Pike Series Release Notes¶

16.0.29¶

The distribution package lookup and data output has been removed from the py_pkgs lookup so that the repo-build use of py_pkgs has reduced output and the lookup is purpose specific for python packages only.

This version is the minimum version necessary to upgrade from Pike to Queens for deployers using ANSIBLE_ROLE_FETCH_MODE=”git-clone”.

The config_template template module now supports writing out valueless INI options without suffixing them with ‘=’ or ‘:’. This is done via the ‘ignore_none_type’ attribute. If ignore_none_type is set to true, these key/value entries will be ignored, if it’s set to false, then ConfigTemplateParser will write out only the option name without the ‘=’ or ‘:’ suffix. The default is true.

The get_nested filter has been added, allowing for simplified value lookups inside of nested dictionaries. ansible_local|get_nested(‘openstack_ansible.swift’), for example, will look 2 levels down and return the result.

The default behaviour of ensure_endpoint in the keystone module has changed to update an existing endpoint, if one exists that matches the service name, type, region and interface. This ensures that no duplicate service entries can exist per region.

The deployer can now define an environment variable GROUP_VARS_PATH with the folders of its choice (separated by the colon sign) to define an user space group_vars folder. These vars will apply but be (currently) overriden by the OpenStack-Ansible default group vars, by the set facts, and by the user_* variables. If the deployer defines multiple paths, the variables found are merged, and precedence is increasing from left to right (the last defined in GROUP_VARS_PATH wins)

The deployer can now define an environment variable HOST_VARS_PATH with the folders of its choice (separated by the colon sign) to define an user space host_vars folder. These vars will apply but be (currently) overriden by the OpenStack-Ansible default host vars, by the set facts, and by the user_* variables. If the deployer defines multiple paths, the variables found are merged, and precedence is increasing from left to right (the last defined in HOST_VARS_PATH wins)

The neutron library has been removed from OpenStack-Ansible’s plugins. Upstream Ansible modules for managing OpenStack network resources should be used instead.

The update state for the ensure_endpoint method of the keystone module is now deprecated, and will be removed in the Queens cycle. Setting state to present will achieve the same result.