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Automation Suite on Linux Installation Guide
Last updated Nov 4, 2024

How to disable TX checksum offloading

Checksum offloading on a network card may cause issues in some setups, including on VMware instances and in Cilium. If you encounter such issues, take the following steps:

  1. Disable TX checksum offloading by running the following commands:
    • For server machines:

      cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/disable-checksum.service
      [Unit]
      Description=Disable TX Checksum Offload
      Before=rke2-server.service
      Wants=network-online.target
      After=network-online.target
      
      [Service]
      Type=oneshot
      ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "INTERFACE=$(awk '$2 == 00000000 { print $1; exit }' /proc/net/route); ethtool -K \$INTERFACE tx-checksum-ip-generic off || ethtool -K cilium_host tx-checksum-ip-generic off || true"
      RemainAfterExit=true
      
      [Install]
      WantedBy=multi-user.target
      EOF
      sudo systemctl enable disable-checksumcat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/disable-checksum.service
      [Unit]
      Description=Disable TX Checksum Offload
      Before=rke2-server.service
      Wants=network-online.target
      After=network-online.target
      
      [Service]
      Type=oneshot
      ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "INTERFACE=$(awk '$2 == 00000000 { print $1; exit }' /proc/net/route); ethtool -K \$INTERFACE tx-checksum-ip-generic off || ethtool -K cilium_host tx-checksum-ip-generic off || true"
      RemainAfterExit=true
      
      [Install]
      WantedBy=multi-user.target
      EOF
      sudo systemctl enable disable-checksum
    • For agent machines:

      cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/disable-checksum.service
      [Unit]
      Description=Disable TX Checksum Offload
      Before=rke2-agent.service
      Wants=network-online.target
      After=network-online.target
      
      [Service]
      Type=oneshot
      ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "INTERFACE=$(awk '$2 == 00000000 { print $1; exit }' /proc/net/route); ethtool -K \$INTERFACE tx-checksum-ip-generic off || ethtool -K cilium_host tx-checksum-ip-generic off || true"
      RemainAfterExit=true
      
      [Install]
      WantedBy=multi-user.target
      EOF
      sudo systemctl enable disable-checksumcat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/disable-checksum.service
      [Unit]
      Description=Disable TX Checksum Offload
      Before=rke2-agent.service
      Wants=network-online.target
      After=network-online.target
      
      [Service]
      Type=oneshot
      ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "INTERFACE=$(awk '$2 == 00000000 { print $1; exit }' /proc/net/route); ethtool -K \$INTERFACE tx-checksum-ip-generic off || ethtool -K cilium_host tx-checksum-ip-generic off || true"
      RemainAfterExit=true
      
      [Install]
      WantedBy=multi-user.target
      EOF
      sudo systemctl enable disable-checksum
  2. Restart the affected instance by taking the steps described in Starting and shutting down a node.

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