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Enable errors from Augeas to be retrieved

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
perl
Domain
devops

Research direction

Start by locating Rex::Commands::Augeas and reviewing its existing command patterns. Determine how the Augeas "errors" command should be exposed and verify the new command retrieves useful error logs when an Augeas command fails.

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Description

feature request
As

an engineer

I would like to

be able to retrieve Augeas error logs

so I can

find out why Augeas commands are failing

Additional context

There is no API to the augeas "errors" command. As such, it is not possible to find out why an Augeas command is failing.

Describe the solution you would like

A new command in Rex::Commands::Augeas to be able to retrieve errors (PR to follow)

Describe alternatives you have considered

No response

Dominant language
Perl
Stars
737
Forks
214
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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