Chef/Modernize/ExecuteSysctl

The Cookstyle cops department: Chef/Modernize

Enabled by default	Supports autocorrection	Target Chef Version
Enabled	No	14.0+

Chef Infra Client 14.0 and later includes a sysctl resource that should be used to idempotently load sysctl values instead of templating files and using execute to load them.

Examples

incorrect

file '/etc/sysctl.d/ipv4.conf' do
  notifies :run, 'execute[sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/ipv4.conf]', :immediately
  content '9000 65500'
end

execute 'sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/ipv4.conf' do
  action :nothing
end

correct

sysctl 'net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range' do
  value '9000 65500'
end

Configurable attributes

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	5.18.0	String
Include		Array