Network Working Group Meeting Agenda 4

[Qalthos]

New release, new agenda issue! Previous agenda is here.

Please leave a comment regarding any agenda item you wish to discuss. If you don't show up for the meeting, your item will be skipped.

If your IRC nick is different from your Github username, leave that as well.

See https://github.com/ansible/community/tree/master/group-network for the schedule

All Core Networking issues (most recently updated at the top):
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Anetworking+-label%3Aneeds_revision+sort%3Aupdated-desc

Network Working Group: https://github.com/ansible/community/tree/master/group-network

#ansible-network on Libera IRC

[Qalthos]

2020-07-01

Core Updates

• Version 1.0.0 of all the supported collections are up on galaxy!
• https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 is the shiny new project board for the networking team
• We will be publishing a more formal roadmap soon, but that should have the status of all tracked work for the release
• This includes the postponed OSPF work as well as new BGP resource modules

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-01/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-01-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-01/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-01-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-01/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-01-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-07-08

Core Updates

• Collection repositories are in the process of moving from default branch "master" to "main"
  • this is a somewhat complicated process as we have tooling that needs to update as we do this, but most repos are migrated, and the remainder should be along soon
  • This might result in some dead links in, for example. docs... please bear with us and report anything if you notice orphaned references
• Virtual Contributor's Summit happened on Monday, covered a variety of topics including collections and communities going forward
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0FmYCf7ocrbmgUsXJFqJrIKQRg9hz02h for the recordings of that
• We're starting through tasks for the next release of our supported collections
  • https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 to see what we're working on

Open Floor

• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/become.html#become-and-network-automation is the page that deals with become and network modules

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-08/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-08-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-08/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-08-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-08/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-08-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-07-15

Core Updates

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0FmYCf7ocrbmgUsXJFqJrIKQRg9hz02h is the recordings from the contributor's summit last week
• This past week has seen fixes and improvements in testing throughout the supported collections
  • The eventual plan is to reduce reliance on integration tests with corresponding increases in unit tests
  • This should hopefully increase PR testing throughput and also better allow contributors to test their own changes before it gets to zuul
  • This is obviously a work in progress and has no ETA at present, but work is ongoing
• https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 is where you can see all the work currently planned or in progress for this release

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-15/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-15-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-15/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-15-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-15/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-15-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-07-22

Core Updates

• Some collections have transitioned from mostly-integration to mostly-unit testing, notably vyos and netcommon
  • Hopefully this has resulted in quicker zuul turnaround
  • We will continue to try to improve the ability to merge a new PR with confidence that it passes our requirements and won't break other things
• Otherwise, work on OSPF modules should be picking up soon
  • https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 is where you can follow along with that

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-22/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-22-16.13.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-22/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-22-16.13.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-22/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-22-16.13.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-07-29

Core Updates

• Most of the work the last week has been with our tests making sure they are exhaustive and performant
• Other than that, work on new modules continues for the next release
• https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 to see what is being worked on and what is planned

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-29/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-29-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-29/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-29-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-07-29/ansible_network_working_group.2020-07-29-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-08-05

Core Updates

• Supported collections have had a new full release on Friday.
  • Specific version numbers will vary by collection, depending on whether new features were added and what the previous version number was
  • We're using semver, so for example ansible.netcommon released 1.1.0 to denote the addition of the experimental libssh connection plugin
  • Check the collections on galaxy.ansible.com for specifics
• https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 is where we plan out future work, check that to see what will be in upcoming releases

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-08-05/ansible_network_working_group.2020-08-05-15.59.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-08-05/ansible_network_working_group.2020-08-05-15.59.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-08-05/ansible_network_working_group.2020-08-05-15.59.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-08-12

Core Updates

• There have been a few more releases for supported collections in the past week
  • Mostly this time related to properly generating changelogs
• https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/master/collection_requirements.rst is the big ol' list of things a collection needs to do
  • If you've looked through a collection's issues recently, you probably saw one linking to that page
  • https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_2_10.rst is the timeline for 2.10 as it relates to collections, which is also linked
  • Briefly, you have about a week to make sure your collections are ready for inclusion to ansible 2.10

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-08-12/ansible_network_working_group.2020-08-12-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-08-12/ansible_network_working_group.2020-08-12-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-08-12/ansible_network_working_group.2020-08-12-16.01.log.html

[ganeshrn]

