Bump: Release 4.0.0 (#2980)

Co-authored-by: Claus Holbech <[email protected]>

.github/.markdownlintignore

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 ansible_collections/arista/avd/molecule/
 ansible_collections/arista/avd/examples/*/documentation/
 ansible_collections/arista/avd/tests/unit/filters/toc_files/
-ansible_collections/arista/avd/roles/eos_designs/schemas/doc_fragments/

ansible_collections/arista/avd/changelogs/.plugin-cache.yaml

@@ -6,10 +6,21 @@ plugins:
   callback: {}
   cliconf: {}
   connection: {}
+  filter:
+    hide_passwords:
+      description: Replace a value by "<removed>"
+      name: hide_passwords
+      version_added: 4.0.0
   httpapi: {}
   inventory: {}
   lookup: {}
   module:
+    batch_template:
+      description: Render Jinja2 template on multiple items and write result to individual
+        files.
+      name: batch_template
+      namespace: ''
+      version_added: 4.0.0
     configlet_build_config:
       description: Build arista.cvp.configlet configuration.
       name: configlet_build_config
@@ -20,17 +31,32 @@ plugins:
       name: eos_designs_facts
       namespace: ''
       version_added: 3.5.0
+    eos_designs_structured_config:
+      description: Generate AVD EOS Designs structured configuration
+      name: eos_designs_structured_config
+      namespace: ''
+      version_added: 4.0.0
     inventory_to_container:
       description: Transform information from inventory to arista.cvp collection
       name: inventory_to_container
       namespace: ''
       version_added: 1.0.0
+    set_vars:
+      description: Set vars as ansible_facts.
+      name: set_vars
+      namespace: ''
+      version_added: 4.0.0
     validate_and_template:
       description: Validate input data according to Schema, render Jinja2 template
         and write result to a file.
       name: validate_and_template
       namespace: ''
       version_added: 3.8.0
+    verify_requirements:
+      description: Verify Python requirements when running AVD
+      name: verify_requirements
+      namespace: ''
+      version_added: 4.0.0
     yaml_templates_to_facts:
       description: Set facts from YAML via Jinja2 templates
       name: yaml_templates_to_facts
@@ -39,5 +65,11 @@ plugins:
   netconf: {}
   shell: {}
   strategy: {}
-  vars: {}
-version: 3.8.0
+  test: {}
+  vars:
+    global_vars:
+      description: Variable plugins to allow loading global_vars with less precedence
+        than group_vars or host_vars
+      name: global_vars
+      version_added: 4.0.0
+version: 4.0.0

ansible_collections/arista/avd/changelogs/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-Prepare changelog fragments. Copy PR titles from GitHub Release Notes (auto generated) and search/replace to make the formatting fit.
+Prepare changelog fragments and place them in `changelogs/fragments/` folder. Copy PR titles from GitHub Release Notes (auto generated) and search/replace to make the formatting fit.
 Check a previous fragments_backup for example.
 
 To generate changelog (Note this can only be done once, since it will remove the fragments file - make sure to copy it to fragments_backup first):
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@ To generate changelog (Note this can only be done once, since it will remove the
 cd ansible_collections/arista/avd/
 antsibull-changelog release
 ```
+
+## Documentation
+
+- [antsibull-changelog](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-changelog/blob/main/docs/changelogs.rst)
+- [categories]https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-changelog/blob/main/docs/changelogs.rst#changelog-fragment-categories

ansible_collections/arista/avd/docs/porting-guides/4.x.x.md

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ and playbooks to be compatible with new default behaviors and changed data model
 Users of `eos_designs` do not have to consider the changes in `eos_cli_config_gen`, since those adaptions are
 built into `eos_designs`.
 
-## Data model changes from "dict-of-dicts" to "list-of-dicts"
+## Common changes
+
+### Data model changes from "dict-of-dicts" to "list-of-dicts"
 
 In AVD 4.0.0 and across both `eos_designs` and `eos_cli_config_gen`, *all* "dict-of-dicts" data models with user-defined keys have been changed to "list-of-dicts".
 
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ ERROR! [dc1-spine1]: 'Data Type Converted: l2leaf.node_groups.[0].nodes from 'di
 
 When the list is empty the variables have been updated correctly. Notice that errors may be emitted at different stages of the play, so let it run to the end.
 
-## Changes to role `arista.avd.eos_designs`
+## Changes to role arista.avd.eos_designs
 
 ### Network services variables
 
@@ -507,8 +509,6 @@ ethernet_interfaces:
 
 The `hardware_counters.features` model has been improved to allow more options.
 
-TODO: add link to the full data model
-
 === "3.x"
 
     ```yaml
@@ -532,6 +532,8 @@ TODO: add link to the full data model
           direction: in
     ```
 
+See the full data model in the [documentation](../../roles/eos_cli_config_gen/docs/input-variables.md#hardware-counters)
+
 ### ip_name_servers
 
 The `name_server` key has been deprecated in favor of `ip_name_servers`, more
@@ -753,7 +755,7 @@ eos_cli_config_gen_documentation:
 
 ### Inventory to CloudVision containers
 
-In AVD 4.0.0, the role gets support for dynamic Ansible inventories. This means the CloudVision containers' basis will no longer be the `inventory.yml` file. Instead, the role reads the loaded Ansible inventory. This inventory can be loaded from dynamic inventory plugins like Ansible Automation Platform, AWX, etc.
+In AVD 4.0.0, the role `arista.avd.eos_config_deploy_cvp` gets support for dynamic Ansible inventories. This means the CloudVision containers' basis will no longer be the `inventory.yml` file. Instead, the role reads the loaded Ansible inventory. This inventory can be loaded from dynamic inventory plugins like Ansible Automation Platform, AWX, etc.
 
 The new inventory parsing is stricter than the previous method, so all Ansible inventory groups *must* be laid
 out as a regular tree structure starting from the `container_root`.