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runit

Manage Runit services.

Attributes

check_mode:
  support: full

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Values	Description
enabled		boolean		Whether the service should be enabled at boot. [default: `true`]
name	true	string		Name of the service to manage.
service_dir		string		Runit service directory where service definitions are stored. [default: `/etc/sv`]
state		string	reloaded restarted started stopped	Whether the service should be started, stopped, restarted, or reloaded.

Example

- name: Start nginx under runit
  runit:
    name: nginx
    state: started
    enabled: true

- name: Stop nginx service
  runit:
    name: nginx
    state: stopped

- name: Restart nginx service
  runit:
    name: nginx
    state: restarted

- name: Reload nginx service
  runit:
    name: nginx
    state: reloaded

- name: Enable nginx at boot
  runit:
    name: nginx
    enabled: true

- name: Disable nginx at boot
  runit:
    name: nginx
    enabled: false

- name: Use custom service directory
  runit:
    name: nginx
    state: started
    service_dir: /etc/sv