added docs and group methods

fixed group logic. Removed trailing spaces

Type options of become plugins (#8623)

Type options of become plugins.

Type options of lookup plugins (#8626)

Type options of lookup plugins.

Type options of inventory plugins (#8625)

Type options of inventory plugins.

Type options of connection plugins (#8627)

Type options of connection plugins.

Type options of callback plugins (#8628)

Type options of callback plugins.

Various docs improvements (#8664)

Various docs improvements.

Fix new Proxmox Volume handling (#8646)

* proxmox(fix): volume string builder

Half of the string was incorrectly discarded

* proxmox(fix): remove string conversion of values

 - Also converted `None` values into strings
 - Clashed with non-`str` values in documentation

* proxmox: add changelog fragment

* proxmox(fix): remove old & unused imports

* proxmox(fix): correctly turn maps into lists

* Update changelogs/fragments/8646-fix-bug-in-proxmox-volumes.yml

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <[email protected]>

* Update plugins/modules/proxmox.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <[email protected]>

pkgng - add option use_globs (default=true) (#8633)

* pkgng - add option use_globs (default=true) #8632

* Fix lint.

* Update changelogs/fragments/8632-pkgng-add-option-use_globs.yml

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <[email protected]>

* Update plugins/modules/pkgng.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <[email protected]>

* Update plugins/modules/pkgng.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <[email protected]>

* Update tests/integration/targets/pkgng/tasks/install_single_package.yml

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <[email protected]>

* Update plugins/modules/pkgng.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <[email protected]>

Fix pipx tests (#8665)

* fix pipx tests

* enable pipx int tests

* replace ansible-lint with pylint in pipx test

* install jupyter in freebsd

* replace jupyter with mkdocs in pipx test

* adjust installed dependency for mkdocs

* fix pipx_info tests as well

Add TLS certs params to redis (#8654)

* add tls params to redis

* add PR number

* add example

* move doc to redis fragment

* Update changelogs/fragments/8654-add-redis-tls-params.yml

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <[email protected]>

* rm aliases and add version_added

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Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <[email protected]>

fixed pep8 errors

changed group_access_level description as "not required"

fix required

fix

Author: Acarnesecchi

changelogs/fragments/8623-become-types.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "doas, dzdo, ksu, machinectl, pbrun, pfexec, pmrun, sesu, sudosu become plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8623)."

changelogs/fragments/8625-inventory-types.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "cobbler, linode, lxd, nmap, online, scaleway, stackpath_compute, virtualbox inventory plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8625)."

changelogs/fragments/8626-lookup-types.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "chef_databag, consul_kv, cyberarkpassword, dsv, etcd, filetree, hiera, onepassword, onepassword_doc, onepassword_raw, passwordstore, redis, shelvefile, tss lookup plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8626)."

changelogs/fragments/8627-connection-types.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "chroot, funcd, incus, iocage, jail, lxc, lxd, qubes, zone connection plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8627)."

changelogs/fragments/8628-callback-types.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "cgroup_memory_recap, hipchat, jabber, log_plays, loganalytics, logentries, logstash, slack, splunk, sumologic, syslog_json callback plugins - make sure that all options are typed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8628)."

changelogs/fragments/8632-pkgng-add-option-use_globs.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - pkgng - add option ``use_globs`` (default ``true``) to optionally disable glob patterns (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8632, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8633).

changelogs/fragments/8646-fix-bug-in-proxmox-volumes.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - proxmox - removed the forced conversion of non-string values to strings to be consistent with the module documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8646).
+  - proxmox - fixed an issue where the new volume handling incorrectly converted ``null`` values into ``"None"`` strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8646).
+  - proxmox - fixed an issue where volume strings where overwritten instead of appended to in the new ``build_volume()`` method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8646).

changelogs/fragments/8654-add-redis-tls-params.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - redis, redis_info - add ``client_cert`` and ``client_key`` options to specify path to certificate for Redis authentication  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8654).

