From b21ea3476451039dad1ee90debc5b720380b243f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan DeMasi <me@jthan.io>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:14:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add service logic

---
 ansible/roles/netbird_peer/handlers/main.yaml |  4 ++++
 ansible/roles/netbird_peer/tasks/main.yaml    | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 ansible/roles/netbird_peer/handlers/main.yaml

diff --git a/ansible/roles/netbird_peer/handlers/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/netbird_peer/handlers/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a4fad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/netbird_peer/handlers/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- name: restart netbird
+  service:
+    name: netbird
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/ansible/roles/netbird_peer/tasks/main.yaml b/ansible/roles/netbird_peer/tasks/main.yaml
index 0be8254..9bfa459 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/netbird_peer/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/netbird_peer/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -40,3 +40,22 @@
     group: root
     mode: '0755' # Permissions for the target file
     force: yes 
+
+- name: Run command to generate netbird systemd unit file
+  command: 
+    cmd: /usr/local/bin/netbird service install
+    creates: /etc/systemd/system/netbird.service
+  register: netbird_service
+
+- name: systemctl daemon-reload to pickup netbird service changes
+  systemd_service:
+    daemon_reload: true
+  when: netbird_service.changed
+  notify: restart netbird
+
+- name: Start and enable netbird service
+  service:
+    name: netbird
+    state: started
+    enabled: true
+    daemon_reload: true