Indeed - I'm testing in an advanced networking zone, so we didn't
bother doing the support pack installation.  That would be the
difference.

I think your scripts will work, excluding the error condition that my
environment introduces.  IMO - if that pack isn't required, then we
should expect to see environments like the one I'm using right now.

-chip

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Hugo Trippaers
<htrippa...@schubergphilis.com> wrote:
> Hey Chip,
>
> Think I found it.  Do you have the cloud support pack 
> (http://download.cloud.com/releases/3.0.1/XS-6.0.2/xenserver-cloud-supp.tgz ) 
> installed? My guess is you don't.
>
> During the firstboot of xen the file " /etc/modprobe.d/disable-ipv6" is 
> removed by that pack. This enables IPv6, which is indeed disabled by default 
> by XenServer.
>
> We (or actually the Cloudstack basic install guide) actively promotes that 
> this should be installed to enable security groups.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hugo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 4:57 PM
> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Disable IPv6 for systemvm
>
> Looks like we are using the same version, but different configuration?:
>
> # uname -a
> Linux xshost2 2.6.32.12-0.7.1.xs6.0.2.542.170665xen #1 SMP Tue Jan 17
> 15:14:24 EST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> # cat /etc/redhat-release
> XenServer release 6.0.2-53456p (xenenterprise)
>
> # ls /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/autoconf
> ls: /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/autoconf: No such file or directory
>
> I can't get a simpel ipv6 table list, because the protocol # ip6tables -L 
> ip6tables v1.3.5: can't initialize ip6tables table `filter': Address family 
> not supported by protocol Perhaps ip6tables or your kernel needs to be 
> upgraded.
>
> The ip6tables commands will fail with the above error if it's not enabled.  
> Other than that, I think the script would work (if v6 is enabled on the host).
>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Hugo Trippaers 
> <htrippa...@schubergphilis.com> wrote:
>> Hey Chip,
>>
>> Interesting, which version are you using?
>>
>> My box:
>> Linux XXXXXX 2.6.32.12-0.7.1.xs6.0.2.542.170665xen #1 SMP Tue Jan 17
>> 15:14:24 EST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@XXXXX ~]# cat
>> /etc/redhat-release XenServer release 6.0.2-53456p (xenenterprise)
>> [root@XXXXX ~]# ls /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/autoconf
>> /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/autoconf
>> [root@XXXXX ~]# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/autoconf
>> 1
>>
>> Btw I plan to add this to setupxenserver.sh:
>> # setup ip6tables
>> if [ -x "/sbin/ip6tables" ] ; then
>>     /sbin/ip6tables -P INPUT DROP
>>     /sbin/ip6tables -P OUTPUT DROP
>>     /sbin/ip6tables -P FORWARD DROP
>>     if [ -x "/etc/init.d/ip6tables" ] ; then
>>         /etc/init.d/ip6tables save
>>     fi
>> fi
>>
>> # disable IPv6
>> if [ -d "/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all" ] ; then
>>     /sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=0
>>     /sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra=0
>>     /sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects=0
>>     /sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.autoconf=0
>>     /sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1 fi
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Hugo
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com]
>> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 4:06 PM
>> To: <cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org>
>> Subject: Re: Disable IPv6 for systemvm
>>
>> The latest Xen Server install seems to have IPv6 disabled (just checked in 
>> my lab). Is it enabled in XCP?
>>
>> (I may be showing my Xen ignorance here)
>>
>> - chip
>>
>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 9:24 AM, Hugo Trippaers <htrippa...@schubergphilis.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Chip,
>>>
>>> Yeah, I want help :-)
>>>
>>> I just committed the sysctl.conf changes for the systemvm. This morning i 
>>> applied them to my test environment and they do the job.
>>>
>>> We could add the actual sysctl command to the vmops next to adding the IPv6 
>>> ip6tables statements I think.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Hugo
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com]
>>> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 3:13 PM
>>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>> Subject: Re: Disable IPv6 for systemvm
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Hugo Trippaers 
>>> <htrippa...@schubergphilis.com> wrote:
>>>> By the way, we might want to add the same configuration to vmops for 
>>>> XenServer.
>>>>
>>>> Currently it is possible to have a tenant vm send a router advertisement 
>>>> on the isolated lan that is picked up by XenServer. Even though XenServer 
>>>> only has a bridge interface in the tenant lan that interface will be 
>>>> autoconfigured. A simple ping to the local all-node address (ff02::1) will 
>>>> tell you the mac off of the XenServer interface. As XenServer has ssh 
>>>> active on all interfaces you can directly connect to the ssh daemon on the 
>>>> XenServer. We only push a IPv4 firewall to the XenServer so the IPv6 
>>>> firewall is default (ACCEPT everything).
>>>>
>>>> Still you only gain access to the ssh port, but that is something that 
>>>> should not be possible from a tenant lan.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Hugo
>>>
>>> As a provider, this one is even more concerning.  Unless someone has an 
>>> objection, I'd agree with your solution.  We can remove a DENY rule in the 
>>> future, after IPv6 support is added properly / completely.
>>>
>>> If you want help working up the fix for this, please let me know!
>>>
>>> -chip
>>>
>>
>

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