;)). So [feel free to check it out and pre-sign up](https://steampunk.si/ansible-challenge/) if you’re up for a challenge.

## THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!

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