====== Linux kernel tuning parameters ====== Multiple parameters all to tune you kernel List all tuning parameters [root@centos7 ~]# sysctl -a | grep disable_ipv6 net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 0 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 0 net.ipv6.conf.ens192.disable_ipv6 = 0 net.ipv6.conf.ens224.disable_ipv6 = 0 net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 0 Create a file /etc/sysctl.d/98-disable_ipv6.conf [root@centos7 ~]# cat /etc/sysctl.d/98-disable_ipv6.conf net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 To disable in the running system: [root@centos7 ~]# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6 [root@centos7 ~]# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/disable_ipv6 or [root@centos7 ~]# sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1 [root@centos7 ~]# sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=1