=============================== Community Windows Release Notes =============================== .. contents:: Topics v1.9.0 ====== Release Summary --------------- - Release summary for v1.9.0 Minor Changes ------------- - win_disk_facts - Added ``filter`` option to filter returned facts by type of disk information - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/33 - win_disk_facts - Converted from ``#Requires -Module Ansible.ModuleUtils.Legacy`` to ``#AnsibleRequires -CSharpUtil Ansible.Basic`` - win_iis_virtualdirectory - Added the ``connect_as``, ``username``, and ``password`` options to control the virtual directory authentication - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/346 - win_power_plan - Added ``guid`` option to specify plan by a unique identifier - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/310 Bugfixes -------- - win_domain_user - Module now properly captures and reports bad password - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/316 - win_domain_user - Module now reports user created and changed properly - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/316 - win_domain_user - The AD user's existing identity is searched using their sAMAccountName name preferentially and falls back to the provided name property instead - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/344 - win_iis_virtualdirectory - Fixed an issue where virtual directory information could not be obtained correctly when the parameter ``application`` was set v1.8.0 ====== Minor Changes ------------- - win_nssm - Added ``username`` as an alias for ``user`` - win_nssm - Remove deprecation for ``state``, ``dependencies``, ``user``, ``password``, ``start_mode`` - win_nssm - Support gMSA accounts for ``user`` Bugfixes -------- - win_audit_rule - Fix exception when trying to change a rule on a hidden or protected system file - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/17 - win_firewall - Fix GpoBoolean/Boolean comparation(windows versions compatibility increase) - win_nssm - Perform better user comparison checks for idempotency - win_pssession_configuration - the associated action plugin detects check mode using a method that isn't always accurate (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/318). - win_region - Fix conflicts with existing ``LIB`` environment variable - win_scheduled_task - Fix conflicts with existing ``LIB`` environment variable - win_scheduled_task_stat - Fix conflicts with existing ``LIB`` environment variable - win_scoop_bucket - Ensure no extra data is sent to the controller resulting in a junk output warning - win_xml - Do not show warnings for normal operations - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/205 - win_xml - Fix removal operation when running with higher verbosities - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/275 New Modules ----------- - win_domain_ou - Manage Active Directory Organizational Units v1.7.0 ====== Minor Changes ------------- - win_domain_user - Added ``sam_account_name`` to explicitly set the ``sAMAccountName`` property of an object - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/281 Bugfixes -------- - win_dns_record - Fix issue when trying to use the ``computer_name`` option - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/276 - win_domain_user - Fallback to NETBIOS username for password verification check if the UPN is not set - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/289 - win_initialize_disk - Ensure ``online: False`` doesn't bring the disk online again - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/268 - win_lineinfile - Fix up diff output with ending newlines - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/283 - win_region - Fix ``copy_settings`` on a host that has disabled ``reg.exe`` access - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/287 v1.6.0 ====== Minor Changes ------------- - win_dns_record - Added txt Support - win_scheduled_task - Added support for setting a ``session_state_change`` trigger by documenting the human friendly values for ``state_change`` - win_scheduled_task_state - Added ``state_change_str`` to the trigger output to give a human readable description of the value Security Fixes -------------- - win_psexec - Ensure password is masked in ``psexec_command`` return result - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/43 v1.5.0 ====== Bugfixes -------- - win_dns_zone - Fix idempotency when using a DNS zone with forwarders - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/259 - win_domain_group_member - Fix faulty logic when comparing existing group members - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/256 - win_lineinfile - Avoid stripping the newline at the end of a file - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/219 - win_product_facts - fixed an issue that the module doesn't correctly convert a product id (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/251). v1.4.0 ====== Bugfixes -------- - win_domain_group_membership - Handle timeouts when dealing with group with lots of members - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/204 - win_domain_user - Make sure a password is set to change when it is marked as password needs to be changed before logging in - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/223 - win_domain_user - fix reporting on user when running in check mode - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/248 - win_lineinfile - Fix crash when using ``insertbefore`` and ``insertafter`` at the same time - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/220 - win_partition - Fix gtp_type setting in win_partition - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/241 - win_psmodule - Makes sure ``-AllowClobber`` is used when updating pre-requisites if requested - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/42 - win_pssession_configuration - the ``async_poll`` option was not actually used and polling mode was always used with the default poll delay; this change also formally disables ``async_poll=0`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/212). - win_wait_for_process - Fix bug when specifying multiple ``process_name_exact`` values - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/203 