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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import yaml
+
+from subprocess import check_call
+
+from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import (
+    log,
+    DEBUG,
+    ERROR,
+)
+
+__author__ = 'Jorge Niedbalski R. <jorge.niedbalski@canonical.com>'
+
+
+def create(sysctl_dict, sysctl_file):
+    """Creates a sysctl.conf file from a YAML associative array
+
+    :param sysctl_dict: a YAML-formatted string of sysctl options eg "{ 'kernel.max_pid': 1337 }"
+    :type sysctl_dict: str
+    :param sysctl_file: path to the sysctl file to be saved
+    :type sysctl_file: str or unicode
+    :returns: None
+    """
+    try:
+        sysctl_dict_parsed = yaml.safe_load(sysctl_dict)
+    except yaml.YAMLError:
+        log("Error parsing YAML sysctl_dict: {}".format(sysctl_dict),
+            level=ERROR)
+        return
+
+    with open(sysctl_file, "w") as fd:
+        for key, value in sysctl_dict_parsed.items():
+            fd.write("{}={}\n".format(key, value))
+
+    log("Updating sysctl_file: %s values: %s" % (sysctl_file, sysctl_dict_parsed),
+        level=DEBUG)
+
+    check_call(["sysctl", "-p", sysctl_file])