Ansible role: systemd

Create and setup systemd along with the specified units.

Requirements

None

Role Variables

These defaults are set in defaults/main.yml:

systemd_units: []   # list of structured unit information

Each unit element is composed of these variables:

name: <str, unit name>
type: <enum, service|mount..., unit file extension>
destination: <enum, primary|secondary|runtime|user, defaults to primary>
state: <enum, started|stoppped|restarted|reloaded, default started>        # only relevant to services
enabled: <bool, default true>           # only relevant to services
masked: <bool, default false>           # only relevant to services
content: <str, unit file content>

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  roles:
    - role: systemd
      vars:
        systemd_units:
          - name: "test service"
            type: service
            content: |
              [Unit]
              Description=Test service

              [Service]
              Type=oneshot
              ExecStart=/bin/echo "Just a test service"
              RemainAfterExit=yes

License

MIT

Author Information

Tibor Csóka