[ZBXNEXT-3752] Enable IPv6 by default on zabbix server Created: 2017 Mar 22  Updated: 2017 Mar 22

Status: Open
Project: ZABBIX FEATURE REQUESTS
Component/s: Installation (I), Proxy (P), Server (S)
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Change Request Priority: Minor
Reporter: Andrea Biscuola (Inactive) Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Unresolved Votes: 3
Labels: compatibility, ipv6, network
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified


 Description   

IPv6 is already used by a lot of enterprises in their infrastructure. It's in real world use from enough time ago that i don't think it make sense to have the support disabled by default, (at least on the server).

These days all the operating systems the zabbix server run on support IPv6 out of the box and we can also think to remove a lot of preprocessor code that check for this. Also, we use LibCURL that will, probably, have IPv6 always enabled

 Comments   
Comment by richlv [ 2017 Mar 22 ]

could you please clarify, is this about always compiling in ipv6 support - thus not by default, not making it configurable anymore ?

Comment by Andrea Biscuola (Inactive) [ 2017 Mar 22 ]

richlv Maybe the description is a bit misleading indeed . What i meant was that we always compile with ipv6 support, thus removing the need of configuring it. The only weird bit will be to check what can be involved on the agent side (that still support really old operating systems, in particular windows 2000).
(BTW, there should be some investigation about the supported platforms)

Comment by richlv [ 2017 Mar 22 ]

what about compiling on older aix/solaris systems ? would ipv6-enabled server/proxy work perfectly there ?
it is probably also worth keeping in mind a few edge cases where people have wanted to compile zabbix without ipv6 support, such a change would break zabbix for them.

Comment by Andrea Biscuola (Inactive) [ 2017 Mar 22 ]

Jep, also true. Definitely should be investigated properly if we decide to see if it's worthwhile.

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