Table of Contents

1. Description
2. Setup - The basics of getting started with sysctl
   • Beginning with sysctl
3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
   • Basic usage
   • Multiple tab-separated values
   • Custom target file
   • Setting multiple sysctl keys
   • Using hiera
4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
   • Puppet 3 support
6. License
7. Authors

Description

This module manages the sysctl configuration (in /etc/sysctl.conf by default) and runtime values.

Setup

Beginning with sysctl

To set a sysctl value in the configuration file and the runtime value. By default sets the configuration in /etc/sysctl.conf by can be customized with the target parameter.

sysctl::value { 'vm.nr_hugepages':
  value => '1583'
}

Usage

Basic usage

The basic usage by setting the configuration file and runtime value.

sysctl::value { 'vm.nr_hugepages':
  value => '1583'
}

Multiple tab-separated values

When setting a key that contains multiple values, use a tab to separate the values.

sysctl::value { 'net.ipv4.tcp_rmem':
  value => "4096\t131072\t131072",
}

Custom target file

If another config file then the default /etc/sysctl.conf is required.

sysctl::value { 'vm.nr_hugepages':
  value  => '1583',
  target => '/etc/sysctl.d/mysysctl.conf',
}

Setting multiple sysctl keys

To avoid duplication the sysctl::value calls multiple settings can be managed with the sysctl::values resource.

$my_sysctl_settings = {
  'net.ipv4.ip_forward'          => { value => 1 },
  'net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding' => { value => 1 },
}

# Specify defaults for all the sysctl::value to be created
$my_sysctl_defaults = {
  require => Package['aa']
}

create_resources(sysctl::value, $my_sysctl_settings, $my_sysctl_defaults)

# or by using the sysctl::values resource
sysctl::values { 'multiple':
  args     => $my_sysctl_settings,
  defaults => $my_sysctl_defaults,
}

Using hiera

You can configure hiera data and pass it to the sysctl::values resource.

sysctl::values:
  net.ipv4.ip_forward:
    value: 1
  net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding:
    value: 1

Reference

Here, include a complete list of your module's classes, types, providers, facts, along with the parameters for each. Users refer to this section (thus the name "Reference") to find specific details; most users don't read it per se.

Limitations

For an extensive list of supported operating systems, see metadata.json

Puppet 3 support

The 0.0.12 release is the last version that supports Puppet 3.

License

Copyright (C) 2011 Immerda Project Group

sysctl is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

sysctl is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with sysctl. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Authors

This module is based on work by mh (mh@immerda.ch). The following contributors have contributed to this module, in alphabetical order.

• Artem Sidorenko (artem-sidorenko)
• Beefsalad (beefsalad)
• Decibelhertz (decibelhertz)
• Dominic (dol)
• Duncan Ward (ddub)
• Duritong (duritong)
• Emilien Macchi (EmilienM)
• Jason Hancock (jasonhancock)
• Merritt Krakowitzer (mkrakowitzer)
• Mh (mh@immerda.ch)
• Nicolas Zin (nicolas.zin@savoirfairelinux.com)
• Patrick Debois (jedi4ever)
• Sebastian Reitenbach (buzzdeee)
• Stefan Möding (smoeding)
• Thracky (Thracky)
• Tobias Urdin (tobias-urdin)