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Manage runit services.

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Functions

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runit.service

Manage the state of runit services. 
runit.service(
    service,
    running=True,
    restarted=False,
    reloaded=False,
    command=None,
    enabled=None,
    managed=True,
    svdir="/var/service",
    sourcedir="/etc/sv",
)

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runit.manage

Manage runit svdir links. 
runit.manage(
    service,
    managed=True,
    svdir="/var/service",
    sourcedir="/etc/sv",
)

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runit.wait_runsv

Wait for runsv for service to be available. 
runit.wait_runsv(
    service,
    svdir="/var/service",
    timeout=10,
)

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runit.auto

Start service automatically by managing the service/down file. 
runit.auto(
    service,
    auto=True,
    sourcedir="/etc/sv",
)

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Examples

from pyinfra.operations import runit

# Manage a runit service
runit.service(
    name="Ensure nginx is running",
    service="nginx",
    running=True,
    enabled=True,
)

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