16.159. cdist-type__zypper_service(7)¶

16.159.1. NAME¶

cdist-type__zypper_service - Service management with zypper

16.159.2. DESCRIPTION¶

zypper is usually used on SuSE systems to manage services.

16.159.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

uri: Uri of the service

16.159.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

service_desc: If supplied, use the service_desc and not the object id as description for the service.
state: Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"
type: Defaults to "ris", the standard type of services at SLES11. For other values, see manpage of zypper.

16.159.5. BOOLEAN PARAMETERS¶

remove-all-other-services: Drop all other services found on the target host before adding the new one.
remove-all-repos: If supplied, remove all existing repos prior to setup the new service.

16.159.6. EXAMPLES¶

# Ensure that internal SLES11 SP3 RIS is in installed and all other services and repos are discarded
__zypper_service INTERNAL_SLES11_SP3 --service_desc "Internal SLES11 SP3 RIS" --uri "http://path/to/your/ris/dir" --remove-all-other-services --remove-all-repos

# Ensure that internal SLES11 SP3 RIS is in installed, no changes to other services or repos
__zypper_service INTERNAL_SLES11_SP3 --service_desc "Internal SLES11 SP3 RIS" --uri "http://path/to/your/ris/dir"

# Drop service by uri, no changes to other services or repos
__zypper_service INTERNAL_SLES11_SP3 --state absent --uri "http://path/to/your/ris/dir"

16.159.7. AUTHORS¶

Daniel Heule <hda--@--sfs.biz>

16.159.8. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2013 Daniel Heule. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.