sysctl-formula
Formula to set up and configure sysctl.
Table of Contents
General notes
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,
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Available states
sysctl
Installs and configures the sysctl package.
sysctl.package
Installs the sysctl package.
sysctl.param
This state manages the file sysctl.conf
under /etc/sysctl
(template found in "sysctl/files"). The configuration is populated by values in "sysctl/map.jinja" based on the package's default values (and RedHat, Debian, Suse and Arch family distribution specific values), which can then be overridden by values of the same name in pillar.
Testing
Linux testing is done with kitchen-salt
.
Requirements
- Ruby
- Docker
$ gem install bundler
$ bundle install
$ bin/kitchen test [platform]
Where [platform]
is the platform name defined in kitchen.yml
,
e.g. debian-9-2019-2-py3
.
bin/kitchen converge
Creates the docker instance and runs the sysctl
main state, ready for testing.
bin/kitchen verify
Runs the inspec
tests on the actual instance.
bin/kitchen destroy
Removes the docker instance.
bin/kitchen test
Runs all of the stages above in one go: i.e. destroy
+ converge
+ verify
+ destroy
.
bin/kitchen login
Gives you SSH access to the instance for manual testing.