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page_title: "group Stanza - Job Specification"
sidebar_current: "docs-job-specification-group"
description: |-
The "group" stanza defines a series of tasks that should be co-located on the
same Nomad client. Any task within a group will be placed on the same client.
---
# `group` Stanza
<table class="table table-bordered table-striped">
<tr>
<th width="120">Placement</th>
<td>
<code>job -> **group**</code>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
The `group` stanza defines a series of tasks that should be co-located on the
same Nomad client. Any [task][] within a group will be placed on the same
client.
```hcl
job "docs" {
group "example" {
# ...
}
}
```
## `group` Parameters
- `constraint` <code>([Constraint][]: nil)</code> -
This can be provided multiple times to define additional constraints.
- `count` `(int: 1)` - Specifies the number of the task groups that should
be running under this group. This value must be non-negative.
- `ephemeral_disk` <code>([EphemeralDisk][]: nil)</code> - Specifies the
ephemeral disk requirements of the group. Ephemeral disks can be marked as
sticky and support live data migrations.
- `meta` <code>([Meta][]: nil)</code> - Specifies a key-value map that annotates
with user-defined metadata.
- `restart` <code>([Restart][]: nil)</code> - Specifies the restart policy for
all tasks in this group. If omitted, a default policy exists for each job
type, which can be found in the [restart stanza documentation][restart].
- `task` <code>([Task][]: <required>)</code> - Specifies one or more tasks to run
within this group. This can be specified multiple times, to add a task as part
of the group.
- `vault` <code>([Vault][]: nil)</code> - Specifies the set of Vault policies
required by all tasks in this group. Overrides a `vault` block set at the
`job` level.
## `group` Examples
The following examples only show the `group` stanzas. Remember that the
`group` stanza is only valid in the placements listed above.
### Specifying Count
This example specifies that 5 instances of the tasks within this group should be
running:
```hcl
group "example" {
count = 5
}
```
### Tasks with Constraint
This example shows two abbreviated tasks with a constraint on the group. This
will restrict the tasks to 64-bit operating systems.
```hcl
group "example" {
constraint {
attribute = "${attr.cpu.arch}"
value = "amd64"
}
task "cache" {
# ...
}
task "server" {
# ...
}
}
```
### Metadata
This example show arbitrary user-defined metadata on the group:
```hcl
group "example" {
meta {
"my-key" = "my-value"
}
}
```
[task]: /docs/job-specification/task.html "Nomad task Job Specification"
[job]: /docs/job-specification/job.html "Nomad job Job Specification"
[constraint]: /docs/job-specification/constraint.html "Nomad constraint Job Specification"
[ephemeraldisk]: /docs/job-specification/ephemeral_disk.html "Nomad ephemeral_disk Job Specification"
[meta]: /docs/job-specification/meta.html "Nomad meta Job Specification"
[restart]: /docs/job-specification/restart.html "Nomad restart Job Specification"
[vault]: /docs/job-specification/vault.html "Nomad vault Job Specification"