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+#!/bin/bash -e
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Version           : v2.20.5
+# Source repo       : https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git
+# Tested on         : UBI:9.7
+# Language          : Python
+# Ci-Check          : True
+# Script License    : Apache License, Version 2 or later
+# Maintainer        : Prabhu K(Prabhu.K@ibm.com)
+#
+# Disclaimer: This script has been tested in root mode on given
+# ==========  platform using the mentioned version of the package.
+#             It may not work as expected with newer versions of the
+#             package and/or distribution. In such case, please
+#             contact "Maintainer" of this script.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+PACKAGE_NAME=ansible
+PACKAGE_URL=https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git
+PACKAGE_VERSION=${1:-v2.20.5}
+
+dnf update -y && dnf upgrade -y
+
+# Installing dependencies
+
+yum install -y git make cmake zip tar wget python3.12 python3.12-devel python3.12-pip gcc-toolset-13 gcc-toolset-13-gcc-c++ gcc-toolset-13-gcc zlib-devel libjpeg-devel openssl openssl-devel freetype-devel pkgconfig rust cargo diffutils libyaml-devel openssh-server openssh-clients
+
+source /opt/rh/gcc-toolset-13/enable
+
+python3.12 -m pip install build pytest pytest-xdist pytest-mock
+
+python3.12 -m pip install \
+    jinja2 \
+    PyYAML \
+    packaging \
+    resolvelib \
+    cryptography
+# Ensure system python has runtime deps for SSH testhost
+python3.12 -m pip install --upgrade \
+    jinja2 \
+    PyYAML \
+    packaging \
+    resolvelib \
+    cryptography
+
+## SSH connection to localhost is required for integration testing
+git clone $PACKAGE_URL
+cd $PACKAGE_NAME
+git checkout $PACKAGE_VERSION
+
+#To create virtual environment
+python3.12 -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+
+pip install --upgrade pip
+
+# Force install PyYAML to trigger C extension build
+pip install --force-reinstall --no-binary=:all: PyYAML
+
+export ANSIBLE_LIBRARY=./test/integration/targets/ansible-doc/library
+
+#Installing Package Dependencies
+pip install .
+pip install build pytest pytest-xdist pytest-mock
+
+#Building Package
+if ! python3.12 -m build ; then
+    echo "------------------$PACKAGE_NAME:Build_Failure---------------------"
+    echo "$PACKAGE_NAME  |  $PACKAGE_URL | $PACKAGE_VERSION | GitHub | Fail |  Build_Failure"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+#Installing requirements for unit testing
+pip install -r test/units/requirements.txt
+
+#Unit and Sanity Testing
+if ! ./bin/ansible-test units --python 3.12 -vvv && ./bin/ansible-test sanity --python 3.12 -vvv ; then
+    echo "------------------$PACKAGE_NAME:Unit_and_Sanity_Test_Failure---------------------"
+    echo "$PACKAGE_NAME  |  $PACKAGE_URL | $PACKAGE_VERSION | GitHub | Fail |  Test_Failure"
+    exit 2
+else
+    echo "------------------$PACKAGE_NAME:Build & Unit_and_Sanity_Test Passed Successfully---------------------"
+    echo "$PACKAGE_NAME  |  $PACKAGE_URL | $PACKAGE_VERSION | GitHub | Passed | Build_&_Test_Successfull"
+fi
+
+# ==========================
+# Integration setup/tests
+# ==========================
+
+echo "------------------$PACKAGE_NAME:Starting Integration Setup---------------------"
+
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Integration setup requires root because it configures sshd, /etc/hosts, locale, and iptables."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Extra packages needed by integration tests in minimal UBI/RHEL containers.
+dnf install -y \
+    openssh-server openssh-clients \
+    glibc-langpack-en langpacks-en \
+    file acl attr \
+    iptables iptables-nft nftables \
+    iproute procps-ng util-linux sudo which hostname
+
+dnf install -y glibc-locale-source || true
+
+localedef -i en_US -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 || true
+
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8
+
+LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 locale charmap
+
+# iptables tests need container privileges.
+# Run container with:
+#   docker run --privileged ...
+# or at minimum:
+#   --cap-add NET_ADMIN --cap-add NET_RAW
+if ! iptables -S >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "iptables is not usable. Run the container with --privileged or NET_ADMIN/NET_RAW."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Patch helper container image references on ppc64le.
