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How to check Ipv4 Port Forwarding and to enable if required?

Ipv4 Port Forwarding is a requirement for Automation Suite to run. If disabled, see pods go into an unhealthy state.

  1. To check if Ipv4 Port forwarding is enabled, run the below command
  • sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward

  1. See the below returned. If Ipv4 forwarding is set to 1, it is enabled. If 0, it is disabled and it is required to

  1. To enable Ipv4 Forwarding, run the below command -
  • sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

  1. Updating this way does not persist. Confirm with internal admin team, to make sure there are not any policies in place to disable Ipv4 Port Forwarding.
  1. Perform the below steps to make these settings persist,

  1. Run sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf
  2. Update config file with below line and save file
  • net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

  1. As mentioned, this will make ipv4 port forwarding rules to persist, however confirm with internal team that there are no policies that contradict this policy, as this setting may get overridden.