IPv6 on Dedicated server

[lithium720]

The IPv6 FAQ post from 2022 says that IPv6 isn't "currently" available for full dedicated machines.

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Can I use IPv6?

If you have an unmanaged VDS with us, you may use IPv6. IPv6 is not currently available for full dedicated machines due to the way that we currently advertise prefixes internally.

Is this still the case?

[Edge100x]

It is still the case, yes. Unlike IPv4, our IPv6 infrastructure is all routed internally, and routing daemons are set up on the VDS-hosting machines.

A workaround that I've seen used is to set up a tiny VDS at the same location and tunnel to the machine using WireGuard. It's not ideal, but if IPv6 is a mission requirement, it gets it up and running.

[lithium720]

Ah, bummer.

That sounds like a clever work-around, but the down side that stands out to me is if you happen to use more than 1TB of data over IPv6 you're severely more likely to get overage charges or have to pay for the additional bandwidth/larger vps in addition to the already $9 tiny VPS you have to rent on top of the dedicated server. Seems a little risky for the cost imo

In my case it makes less sense because I'd be hoping to migrate away from a VPS and into a Dedicated machine if was to do it long term, but also don't particularly want to give up IPv6 or run another server to do it.

Is there a future where Dedicated servers get IPv6?

[Edge100x]

We can talk about costs privately if you want to do it. We may be able to help with a discount on the bandwidth for a small server. If you already run a VDS, you can also get a good idea of how much data you currently use, to see what you might be running into there.

We don't see much demand for IPv6 on dedis, but yes, there are plans to expand to them as part of a router software overhaul. I don't have a timeline for it right now, but that's not going to be in the short term.