diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md deleted file mode 100644 index 6d9b147..0000000 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,812 +0,0 @@ -Ansible Changes By Release -========================== - -1.3 "Top of the World" - Release pending! - -Major new features: - -* 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. -* ability to make undefined template variables raise errors, see ansible.cfg - -New modules: - -* notifications: datadog_event -- send data to datadog -* cloud: digital_ocean -- module for digital ocean provisioning -* cloud: rds -- Amazon relational database service - -Misc changes: - -* Added OpenRC support (Gentoo) to the service module -* ansible_ssh_user value is available to templates -* added placement_group parameter to ec2 module -* new sha256 parameter to get_url module for validation -* search for mount binaries in system path and sbin vs assuming path -* allowed inventory file to be read from a pipe -* added Solaris distribution facts -* fixed bug along error path in quantum_network module -* user password update mode is controllable in user module now (creation vs every time) -* added check mode support to the OpenBSD package module -* Fix for MySQL 5.6 compatibility -* HP UX virtualization facts -* fixed some executable bits in git -* made rhn_register module compatible with EL5 -* fix for setup module epoch time in Solaris -* sudo_user is now expanded later allowing to be set at inventory scope -* mondodb_user module change to also support MongoDB 2.2 -* new state=hard option to the file module for hardlinks vs softlinks -* fixes to apt module purging option behavior -* fixes for device facts with multiple PCI domains -* 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. -* ec2 module supports adding to multiple security groups - -1.2 "Right Now" -- June 10, 2013 - -Core Features: - -* capability to set 'all_errors_fatal: True' in a playbook to force any error to stop execution versus - a whole group or serial block needing to fail - usable, without breaking the ability to override in ansible -* ability to use variables from {{ }} syntax in mainline playbooks, new 'when' conditional, as detailed - in documentation. Can disable old style replacements in ansible.cfg if so desired, but are still active - by default. -* can set ansible_ssh_private_key_file as an inventory variable (similar to ansible_ssh_host, etc) -* 'when' statement can be affixed to task includes to auto-affix the conditional to each task therein -* cosmetic: "*****" banners in ansible-playbook output are now constant width -* --limit can now be given a filename (--limit @filename) to constrain a run to a host list on disk -* failed playbook runs will create a retry file in /var/tmp/ansible usable with --limit -* roles allow easy arrangement of reusable tasks/handlers/files/templates -* pre_tasks and post_tasks allow for separating tasks into blocks where handlers will fire around them automatically -* "meta: flush_handler" task capability added for when you really need to force handlers to run -* new --start-at-task option to ansible playbook allows starting at a specific task name in a long playbook -* added a log file for ansible/ansible-playbook, set 'log_path' in the configuration file or ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH in environment -* debug mode always outputs debug in playbooks, without needing to specify -v -* external inventory script added for Spacewalk / Red Hat Satellite servers -* It is now possible to feed JSON structures to --extra-vars. Pass in a JSON dictionary/hash to feed in complex data. -* group_vars/ and host_vars/ directories can now be kept alongside the playbook as well as inventory (or both!) -* more filters: ability to say {{ foo|success }} and {{ foo|failed }} and when: foo|success and when: foo|failed -* more filters: {{ path|basename }} and {{ path|dirname }} -* lookup plugins now use the basedir of the file they have included from, avoiding needs of ../../../ in places and -increasing the ease at which things can be reorganized. - -Modules added: - -* cloud: rax: module for creating instances in the rackspace cloud (uses pyrax) -* packages: npm: node.js package management -* packages: pkgng: next-gen package manager for FreeBSD -* packages: redhat_subscription: manage Red Hat subscription usage -* packages: rhn_register: basic RHN registration -* packages: zypper (SuSE) -* database: postgresql_priv: manages postgresql priveledges -* networking: bigip_pool: load balancing with F5s -* networking: ec2_elb: add and remove machines from ec2 elastic load balancers -* notification: hipchat: send notification events to hipchat -* notification: flowdock: send messages to flowdock during playbook runs -* notification: campfire: send messages to campfire during playbook runs -* notification: mqtt: send messages to the Mosquitto message bus -* notification: irc: send messages to IRC channels -* notification: filesystem - a wrapper around mkfs -* notification: jabber: send jabber chat messages -* notification: osx_say: make OS X say things out loud -* openstack: keystone_user -* openstack: glance_image -* openstack: nova_compute -* openstack: