Add IPv6 to your server and test it
Every server gets its own /64. Here is how to turn on IPv6 in your account and check that everything works.
IPv6 is everyday reality: many mobile networks and fibre connections mainly use IPv6. With an IPv6 address they reach your server directly. At TryNxt every server gets its own /64 network, which is more addresses than you will ever need.
Turn on IPv6
- Open your server and go to the Network tab.
- Under IPv6 click Add IPv6. If it says "free · your own /64", it costs you nothing.
- Then restart the server via the panel, with the restart button at the top of the server page.
Only a restart via the panel transfers the new network configuration into the server. A
rebootinside the server is not enough.
If IPv6 says "not in your package", your package does not include IPv6. "Only when ordering" means it cannot be added later, only chosen with a new order.
Check
Does the server have its address?
ip -6 addr show scope global
Can it reach the outside?
ping -6 -c 3 example.com
curl -6 https://example.com -I
Point your domain to IPv6
For visitors to find your server via IPv6 too, your domain needs an AAAA record. If the domain is with us, it takes one click: open the domain, go to the Connect tab and choose Own server. We set A and AAAA to the server's addresses. More in Switch a domain to the TryNxt name servers and set DNS records.
More addresses from your /64
You can assign more addresses from your /64 inside the server, for example one per website. An additional address is sometimes only reachable from outside after the server has sent something into the network once. A ping to the gateway after adding it solves this:
ip -6 route show default
ping -6 -c 1 <gateway address>
Reverse DNS
A mail server needs a matching PTR record for its IPv6 address. You set it in your server's Network tab.
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