IPv6 enabled Nginx default bind port

[Igor Sysoev]

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 05:26:05AM -0400, kuisma wrote:

> Igor Sysoev Wrote:
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> 
> > No, you just need to set:
> > 
> >      listen [::]:80  default ipv6only=on;
> > 
> > because Linux bind()s to both ipv4 and ipv6 by default.
> 
> Oh, how embarrassing, this is basically what you already said above ... Sorry 'bout that.
> 
> I found the most intuitive solution was binding to explicit addresses, not using the wild card [::], this way no conflicts occurred, trying to bind an IPv4 address when IPv6 asked.
> 
> The default ipv6only=yes worked as well, but a bit contra-intuitive. It might give the impression the entire server block is only to listen to IPv6, not only this listen directive exclusively. Also, the default keyword itself might be somewhat confusing; a local server block parameter affecting the global listen/bind parameters affecting all other server definitions. I'm actually not sure I understand it myself correctly.
> 
> I'll try to write something clarifying this in the wiki.

I agree that "default" keyword may confuse. Probably, it should be renamed
to the "default_server" to indicate that this "server" block will handle
requests to given address:port if no matching virtual host is found.


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