Testing Xenial: ubuntu@xenial-ipvsadm:~$ sudo apt update; sudo apt install ipvsadm Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [109 kB] Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [107 kB] Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages [647 kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages [7532 kB] Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main Translation-en [264 kB] Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages [435 kB] Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe Translation-en [176 kB] Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [5600 B] Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/multiverse Translation-en [2676 B] Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe Translation-en [4354 kB] Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse amd64 Packages [144 kB] Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/multiverse Translation-en [106 kB] Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages [957 kB] Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main Translation-en [381 kB] Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages [749 kB] Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe Translation-en [311 kB] Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [16.7 kB] Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse Translation-en [8440 B] Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/main amd64 Packages [7280 B] Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/main Translation-en [4456 B] Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe amd64 Packages [7804 B] Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe Translation-en [4184 B] Fetched 16.4 MB in 13s (1263 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 15 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libnl-3-200 libnl-genl-3-200 Suggested packages: heartbeat keepalived ldirectord The following NEW packages will be installed: ipvsadm libnl-3-200 libnl-genl-3-200 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded. Need to get 98.9 kB of archives. After this operation, 364 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libnl-3-200 amd64 3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 [52.2 kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libnl-genl-3-200 amd64 3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 [11.2 kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 ipvsadm amd64 1:1.28-3 [35.5 kB] Fetched 98.9 kB in 0s (713 kB/s) perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LC_TIME = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_MONETARY = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_ADDRESS = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_TELEPHONE = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_NAME = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_MEASUREMENT = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_IDENTIFICATION = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_NUMERIC = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_PAPER = "de_DE.UTF-8", LANG = "en_US.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to a fallback locale ("en_US.UTF-8"). locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory Selecting previously unselected package libnl-3-200:amd64. (Reading database ... 54214 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libnl-3-200_3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libnl-3-200:amd64 (3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1) ... Selecting previously unselected package libnl-genl-3-200:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libnl-genl-3-200_3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libnl-genl-3-200:amd64 (3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1) ... Selecting previously unselected package ipvsadm. Preparing to unpack .../ipvsadm_1%3a1.28-3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking ipvsadm (1:1.28-3) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu11) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19.1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.21) ... Setting up libnl-3-200:amd64 (3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1) ... Setting up libnl-genl-3-200:amd64 (3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1) ... Setting up ipvsadm (1:1.28-3) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu11) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19.1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.21) ... ubuntu@xenial-ipvsadm:~$ echo 'AUTO="true"' | sudo tee -a /etc/default/ipvsadm AUTO="true" ubuntu@xenial-ipvsadm:~$ echo 'DAEMON="master"' | sudo tee -a /etc/default/ipvsadm DAEMON="master" ubuntu@xenial-ipvsadm:~$ sudo systemctl restart ipvsadm ubuntu@xenial-ipvsadm:~$ systemctl status ipvsadm ● ipvsadm.service - LSB: ipvsadm daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/ipvsadm; bad; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (exited) since Wed 2019-05-29 06:01:03 UTC; 9s ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 2320 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/ipvsadm stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 2333 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/ipvsadm start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) May 29 06:01:03 xenial-ipvsadm systemd[1]: Starting LSB: ipvsadm daemon... May 29 06:01:03 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2333]: * Clearing the current IPVS table... May 29 06:01:03 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2333]: ...done. May 29 06:01:03 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2333]: * Loading IPVS configuration... May 29 06:01:03 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2333]: ...done. May 29 06:01:03 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2333]: * Starting IPVS Connection Synchronization Daemon master May 29 06:01:03 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2333]: Try `/sbin/ipvsadm -h' or '/sbin/ipvsadm --help' for more information. May 29 06:01:03 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2333]: ...fail! May 29 06:01:03 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2333]: ...done. May 29 06:01:03 xenial-ipvsadm systemd[1]: Started LSB: ipvsadm daemon. ubuntu@xenial-ipvsadm:~$ sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list ubuntu@xenial-ipvsadm:~$ sudo apt update; sudo apt install ipvsadm Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [109 kB] Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB] Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed InRelease [260 kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 Packages [49.7 kB] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main Translation-en [21.8 kB] Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/universe amd64 Packages [13.1 kB] Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/universe Translation-en [8796 B] Fetched 572 kB in 0s (1067 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 33 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: heartbeat keepalived ldirectord The following packages will be upgraded: ipvsadm 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded. Need to get 35.4 kB of archives. After this operation, 24.6 kB disk space will be freed. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 ipvsadm amd64 1:1.28-3ubuntu0.16.04.1 [35.4 kB] Fetched 35.4 kB in 0s (501 kB/s) perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LC_TIME = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_MONETARY = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_ADDRESS = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_TELEPHONE = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_NAME = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_MEASUREMENT = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_IDENTIFICATION = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_NUMERIC = "de_DE.UTF-8", LC_PAPER = "de_DE.UTF-8", LANG = "en_US.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to a fallback locale ("en_US.UTF-8"). locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory (Reading database ... 54243 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ipvsadm_1%3a1.28-3ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking ipvsadm (1:1.28-3ubuntu0.16.04.1) over (1:1.28-3) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19.1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.21) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up ipvsadm (1:1.28-3ubuntu0.16.04.1) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/ipvsadm ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19.1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.21) ... ubuntu@xenial-ipvsadm:~$ systemctl status ipvsadm ● ipvsadm.service - LSB: ipvsadm daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/ipvsadm; bad; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (exited) since Wed 2019-05-29 06:02:13 UTC; 32s ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) May 29 06:02:13 xenial-ipvsadm systemd[1]: Starting LSB: ipvsadm daemon... May 29 06:02:13 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[3058]: * Clearing the current IPVS table... May 29 06:02:13 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[3058]: ...done. May 29 06:02:13 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[3058]: * Loading IPVS configuration... May 29 06:02:13 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[3058]: ...done. May 29 06:02:13 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[3058]: * Starting IPVS Connection Synchronization Daemon master May 29 06:02:13 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[3058]: Too many links May 29 06:02:13 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[3058]: ...fail! May 29 06:02:13 xenial-ipvsadm ipvsadm[3058]: ...done. May 29 06:02:13 xenial-ipvsadm systemd[1]: Started LSB: ipvsadm daemon. Testing Bionic: ubuntu@bionic-ipvsadm:~$ sudo apt update; sudo apt install ipvsadm Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB] Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages [8570 kB] Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages [353 kB] Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main Translation-en [125 kB] Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 Packages [253 kB] Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe Translation-en [142 kB] Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [4004 B] Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse Translation-en [2060 B] Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe Translation-en [4941 kB] Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse amd64 Packages [151 kB] Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse Translation-en [108 kB] Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages [618 kB] Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages [943 kB] Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe Translation-en [277 kB] Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [6644 B] Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse Translation-en [3556 B] Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/main amd64 Packages [1024 B] Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/main Translation-en [448 B] Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 Packages [3496 B] Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe Translation-en [1604 B] Fetched 16.8 MB in 7s (2408 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 4 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: grub-pc-bin Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it. The following additional packages will be installed: libnl-3-200 libnl-genl-3-200 Suggested packages: heartbeat keepalived ldirectord The following NEW packages will be installed: ipvsadm libnl-3-200 libnl-genl-3-200 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. Need to get 99.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 342 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 libnl-3-200 amd64 3.2.29-0ubuntu3 [52.8 kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 libnl-genl-3-200 amd64 3.2.29-0ubuntu3 [11.2 kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 ipvsadm amd64 1:1.28-3build1 [35.4 kB] Fetched 99.5 kB in 0s (735 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package libnl-3-200:amd64. (Reading database ... 