salt.modules.launchctl

Module for the management of MacOS systems that use launchd/launchctl

Important

If you feel that Salt should be using this module to manage services on a minion, and it is using a different module (or gives an error similar to 'service.start' is not available), see here.

depends:
  • plistlib Python module
salt.modules.launchctl.available(job_label)

Check that the given service is available.

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.available com.openssh.sshd
salt.modules.launchctl.get_all()

Return all installed services

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.get_all
salt.modules.launchctl.missing(job_label)

The inverse of service.available Check that the given service is not available.

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.missing com.openssh.sshd
salt.modules.launchctl.restart(job_label, runas=None)

Restart the named service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.restart <service label>
salt.modules.launchctl.start(job_label, runas=None)

Start the specified service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.start <service label>
salt '*' service.start org.ntp.ntpd
salt '*' service.start /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.ntp.ntpd.plist
salt.modules.launchctl.status(job_label, runas=None)

Return the status for a service, returns a bool whether the service is running.

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.status <service label>
salt.modules.launchctl.stop(job_label, runas=None)

Stop the specified service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.stop <service label>
salt '*' service.stop org.ntp.ntpd
salt '*' service.stop /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.ntp.ntpd.plist