Resource Type: sysctl

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/sysctl.rb

Providers:

augeas

Overview

Manages entries in /etc/sysctl.conf.

Properties

• comment

  Text to be stored in a comment immediately above the entry. It will be automatically prepended with the name of the setting in order for the provider to know whether it controls the comment or not.

• ensure (defaults to: present)

  The basic property that the resource should be in.

  Supported values:

  • present
  • absent
• val

  An alias for ‘value’. Maintains interface compatibility with the traditional ParsedFile sysctl provider. If both are set, ‘value’ will take precedence over ‘val’.

• value

  Value to change the setting to. Settings with multiple values (such as net.ipv4.tcp_mem) are represented as a single whitespace separated string.

Parameters

• apply (defaults to: true)

  Whether to apply the value using the sysctl command.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• name (namevar)

  The name of the setting, e.g. net.ipv4.ip_forward

• persist (defaults to: true)

  Persist the value in the on-disk file ($target).

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘sysctl` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.

• silent (defaults to: false)

  If set, do not report an error if the system key does not exist. This is useful for systems that may need to load a kernel module prior to the sysctl values existing.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• target

  The file in which to store the settings, defaults to ‘/etc/sysctl.conf`.