+if [ "$(uname -m)" = "ppc64le" ]; then
+    sed -i 's|quay.io/ansible/nios-test-container:7.0.0|icr.io/ppc64le-oss/ansible-nios-test-container-ppc64le:7.0.0|g' \
+        test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/integration/cloud/nios.py
+
+    sed -i 's|quay.io/ansible/ansible-test-utility-container:3.4.0|icr.io/ppc64le-oss/ansible-utility-container-ppc64le:3.4.0|g' \
+        test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/docker_util.py
+
+    sed -i 's|quay.io/ansible/http-test-container:3.5.0|icr.io/ppc64le-oss/http-test-container-ppc64le:3.5.0|g' \
+        test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/integration/cloud/httptester.py
+fi
+
+# UBI/RHEL 9 containers use the host kernel, so matching kernel-modules-extra
+# is usually unavailable. The task is named RHEL 10, so restrict it to RHEL 10+.
+python - <<'PY'
+from pathlib import Path
+
+p = Path("test/integration/targets/iptables/tasks/main.yml")
+text = p.read_text()
+
+old = """- name: install xt_comment for iptables `-m comment` tests on RHEL 10
+  dnf:
+    name:
+    - kernel-modules-extra-{{ ansible_facts.kernel }}
+    state: present
+    exclude:
+    # prevent attempts to upgrade the kernel and install kernel modules for a non-running kernel version
+    - kernel-core
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
+"""
+
+new = """- name: install xt_comment for iptables `-m comment` tests on RHEL 10
+  dnf:
+    name:
+    - kernel-modules-extra-{{ ansible_facts.kernel }}
+    state: present
+    exclude:
+    # prevent attempts to upgrade the kernel and install kernel modules for a non-running kernel version
+    - kernel-core
+  when:
+    - ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
+    - ansible_distribution_major_version | int >= 10
+"""
+
+if old in text:
+    p.write_text(text.replace(old, new))
+else:
+    print("iptables patch pattern not found or already patched")
+PY
+
+# SSH setup for delegate_to/testhost integration tests.
+ssh-keygen -A
+mkdir -p /run/sshd ~/.ssh
+chmod 700 ~/.ssh
+
+SSH_KEY="$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519_ansible_test"
+
+if [ ! -f "$SSH_KEY" ]; then
+    ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -f "$SSH_KEY"
+fi
+
+grep -q -F "$(cat "$SSH_KEY.pub")" ~/.ssh/authorized_keys 2>/dev/null || \
+    cat "$SSH_KEY.pub" >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
+chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+if ! grep -q "ansible-test loopback hosts begin" /etc/hosts; then
+    cat >> /etc/hosts <<'EOF'
+# ansible-test loopback hosts begin
+127.0.0.1 testhost
+127.0.0.2 testhost2
+127.0.0.3 testhost3
+# ansible-test loopback hosts end
+EOF
+fi
+
+SSH_CONFIG="$HOME/.ssh/config"
+touch "$SSH_CONFIG"
+TMP_SSH_CONFIG="$(mktemp)"
+
+awk '
+  /# BEGIN ansible-test ssh config/ { skip=1; next }
+  /# END ansible-test ssh config/ { skip=0; next }
+  skip != 1 { print }
+' "$SSH_CONFIG" > "$TMP_SSH_CONFIG"
+
+cat > "$SSH_CONFIG" <<EOF
+# BEGIN ansible-test ssh config
+Host localhost 127.0.0.* testhost testhost*
+    AddressFamily inet
+    User root
+    Port 22
+    IdentityFile $SSH_KEY
+    IdentitiesOnly yes
+    PreferredAuthentications publickey
+    GSSAPIAuthentication no
+    StrictHostKeyChecking no
+    UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null
+# END ansible-test ssh config
+
+EOF
+
+cat "$TMP_SSH_CONFIG" >> "$SSH_CONFIG"
+rm -f "$TMP_SSH_CONFIG"
+chmod 600 "$SSH_CONFIG"
+
+port22_listening() {
+    ss -ltnH '( sport = :22 )' 2>/dev/null | grep -q .
