IPv6 support

[Igor Sysoev]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 07:17:23PM -0400, r wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I tried to bind nginx to an IPv6 address but impossible... I got the following error:
> 
> 
> 2009/04/22 00:57:08  21264#0: bind() to [::]:80 failed (98: )
> 
> 
> I'm not sure if nginx really supports IPv6, I just tested the --with-ipv6 switch for compilation regarding this thread : http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.nginx.english/9979
> 
> After modifying the configuration file with this line in a server section:
> 
> 
> listen    [::]:80
> 
> 
> I tested it with nginx -t before loading it:
> 
> 
> the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
> the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf was tested successfully

If you run nginx on Linux, then:

$grep 98 /usr/include/asm-generic/errno.h 
#define	EADDRINUSE	98	/* Address already in use */

There is another process that run on this port.

As to "-t", nginx ignores EADDRINUSE while testing, because testing 
is usually done when nginx is already listening.

However, it's strange, that nginx did not log the text error description.
What OS do you use ?


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