plugins/become/doas.py

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     author: Ansible Core Team
     options:
         become_user:
-            description: User you 'become' to execute the task
+            description: User you 'become' to execute the task.
+            type: string
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
                 key: become_user
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER
               - name: ANSIBLE_DOAS_USER
         become_exe:
-            description: Doas executable
+            description: Doas executable.
+            type: string
             default: doas
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -40,7 +42,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE
               - name: ANSIBLE_DOAS_EXE
         become_flags:
-            description: Options to pass to doas
+            description: Options to pass to doas.
+            type: string
             default: ''
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -54,7 +57,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS
               - name: ANSIBLE_DOAS_FLAGS
         become_pass:
-            description: password for doas prompt
+            description: Password for doas prompt.
+            type: string
             required: false
             vars:
               - name: ansible_become_password
@@ -68,8 +72,10 @@
                 key: password
         prompt_l10n:
             description:
-                - List of localized strings to match for prompt detection
-                - If empty we'll use the built in one
+                - List of localized strings to match for prompt detection.
+                - If empty we will use the built in one.
+            type: list
+            elements: string
             default: []
             ini:
               - section: doas_become_plugin

plugins/become/dzdo.py

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     author: Ansible Core Team
     options:
         become_user:
-            description: User you 'become' to execute the task
+            description: User you 'become' to execute the task.
+            type: string
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
                 key: become_user
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER
               - name: ANSIBLE_DZDO_USER
         become_exe:
-            description: Dzdo executable
+            description: Dzdo executable.
+            type: string
             default: dzdo
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -40,7 +42,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE
               - name: ANSIBLE_DZDO_EXE
         become_flags:
-            description: Options to pass to dzdo
+            description: Options to pass to dzdo.
+            type: string
             default: -H -S -n
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -54,7 +57,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS
               - name: ANSIBLE_DZDO_FLAGS
         become_pass:
-            description: Options to pass to dzdo
+            description: Options to pass to dzdo.
+            type: string
             required: false
             vars:
               - name: ansible_become_password

plugins/become/ksu.py

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     author: Ansible Core Team
     options:
         become_user:
-            description: User you 'become' to execute the task
+            description: User you 'become' to execute the task.
+            type: string
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
                 key: become_user
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_KSU_USER
             required: true
         become_exe:
-            description: Su executable
+            description: Su executable.
+            type: string
             default: ksu
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -41,7 +43,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE
               - name: ANSIBLE_KSU_EXE
         become_flags:
-            description: Options to pass to ksu
+            description: Options to pass to ksu.
+            type: string
             default: ''
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -55,7 +58,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS
               - name: ANSIBLE_KSU_FLAGS
         become_pass:
-            description: ksu password
+            description: Ksu password.
+            type: string
             required: false
             vars:
               - name: ansible_ksu_pass
@@ -69,8 +73,10 @@
                 key: password
         prompt_l10n:
             description:
-                - List of localized strings to match for prompt detection
-                - If empty we'll use the built in one
+                - List of localized strings to match for prompt detection.
+                - If empty we will use the built in one.
+            type: list
+            elements: string
             default: []
             ini:
               - section: ksu_become_plugin

plugins/become/machinectl.py

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     author: Ansible Core Team
     options:
         become_user:
-            description: User you 'become' to execute the task
+            description: User you 'become' to execute the task.
+            type: string
             default: ''
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER
               - name: ANSIBLE_MACHINECTL_USER
         become_exe:
-            description: Machinectl executable
+            description: Machinectl executable.
+            type: string
             default: machinectl
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -41,7 +43,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE
               - name: ANSIBLE_MACHINECTL_EXE
         become_flags:
-            description: Options to pass to machinectl
+            description: Options to pass to machinectl.
+            type: string
             default: ''
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -55,7 +58,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS
               - name: ANSIBLE_MACHINECTL_FLAGS
         become_pass:
-            description: Password for machinectl
+            description: Password for machinectl.
+            type: string
             required: false
             vars:
               - name: ansible_become_password

