service

Collection: builtin

Full Name: parallax.builtin.service

Aliases: ansible.builtin.service, service

Synopsis

Start, stop, restart and enable services on any init system

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
name	string	yes		Name of the service
state	string		`started`	started/stopped/restarted/reloaded
enabled	bool			Whether the service should start on boot
daemon_reload	bool		`false`	Run daemon-reload before doing any other operations
use	string		`auto`	The service module implementation to use
arguments	string			Additional arguments provided on the command line
pattern	string			If the service does not respond to the status command, name a substring to look for
runlevel	string		`default`	For OpenRC init scripts, the runlevel to manage
sleep	int		`0`	If the service is being restarted then sleep this many seconds

- name: Ensure nginx is running and starts at boot
  service:
    name: nginx
    state: started
    enabled: true