New Modules ----------- - win_feature_info - Gather information about Windows features v1.3.0 ====== Minor Changes ------------- - Extend win_domain_computer adding managedBy parameter. Bugfixes -------- - win_firewall_rule - Ensure ``service: any`` is set to match any service instead of the literal service called ``any`` as per the docs - win_scoop - Make sure we enable TLS 1.2 when installing scoop - win_xml - Fix ``PropertyNotFound`` exception when creating a new attribute - https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/issues/166 New Modules ----------- - win_psrepository_copy - Copies registered PSRepositories to other user profiles v1.2.0 ====== Minor Changes ------------- - win_nssm - added new parameter 'app_environment' for managing service environment. - win_scheduled_task - validate task name against invalid characters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/168) - win_scheduled_task_stat - add check mode support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/167) Bugfixes -------- - win_partition - fix size comparison errors when size specified in bytes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/159) - win_security_policy - read config file with correct encoding to avoid breaking non-ASCII chars - win_security_policy - strip of null char added by secedit for ``LegalNoticeText`` so the existing value is preserved New Modules ----------- - win_net_adapter_feature - Enable or disable certain network adapters. v1.1.0 ====== Minor Changes ------------- - win_dns_record - Support NS record creation,modification and deletion - win_firewall - Support defining the default inbound and outbound action of traffic in Windows firewall. - win_psrepository - Added the ``proxy`` option that defines the proxy to use for the repository being managed v1.0.0 ====== Minor Changes ------------- - win_dns_record - Added support for managing ``SRV`` records - win_firewall_rule - Support editing rules by the group it belongs to - win_firewall_rule - Support editing rules that have a duplicated name Breaking Changes / Porting Guide -------------------------------- - win_pester - no longer runs all ``*.ps1`` file in the directory specified due to it executing potentially unknown scripts. It will follow the default behaviour of only running tests for files that are like ``*.tests.ps1`` which is built into Pester itself. Removed Features (previously deprecated) ---------------------------------------- - win_psexec - removed the deprecated ``extra_opts`` option. Bugfixes -------- - win_scoop - add checks for globally installed packages for better idempotency checks New Modules ----------- - win_scoop_bucket - Manage Scoop buckets v0.2.0 ====== Release Summary --------------- This is the first proper release of the ``community.windows`` collection on 2020-07-18. The changelog describes all changes made to the modules and plugins included in this collection since Ansible 2.9.0. Minor Changes ------------- - win_disk_facts - Set output array order to be by disk number property - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63998 - win_domain_computer - ``sam_account_name`` with missing ``$`` will have it added automatically (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/93) - win_domain_computer - add support for offline domain join (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.windows/pull/93) - win_domain_group_membership - Add multi-domain forest support - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/59829 - win_domain_user - Added the ``identity`` module option to explicitly set the identity of the user when searching for it - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/45298 - win_firewall- Change req check from wmf version to cmdlets presence - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63003 - win_firewall_rule - add parameter to support ICMP Types and Codes (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46809) - win_iis_webapplication - add new options ``connect_as``, ``username``, ``password``. - win_iis_webapplication - now uses the current application pool of the website instead of the DefaultAppPool if none was specified. - win_nssm - Implement additional parameters - (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62620) - win_pester - Only execute ``*.tests.ps1`` in ``path`` to match the default behaviour in Pester - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55736 Removed Features (previously deprecated) ---------------------------------------- - win_disk_image - removed the deprecated return value ``mount_path`` in favour of ``mount_paths``. Bugfixes -------- - **security issue** win_unzip - normalize paths in archive to ensure extracted files do not escape from the target directory (CVE-2020-1737) - psexec - Fix issue where the Kerberos package was not detected as being available. - psexec - Fix issue where the ``interactive`` option was not being passed down to the library. - win_credential - Fix issue that errors when trying to add a ``name`` with wildcards. - win_domain_computer - Fix idempotence checks when ``sAMAccountName`` is different from ``name`` - win_domain_computer - Honour the explicit domain server and credentials when moving or removing a computer object - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/63093 - win_domain_user - Better handle cases when getting a new user's groups fail - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54331 - win_format - Idem not working if file exist but same fs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58302) - win_format - fixed issue where module would not change allocation unit size (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56961) - win_iis_webapppool - Do not try and set attributes in check mode when the pool did not exist - win_iis_website - Actually restart the site when ``state=restarted`` - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/63828 - win_partition - Fix invalid variable name causing a failure on checks - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/62401 - win_partition - don't resize partitions if size difference is < 1 MiB - win_timezone - Allow for _dstoff timezones - win_unzip - Fix support for paths with square brackets not being detected properly