Yaml - Use for loop

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Hi,

Can able to find the script “test.sh” pid and kill it using below yml code.

I need to kill multiple script like test1.sh test2.sh test3.sh in single yml code like using for loop to give input

Can you suggest the idea to implement the above.

2

if those processes were started using services, you can use the ansible service module to stop it like this

- name: Stop service httpd, if running
  service:
    name: httpd
    state: stopped


For more information on the service module see https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/service_module.html
3

If you have multiple proceses to stop you can add with_items to the task

- name: Stop services, if running
  service:
    name: "{{ item.value }}"
    state: stopped
  with_items:

    - httpd

    - ntpd
4

Hi Tony Chia,

It’s not a services, I need to stop the shell scripts which is running in background. find the pid using script name and kill it.

Can you suggest the better idea to implement it

5

If you want to do tat add serial :1 and try ,that will work out

6

You should probably just use pkill

- command: pkill -9 {{ item }}
   with_items:
     - test1.sh
     - test2.sh

Pkill also have lot of other option to make sure you don't kill the wrong process name.