problem with task Ensure that Nginx is stopped

Question

I wrote a role to run the reactos application the problem occurs with a single task to Ensure that Nginx is stopped . I get a strange error

if I remove this point from the role, the application closes successfully, but I would like it to work with it as well previous task works good

- name: Ensure nginx is not installed
  apt:
    name: nginx
    state: absent

but this doesnt work

- name: Ensure that Nginx is stopped
  ansible.builtin.systemd:
    name: nginx
    state: stopped

how to solve the problem

Answer 1

Use service. It is compatible in most use cases.

Service - Controls services on remote hosts. Supported init systems include BSD init, OpenRC, SysV, Solaris SMF, systemd, upstart.

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/service_module.html

---

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  become: true
  tasks:
    - name: Ensure nginx is installed
      apt:
        name: nginx
        state: latest

    - name: service started
      service:
        name: nginx
        state: started

    - name: service stopped
      service:
        name: nginx
        state: stopped

sysvinit - Controls services on target hosts that use the SysV init system. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/sysvinit_module.html

---

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  become: true
  tasks:
    - name: Ensure nginx is installed
      apt:
        name: nginx
        state: latest

    - name: sysvinit started
      sysvinit:
        name: nginx
        state: started

    - name: sysvinit stopped
      sysvinit:
        name: nginx
        state: stopped

Systemd Requirements: A system managed by systemd. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/systemd_module.html

---

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  become: true
  tasks:
    - name: Ensure nginx is installed
      apt:
        name: nginx
        state: latest
    
    # this one fails
    - name: systemd started - fail
      systemd:
        name: nginx
        state: started

    # this one fails
    - name: systemd stopped - fail
      systemd:
        name: nginx
        state: stopped