diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_testing.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr_testing.yaml
index 1364f0a..5b8222f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_testing.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_testing.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/bolt
         with:
           os-codename: ${{ matrix.os-details.codename }}
-      - name: Run openvox-agent install task
+      - name: Run install task for openvox-agent
         run: bolt task run openvox_bootstrap::install --targets localhost --run-as root
       - name: Verify openvox-agent is installed
         run: bolt task run openvox_bootstrap::check --targets localhost --run-as root
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           path: openvox_bootstrap
       - id: prep
         uses: ./openvox_bootstrap/.github/actions/container_task_prep
-      - name: Run openvox-agent install task manually
+      - name: Run install task manually for openvox-agent
         env:
           PT_collection: openvox8
         run: ./openvox_bootstrap/tasks/install_linux.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
           path: openvox_bootstrap
       - id: prep
         uses: ./openvox_bootstrap/.github/actions/container_task_prep
-      - name: Run openvox-agent install task manually
+      - name: Run install task manually for openvox-agent
         env:
           PT_version: "8.14.0"
         run: ./openvox_bootstrap/tasks/install_linux.sh
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
           path: openvox_bootstrap
       - id: prep
         uses: ./openvox_bootstrap/.github/actions/container_task_prep
-      - name: Run openvox-agent install task manually
+      - name: Run install task manually for openvox-server
         env:
           PT_package: "openvox-server"
         run: ./openvox_bootstrap/tasks/install_linux.sh
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
           path: openvox_bootstrap
       - id: prep
         uses: ./openvox_bootstrap/.github/actions/container_task_prep
-      - name: Run openvox-agent install task manually
+      - name: Run install task manually for openvox-server
         env:
           PT_package: "openvox-server"
           PT_version: "8.8.0"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_testing_with_nested_vms.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_testing_with_nested_vms.yml
index 193b51a..1089b71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_testing_with_nested_vms.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_testing_with_nested_vms.yml
@@ -70,3 +70,64 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify openvox-agent is installed
         run: |-
           bolt task run openvox_bootstrap::check version=8 test=gt --inventory inventory.yaml --targets test-agent-1
+
+  # The rockylinux containers aren't set up for interacting with systemd
+  # so using nested_vms for this test.
+  test-install-and-stop:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          - [debian, '12']
+          - [rocky, '9']
+          - [ubuntu, '24.04']
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - id: install-bolt
+        uses: ./.github/actions/bolt
+        with:
+          os-codename: jammy
+      - id: vm-cluster
+        uses: jpartlow/nested_vms@v1
+        with:
+          os: ${{ matrix.os[0] }}
+          os-version: ${{ matrix.os[1] }}
+          os-arch: ${{ matrix.os[2] || 'x86_64' }}
+          image_version: ${{ matrix.os[3] }}
+          host-root-access: true
+          ruby-version: '3.3'
+          install-openvox: false
+          # Note: the cpu_mode is set to host-model for the sake of
+          # el-9 which expects at least x86_64-2 arch. This depends on
+          # the runner's architecture being sufficient, and there is
+          # probably a better way to get this set on the libvirt
+          # domain instead.
+          vms: |-
+            [
+              {
+                "role": "agent",
+                "count": 1,
+                "cpus": 2,
+                "mem_mb": 4096,
+                "cpu_mode": "host-model"
+              }
+            ]
+      - name: Capture dereferenced inventory for use with openvox_bootstrap
+        working-directory: kvm_automation_tooling
+        run: |-
+          bolt inventory --inventory terraform/instances/inventory.test.yaml show --format json --detail | \
+            jq '.inventory | with_entries(select(.key == "targets")) | del(.targets[0].groups)' | \
+            yq -P > ../inventory.yaml
+      - name: Run openvox_bootstrap::install task on nested vm
+        run: |-
+          bolt task run openvox_bootstrap::install --inventory inventory.yaml --targets test-agent-1 stop_service=true
+      - name: Verify openvox-agent is installed
+        run: |-
+          bolt task run openvox_bootstrap::check version=8 test=gt --inventory inventory.yaml --targets test-agent-1
+      - name: Verify service state
+        run: |-
+          set -e
+          bolt command run '/opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet resource service openvox-agent' --inventory inventory.yaml --targets test-agent-1 > service.state
+          grep -E "ensure [ ]*=> [ ]*'stopped'" service.state
+          grep -E "enable [ ]*=> [ ]*'false'" service.state
diff --git a/REFERENCE.md b/REFERENCE.md
index ac0c572..0855361 100644
--- a/REFERENCE.md
+++ b/REFERENCE.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Installs an openvox package. By default, this will be the latest openvox-agent f
 
 ##### `package`
 
-Data type: `String[1]`
+Data type: `Optional[String]`
 
 The name of the package to install.
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ The name of the package to install.
 
 Data type: `Optional[String]`
 
-The version of the openvox-agent package to install. Defaults to latest.
+The version of the openvox-agent package to install.
 
 ##### `collection`
 
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ Data type: `Optional[String]`
 
 The yum source repository to retrieve rpm packages from.
 
