salt.modules.service

The default service module, if not otherwise specified salt will fall back to this basic module

salt.modules.service.reload(name)

Restart the named service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.reload <service name>

salt.modules.service.restart(name)

Restart the named service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.restart <service name>

salt.modules.service.start(name)

Start the specified service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.start <service name>

salt.modules.service.status(name, sig=None)

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]

salt.modules.service.stop(name)

Stop the specified service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.stop <service name>