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News

2023-08-05
Rex-1.14.3

Rex-1.14.3 is now available on CPAN. It contains bug fixes for local package installation, command existence checks, and Git tests.

2023-05-05
Rex-1.14.2

The Rex-1.14.2 release is now available on CPAN. It contains bug fixes for running local commands on Windows, cloning git repositories, and test suite fixes for the upcoming perl-5.38.0 release.

2023-03-17
Call for papers TPRC 2023

Dean Hamstead from the The Perl and Raku Foundation Marketing Committee has sent an invitation to present about Rex at TPRC 2023. I’m posting it here to increase visibility.

2023-03-05
Rex-1.14.1

The Rex-1.14.1 release is now available on CPAN. It contains bug fixes and documentation updates.

2023-02-05
Rex-1.14.0

The Rex-1.14.0 release is now available on CPAN. It contains improved Rexfile loading, documentation updates, and bumps the minimum required Perl version to 5.12.5.

Events

2021-03-08
Learning automation using Rex

Ferenc Erki (FErki) will be the guest of Gábor Szabó on the next Code Maven live stream to learn about automation using Rex. Register for the free event via Code Maven or Meetup, and join the discussion!

2020-03-05
Unexpected use cases with Rex

Unexpected use cases with Rex at the 22nd German Perl/Raku Workshop 2020 in Erlangen by Ferenc Erki (FErki).

2019-11-09
Rex & Friends

Rex & Friends talk at the Barcelona Perl & Friends 2019 by Ferenc Erki (FErki).

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Release notes for 0.40

Common

Added basic CMDB interface.

The first CMDB module is based on YAML files. With this change there will be also a default environment under which rex runs. The default environment is named * drum roll * "default".

use Cwd 'getcwd';
use Rex::CMDB;

set cmdb => {
    type => "YAML",
    path => getcwd() . "/cmdb",
};

task "prepare", sub {
    my $vhosts = get cmdb "vhosts";
};

This will search the given cmdb path for the following files (in the named order):

  1. cmdb/$environment/$server.yml
  2. cmdb/$environment/default.yml
  3. cmdb/$server.yml
  4. cmdb/default.yml

If it find the value for "vhosts" in one of these files, it will return that value and exit the search.

VirtualBox

It is now possible to use VirtualBox in headless mode on MacOSX and Linux.

set virtualization => {
    type     => "VBox",
    headless => TRUE
};

task "foo", sub {
    vm start => "myvm";
};

If you're using Rex/Boxes you can set this option in your YAML file.

type: VBox
vbox:
   headless: true
vms:
   www01:
      url: http://box.rexify.org/box/ubuntu-server-12.10-amd64.ova
      network:
         1:
            type: bridged
            bridge: eth0
      setup: setup_frontend

INI style group files

From Franky Van Liedekerke.

; my group file
[frontends]
fe01
fe02

fe03
fe04
fe05

# the backends
[backends]
be01
be02
;be03
be04

[db]
db[01..02]

use Rex::Group::Lookup::INI;

groups_file "file.ini";

Source global /etc/profile

There is a new setting called source_global_profile. This will source /etc/profile before every run() command.

On some systems this is needed because the user's profile (.bashrc, .bash_profile) doesn't source the global file. Before you use this function consider changing your .bashrc.

source_global_profile TRUE;

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