[Discuss] Python module for Windows services that runs on Linux

[matt at mattshields.org (Matt Shields)]

I'm sure SaltStack is great for config management and remove control, but
we have a custom internal dashboard where they would like to see the status
of each of the servers Windows service and be abel to start/stop them from
this dashboard.  It's a Flask/python app which runs on a linux box.

Matt

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:57 AM, John Hall <johnhall2.0 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Have you considered using SaltStack?
> http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/index.html#
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Matt Shields <matt at mattshields.org> wrote:
>
>> Yes, run the python app on Linux but connect to a Windows server and
>> query/start/stop a service.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) <
>> blu at nedharvey.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
>> > > bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Matt Shields
>> > >
>> > > Anyone know of a python module that will let me query/start/stop a
>> > > Windows
>> > > service?  The module needs to be able work on a Linux system.  I've
>> > looked
>> > > around but it seems all the modules I find require the python app to
>> run
>> > on
>> > > a Windows machine.
>> >
>> > You mean you want to run something on linux, which will somehow reach
>> out
>> > to a windows machine and start/stop windows services remotely, right?
>> >
>> > You're looking for a linux equivalent of these?
>> >         sc \\machine stop <service>
>> > or
>> >         psexec \\machine net stop <service>
>> > etc
>> >
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