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Start a service at startup with Ansible

I'm coming from the Docker side of things. Managing "services" is rather simple. 1 "service" = 1 container. Ensuring that a service is running at startup is easy with Ansible.

But when it comes to managing services on a Debian/Ubuntu based Linux machine, I know there's systemd. But I can't find a proper Ansible module to define services and ensure that they run on startup. How can I achieve that?

Solution

  • Your question is very vague and does not provide much information. However, regarding

    ... I can't find a proper Ansible module to define services ...

    you may have a look into the documentation of the systemd_module.

    To

    ... ensure that they run on startup ...

    you could use something like

    - name: Make sure {{ SERVICE }} is started and enabled
  systemd:
    name: "{{ SERVICE }}"
    state: started
    enabled: true

    To be able to start and enable a "service" via the systemd_module you'll need just a systemd service file.

    Further Documentation

    One example for creating and managing a simple service is