salt.modules.launchctl

Module for the management of MacOS systems that use launchd/launchctl

depends:
  • plistlib Python module
salt.modules.launchctl.get_all()

Return all installed services

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.get_all
salt.modules.launchctl.get_launchctl_data(job_label, runas=None)
salt.modules.launchctl.restart(job_label, runas=None)

Restart the named service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.restart <service name>
salt.modules.launchctl.start(job_label, runas=None)

Start the specified service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.start <service name>
salt.modules.launchctl.status(job_label, runas=None)

Return the status for a service, returns a bool whether the service is running.

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.status <service name>
salt.modules.launchctl.stop(job_label, runas=None)

Stop the specified service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.stop <service name>

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