sysctl parameter didn’t take effect after a reboot on RHEL 7 server. Parameter “net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding” was disable before rebooting the server.

 

# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/forwarding
1

 

# sysctl net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding=0
net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding = 0

 

# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/forwarding
0

 

#cat /etc/sysctl.conf|grep net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding
net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding = 0

 

# shutdown -r now

 

# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/forwarding            ### Gets enabled after reboot.
1

 

The Solution

 

RHEL 7 has a service named “tuned” which helps to create custom profiles and it overrides the “sysctl” values set in the /etc/sysctl.conf file, because “tuned” service will start after “sysctl” service. Use any one of the methods below to define the kernel parameters on RHEL/CentOS 7 server.

 

1. Check the active tune profile in the affected server.

# tuned-adm active
Current active profile: virtual-guest

 

2. Navigate to the respective tuned profile directory and verify if the problematic sysctl kernel parameter is defined with any alternate value.

# cd /usr/lib/tuned/virtual-guest
# cat tuned.conf 
#
# tuned configuration
#
[main]
include=throughput-performance
[sysctl]
net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding = 1

If yes, then there are two option to fix the incorrect sysctl kernel parameter after reboot.

 

a) Remove the entry in tuned profile, so that “/etc/sysctl.conf” value takes effect.

# cd /usr/lib/tuned/virtual-guest
# cat tuned.conf
#
# tuned configuration
#
[main]
include=throughput-performance
[sysctl]

 

b) Else, remove the entry in “/etc/sysctl.conf” which will make the tuned value persistent after reboot.

# cat /etc/sysctl.conf | grep net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding

 

In this case, make sure you have the parameter present in the tuned profile file.

# cd /usr/lib/tuned/virtual-guest
# cat tuned.conf 
#
# tuned configuration
#
[main]
include=throughput-performance
[sysctl]
net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding = 0

 

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