Tasks

Tasks in DRP represent the smallest discrete unit work that the runner can use to perform work on a specific machine. The runner creates and executes a job for each task on the machine.

Field	Definition
Name	The unique name of the task.
RequiredParams	A list of parameters that are required to be present (directly or indirectly) on a machine to use this task. It is used to verify that a machine has all the parameters it needs to be able to execute this task.
OptionalParams	A list of parameters that the task may use if present (directly or indirectly) on a machine.
Templates	A list of template info objects that will be rendered into job actions when the machine agent starts exeuting this task as a job.
Prerequisites	A list of tasks that must be run in the current bootenv before this task can be run. DRP will not allow a cyclical prerequisite A task cannot have themselves as prerequisites either directly or indirectly.