plugins/become/pbrun.py

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     author: Ansible Core Team
     options:
         become_user:
-            description: User you 'become' to execute the task
+            description: User you 'become' to execute the task.
+            type: string
             default: ''
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER
               - name: ANSIBLE_PBRUN_USER
         become_exe:
-            description: Sudo executable
+            description: Sudo executable.
+            type: string
             default: pbrun
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -41,7 +43,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE
               - name: ANSIBLE_PBRUN_EXE
         become_flags:
-            description: Options to pass to pbrun
+            description: Options to pass to pbrun.
+            type: string
             default: ''
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -55,7 +58,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS
               - name: ANSIBLE_PBRUN_FLAGS
         become_pass:
-            description: Password for pbrun
+            description: Password for pbrun.
+            type: string
             required: false
             vars:
               - name: ansible_become_password
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@
               - section: pbrun_become_plugin
                 key: password
         wrap_exe:
-            description: Toggle to wrap the command pbrun calls in 'shell -c' or not
+            description: Toggle to wrap the command pbrun calls in C(shell -c) or not.
             default: false
             type: bool
             ini:

plugins/become/pfexec.py

@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
     options:
         become_user:
             description:
-                - User you 'become' to execute the task
+                - User you 'become' to execute the task.
                 - This plugin ignores this setting as pfexec uses it's own C(exec_attr) to figure this out,
                   but it is supplied here for Ansible to make decisions needed for the task execution, like file permissions.
+            type: string
             default: root
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER
               - name: ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_USER
         become_exe:
-            description: Sudo executable
+            description: Sudo executable.
+            type: string
             default: pfexec
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -44,7 +46,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE
               - name: ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_EXE
         become_flags:
-            description: Options to pass to pfexec
+            description: Options to pass to pfexec.
+            type: string
             default: -H -S -n
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS
               - name: ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_FLAGS
         become_pass:
-            description: pfexec password
+            description: pfexec password.
+            type: string
             required: false
             vars:
               - name: ansible_become_password
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@
               - section: pfexec_become_plugin
                 key: password
         wrap_exe:
-            description: Toggle to wrap the command pfexec calls in 'shell -c' or not
+            description: Toggle to wrap the command pfexec calls in C(shell -c) or not.
             default: false
             type: bool
             ini:
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@
             env:
               - name: ANSIBLE_PFEXEC_WRAP_EXECUTION
     notes:
-      - This plugin ignores O(become_user) as pfexec uses it's own C(exec_attr) to figure this out.
+      - This plugin ignores O(become_user) as pfexec uses its own C(exec_attr) to figure this out.
 '''
 
 from ansible.plugins.become import BecomeBase

plugins/become/pmrun.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     options:
         become_exe:
             description: Sudo executable
+            type: string
             default: pmrun
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE
               - name: ANSIBLE_PMRUN_EXE
         become_flags:
-            description: Options to pass to pmrun
+            description: Options to pass to pmrun.
+            type: string
             default: ''
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -41,7 +43,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS
               - name: ANSIBLE_PMRUN_FLAGS
         become_pass:
-            description: pmrun password
+            description: pmrun password.
+            type: string
             required: false
             vars:
               - name: ansible_become_password

plugins/become/sesu.py

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     author: ansible (@nekonyuu)
     options:
         become_user:
-            description: User you 'become' to execute the task
+            description: User you 'become' to execute the task.
+            type: string
             default: ''
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER
               - name: ANSIBLE_SESU_USER
         become_exe:
-            description: sesu executable
+            description: sesu executable.
+            type: string
             default: sesu
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -41,7 +43,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_EXE
               - name: ANSIBLE_SESU_EXE
         become_flags:
-            description: Options to pass to sesu
+            description: Options to pass to sesu.
+            type: string
             default: -H -S -n
             ini:
               - section: privilege_escalation
@@ -55,7 +58,8 @@
               - name: ANSIBLE_BECOME_FLAGS
               - name: ANSIBLE_SESU_FLAGS
         become_pass:
-            description: Password to pass to sesu
+            description: Password to pass to sesu.
+            type: string
             required: false
             vars:
               - name: ansible_become_password