Start

Start a systemd service on a target host. Returns changed: true if the service was not already running:

$ osapi client node service start --target web-01 \
    --name nginx.service

  Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

  NAME             CHANGED
  nginx.service    true

If the service is already running, changed: false is returned:

$ osapi client node service start --target web-01 \
    --name nginx.service

  Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

  NAME             CHANGED
  nginx.service    false

Broadcast start to all hosts:

$ osapi client node service start --target _all \
    --name nginx.service

  Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

  HOSTNAME  NAME             CHANGED
  web-01    nginx.service    true
  web-02    nginx.service    true

JSON Output

Use --json to get the full API response:

$ osapi client node service start --target web-01 \
    --name nginx.service --json
{"results":[{"hostname":"web-01","name":"nginx.service","changed":true,"status":"ok"}],"job_id":"..."}

Flags

Flag	Description	Default
--name	Service name to start	required
-T, --target	Target: _any, _all, hostname, or label (group:web)	_any
-j, --json	Output raw JSON response