From 017580fdaa236a6a92a96b3498da8501d80481a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kyle Manna Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 22:11:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: ipv6: Add section enabling Docker IPv6 * Oops, doesn't work without this. --- docs/ipv6.md | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/ipv6.md b/docs/ipv6.md index b015136..0916d10 100644 --- a/docs/ipv6.md +++ b/docs/ipv6.md @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ This feature is advanced and recommended only for those who already have a funct Systemd is used to setup a static route and Debian 8.1 or later is recommended as the host distribution. Others probably work, but haven't been tested. + ### Step 1 — Setup IPv6 on the Host Machine The tutorial uses a free tunnel from [tunnelbroker.net](https://tunnelbroker.net/) to get a /64 and /48 prefix allocated to me. The tunnel endpoint is less then 3 ms away from Digital Ocean's San Francisco datacenter. @@ -33,17 +34,33 @@ Test that IPv6 works on the host: If this doesn't work, figure it out. It may be necessary to add an firewall rule to allow IP protocol 41 through the firewall. -### Step 2 — Setup the systemd Unit File -Copy the systemd init file from the docker-openvpn /init directory of the repository and install into `/etc/systemd/system/docker-openvpn.conf` +### Step 2 — Update Docker's Init To Enable IPv6 Support + +Copy the system's existing docker file and append the `--ipv6` argument to the end of the command line: + + sed -e 's:^\(ExecStart.*\):\1 --ipv6:' /lib/systemd/system/docker.service | tee /etc/systemd/system/docker.service + +Reload the daemon and restart docker so that it takes affect: + + systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart docker.service + + +### Step 3 — Setup the systemd Unit File + +Copy the systemd init file from the docker-openvpn /init directory of the repository and install into `/etc/systemd/system/docker-openvpn.service` + + curl -o /etc/systemd/system/docker-openvpn.service https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kylemanna/docker-openvpn/dev/init/docker-openvpn.service Edit the file, replace `IP6_PREFIX` value with the value of your /64 prefix. + vi /etc/systemd/system/docker-openvpn.service + Finally, reload systemd so the changes take affect: systemctl daemon-reload -### Step 3 — Start OpenVPN +### Step 4 — Start OpenVPN Ensure that OpenVPN has been initialized and configured as described in the top level `README.md`.