User story #15220: Add a GM to ensure that a kernel module is enable at boot - Rudder - Issue Tracker

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User story #15220

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Add a GM to ensure that a kernel module is enable at boot

Added by Félix DALLIDET over 5 years ago. Updated over 2 years ago.

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Released

Priority:

N/A

Assignee:

Alexis Mousset

Category:

Generic methods

Target version:

5.0.13

Pull Request:

https://github.com/Normation/ncf/pull...

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To do

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Description

This will assume that we are dealing with modules loaded via /etc/modprobe.d/ since we can not know what modules are loaded at boot time as drivers or via services.

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Updated by Félix DALLIDET over 5 years ago

Status changed from New to In progress
Assignee set to Félix DALLIDET

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Updated by Félix DALLIDET over 5 years ago

Status changed from In progress to Pending technical review
Assignee changed from Félix DALLIDET to Alexis Mousset
Pull Request set to https://github.com/Normation/ncf/pull/1015

PR https://github.com/Normation/ncf/pull/1015

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Updated by Félix DALLIDET over 5 years ago

Status changed from Pending technical review to Pending release

Applied in changeset 02c0856e1b11277fa3933fcb6b26ab0c8730a646.

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Updated by François ARMAND over 5 years ago

This does not work and journald shows:

Sep 11 13:54:16 agent1 systemd-modules-load[201]: libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-config.c:635 kmod_config_parse: /etc/modprobe.d/enabled_by_rudder.conf line 1: ignoring bad line starting with '(module name)'

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Updated by François ARMAND over 5 years ago

The generic method should either edit /etc/modules and ensure the module name is there, or for systemd enabled systems, you can create a xxx.conf file in /etc/modules-load.d/

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Updated by François ARMAND over 5 years ago

So, we will only support systemd enabled distribution for now with that generic method.

For reference, for older distribution:

- debian8 and below: edit /etc/modules, one module name per line
- on sles11: edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel, look for variable named: MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT="module1,module2,etc" (add the module name here)- centos/red hat 6 and below (not kidding): create a executable file /etc/sysconfig/modules/the_module.modules with content