# Bullhorn #99
###### tags: `bullhorn`

## Published 2023-04-21 20:15 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-99

*A Newsletter for the Ansible Developer Community*
*Issue #99, 2023-04-21 ([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 developer 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) contributed

> * 2023-04-24: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.13.9, 2.14.5, and 2.15.0rc1
> * 2023-04-25: [DaWGs meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/678), 15:00 UTC
> * 2023-04-26: [ETA for Ansible 7.5.0 release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_7.html)
> * 2023-04-26: [ETA for Ansible 8.0.0 alpha2](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html)
> * 2023-04-26: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/679), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues))
> * 2023-04-27: [Bullhorn #100 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), 18:00 UTC
> * 2023-05-02: [Another Ansible 8.0.0 alpha release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html)
> * 2023-05-15: [Last day for collections to make backwards incompatible releases that will be accepted into Ansible-8](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html)

## GENERAL NEWS UPDATES 🔈️

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

> The [Ansible Ecosystem page](https://docs.ansible.com/ecosystem.html) now includes Edge Automation with some links to the Osbuild Composer, Common Industrial Protocol (CIP), MicroShift, and FDO collections.

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

> We've just refreshed the layout on [docs.ansible.com](https://docs.ansible.com/index.html) to include quick and easy links for most visited doc pages. You can find the new "Quicklinks" section on the index, user, developer, and maintainer pages. We want to hear from you, especially if you have a killer suggestion for a quicklink, so open an issue in the [ansible/docsite](https://github.com/ansible/docsite) repo.

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

> ### Community Strategy update
>
> Hi folks! A while ago I shared our [strategy for the year ahead](https://ansible.github.io/community/posts/ansible_community_strategy_2023.html), and we had some discussion and votes on the topic. A month on, and I thought you deserved an update! 📰
>
> In short, things are moving along 🎉! The Website Working Group is up & running and we've got a static site based on the Nikola engine starting to take shape. Please join us in [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#website:ansible.com) or on [GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-website/), if you're interested!
>
> On the forum front, there's less to see publicly but I'm working behind the scenes to secure the necessary things to get it live. It's all looking very promising, and I hope to have a lot more to say on this soon!
>
> If you want more info on the more detailed status of these things, you can subscribe to the GitHub issues [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/201) and [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/202).

## MAJOR NEW RELEASES 🏆️

### 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 release beta: [ansible-core 2.15.0b3](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-devel/c/gmesMFht1Wo)

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

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

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

> [antsibull 0.56.0](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v0-56-0) has been released. It deprecates building Ansible < 6.0.0 with it - this will be removed in a future release - and makes sure the release role will work fine with future Ansible releases by removing a test that is currently failing with ansible-core devel.

### AWX Project [↗](https://github.com/ansible/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 22.1.0 is now available!
> Some notable features include:
> * Added domain entry and authorizer for TSS
> * CI workflows security hardening
> * Proxy analytics requests through AWX API
> * Enhance usage metrics collection
> * Analytics export other subs attrs
> * Adding basic validation for local passwords
> * Fixes #13402 allow user defined key retrieval from CYBR
> * Customize application_name for different connections in dispatcher service
>
> In addition AWX Operator version 2.0.1 has also been released!
> This is mostly a bug fix release.
>
> Please see the releases pages for more details: [AWX](https://github.com/ansible/awx/releases/tag/22.1.0), [Operator](https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases/tag/2.0.1).

### DevTools [↗](https://github.com/ansible/vscode-ansible) ⛏️

Projects to make it easier to write and test Ansible Content. Includes [VScode extension](https://github.com/ansible/vscode-ansible), [language server](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-language-server), [ansible-lint](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-lint), [molecule](https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule), [ansible-navigator](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-navigator) and potentially other development goodies. To see what's planned, and how you can help checkout the [foundation-devtools project board](https://github.com/orgs/ansible/projects/86/views/4)

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

> 1. Ansible-VSCode extension [2.0.0](https://github.com/ansible/vscode-ansible/releases/tag/v2.0) is out!
> 2. Pytest-ansible plugin [3.0.0](https://github.com/ansible-community/pytest-ansible/releases/tag/v3.0.0) is released with added support for python 3.10 & 3.11, Ansible 2.12 & 2.13, along with a long list of bugfixes.
> 3. Ansible-lint version [6.14.6](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint/releases/tag/v6.14.6) is here, started using ruff linter along with 10+ bugfixes in this release.
> 4. ansible.scm collection [1.0.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.scm/releases/tag/v1.0.0) released to galaxy.
>
> Please do checkout corresponding release notes for all the updates !!

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

> DevTools teams started replacing use of flake8 and pyupgrade with ruff which is much faster and better maintained.

## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄

[jm1](https://matrix.to/#/@jakobmeng:fedora.im) contributed

> Ansible collection for OpenStack clouds aka [openstack.cloud](https://opendev.org/openstack/ansible-collections-openstack) has a new minor release [2.1.0](https://opendev.org/openstack/ansible-collections-openstack/src/branch/master/CHANGELOG.rst#v2.1.0) with bugfixes and a new Ironic module 🥳

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

> If you contribute to a collection, please review the module/plugin documentation to ensure it has good, real-world examples. Users have been asking for this in multiple spaces so it's a good time to take a closer look at what your collections provide!

## HELP WANTED 🙏

[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

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

> The [new collection inclusion requests](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible-inclusion/discussions/categories/new-collection-reviews) are waiting for your [reviews](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible-inclusion#review-process). Please help the community extend the package!

## COMMUNITY UPDATES 👂️

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

> [Enhancing Ansible Lint with OpenAI: Writing Your Own Custom Rule](https://medium.com/@einarum/enhancing-ansible-lint-with-openai-writing-your-own-custom-rule-e12cb539c7d8) - inspection your Ansible code with OpenAI and tutorial how to write your own Ansible lint rules

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

> [Ansible GPT — callback plugin with OpenAI for Ansible tasks and playbooks](https://medium.com/@einarum/ansible-gpt-callback-plugin-with-openai-for-ansible-tasks-and-playbooks-13911b3370dd) - callback plugin for inspection your Ansible code during the playbook execution, also a tutorial how to write callback plugins.

## COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS 📅

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

> [**Ansible München**](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-munchen/) group is meeting on **May 2** at at AWS Munich. Hear about "Getting started deploying AWS VPC networking using Ansible" and "Managing Podman pods with Ansible - A Hands-On Demo" from 7:00 to 9:00 PM CEST. Check out the [meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-munchen/events/292398867/) for details and RSVP!

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

> Join **Ansible Community Stockholm** on **3rd May**, 2023 to learn about Event-Driven Ansible with Magnus Glantz. Register your seat in [here](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-stockholm/events/292825770/). See you all at the meetup.

[resmo](https://matrix.to/#/@resmo:libera.chat) said

> The 13th **Ansible Zürich** in person meetup is happening on **May 31 2023**, [details and RSVP](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-zurich/events/291951930/).

## 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!