Request review for proposal ansible-collections/community.yang#3

[Qalthos]

2020-08-26

Core Updates

• There will be another release for all supported modules by the 31st
• starting with ansible.netcommon 1.2.0 sometime this week
• This is in preparation for the release of Ansible 2.10 later this year

community.yang proposal

• [Proposal ]Generic Ansible modules for configuring YANG and NETCONF enabled devices using structured data (JSON/YAML) ansible-collections/community.yang#3
• This is a proposal for a set of modules to manage YANG-enabled devices in a generic way from structured data in JSON or YAML
• The details are in the issue, so if that is interesting to you, please look through it and leave comments

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-08-26/ansible_network_working_group.2020-08-26-15.59.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-08-26/ansible_network_working_group.2020-08-26-15.59.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-08-26/ansible_network_working_group.2020-08-26-15.59.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-09-02

Core Updates

• Final release of supported collections before 2.10 went out some time around last weekend
• AnsibleFest is coming up next month- October 13-14, all online this year
  • https://www.ansible.com/ansiblefest for more on that
• https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 is where you can see the things we're working on right now and what we are planning next

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-09-02/ansible_network_working_group.2020-09-02-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-09-02/ansible_network_working_group.2020-09-02-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-09-02/ansible_network_working_group.2020-09-02-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-09-09

Core Updates

• ansible.netcommon 1.2.1 is up on galaxy. This fixes an issue with netconf when using the default netconf plugin
• As for new modules, OSPFv3 resource modules are presently in development
  • https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 to see what's being worked on, what's done, and what's to come for supported platforms
• AnsibleFest will be happening online on October 13-14
  • https://www.ansible.com/ansiblefest for more on that

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-09-09/ansible_network_working_group.2020-09-09-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-09-09/ansible_network_working_group.2020-09-09-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-09-09/ansible_network_working_group.2020-09-09-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-09-23

Core Updates

• There is another scheduled release for supported collections early next week
  • That should include, in addition to various bugfixes, the OSPFv3 modules currently in progress
• AnsibleFest 2020 is online this year, October 13-14
  • Contributor's Summit will be happening the days before and after Fest, so Oct. 12 and 15
    • https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Contributor-Summit for more on that
  • Please don't forget to register to any of the above if you are interested
• https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 to see what else the team is up to

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-09-23/ansible_network_working_group.2020-09-23-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-09-23/ansible_network_working_group.2020-09-23-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-09-23/ansible_network_working_group.2020-09-23-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-09-30

Core Updates

• New releases for supported collections should be happening... soon
  • The netcommon 1.3.0 release has been slowed down by a few testing infra issues... these should hopefully be resolved today so that a release can happen. Platform releases should follow after that
• https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 is the board showing in-progress and scheduled work items
• AnsibleFest 2020 is online this year on October 13-14
  • https://www.ansible.com/ansiblefest to register and learn more
  • Contributor's Summit is on both sides of the event, October 12 & 15
    • October 12 is focused on getting new contributors involved, October 15 is an unconference with topic tracks
    • https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Contributor-Summit for details and registration links

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-09-30/ansible_network_working_group.2020-09-30-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-09-30/ansible_network_working_group.2020-09-30-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-09-30/ansible_network_working_group.2020-09-30-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-10-07

Core Updates

• AnsibleFest is next week!
  • https://www.ansible.com/ansiblefest for more details
  • It's free, all online, and should be a good time
• Contributor's Summit is Monday the 12th and Thursday the 15th
  • https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Contributor-Summit for details on how to register
  • Monday is prerecorded content aimed at getting people up to speed with contributing
  • Thursday is a more traditional contributor's summit unconference format, with topics to be decided more or less as it happens
• IRC meeting is cancelled next week, due to Fest
• Most supported collections had a release last week
  • Some, (vyos for example) had no changes since the last release and did not issue a new release, this is expected to happen from time to time
• https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 is a good place to see what's going on with supported content

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-10-07/ansible_network_working_group.2020-10-07-16.02.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-10-07/ansible_network_working_group.2020-10-07-16.02.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-10-07/ansible_network_working_group.2020-10-07-16.02.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-10-21

