Merge pull request #559 from michaeljohn32/ssh_netscaler_adc_conn_fix

fix: options to align to `ssh` ansible plugin

Author: shivashankar-vaddepally

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+# Fixed
+
+- Resolved error with `ssh_netscaler_adc` connection plugin with newer versions of ansible
+
 ## [2.10.1] - 2025-09-16
 
 # Fixed 

plugins/connection/ssh_netscaler_adc.py

@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@
           vars:
               - name: ansible_host_key_checking
               - name: ansible_ssh_host_key_checking
+      password_mechanism:
+          description: Mechanism to use for handling ssh password prompt
+          type: string
+          default: ssh_askpass
+          choices:
+              - ssh_askpass
+              - sshpass
+              - disable
+          version_added: '2.19.0'
+          env:
+              - name: ANSIBLE_SSH_PASSWORD_MECHANISM
+          ini:
+              - {key: password_mechanism, section: ssh_connection}
+          vars:
+              - name: ansible_ssh_password_
       password:
           description: Authentication password for the C(remote_user). Can be supplied as CLI option.
           vars:
@@ -248,6 +263,27 @@
             key: control_path_dir
         vars:
           - name: ansible_control_path_dir
+      private_key:
+          description:
+            - Private key contents in PEM format. Requires the C(SSH_AGENT) configuration to be enabled.
+          type: string
+          env:
+            - name: ANSIBLE_PRIVATE_KEY
+          vars:
+            - name: ansible_private_key
+            - name: ansible_ssh_private_key
+          version_added: '2.19.0'
+      private_key_passphrase:
+          description:
+            - Private key passphrase, dependent on O(private_key).
+            - This does NOT have any effect when used with O(private_key_file).
+          type: string
+          env:
+            - name: ANSIBLE_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE
+          vars:
+            - name: ansible_private_key_passphrase
+            - name: ansible_ssh_private_key_passphrase
+          version_added: '2.19.0'
       sftp_batch_mode:
         default: 'yes'
         description: 'TODO: write it'
@@ -315,6 +351,17 @@
             - name: ANSIBLE_PKCS11_PROVIDER
           vars:
             - name: ansible_pkcs11_provider
+      verbosity:
+        version_added: '2.19.0'
+        default: 0
+        type: int
+        description:
+          - Requested verbosity level for the SSH CLI.
+        env: [{name: ANSIBLE_SSH_VERBOSITY}]
+        ini:
+          - {key: verbosity, section: ssh_connection}
+        vars:
+          - name: ansible_ssh_verbosity
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 import codecs