Check if service exists with Ansible

See the service_facts module, new in Ansible 2.5.

- name: Populate service facts
  service_facts:
- debug:
    msg: Docker installed!
  when: "'docker' in services"

Of course I could also just check if the wrapper script exists in /etc/init.d. So this is what I ended up with:

  - name: Check if Service Exists
    stat: path=/etc/init.d/{{service_name}}
    register: service_status

  - name: Stop Service
    service: name={{service_name}} state=stopped
    when: service_status.stat.exists
    register: service_stopped

Check if service exists with Ansible

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