Editing Ansible changelog and versions

[[w:Ansible (software)]] Changelog: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/releases
:<code>ansible --version</code>

=== Releases ===
* v2.9: 31/10/2019 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst 
** v2.9.1 13/11/2019
* v2.8: 16/05/2019 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.8/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.8.rst, https://www.ansible.com/blog/whats-new-in-red-hat-ansible-engine-2.8
** Ansible Collections and content namespacing 
** <code>BECOME</code> is the default Ansible word to prompt for a password 
** <code>[[gather_facts]]</code> module: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/gather_facts_module.html
** python interpreter discovery<ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/interpreter_discovery.html</ref>
* v2.7 09/10/2018: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.7/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst, https://www.ansible.com/blog/the-release-of-red-hat-ansible-engine-2-7
** New <code>reboot</code> module
** <code>ignore_unreachable</code> added
* v2.6 02/07/2018 https://www.ansible.com/blog/your-time-has-come-ansible-2-6
** Inventory Plugins: [[foreman]], generator, gcp_compute, nmap
* v2.5 23/03/2018 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/V2HLb1lKKoI
* v2.4 19/09/2017
** <code>import_playbook</code> keywords https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/import_playbook_module.html
** <code>import_tasks</code>
** <code>import_role</code> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/import_role_module.html#import-role-module

* v2.0 12/01/2016 https://www.ansible.com/blog/ansible-2.0-launch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/stable-2.0/CHANGELOG.md
** <code>block</code> introduce the concept of exception handling to playbooks, and were modeled after the try/except/finally structure of Python (and many other languages)

* v1.5 28 February 2014<ref>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/v1.5.0/CHANGELOG.md</ref>

* 1.4.3 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/releases/tag/v1.4.3
* 1.4.2 December 18, 2013 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/releases/tag/v1.4.2
** <code>[[ansible-galaxy]]</code> command added for retrieving roles from the Galaxy<ref>https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4a20055a598bcb2ba6d73edce68a739b4af77c2a#diff-b677d0fda08cef8d4f642ed8a3e16498</ref><ref>https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/using-ansible-galaxy</ref>

* 1.2 June 10, 2013
** [[Ansible Roles]] introduced<ref>https://www.ansible.com/blog/2013/12/19/ansibleworks-galaxy-is-now-available</ref>

=== Timeline ===
{{#tag:timeline|

ImageSize  = width:900 height:340
PlotArea   = right:30 left:30 bottom:60 top:30
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period     = from:01/01/2017 till:01/01/2020
TimeAxis   = orientation:horizontal
Legend     = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:2
Colors     =
     id:production value:green            Legend:Production
     id:extended   value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.2) Legend:Extended_support
     id:lightline  value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.8)
BackgroundColors = canvas:white
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:lightline unit:year increment:1 start:01/01/2017

Define $vshift = 15 # move text above the bars

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  bar:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    color:production mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:M
    from:31/10/2019 till:31/12/2019 shift:(-55,-4) text:"Ansible 2.9"
    barset:break
      color:production
      from:31/10/2019 till:31/12/2019  shift:(-13,$vshift)

  bar:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    color:production mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:M
    from:16/05/2019 till:31/10/2019 shift:(-55,-4) text:"Ansible 2.8"
    barset:break
      color:production
      from:07/06/2019 till:04/07/2019 shift:(-13,$vshift) text:".1"

  bar:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    color:production mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:M
    from:04/10/2018 till:31/12/2018 shift:(-55,-4) text:"Ansible 2.7"
    barset:break
      color:production
      from:04/10/2018 till:16/05/2019 shift:(-13,$vshift) text:".0"
    barset:break
      color:production
      from:04/10/2018 till:16/05/2019 shift:(-13,$vshift) text:".1"

  bar:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
    color:production mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:M
    from:02/07/2018 till:04/10/2018 shift:(-55,-4) text:"Ansible 2.6"

  bar:&nbsp;&nbsp;
    color:production mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:M
    from:23/03/2018 till:02/07/2018 shift:(-55,-4) text:"Ansible 2.5"

  bar:&nbsp;
    color:production mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:M
    from:18/09/2017 till:23/03/2018 shift:(-62,-4) text:"Ansible 2.4"


TextData =
   pos:(275,355)
   fontsize:L
   textcolor:black
   text:"Ansible timeline"

}}

== See also ==
* [[DevOps/Ansible/Modules]]

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