Author: | David “DaviXX” CHANIAL <david.chanial@gmail.com> |
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New in version 1.0.
This module manipulates sysctl entries and optionally performs a /sbin/sysctl -p after changing them.
parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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ignoreerrors | no |
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Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys. | |
name | yes | The dot-separated path (aka key) specifying the sysctl variable. | ||
reload | no | yes |
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If yes , performs a /sbin/sysctl -p if the sysctl_file is updated. If no , does not reload sysctl even if the sysctl_file is updated. |
state | no | present |
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Whether the entry should be present or absent in the sysctl file. |
sysctl_file | no | /etc/sysctl.conf | Specifies the absolute path to sysctl.conf , if not /etc/sysctl.conf . |
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sysctl_set | no |
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Verify token value with the sysctl command and set with -w if necessary (added in Ansible 1.5) | |
value | no | Desired value of the sysctl key. |
# 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 fowarding 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