Core Updates

• AnsibleFest is over, but you can still watch all the sessions you missed over at https://www.ansible.com/ansiblefest
  • I'll be sure to link to the Contributor Summit recordings as well once I know where to find them
• Development continues on supported platform collections, as well as a few new collections that will hopefully make using Ansible a bit easier
  • https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.utils is aimed at things that aren't domain-specific, but nice to have
  • and ansible.network is a (still mostly theoretical) collection for things like filter plugins or cli_parse
  • These are basically attempts to keep optional content out of netcommon so that development can be more focused
• For platforms, OSPFv3 modules are getting finished for release at the end of the month

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-10-21/ansible_network_working_group.2020-10-21-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-10-21/ansible_network_working_group.2020-10-21-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-10-21/ansible_network_working_group.2020-10-21-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-10-28

Core Updates

• There will be a 1.4.0 release for ansible.netcommon hopefully by the end of today
• releases for the supported platforms including ospfv3 resource modules and other fixes should be out by the end of the week

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-10-28/ansible_network_working_group.2020-10-28-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-10-28/ansible_network_working_group.2020-10-28-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-10-28/ansible_network_working_group.2020-10-28-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-11-04

Core Updates

• ansible.netcommon 1.4.1 was released on the 29th
  • Supported platforms dependent on netcommon were released last week as well, check your favorite on galaxy for more info
• Recordings of the AnsibleFest 2020 Contributor Summit are available now
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0FmYCf7ocrYoVe5nO52II9fbO4Y_hq8_ for those
  • https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Contributor-Summit for everything you might want to know about what happened
• https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 to see what we're focusing on currently and in the near future

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-11-04/ansible_network_working_group.2020-11-04-16.04.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-11-04/ansible_network_working_group.2020-11-04-16.04.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-11-04/ansible_network_working_group.2020-11-04-16.04.log.html

[GomathiselviS]

2020-11-11

Core Updates

• There will be a release of most supported collections by the end of this month.

Splitting up the Docsite

• Problem statement - Ansible pypi package called 2.11 will release in jan/feb? and some time after that, ansible-base will release with a version called 2.11 (but a different 2.11)
• We are brainstorming ideas for splitting up the docssite at https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ansible-documentation-split - we need your feedback!
• We will discuss this over the next few weeks on Thursdays at 10:30 am ET on #ansible-docs. Would love your participation/feedback

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-11-11/ansible_network_working_group.2020-11-11-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-11-11/ansible_network_working_group.2020-11-11-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-11-11/ansible_network_working_group.2020-11-11-16.00.log.html

[GomathiselviS]

2020-11-18

Core Updates

• We have been working on the backlog issues and PRs.
• Those PRs/fixes will be merged and be available in the forthcoming release of the respective collections.
• Next in queue for resource module is the BGP module. The team has started working on it.
• https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 can be referred to know about what we are working on.

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-11-18/ansible_network_working_group.2020-11-18-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-11-18/ansible_network_working_group.2020-11-18-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-11-18/ansible_network_working_group.2020-11-18-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

Just a quick note that tomorrow's IRC meeting will be cancelled due to the proximity with the upcoming American Thanksgiving holiday.

[Qalthos]

2020-12-02

Core Updates

• The next release for supported platform collections should have new BGP modules
  • See https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 for more on how any platform you're interested in is faring
• For netcommon, I'm working on adding SCP support to the libssh connection plugin
  • There is also a major version update coming to netcommon (eventually), when we remove top level connection arguments (host, port, etc.) from netconf_config

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-12-02/ansible_network_working_group.2020-12-02-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-12-02/ansible_network_working_group.2020-12-02-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-12-02/ansible_network_working_group.2020-12-02-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-12-09

Core Updates

• SCP support should land in the libssh repository soon, with a release there to follow this year
• For netcommon, we're hoping to get a last bugfix release this month and then go for 2.0.0 in January with some new features and a few breaking changes
• We should also see a release of ansible.utils soon
• There will be a meeting next week, and then the next scheduled meeting will not be until 2021-01-06

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-12-09/ansible_network_working_group.2020-12-09-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-12-09/ansible_network_working_group.2020-12-09-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-12-09/ansible_network_working_group.2020-12-09-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2020-12-16

Open Floor

• As mentioned last week, ansible.utils is out now
  • https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.utils is the repo
  • This will slowly gain some things that aren't strictly networking-specific from netcommon, like cli_parse and the ipaddr
    filter plugin
  • and hopefully become a better place for general use plugins to live
• Next IRC meeting is on 2021-01-06
• Execution environment for network is now available at https://github.com/ansible/network-ee

