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# Bullhorn #129
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## Published 2024-02-02 23:30 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-129

*This week in Ansible Community*
*Issue #129, 2024-02-02 ([Past Issues](https://us19.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=56d874e027110e35dea0e03c1&id=d6635f5420))*

Welcome to [The Bullhorn](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/bullhorn/17), 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

> * **2024-02-03: [FOSDEM 2024](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fosdem-2024/92)**
> * **2024-02-05: [CfgMgmtCamp 2024](https://forum.ansible.com/t/config-management-camp-2024/91)**
> * 2024-02-06: [DaWGs meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/documentation-working-group-agenda/153), 16:00 UTC
> * **2024-02-07: [Ansible Collab - Ghent](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-collab-ghent/3426)**
> * 2024-02-07: [Community WG meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/tags/c/workflow/meetbot/16/community-wg), 19:00 UTC
> * 2024-02-08: [Bullhorn #130 content deadline](https://forum.ansible.com/t/about-the-newsletter-category/166), 18:00 UTC
> * 2024-02-26: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.16.4, 2.15.10, and 2.14.15
> * 2024-02-27: ETA for Ansible 9.3.0 release

## GENERAL NEWS UPDATES 🔈️

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

> ### Ansible at FOSDEM / CfgMgmtCamp
> 
> For those participating in [FOSDEM in Brussels](https://fosdem.org/2024/) this weekend, come say hi to us at the [Ansible stand](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fosdem-2024/92/5), and check out some of the [Ansible related talks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-fosdem-2024/92/7) in different devrooms!
> 
> After that we head to [CfgMgmtCamp in Ghent](https://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/ghent2024/), with [2 Ansible tracks](https://forum.ansible.com/t/config-management-camp-2024/91/10) on 2 days filled with excellent presentations! We will round up the long week of conferences with [Ansible Collab](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-collab-ghent/3426) on Feb 7th, engaging in interesting discussions with the Ansible community throughout.
> 
> See you soon!

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

> The [vote on the suggested Ansible 10 roadmap](https://forum.ansible.com/t/1751/4) has been approved. The roadmap can be found [here](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_10.html).

## MAJOR NEW RELEASES 🏆️

### Ansible [↗](https://github.com/ansible-collections)

The `Ansible` package includes `ansible-core` and is a batteries-included package that provides a curated set of Ansible collections. See the [Ansible roadmaps](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/ansible_roadmap_index.html) for future release plans.

[gotmax23](https://matrix.to/#/@gotmax:matrix.org) shared

> [Ansible 9.2.0 package is here!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-2-0/3536) ❤️
> 
> 💽You can install it by running the following command:
> 
> ```
> python3 -m pip install ansible==9.2.0 --user
> ```
> 
> ➡️ Check [Release Notes📦️🗒️](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/9.2.0/9/CHANGELOG-v9.rst) and [Ansible 9 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_9.html) for more details!

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

AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. Join the AWX discussion in the [Ansible Community Forum](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/awx).

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

> We're happy to announce that the next release of AWX, version 23.7.0 is now available!
> Some notable features include:
> * Add support for Bitbucket Data Center webhooks
> * Add userpass and LDAP support for HashiCorp vault credential_plugin
> * Added hop node documentation and expanded execution nodes section.
> 
> In addition AWX Operator version 2.11.0 has also been released!
> Some notable features include:
> * Allow multiple ingress hosts to be defined when using ingress
> * multi-architecture builds and publish to quay
> * Adopt LISTENER_DATABASES setting
> * Add AWXMeshIngress custom resource (require ansible/awx#14640 to function)
> 
> Please see the releases pages for more details: [AWX](https://github.com/ansible/awx/releases/tag/23.7.0), [Operator](https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases/tag/2.11.0).

### Ansible-Core [↗](https://github.com/ansible/ansible) ⚡️

The `ansible-core` package contains the base engine and a small subset of modules and plugins. To see what's planned for the next release, look at the [`ansible-core` roadmaps](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/roadmap/ansible_core_roadmap_index.html).

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

> New releases: ansible-core [2.14.14](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-devel/c/sOKfRi58DtQ), [2.15.9](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-devel/c/AlW7nkA6UBE) and [2.16.3](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-devel/c/Vxoz6V_-zkQ).

## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄

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

> The `inspur.sm` collection [is considered unmaintained](https://forum.ansible.com/t/2854) and will be removed from Ansible 11 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 11. See [the removal process for details on how this works](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection).
> 
> Please note that you can still manually install the collection with `ansible-galaxy collection install inspur.sm` even when it has been removed from Ansible.

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said

> [community.general 8.3.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-8/CHANGELOG.rst#v8-3-0) has been released with new features, modules, and bugfixes.

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) shared

> [community.docker 3.7.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v3-7-0) is out with new features and bugfixes for the Docker Compose v2 modules, and with a new `docker_image_export` module for exporting Docker images.

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) contributed

> [community.dns 2.8.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.dns/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v2-8-0) has been released with renamed options for the inventory plugins - `filters` has been renamed to `simple_filters` - and an updated Public Suffix List.

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

> the [community.clickhouse](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/clickhouse/) collection version [0.2.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.clickhouse/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst) has been released!

## PROPOSALS - DISCUSS AND VOTE! 🗳️

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said

> There is a proposal to [declare the community.dns stable-1 branch as End Of Life](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.dns/issues/183). If you are using 1.x.y versions of community.dns, please come forward in that issue. Thanks!

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) shared

> There is a proposal to [declare the community.routeros stable-1 branch as End Of Life](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/issues/252). If you are using 1.x.y versions of community.routeros, please come forward in that issue. Thanks!

## COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS 📅

[Christian Jung](https://github.com/cbolz) shared

> We're excited to announce the next German Ansible user meeting (Ansible Anwendertreffen). Join us to discuss, share, collaborate and learn how to use Ansible in your organization. Find the agenda and more details on our [web site](https://www.ansible-anwender.de/).

## THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!

Have any questions you’d like to ask, or issues you’d like to see covered? Please ask in [#social:ansible.com](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com)! See you next time!