Collections are a distribution format for Ansible content. You can package and distribute playbooks, roles, modules, and plugins using collections. A typical collection addresses a set of related use cases. For example, the cisco.ios collection automates management of Cisco IOS devices.
You can create a collection and publish it to Ansible Galaxy or to a private Automation Hub instance. You can publish certified collections to the Red Hat Automation Hub, part of the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :caption: Developing new collections developing_collections_creating developing_collections_shared developing_collections_testing developing_collections_distributing
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :caption: Working with existing collections developing_collections_migrating developing_collections_contributing developing_collections_changelogs
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :caption: Collections references developing_collections_structure collections_galaxy_meta
For instructions on developing modules, see :ref:`developing_modules_general`.
.. seealso::
:ref:`collections`
Learn how to install and use collections in playbooks and roles
:ref:`contributing_maintained_collections`
Guidelines for contributing to selected collections
`Ansible Collections Overview and FAQ <https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/README.rst>`_
Current development status of community collections and FAQ
`Mailing List <https://groups.google.com/group/ansible-devel>`_
The development mailing list
`irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>`_
#ansible IRC chat channel