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openrc

Control OpenRC services. This module is designed for Alpine Linux and other OpenRC-based systems.

Attributes

check_mode:
  support: full

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Values	Description
enabled		boolean		Whether the service should be enabled on boot.
name	true	string		Name of the service to manage.
runlevel		string	default boot sysinit shutdown single	Runlevel for the service. [default: `default`]
state		string	reloaded restarted started stopped	State of the service.

Example

- name: Start service nginx
  openrc:
    name: nginx
    state: started

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

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

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

- name: Enable service nginx and ensure it is started
  openrc:
    name: nginx
    enabled: true
    state: started

- name: Enable service nginx at boot in default runlevel
  openrc:
    name: nginx
    enabled: true

- name: Enable service nginx in boot runlevel
  openrc:
    name: nginx
    enabled: true
    runlevel: boot

- name: Disable service nginx at boot
  openrc:
    name: nginx
    enabled: false

- name: Check if nginx is running
  openrc:
    name: nginx
    state: started
  check_mode: true