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# Bullhorn #34
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## Published 2021-09-17 16:00 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-34

## The Bullhorn

*A Newsletter for the Ansible Developer Community*
*Issue #34, 2021-09-17 ([Past Issues](https://us19.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=56d874e027110e35dea0e03c1&id=d6635f5420))*

Welcome to the Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible developer community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, please reach out to us at the-bullhorn@redhat.com, or comment on this [GitHub issue](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/546).

### KEY DATES

* 2021-09-21: [ETA for Ansible 4.6.0 release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_4.html)
* 2021-09-22: [community IRC meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/539), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues))
* **2021-09-28: [Contributor Summit 2021.09](https://ansiblecs202109.eventbrite.com/?aff=bullhorn) - Day 1**
* **2021-09-29/30: [AnsibleFest 2021](https://www.ansible.com/ansiblefest)**
* 2021-09-30: [D&I working group meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/577), 19:00 UTC
* **2021-10-01: [Contributor Summit 2021.09](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202109) - Day 2**
* 2021-10-05: [Bullhorn #35 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/546)
* 2021-10-06: [community IRC meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/539), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues))
* 2021-10-11: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.11.6 and Ansible-Base 2.10.15 releases

### CONTRIBUTOR SUMMIT & ANSIBLEFEST

The next **[Ansible Contributor Summit](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202109) will be on September 28th and October 1st**, alongside [AnsibleFest 2021](https://www.ansible.com/ansiblefest). Registration is open! Please **register on [Eventbrite](https://ansiblecs202109.eventbrite.com/?aff=bullhorn)** to stay informed of updates to the event. Note that the AnsibleFest registration is separate from the Contributor Summit.

The [first day (Tuesday, 28/9)](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202109#Day-1-Tuesday-September-28-2021) is aimed at new contributors and people who want to understand what is involved in contributing. [Day two (Friday, 1/10)](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202109#Day-2-Friday-October-1-2021) will contain the usual interactive discussions with more technical details.

In addition, we will be running a **[Hackathon](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202109#Hackathon)** in parallel throughout the week (Tuesday to Friday). This is for anyone with an interest in contributing to Ansible (with a focus on Collections), including those who have never contributed and are unsure of how to get started, existing contributors and maintainers, etc. all are welcome! Resources (people, labs, docs, etc.) will be available to help people through the entire process.

During AnsibleFest, we will have a **[Community Live Q&A](https://events.ansiblefest.redhat.com/widget/redhat/ansible21/sessioncatalog/session/1630700700190001PpLq) with members of the Ansible Community Team (Wednesday, Sep 29 @ 15:30-16:00 UTC)**. If you have pressing questions that you'd like us to answer/discuss, please suggest them in this [GitHub issue](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/629).

### ANSIBLE-CORE 2.11.5, ANSIBLE-BASE 2.10.14, AND ANSIBLE 2.9.26 RELEASED

The Ansible Core team announced the maintenance releases of Ansible-Core 2.11.5, Ansible-Base 2.10.14, and Ansible 2.9.26 on September 13th. Follow [this link](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-devel/c/LthGAAGOlMo) for Matt Martz’s email to the ansible-devel mailing list, to obtain details on what’s new, installation instructions, and schedule for future releases.

### NEW/UPDATED COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS

* Ansible Collection for ServiceNow ITSM - [servicenow.itsm](https://galaxy.ansible.com/servicenow/itsm) 1.2.0 has been released. Please see changelogs [here](https://github.com/ansible-collections/servicenow.itsm/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v1-2-0).
* Ansible Community Crypto Collection - [community.crypto](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/crypto) 1.9.3 has been released.
* Amazon AWS Collection - [amazon.aws](https://galaxy.ansible.com/amazon/aws) 2.0.0 has been released with several major changes.  Please see the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst) for more info.
* Amazon AWS Collection - [amazon.aws](https://galaxy.ansible.com/amazon/aws) [1.5.1](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/blob/stable-1.5/CHANGELOG.rst) has also been released.

You can now keep track of the releases of Ansible community projects and collections via the [Ansible community RSS feeds](https://rss.community.eng.ansible.com/).

### ANNOUNCING NEW COLLECTION MAINTAINERS

We are happy to announce that the [community.general](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general), [community.docker](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker), and [community.crypto](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto) collections have found a new maintainer: [Andrew Pantuso](https://github.com/Ajpantuso). He has done an excellent job there as a code contributor and reviewer.

In addition, the [community.kubevirt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.kubevirt) collection has found new maintainers: [Christopher Brown](https://github.com/snecklifter) and [Martin Nečas](https://github.com/mnecas).

On behalf of the Ansible Community and the Community Team, we’d like to congratulate them, and say THANK YOU!

### LOOKING FOR COLLECTION MAINTAINERS/CONTRIBUTORS

The [community.kubevirt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.kubevirt) collection is looking for more maintainers and contributors. Sounds interesting? Feel free to respond in [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.kubevirt/issues/27)!

