The Bullhorn

A Newsletter for the Ansible Developer Community

Welcome to The Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible developer community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, please reach out to us at the-bullhorn@redhat.com.

ANSIBLEFEST 2020 IS NOW A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE

The AnsibleFest Virtual Experience will be a free, immersive multi-day event the week of October 12th, 2020, that will deliver timely and useful customer keynotes, breakout sessions, direct access to Ansible experts, and more. Read more details at the Ansible blog.

NEXT VIRTUAL ANSIBLE CONTRIBUTOR SUMMIT: MONDAY, JULY 6TH

The voting is complete, and the majority of contributors who participated have chosen Monday, July 6th as the date for our next Ansible Virtual Contributor Summit, with virtual hackfest days to follow on the 7th and 8th. To sign up or to add agenda items for potential discussion, please go to the Etherpad for the event.

UPCOMING PREVIEW RELEASES FOR ANSIBLE 2.10

The first beta release of Ansible Base 2.10 is currently scheduled for this Friday, May 29th, and nightly builds of Ansible 2.10 will begin on Tuesday, June 2nd. These nightly builds will be an excellent opportunity to begin testing collections and general functionality, and we encourage collection maintainers in particular to use this time to begin validation of their modules and content.

** We’ll be broadcasting loud and clear when the first nightly build is available, along with where and how to get it; stay tuned! **

FIFTY K

This week saw the Ansible project roll over a significant milestone, 50,000 commits!

ANSIBLE LINTING WITH GITHUB ACTIONS

Want to make sure that your Ansible content is checked with every GitHub commit? There’s now a GitHub action to run Ansible Lint. Colin McCarthy walks you through the process in his blog post at ansible.com.

AN INTRO TO ANSIBLE WITH NETWORK CHUCK

Have friends who need a quick easy-to-follow introduction to Ansible? NetworkChuck has posted a new Ansible video to his YouTube channel with an easy-to-follow tutorial that takes users from installation through the first playbook.

ANSIBLE VIRTUAL MEETUPS

The following virtual meetups are being held in the Ansible community over the next month:

Ansible London: Virtual meetup – 3rd June
Wed, Jun 03 · 6:00 PM GMT+1
https://www.meetup.com/Ansible-London/events/270746783/

Ansible in DevOps Torun-Bydgoszcz: #6 Meeting AiDO -> Terraform
Wed, Jun 10 · 5:00 PM GMT+2
https://www.meetup.com/Ansible-in-DevOps-Torun-Bydgoszcz/events/270881163/

We are planning more virtual meetups to reach a broader audience, and we want to hear from you! Have you started using Ansible recently, or are you a long-time user? How has Ansible improved your workflow or scaled up your automation? What are some of the challenges you’ve faced and lessons learned? Share your experience by presenting at a Virtual Ansible Meetup: https://forms.gle/aG5zpVkXDVMHLERX9

You’ll have the option to pre-record the presentation, and be available during the meetup for live Q&A, or deliver the presentation live. We will work with you on the optimal set up, and share with you some cool Ansible swag!

FEEDBACK

Have any questions you’d like to ask, or issues you’d like to see covered? Please send us an email to the-bullhorn@redhat.com.