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Websites won't load after enabling ipv6 on droplet running Centos 8
I followed the instructions for enabling ipv6 on an existing droplet (Centos 8). Now all of my websites return a “connection timed out” error.
I’m running Centos 8 and I’m using the DigitalOcean Cloud Firewall. Both HTTP and HTTPS are open for inbound traffic over ipv4 and ipv6. Apache is set to Listen 80 and Listen 443.
I can still connect via SSH, so that’s still working. Pinging the Google ipv6 nameserver works ping6 2001:4860:4860::8888. Running sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service returned no errors. Rebooting and restarting the httpd service didn’t help…
I’m pretty much out of ideas. What else could be causing this?
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The first thing I would check are your IPv6 configurations on your CentOS 8 droplet. Verify if they are correct and properly applied.
Next, you could look into your Apache configuration. Make sure that it is configured to accept IPv6 connections by confirming that you have the following line in your Apache configuration:
This tells Apache to listen on all IPv6 addresses.
If these steps don’t resolve your issue, you can check the firewall rules on your droplet itself, in addition to the DigitalOcean Cloud Firewall, to make sure they are allowing HTTP/HTTPS connections over IPv6. Also, always remember to check your error logs for any hints.
Hope that this helps!