final Provider<ValidateYamlAgainstSchemaTask> validateChangelogsAgainstYamlTask = project.getTasks()
            .register("validateChangelogsAgainstSchema", ValidateYamlAgainstSchemaTask.class, task -> {
                task.setGroup("Documentation");
                task.setDescription("Validate that the changelog YAML files comply with the changelog schema");
                task.setInputFiles(yamlFiles);

            var javadocJarTask = project.getTasks().register("javadocJar", Jar.class);
            javadocJarTask.configure(jar -> {
                jar.getArchiveClassifier().set("javadoc");
                jar.setGroup("build");
                jar.setDescription("Assembles a jar containing javadocs.");
                jar.from(project.getTasks().named(JavaPlugin.JAVADOC_TASK_NAME));
            });

        TaskProvider<RenderMarkdown> releaseNotesMarkdown = tasks.register("releaseNotesMarkdown", RenderMarkdown.class, task -> {
            task.setGroup("release notes");
            task.setDescription("Generate release notes HTML page from Markdown.");

            task.getInputEncoding().convention(Charset.defaultCharset().name());

        tasks.register("serveDocs", ServeDocs.class, task -> {
            task.setDescription("Runs a local webserver to serve generated documentation.");
            task.setGroup("documentation");

            int webserverPort = 8000;
            task.getJavaLauncher().set(
                task.getProject().getExtensions().getByType(JavaToolchainService.class)

    @Override
    public void apply(Project project) {
        TaskProvider<Task> precommit = project.getTasks().register(PrecommitPlugin.PRECOMMIT_TASK_NAME, t -> {
            t.setGroup(JavaBasePlugin.VERIFICATION_GROUP);
            t.setDescription("Runs all non-test checks");
        });

        project.getPluginManager()
                .withPlugin(
                        "lifecycle-base",

        final var integTest = project.getTasks().register("integTest", RestIntegTestTask.class, task -> {
            task.setDescription("Runs rest tests against an elasticsearch cluster.");
            task.setGroup(JavaBasePlugin.VERIFICATION_GROUP);
            task.mustRunAfter(project.getTasks().named("precommit"));
        });
        project.getTasks().named("check").configure(task -> task.dependsOn(integTest));
    }

    public void apply(final Project project) {
        project.getPluginManager().apply(StandaloneRestTestPlugin.class);

        project.getTasks().register("test", Test.class).configure(test -> {
            test.setGroup(JavaBasePlugin.VERIFICATION_GROUP);
            test.setDescription("Runs unit tests that are separate");
            test.mustRunAfter(project.getTasks().getByName("precommit"));
        });

        Configuration userGuideStyleSheetConf = project.getConfigurations().create("userGuideStyleSheets");

        TaskProvider<Docbook2Xhtml> dslHtml = tasks.register("dslHtml", Docbook2Xhtml.class, task -> {
            task.setGroup("documentation");
            task.setDescription("Generates DSL reference HTML documentation.");
            task.onlyIf(t -> !extension.getQuickFeedback().get());

            task.source(dslStandaloneDocbook);

        });

        TaskProvider<AsciidoctorTask> userguideMultiPage = tasks.register("userguideMultiPage", AsciidoctorTask.class, task -> {
            task.setGroup("documentation");
            task.setDescription("Generates multi-page user manual.");
            task.dependsOn(extension.getUserManual().getStagedDocumentation());

            task.sources(patternSet -> {

        // lazily create the test task
        return project.getTasks().register(taskName, RestIntegTestTask.class, testTask -> {
            testTask.setGroup(JavaBasePlugin.VERIFICATION_GROUP);
            testTask.setDescription("Runs the REST tests against an external cluster");
            project.getPlugins().withType(JavaPlugin.class, t ->