nova_keypair -* openstack: quantum_floating_ip -* 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_basedir' 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=' 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_FORCECOLOR=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') -* playbooks can import playbooks in other directories and then be able to import tasks relative to them -* FILE($path) now allows access of contents of file in a path, very good for use with SSH keys -* similarly PIPE($command) will run a local command and return the results of executing this command -* if all hosts in a play fail, stop the playbook, rather than letting the console log spool on by -* only_if using register variables that are booleans now works in a boolean way like you'd expect -* task includes now work with with_items (such as: include: path/to/wordpress.yml user=$item) -* when using a $list variable with $var or ${var} syntax it will automatically join with commas -* setup is not run more than once when we know it is has already been run in a play that included another play, etc -* can set/override sudo and sudo_user on individual tasks in a play, defaults to what is set in the play if not present -* ability to use with_fileglob to iterate over local file patterns -* templates now use Jinja2's 'trim_blocks=True' to avoid stray newlines, small changes to templates may -be required in rare cases. - -Other playbook changes: - -* to_yaml and from_yaml are available as Jinja2 filters -* $group and $group_names are now accessible in with_items -* where 'stdout' is provided a new 'stdout_lines' variable (type == list) is now generated and usable with with_items -* when local_action is used the transport is automatically overridden to the local type -* output on failed playbook commands is now nicely split for stderr/stdout and syntax errors -* if local_action is not used and delegate_to was 127.0.0.1 or localhost, use local connection regardless -* when running a playbook, and the statement has changed, prints 'changed:' now versus 'ok:' so it is obvious without colored mode -* variables now usable within vars_prompt (just not host/group vars) -* setup facts are now retained across plays (dictionary just gets updated as needed) -* --sudo-user now works with --extra-vars -* fix for multi_line strings with only_if - -New Modules: - -* ini_file module for manipulating INI files -* new LSB facts (release, distro, etc) -* pause module -- (pause seconds=10) (pause minutes=1) (pause prompt=foo) -- it's an action plugin -* a module for adding entries to the main crontab (though you may still wish to just drop template files into cron.d) -* debug module can be used for outputing messages without using 'shell echo' -* a fail module is now available for causing errors, you might want to use it with only_if to fail in certain conditions - -Other module Changes, Upgrades, and Fixes: - -* removes= exists on command just like creates= -* postgresql modules now take an optional port= parameter -* /proc/cmdline info is now available in Linux facts -* public host key detection for OS X -* lineinfile module now uses 'search' not exact 'match' in regexes, making it much more intuitive and not needing regex syntax most of the time -* added force=yes|no (default no) option for file module, which allows transition between files to directories and so on -* additional facts for SunOS virtualization -* copy module is now atomic when used across volumes -* url_get module now returns 'dest' with the location of the file saved -* fix for yum module when using local RPMs vs downloading -* cleaner error messages with copy if destination directory does not exist -* setup module now still works if PATH is not set -* service module status now correct for services with 'subsys locked' status -* misc fixes/upgrades to the wait_for module -* git module now expands any "~" in provided destination paths -* ignore stop error code failure for service module with state=restarted, always try to start -* inline documentation for modules allows documentation source to built without pull requests to the ansible-docs project, among other things -* 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 -* "~" now expanded in command module when using creates/removes -* mysql module can do dumps and imports -* selinux policy is only required if setting to not disabled -* various fixes for yum module when working with packages not in any present repo - -0.7 "Panama" -- Sept 6 2012 - -Module changes: - -* login_unix_socket option for mysql user and database modules (see PR #781 for doc notes) -* new modules -- pip, easy_install, apt_repository, supervisorctl -* error handling for setup module when SELinux is in a weird state -* misc yum module fixes -* better changed=True/False detection in user module on older Linux distros -* nicer errors from modules when arguments are not key=value -* backup option on copy (backup=yes), as well as template, assemble, and lineinfile -* 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: - -* 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: ' 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 - diff --git a/ansible-1.2.tar.bz2 