Tim Bannister
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title: sysctl
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id: sysctl
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date: 2019-02-12
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full_link: /docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/
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short_description: >
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An interface for getting and setting Unix kernel parameters
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aka:
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tags:
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- tool
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---
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`sysctl` is a semi-standardized interface for reading or changing the
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attributes of the running Unix kernel.
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On Unix-like systems, `sysctl` is both the name of the tool that administrators
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use to view and modify these settings, and also the system call that the tool
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uses.
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{{< glossary_tooltip text="Container" term_id="container" >}} runtimes and
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network plugins may rely on `sysctl` values being set a certain way.
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