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-12-16/ansible_network_working_group.2020-12-16-15.59.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-12-16/ansible_network_working_group.2020-12-16-15.59.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2020-12-16/ansible_network_working_group.2020-12-16-15.59.log.html

[Qalthos]

2021-01-06

Core Updates

• We are looking for comments and discussion around designing the *_bgp_global and *_bgp_af module argspecs
  • BGP global and AF context resource model discussion for Ansible Networking supported platforms #582 for more details on that
• https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 for more details on what we're working on right now
  • issues and features further out than the immediate release are slowly being tagged with milestones on the Github issues
• There is a bugfix release for netcommon planned in January
  • After that, we are planning 2.0.0 of netcommon, with the removal of a few long-deprecated options and some exciting new capabilities

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-01-06/ansible_network_working_group.2021-01-06-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-01-06/ansible_network_working_group.2021-01-06-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-01-06/ansible_network_working_group.2021-01-06-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

2021-01-13

Core Updates

• Feedback on models for the BGP modules is still welcome
  • BGP global and AF context resource model discussion for Ansible Networking supported platforms #582 is where you can find the proposal for that, along with a few PoCs
  • These are big modules, and we're hoping to get them right
• Beyond that, https://github.com/orgs/ansible-collections/projects/3 is what we're working on now and in the near future
  • Additionally, issues are being sorted into milestones for our monthly releases, hopefully this adds a bit of transparency on when to expect things to be done
• The last netcommon 1.x release should be out next week or so, with 2.0.0 following in February

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-01-13/ansible_network_working_group.2021-01-13-15.59.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-01-13/ansible_network_working_group.2021-01-13-15.59.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-01-13/ansible_network_working_group.2021-01-13-15.59.log.html

[Qalthos]

2021-01-20

Core Updates

• January's collection releases are scheduled for the 28th or 29th
  • Everything will need to be in by the end of the 27th to get in
  • Issues with the milestone January'21 are scheduled for inclusion at this time
• We're still looking for feedback on BGP models at BGP global and AF context resource model discussion for Ansible Networking supported platforms #582 if you're interested

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-01-20/ansible_network_working_group.2021-01-20-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-01-20/ansible_network_working_group.2021-01-20-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-01-20/ansible_network_working_group.2021-01-20-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2021-01-27

Core Updates

• ansible.netcommon 1.4.2 will be released this week
• Also scheduled this week are featrue releases for supported platform collections
• See the January'21 milestone on your platform of choice to find out what those might be
• the big feature this month is BGP resource modules
• ansible.netcommon 2.0.0 will be released shortly thereafter in the beginning of February, so we can all start working with the new features
• As well, Ansible 3.0.0 is coming around soon https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_3_0.html

Open Floor

• Latest netcommon has sanity test issues in 2.10
  • Switch to network-ee for sanity / unit tests ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon#210 should fix that

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-01-27/ansible_network_working_group.2021-01-27-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-01-27/ansible_network_working_group.2021-01-27-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-01-27/ansible_network_working_group.2021-01-27-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2021-02-03

Core Updates

• The January releases for supported collections have gone out
  • This will, in (almost?) all cases be the last 1.x releases
• We're putting together the ansible.netcommon 2.0.0 release, and dependent collections will be getting a 2.0.0 as well to take advantage of the changes
• Ansible 3.0.0 is coming together... 3.0.0-beta1 was released yesterday
  • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_3_0.html to see more about that
  • Notably, this will include only up to the releases that went out last week, and not any of the 2.0.0+ releases other than ansible.utils... though they will still be available via Galaxy as usual

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-02-03/ansible_network_working_group.2021-02-03-15.59.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-02-03/ansible_network_working_group.2021-02-03-15.59.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2021-02-03/ansible_network_working_group.2021-02-03-15.59.log.html

[Qalthos]

2022-10-12

Core Updates

• AnsibleFest 2022 is next week!
• There is an Ansible Contributor Summit the day before Fest on the 17th
  • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ansible-contributor-summit-202210-pre-registration-tickets-372712090897 to register to participate online
• The October release is scheduled a little early this month
  • As a reminder, this is a big release, removing a few deprecated modules and finally excising provider

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-10-12/ansible_network_working_group.2022-10-12-16.03.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-10-12/ansible_network_working_group.2022-10-12-16.03.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-10-12/ansible_network_working_group.2022-10-12-16.03.log.html

[Qalthos]

2022-10-19

Core Updates

• The long-awaited major release for networking collections is finally here.
  • connection: local and associated baggage are no longer valid on these collections as of this release.
    • They will continue to be usable but strongly discouraged for third party collections that still advertise that capability.
  • Additionally, a number of the earliest modules to be replaced with resource modules have been removed.

