Allow group execution for run_task
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Description
Sometimes it would be usefull to do a run_task() on a group.
my %retvals = run_task "mytask", on => "groupname";
This should return a hash containing all the return values from the different hosts.
{
host01 => "foo",
host02 => "bar",
}
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the run_task entry point and the existing group-handling behavior in Rex. Define completion as allowing run_task to target a group and returning a host-keyed hash containing each host's return value, as shown in the issue example.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- perl
- Domain
- devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100