How to create new system service by ansible-playbook

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The below code snippet will create Service in CentOS 7.

Code

Tasks

/tasks/main.yml

- name: TeamCity | Create environment file
  template: src=teamcity.env.j2 dest=/etc/sysconfig/teamcity
- name: TeamCity | Create Unit file
  template: src=teamcity.service.j2 dest=/lib/systemd/system/teamcity.service mode=644
  notify:
    - reload systemctl
- name: TeamCity | Start teamcity
  service: name=teamcity.service state=started enabled=yes

Templates

/templates/teamcity.service.j2

[Unit]
Description=JetBrains TeamCity
Requires=network.target
After=syslog.target network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/teamcity
ExecStart={{teamcity.installation_path}}/bin/teamcity-server.sh start
ExecStop={{teamcity.installation_path}}/bin/teamcity-server.sh stop
User=teamcity
PIDFile={{teamcity.installation_path}}/teamcity.pid
Environment="TEAMCITY_PID_FILE_PATH={{teamcity.installation_path}}/teamcity.pid"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

\templates\teamcity.env.j2

TEAMCITY_DATA_PATH="{{ teamcity.data_path }}"

Handlers

\handlers\main.yml

- name: reload systemctl
  command: systemctl daemon-reload

Reference :

  • Ansible playbook structure: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_intro.html
  • SystemCtl: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-systemctl-to-manage-systemd-services-and-units

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