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Workspace * IBM Cloud Ideas
Categories Virtual Servers
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 5, 2020

Add "enable IP forwarding" feature on a VPC VSI's NIC

All other major cloud service providers have the feature to enable IP forwarding on a VM 's NIC.

In Azure it's called "enable IP forwarding":

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-network-network-interface#enable-or-disable-ip-forwarding

In AWS it's called "disable source/destionation IP check":

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-eni.html

This is essential if we want to setup a VSI as a network appliance ( VPN server, transit gateway, packet analyse, etc).

Idea priority Urgent