Ansible on gentoo linux, with both systemd and openrc installed

[Stefan Weichinger]

This is my first posting here, so pls be kind ;-)

I learn my first steps with ansible for some weeks now and get some issues with the service-module.

As some of you may know, on gentoo linux it is rather common these days to have both systemd and openrc installed at the same time.

systemd as active init-system, and openrc as the "gentoo-default" that is kept there just as a fallback.

So the binaries and tools of both $PS1-systems are installed while only one (in my case systemd) is active and running.

Now when I write a task in ansible that should ensure that service chronyd is running I get back messages that seem openrc-based and not systemd-based.

I discussed these issues on the gentoo-users-ml already:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/279922/focus=280115

(I simply quote the link to open a discussion ... I am ready to provide any additional infos if needed)

Maybe this is a case not yet fully considered in the service-module?

I'd be happy to get some pointers or help in here, thanks a lot ...

Stefan

[Brian Coca]

check with gentoo devel, fixes to system detection were added as more
and more distros run in 'mixed mode'.



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[Brian Coca]

sorry, ansible's devel branch ... not gentoo devel.

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[Stefan Weichinger]

oops, groups runs TOFU?

Am Mittwoch, 21. Januar 2015 21:40:34 UTC+1 schrieb Brian Coca:

sorry, ansible's devel branch ... not gentoo devel.

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Brian Coca <bc...@ansible.com> wrote:
> check with gentoo devel, fixes to system detection were added as more
> and more distros run in 'mixed mode'.

So you suggest to install the latest git-based release on my "management host", right?

Thanks, will test asap ;-)

Stefan  

[Stefan Weichinger]

yep, works:

# ansible -i inventories/oops_nodes.yml  -l hiro.local -m service -a  "name=chronyd state=started" all

hiro.local | success >> {

    "changed": false,

    "name": "chronyd",

    "state": "started"

}

curious for the diffs now ;-) 

[Brian Coca]

the relevant changes are in the service module




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