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-10-19/ansible_network_working_group.2022-10-19-16.04.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-10-19/ansible_network_working_group.2022-10-19-16.04.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-10-19/ansible_network_working_group.2022-10-19-16.04.log.html

[Qalthos]

2022-10-26

Core Updates

• If you missed the AnsibleFest keynotes last week, they are available here along with some interviews and other videos.

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-10-26/ansible_network_working_group.2022-10-26-16.04.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-10-26/ansible_network_working_group.2022-10-26-16.04.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-10-26/ansible_network_working_group.2022-10-26-16.04.log.html

[Qalthos]

2022-11-02

Core Updates

• There will be a new feature release for netcommon soon, but not any other collections
  • Add content_templates_parser implementation ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon#456 is the feature being added
    Logs

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Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-11-02/ansible_network_working_group.2022-11-02-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-11-02/ansible_network_working_group.2022-11-02-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-11-02/ansible_network_working_group.2022-11-02-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2022-11-09

Core Updates

• We actually had two releases last week
  • ansible.utils 2.7.0 added PersistentConnectionBase for persistent connections that don't quite look or act like network connections
  • ansible.netcommon 4.1.0 was released with a new cliparser plugin content_templates_parser

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-11-09/ansible_network_working_group.2022-11-09-16.02.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-11-09/ansible_network_working_group.2022-11-09-16.02.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-11-09/ansible_network_working_group.2022-11-09-16.02.log.html

[Qalthos]

2022-11-23

Core Updates

• November releases are scheduled for some time next week
• The next major collection releases are scheduled for January
  • These will include the removal of deprecated modules labeled as "after 2023-01-01"

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-11-23/ansible_network_working_group.2022-11-23-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-11-23/ansible_network_working_group.2022-11-23-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-11-23/ansible_network_working_group.2022-11-23-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2022-11-30

Core Updates

• Today we released the following networking collection updates:
  • ansible.utils 2.8.0 has been released with new features (changelog)
  • cisco.iosxr 4.0.3 has been released with bugfixes (changelog)
  • cisco.nxos 4.0.1 has been released with bugfixes (changelog)
  • junipernetworks.junos 4.1.0 has been released with new features (changelog)
• The first release of next year is scheduled to be a major release, removing more deprecated pre-resource modules that have been superceeded
• There are also a small number of things waiting for a major release, like raising minimum versions of dependent collections

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-11-30/ansible_network_working_group.2022-11-30-16.05.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-11-30/ansible_network_working_group.2022-11-30-16.05.txt
Log: https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-11-30/ansible_network_working_group.2022-11-30-16.05.log.html

[Qalthos]

2022-12-07

Core Updates

• Unless something comes up, there are no releases scheduled for networking collections this month
• As a reminder, the next release at the end of January will be a major release, removing deprecated content with a removal_date of 2023-01-01

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-12-07/ansible_network_working_group.2022-12-07-16.03.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-12-07/ansible_network_working_group.2022-12-07-16.03.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-12-07/ansible_network_working_group.2022-12-07-16.03.log.html

[Qalthos]

2022-12-14

Core Updates

• cisco.ios 4.2.0 was released yesterday
  • we introduced commit confirm functionality for cisco.ios
• With the end of the year coming up we are not planning any other collection releases this month
• The next release will be at the end of January, with the biggest changes being the removal of some more deprecated modules
• Next week's meeting will be the last of the year

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-12-14/ansible_network_working_group.2022-12-14-16.03.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-12-14/ansible_network_working_group.2022-12-14-16.03.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-12-14/ansible_network_working_group.2022-12-14-16.03.log.html

[Qalthos]

2022-12-21

Core Updates

• A reminder that next month's release is scheduled to be a major release for our supported collections
• Of note: if you have resource modules, make sure you are importing from rm_base, as the redirects for ResourceModule and NetworkTemplate are going away in netcommon 5.0.0
  • Ex: https://github.com/ansible-collections/arista.eos/pull/394/files
  • https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/pull/496/files is the change in question

