sysctl - Manage entries in sysctl.conf.

• Synopsis
• Options
• Examples
  • Status
  • Maintenance Info

Synopsis

• This module manipulates sysctl entries and optionally performs a /sbin/sysctl -p after changing them.

Options

Examples

# Set vm.swappiness to 5 in /etc/sysctl.conf
- sysctl:
    name: vm.swappiness
    value: 5
    state: present

# Remove kernel.panic entry from /etc/sysctl.conf
- sysctl:
    name: kernel.panic
    state: absent
    sysctl_file: /etc/sysctl.conf

# Set kernel.panic to 3 in /tmp/test_sysctl.conf
- sysctl:
    name: kernel.panic
    value: 3
    sysctl_file: /tmp/test_sysctl.conf
    reload: no

# Set ip forwarding on in /proc and do not reload the sysctl file
- sysctl:
    name: net.ipv4.ip_forward
    value: 1
    sysctl_set: yes

# Set ip forwarding on in /proc and in the sysctl file and reload if necessary
- sysctl:
    name: net.ipv4.ip_forward
    value: 1
    sysctl_set: yes
    state: present
    reload: yes

Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

Maintenance Info

For more information about Red Hat’s this support of this module, please refer to this knowledge base article<https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-top-support-policies>

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