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====== Tabulify Services ======


''Services'' represents processes that start and stop [[:docs:system:system|systems]].


===== Provider =====

  * [[docker|Docker services]] - Create/Start/Drop docker container

===== Storage =====

The service metadata is stored in the [[docs:conf:tabul.yml|configuration vault]]


Example with the [[howto:mysql:howto_connection|howto mysql service]] in [[docs:service:docker|docker]] format
<code yaml .tabul.yaml>
services:
  sqlserver:
    type: docker
    image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-CU18-ubuntu-22.04
    ports:
      - 1433:1433
    environment:
      ACCEPT_EULA: Y
      MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD: TheSecret1!
</code>

As for any value in the configuration vault, you can use:
  *  plain value
  * or any [[:docs:conf:secret|secret format]].

===== Tabul Service: List/Info =====

The [[:docs:tabul:service:start|tabul service module]] permits to manage the services at the command line.

===== Attributes =====

All services will have the following [[:docs:conf:attribute|attributes]]

^ Name ^ Description ^
| ''NAME'' | The name of the service |
| ''TYPE'' | The type of the service (ie the provider name) |
| ''IS_STARTED'' | Boolean that returns true if the service is started, false otherwise |

Each [[#provider|service provider]] may bring its own attributes.