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+#
+# Cookbook Name:: sysctl
+# Recipe:: default
+#
+# Copyright 2010, Tom Hughes
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+package "procps" do
+ action :install
+end
+
+if node[:lsb][:release].to_f <= 8.04
+ sysctl_template = "sysctl.conf.erb"
+ sysctl_conf = "/etc/sysctl.conf"
+else
+ directory "/etc/sysctl.d" do
+ owner "root"
+ group "root"
+ mode 0755
+ end
+
+ sysctl_template = "chef.conf.erb"
+ sysctl_conf = "/etc/sysctl.d/60-chef.conf"
+end
+
+execute "sysctl" do
+ action :nothing
+ command "/sbin/sysctl -p #{sysctl_conf}"
+end
+
+template sysctl_conf do
+ source sysctl_template
+ owner "root"
+ group "root"
+ mode 0644
+ notifies :run, resources(:execute => "sysctl")
+end
+
+node[:sysctl].each_value do |group|
+ group[:parameters].each do |key,value|
+ sysctl_file = "/proc/sys/#{key.gsub('.', '/')}"
+
+ file sysctl_file do
+ content "#{value}\n"
+ only_if { File.exists?(sysctl_file) }
+ end
+ end
+end