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Ubuntu enable BBR
#!/bin/bash
set -eu
SYSCTL_FILE=/etc/sysctl.d/90-tcp-bbr.conf
# check root
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "This script must be run as root"
exit 1
fi
# check OS version
source /etc/lsb-release
KERNEL_VERSION=$(uname -r)
if [ "$DISTRIB_ID" != "Ubuntu" ]; then
echo "This script must be run under Ubuntu"
exit 1
fi
# install newest kernel
if [ "$DISTRIB_RELEASE" == "16.04" ]; then
apt-get update -y
apt-get install -y --install-recommends linux-generic-hwe-16.04
apt-get autoremove -y
elif [ "$DISTRIB_RELEASE" == "18.04" ]; then
echo "Kernel version enough, no need to install anything"
else
# check kernel version
if dpkg --compare-versions "$KERNEL_VERSION" "ge" "4.9"; then
echo "WARNING: Non-LTS versions are not supported. Continuing since you have a compatible kernel."
else
echo "ERROR: Kernel auto install on Non-LTS versions is not supported. Please manually install kernel >= 4.9."
exit 1
fi
fi
if grep -q "tcp_bbr" "/etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf"; then
echo "tcp_bbr" >> /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf
fi
echo "Current configuration: "
sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_available_congestion_control
sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control
# apply new config
if ! grep -q "net.core.default_qdisc=fq" "$SYSCTL_FILE"; then
echo "net.core.default_qdisc=fq" >> $SYSCTL_FILE
fi
if ! grep -q "net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=bbr" "$SYSCTL_FILE"; then
echo "net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=bbr" >> $SYSCTL_FILE
fi
# check if we can apply the config now
if lsmod | grep -q "tcp_bbr"; then
sysctl -p $SYSCTL_FILE
echo "BBR is available now."
elif modprobe tcp_bbr; then
sysctl -p $SYSCTL_FILE
echo "BBR is available now."
else
echo "Please reboot to enable BBR."
fi
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