RexOps / RexOps/Rex

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",
}

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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.

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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

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