I discovered an awesome module for managing sysctl on the forge. It not only manages the sysctl file but setting them as well.
Have a look here. -> https://forge.puppetlabs.com/fiddyspence/sysctl On Nov 15, 2012 7:16 AM, "Jerry Keen" <jkeen...@gmail.com> wrote: > I created a new manifest on a fedora 17 box using > puppet-2.7.18-1.fc17.noarch and puppet-server, the same versions. > > > > I installed stdlib to and created a manifest using about 60 lines such as > below : > > file_line { "sysctl0": path =>'/etc/sysctl.conf', line => "#",} > file_line { "sysctl1": path =>'/etc/sysctl.conf', line => "#added by > puppet config--`date`", require => File_line['sysctl0'],} > file_line { "sysctl2": path =>'/etc/sysctl.conf', line => "#", require => > File_line['sysctl1'],} > file_line { "sysctl00": path =>'/etc/sysctl.conf', line => "# Controls IP > packet forwarding", require => File_line['sysctl2'],} > file_line { "sysctl01": path =>'/etc/sysctl.conf', line => > "net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0", require => File_line['sysctl00'],} > > the module list is : > > recated in the future, use String#encode instead. > /etc/puppet/modules > └── puppetlabs-stdlib (v3.1.1) > /usr/share/puppet/modules (no modules installed) > [root@mercury ~]# > > This manifest works fine on Fedora.. > > > When i attempted to run the manifest on a redhat server running the > following packages : > > pe-puppet-enterprise-release-2.5.3-0.pe.el6.noarch > puppet-2.6.17-2.el6.noarch > pe-puppet-dashboard-1.2.7-11.pe.el6.noarch > pe-puppet-server-2.7.12-16.pe.el6.noarch > pe-puppet-dashboard-baseline-2.0.4-1.pe.el6.noarch > pe-rubygem-hiera-puppet-0.3.0-1.pe.el6.noarch > pe-puppet-2.7.12-16.pe.el6.noarch > > > here is the module list : > > /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/modules > ├── DavidSchmitt-common (v1.0.0) > ├── base (???) > ├── hosts (???) > ├── limits (???) > ├── ntp (???) > ├── puppetlabs-motd (v1.0.1) > ├── sss (???) > ├── sssd (???) > ├── sudo (???) > ├── sysctl (???) > └── wfsudoers (???) > /opt/puppet/share/puppet/modules > ├── puppetlabs-pe_accounts (v1.0.4) > ├── puppetlabs-pe_compliance (v0.0.7) > ├── puppetlabs-pe_mcollective (v0.0.54) > └── puppetlabs-stdlib (v3.1.1) > > > So when I run that manifest on the Redhat installation it does not seem to > process the file_line items from the manifest.. > > Anyone have any suggestions? > > Thanks, > Jerry > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/d5nL-ByzTNYJ. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
