# salt.modules.service

The default service module, if not otherwise specified salt will fall back to this basic module

`salt.modules.service.` `available`(name)

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

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' service.available sshd

`salt.modules.service.` `get_all`()

  Return a list of all available services

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' service.get_all

`salt.modules.service.` `reload_`(name)

  Restart the specified service

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' service.reload <service name>

`salt.modules.service.` `restart`(name)

  Restart the specified service

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' service.restart <service name>

`salt.modules.service.` `start`(name)

  Start the specified service

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' service.start <service name>

`salt.modules.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.service.` `stop`(name)

  Stop the specified service

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' service.stop <service name>

Current Salt release: 0.17.1

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