toothpaste_sandwich OP , 11 months ago

Well, I set up a basic nginx server and disabled Caddy. The nginx server only serves http for now, not https.

I used the basic nginx.conf and added my IPv6 address like so:

<span style="color:#323232;">#user http;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">worker_processes  1;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#error_log  logs/error.log;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#error_log  logs/error.log  notice;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#error_log  logs/error.log  info;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#pid        logs/nginx.pid;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">events {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    worker_connections  1024;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">http {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    include       mime.types;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    default_type  application/octet-stream;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #                  '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #                  '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #access_log  logs/access.log  main;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    sendfile        on;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #tcp_nopush     on;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #keepalive_timeout  0;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    keepalive_timeout  65;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #gzip  on;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    server {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        listen       80;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        listen [::]:80;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        server_name  localhost;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #charset koi8-r;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        location / {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            index  index.html index.htm;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #error_page  404              /404.html;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        location = /50x.html {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #location ~ .php$ {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #    proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #location ~ .php$ {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #    root           html;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #    fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #    fastcgi_index  index.php;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #    fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /scripts$fastcgi_script_name;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #    include        fastcgi_params;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # concurs with nginx's one
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #location ~ /.ht {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #    deny  all;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # another virtual host using mix of IP-, name-, and port-based configuration
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #server {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    listen       8000;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    listen       somename:8080;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    server_name  somename  alias  another.alias;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    location / {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #        root   html;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #        index  index.html index.htm;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # HTTPS server
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #server {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    listen       443 ssl;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    server_name  localhost;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    ssl_certificate      cert.pem;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    ssl_certificate_key  cert.key;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    ssl_session_cache    shared:SSL:1m;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    ssl_session_timeout  5m;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    ssl_ciphers  HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers  on;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    location / {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #        root   html;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #        index  index.html index.htm;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #    }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span>

I can reach the webpage through the local IP (v4) address, but not online using the IPv6 address. Testing with a port checking tool does show that port 80 is open. I tried testing with my smartphone with wifi disconnected, too, but still no success… Any ideas on what I could try? I’m searching for tutorials for setting up an IPv6 nginx server but so far I’m not seeing a big difference with what I’m doing.

Yes, using now-dns.com is different from paying for a host name, but in theory entering the plain IPv6 address in square brackets in Firefox should also work, right?