diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/archlinux.rst b/docs/sources/installation/archlinux.rst index 9e3766eb26..722c150194 100644 --- a/docs/sources/installation/archlinux.rst +++ b/docs/sources/installation/archlinux.rst @@ -67,3 +67,21 @@ To start on system boot: :: sudo systemctl enable docker + +Network Configuration +--------------------- + +IPv4 packet forwarding is disabled by default on Arch, so internet access from inside +the container may not work. + +To enable the forwarding, run as root on the host system: + +:: + + sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 + +And, to make it persistent across reboots, enable it on the host's **/etc/sysctl.conf**: + +:: + + net.ipv4.ip_forward=1