salt.modules.kmod¶

Module to manage Linux kernel modules

salt.modules.kmod.available()¶

Return a list of all available kernel modules

CLI Example:

salt '*' kmod.available

salt.modules.kmod.check_available(mod)¶

Check to see if the specified kernel module is available

CLI Example:

salt '*' kmod.check_available kvm

salt.modules.kmod.is_loaded(mod)¶

Check to see if the specified kernel module is loaded

CLI Example:

salt '*' kmod.is_loaded kvm

salt.modules.kmod.load(mod, persist=False)¶

Load the specified kernel module

mod

Name of module to add

persist

Write module to /etc/modules to make it load on system reboot

CLI Example:

salt '*' kmod.load kvm

salt.modules.kmod.lsmod()¶

Return a dict containing information about currently loaded modules

CLI Example:

salt '*' kmod.lsmod

salt.modules.kmod.mod_list(only_persist=False)¶

Return a list of the loaded module names

only_persist

Only return the list of loaded persistent modules

CLI Example:

salt '*' kmod.mod_list

salt.modules.kmod.remove(mod, persist=False, comment=True)¶

Remove the specified kernel module

mod

Name of module to remove

persist

Also remove module from /etc/modules

comment

If persist is set don't remove line from /etc/modules but only comment it

CLI Example:

salt '*' kmod.remove kvm