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title, id, date, full_link, short_description, aka, tags

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	aka	tags
sysctl	sysctl	2019-02-12	/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/	An interface for getting and setting Unix kernel parameters		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.