+##### `stop_service`
+
+Data type: `Optional[Boolean]`
+
+Whether to stop the given service after install. (Requires puppet on the system.)
+
 ### <a name="install_build_artifact"></a>`install_build_artifact`
 
 Downloads and installs a package directly from the openvox build artifact server.
diff --git a/files/common.sh b/files/common.sh
index 358c1ae..8aa9976 100644
--- a/files/common.sh
+++ b/files/common.sh
@@ -510,3 +510,43 @@ set_artifacts_package_url() {
   export package_url # quiets shellcheck SC2034
   assigned 'package_url'
 }
+
+# Stop and disable the service for the given package.
+#
+# Only intended to work for openvox-agent, openvoxdb and
+# openvox-server.
+#
+# Will fail if openvox isn't installed.
+#
+# (voxpupuli/puppet-openvox_bootstrap#35)
+# Implemented for integration with openbolt.
+stop_and_disable_service() {
+  local _package="$1"
+  # Using the full path here because openvox is installed into opt,
+  # and if we've just installed, the shell's PATH will not include it
+  # yet.
+  local _puppet="${2:-/opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet}"
+
+  case "${_package}" in
+    openvox-agent)
+      local _service='puppet'
+      ;;
+    openvoxdb)
+      local _service='puppetdb'
+      ;;
+    openvox-server)
+      local _service='puppetserver'
+      ;;
+    *)
+      fail "Cannot stop service. Unknown service for package: '${_package}'"
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  info "Stopping and disabling service '${_service}' for package '${_package}'"
+
+  if [ -x "${_puppet}" ]; then
+    exec_and_capture "${_puppet}" resource service "${_service}" ensure=stopped enable=false
+  else
+    fail "Puppet executable not found at '${_puppet}'. Cannot stop and disable service '${_service}'."
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/spec/unit/bash/common_sh_spec.rb b/spec/unit/bash/common_sh_spec.rb
index 8e24e74..7257c6f 100644
--- a/spec/unit/bash/common_sh_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/bash/common_sh_spec.rb
@@ -577,4 +577,48 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  context 'stop_and_disable_service' do
+    it 'fails for an unknown package' do
+      output, status = test('stop_and_disable_service unknown-package')
+
+      expect(status.success?).to be(false)
+      expect(output.strip).to include("Unknown service for package: 'unknown-package'")
+    end
+
+    it 'fails if puppet executable not found' do
+      output, status = test('stop_and_disable_service openvox-agent /no/openvox')
+
+      expect(status.success?).to be(false)
+      expect(output.strip).to include("Puppet executable not found at '/no/openvox'")
+    end
+
+    context 'with puppet executable' do
+      let(:mock_puppet) { "#{tmpdir}/puppet" }
+
+      before do
+        # The little BashRspec lib isn't sophisticated enough
+        # to deal with an absolute path, so using this instead of
+        # allow_script.to receive_command(mock_puppet)...
+        File.write(mock_puppet, <<~EOF)
+          #!/bin/sh
+          echo "Stopping ${3} service"
+        EOF
+        File.chmod(0o755, mock_puppet)
+      end
+
+      [
+        %w[openvox-agent puppet],
+        %w[openvox-server puppetserver],
+        %w[openvoxdb puppetdb],
+      ].each do |package, service|
+        it "stops the #{service} service for #{package}" do
+          output, status = test("stop_and_disable_service #{package} #{mock_puppet}")
+
+          expect(status.success?).to be(true)
+          expect(output.strip).to include(service)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/tasks/install.json b/tasks/install.json
index 7752851..1fa9226 100644
--- a/tasks/install.json
+++ b/tasks/install.json
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
   "parameters": {
     "package": {
       "description": "The name of the package to install.",
-      "type": "String[1]",
+      "type": "Optional[String]",
       "default": "openvox-agent"
     },
     "version": {
-      "description": "The version of the openvox-agent package to install. Defaults to latest.",
-      "type": "Optional[String]"
+      "description": "The version of the openvox-agent package to install.",
+      "type": "Optional[String]",
+      "default": "latest"
     },
     "collection": {
       "description": "The openvox collection to install from.",
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@
       "description": "The yum source repository to retrieve rpm packages from.",
       "type": "Optional[String]",
       "default": "https://yum.voxpupuli.org"
+    },
+    "stop_service": {
+      "description": "Whether to stop the given service after install. (Requires puppet on the system.)",
+      "type": "Optional[Boolean]",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "implementations": [
diff --git a/tasks/install_linux.sh b/tasks/install_linux.sh
index 43b4b88..fbfc930 100755
--- a/tasks/install_linux.sh
+++ b/tasks/install_linux.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ version=${PT_version:-latest}
 collection=${PT_collection:-openvox8}
 yum_source=${PT_yum_source:-https://yum.voxpupuli.org}
 apt_source=${PT_apt_source:-https://apt.voxpupuli.org}
+stop_service=${PT_stop_service:-'false'}
 
 # shellcheck source=files/common.sh
 source "${PT__installdir}/openvox_bootstrap/files/common.sh"
@@ -75,5 +76,9 @@ download "${package_url}" "${local_release_package}"
 # The release package has the repository metadata needed to install
 # packages from the collection using the platform package manager.
 install_release_package "${local_release_package}"
-# Use the platform package manager to install openvox-agent
+# Use the platform package manager to install $package
 install_package "${package}" "${version}" "${os_family}" "${os_full_version}"
+# If a service stop is requested, stop the service now
+if [[ "${stop_service}" = 'true' ]]; then
+  stop_and_disable_service "${package}"
+fi