Nomad: [improvement] CLI batch job run or dispatch with automated log and return code

[aconte76]

Why is not possible to run or dispatch a parametrised batch job with log?
For example assuming a templated job 'MY_JOB' could be useful to have something like:

nomad job dispatch -meta "PARAM1="VAL1" -log MY_JOB

possibly, for easiest shell integration run and dispatch could return internal failing taskCode.

Nomad versions

ALL current 0.7.1

Operating system and Environment details

ALL

[alxark]

need this function too. Would like to run test jobs inside cluster and need log for CI system for debug purposes.

[schmichael]

I really like this idea, but I'm not sure when it will make it on our roadmap.

In the meantime this feature could be done by an external contributor -- or it could even be a separate small application that uses Nomad's APIs:

• In Go: https://godoc.org/github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api
• HTTP API docs: https://www.nomadproject.io/api/index.html

Thanks for the idea!

[aconte76]

In my idea is not necessary to modify API is only necessary to implement something like an allocation watcher on CLI side.
I've done it with a Java piece of software because I'm not so good with GO.
for sure I can share idea

[jrasell]

this is likely something I will add to Levant after the "batch-log" command had been introduced which has similar functionality to this.