calling tasks

gistfile1.pl

task "run", "host1", sub {
   # run task "prepare" on the current ssh connection
   prepare();

   # run task "start_services" on the current ssh connection
   start_services();

   # create a new connection, to the server defined in the task definition
   # and run the task prepare
   do_task "prepare";

   # create a new connection, to the server defined in the task definition
   # and run the task start_services
   do_task "start_services";

   # if the task returns something, there is run_task
   # create a new connection to "host1", run the task and collect the return value.
   my $return = run_task "prepare", on => "host1";
};

task "prepare", "host1", sub {
   file "/etc/httpd/conf.d/25-vhost.conf",
      content => template("vhost.conf.tpl", vhosts => ['www.rexify.org']);
};

task "start_services", "host1", sub {
   service httpd => "start";
};