CDIST-TYPE__PROCESS(7)

NAME
cdist-type__process - Start or stop process

DESCRIPTION

This cdist type allows you to define the state of a process.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

state
    Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"

name
    Process name to match on when using pgrep -f -x.

        This is useful, if the name starts with a "/",
        because the leading slash is stripped away from
        the object id by cdist.

stop
    Executable to use for stopping the process.

start
    Executable to use for starting the process.

EXAMPLES

    # Start if not running
    __process /usr/sbin/syslog-ng --state present
    # Start if not running with a different binary
    __process /usr/sbin/nginx --state present --start "/etc/rc.d/nginx start"
    # Stop the process using kill (the type default) - DO NOT USE THIS
    __process /usr/sbin/sshd --state absent
    # Stop the process using /etc/rc.d/sshd stop - THIS ONE NOT AS WELL
    __process /usr/sbin/sshd --state absent --stop "/etc/rc.d/sshd stop"
    # Ensure cups is running, which runs with -C ...:
    __process cups --start "/etc/rc.d/cups start" --state present \
       --name "/usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
    # Ensure rpc.statd is running (which usually runs with -L) using a regexp
    __process rpcstatd --state present --start "/etc/init.d/statd start" \
        --name "rpc.statd.*"

SEE ALSO

    • cdist-type(7)

    • cdist-type__start_on_boot(7)

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

AUTHOR

Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
    Author.