NAME

       cdist-type__process - Start or stop process

DESCRIPTION

       This cdist type allows you to define the state of a process.

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

       state  Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"

       name   Process name to match on when using pgrep -f -x.

              This  is  useful,  if  the  name  starts  with  a "/", because the leading slash is
              stripped away from the object id by cdist.

       stop   Executable to use for stopping the process.

       start  Executable to use for starting the process.

EXAMPLES

          # Start if not running
          __process /usr/sbin/syslog-ng --state present

          # Start if not running with a different binary
          __process /usr/sbin/nginx --state present --start "/etc/rc.d/nginx start"

          # Stop the process using kill (the type default) - DO NOT USE THIS
          __process /usr/sbin/sshd --state absent

          # Stop the process using /etc/rc.d/sshd stop - THIS ONE NOT AS WELL
          __process /usr/sbin/sshd --state absent --stop "/etc/rc.d/sshd stop"

          # Ensure cups is running, which runs with -C ...:
          __process cups --start "/etc/rc.d/cups start" --state present \
             --name "/usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf"

          # Ensure rpc.statd is running (which usually runs with -L) using a regexp
          __process rpcstatd --state present --start "/etc/init.d/statd start" \
              --name "rpc.statd.*"

SEE ALSO

       cdist-type__start_on_boot(7)

AUTHORS

       Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>

COPYING

       Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. You can redistribute it and/or modify  it  under
       the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
       either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.