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+---
+# redis handlers/main.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+
+- name: start-redis
+  service:
+    name: "{{ redis_service }}"
+    state: "started"
+    enabled: true
+
+- name: restart-redis
+  service:
+    name: "{{ redis_service }}"
+    state: "restarted"