Puppet Function: systemd::systemctl_user

Defined in:

functions/systemctl_user.pp

Function type:

Puppet Language

Summary

Construct command array for running `systemctl --user` for particular arguments

Overview

systemd::systemctl_user(String[1] $user, Array[String[1],1] $arguments) ⇒ Array

Examples:

Start a user service with an exec

exec { 'start_service':
 command => systemd::systemctl_user('santa', 'start myservice.service'),
}

Parameters:

• user (String[1]) —

  User instance of ‘systemd –user` to connect to.

• arguments (Array[String[1],1]) —

  Arguments to run after ‘systemctl –user`

Returns:

• (Array) —

  Array Array of command and arguments

# File 'functions/systemctl_user.pp', line 10

function systemd::systemctl_user(String[1] $user, Array[String[1],1] $arguments) >> Array {
  # Why is runuser being used here for older systemds?
  # More obvious command arrays to return would be:
  # * ['run0','--user',$user,'systemctl','--user'] + $arguments
  # * ['systemctl', '--user', '--machine', "${user}@.host"] + $arguments
  # * ['systemd-run','--wait','--pipe', 'systemctl', '--user', '--machine', "${user}@.host"] + $arguments
  # However none of these work when puppet is run as a background service. They only work with
  # puppet apply in the foreground. Reason is unclear, some selinux, possibly polkit blocking access
  # https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-systemd/issues/459
  # https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-systemd/issues/664

  $_cmd_array  = [
    'runuser', '-u', $user, '--' ,'/usr/bin/bash', '-c',
    "env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/\$(id -u) /usr/bin/systemctl --user ${arguments.join(' ')}",
  ]

  return $_cmd_array
}