Service support for Debian systems (uses update-rc.d and /sbin/service)
Returns True if the specified service is available, otherwise returns False.
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.available sshd
Disable the named service to start at boot
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.disable <service name>
Return True if the named service is enabled, false otherwise
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.disabled <service name>
Enable the named service to start at boot
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.enable <service name>
Return True if the named service is enabled, false otherwise
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.enabled <service name>
Force-reload the named service
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.force_reload <service name>
Return all available boot services
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.get_all
Return a set of services that are installed but disabled
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.get_disabled
Return a list of service that are enabled on boot
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.get_enabled
The inverse of service.available. Returns True if the specified service is not available, otherwise returns False.
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.missing sshd
Reload the named service
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.reload <service name>
Restart the named service
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.restart <service name>
Start the specified service
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.start <service name>
Return the status for a service, pass a signature to use to find the service via ps
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.status <service name>
Stop the specified service
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.stop <service name>
Current Salt release: 2014.1.6
Docs for previous releases on salt.rtfd.org.