eblazquez/puppet-kmod

manage kernel module with puppet

Kmod Puppet module

Description

This module provides definitions to manipulate modprobe.conf (5) stanzas:

• kmod::alias
• kmod::install
• kmod::blacklist

It depends on Augeas with the modprobe lens.

Usage

This module has five main defined types:

• kmod::load
• kmod::alias
• kmod::option
• kmod::install
• kmod::blacklist

kmod::load

Loads a module using modprobe and manages persistent modules in /etc/sysconfig/modules

  kmod::load { 'mymodule': }

kmod::alias

Adds an alias to modprobe.conf, by default /etc/modprobe.d/<name>.conf is assumed for a filename.

  kmod::alias { 'bond0':
    modulename => 'bonding',
  }

Params:

• modulename: Name of the module to alias
• aliasname: Name of the alias (defaults to the resource title)
• file: File to write to (see above default)

kmod::option

Adds an option to modprobe.conf

  kmod::option { 'bond0 mode':
    module  => 'bond0',
    option  => 'mode',
    value   => '1',
  }

  kmod::option { 'bond0':
    option => 'mode',
    value  => '1',
  }

Params:

• option: Name of the parameter to add
• value: Value of the parameter
• module: Name of the module (if ommited, the resource title is used)
• file: File to write to (defaults to /etc/modprobe.d/<module name>.conf)

kmod::blacklist

Manages modprobe blacklist entries

  kmod::blacklist { 'foo': }

Params:

• file: File to write to, defaults to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

kmod::install

Manage modprobe install entries

   kmod::install { 'pcspkr': }

Params:

• file: File to write to (defaults to /etc/modprobe.d/<module name>.conf)
• command: (optional) command associated with the install, defaults to /bin/true

Contributing

Please report bugs and feature request using GitHub issue tracker.

For pull requests, it is very much appreciated to check your Puppet manifest with puppet-lint to follow the recommended Puppet style guidelines from the Puppet Labs style guide.

License

Copyright (c) 2013 mailto:puppet@camptocamp.com All rights reserved.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.