NAME
Rex::Task - The Task Object
DESCRIPTION
The Task Object. Typically you only need this class if you want to manipulate tasks after their initial creation.
SYNOPSIS
use Rex::Task
my $task = Rex::Task->new(name => "testtask");
$task->set_server("remoteserver");
$task->set_code(sub { say "Hello"; });
$task->modify("no_ssh", 1);METHODS
new
This is the constructor.
$task = Rex::Task->new(
func => sub { some_code_here },
server => [ @server ],
desc => $description,
no_ssh => $no_ssh,
hidden => $hidden,
auth => {
user => $user,
password => $password,
private_key => $private_key,
public_key => $public_key,
},
before => [sub {}, sub {}, ...],
after => [sub {}, sub {}, ...],
around => [sub {}, sub {}, ...],
before_task_start => [sub {}, sub {}, ...],
after_task_finished => [sub {}, sub {}, ...],
name => $task_name,
executor => Rex::Interface::Executor->create,
);connection
Returns the current connection object.
executor
Returns the current executor object.
hidden
Returns true if the task is hidden. (Should not be displayed on ,,rex -T''.)
server
Returns the servers on which the task should be executed as an ArrayRef.
set_server(@server)
With this method you can set new servers on which the task should be executed on.
delete_server
Delete every server registered to the task.
current_server
Returns the current server on which the tasks gets executed right now.
desc
Returns the description of a task.
set_desc($description)
Set the description of a task.
is_remote
Returns true (1) if the task will be executed remotely.
is_local
Returns true (1) if the task gets executed on the local host.
is_http
Returns true (1) if the task gets executed over http protocol.
want_connect
Returns true (1) if the task will establish a connection to a remote system.
get_connection_type
This method tries to guess the right connection type for the task and returns it.
Current return values are SSH, Fake and Local.
SSH - will create a ssh connection to the remote server
Local - will not create any connections
Fake - will not create any connections. But it populates the connection properties so you can use this type to iterate over a list of remote hosts but don't let rex build a connection. For example if you want to use Sys::Virt or other modules.
modify($key, $value)
With this method you can modify values of the task.
user
Returns the current user the task will use.
set_user($user)
Set the user of a task.
password
Returns the password that will be used.
set_password($password)
Set the password of the task.
name
Returns the name of the task.
code
Returns the code of the task.
set_code(\&code_ref)
Set the code of the task.
run_hook($server, $hook)
This method is used internally to execute the specified hooks.
set_auth($key, $value)
Set the authentication of the task.
$task->set_auth("user", "foo");
$task->set_auth("password", "bar");merge_auth($server)
Merges the authentication information from $server into the task. Tasks authentication information have precedence.
parallelism
Get the parallelism count of a task.
set_parallelism($count)
Set the parallelism of the task.
connect($server)
Initiate the connection to $server.
disconnect
Disconnect from the current connection.
run($server, %options)
Run the task on $server.
exit_on_connect_fail()
Returns true if rex should exit on connect failure.