nosh – Manage services with nosh

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Control running and enabled state for system-wide or user services.
• BSD and Linux systems are supported.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• A system with an active nosh service manager, see Notes for further information.

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: start dnscache if not running
  nosh: name=dnscache state=started

- name: stop mpd, if running
  nosh: name=mpd state=stopped

- name: restart unbound or start it if not already running
  nosh:
    name: unbound
    state: restarted

- name: reload fail2ban or start it if not already running
  nosh:
    name: fail2ban
    state: reloaded

- name: disable nsd
  nosh: name=nsd enabled=no

- name: for package installers, set nginx running state according to local enable settings, preset and reset
  nosh: name=nginx preset=True state=reset

- name: reboot the host if nosh is the system manager, would need a "wait_for*" task at least, not recommended as-is
  nosh: name=reboot state=started

- name: using conditionals with the module facts
  tasks:
    - name: obtain information on tinydns service
      nosh: name=tinydns
      register: result

    - name: fail if service not loaded
      fail: msg="The {{ result.name }} service is not loaded"
      when: not result.status

    - name: fail if service is running
      fail: msg="The {{ result.name }} service is running"
      when: result.status and result.status['DaemontoolsEncoreState'] == "running"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Thomas Caravia (@tacatac)