salt.modules.service¶

The default service module, if not otherwise specified salt will fall back to this basic module

salt.modules.service.available(name)¶

Returns True if the specified service is available, otherwise returns False.

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.available sshd

salt.modules.service.get_all()¶

Return a list of all available services

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.get_all

salt.modules.service.missing(name)¶

The inverse of service.available. Returns True if the specified service is not available, otherwise returns False.

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.missing sshd

salt.modules.service.reload(name)¶

Refreshes config files by calling service reload. Does not perform a full restart.

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.reload <service name>

salt.modules.service.restart(name)¶

Restart the specified service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.restart <service name>

salt.modules.service.start(name)¶

Start the specified service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.start <service name>

salt.modules.service.status(name, sig=None)¶

Return the status for a service, returns the PID or an empty string if the service is running or not, pass a signature to use to find the service via ps

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.status <service name> [service signature]

salt.modules.service.stop(name)¶

Stop the specified service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.stop <service name>