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How to disable ipv6 on logger or arcmc

Environment

Logger appliance/software
ArcMC appliance/software

Situation

This article guides user on how to disable ipv6 on logger server or arcmc server. This is helpful in some cases such as:
– Logger/ArcMC slowness webUI accessing
– Logger search operator abnormally slow

Resolution

1. Connect to the Logger/ArcMC CLI and perform these commands:
echo ’net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1’ >> /etc/sysctl.conf
echo ’net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1’ >> /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/disable_ipv6


2. Remove (or add comment sign) ipv6 line in /etc/hosts as below:

#::1 localhost localhost…
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