Re: apache2's handling of IP version 6
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Satoru Otsubo <trnsnt@otip.jp> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Stan
>>
>> Read this:
>>
>> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ipv6-apache-configuration-tutorial/
>
> I modified /etc/apache2/ports.conf as follows:
> Listen a.b.c.d:80
> Listen [pppp:qqqq:....:rrrr]:80
> Listen a.b.c.d:443
> Listen [pppp:qqqq:....:rrrr]:443
>
> (where,
> a.b.c.d = my web server's IPv4 address
> pppp:qqqq:....:rrrr = my web server's IPv6 address)
>
> And I rebooted my PC.
>
> Then I found the following in the boot sequence:
> Starting web server: apache2[Thu Oct 04 01:02:03 2012]: [crit] (EAI 9)Address family for hostname not supported: Alloc_listener: failed to set up sockaddr for pppp:qqqq:....:rrrr
> Syntax error on line 2 of /etc/apache2/ports.conf
> Listen setup failed.
> Action 'start' failed.
> The Apache error log may have more information.
> failed!
>
> (There was nothing related to this error in /var/log/apache2/error.log)
>
> Then I executed the following:
> # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
>
> And the Apache started successfully with the dual stack:
>
> Why apache2 succeeded to start when I executed # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart, after apache2 failed to start when booting ?
Did you see, on the page that Stan sent you that you need a
"VirtualHost" stanza for ipv6:
<VirtualHost 74.86.48.99>
<VirtualHost [2607:f0d0:1002:11::4]>
or
<VirtualHost 74.86.48.99 [2607:f0d0:1002:11::4]>
(Also, "Listen 80" covers both ipv4 and ipv6.)
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