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alphablack
Asked: 2021-08-21 21:37:07 +0800 CST

Ansible - I need to check given services are running in target windows host and if not running need to start the service

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First, I check the list of windows process are running and collect the output into a register variable. next I need to start the service which are not running based on the above output(register).

- name: Check weather service is running or not
    ansible.windows.win_service_info:
      name: "{{ item }}"
    register: win_service_info
    with_items:
      - BrokerInfrastructure #Background Tasks Infrastructure (BrokerInfrastructure) Service
      - DcomLaunch #DCOM Server Process Launcher Service
      - gpsvc #Group Policy Client Service
      
  - name: run services
    ansible.windows.win_service:
      name: << don't know how to write >>
      start_mode: auto
      state: started
    register: service_startup 
    with_items: "{{ win_service_info.results }}"
    when: << i don't know how to write >>
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1 Answers

  1. You don't need to check whether the service is running in the use case you describe. Just tell Ansible you want the services to be enabled and running as the end-state. In other words, remove the first block and use only the second:

    - name: run services
  ansible.windows.win_service:
    name: "{{ item }}"
    start_mode: auto
    state: started
  with_items:
    - BrokerInfrastructure #Background Tasks Infrastructure (BrokerInfrastructure) Service
    - DcomLaunch #DCOM Server Process Launcher Service
    - gpsvc #Group Policy Client Service
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