salt.modules.win_service

Windows Service module.

salt.modules.win_service.available(name)

Returns True if the specified service is available, otherwise returns False.

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.available <service name>
salt.modules.win_service.disable(name, **kwargs)

Disable the named service to start at boot

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.disable <service name>
salt.modules.win_service.disabled(name)

Check to see if the named service is disabled to start on boot

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.disabled <service name>
salt.modules.win_service.enable(name, **kwargs)

Enable the named service to start at boot

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.enable <service name>
salt.modules.win_service.enabled(name)

Check to see if the named service is enabled to start on boot

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.enabled <service name>
salt.modules.win_service.get_all()

Return all installed services

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.get_all
salt.modules.win_service.get_disabled()

Return the disabled services

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.get_disabled
salt.modules.win_service.get_enabled()

Return the enabled services

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.get_enabled
salt.modules.win_service.get_service_name(*args)

The Display Name is what is displayed in Windows when services.msc is executed. Each Display Name has an associated Service Name which is the actual name of the service. This function allows you to discover the Service Name by returning a dictionary of Display Names and Service Names, or filter by adding arguments of Display Names.

If no args are passed, return a dict of all services where the keys are the service Display Names and the values are the Service Names.

If arguments are passed, create a dict of Display Names and Service Names

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.get_service_name
salt '*' service.get_service_name 'Google Update Service (gupdate)' 'DHCP Client'
salt.modules.win_service.getsid(name)

Return the sid for this windows service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.getsid <service name>
salt.modules.win_service.restart(name)

Restart the named service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.restart <service name>
salt.modules.win_service.start(name)

Start the specified service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.start <service name>
salt.modules.win_service.status(name, sig=None)

Return the status for a service, returns the PID or an empty string if the service is running or not, pass a signature to use to find the service via ps

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.status <service name> [service signature]
salt.modules.win_service.stop(name)

Stop the specified service

CLI Example:

salt '*' service.stop <service name>