Stopping/restarting Firewalld unloading openvswitch module
Issue
- Stopping/restarting Firewalld unloading openvswitch module
- Restarting or stopping firewalld via systemd causes the openvswitch module to be unloaded. This breaks OVS bridges.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 and earlier
- firewalld firewall
- Open vSwitch (OVS)
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