Ansible Role: Daemonize

This role installs Daemonize, a tool used to run commands as a Unix daemon.

Requirements

Before using this role, you need to have gcc or other build tools installed. For RedHat systems, use yum install make automake gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel, or for Debian systems, use apt-get install build-essential. This is necessary because Daemonize is built from source.

Role Variables

Here are the available variables and their default values (see defaults/main.yml):

• workspace: /root

  • This is where the code will be downloaded and compiled.

• daemonize_version: 1.7.5

  • This is the version of Daemonize that will be installed.

• daemonize_install_path: "/usr"

  • This is where the compiled Daemonize binary will be placed.

Dependencies

There are no dependencies.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - { role: geerlingguy.daemonize }

License

This role is licensed under MIT / BSD.

Author Information

This role was created in 2014 by Jeff Geerling, who is also the author of Ansible for DevOps.