Starting nrpe client using ansible task

[Varun Raj c v]

I have written an ansible playbook to automate setup of nrpe 2.12 client which we use. The last step of the task is to start nrpe client as nagios user. 

############### starting nrpe ################
	- name: go to INIT.D and start nrpe
	become: yes
	become_user: nagios
	command: ./nrpe-server start
	args:
	chdir: /opt/app/nrpe-2.12/init.d

We have the ansible git repo being invoked from GOCD. In GOCD console, I am not finding any errors.

TASK [nrpe : go to INIT.D and start nrpe] **************************************

changed: [96.118.233.22]

When i login to server, it shows nrpe is running, but I am unable to see the nrpe process. I am unable to figure out what mistake am committing here. Would appreciate any help with this ?

[Brian Coca]

Normally you don't want to use command/shell to start services, as they will probably kill the service when the task ends.

Using an init system (sysv init scripts, systemd) is normally much better and more reliable.

IF you still want to use the command/shell way, you should use nohup and background the service to avoid killing it on task end.

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Brian Coca