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CentOS BBR Network Acceleration Tutorial

CentOS BBR Network Acceleration Tutorial

Enable BBR on CentOS 7

Execute the following script to install the latest kernel and enable BBR:

rpm --import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
yum --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel install kernel-ml -y
grub2-set-default 0
reboot

Enable BBR on CentOS 8

The kernel already includes BBR, just enable it directly:

echo "net.core.default_qdisc = fq" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
echo "net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = bbr" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
sysctl -p
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