#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan # # This file is part of Ansible # # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: service author: Michael DeHaan version_added: "0.1" short_description: Manage services. description: - Controls services on remote hosts. options: name: required: true description: - Name of the service. state: required: false choices: [ started, stopped, restarted, reloaded ] description: - C(started)/C(stopped) are idempotent actions that will not run commands unless necessary. C(restarted) will always bounce the service. C(reloaded) will always reload. At least one of state and enabled are required. pattern: required: false version_added: "0.7" description: - If the service does not respond to the status command, name a substring to look for as would be found in the output of the I(ps) command as a stand-in for a status result. If the string is found, the service will be assumed to be running. enabled: required: false choices: [ "yes", "no" ] description: - Whether the service should start on boot. At least one of state and enabled are required. arguments: description: - Additional arguments provided on the command line aliases: [ 'args' ] examples: - description: Example action to start service httpd, if not running code: "service: name=httpd state=started" - description: Example action to stop service httpd, if running code: "service: name=httpd state=stopped" - description: Example action to restart service httpd, in all cases code: "service: name=httpd state=restarted" - description: Example action to reload service httpd, in all cases code: "service: name=httpd state=reloaded" - description: Example action to enable service httpd, and not touch the running state code: "service: name=httpd enabled=yes" - description: Example action to start service foo, based on running process /usr/bin/foo code: "service: name=foo pattern=/usr/bin/foo state=started" - description: Example action to restart network service for interface eth0 code: "service: name=network state=restarted args=eth0" ''' import platform import os import tempfile import shlex import select class Service(object): """ This is the generic Service manipulation class that is subclassed based on platform. A subclass should override the following action methods:- - get_service_tools - service_enable - get_service_status - service_control All subclasses MUST define platform and distribution (which may be None). """ platform = 'Generic' distribution = None def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs): return load_platform_subclass(Service, args, kwargs) def __init__(self, module): self.module = module self.name = module.params['name'] self.state = module.params['state'] self.pattern = module.params['pattern'] self.enable = module.params['enabled'] self.changed = False self.running = None self.action = None self.svc_cmd = None self.svc_initscript = None self.svc_initctl = None self.enable_cmd = None self.arguments = module.params.get('arguments', '') self.rcconf_file = None self.rcconf_key = None self.rcconf_value = None # select whether we dump additional debug info through syslog self.syslogging = False # =========================================== # Platform specific methods (must be replaced by subclass). def get_service_tools(self): self.module.fail_json(msg="get_service_tools not implemented on target platform") def service_enable(self): self.module.fail_json(msg="service_enable not implemented on target platform") def get_service_status(self): self.module.fail_json(msg="get_service_status not implemented on target platform") def service_control(self): self.module.fail_json(msg="service_control not implemented on target platform") # =========================================== # Generic methods that should be used on all platforms. def execute_command(self, cmd, daemonize=False): if self.syslogging: syslog.openlog('ansible-%s' % os.path.basename(__file__)) syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_NOTICE, 'Command %s, daemonize %r' % (cmd, daemonize)) # Most things don't need to be daemonized if not daemonize: return self.module.run_command(cmd) # This is complex because daemonization is hard for people. # What we do is daemonize a part of this module, the daemon runs the # command, picks up the return code and output, and returns it to the # main process. pipe = os.pipe() pid = os.fork() if pid == 0: os.close(pipe[0]) # Set stdin/stdout/stderr to /dev/null fd = os.open(os.devnull, os.O_RDWR) if fd != 0: os.dup2(fd, 0) if fd != 1: os.dup2(fd, 1) if fd != 2: os.dup2(fd, 2) if fd not in (0, 1, 2): os.close(fd) # Make us a daemon. Yes, that's all it takes. pid = os.fork() if pid > 0: os._exit(0) os.setsid() os.chdir("/") pid = os.fork() if pid > 0: os._exit(0) # Start the command p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, preexec_fn=lambda: os.close(pipe[1])) stdout = "" stderr = "" fds = [p.stdout, p.stderr] # Wait for all output, or until the main process is dead and its output is done. while fds: rfd, wfd, efd = select.select(fds, [], fds, 1) if not (rfd + wfd + efd) and p.poll() is not None: break if p.stdout in rfd: dat = os.read(p.stdout.fileno(), 4096) if not dat: fds.remove(p.stdout) stdout += dat if p.stderr in rfd: dat = os.read(p.stderr.fileno(), 4096) if not dat: fds.remove(p.stderr) stderr += dat p.wait() # Return a JSON blob to parent os.write(pipe[1], json.dumps([p.returncode, stdout, stderr])) os.close(pipe[1]) os._exit(0) elif pid == -1: self.module.fail_json(msg="unable to fork") else: os.close(pipe[1]) os.waitpid(pid, 0) # Wait for data from daemon process and process it. data = "" while True: rfd, wfd, efd = select.select([pipe[0]], [], [pipe[0]]) if pipe[0] in rfd: dat = os.read(pipe[0], 4096) if not dat: break data += dat return json.loads(data) def check_ps(self): # Set ps flags if platform.system() == 'SunOS': psflags = '-ef' else: psflags = 'auxww' # Find ps binary psbin = self.module.get_bin_path('ps', True) (rc, psout, pserr) = self.execute_command('%s %s' % (psbin, psflags)) # If rc is 0, set running as appropriate if rc == 0: self.running = False lines = psout.split("\n") for line in lines: if self.pattern in line and not "pattern=" in line: # so as to not confuse ./hacking/test-module self.running = True break def check_service_changed(self): if self.state and self.running is None: self.module.fail_json(msg="failed determining service state, possible typo of service name?") # Find out if state has changed if not self.running and self.state in ["started", "running"]: self.changed = True elif self.running and self.state in ["stopped","reloaded"]: self.changed = True elif self.state == "restarted": self.changed = True if self.module.check_mode and self.changed: self.module.exit_json(changed=True, msg='service state changed') def modify_service_state(self): # Only do something if state will change if self.changed: # Control service if self.state in ['started', 'running']: self.action = "start" elif self.state == 'stopped': self.action = "stop" elif self.state == 'reloaded': self.action = "reload" elif self.state == 'restarted': self.action = "restart" if self.module.check_mode: self.module.exit_json(changed=True, msg='changing service state') return self.service_control() else: # If nothing needs to change just say all is well rc = 0 err = '' out = '' return rc, out, err def service_enable_rcconf(self): if self.rcconf_file is None or self.rcconf_key is None or self.rcconf_value is None: self.module.fail_json(msg="service_enable_rcconf() requires rcconf_file, rcconf_key and rcconf_value") changed = None entry = '%s="%s"\n' % (self.rcconf_key, self.rcconf_value) RCFILE = open(self.rcconf_file, "r") new_rc_conf = [] # Build a list containing the possibly modified file. for rcline in RCFILE: # Parse line removing whitespaces, quotes, etc. rcarray = shlex.split(rcline, comments=True) if len(rcarray) >= 1 and '=' in rcarray[0]: (key, value) = rcarray[0].split("=", 1) if key == self.rcconf_key: if value == self.rcconf_value: # Since the proper entry already exists we can stop iterating. changed = False break else: # We found the key but the value is wrong, replace with new entry. rcline = entry changed = True # Add line to the list. new_rc_conf.append(rcline) # We are done with reading the current rc.conf, close it. RCFILE.close() # If we did not see any trace of our entry we need to add it. if changed is None: new_rc_conf.append(entry) changed = True if changed is True: if self.module.check_mode: self.module.exit_json(changed=True, msg="changing service enablement") # Create a temporary file next to the current rc.conf (so we stay on the same filesystem). # This way the replacement operation is atomic. rcconf_dir = os.path.dirname(self.rcconf_file) rcconf_base = os.path.basename(self.rcconf_file) (TMP_RCCONF, tmp_rcconf_file) = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=rcconf_dir, prefix="%s-" % rcconf_base) # Write out the contents