community.general.nosh module – Manage services with nosh

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.5.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. 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)

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