Service status by ansible modules (not via "shell" or "command")

Question

Via Ansible-Playbook I would like to check the existence (running) of a service first and then stop the service such as mongod.

Here is the code for stoping service:

- name: stop 
  service:
    name: mongod
    state: stopped

But if you run the above script for second time, then it gives you an error that the service is not running.

How can I check the status before running this script? How to ensure that the service is running and then stopping it.

I don't want to use neither "shell" or "command" options in the playbook, I want to use ansible modules.

Solutions at : How to get service status by Ansible? were using shell or command

Answer 1

Unfortunately I couldn't find the answer so I stay with the old solution:

- name: Check if mongod is active
  command: systemctl status mongod
  register: deb_check
  ignore_errors: yes
  no_log: True
  failed_when: false
# I ignored all errors when the process is dead

- name: Stop mongof if it is active otherwise SKIP
  service:
    name: mongod
    state: stopped
  when: deb_check.stdout.find('dead') == -1

If you found a solution please advise.