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OL7 Does not Boot with Repeating iptables Error: A start job is running for IPv4 fir...th iptables (Doc ID 2773611.1)

Last updated on MAY 06, 2021

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

System does not complete the boot process.
The following messages repeat endlessly in the console:


[ *** ] A start job is running for IPv4 fir...th iptables (5min 6s / no limit)
[*** ] A start job is running for IPv4 fir...th iptables (5min 7s / no limit)
[** ] A start job is running for IPv4 fir...th iptables (5min 7s / no limit)
[* ] A start job is running for IPv4 fir...th iptables (5min 8s / no limit)
[** ] A start job is running for IPv4 fir...th iptables (5min 8s / no limit)
[*** ] A start job is running for IPv4 fir...th iptables (5min 9s / no limit)
[ *** ] A start job is running for IPv4 fir...th iptables (5min 9s / no limit)
[ *** ] A start job is running for IPv4 fir...h iptables (5min 10s / no limit)
[ ***] A start job is running for IPv4 fir...h iptables (5min 10s / no limit)
[ **] A start job is running for IPv4 fir...h iptables (5min 11s / no limit)

Cause

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