Ipv6 on Xen

Discussion in 'HOWTO-Related Questions' started by witless1, Jul 26, 2006.

  1. witless1

    witless1 New Member

    I require ipv6 capable hosts on Xen.
    I have followed the HOWTO perfectly and have included the line specifying the ipv6 capabilities.
    However when i create a host, the ipv6 address does not appear.
    When i attempt a modprobe ipv6 i get
    FATAL: Module ipv6 not found.

    Is it possible to have ipv6 enabled on Xen?

    I am using the 3.0.1 binary install and my kernel is 2.6.12.6-xenU. As i said i have followed the tutorial to the T and still no joy.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated as googling has done nothing for me!
     
  2. witless1

    witless1 New Member

    okay, i have taken the 3.0.2 version of Xen which comes with the 2.6.16 kernel and it has ipv6 support built into it. The Xen box which i am running has a lot of applications on it and several require ipv6 connectivity, how would i go about getting these 2.6.12 kernel's ipv6 enabled without losing the data i have? Is it possible to upgrade the kernel to the .16 version?
     
  3. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    If Xen 3.0.2 comes with the 2.6.16 kernel, you need to compile a new 2.6.16 kernel.
     
  4. witless1

    witless1 New Member

    Okay i kind of guessed that but is there no way to get the existing Xen setup of 3.0.1 which comes packaged with the .12 kernel to successfully run ipv6??
     
  5. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    I don't know, I didn't test that.
     
  6. witless1

    witless1 New Member

    No problem, I will just have to go for the upgrade so!
    Thanks for replying nonetheless, much appreciated as always.
     

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