I've submitted the code as a PR for the master branch: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/1700
> Op 3 oktober 2016 om 20:43 schreef Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl>: > > > Hi, > > One of the things I'm really missing in CloudStack currently is IPv6 support > in Basic Networking. Why? Our cloud at PCextreme runs on CloudStack with > Basic Networking and we currently do have IPv6 support, but without the > knowledge of CloudStack. > > My goals are currently simple: > - The API should return the IPv6 address of the Instance > - Security Grouping should prevent IPv6 address spoofing > > This is all on the Wiki: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/IPv6+in+Basic+Networking > > I didn't get to it due to a lack of time, but I gave it a try again this > weekend and today. With result!: > https://github.com/wido/cloudstack/commits/ipv6-basic-networking > > The 'nics' table already has the ip6_address column and the API will return > this value when it is set. So what I did is modify the > DirectPodBasedNetworkGuru that it calculates the EUI-64 IPv6 address a > Instance will obtain using SLAAC. > > In the network you have to make sure the routers (not the VR, physical ones!) > are sending our Router Advertisements with the same subnet as you configured > in CloudStack. > > The code is actually very simple and it 'works': > https://widodh.o.auroraobjects.eu/cloudstack/ipv6-basic-networking-instance.png > > The CloudStack code is very, very IPv4 orientated and has many flaws. It > passes IP-Addresses as Strings and such while native types like InetAddress > might be better, but that would be a major refactor which will consume a lot > of time. And honestly, I don't have the time. > > As stated above our goals are currently simple. The API should return a IPv6 > Address so that after deployment anything consuming the API can instantly > connect to the Instance over IPv6. > > Wido
