Win_Service not working in handler?

[Onallion]

Hi,

I am running a playbook with a task that calls a handler like so:

- name: "Configure zabbix-agent"
  win_template:
    src: zabbix_agentd.conf.j2
    dest: C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent\zabbix_agentd.conf
    newline_sequence: '\n'
    trim_blocks: no
  notify: restart zabbix-agent

The handler itself is:

- name: restart zabbix-agent
  win_service:
    name: Zabbix Agent
    state: restarted
    start_mode: auto

When I run the playbook there are no errors, but when it reaches the end there is no mention of the handler and it doesn't run.

The funny thing is, when I use the Linux equivalent and run it on a Linux host, it does work:

- name: restart zabbix-agent

  service: name={{ zabbix_agent_service }}

           state=restarted

           enabled=yes

  become: yes

I could just set it as a task, but I don't want the playbook to restart the service every time it runs, just when something changed.

Any help appreciated

[David Baumann]

is "Configure zabbix-agent" reporting a change ?

[J Hawkesworth]

Is zabbix_agentd.conf being updated.

Since you have spaces in the dest, I think you *might* need to quote the dest like this

dest: 'C:\Program Files\Zabbix Agent\zabbix_agentd.conf'

( Use single quotes - ' '  not double quotes " " - if you use double quotes you have to have double backslashes like this:


dest: "C:\\Program Files\\Zabbix Agent\\zabbix_agentd.

conf"

Hope this helps,

Jon