Core Engine and Windows Updates in Ansible 2.3

Although the majority of the features added to Ansible 2.3 were networking related, that’s not all folks!
There were several significant changes around module management, the Core engine, and Microsoft Windows support we’d love to show off.
For full details on the release, check out the changelog here.
Module Management
In prior releases, Ansible was organized in two separate module repositories: Ansible-modules-core and Ansible-modules-extras.
The intent was to differentiate the repositories in terms of code quality, feature enablement, and supportability of the modules. We believe we’ve developed a better process.
At the launch of 2.3, Ansible has moved to a metadata-based system for modules. Ansible modules now include an ANSIBLE_METADATA Block which specifies a support category: Core, Curated or Community.
- Core - supported and maintained by the Ansible engineering team
- Curated - supported and maintained by the Ansible engineering team and Ansible by Red Hat partners
- Community - supported and maintained by the Ansible community
In the new system, modules will be following a specific process per category.
Core modules
Modules that the Ansible engineering team directly maintain, and will ship with Ansible. These modules also receive slightly higher priority for pull requests. Any issues that are opened Continue reading