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Re: Ipv6 for the content provider
From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:46:31 -0800
Do I just need to assign ip addresses to my servers, add AAAA records to my DNS server and that's it? I'm running PowerDNS for DNS, Apache for WWW. Postfix for SMTP.
It might be that simple, it might not. Depends on your application. For the DNS and Mail, it should be pretty much that simple. I don't know about the state of Postfix (don't use it), but, sendmail has been IPv6 ready for years and I'm running with it no problem. As to the web, Apache is fully IPv6 ready and that's easy. It will take IPv6 addresses in all the same places you would configure IPv4 addresses. You do need to enclose the address portion in brackets with the port number outside the brackets. e.g.: 2620:0:930::400:7 on port 80 = [2620:0:930::400:7]:80 Other considerations that may be important: 1. Load balancers 2. Log parsers 3. UI stuff that accepts or reports IP addresses Application Site Administration CMS 4. Databases that contain IP address(es) 5. Other tools, files, etc. that may interact with IP addresses All of those things will need additional attention as you add IPv6 capabilities to your site. Some sites have to worry about all 5. Some sites don't have to worry about any of these things. I was able to do all the web sites I host at home just by adding the appropriate Apache configs and putting in the AAAA records next to the A records. Took me about an hour for a couple dozen sites. I've received exactly zero user complaints since the IPv6 implementation. More complex environments may take considerably more effort. Owen
Current thread:
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider, (continued)
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider Dale W. Carder (Jan 26)
- RE: Ipv6 for the content provider George Bonser (Jan 26)
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider Owen DeLong (Jan 26)
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider David Freedman (Jan 26)
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider Owen DeLong (Jan 26)
- RE: Ipv6 for the content provider George Bonser (Jan 26)
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider Owen DeLong (Jan 26)
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider Owen DeLong (Jan 26)
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider Bill Stewart (Jan 28)
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider Owen DeLong (Jan 28)
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider George B. (Jan 29)
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider LorĂ¡nd Jakab (Jan 26)
- RE: Ipv6 for the content provider George Bonser (Jan 26)
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider Owen DeLong (Jan 26)
- Multiple WAN setup for Bridge customers on Ericsson SmartEdge Platform Tony Esparza (Jan 26)
- RE: Ipv6 for the content provider George Bonser (Jan 26)
- Re: Ipv6 for the content provider Antonio Querubin (Jan 26)