Linode DNS manager and AAAA records

They can be added under the "A" section. The Manager determines if the entry should be an "A" (IPv4) or "AAAA" (IPv6) record.

-Tim

It was too simple! :D

Thank you again for your support.

> I completed successfully every suggested test in the networking guide and configured the ip6tables rules working together the existing iptables rules.
You mean this: http://library.linode.com/networking/ipv6? Which I find rather brief and doesn't mention ip6tables. Other sources?

The output of ufw -status on my linode is:

Status: active

To                         Action      From
--                         ------      ----
22                         ALLOW       Anywhere
80                         ALLOW       Anywhere
443                        ALLOW       Anywhere
22                         ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
80                         ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
443                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)

Does this means it is ok?

> They can be added under the "A" section. The Manager determines if the entry should be an "A" (IPv4) or "AAAA" (IPv6) record.
That cleared things up a bit. Do you have to add the square brackets or the /64 at the end when entering an IPv6 record?

If I understood correctly you have to add an AAAA record for every A record, meaning for every site and every subdomain: www.example.com, mail.example.com, pma.example.com, stats.example.com, ….

Thanx,

@pannix:

The output of ufw -status on my linode is:

Status: active

To                         Action      From
--                         ------      ----
22                         ALLOW       Anywhere
80                         ALLOW       Anywhere
443                        ALLOW       Anywhere
22                         ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
80                         ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)
443                        ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)

Does this means it is ok?

Looks good.

> That cleared things up a bit. Do you have to add the square brackets or the /64 at the end when entering an IPv6 record?

Nope, just the IPv6 address itself, e.g. 2600:3c03::13:3f02 … the brackets are just a convenience for host:port notation. You may (or, per RFC 5952 sec 4.2.1, MUST) compress out the zeros to the fullest extent possible.

> If I understood correctly you have to add an AAAA record for every A record, meaning for every site and every subdomain: www.example.com, mail.example.com, pma.example.com, stats.example.com, ….

Well, you don't have to do anything… :-)

But yes, anywhere you want an IPv6 address to appear, you'll need to add an AAAA record. Same as for IPv4 addresses and A records. If you have more than a few handfuls, this is a good opportunity to hone your Linode API skills.