service_facts – Return service state information as fact data

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Return service state information as fact data for various service management utilities

Requirements

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

  • Any of the following supported init systems: systemd, sysv, upstart

Notes

Note

  • When accessing the ansible_facts.services facts collected by this module, it is recommended to not use “dot notation” because services can have a - character in their name which would result in invalid “dot notation”, such as ansible_facts.services.zuul-gateway. It is instead recommended to using the string value of the service name as the key in order to obtain the fact data value like ansible_facts.services['zuul-gateway']

Examples

- name: populate service facts
  service_facts:

- debug:
    var: ansible_facts.services

Returned Facts

Facts returned by this module are added/updated in the hostvars host facts and can be referenced by name just like any other host fact. They do not need to be registered in order to use them.

Fact Returned Description
services
complex
 always
States of the services with service name as key.

name
string
 always
Name of the service.

Sample:
arp-ethers.service
source
string
 always
Init system of the service. One of systemd, sysv, upstart.

Sample:
sysv
state
string
 always
State of the service. Either running or stopped.

Sample:
running


Status

Authors

  • Matthew Jones
  • Adam Miller (@maxamillion)

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