The systemd module

For more advanced service management, we can use systemd as an alternative to service. The systemd module should be able to manage services on all Linux operating systems because it has the advantage of having a status special return value containing a lot of useful service data. An example playbook of how to use it is shown here:

    - name: start and enable ntp service using systemd
      systemd:
        name: ntp
        state: started
        enabled: yes
        masked: no
        daemon_reload: yes
      register: systemd
 
    - debug:
        var: systemd.status.Description

The playbook output should look as follows: