Ansible 8.0.0 has been released!

[Christian Adams]

Hello everyone,

We're happy to announce the release of the Ansible 8.0.0 package!

Ansible 8.0.0 includes ansible-core 2.15.0 as well as a curated set of
Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules and plugins.


How to get it
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This pre-release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip:

`$ python3 -m pip install ansible==8.0.0 --user`

The sources for this release can be found here:

Release tarball:
https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bf/d2/41bfb43774c98b6df721170ec2070d517e7ee20ff106edeaa2e29dc0fa7e/ansible-8.0.0.tar.gz

SHA256:
8670c7c46021c188cac235e9fde7adadbb3c380c2436a3b0c1c493c4ba10bcab

Wheel package:
https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8f/78/ccf8d6b0cd4d71761be99fb8486f4a8ac3ca2f86887ff6802dcfa384a8ac/ansible-8.0.0-py3-none-any.whl

SHA256:
831bd24e4c312f71fe63efc3f993bea2fa04e257ddf5d1181192ea808d2fe77d


What's new in Ansible 8
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This is `Release Candidate 1` for Ansible 8.0.0.

Collections added to Ansible 8:
* dellemc.powerflex (version 1.6.0)
* dellemc.unity (version 1.6.0)
* grafana.grafana (version 2.0.0)
* microsoft.ad (version 1.0.0)
* servicenow.servicenow (version 1.0.6)

Collections removed from Ansible 8:
* dellemc.os10 (previously included version: 1.1.1)
* dellemc.os6 (previously included version: 1.0.7)
* dellemc.os9 (previously included version: 1.0.4)
* mellanox.onyx (previously included version: 1.0.0)

The full changelog can be found here:

https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst


What's the schedule for new Ansible releases after 8.0.0?
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View the Roadmap for Ansible project 8.0 here:

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html

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Porting Help
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A unified porting guide for collections that have opted-in is available here:
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_8.html

Getting collection updates from Ansible 8 with older releases of ansible-core
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Ansible 8 includes ansible-core 2.15.x. Based on your requirements,
you can get collection updates as they ship in the Ansible "batteries
included" package while continuing to use older versions of
ansible-core.

An ansible-galaxy requirements file based on the collections from
Ansible 8 has been made available for this use case:
https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/galaxy-requirements.yaml

After you download the requirements file, the collections can be
installed by running this command:

"ansible-galaxy collection install -r galaxy-requirements.yaml"

On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating!

Cheers,
Ansible Community Team