community.general.nosh module – Manage services with nosh

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 6.6.9).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.nosh.

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

Parameter	Comments
enabled boolean	Enable or disable the service, independently of *.preset file preference or running state. Mutually exclusive with preset. Will take effect prior to state=reset. Choices: false true
name string / required	Name of the service to manage.
preset boolean	Enable or disable the service according to local preferences in *.preset files. Mutually exclusive with enabled. Only has an effect if set to true. Will take effect prior to state=reset. Choices: false true
state string	started/stopped are idempotent actions that will not run commands unless necessary. restarted will always bounce the service. reloaded will send a SIGHUP or start the service. reset will start or stop the service according to whether it is enabled or not. Choices: "started" "stopped" "reset" "restarted" "reloaded"
user boolean	Run system-control talking to the calling user’s service manager, rather than the system-wide service manager. Choices: false ← (default) true

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.
diff_mode	Support: none	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

• Information on the nosh utilities suite may be found at https://jdebp.eu/Softwares/nosh/.

Examples

- name: Start dnscache if not running
  community.general.nosh:
    name: dnscache
    state: started

- name: Stop mpd, if running
  community.general.nosh:
    name: mpd
    state: stopped

- name: Restart unbound or start it if not already running
  community.general.nosh:
    name: unbound
    state: restarted

- name: Reload fail2ban or start it if not already running
  community.general.nosh:
    name: fail2ban
    state: reloaded

- name: Disable nsd
  community.general.nosh:
    name: nsd
    enabled: false

- name: For package installers, set nginx running state according to local enable settings, preset and reset
  community.general.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
  community.general.nosh:
    name: reboot
    state: started

- name: Using conditionals with the module facts
  tasks:
    - name: Obtain information on tinydns service
      community.general.nosh:
        name: tinydns
      register: result

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

    - name: Fail if service is running
      ansible.builtin.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:

Key	Description
enabled boolean	whether the service is enabled at system bootstrap Returned: success Sample: true
name string	name used to find the service Returned: success Sample: "sshd"
preset boolean	whether the enabled status reflects the one set in the relevant *.preset file Returned: success Sample: false
service_path string	resolved path for the service Returned: success Sample: "/var/sv/sshd"
state string	service process run state, none if the service is not loaded and will not be started Returned: if state option is used Sample: "reloaded"
status complex	A dictionary with the key=value pairs returned by system-control show-json or none if the service is not loaded Returned: success
After list / elements=string	Returned: success Sample: ["/etc/service-bundles/targets/basic", "../sshdgenkeys", "log"]
Before list / elements=string	Returned: success Sample: ["/etc/service-bundles/targets/shutdown"]
Conflicts list / elements=string	Returned: success Sample: []
DaemontoolsEncoreState string	Returned: success Sample: "running"
DaemontoolsState string	Returned: success Sample: "up"
Enabled boolean	Returned: success Sample: true
LogService string	Returned: success Sample: "../cyclog@sshd"
MainPID integer	Returned: success Sample: 661
Paused boolean	Returned: success Sample: false
ReadyAfterRun boolean	Returned: success Sample: false
RemainAfterExit boolean	Returned: success Sample: false
Required-By list / elements=string	Returned: success Sample: []
RestartExitStatusCode integer	Returned: success Sample: 0
RestartExitStatusNumber integer	Returned: success Sample: 0
RestartTimestamp integer	Returned: success Sample: 4611686019935648081
RestartUTCTimestamp integer	Returned: success Sample: 1508260140
RunExitStatusCode integer	Returned: success Sample: 0
RunExitStatusNumber integer	Returned: success Sample: 0
RunTimestamp integer	Returned: success Sample: 4611686019935648081
RunUTCTimestamp integer	Returned: success Sample: 1508260140
StartExitStatusCode integer	Returned: success Sample: 1
StartExitStatusNumber integer	Returned: success Sample: 0
StartTimestamp integer	Returned: success Sample: 4611686019935648081
StartUTCTimestamp integer	Returned: success Sample: 1508260140
StopExitStatusCode integer	Returned: success Sample: 0
StopExitStatusNumber integer	Returned: success Sample: 0
Stopped-By list / elements=string	Returned: success Sample: ["/etc/service-bundles/targets/shutdown"]
StopTimestamp integer	Returned: success Sample: 4611686019935648081
StopUTCTimestamp integer	Returned: success Sample: 1508260140
Timestamp integer	Returned: success Sample: 4611686019935648081
UTCTimestamp integer	Returned: success Sample: 1508260140
Want string	Returned: success Sample: "nothing"
Wanted-By list / elements=string	Returned: success Sample: ["/etc/service-bundles/targets/server", "/etc/service-bundles/targets/sockets"]
Wants list / elements=string	Returned: success Sample: ["/etc/service-bundles/targets/basic", "../sshdgenkeys"]
user boolean	whether the user-level service manager is called Returned: success Sample: false

Authors

• Thomas Caravia (@tacatac)

Collection links

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