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mcollective_data_sysctl

Retrieve values for a given sysctl
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Version information

  • 3.0.0 (latest)
released Feb 28th 2018
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2023.8.x, 2023.7.x, 2023.6.x, 2023.5.x, 2023.4.x, 2023.3.x, 2023.2.x, 2023.1.x, 2023.0.x, 2021.7.x, 2021.6.x, 2021.5.x, 2021.4.x, 2021.3.x, 2021.2.x, 2021.1.x, 2021.0.x, 2019.8.x, 2019.7.x, 2019.5.x, 2019.4.x, 2019.3.x, 2019.2.x, 2019.1.x, 2019.0.x, 2018.1.x, 2017.3.x, 2017.2.x, 2017.1.x, 2016.4.x
  • Puppet >= 4.9.0

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  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'choria-mcollective_data_sysctl', '3.0.0'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add choria-mcollective_data_sysctl
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install choria-mcollective_data_sysctl --version 3.0.0

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Documentation

choria/mcollective_data_sysctl — version 3.0.0 Feb 28th 2018

Choria Sysctl Data Plugin

This plugin can retrieve a value from a sysctl variable to be used in agents and discovery.

Installation

Add the agent and client:

mcollective::plugin_classes:
  - mcollective_data_sysctl

Usage

Sample usage to select all machines where ipv4 forwarding is enabled:

$ mco find -S "sysctl('net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding').value=1"

Portability

This plugin works on all systems where sysctl(8) is installed as /sbin/sysctl such as Linux, *BSD, etc.