of the list into our temporary file. for rcline in new_rc_conf: os.write(TMP_RCCONF, rcline) # Close temporary file. os.close(TMP_RCCONF) # Replace previous rc.conf. self.module.atomic_move(tmp_rcconf_file, self.rcconf_file) # =========================================== # Subclass: Linux class LinuxService(Service): """ This is the Linux Service manipulation class - it is currently supporting a mixture of binaries and init scripts for controlling services started at boot, as well as for controlling the current state. """ platform = 'Linux' distribution = None def get_service_tools(self): paths = [ '/sbin', '/usr/sbin', '/bin', '/usr/bin' ] binaries = [ 'service', 'chkconfig', 'update-rc.d', 'initctl', 'systemctl', 'start', 'stop', 'restart' ] initpaths = [ '/etc/init.d' ] location = dict() for binary in binaries: location[binary] = None for binary in binaries: location[binary] = self.module.get_bin_path(binary) # Locate a tool for enable options if location.get('chkconfig', None) and os.path.exists("/etc/init.d/%s" % self.name): # we are using a standard SysV service self.enable_cmd = location['chkconfig'] elif location.get('update-rc.d', None) and os.path.exists("/etc/init/%s.conf" % self.name): # service is managed by upstart self.enable_cmd = location['update-rc.d'] elif location.get('update-rc.d', None) and os.path.exists("/etc/init.d/%s" % self.name): # service is managed by with SysV init scripts, but with update-rc.d self.enable_cmd = location['update-rc.d'] elif location.get('systemctl', None): # verify service is managed by systemd rc, out, err = self.execute_command("%s list-unit-files" % (location['systemctl'])) # adjust the service name to account for template service unit files index = self.name.find('@') if index == -1: name = self.name else: name = self.name[:index+1] look_for = "%s.service" % name for line in out.splitlines(): if line.startswith(look_for): self.enable_cmd = location['systemctl'] break # Locate a tool for runtime service management (start, stop etc.) self.svc_cmd = '' if location.get('service', None) and os.path.exists("/etc/init.d/%s" % self.name): # SysV init script self.svc_cmd = location['service'] elif location.get('start', None) and os.path.exists("/etc/init/%s.conf" % self.name): # upstart -- rather than being managed by one command, start/stop/restart are actual commands self.svc_cmd = '' else: # still a SysV init script, but /sbin/service isn't installed for initdir in initpaths: initscript = "%s/%s" % (initdir,self.name) if os.path.isfile(initscript): self.svc_initscript = initscript # couldn't find anything yet, assume systemd if self.svc_initscript is None: if location.get('systemctl'): self.svc_cmd = location['systemctl'] if self.svc_cmd is None and not self.svc_initscript: self.module.fail_json(msg='cannot find \'service\' binary or init script for service, aborting') if location.get('initctl', None): self.svc_initctl = location['initctl'] def get_service_status(self): self.action = "status" rc, status_stdout, status_stderr = self.service_control() # if we have decided the service is managed by upstart, we check for some additional output... if self.svc_initctl and self.running is None: # check the job status by upstart response initctl_rc, initctl_status_stdout, initctl_status_stderr = self.execute_command("%s status %s" % (self.svc_initctl, self.name)) if initctl_status_stdout.find("stop/waiting") != -1: self.running = False elif initctl_status_stdout.find("start/running") != -1: self.running = True # if the job status is still not known check it by response code # For reference, see: # http://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_4.1.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html if self.running is None: if rc in [1, 2, 3, 4, 69]: self.running = False elif rc == 0: self.running = True # if the job status is still not known check it by status output keywords if self.running is None: # first tranform the status output that could irritate keyword matching cleanout = status_stdout.lower().replace(self.name.lower(), '') if "stop" in cleanout: self.running = False elif "run" in cleanout and "not" in cleanout: self.running = False elif "run" in cleanout and "not" not in cleanout: self.running = True elif "start" in cleanout and "not" not in cleanout: self.running = True elif 'could not access pid file' in cleanout: self.running = False elif 'is dead and pid file exists' in cleanout: self.running = False elif 'dead but subsys locked' in