salt.modules.launchctl¶

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

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.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