sysctl

This is a SIMP module

This module is a component of the System Integrity Management Platform, a compliance-management framework built on Puppet.

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DEPRECATION NOTICE

This module will be removed in the next Major release of SIMP and no longer supported.

Please migrate to the augeasproviders_sysctl module as it now provides all necessary functionality.

• Wed Mar 16 2016 Trevor Vaughan tvaughan@onyxpoint.com - 4.2.0-0

• Added deprecation notice
• Ported to using augeasproviders_sysctl natively on the backend

• Wed Feb 24 2016 Chris Tessmer chris.tessmer@onyxpoint.com - 4.1.0-6

• Minor linting fixes

• Wed Sep 2 2015 Nick Miller nick.miller@onyxpoint.com - 4.1.0-5

• Moved the configuration file from /etc/sysctl.conf to /etc/sysctl.d/20-simp.conf to avoid conflict with packages.

• Wed Feb 18 2015 Trevor Vaughan tvaughan@onyxpoint.com - 4.1.0-4

• Updated to use new simp environment
• Now use the augeasprovider sysctl native type for managing sysctl entries.

• Fri Jan 16 2015 Trevor Vaughan tvaughan@onyxpoint.com - 4.1.0-3

• Changed puppet-server requirement to puppet

• Wed Aug 27 2014 Trevor Vaughan tvaughan@onyxpoint.com - 4.1.0-2

• Updated sysctl::set_value to sysctl::value to match the other open source offerings. Added a deprecation notice to sysctl::set_value and passed through the call to sysctl::value.

• Thu Jun 26 2014 Trevor Vaughan tvaughan@onyxpoint.com - 4.1.0-1

• Removed the insync? method from the set_sysctl_value native type to allow Puppet to self correct in Ruby2.

• Thu Mar 13 2014 Kendall Moore kmoore@keywcorp.com - 4.1.0-0

• Updated version number for consistency.

• Thu Jan 09 2014 Nick Markowski nmarkowski@keywcorp.com - 2.1.0-0

• Updated module for puppet3/hiera compatibility, and optimized code for lint tests, and puppet-rspec.

• Fri Nov 30 2012 Maintenance 2.0.0-5

• Created a Cucumber test to ensure that sysctl is configured properly when installed on the puppet server.
• Created a Cucumber test which changes the kernel.msgmax variable using the sysctl::set_value definition and checks to make sure the change has taken effect after a puppet run.

• Tue May 29 2012 Maintenance 2.0.0-4

• If you set the 'value' to 'nil' when calling sysctl::set_value, then it will remove the targeted key from the sysctl.conf file. Note, it will not un-set the value on the running system since there is no way to know what the default used to be.
• Moved mit-tests to /usr/share/simp...
• Updated pp files to better meet Puppet's recommended style guide.

• Fri Mar 02 2012 Maintenance 2.0.0-3

• Improved test stubs.

• Mon Dec 26 2011 Maintenance 2.0.0-2

• Updated the spec file to not require a separate file list.

• Fri Aug 12 2011 Maintenance 2.0.0-1

• The module now properly checks the values of all runtime entries and sets them as appropriate.

• Tue Jan 11 2011 Maintenance 2.0.0-0

• Refactored for SIMP-2.0.0-alpha release

• Mon Nov 08 2010 Maintenance - 1.0-2

• Provides and Obsoletes lines were wrong.

• Tue Oct 26 2010 Maintenance - 1.0-1

• Converting all spec files to check for directories prior to copy.

• Wed Jun 02 2010 Maintenance 1.0-0

• Fixed a problem with multi-valued sysctl arguments and sysctl::set_value.
• Renamed RPM and module to just 'sysctl' for proper module loading.

• Thu Feb 18 2010 Maintenance 0.1-8

• Fixed a typo that was leaving off the last ' in the sysctl command.

• Thu Jan 28 2010 Maintenance 0.1-7

• This function now automatically quotes values so you no longer have to do a crazy quote dance.
• Capabilites were included to ensure that existing double quoted values will continue to function properly.

• Mon Nov 02 2009 Maintenance 0.1-6

• Simple change from require to subscribe.