Error: iptables: No chain/target/match by that name [duplicate]

I am trying to configure proxy server on RHEL Server 6.5 using Squid and iptables. Below is the command I executed and the error message it displayed:

vzlptest01 root [root] > iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
iptables: No chain/target/match by that name.

Some more details:

vzlptest01 root [root] > cat /proc/net/ip_tables_matches
limit
state
length
ttl
tcpmss
multiport
multiport
tos
tos
dscp
icmp
udplite
udp
tcp

vzlptest01 root [root] > cat /proc/net/ip_tables_targets
DNAT
SNAT
LOG
TOS
TOS
DSCP
TCPMSS
REJECT
ERROR

How to deal with this issue?

Solution 1:

It looks like you don't have a INPUT table. You could try creating it with

iptables -N INPUT

If that does't work than I would look at the virtualization technology in use and speak to the hosting provider about it.

As an aside

iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

You almost certainly don't want to do that with a -A, -I would be much better in nearly all circumstaces.