community.general 12.5.0 and 11.4.6 — New Modules and Bug Fixes

community.general 12.5.0 and 11.4.6 Releases

Two new releases of the community.general Ansible collection are available:

See also: Ansible-Core 2.16.18 Release — Security and Bug Fixes

community.general 12.5.0

A regular feature and bugfix release with: • Four new modules expanding the collection's capabilities • Several deprecations flagging features for future removal • Bug fixes for existing modules

How to Upgrade

ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==12.5.0 --upgrade

community.general 11.4.6

A regular bugfix release for the stable-11 branch:

ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==11.4.6 --upgrade

See also: Ansible-Core 2.18.15 Release — Maintenance Update

About community.general

The community.general collection is one of the largest Ansible collections, providing hundreds of modules and plugins for a wide variety of systems and services. It covers areas like: • Package management (homebrew, snap, flatpak, etc.) • Cloud providers (Proxmox, Hetzner, Linode, etc.) • Databases (Redis, InfluxDB, etc.) • Monitoring (Zabbix, Nagios, etc.) • And much more

Resources

• 12.5.0 Changelog • 11.4.6 Changelog • Galaxy Page

See also: Ansible-Core 2.19.8 Release — Bug Fixes for Data Tagging

Related Articles

• discovering content via Ansible Galaxy

Key Modules in community.general

Here are some of the most commonly used modules from this collection:

# Manage flatpak applications
- name: Install Spotify via flatpak
  community.general.flatpak:
    name: com.spotify.Client
    state: present
# Manage snap packages
- name: Install VS Code via snap
  community.general.snap:
    name: code
    classic: true
    state: present
# Manage Homebrew packages (macOS)
- name: Install tools via Homebrew
  community.general.homebrew:
    name: "{{ item }}"
    state: present
  loop:
    - jq
    - yq
    - tree
# Manage Proxmox VMs
- name: Create Proxmox VM
  community.general.proxmox_kvm:
    api_host: proxmox.example.com
    api_user: root@pam
    api_password: "{{ vault_proxmox_password }}"
    name: test-vm
    node: pve1
    state: present

Checking Your Installed Version

# Check installed version
ansible-galaxy collection list | grep community.general
# Check available versions
ansible-galaxy collection install community.general --list

FAQ

What is the difference between stable-11 and stable-12?

stable-12 is the current feature branch receiving new modules and features. stable-11 only receives bugfixes and security patches. Choose stable-12 for the latest features, stable-11 for stability.

How often is community.general released?

Minor releases (bugfixes) come roughly monthly. Feature releases come every few months. Check the Galaxy page for the latest schedule.

Is community.general included in the ansible package?

Yes. If you install the full ansible package (not just ansible-core), community.general is included by default.