starting mongod via ansible

Question

as mentionned in the title, I have an ansible role that installs MongoDB perfectly. Now I want to start mongod after installation is done I tried :

- name: Start mongod
  command: mongod 

but when I run the role, the output freezes in that task

So any ideas on how to start mongod via ansible

Answer 1

The problem with this, that the mongodb start to run and the ansible waiting for the stop. But it won't be stop, because it is running. Create a systemd configuration for the mongodb and start it with the service ansible module.

Answer 2

Best way is to go with the init/startup script as @PumpkinSeed said but if you want to continue like this, then you can do like this:

- name: Start mongod
  shell: "mongod &"

Hope that helps you.