I’m creating a server with OpenVPN to mask my IP address using this [article](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-and-configure-an-openvpn-server-on -ubuntu-20-04-en) from DigitalOcean.
The setup worked perfectly when I configure Redirect All Traffic Through the VPN, all my accesses on sites with IPv4 display the Droplet’s IP.
The problem occurs when I access sites that accept IPv6, in these cases the displayed address is that of my ISP.
Below the line
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
I added the value
net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 1
but nothing happened.
How do I also enable the use of the Droplet’s IPv6?
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Hello,
In order to enable the use of the Droplet’s IPv6 with OpenVPN, you need to configure your OpenVPN server to handle IPv6 traffic. Here are the steps:
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Add an IPv6 block for your Droplet through the DigitalOcean Control Panel if you haven’t done it already.
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Update
/etc/openvpn/server/server.confby adding the following lines:
server-ipv6 2001:db8:123::/64
Note: Replace 2001:db8:123::/64 with your own IPv6 block.
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Ensure that your OpenVPN server is started with the
server-ipv6flag. -
Update your OpenVPN client configuration file to include the following lines:
tun-ipv6 route-ipv6 2000::/3
Please restart your OpenVPN server and client after making these changes.
For more information on working with IPv6, refer to the DigitalOcean IPv6 documentation.
Hope that this helps!
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