IPv6 Oracle Cloud¶
VCN Settings¶
https://cloud.oracle.com/networking/vcns?region=ca-toronto-1
Navigate to the main VCN, then under CIDR Blocks and Prefixes, click Add CIDR Block
A GUA IPv6 range will be assigned by Oracle.
Go to Route Tables and click the default one.
- choose
IPv6 - type is
Internet Gateway - enter
::/0for all IPv6 addresses
Go to Security Lists and click the default one
Ingress Rules
- IPv6-ICMP to allow pings to the server
- The ingress ports are applied since without it the server cannot access IPv6 websites
Egress Rules - same as IPv4, allow all egress
Instance Settings¶
https://cloud.oracle.com/compute/instances?region=ca-toronto-1
Click on the instance name, and scroll down until Attached VNIC and click on the default
Under resources there is IPv6 Addresses and click on Assign IPv6 Address
- multiple addresses can be assigned to the same machine, however these are single
/128and it can only be added via Oracle cloud console
After adding the address, refresh network service in Ubuntu.