Hello! Digital Ocean has an option for letting me use an IPv6 address but I don't know enough about networking to know what the implications are of upgrading. I chose not to host https://fanaticus.social on IPv6 initially because I didn't know if there were going to be any incompatibilities with lemmy. Can anyone here educate me?
I never hosted a Lemmy instance myself but since it's already running and nginx is listening to both protocols (you can try accessing the literal [IPv6] address in your browser, it should bring you to the default nginx page), I believe you can add the AAAA record to your domain and it should work. Don't take my word as final, though. Might ask @Ruud if that's correct.
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p1mrx@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Yay! This seems like a good choice of instance for the first Lemmy IPv6 community.
madamada@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Great and thanks for this new home.
headie_sage@fanaticus.social · 2 pts · 3y
Hello! Digital Ocean has an option for letting me use an IPv6 address but I don't know enough about networking to know what the implications are of upgrading. I chose not to host https://fanaticus.social on IPv6 initially because I didn't know if there were going to be any incompatibilities with lemmy. Can anyone here educate me?
apearson@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Shouldn't be any incompatibilities as lemmy.world is IPv6 enabled
headie_sage@fanaticus.social · 2 pts · 3y
Thanks! What about DNS? I'd imagine that I'll need to update my DNS to point to my new IPv6 address.
apearson@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Yes, you'll need to add an AAAA record along side your current A record
roddy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I never hosted a Lemmy instance myself but since it's already running and nginx is listening to both protocols (you can try accessing the literal [IPv6] address in your browser, it should bring you to the default nginx page), I believe you can add the AAAA record to your domain and it should work. Don't take my word as final, though. Might ask @Ruud if that's correct.
apearson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Awesome! Good to have a service start off with IPv6 instead of have to add it later!
09874444@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Great news.