60118 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libnl-3-200_3.2.29-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libnl-3-200:amd64 (3.2.29-0ubuntu3) ... Selecting previously unselected package libnl-genl-3-200:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libnl-genl-3-200_3.2.29-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libnl-genl-3-200:amd64 (3.2.29-0ubuntu3) ... Selecting previously unselected package ipvsadm. Preparing to unpack .../ipvsadm_1%3a1.28-3build1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking ipvsadm (1:1.28-3build1) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-21) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.21) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... Setting up libnl-3-200:amd64 (3.2.29-0ubuntu3) ... Setting up libnl-genl-3-200:amd64 (3.2.29-0ubuntu3) ... Setting up ipvsadm (1:1.28-3build1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-21) ... Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.21) ... ubuntu@bionic-ipvsadm:~$ echo 'AUTO="true"' | sudo tee -a /etc/default/ipvsadm AUTO="true" ubuntu@bionic-ipvsadm:~$ echo 'DAEMON="master"' | sudo tee -a /etc/default/ipvsadm DAEMON="master" ubuntu@bionic-ipvsadm:~$ sudo systemctl restart ipvsadm ubuntu@bionic-ipvsadm:~$ systemctl status ipvsadm ● ipvsadm.service - LSB: ipvsadm daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/ipvsadm; generated) Active: active (exited) since Wed 2019-05-29 06:01:05 UTC; 4s ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 1699 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/ipvsadm stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 1717 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/ipvsadm start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) May 29 06:01:05 bionic-ipvsadm systemd[1]: Starting LSB: ipvsadm daemon... May 29 06:01:05 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[1717]: * Clearing the current IPVS table... May 29 06:01:05 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[1717]: ...done. May 29 06:01:05 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[1717]: * Loading IPVS configuration... May 29 06:01:05 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[1717]: ...done. May 29 06:01:05 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[1717]: * Starting IPVS Connection Synchronization Daemon master May 29 06:01:05 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[1717]: Try `/sbin/ipvsadm -h' or '/sbin/ipvsadm --help' for more information. May 29 06:01:05 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[1717]: ...fail! May 29 06:01:05 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[1717]: ...done. May 29 06:01:05 bionic-ipvsadm systemd[1]: Started LSB: ipvsadm daemon. ubuntu@bionic-ipvsadm:~$ sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list ubuntu@bionic-ipvsadm:~$ sudo apt update; sudo apt install ipvsadm Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB] Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB] Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed InRelease [242 kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed/main amd64 Packages [72.6 kB] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed/main Translation-en [30.3 kB] Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed/universe amd64 Packages [34.4 kB] Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed/universe Translation-en [19.3 kB] Fetched 576 kB in 1s (786 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 30 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: grub-pc-bin Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it. Suggested packages: heartbeat keepalived ldirectord The following packages will be upgraded: ipvsadm 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 29 not upgraded. Need to get 35.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 4096 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed/main amd64 ipvsadm amd64 1:1.28-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 [35.5 kB] Fetched 35.5 kB in 0s (481 kB/s) (Reading database ... 60147 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ipvsadm_1%3a1.28-3ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking ipvsadm (1:1.28-3ubuntu0.18.04.1) over (1:1.28-3build1) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-21) ... Setting up ipvsadm (1:1.28-3ubuntu0.18.04.1) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/ipvsadm ... Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.21) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-21) ... ubuntu@bionic-ipvsadm:~$ systemctl status ipvsadm ● ipvsadm.service - LSB: ipvsadm daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/ipvsadm; generated) Active: active (exited) since Wed 2019-05-29 06:02:16 UTC; 50s ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Tasks: 0 (limit: 547) CGroup: /system.slice/ipvsadm.service May 29 06:02:16 bionic-ipvsadm systemd[1]: Starting LSB: ipvsadm daemon... May 29 06:02:16 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2236]: * Clearing the current IPVS table... May 29 06:02:16 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2236]: ...done. May 29 06:02:16 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2236]: * Loading IPVS configuration... May 29 06:02:16 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2236]: ...done. May 29 06:02:16 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2236]: * Starting IPVS Connection Synchronization Daemon master May 29 06:02:16 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2236]: Too many links May 29 06:02:16 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2236]: ...fail! May 29 06:02:16 bionic-ipvsadm ipvsadm[2236]: ...done. May 29 06:02:16 bionic-ipvsadm systemd[1]: Started LSB: ipvsadm daemon. That confirmes the fix, to get further I'd need to set up more but this is already enough to mark this verified.