Start Ebtables service

How did you install and setup the service, please? What steps did you take?

Is this Ubuntu 20.04 (The LTS version) or 20.10? There is no "Ubuntu 20". It's not a thing. You can check by running:

lsb_release -a

Thanks

Hi,

Sorry, its Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS and I installed it using ' apt install ebtables ' command but service file does not shows up; though rules list when using ebtables -L.

ebtables.service was removed between versions 2.10 and 2.11 of ebtables and thus does not exist any more on Ubuntu 20.04 and later.

Hi,

I have : ebtables v2.0.11
May I know how can I add the service file or any workaround ?

Sorry for mistyping the version numbers, my previous message should read:

ebtables.service was removed between versions 2.0.10 and 2.0.11 of ebtables and thus does not exist any more on Ubuntu 20.04 and later.

There is no ebtables service available in version 2.0.11.

Hi,

So there is no workaround for it ?

https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/ebtables
https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/ebtables

Hi,

I don't want a link to download, I want to load the service on reboot so that ebtables rules are applied automatically.

Is there a file in /etc/init.d for the service? Is it set to run at startup? If you reboot and run:

ps -ef | grep -i ebtables | grep -v grep

Is there any output?

Hi,

No process found.

Since the service file itself was removed, I doubt it would be present under /etc/init.d directory (and it doesn't)

what is the output of:

sudo updatedb
locate ebtables*
apt-cache policy ebtables

Thanks

Hmm, I have seen this
https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/20.04/ubuntu-main-amd64/ebtables_2.0.11-3build1_amd64.deb.html

Which doesn't have the service file in. But....
https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/18.04/ubuntu-main-amd64/ebtables_2.0.10.4-3.5ubuntu2_amd64.deb.html

This does, you could download the one from Bionic, extract the deb using the "ar" command, then extract the data file inside it to get the service file, then add it to the system as you expect.

I don't know if the different in version means it runs differently and I suggest you do all of this sat at the system or using the local console rather than SSH in case you get blocked out. Worth a try.