### COLLECTION INCLUSION CANDIDATES FOR ANSIBLE 5.0

We have about 3 weeks left for new collections to be included in Ansible 5.0.0. See the inclusion candidates and track their progress in this [GitHub issue](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/32).

### ANSIBLE COMMUNITY STEERING COMMITTEE

[Tadej Borovšak](https://github.com/tadeboro) has been elected as the chairperson for the [Ansible Community Steering Committee](https://www.ansible.com/blog/ansible-community-steering-committee). Thank you Tadej for the amazing work you've done (and continue to do) in the Ansible Community, and congratulations!

### NEW MATRIX ROOM: ANSIBLE SOCIAL

The [Ansible Social](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.im) matrix room will be a place for welcoming new people/introductions/daily greetings/social chat. It is bridged to #ansible-social channel on Libera Chat. News and announcements are welcome there too. For more information about Ansible Community on Matrix, please take a look at the [documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#ansible-community-on-matrix) and [FAQ](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/community-matrix-faq). See you in the Matrix!

### CONTENT FROM THE ANSIBLE COMMUNITY

[Luca Berton](https://github.com/lucab85) started a side project called [Ansible Pilot](https://www.ansiblepilot.com/): automate your daily use-cases with live demos, playbooks, and fun included! Check it out and share your feedback with him.

If you're interested in provisioning and configuring hosts so that you can deliver complete solutions in a repeatable manner, [Paul Armstrong](https://github.com/parmstro) gives a comprehensive overview in his [Automating Systems with Foreman, AWX, and FreeIPA](https://theforeman.org/2021/09/automating-systems-with-foreman-awx-and-freeipa.html) article.

### ANSIBLE MEETUPS & COMMUNITY EVENTS

The following meetups/events are being held in the Ansible community over the next month:

* Mon, Sep 20 · 11:00 AM SST - [Ansible Singapore](https://www.meetup.com/Ansible-Singapore/events/280607968/) - Ansible Virtual Meet Up - September 2021
* Wed, Sep 22 · 5:30 PM CEST - [Ansible in DevOps Torun-Bydgoszcz](https://www.meetup.com/Ansible-in-DevOps-Torun-Bydgoszcz/events/280507922/) - AiDO Meetup #18 Debaty IT/DevOps
* Fri, Sep 24 - [Ansible Meetup Dresden](https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Ansible-Meetup-Dresden/) will be participating at [DecompileD](https://decompiled.de/) (you can use promo code "ANSIBLE" to get a discount on the ticket!)
* Tue, Sep 28 · 5:00 PM CEST - [Ansible Zürich](https://www.meetup.com/Ansible-Zurich/events/280443227/) - 10th Ansible Meetup
* Thu, Oct 14 · 4:00 PM EDT - [Ansible Toronto](https://www.meetup.com/Ansible-Toronto/events/280620210/) - Ansible Toronto October 2021 (Hybrid)

### OPEN SOURCE AUTOMATION DAYS

We will be a part of [Open Source Automation Days](https://osad-munich.org/en/), which will be an online event from October 4-6, 2021. Check out the [agenda](https://osad-munich.org/en/agenda-2021/), as well as [workshops](https://osad-munich.org/en/osad-workshops-2021/), and get tickets [here](https://osad-munich.org/en/osad-2021-tickets/) if you’re interested.

Don't miss [Alex Sowitzki](https://github.com/eqrx)'s talk on [Ansible Receptor: Mesh Your way through Corporate network landscapes](https://osad-munich.org/en/featured-speakers/ansible-receptor-mesh-your-way-through-corporate-network-landscapes/)!

### THE ANSIBLE TEAM IS HIRING

Red Hat is hiring several roles to work on Ansible. Please check the job descriptions in the links and apply!

* [Senior Release Engineer - Ansible Automation Platform](https://global-redhat.icims.com/jobs/82355/ansible-senior-productization-engineer/job), Worldwide-Remote
* [Senior Quality Engineer](https://global-redhat.icims.com/jobs/87033/senior-quality-engineer/job), BR-Remote
* [Software Engineer - Part time (Returnship)](https://global-redhat.icims.com/jobs/88865/software-engineer---part-time-%28returnship%29/job), CZ-Brno
* [Principal Software Engineer](https://us-redhat.icims.com/jobs/88830/principal-software-engineer/job), US-Remote
* [Principal Product Marketing Manager, Ansible Cloud Services](https://us-redhat.icims.com/jobs/88957/principal-product-marketing-manager%2c-ansible-cloud-services/job), US-Remote
* [Senior Product Marketing Manager, Ansible Cloud Services](https://us-redhat.icims.com/jobs/89158/senior-product-marketing-manager%2c-ansible-cloud-services/job), US-Remote

### FEEDBACK

Have any questions you’d like to ask, or issues you’d like to see covered? Please send us an email at the-bullhorn@redhat.com.