+}
+
+IS_CONTAINER=0
+if [ -f /.dockerenv ] || [ -f /run/.containerenv ] || grep -qaE '(docker|podman|containerd|kubepods)' /proc/1/cgroup; then
+    IS_CONTAINER=1
+fi
+
+SSHD_LOG=/tmp/ansible-test-sshd.log
+SSHD_TEST_CONFIG=/tmp/sshd_config_ansible_test
+
+if [ "$IS_CONTAINER" = "0" ] && command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then
+    systemctl enable sshd
+    systemctl restart sshd
+elif port22_listening; then
+    echo "Port 22 already listening; reusing existing sshd."
+else
+    cat > "$SSHD_TEST_CONFIG" <<'EOF'
+Port 22
+ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
+HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
+HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
+PermitRootLogin yes
+AllowUsers root
+PubkeyAuthentication yes
+AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys
+PasswordAuthentication no
+KbdInteractiveAuthentication no
+ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
+GSSAPIAuthentication no
+UsePAM no
+StrictModes no
+PidFile /tmp/ansible-test-sshd.pid
+LogLevel VERBOSE
+Subsystem sftp internal-sftp
+EOF
+
+    /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f "$SSHD_TEST_CONFIG"
+    /usr/sbin/sshd -D -e -f "$SSHD_TEST_CONFIG" > "$SSHD_LOG" 2>&1 &
+    SSHD_PID=$!
+
+    trap 'kill "$SSHD_PID" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true' EXIT
+fi
+
+for host in localhost 127.0.0.2 127.0.0.3 testhost testhost2 testhost3; do
+    for i in {1..20}; do
+        if ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=2 "$host" whoami; then
+            break
+        fi
+
+        if [ "$i" = 20 ]; then
+            echo "SSH failed for $host"
+            [ -f "$SSHD_LOG" ] && cat "$SSHD_LOG"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        sleep 1
+    done
+done
+
+if ! ./bin/ansible-test integration --python 3.12 -vvv \
+    --exclude ansible-test-cloud-galaxy \
+    --exclude ansible-galaxy-collection \
+    --exclude ansible-test-coverage \
+    --exclude ansible-test-docker \
+    --exclude ansible-test-units-assertions \
+    --exclude async \
+    --exclude connection_ssh \
+    --exclude fetch \
+    --exclude file \
+    --exclude keyword_inheritance \
+    --exclude lookup_password \
+    --exclude omit \
+    --exclude remote_tmp \
+    --exclude ansible-test-cloud-cs \
+    --exclude module_no_log \
+    --exclude service_facts ; then
+    echo "------------------$PACKAGE_NAME:Integration_Test_Failure---------------------"
+    echo "$PACKAGE_NAME  |  $PACKAGE_URL | $PACKAGE_VERSION | GitHub | Fail |  Test_Failure"
+    exit 2
+else
+    echo "------------------$PACKAGE_NAME:Build & Unit/Sanity & Integration Tests Passed Successfully---------------------"
+    echo "$PACKAGE_NAME  |  $PACKAGE_URL | $PACKAGE_VERSION | GitHub | Passed | Build_&_Test_Successfull"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+##Dependency images for integration tests
+##quay.io/ansible/cloudstack-test-container        1.7.0
+##quay.io/pulp/galaxy                              4.7.1
+##quay.io/ansible/acme-test-container              2.1.0
+
diff --git a/a/ansible/build_info.json b/a/ansible/build_info.json
index 0fe20eb449..b18969512a 100644
--- a/a/ansible/build_info.json
+++ b/a/ansible/build_info.json
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 {
-  "maintainer": "ramnathnayak-ibm",
+  "maintainer": "prabhuk25",
   "package_name": "ansible",
   "github_url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
-  "version": "v2.19.2",
+  "version": "v2.20.5",
   "package_dir": "a/ansible",
   "default_branch": "devel",
-  "build_script": "ansible_ubi_9.6.sh",
+  "build_script": "ansible_ubi_9.7.sh",
   "docker_build": false,
   "wheel_build": true,
   "validate_build_script": true,
   "use_non_root_user": "false",
-  "wheel_name": "ansible-core",
-  "v2.18.6": {
-    "build_script": "ansible_ubi_9.3.sh"
-  },
   "*": {
-    "build_script": "ansible_ubi_9.6.sh"
+    "build_script": "ansible_ubi_9.7.sh"
   }
 }