ansible.posix.sysctl – Manage entries in sysctl.conf.¶
Note
This plugin is part of the ansible.posix collection (version 1.2.0).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.posix
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.posix.sysctl
.
New in version 1.0.0: of ansible.posix
Synopsis¶
This module manipulates sysctl entries and optionally performs a
/sbin/sysctl -p
after changing them.
Parameters¶
Examples¶
# Set vm.swappiness to 5 in /etc/sysctl.conf
- ansible.posix.sysctl:
name: vm.swappiness
value: '5'
state: present
# Remove kernel.panic entry from /etc/sysctl.conf
- ansible.posix.sysctl:
name: kernel.panic
state: absent
sysctl_file: /etc/sysctl.conf
# Set kernel.panic to 3 in /tmp/test_sysctl.conf
- ansible.posix.sysctl:
name: kernel.panic
value: '3'
sysctl_file: /tmp/test_sysctl.conf
reload: no
# Set ip forwarding on in /proc and verify token value with the sysctl command
- ansible.posix.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
- ansible.posix.sysctl:
name: net.ipv4.ip_forward
value: '1'
sysctl_set: yes
state: present
reload: yes
Authors¶
David CHANIAL (@davixx)