Lab 8.4 - Automation Services

Objectives

• Create service management scripts
• Automate start/stop
• Monitor services

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Exercise 1: Management Script

# Script to manage multiple services
cat > manage-services.sh << 'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
SERVICES=("nginx" "mysql" "redis")

for service in "${SERVICES[@]}"; do
    if systemctl is-active --quiet "$service"; then
        echo "$service: active"
    else
        echo "$service: inactive"
        sudo systemctl start "$service"
    fi
done
EOF

chmod +x manage-services.sh

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Lab created on: December 2024 - Tested on Ubuntu 24.04