# Is there a way to check if a service is already enabled on a linux machine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [August 2, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-a-service-is-already-enabled-on-a-linux-machine/28241 "2018-08-02T19:11:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yaakov.kuperman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/45deac/32.png) [@yaakov.kuperman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/yaakov.kuperman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-a-service-is-already-enabled-on-a-linux-machine/28241/1 "2018-08-02T19:11:51Z")
I don’t see a way to do it with service\_facts, do I have to use shell magic? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-a-service-is-already-enabled-on-a-linux-machine/28241/2 "2018-08-02T22:03:50Z")
You can use the appropriate service module: - service: name=myservice enabled=yes   check\_mode: true   register: isit - fail: msg=its not enabled   when: isit is changed ---
**Author:** ![yaakov.kuperman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/45deac/32.png) [@yaakov.kuperman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/yaakov.kuperman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-a-service-is-already-enabled-on-a-linux-machine/28241/3 "2018-08-03T12:52:31Z")
Awesome! Thanks! YK ---
**Author:** ![maxamillion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/maxamillion/32/98_2.png) [@maxamillion](https://forum.ansible.com/u/maxamillion)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-a-service-is-already-enabled-on-a-linux-machine/28241/4 "2018-08-03T13:14:15Z")
> Awesome! Thanks! As an option, you can also use the service\_facts module to inspect service state: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/service\_facts\_module.html#service-facts-module](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/service_facts_module.html#service-facts-module) -AdamM ---
**Author:** ![Pavel\_Cahyna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Pavel\_Cahyna](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pavel_Cahyna)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-a-service-is-already-enabled-on-a-linux-machine/28241/5 "2018-08-03T13:24:31Z")
> \> > \> Awesome! Thanks! > > As an option, you can also use the service\_facts module to inspect > service state: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/service\_facts\_module.html#service-facts-module](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/service_facts_module.html#service-facts-module) You can not, because the facts do not tell whether a service is enabled or disabled. P. ---
**Author:** ![yaakov.kuperman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/45deac/32.png) [@yaakov.kuperman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/yaakov.kuperman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-a-service-is-already-enabled-on-a-linux-machine/28241/6 "2018-08-03T13:29:46Z")
I was actually thinking of trying to change that, but I’m short on time. Should I log a ticket or is that out of scope for the module? I was also thinking about making it possible for service\_facts to operate only on a single service, in order to save time on data collection. Same question - should I log something for that or is it out of scope? ---
**Author:** ![maxamillion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/maxamillion/32/98_2.png) [@maxamillion](https://forum.ansible.com/u/maxamillion)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-a-service-is-already-enabled-on-a-linux-machine/28241/7 "2018-08-03T13:43:19Z")
> I was actually thinking of trying to change that, but I'm short on time. Should I log a ticket or is that out of scope for the module? > > I was also thinking about making it possible for service\_facts to operate only on a single service, in order to save time on data collection. Same question - should I log something for that or is it out of scope? Please file an issue ticket, that's something the module should probably be providing. I actually thought it did (which I'm apparently mistaken on). -AdamM ---
**Author:** ![yaakov.kuperman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/45deac/32.png) [@yaakov.kuperman](https://forum.ansible.com/u/yaakov.kuperman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-check-if-a-service-is-already-enabled-on-a-linux-machine/28241/8 "2018-08-03T13:54:54Z")
done, for both: [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/43641](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/43641) [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/43642](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/43642)