The default service module, if not otherwise specified salt will fall back to this basic module
Returns True if the specified service is available, otherwise returns False.
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.available sshd
Return a list of all available services
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.get_all
The inverse of service.available. Returns True if the specified service is not available, otherwise returns False.
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.missing sshd
Restart the specified service
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.reload <service name>
Restart the specified 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, returns the PID or an empty string if the service is running or not, pass a signature to use to find the service via ps
CLI Example:
salt '*' service.status <service name> [service signature]
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.