cleanout: self.running = False elif 'dead but pid file exists' in cleanout: self.running = False # if the job status is still not known check it by special conditions if self.running is None: if self.name == 'iptables' and status_stdout.find("ACCEPT") != -1: # iptables status command output is lame # TODO: lookup if we can use a return code for this instead? self.running = True return self.running def service_enable(self): if self.enable_cmd is None: self.module.fail_json(msg='service name not recognized') # FIXME: we use chkconfig or systemctl # to decide whether to run the command here but need something # similar for upstart if self.enable_cmd.endswith("chkconfig"): (rc, out, err) = self.execute_command("%s --list %s" % (self.enable_cmd, self.name)) if 'chkconfig --add %s' % self.name in err: self.execute_command("%s --add %s" % (self.enable_cmd, self.name)) (rc, out, err) = self.execute_command("%s --list %s" % (self.enable_cmd, self.name)) if not self.name in out: self.module.fail_json(msg="unknown service name") state = out.split()[-1] if self.enable and ( "3:on" in out and "5:on" in out ): return elif not self.enable and ( "3:off" in out and "5:off" in out ): return if self.enable_cmd.endswith("systemctl"): (rc, out, err) = self.execute_command("%s show %s.service" % (self.enable_cmd, self.name)) d = dict(line.split('=', 1) for line in out.splitlines()) if "UnitFileState" in d: if self.enable and d["UnitFileState"] == "enabled": return elif not self.enable and d["UnitFileState"] == "disabled": return elif not self.enable: return # we change argument depending on real binary used # update-rc.d wants enable/disable while # chkconfig wants on/off # also, systemctl needs the argument order reversed if self.enable: on_off = "on" enable_disable = "enable" else: on_off = "off" enable_disable = "disable" if self.enable_cmd.endswith("update-rc.d"): args = (self.enable_cmd, self.name, enable_disable) elif self.enable_cmd.endswith("systemctl"): args = (self.enable_cmd, enable_disable, self.name + ".service") else: args = (self.enable_cmd, self.name, on_off) self.changed = True if self.module.check_mode and self.changed: self.module.exit_json(changed=True) return self.execute_command("%s %s %s" % args) def service_control(self): # Decide what command to run svc_cmd = '' arguments = self.arguments if self.svc_cmd: if not self.svc_cmd.endswith("systemctl"): # SysV take the form svc_cmd = "%s %s" % (self.svc_cmd, self.name) else: # systemd commands take the form svc_cmd = self.svc_cmd arguments = "%s %s" % (self.name, arguments) elif self.svc_initscript: # upstart svc_cmd = "%s" % self.svc_initscript if self.action is not "restart": if svc_cmd != '': # upstart or systemd rc_state, stdout, stderr = self.execute_command("%s %s %s" % (svc_cmd, self.action, arguments), daemonize=True) else: # SysV rc_state, stdout, stderr = self.execute_command("%s %s %s" % (self.action, self.name, arguments), daemonize=True) else: # not all services support restart. Do it the hard way. if svc_cmd != '': # upstart or systemd rc1, stdout1, stderr1 = self.execute_command("%s %s %s" % (svc_cmd, 'stop', arguments), daemonize=True) else: # SysV rc1, stdout1, stderr1 = self.execute_command("%s %s %s" % ('stop', self.name, arguments), daemonize=True) if svc_cmd != '': # upstart or systemd rc2, stdout2, stderr2 = self.execute_command("%s %s %s" % (svc_cmd, 'start', arguments), daemonize=True) else: # SysV rc2, stdout2, stderr2 = self.execute_command("%s %s %s" % ('start', self.name, arguments), daemonize=True) # merge return information if rc1 != 0 and rc2 == 0: rc_state = rc2 stdout = stdout2 stderr = stderr2 else: rc_state = rc1 + rc2 stdout = stdout1 + stdout2 stderr = stderr1 + stderr2 return(rc_state, stdout, stderr) # =========================================== # Subclass: FreeBSD class FreeBsdService(Service): """ This is the FreeBSD Service manipulation class - it uses the /etc/rc.conf file for controlling services started at boot and the 'service' binary to check status and perform direct service manipulation. """ platform = 'FreeBSD' distribution = None def get_service_tools(self): self.svc_cmd = self.module.get_bin_path('service', True) if not self.svc_cmd: self.module.fail_json(msg='unable to find service binary') def get_service_status(self): rc, stdout, stderr = self.execute_command("%s %s %s %s" % (self.svc_cmd, self.name, 'onestatus', self.arguments)) if rc == 1: self.running = False elif rc == 0: self.running = True def