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supervisorctl - Manage the state of a program or group of programs running via supervisord
Synopsis
- Manage the state of a program or group of programs running via supervisord
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- supervisorctl
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| config  
        (added in 1.3)
         | 
      
        
        The supervisor configuration file path
         | 
     |
| name  
        required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the supervisord program or group to manage.
        
       
        The name will be taken as group name when it ends with a colon :
        
       
        Group support is only available in Ansible version 1.6 or later.
         | 
     |
| password  
        (added in 1.3)
         | 
      
        
        password to use for authentication
         | 
     |
| server_url  
        (added in 1.3)
         | 
      
        
        URL on which supervisord server is listening
         | 
     |
| state  
        required
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The desired state of program/group.
         | 
     
| supervisorctl_path  
        (added in 1.4)
         | 
      
        
        path to supervisorctl executable
         | 
     |
| username  
        (added in 1.3)
         | 
      
        
        username to use for authentication
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- When 
state= present, the module will callsupervisorctl rereadthensupervisorctl addif the program/group does not exist. - When 
state= restarted, the module will callsupervisorctl updatethen callsupervisorctl restart. - When 
state= absent, the module will callsupervisorctl rereadthensupervisorctl removeto remove the target program/group. 
Examples
# Manage the state of program to be in 'started' state.
- supervisorctl:
    name: my_app
    state: started
# Manage the state of program group to be in 'started' state.
- supervisorctl:
    name: 'my_apps:'
    state: started
# Restart my_app, reading supervisorctl configuration from a specified file.
- supervisorctl:
    name: my_app
    state: restarted
    config: /var/opt/my_project/supervisord.conf
# Restart my_app, connecting to supervisord with credentials and server URL.
- supervisorctl:
    name: my_app
    state: restarted
    username: test
    password: testpass
    server_url: http://localhost:9001
  Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Matt Wright (@mattupstate)
 - Aaron Wang (@inetfuture) <inetfuture@gmail.com>
 
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 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/supervisorctl_module.html