Communicating with the Ansible community

Code of Conduct 

All interactions within the Ansible Community are governed by our Community Code of Conduct. Please read and understand it before participating.

Forum 

The Ansible Forum is the default and recommended starting point for most community interactions. It’s ideal for:

Asking questions and seeking help.
Participating in development discussions.
Learning about events and news.

To get started:

Register: Sign up to create an account and join the community.
Explore topics: Browse by categories and tags to discover discussions, or simply start a new topic of your own.
Stay updated: Subscribe to specific categories or tags that interest you. Just click the bell icon in the top-right corner of the relevant category or tag page and select your notification preference.

Explore forum groups that match your interests. Joining a group often automatically subscribes you to related posts.

The Bullhorn 

The Bullhorn is our community’s weekly newsletter, published directly in the Forum:

Subscribe: Click the bell button under the Bullhorn category description, then select Watching.
Submit News: See the About the Newsletter category post for submission guidelines.
Questions about the newsletter: Ask us in the Ansible Social room on Matrix.

Regional and Language-specific channels 

Communicate in your preferred language by visiting the International Communities forum category. Current subcategories include:

Español (Spanish)
Português (Portuguese)
Norsk (Norwegian)

For details on requesting a new language subcategory, see the About the International Communities category post.

Real-time chat 

For real-time interactions, the Ansible community uses the Matrix protocol.

Note

The Forum is our default communication platform. We recommend engaging there before considering other options like Matrix.

To join the community on Matrix:

Get a Matrix account: From Matrix.org or any other Matrix homeserver.
Choose a Matrix client: We recommend Element Webchat.
Join rooms: Use the links in the General channels or Working groups to join specific rooms.

For more information, see the community-hosted Matrix FAQ.

You can add Matrix shields to your repository’s README.md using the shield in the community-topics repository as a template.

Note

IRC channels are no longer official communication channels. Please use the Forum and Matrix instead.

General channels 

The clickable links below take you directly to the Matrix room in your browser. Room/channel information is also given for use in other clients:

Working group-specific channels 

Many working groups have dedicated chat channels. Refer to the Working groups for details.

Meetings on Matrix 

The Ansible community holds regular meetings on Matrix. All interested individuals are invited to participate. Check the meeting schedule and agenda page for more information.

Working groups 

Working Groups enable Ansible community members to self-organize around specific interests.

Find a complete list of groups and their communication channels within the Forum groups.

Requesting a forum group 

To request a new working group:

First, check if there is no appropriate Forum group you can join instead of starting a new one.
Review the things you can ask for post regarding working groups.
Submit your request in the forum topic.
If a Matrix chat channel is also needed, consult the Ansible Community Matrix FAQ.

Requesting a community collection repository 

Working groups are often built around Ansible community collections. You can use a repository under your organization or request one under ansible-collections on the forum. Create a topic in the Project Discussions category and the ‘coll-repo-request’ tag.

Ansible Community Topics 

The Ansible Community Steering Committee uses the Forum for asynchronous discussions and voting on community topics.

For more information, see:

Ansible Automation Platform support questions 

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is a subscription service providing support, certified content, and tooling for Ansible, including content management, a controller, UI and REST API.

For questions related to Ansible Automation Platform, please visit Red Hat support instead of community communication platforms.