Ansible Keepalived Versions Save

What's Changed

• implemented track_process by @zerwes in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/278 Full Changelog: https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/compare/8.0.0...8.1.0

What's Changed

CI work:

• Bump molecule-docker from 1.1.0 to 2.0.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/224
• Split ansible-2.10 requirements from dev by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/225
• Bump molecule from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 by @dependabot in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/228
• Bump yamllint from 1.27.1 to 1.28.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/239
• Fix ci by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/259
• Disable CI until a solution for molecule is found by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/260

The last one is very sad. I am now thinking of a different approach, using lxd or systemd-nspawn. I am tired of the regular breaking changes that plague the role testing.

Code improvements

• Use ansible_facts instead of global scoped variables by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/226
• Add support for checkmode in tasks/main.yml by @sd-hardy in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/232
• Fixes conditional logic and other issues with dropping scripts by @busterswt in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/240
• Commenting out unused variables for shellcheck compliance. by @crazzy in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/256
• Remove dependencies updates for old ansible by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/258
• Cleanup Examples by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/261
• Support absolute paths for SELinux modules by @cosandr in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/264
• Update keepalived-install-example.yml by @Eamixs in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/269
• enable track_interface config per sync_group by @zerwes in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/276
• Support virtualserver/inhibit_on_failure by @dhoffend in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/275

New Contributors

• @sd-hardy made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/232
• @busterswt made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/240
• @crazzy made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/256
• @cosandr made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/264
• @Eamixs made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/269
• @dhoffend made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/275

Full Changelog: https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/compare/7.0.0...8.0.0

General comments and important changes

A lot of things happened for this release. Thank you to all the contributors!

Amongst the major changes:

• We removed support of CentOS 7 in this release.
• We re-introduced debian testing, and rockylinux 8.
• We worked on tests: Increased coverage, validation of templates before they are applied, stabilized test suite.

See more details below, or go to the full changelog (link below).

What's Changed

• General ansible practices refresh by @Kariton in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/205
• Make way for using dependabot for requirements by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/206
• Add dependabot for version updates by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/207
• Add new features vrrp_track_file, track_files, (no) accept, and safeguards. by @Kariton in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/204
• Update ansible-lint requirement from <=5.4.0 to <6.4.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/208
• Ensure a masked unit does not break the role by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/210
• Remove deprecation warning "Use 'ansible.utils.ipaddr' module instead" by @zerwes in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/211
• Fix meta for ansible-lint by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/214
• Update default scenario OSes by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/215
• Use systemd module now that bugs have been fixed by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/212
• Validate configuration if keepalived >= 2.0.4 by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/217
• Add more meta tags to improve visibility on galaxy by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/218
• Make vips optional by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/220
• Add monthly test of keepalived by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/221

New Contributors

• @Kariton made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/205
• @dependabot made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/208

Full Changelog: https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/compare/6.1.0...7.0.0

What's Changed

• Temporarily workaround "fqcn-builtins Use FQCN for builtin actions." on ansible lint run by @zerwes in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/199
• Add ansible_managed output to keepalived.conf by @senuphtyz in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/196
• Make "auth_type" variable optional with default value by @maxkochubey in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/202

New Contributors

• @senuphtyz made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/196
• @maxkochubey made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/202

Full Changelog: https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/compare/6.0.0...6.1.0

What's Changed

• Remove 2.9 support by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/191
• fix usage of deprecated include by @zerwes in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/189
• Ensure scripts are created before sync groups to prevent 'track scrip… by @sigbjornaib in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/188
• Manage the sorry_server directive by @OlivierLM in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/193

New Contributors

• @zerwes made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/189
• @sigbjornaib made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/188
• @OlivierLM made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/193

Full Changelog: https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/compare/5.1.0...6.0.0

What's Changed

• Fix Ansible 2.9 tests by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/175
• Remove blank lines for linting by @evrardjp in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/179
• install dependencies required by keepalived scripts by @mjourdan in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/177
• Add missing check options and missing checks by @DisasteR in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/178
• add vmac_xmit_base support by @howardZa in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/184
• Set IPv6 sysctls only when IPv6 is enabled by @lorf in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/180
• Add support for Rocky Linux by @sherwind in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/183
• Add various optional parameters by @mmetz-isa in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/185

New Contributors

• @mjourdan made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/177
• @DisasteR made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/178
• @howardZa made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/184
• @lorf made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/180
• @sherwind made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/183
• @mmetz-isa made their first contribution in https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/pull/185

Full Changelog: https://github.com/evrardjp/ansible-keepalived/compare/5.0.1...5.1.0

Fix incomplete removal of notify_master_rx_lower_pri.

Bug fixes, features, and important changes.

• The notify_master_rx_lower_pri previously exposed in 4.3.0 was partially incorrect, it also was applied incorrectly to sync_groups. As no such thing exists in keepalived, that was removed, fixing a bug of incorrect templating. Reported by @elcomtik
• Added support of Ansible 3.0 by changing the metadata of this role.
• Added a feature, keepalived_sysctl_tcp_retries, that automatically configures sysctl tcp_retries2. It is useful for faster failover. I used to set it on my machines, but it's not the first time I hear people wanting to have it in the role (to understand the context of the change), so here it is. By default, this will set the sysctl to a more appropriate default (8) than the current linux default of "15". If you have other roles defining your sysctls running on the same nodes as the ones running keepalived, keep that sysctl in mind! This is a "breaking" change, as behaviour of systems is effectively changed by this. We are bumping this role to a new X version.

I hope you enjoyed reading those release notes, drop me a message if you like this role!

Exposed in the role the keepalived feature notify_master_rx_lower_pri: This script is executed if a master receives an advert with priority lower than the master's advert.

Thanks @eifelmicha for this!

As this is a new feature for the role, we bump the Y version.

smtp notifications now possible, thanks to @eifelmicha !