service_facts – Return service state information as fact data

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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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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/service_facts_module.html