How would I go about disabling the nf_conntrack module in Ubuntu 12.04? I am trying to run an HAProxy on an Ubuntu server, and nf_conntrack is giving me problems when it is running. I haven't been able to find any documentation on disabling it.
Thank you
nf_conntrack is built into the kernel... You cant disable it:
# lsmod | grep con
nf_conntrack_ipv4 14487 2
nf_defrag_ipv4 12729 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack 83275 6 ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_nat,xt_state,nf_nat_ipv4,iptable_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack is the kernel's modules for handling network communication:
# rmmod nf_conntrack
Error: Module nf_conntrack is in use by: ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat xt_state nf_nat_ipv4 iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4
If you need it disabled you can try and disable all the modules that depend on it; but you may find that's not possible. I, for one like a networked system so I'm not even going to try it ;)
