AIK: "Failed during updating system parameters"; "'net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-xxxtables' is an unknown key"
- Article Type: General
- Product: Aleph
- Product Version: 22
Problem Symptoms:
The following error occurs in AIK step 2.3 (Change system parameters as root user):
"Error: Failed during updating system parameters"
preceded by three "'net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-xxxtables' is an unknown key" messages in the ./AIK22/log/aleph_installation_kit.log.
Cause:
Uncertain.
Resolution:
1. Exit the ikit_menu.
2. If "[root@xxxxx AIK22]#" is not displayed, do "sudo su - root".
3. Do ./ikit_menu and try step 2.3 again.
Additional Information
This problem can sometimes occur even when (correctly) logged in as root. In at least one instance, simply exiting the ikit_menu and restarting it again corrected the problem.
In that case the ./AIK22/log/aleph_installation_kit.log showed the following:
Thu Mar 27 09:59:19 CDT 2014 Step ikit_2_3
Change system parameters as root user
Updating parameter kernel.sem
Updating parameter net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range
Updating parameter net.core.rmem_default
Updating parameter net.core.rmem_max
Updating parameter net.core.wmem_default
Updating parameter net.core.wmem_max
VarName Exl CurrentSys problem
fs.file-max[0] 65536 387370
kernel.shmall[0] 2097152 4294967296
kernel.shmmax[0] 2147483648 68719476736
kernel.shmmni[0] 4096 4096
kernel.sem[0] 250 250
kernel.sem[1] 32000 32000
kernel.sem[2] 100 32 XXXXX
kernel.sem[3] 128 128
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range[0] 9000 32768
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range[1] 65500 61000 XXXXX
net.core.rmem_default[0] 262144 124928 XXXXX
net.core.rmem_max[0] 4194304 124928 XXXXX
net.core.wmem_default[0] 262144 124928 XXXXX
net.core.wmem_max[0] 1048576 124928 XXXXX
error: "net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables" is an unknown key <--
error: "net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables" is an unknown key <--
error: "net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables" is an unknown key <--
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0
kernel.sysrq = 0
kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
kernel.msgmnb = 65536
kernel.msgmax = 65536
kernel.shmmax = 68719476736
kernel.shmall = 4294967296
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 4194304
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 1048576
Parameter update failed <-----
Error: Failed during updating system parameters <-----
Thu Mar 27 09:59:19 CDT 2014 Step ikit_2_3 [ Failed ] <-----
Thu Mar 27 13:50:28 CDT 2014 Step ikit_2_3
Change system parameters as root user
VarName Exl CurrentSys problem
fs.file-max[0] 65536 387370
kernel.shmall[0] 2097152 4294967296
kernel.shmmax[0] 2147483648 68719476736
kernel.shmmni[0] 4096 4096
kernel.sem[0] 250 250
kernel.sem[1] 32000 32000
kernel.sem[2] 100 100
kernel.sem[3] 128 128
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range[0] 9000 9000
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range[1] 65500 65500
net.core.rmem_default[0] 262144 262144
net.core.rmem_max[0] 4194304 4194304
net.core.wmem_default[0] 262144 262144
net.core.wmem_max[0] 1048576 1048576
System values are up2date <-----
Successfully updated system parameters <-----
Thu Mar 27 13:50:28 CDT 2014 Step ikit_2_3 [ Done ] <-----
- Article last edited: 3/31/2014