Is it possible to disable net.ipv4.ip_forward and still continue to use containers?

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Issue

  • Is it possible to disable net.ipv4.ip_forward and still continue to use containers?
  • Will podman container be accessible from external system after disabling net.ipv4.ip_forward on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 9
  • podman
  • docker

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