So if we define the well known address and cloud-init adopts it, then Amazon should be inclined to adopt it too. :)
Why always chase Amazon? Thanks, Kevin ________________________________________ From: Steve Gordon [sgor...@redhat.com] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 11:06 AM To: Kevin Benton Cc: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions); PAUL CARVER Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [Neutron] cloud-init IPv6 support ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Benton" <blak...@gmail.com> > > When we discussed this before on the neutron channel, I thought it was > because cloud-init doesn't support IPv6. We had wasted quite a bit of time > talking about adding support to our metadata service because I was under > the impression that cloud-init already did support IPv6. > > IIRC, the argument against adding IPv6 support to cloud-init was that it > might be incompatible with how AWS chooses to implement IPv6 metadata, so > AWS would require a fork or other incompatible alternative to cloud-init in > all of their images. > > Is that right? That's certainly my understanding of the status quo, I was enquiring primarily to check it was still accurate. -Steve > On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Sean M. Collins <s...@coreitpro.com> wrote: > > > It's not a case of cloud-init supporting IPv6 - The Amazon EC2 metadata > > API defines transport level details about the API - and currently only > > defines a well known IPv4 link local address to connect to. No well known > > link local IPv6 address has been defined. > > > > I usually recommend config-drive for IPv6 enabled clouds due to this. > > -- > > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > __________________________________________________________________________ > > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
