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NAME

6       Rex - Remote Execution
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DESCRIPTION

9       Rex is a command line tool which executes commands on remote servers.
10       Define tasks in Perl and execute them on remote servers or groups of
11       servers.
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13       Rex can be used to:
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15       ·   Deploy web applications to servers sequentially or in parallel.
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17       ·   Automate common tasks.
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19       ·   Provision servers using Rex's builtin tools.
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21       You can find examples and howtos on <http://rexify.org/>
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GETTING HELP

24       ·   Web Site: <http://rexify.org/>
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26       ·   IRC: irc.freenode.net #rex
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28       ·   Bug Tracker: <https://github.com/RexOps/Rex/issues>
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30       ·   Twitter: <http://twitter.com/jfried83>
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SYNOPSIS

33           # In a Rexfile:
34           use Rex -feature => [qw/1.3/];
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36           user "root";
37           password "ch4ngem3";
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39           desc "Show Unix version";
40           task "uname", sub {
41              say run "uname -a";
42           };
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44           1;
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46           # On the command line:
47           bash# rex -H server[01..10] uname
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49       See rex <https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Rex/bin/rex> for more
50       information about how to use rex on the command line.
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52       See Rex::Commands for a list of all commands you can use.
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CLASS METHODS

55   get_current_connection
56       This function is deprecated since 0.28! See Rex::Commands::connection.
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58       Returns the current connection as a hashRef.
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60       server
61           The server name
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63       ssh 1 if it is a ssh connection, 0 if not.
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65   is_ssh
66       Returns 1 if the current connection is a ssh connection. 0 if not.
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68   is_local
69       Returns 1 if the current connection is local. Otherwise 0.
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71   is_sudo
72       Returns 1 if the current operation is executed within sudo.
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74   get_sftp
75       Returns the sftp object for the current ssh connection.
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77   connect
78       Use this function to create a connection if you use Rex as a library.
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80        use Rex;
81        use Rex::Commands::Run;
82        use Rex::Commands::Fs;
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84        Rex::connect(
85          server    => "remotehost",
86          user      => "root",
87          password   => "f00b4r",
88          private_key => "/path/to/private/key/file",
89          public_key  => "/path/to/public/key/file",
90        );
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92        if(is_file("/foo/bar")) {
93          print "Do something...\n";
94        }
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96        my $output = run("uptime");
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CONTRIBUTORS

99       Many thanks to the contributors for their work. Please see CONTRIBUTORS
100       <https://github.com/RexOps/Rex/blob/master/CONTRIBUTORS> file for a
101       complete list.
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LICENSE

104       Rex is a free software, licensed under: The Apache License, Version
105       2.0, January 2004
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