--- - name: chown opendaylight directory and files shell: > chown -R odl:odl "{{ odl_home }}"; chown odl:odl "{{ service_file.dst }}"; - name: start opendaylight service: name=opendaylight state=started when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" - name: set opendaylight autostart shell: chkconfig opendaylight on when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" - name: start opendaylight shell: service opendaylight start when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" - name: check if opendaylight running shell: | netstat -lpen --tcp | grep java | grep 6653; while [ $? -ne 0 ]; do sleep 10; netstat -lpen --tcp | grep java | grep 6653; done