service_enable(self): if self.enable: self.rcconf_value = "YES" else: self.rcconf_value = "NO" rcfiles = [ '/etc/rc.conf','/usr/local/etc/rc.conf' ] for rcfile in rcfiles: if os.path.isfile(rcfile): self.rcconf_file = rcfile self.rcconf_key = "%s_enable" % self.name return self.service_enable_rcconf() def service_control(self): if self.action is "start": self.action = "onestart" if self.action is "stop": self.action = "onestop" if self.action is "reload": self.action = "onereload" return self.execute_command("%s %s %s %s" % (self.svc_cmd, self.name, self.action, self.arguments)) # =========================================== # Subclass: OpenBSD class OpenBsdService(Service): """ This is the OpenBSD Service manipulation class - it uses /etc/rc.d for service control. Enabling a service is currently not supported because the _flags variable is not boolean, you should supply a rc.conf.local file in some other way. """ platform = 'OpenBSD' distribution = None def get_service_tools(self): rcdir = '/etc/rc.d' rc_script = "%s/%s" % (rcdir, self.name) if os.path.isfile(rc_script): self.svc_cmd = rc_script if not self.svc_cmd: self.module.fail_json(msg='unable to find rc.d script') def get_service_status(self): rc, stdout, stderr = self.execute_command("%s %s" % (self.svc_cmd, 'check')) if rc == 1: self.running = False elif rc == 0: self.running = True def service_control(self): return self.execute_command("%s %s" % (self.svc_cmd, self.action)) # =========================================== # Subclass: NetBSD class NetBsdService(Service): """ This is the NetBSD Service manipulation class - it uses the /etc/rc.conf file for controlling services started at boot, check status and perform direct service manipulation. Init scripts in /etc/rcd are used for controlling services (start/stop) as well as for controlling the current state. """ platform = 'NetBSD' distribution = None def get_service_tools(self): initpaths = [ '/etc/rc.d' ] # better: $rc_directories - how to get in here? Run: sh -c '. /etc/rc.conf ; echo $rc_directories' for initdir in initpaths: initscript = "%s/%s" % (initdir,self.name) if os.path.isfile(initscript): self.svc_initscript = initscript if not self.svc_initscript: self.module.fail_json(msg='unable to find rc.d script') def service_enable(self): if self.enable: self.rcconf_value = "YES" else: self.rcconf_value = "NO" rcfiles = [ '/etc/rc.conf' ] # Overkill? for rcfile in rcfiles: if os.path.isfile(rcfile): self.rcconf_file = rcfile self.rcconf_key = "%s" % self.name return self.service_enable_rcconf() def get_service_status(self): self.svc_cmd = "%s" % self.svc_initscript rc, stdout, stderr = self.execute_command("%s %s" % (self.svc_cmd, 'onestatus')) if rc == 1: self.running = False elif rc == 0: self.running = True def service_control(self): if self.action is "start": self.action = "onestart" if self.action is "stop": self.action = "onestop" self.svc_cmd = "%s" % self.svc_initscript return self.execute_command("%s %s" % (self.svc_cmd, self.action), daemonize=True) # =========================================== # Subclass: SunOS class SunOSService(Service): """ This is the SunOS Service manipulation class - it uses the svcadm command for controlling services, and svcs command for checking status. It also tries to be smart about taking the service out of maintenance state if necessary. """ platform = 'SunOS' distribution = None def get_service_tools(self): self.svcs_cmd = self.module.get_bin_path('svcs', True) if not self.svcs_cmd: self.module.fail_json(msg='unable to find svcs binary') self.svcadm_cmd = self.module.get_bin_path('svcadm', True) if not self.svcadm_cmd: self.module.fail_json(msg='unable to find svcadm binary') def get_service_status(self): status = self.get_sunos_svcs_status() # Only 'online' is considered properly running. Everything else is off # or has some sort of problem. if status == 'online': self.running = True else: self.running = False def get_sunos_svcs_status(self): rc, stdout, stderr = self.execute_command("%s %s" % (self.svcs_cmd, self.name)) if rc == 1: if stderr: self.module.fail_json(msg=stderr) else: self.module.fail_json(msg=stdout) lines = stdout.rstrip("\n").split("\n") status = lines[-1].split(" ")[0] # status is one of: online, offline, degraded, disabled, maintenance, uninitialized # see man svcs(1) return status def service_enable(self): # Get current service enablement status rc, stdout, stderr = self.execute_command("%s -l %s" % (self.svcs_cmd, self.name)) if rc != 0: if