From: Lukas Sichert <l.sichert@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Cc: Lukas Sichert <l.sichert@proxmox.com>
Subject: [PATCH docs 4/4] sdn: drop global IPv6 forwarding workaround from OpenFabric docs
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 17:15:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260601151550.118977-5-l.sichert@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260601151550.118977-1-l.sichert@proxmox.com>
OpenFabric fabrics with IPv6 need forwarding on transit nodes so packets
can be relayed between peers that are not directly connected.
Drop the old recommendation to enable host-wide
net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding from the documentation. The generated fabric
interface configuration now handles the required forwarding setup, so the
manual global forwarding workaround is no longer needed.
Signed-off-by: Lukas Sichert <l.sichert@proxmox.com>
---
pvesdn.adoc | 18 +++---------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pvesdn.adoc b/pvesdn.adoc
index d20a0eb..ac7240c 100644
--- a/pvesdn.adoc
+++ b/pvesdn.adoc
@@ -605,22 +605,10 @@ Notes on IPv6
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
IPv6 is currently only usable on OpenFabric fabrics. These IPv6 Fabrics need
-global IPv6 forwarding enabled on all nodes contained in the fabric. Without
+IPv6 forwarding enabled on all transit nodes contained in the fabric. Without
IPv6 forwarding, non-full-mesh fabrics won't work because the transit nodes
-don't forward packets to the outer nodes. Currently there isn't an easy way to
-enable IPv6 forwarding per-interface like with IPv4, so it has to be enabled
-globally. This can be accomplished by appending this line:
-
-----
-post-up sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
-----
-
-to a fabric interface in the `/etc/network/interfaces` file. This will enable
-IPv6 forwarding globally once that interface comes up. Note that this affects
-how your interfaces handle automatic IPv6 setup (SLAAC), Neighbour
-Advertisements, Router Solicitations, and Router Advertisements. More details
-here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt under
-`net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding`.
+don't forward packets to the outer nodes. IPv6 fowarding is enabled per default
+on the necessary interfaces.
[[pvesdn_openfabric]]
OpenFabric
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-01 15:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-01 15:15 [PATCH docs/network/perl-rs 0/4] sdn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding Lukas Sichert
2026-06-01 15:15 ` [PATCH network 1/4] sdn: evpn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding to subnets Lukas Sichert
2026-06-01 15:15 ` [PATCH network 2/4] sdn: simple: " Lukas Sichert
2026-06-01 15:15 ` [PATCH perl-rs 3/4] fabrics: openfabric: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 transit traffic Lukas Sichert
2026-06-02 9:03 ` Gabriel Goller
2026-06-02 9:11 ` Hannes Laimer
2026-06-01 15:15 ` Lukas Sichert [this message]
2026-06-02 9:01 ` [PATCH docs 4/4] sdn: drop global IPv6 forwarding workaround from OpenFabric docs Gabriel Goller
2026-06-03 15:25 ` superseded: [PATCH docs/network/perl-rs 0/4] sdn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding Lukas Sichert
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