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

6       cdist-type__systemd_service - Controls a systemd service state
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DESCRIPTION

9       This  type  controls systemd services to define a state of the service,
10       or an action like reloading or restarting. It is  useful  to  reload  a
11       service after configuration applied or shutdown one service.
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13       The   activation  or  deactivation  is  out  of  scope.  Look  for  the
14       cdist-type__systemd_util(7) type instead.
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REQUIRED PARAMETERS

17       None.
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OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

20       name   String which will used as name instead of the object id.
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22       state  The state which the service should be in:
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24              running
25                     Service should run (default)
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28                     Service should be stopped
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30       action Executes an action on on the service. It will only execute it if
31              the  service  keeps  the  state running. There are following ac‐
32              tions, where:
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34              reload Reloads the service
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36              restart
37                     Restarts the service
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BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

40       if-required
41              Only execute the action if at minimum one required type  outputs
42              a  message  to  $__messages_out. Through this, the action should
43              only executed if a dependency did something. The action will not
44              executed if no dependencies given.
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MESSAGES

47       start  Started the service
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49       stop   Stopped the service
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52              Restarted the service
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54       reload Reloaded the service
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ABORTS

57       Aborts in following cases:
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59       systemd or the service does not exist
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EXAMPLES

62          # service must run
63          __systemd_service nginx
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65          # service must stopped
66          __systemd_service sshd \
67              --state stopped
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69          # restart the service
70          __systemd_service apache2 \
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73          # makes sure the service exist with an alternative name
74          __systemd_service foo \
75              --name sshd
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77          # reload the service for a modified configuration file
78          # only reloads the service if the file really changed
79          require="__file/etc/foo.conf" __systemd_service foo \
80              --action reload --if-required
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AUTHORS

83       Matthias Stecher <matthiasstecher at gmx.de>
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86       Copyright  (C)  2020  Matthias  Stecher. You can redistribute it and/or
87       modify it under the terms of the GNU General  Public  License  as  pub‐
88       lished  by  the  Free  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the Li‐
89       cense, or (at your option) any later version.
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92       ungleich GmbH 2020
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