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-12-21/ansible_network_working_group.2022-12-21-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-12-21/ansible_network_working_group.2022-12-21-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2022-12-21/ansible_network_working_group.2022-12-21-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-01-04

Core Updates

• January may or may not end up being a major release for our collections at this point
• You can and should update imports for NetworkTemplate and ResourceModule to the path containing rm_base if you use them in your own collections regardless
• https://github.com/ansible-collections/arista.eos/pull/394/files for example

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-01-04/ansible_network_working_group.2023-01-04-16.02.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-01-04/ansible_network_working_group.2023-01-04-16.02.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-01-04/ansible_network_working_group.2023-01-04-16.02.log.html

[felixfontein]

@Qalthos

• You can and should update imports for NetworkTemplate and ResourceModule to the path containing rm_base if you use them in your own collections regardless

• https://github.com/ansible-collections/arista.eos/pull/394/files for example

This would be a good thing to announce in https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers

[Qalthos]

2023-01-11

Core Updates

• Reminder that February will be a major release for netcommon and the various network platform collections we support

Actions

• @Qalthos reinvestigate httpapi connection type shall support SSL client certificate ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon#422

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-01-11/ansible_network_working_group.2023-01-11-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-01-11/ansible_network_working_group.2023-01-11-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-01-11/ansible_network_working_group.2023-01-11-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-01-18

Core Updates

• Again, the upcoming release in February is going to be a major release, with some breaking changes that could impact older collections with resource modules

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-01-18/ansible_network_working_group.2023-01-18-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-01-18/ansible_network_working_group.2023-01-18-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-01-18/ansible_network_working_group.2023-01-18-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-01-25

Core Updates

• January collection release should be out later this week.
• Reminder that next months release will be a major release

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-01-25/ansible_network_working_group.2023-01-25-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-01-25/ansible_network_working_group.2023-01-25-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-01-25/ansible_network_working_group.2023-01-25-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-02-01

Core Updates

• This week we released the following collections:
  • ansible.utils 2.9.0
  • cisco.iosxr 4.1.0
  • cisco.ios 4.3.1
• Next month's releases will be major releases, bringing among other things a new minimum netcommon version

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org//ansible-network/2023-02-01/ansible_network_working_group.2023-02-01-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org//ansible-network/2023-02-01/ansible_network_working_group.2023-02-01-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org//ansible-network/2023-02-01/ansible_network_working_group.2023-02-01-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-02-08

Core Updates

• PRs are starting to merge for the upcoming major releases
  • As before, this is largely a cleanup of older deprecated modules
  • Another change to call out is a reworking of the retries option of command modules to specify the number of retries rather than total executions of a command
    • [command] do not fail when retries is 0 ansible-collections/cisco.nxos#621 for more on that

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-02-08/ansible_network_working_group.2023-02-08-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-02-08/ansible_network_working_group.2023-02-08-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-02-08/ansible_network_working_group.2023-02-08-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-02-15

Core Updates

• The early 2023 major release for the network collections is almost here

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-02-15/ansible_network_working_group.2023-02-15-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-02-15/ansible_network_working_group.2023-02-15-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-02-15/ansible_network_working_group.2023-02-15-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-02-22

• network is where you can always find the latest agenda

Core Updates

• We are developing some content related to interfaces and ospf (Enable network ospf collection redhat-cop/network.ospf#1)
• A new filter plugin (ace_popper) is being developed which acts on a set of acls facts gathered from a network appliance, and removes ace entries on basis of some matching criteria
  • [pop_ace] add filter plugin ansible-collections/cisco.ios#745 is the current ios implementation, but it will likely be extended to other platforms in some fashion
• A new module is being added to support creation of neighbor templates on nxos. (Add nxos_bgp_templates module ansible-collections/cisco.nxos#630)
• ansible.netcommon's breaking changes have been merged in preparation for the release later this month. Please read the changelog as there may be some imports that need to be updated in collections depending on netcommon
  • https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/blob/main/changelogs/fragments/23H1_breaking.yaml is the fragment of the final changelog that deals with that if you want to investigate it now

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-02-22/ansible_network_working_group.2023-02-22-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-02-22/ansible_network_working_group.2023-02-22-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-02-22/ansible_network_working_group.2023-02-22-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-03-01

Core Updates

• We released four collections this week!
  • ansible.netcommon 5.0.0
  • junipernetworks.junos 5.0.0
  • cisco.ios 4.4.0
  • vyos.vyos 4.0.1

