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Configure DHCPv6 for Linux VMs | Microsoft Docs
How to configure DHCPv6 for Linux VMs.
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Configure DHCPv6 for Linux VMs

Some of the Linux virtual-machine images in the Azure Marketplace do not have Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol version 6 (DHCPv6) configured by default. To support IPv6, DHCPv6 must be configured in the Linux OS distribution that you are using. The various Linux distributions configure DHCPv6 in a variety of ways because they use different packages.

Note

Recent SUSE Linux and CoreOS images in the Azure Marketplace have been pre-configured with DHCPv6. No additional changes are required when you use these images.

This document describes how to enable DHCPv6 so that your Linux virtual machine obtains an IPv6 address.

Warning

By improperly editing network configuration files, you can lose network access to your VM. We recommended that you test your configuration changes on non-production systems. The instructions in this article have been tested on the latest versions of the Linux images in the Azure Marketplace. For more detailed instructions, consult the documentation for your own version of Linux.

Ubuntu

  1. Edit the /etc/dhcp/dhclient6.conf file, and add the following line:

     timeout 10;

  2. Edit the network configuration for the eth0 interface with the following configuration:

    • On Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04, edit the /etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0.cfg file.

    • On Ubuntu 16.04, edit the /etc/network/interfaces.d/50-cloud-init.cfg file.

      iface eth0 inet6 auto
    up sleep 5
    up dhclient -1 -6 -cf /etc/dhcp/dhclient6.conf -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient6.eth0.leases -v eth0 || true

  3. Renew the IPv6 address:

    sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo ifup eth0

Debian

  1. Edit the /etc/dhcp/dhclient6.conf file, and add the following line:

     timeout 10;

  2. Edit the /etc/network/interfaces file, and add the following configuration:

     iface eth0 inet6 auto
     up sleep 5
     up dhclient -1 -6 -cf /etc/dhcp/dhclient6.conf -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient6.eth0.leases -v eth0 || true

  3. Renew the IPv6 address:

    sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo ifup eth0

RHEL, CentOS, and Oracle Linux

  1. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network file, and add the following parameter:

     NETWORKING_IPV6=yes

  2. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file, and add the following two parameters:

     IPV6INIT=yes
 DHCPV6C=yes

  3. Renew the IPv6 address:

    sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo ifup eth0

SLES 11 and openSUSE 13

Recent SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and openSUSE images in Azure have been pre-configured with DHCPv6. No additional changes are required when you use these images. If you have a VM that's based on an older or custom SUSE image, do the following:

  1. Install the dhcp-client package, if needed:

    sudo zypper install dhcp-client

  2. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 file, and add the following parameter:

     DHCLIENT6_MODE='managed'

  3. Renew the IPv6 address:

    sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo ifup eth0

SLES 12 and openSUSE Leap

Recent SLES and openSUSE images in Azure have been pre-configured with DHCPv6. No additional changes are required when you use these images. If you have a VM that's based on an older or custom SUSE image, do the following:

  1. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 file, and replace the #BOOTPROTO='dhcp4' parameter with the following value:

     BOOTPROTO='dhcp'

  2. To the /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 file, add the following parameter:

     DHCLIENT6_MODE='managed'

  3. Renew the IPv6 address:

    sudo ifdown eth0 && sudo ifup eth0

CoreOS

Recent CoreOS images in Azure have been pre-configured with DHCPv6. No additional changes are required when you use these images. If you have a VM based on an older or custom CoreOS image, do the following:

  1. Edit the /etc/systemd/network/10_dhcp.network file:

     [Match]
 eth0

 [Network]
 DHCP=ipv6

  2. Renew the IPv6 address:

    sudo systemctl restart systemd-networkd