How to add IPv4 Forwarding for the vFunction Server installation



Overview of the Issue

The vFunction Server Installation requires that IPv4 Forwarding is enabled for the installation to complete successfully. To check the status, run sudo sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward


Solution

If the result is 0 after running the command above to check the IPv4 Forwarding status, take the following steps:

  1. SSH to the Server VM
  2. Run sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
  3. Run sudo vi /etc/sysctl.conf and add the line net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 to the end of the file
  4. Save and close the file
  5. Run bash [install dir]/opt/vfunction/server-installation/install.sh to install the vFunction Server