<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Exchange Server">  <style></style> </head> <body> <font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> <div>Hi</div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div>I’m trying to use your module to control sysctl settings thought puppet, and to be honest I’m struggling. Not sure if it’s specifically how I’m using your module, or the fact that I am not passing hash values to it (I’m very new to perl and puppet).</div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div>This is my init.pp code</div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">$sysctlkeys = keys($sysctl_settings)</span></font></span></font></div> <div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> rh7config::sysctlconfig $sysctlkeys:</span></font></div> <div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> porthash => $sysctl_settings</span></font></div> <div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div>And the sysctlconfig definition looks like this…</div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">define rh7config::sysctlconfig ($porthash) </span></font></div> <div style="text-indent:36pt;"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">sysctl $porthash[$name]:</span></font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> <font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">ensure => present,</span></font></span></font></div> <div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> value => $porthash[$name][val],</span></font></div> <div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> target => "/usr/lib/sysctl.d/00-system.conf",</span></font></div> <div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div>The parameter sysctl_settings (defined as a hash as I want to set several sysctl values) is set to </div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time:</span></font></div> <div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> val: 3600</span></font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div>but I am receiving the following error when puppet checks in on the host</div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Error: /Stage[main]/Rh7config/Rh7config::Sysctlconfig[net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time]/Sysctl["val"=>3600]: Could not evaluate: Error: `"val"=>3600` is not a valid sysctl key</span></font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div>I’m not sure if it the code I’m using to pass the hash value or the syntax of the parameter which is incorrect. 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