[BUG] Migrating to Ansible FQCN filters/modules

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Now that I'm doing pre-Ansible-12 cleanup (and some of the stuff it's forcing me to do isn't all that bad), it might be a good idea to clean up the templates and task lists to use fully-qualified names, for example ansible.utils.ipaddr instead of ipaddr and cisco.ios.ios_config instead of ios_config.

According to my LLM friend, the last Ansible release that did not include collections was 2.9, so making the change would force everyone to use at least 2.10. FWIW, Ubuntu 20.04 has Ansible 2.9 package (that's a problem), but netlab install ansible installs Ansible release 6.7.0 with Ansible core 2.13.13. No idea what we can do on Ubuntu 18.04.

Do you see any showstoppers @ssasso @sdargoeuves @jbemmel @ddutt

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Ubuntu 18.08 with plenty of massaging can run Python 3.8, which can install Ansible 6.7 with ansible-core 2.13. I'd say worrying about ansible-core version being higher than 2.10 on old Linux distros is mostly a non-issue.

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The migration can be done with ansible-lint (HT @jbemmel / #2766):

ansible-lint *ansible tasks --fix=fqcn

Will do it after fixing the symlinked ready scripts.

[sdargoeuves]

sounds good to me, with 2026 practically here, one has to wonder: who on earth is still clinging to Ubuntu 18.08?! (just a rhetorical question, because frankly, I'm scared to know the real answer)
I've just checked out of curiosity, the server we use for our main lab(s) is on 20.04... not an issue for now, let's revisit in 4 years.