#!/bin/sh # This script is triggered on every ovs/linuxbridge agent start. Its intent is # to make sure the firewall for bridged traffic is enabled before we start an # agent that may atttempt to set firewall rules on a bridge (a common thing for # linuxbridge and ovs/hybrid backend setup). # before enabling the firewall, load the relevant module /usr/sbin/modprobe bridge # on newer kernels (3.18+), sysctl knobs are split into a separate module; # attempt to load it, but don't fail if it's missing (f.e. when running against # an older kernel version) /usr/sbin/modprobe br_netfilter 2>> /dev/null || : # now enable the firewall in case it's disabled (f.e. rhel 7.2 and earlier) for proto in ip ip6; do /usr/sbin/sysctl -w net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-${proto}tables=1 done