stderr: self.module.fail_json(msg=stderr) else: self.module.fail_json(msg=stdout) enabled = False temporary = False # look for enabled line, which could be one of: # enabled true (temporary) # enabled false (temporary) # enabled true # enabled false for line in stdout.split("\n"): if line.find("enabled") == 0: if line.find("true") != -1: enabled = True if line.find("temporary") != -1: temporary = True startup_enabled = (enabled and not temporary) or (not enabled and temporary) if self.enable and startup_enabled: return elif (not self.enable) and (not startup_enabled): return # Mark service as started or stopped (this will have the side effect of # actually stopping or starting the service) if self.enable: subcmd = "enable -rs" else: subcmd = "disable -s" rc, stdout, stderr = self.execute_command("%s %s %s" % (self.svcadm_cmd, subcmd, self.name)) if rc != 0: if stderr: self.module.fail_json(msg=stderr) else: self.module.fail_json(msg=stdout) self.changed = True def service_control(self): status = self.get_sunos_svcs_status() # if starting or reloading, clear maintenace states if self.action in ['start', 'reload', 'restart'] and status in ['maintenance', 'degraded']: rc, stdout, stderr = self.execute_command("%s clear %s" % (self.svcadm_cmd, self.name)) if rc != 0: return rc, stdout, stderr status = self.get_sunos_svcs_status() if status in ['maintenance', 'degraded']: self.module.fail_json(msg="Failed to bring service out of %s status." % status) if self.action == 'start': subcmd = "enable -rst" elif self.action == 'stop': subcmd = "disable -st" elif self.action == 'reload': subcmd = "refresh" elif self.action == 'restart' and status == 'online': subcmd = "restart" elif self.action == 'restart' and status != 'online': subcmd = "enable -rst" return self.execute_command("%s %s %s" % (self.svcadm_cmd, subcmd, self.name)) # =========================================== # Main control flow def main(): module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec = dict( name = dict(required=True), state = dict(choices=['running', 'started', 'stopped', 'restarted', 'reloaded']), pattern = dict(required=False, default=None), enabled = dict(choices=BOOLEANS, type='bool'), arguments = dict(aliases=['args'], default=''), ), supports_check_mode=True ) if module.params['state'] is None and module.params['enabled'] is None: module.fail_json(msg="Neither 'state' nor 'enabled' set") service = Service(module) if service.syslogging: syslog.openlog('ansible-%s' % os.path.basename(__file__)) syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_NOTICE, 'Service instantiated - platform %s' % service.platform) if service.distribution: syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_NOTICE, 'Service instantiated - distribution %s' % service.distribution) rc = 0 out = '' err = '' result = {} result['name'] = service.name # Find service management tools service.get_service_tools() # Enable/disable service startup at boot if requested if service.module.params['enabled'] is not None: # FIXME: ideally this should detect if we need to toggle the enablement state, though # it's unlikely the changed handler would need to fire in this case so it's a minor thing. service.service_enable() result['enabled'] = service.enable if module.params['state'] is None: # Not changing the running state, so bail out now. result['changed'] = service.changed module.exit_json(**result) result['state'] = service.state # Collect service status if service.pattern: service.check_ps() service.get_service_status() # Calculate if request will change service state service.check_service_changed() # Modify service state if necessary (rc, out, err) = service.modify_service_state() if rc != 0: if err: module.fail_json(msg=err) else: module.fail_json(msg=out) result['changed'] = service.changed if service.module.params['enabled'] is not None: result['enabled'] = service.module.params['enabled'] if not service.module.params['state']: status = service.get_service_status() if status is None: result['state'] = 'absent' elif status is False: result['state'] = 'started' else: result['state'] = 'stopped' else: # as we may have just bounced the service the service command may not # report accurate state at this moment so just show what we ran if service.module.params['state'] in ['started','restarted','running']: result['state'] = 'started' else: result['state'] = 'stopped' module.exit_json(**result) # this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py #<> main()