1CDIST-TYPE__PROCESS(7)               cdist              CDIST-TYPE__PROCESS(7)
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NAME

6       cdist-type__process - Start or stop process
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DESCRIPTION

9       This cdist type allows you to define the state of a process.
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OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

12       state  Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"
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14       name   Process name to match on when using pgrep -f -x.
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16              This is useful, if the name starts with a "/", because the lead‐
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19       stop   Executable to use for stopping the process.
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21       start  Executable to use for starting the process.
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MESSAGES

24       started
25              The process was started.
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27       stopped
28              The process was stopped.
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EXAMPLES

31          # Start if not running
32          __process /usr/sbin/syslog-ng --state present
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34          # Start if not running with a different binary
35          __process /usr/sbin/nginx --state present --start "/etc/rc.d/nginx start"
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37          # Stop the process using kill (the type default) - DO NOT USE THIS
38          __process /usr/sbin/sshd --state absent
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40          # Stop the process using /etc/rc.d/sshd stop - THIS ONE NOT AS WELL
41          __process /usr/sbin/sshd --state absent --stop "/etc/rc.d/sshd stop"
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43          # Ensure cups is running, which runs with -C ...:
44          __process cups --start "/etc/rc.d/cups start" --state present \
45             --name "/usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
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47          # Ensure rpc.statd is running (which usually runs with -L) using a regexp
48          __process rpcstatd --state present --start "/etc/init.d/statd start" \
49              --name "rpc.statd.*"
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SEE ALSO

52       cdist-type__start_on_boot(7)
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AUTHORS

55       Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
56       Thomas Eckert <tom--@--it-eckert.de>
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COPYING

60       Copyright (C) 2011-2012  Nico  Schottelius.  You  can  redistribute  it
61       and/or  modify  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
62       published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the  Li‐
63       cense, or (at your option) any later version.
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66       ungleich GmbH 2020
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716.9.6                            Apr 20, 2021           CDIST-TYPE__PROCESS(7)
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