From the course: Ansible for Windows Administration
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Automated management of Windows services
From the course: Ansible for Windows Administration
Automated management of Windows services
- [Instructor] Ensuring only the services we need are up and running reduces security vulnerabilities and helps with resource management. In this video, learn how to use Ansible to automate the management of Windows Services. Windows Services are like background workers on your computer that keep things running smoothly without needing anyone to manually start or control them. These workers handle important things like running a website or managing a file share. To help manage Windows Services, Ansible brings the win_service and win_service_info modules to the table. The win_service module allows you to manage the state of a Window Service. It can start, stop, restart, or reload services, as well as change the services startup, while the win_service_info module gathers information about Windows Services such as their status, start mode, and name. This allows you to create logical conditions such as starting a service if it is stopped. So let's put the previously discussed modules into…
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