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-03-01/ansible_network_working_group.2023-03-01-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-03-01/ansible_network_working_group.2023-03-01-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-03-01/ansible_network_working_group.2023-03-01-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-03-22

Core Updates

• Since the last meeting, cisco.iosxr 5.0.0 was also released
• The ace_popper filter plugin mentioned previously has had a rename and been moved to the netcommon repo for use with other collections
  • add pop_ace filter plugin ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon#529 is the new PR

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-03-22/ansible_network_working_group.2023-03-22-16.04.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-03-22/ansible_network_working_group.2023-03-22-16.04.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-03-22/ansible_network_working_group.2023-03-22-16.04.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-03-29

Core Updates

• Reminder about the pop_ace PR that's going in the next release of netcommon
  • add pop_ace filter plugin ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon#529
  • [pop_ace] add filter plugin ansible-collections/cisco.ios#745 is where it lived previously to being moved to netcommon
• This month's release will be coming out some time next week

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-03-29/ansible_network_working_group.2023-03-29-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-03-29/ansible_network_working_group.2023-03-29-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-03-29/ansible_network_working_group.2023-03-29-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-04-05

Core Updates

• ansible.netcommon 5.1.0 has been released with new features (changelog)
• cisco.ios 4.4.1 has been released with bugfixes (changelog)
• cisco.iosxr 5.0.1 has been released with bugfixes (changelog)
• vyos.vyos 4.0.2 has been released with bugfixes (changelog)
• There is an nxos release (4.3.0) coming, but it is not quite out yet
  • cisco.nxos 4.3.0 has been released with new features (changelog)

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-04-05/ansible_network_working_group.2023-04-05-16.01.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-04-05/ansible_network_working_group.2023-04-05-16.01.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-04-05/ansible_network_working_group.2023-04-05-16.01.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-04-12

Core Updates

• Dynamic unit test generation from module docs ansible-collections/cisco.ios#799 is a (very WIP) PR to run plugin EXAMPLES as unit tests to combat example drift
• There's also some work going into our GitHub Actions that run the tests on our behalf
  • ansible.scm, as a newer and smaller collection has some work to enable running the same jobs locally as run in the actions so there's no surprises

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-04-12/ansible_network_working_group.2023-04-12-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-04-12/ansible_network_working_group.2023-04-12-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-04-12/ansible_network_working_group.2023-04-12-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-04-19

Core Updates

• Work is being done to run ansible-lint on plugin EXAMPLES documentation
  • https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.utils/pull/250/files#diff-2cb00d7cd7c3123961a5a6875584b1ee720e5550efd0eda8a6335a824d397910 is an example of fixes for it in action
  • Allow linting plugin EXAMPLES as playbooks ansible-lint#3309 is the PR

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-04-19/ansible_network_working_group.2023-04-19-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-04-19/ansible_network_working_group.2023-04-19-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-04-19/ansible_network_working_group.2023-04-19-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-04-26

Core Updates

• We're considering making some changes to when and how frequently this meeting is run
  • Is 1200 UTC too early for this meeting?
  • Moving to Thursday at 1300 UTC is also an option
• Does this meeting need to be run every week?
  • 👍 When we change the meeting time, it will also be reduced in frequency to at most fortnightly

Open Floor

• simple skip of connection ansible#80638 <= @Qalthos not sure you are right person for this, but could you test for speed improvement when using set_fact and simlar?
  • Unnecessary use of persistent connection resulting in increased task execution time ansible#75813 <= relates to this

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-04-26/ansible_network_working_group.2023-04-26-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-04-26/ansible_network_working_group.2023-04-26-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-04-26/ansible_network_working_group.2023-04-26-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

2023-05-03

Core Updates

• After the discussion last week, this meeting will be moving to every other week on Thursdays at 1300 UTC
  • This will start with the next meeting
  • Shift networking meeting time #694 is the PR making the change to the calendar

Logs

Minutes: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-05-03/ansible_network_working_group.2023-05-03-16.00.html
Minutes (text): https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-05-03/ansible_network_working_group.2023-05-03-16.00.txt
Log: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/ansible-network/2023-05-03/ansible_network_working_group.2023-05-03-16.00.log.html

[Qalthos]

Two years seems like a good enough period of time to retire this thread. In honor of the meeting moving time slots, a fresh new agenda has been started here