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How do I disable ipv6 on Ubuntu 20.04
- Posted on November 11, 2020
- DigitalOcean DropletsUbuntu 20.04IPv6
Asked by clemenko
I have followed every guide to disable ipv6 and yet after EVERY reboot I am still seeing it enabled. How do I disable it?
net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6 = 0
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Looks like
/etc/default/grub.d/50-cloudimg-settings.cfgoverrides theGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=tty1 console=ttyS0 ipv6.disable=1"line. So set it in that file and then runupdate-grub.Then add this line to this file:
Then run:
That’s all :)
I put the following in /etc/sysctl.conf: