script to cancel all pulp tasks

cancel-pulp-tasks.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Cancel all pulp tasks that are just in a specifiedstate

tmpfile=/tmp/tasks

read -p "Enter task state to kill, e.g. Waiting: " ans
echo ""
if [ "${#ans}" -gt 0 ]
then
  task_type=$ans
fi

echo -- Dumping the full list of pulp server tasks to $tmpfile...

# boolean - should this task be cancelled?
cancel_task=0
task_id=0
pulp-admin tasks list | egrep 'State|Task Id' > $tmpfile

while read line
do
  if [ $cancel_task -eq 1  ];
  then
    task_id=`echo $line | cut -d':' -f2 | tr -d ' '`
    #echo $task_id

    # fire cancel command
    pulp-admin tasks cancel --task-id $task_id

    # reset
    cancel_task=0
  fi

  # the next line will have the task ID
  if [[ $line =~ $task_type ]];
  then
    cancel_task=1
  fi

done < $tmpfile

works like a charm, thanks!

Agreed, worked perfectly for me! This was handy when I had stuck pulp tasks after mongodb ran out of disk space! Thanks!