Get

Get a specific sysctl parameter by key:

$ osapi client node sysctl get --target web-01 --key net.ipv4.ip_forward

  Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

  HOSTNAME  STATUS  KEY                   VALUE
  web-01    ok      net.ipv4.ip_forward   1

  1 host: 1 ok

When targeting all hosts:

$ osapi client node sysctl get --target _all --key vm.swappiness

  Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

  HOSTNAME  STATUS  KEY            VALUE
  web-01    ok      vm.swappiness  10
  web-02    ok      vm.swappiness  10

  2 hosts: 2 ok

When some hosts are skipped:

$ osapi client node sysctl get --target _all --key vm.swappiness

  Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

  HOSTNAME  STATUS  KEY            VALUE
  web-01    ok      vm.swappiness  10
  mac-01    skip

  2 hosts: 1 ok, 1 skipped

  Details:
  mac-01    unsupported platform

JSON Output

Use --json to get the full API response:

$ osapi client node sysctl get --target web-01 --key vm.swappiness --json
{"results":[{"hostname":"web-01","key":"vm.swappiness","value":"10",
"status":"ok"}],"job_id":"..."}

Flags

Flag	Description	Default
--key	Sysctl parameter key to retrieve	required
-T, --target	Target: _any, _all, hostname, or label (group:web)	_any
-j, --json	Output raw JSON response