Tim Holloway wrote:
I haven't done any massive rollouts but a year or 2 back I found myself being herded into IPv6. Sun had made it be the default for Java and the VM's I was managing were very cranky at setting up IPv4 addresses.
No problem - right now I'm grateful for any and all information I can get!
It wasn't all that bad to work with. Main thing was remembering to escape the addresses properly on Linux command lines when using things like ssh.
Interesting - I found I could ssh using the address un-escaped. However, I do need to remember to put the address inside [] when using it in a URL (the browsers see the : as delimiter for the port)
Also I noticed that I was being give IPv6-ized versions of my IPv4 addresses as part of the package. Which is good, since even after YOU are onboard with IPv6, my actual external Internet connections are still on IPv4 equipment.
The tunneling out of our organization to the rest of the world will be interesting, as what little information I have found refers to using 3rd-party tunnels. We are technically an ISP in our own right, so we would be looking to set up our own tunnels.
Apache comes up with IPv6 enabled, IIRC. But you may need to fine-tune the settings, especially if you are running multiple hosts from one Apache instance. Linux itself, of course has been passing out IPc6 addresses on the interfaces for ages. Current Linux versions of BIND should also have mature IPv6 support. Other servers you may be using (such as mail and things like Java servers) need checking, of course.
Almost all of our systems are Debian Linux-based, with a handful of Solaris and OpenSolaris systems.
Mail is on Linux, mix of Exim and Postfix depending on server. Web is all Apache. We also have PostgreSQL databases, although we have a legacy system that uses Windoze and Micro$oft SQL Server (though we don't talk about that...)
I hope you'll keep us informed of your experiences!
Certainly! Thanks to all for your help so far. Regards, Ozz. -- ======================================== Computers are like air conditioners... They stop working when you open Windows. ======================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
