Disable sysctl configuration

README.md

@@ -176,18 +176,21 @@ Otherwise puppet will drop an error (duplicate resource)!
   setup Grub so it only requires a password when changing an entry, not when booting an existing entry
 * `system_umask = undef`
   if this variable is set setup the umask for all user in the system (e.g. '027')
-*`manage_home_permissions = false`
+* `manage_home_permissions = false`
   set to true to manage local users file and directory permissions (g-w,o-rwx) 
-*`ignore_home_users = []`
+* `ignore_home_users = []`
   array for users that is not to be restricted by manage_home_permissions
-*`manage_log_permissions = false`
+* `manage_log_permissions = false`
   set to true to manage log file permissions (g-wx,o-rwx)
-*`restrict_log_dir = ['/var/log/']`
+* `restrict_log_dir = ['/var/log/']`
   set main log dir
-*`ignore_restrict_log_dir = []`
+* `ignore_restrict_log_dir = []`
   array to exclude log dirs under the main log dir
-*`manage_cron_permissions = false`
+* `manage_cron_permissions = false`
   set to true to manage cron file permissions (og-rwx)
+* `enable_sysctl_config = true`
+  set to false to disable sysctl configuration
+
 
 
 ### Note about wanted/unwanted packages and disabled services

manifests/init.pp

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
   String            $grub_password_hash       = '',
   Boolean           $boot_without_password    = true,
 
+  Boolean           $enable_sysctl_config     = true,
+
   Optional[String]  $system_umask             = undef,
 ) {
 
@@ -98,7 +100,8 @@
   # sysctl configuration doesn't work in docker:
   $configure_sysctl = (
     $system_environment != 'lxc' and
-    $system_environment != 'docker'
+    $system_environment != 'docker' and
+    $enable_sysctl_config
   )
 
   # Defaults for specific platforms