How do i change ipset maxelem?

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postcd
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How do i change ipset maxelem?

Post by postcd » 2017/10/05 23:07:32

Hello,

i have CentOS release 6.6 (Final) and ipset v6.11, protocol version: 6

I have created ipset and its default maxelem is 65536 and i want to increase this value.

I tried: service ipset save
ipset: Saving IP sets to /etc/sysconfig/ipset: [ OK ]
sed -i "s|65536|999888|g" /etc/sysconfig/ipset

service ipset reload
ipset: Current ip*tables configuration requires ipset [WARNING]
ipset: Current ip*tables configuration requires ipset [WARNING]
ipset: Loading IP sets: ipset v6.11: Error in line 1: Set cannot be created: set with the same name already exists [FAILED]
I also tried: ipset save ...
and "ipset restore" failed:
ipset v6.11: Error in line 1: Set cannot be created: set with the same name already exists
Is there any way to change maxelem without removing iptables rule, saving set, replacing maxelem and restoring set?

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Re: How do i change ipset maxelem?

Post by TrevorH » 2017/10/05 23:50:24

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[root@host]# ipset create NEWSET hash:ip maxelem 131072
[root@host]# ipset -L NEWSET
Name: NEWSET
Type: hash:ip
Revision: 1
Header: family inet hashsize 1024 maxelem 131072
Size in memory: 16528
References: 0
Members:
ipset: Current ip*tables configuration requires ipset [WARNING]
You can't restart ipset while there are iptables rules that reference any ipsets. You have to stop iptables first. So service iptables stop;service ipset restart; service iptables start
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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