From e6d672f1a78813ab15e57325e3b2823a08df06cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Bannister Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 16:28:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add sysctl to glossary (#12607) * Add sysctl to glossary * Make it clear that sysctl is for Unix-like OSs --- content/en/docs/reference/glossary/sysctl.md | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100755 content/en/docs/reference/glossary/sysctl.md diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/sysctl.md b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/sysctl.md new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..7b73af4c56 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/sysctl.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +title: sysctl +id: sysctl +date: 2019-02-12 +full_link: /docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/ +short_description: > + An interface for getting and setting Unix kernel parameters + +aka: +tags: +- tool +--- + `sysctl` is a semi-standardized interface for reading or changing the + attributes of the running Unix kernel. + + + +On Unix-like systems, `sysctl` is both the name of the tool that administrators +use to view and modify these settings, and also the system call that the tool +uses. + +{{< glossary_tooltip text="Container" term_id="container" >}} runtimes and +network plugins may rely on `sysctl` values being set a certain way.