b/ansible-1.2.tar.bz2 deleted file mode 100644 index 380b990..0000000 --- a/ansible-1.2.tar.bz2 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@ -version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 -oid sha256:19294a0fa1f7f20ca92663bfd07c88cec602888653a3d089ae8d01182ba9eebb -size 292268 diff --git a/ansible-1.3.4.tar.bz2 b/ansible-1.3.4.tar.bz2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c848dff --- /dev/null +++ b/ansible-1.3.4.tar.bz2 @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1 +oid sha256:24f9fee3d76146dd5a9cba293329d872b7e25e43c32d64bd8932592471c2efdc +size 792177 diff --git a/ansible.changes b/ansible.changes index afcb07d..8b60e71 100644 --- a/ansible.changes +++ b/ansible.changes @@ -1,3 +1,44 @@ +------------------------------------------------------------------- +Thu Oct 31 17:26:44 UTC 2013 - lars@linux-schulserver.de + +- update to 1.3.4: + Highlighted new features: + + accelerated mode: An enhanced fireball mode that requires zero + bootstrapping and fewer requirements plus adds capabilities + like sudo commands. + + role defaults: Allows roles to define a set of variables at the + lowest priority. These variables can be overridden by any + other variable. + + 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. + + added the ability to make undefined template variables raise + errors (see ansible.cfg) + + (DOCS PENDING) sudo: True/False and sudo_user: True/False can be + set at include and role level + + added changed_when: (expression) which allows overriding whether + a result is changed or not and can work with registered expressions + + --extra-vars can now take a file as input, e.g., "-e @filename" + and can also be formatted as YAML + + external inventory scripts may now return host variables in one + pass, which allows them to be much more efficient for large + numbers of hosts + + 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. + + enabled error_on_undefined_vars by default, which will make + errors in playbooks more obvious + + role dependencies -- one role can now pull in another, with + parameters of its own. + + added the ability to have tasks execute even during a check + run (always_run). + + added the ability to set the maximum failure percentage for a + group of hosts. + ...and a lot more information can be found at + /usr/share/doc/packages/ansible/CHANGELOG.md +- removed man3 man pages +- removed separate CHANGELOG.md source - now in upstream tarball + ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Jun 30 20:05:47 UTC 2013 - lars@linux-schulserver.de diff --git a/ansible.spec b/ansible.spec index 1659059..e092088 100644 --- a/ansible.spec +++ b/ansible.spec @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Name: ansible -Version: 1.2 +Version: 1.3.4 Release: 1 Summary: SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system License: GPL-3.0+ @@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ Url: http://ansible.github.com Group: System/Management Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2 Source1: %{name}-rpmlintrc -# Downloaded via 'wget https://raw.github.com/ansible/ansible/devel/CHANGELOG.md' -Source2: CHANGELOG.md BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build # # (open)SUSE @@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ Recommends: python-paramiko Requires: python-paramiko %endif %if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110 -%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")} +%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")} %else BuildArch: noarch %endif @@ -132,7 +130,6 @@ requirements. %prep %setup -q -install -m644 %{SOURCE2} . %build %{__python} setup.py build @@ -142,9 +139,8 @@ install -m644 %{SOURCE2} . mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/ansible/ cp examples/hosts %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/ansible/ cp examples/ansible.cfg %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/ansible/ -mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/{man1,man3}/ +mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/ cp -v docs/man/man1/*.1 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/ -cp -v docs/man/man3/*.3 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man3/ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/ansible cp -vr library/* %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/ansible/ %if 0%{?suse_version} > 01020 @@ -153,10 +149,9 @@ cp -vr library/* %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/ansible/ %files %defattr(-,root,root,-) -%doc README.md PKG-INFO COPYING CHANGELOG.md +%doc CHANGELOG.md CONTRIBUTING.md COPYING README.md RELEASES.txt VERSION %doc examples/playbooks %doc %{_mandir}/man1/ansible* -%doc %{_mandir}/man3/ansible* %dir %{_datadir}/ansible %dir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name} %{python_sitelib}/ansible* @@ -169,10 +164,9 @@ cp -vr library/* %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/ansible/ %files fireball %defattr(-,root,root,-) %{_datadir}/ansible/utilities/fireball -%doc %{_mandir}/man3/ansible.fireball.* %files node-fireball %defattr(-,root,root,-) -%doc README.md PKG-INFO COPYING +%doc README.md COPYING %changelog