# How to move fresh Debian to systemd with Ansible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [April 8, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-move-fresh-debian-to-systemd-with-ansible/14971 "2014-04-08T19:26:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anatoly\_techtonik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@anatoly\_techtonik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anatoly_techtonik)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-move-fresh-debian-to-systemd-with-ansible/14971/1 "2014-04-08T19:26:06Z")
Hi, apt-get once again too demanding. Trying to move to systemd is presented with a warning that you can not escape from command line: $ apt-get install -y -qq --force-yes systemd-sysv You are about to do something potentially harmful. To continue type in the phrase ‘Yes, do as I say!’ ?] This becomes a problem with Ansible and it hangs forever. Is there a way to get past this message and still do the changes? ---
**Author:** ![drybjed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drybjed](https://forum.ansible.com/u/drybjed)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-move-fresh-debian-to-systemd-with-ansible/14971/2 "2014-04-08T19:27:43Z")
Maybe this will work? - shell: yes “Yes, do as I say!” | apt-get -y -qq --force-yes apt-get install systemd-sysv ---
**Author:** ![Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_van_Ginderacht)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-move-fresh-debian-to-systemd-with-ansible/14971/3 "2014-04-08T20:00:26Z")
​Are you sure you want to automate this kind of upgrades?​ Sounds like an anti-pattern to me. Serge ---
**Author:** ![anatoly\_techtonik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@anatoly\_techtonik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anatoly_techtonik)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-move-fresh-debian-to-systemd-with-ansible/14971/4 "2014-04-08T21:12:41Z")
Yes. Not this kind, but this specific.upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![anatoly\_techtonik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@anatoly\_techtonik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anatoly_techtonik)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-move-fresh-debian-to-systemd-with-ansible/14971/5 "2014-04-08T21:27:50Z")
Looks like this worked. Thanks. - shell: echo "Yes, do as I say!" | apt-get install -y -q --force-yes systemd-sysv ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-move-fresh-debian-to-systemd-with-ansible/14971/6 "2014-04-09T13:59:37Z")
Did the apt module in Ansible also balk? We pass in a lot of parameters to it already to make it be automated, if more are needed, I’m open to it. ---
**Author:** ![anatoly\_techtonik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@anatoly\_techtonik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anatoly_techtonik)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-move-fresh-debian-to-systemd-with-ansible/14971/7 "2014-04-09T15:46:37Z")
> Did the apt module in Ansible also balk? Yep. Balked. > We pass in a lot of parameters to it already to make it be automated, if > more are needed, I'm open to it. I am not sure. Systemd is quite an exceptional case and it is already recorded in web history. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Andrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@Greg\_Andrews](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Greg_Andrews)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-move-fresh-debian-to-systemd-with-ansible/14971/8 "2014-04-10T00:04:40Z")
I’m thinking the question comes from the package’s preinstall script rather than from apt-get. Are you sure there is no preseed parameter you can use to answer the question? -Greg ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-move-fresh-debian-to-systemd-with-ansible/14971/9 "2014-04-10T02:13:56Z")
considering the question I expect sirens, skull banners and 3 guys on a pulpit announcing the end of the world. Changing your init system is as traumatic as a new kernel and/or new libc. ---
**Author:** ![anatoly\_techtonik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@anatoly\_techtonik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anatoly_techtonik)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-move-fresh-debian-to-systemd-with-ansible/14971/10 "2014-04-10T06:14:59Z")
I am not an expert. so I listed all parameters I could get. Anyway, piping "Yes, do as I say!" phrase did help.