Add sysctl to glossary (#12607)

* Add sysctl to glossary

* Make it clear that sysctl is for Unix-like OSs
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title: sysctl
id: sysctl
date: 2019-02-12
full_link: /docs/tasks/administer-cluster/sysctl-cluster/
short_description: >
An interface for getting and setting Unix kernel parameters
aka:
tags:
- tool
---
`sysctl` is a semi-standardized interface for reading or changing the
attributes of the running Unix kernel.
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On Unix-like systems, `sysctl` is both the name of the tool that administrators
use to view and modify these settings, and also the system call that the tool
uses.
{{< glossary_tooltip text="Container" term_id="container" >}} runtimes and
network plugins may rely on `sysctl` values being set a certain way.