[ansible] add support for ansible 5 (ansible-core 2.12) (#8512)

.gitlab-ci/packet.yml

@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ packet_ubuntu20-calico-aio-ansible-2_11:
     ANSIBLE_MAJOR_VERSION: "2.11"
     RESET_CHECK: "true"
 
+packet_ubuntu20-calico-aio-ansible-2_12:
+  stage: deploy-part1
+  extends: .packet_pr
+  when: on_success
+  variables:
+    ANSIBLE_MAJOR_VERSION: "2.12"
+    RESET_CHECK: "true"
+
 # ### PR JOBS PART2
 
 packet_ubuntu18-aio-docker:

README.md

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Note: Upstart/SysV init based OS types are not supported.
 ## Requirements
 
 - **Minimum required version of Kubernetes is v1.21**
-- **Ansible v2.9.x, Jinja 2.11+ and python-netaddr is installed on the machine that will run Ansible commands, Ansible 2.10.x is experimentally supported for now**
+- **Ansible v2.9.x, Jinja 2.11+ and python-netaddr is installed on the machine that will run Ansible commands**
 - The target servers must have **access to the Internet** in order to pull docker images. Otherwise, additional configuration is required (See [Offline Environment](docs/offline-environment.md))
 - The target servers are configured to allow **IPv4 forwarding**.
 - If using IPv6 for pods and services, the target servers are configured to allow **IPv6 forwarding**.

ansible_version.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   vars:
     minimal_ansible_version: 2.9.0
     minimal_ansible_version_2_10: 2.10.11
-    maximal_ansible_version: 2.12.0
+    maximal_ansible_version: 2.13.0
     ansible_connection: local
   tags: always
   tasks:

requirements-2.12.txt

+ansible==5.5.0
+ansible-core==2.12.3
+cryptography==2.8
+jinja2==2.11.3
+netaddr==0.7.19
+pbr==5.4.4
+jmespath==0.9.5
+ruamel.yaml==0.16.10
+ruamel.yaml.clib==0.2.6
+MarkupSafe==1.1.1

tests/files/packet_ubuntu20-calico-aio-ansible-2_12.yml

+packet_ubuntu20-calico-aio.yml
\ No newline at end of file

tests/requirements-2.12.txt

+-r ../requirements-2.12.txt
+yamllint==1.19.0
+apache-libcloud==2.2.1
+tox==3.11.1
+dopy==0.3.7
+cryptography==2.8
+ansible-lint==5.4.0
+molecule==3.0.6
+molecule-vagrant==0.3
+testinfra==5.2.2
+python-vagrant==0.5.15
+ara[server]==1.5.7