Some API commands may run so long that the CLI will time-out.

Examples:

• ipa migrate-ds
• automember rebuild

Proposal:

• add option to run command as async task
• server would return a task id
• add API to show task status (running|finished) and its output
• stretch: support opened connection and provide periodical update. E.g., when running migrate-ds, CLI would not wait for the final output but would show users which were just migrated.
• add support to end the task

Some task may even send periodical updates and have no end defined, e.g., future monitoring of replication topology status (if utilizes syncrepl), could be a separate RFE.