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IPv6 support
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As a Server Administrator, I want IPv6 support, so that I can deal with the limited allocation of IPv4 address.
The idea of IPv6 has been growing in popularity for many years now with reports of an impending shortage of IPv4 addresses for the same amount of time.
Especially in Europe this impending shortage is a growing concern. One thing to keep in mind is that the shortage isn't IPv4 addresses themselves it is the IPv4 allocations of said addresses.
I like this idea 
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As a note for anyone finding this request: The completion of this request represents the support that we completed in 11.40 or 11.42. You can read about our current support of IPV6 here: https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/Guide+to+IPv6
Some of the most popular requests related to IPv6 that are not satisfied by this request:
As a note for anyone finding this request: The completion of this request represents the support that we completed in 11.40 or 11.42. You can read about our current support of IPV6 here: https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/Guide+to+IPv6
Some of the most popular requests related to IPv6 that are not satisfied by this request:
The implementation of IPv6 native support should be a priority.
The implementation of IPv6 native support should be a priority.
This is inevitable. Not only that, the shortage of IPv4 addresses is already a reality.
ISP's (at least in Portugal) are already shipping IPv6 enabled routers to costumers.
The sooner it's implemented, the better we can prepare.
This is inevitable. Not only that, the shortage of IPv4 addresses is already a reality.
ISP's (at least in Portugal) are already shipping IPv6 enabled routers to costumers.
The sooner it's implemented, the better we can prepare.
IPv6 implementation was first brought up with cPanel 6 years ago I believe, and still it's not there. With no more IP's available for allocation in the APNIC region, the fastest expanding region digitally, we are being suffocated by the lack of support for IPv6.
It's a component we needed yesterday, but there appears to be no resolution in sight.
IPv6 implementation was first brought up with cPanel 6 years ago I believe, and still it's not there. With no more IP's available for allocation in the APNIC region, the fastest expanding region digitally, we are being suffocated by the lack of support for IPv6.
It's a component we needed yesterday, but there appears to be no resolution in sight.
This feature should now be a priority for many years because without IPs there are no servers. Right now IPv6 is not something that's going to take a few years but an immediate need for the IPv4 already sold out!
This feature should now be a priority for many years because without IPs there are no servers. Right now IPv6 is not something that's going to take a few years but an immediate need for the IPv4 already sold out!
"Under consideration"?
Come on guys, this should be top priority. Yes it should. Because the sooner IPv4 can be deprecated, the better. Well, in one word: scalability.
Fill in the questions yourself.
"Under consideration"?
Come on guys, this should be top priority. Yes it should. Because the sooner IPv4 can be deprecated, the better. Well, in one word: scalability.
Fill in the questions yourself.
Industry experts are looking for reasons why IPv6 has limited uptake, its because there is limited content. The culprits are those like cPanel that procrastinate because of perceived lack of demand. Lets just get this clear, i don't give a damn about fancy new WHM interfaces and your 200 other new features; concentrate on IPv6 and just get it finished finally!
Industry experts are looking for reasons why IPv6 has limited uptake, its because there is limited content. The culprits are those like cPanel that procrastinate because of perceived lack of demand. Lets just get this clear, i don't give a damn about fancy new WHM interfaces and your 200 other new features; concentrate on IPv6 and just get it finished finally!
Under the old Feature Requests system, IPv6 used to be "Planned for 11.36". I say that's the latest you can go, seeing that 11.34 is already here. Make this the #1 issue you intend to support, because IPv6 connectivity is becoming more vital day by day, week by week, month by month!
Under the old Feature Requests system, IPv6 used to be "Planned for 11.36". I say that's the latest you can go, seeing that 11.34 is already here. Make this the #1 issue you intend to support, because IPv6 connectivity is becoming more vital day by day, week by week, month by month!
IPv4 is so expensive. OVH practically give away IPv6, you get 64 with a new server and ONE IPv4.
IPv4 is so expensive. OVH practically give away IPv6, you get 64 with a new server and ONE IPv4.
This feature is supposed to be making it into 11.36 the last I heard but the roadmap that mentioned it in no uncertain terms seems to have a disappeared.
For anyone who isn't familiar with this request, it's been open for EIGHT years.
See http://forums.cpanel.net/f145/make-cpanel-ipv6-compatible-case-10334-a-35453-p9.html
Cpanel being as widely used as it is this is one of the main reasons for pitiful uptake, if the content is not available (running on Cpanel servers) then the users can't spur adoption and we end up where we have been for the last 13 years...nowhere.
Should Cpanel implement IPv6? It's a simple choice..
Either you add it or your company dies.
This feature is supposed to be making it into 11.36 the last I heard but the roadmap that mentioned it in no uncertain terms seems to have a disappeared.
For anyone who isn't familiar with this request, it's been open for EIGHT years.
See http://forums.cpanel.net/f145/make-cpanel-ipv6-compatible-case-10334-a-35453-p9.html
Cpanel being as widely used as it is this is one of the main reasons for pitiful uptake, if the content is not available (running on Cpanel servers) then the users can't spur adoption and we end up where we have been for the last 13 years...nowhere.
Should Cpanel implement IPv6? It's a simple choice..
Either you add it or your company dies.
Just got full IPV6 support for my office ADSL, hope cPanel will update the ETA on this soon ! :)
Just got full IPV6 support for my office ADSL, hope cPanel will update the ETA on this soon ! :)
I just had to get two Plesk Panel licenses just because cPanel lacks IPv6 support. What I wouldn't give to avoid sending any money to Parallels! IPv6 support should indeed be cPanel's number one priority! I can't think of anything more urgent than this right now..
I just had to get two Plesk Panel licenses just because cPanel lacks IPv6 support. What I wouldn't give to avoid sending any money to Parallels! IPv6 support should indeed be cPanel's number one priority! I can't think of anything more urgent than this right now..
This indeed should be highest priority.
IPv6 works already on DirectAdmin for years.
This indeed should be highest priority.
IPv6 works already on DirectAdmin for years.
"Our goal is to complete IPv6 support by version 11.36 of cPanel & WHM."
http://cpanel.net/ipv6_implementation_update/
"Our goal is to complete IPv6 support by version 11.36 of cPanel & WHM."
http://cpanel.net/ipv6_implementation_update/
The post is 1.5 years old..
The post is 1.5 years old..
We were once told to expect 11.36 at the end of 2011..
We were once told to expect 11.36 at the end of 2011..
In my opinion IPv6 support should have implemented before the fancy UI's in 11.34. It's critical that IPv6 support be implemented as soon as possible, and should be given priority in the next release.
In my opinion IPv6 support should have implemented before the fancy UI's in 11.34. It's critical that IPv6 support be implemented as soon as possible, and should be given priority in the next release.
Not that I diagree that we need IPv6 ASSAP to defend cPanel on this one, its probably not the same people who do the design implementation and who do I IPv6 support. Also IPv6 support has already started being implemented, with each new version they have been adding pieces that will make the final working system.
What I'm upset about is the fact that cPanel has moved from the forums to this new system and seems to have completly limited and abandoned us.
When will cPanel employ a replacement for David ? When will we know what is planned for 11.36 ? When will the features that were planned for 11.34 be implemented ? When will you allow me to post new feature requests again (blocked because of the new stupid limitation of 10 votes every two months…) ?
Not that I diagree that we need IPv6 ASSAP to defend cPanel on this one, its probably not the same people who do the design implementation and who do I IPv6 support. Also IPv6 support has already started being implemented, with each new version they have been adding pieces that will make the final working system.
What I'm upset about is the fact that cPanel has moved from the forums to this new system and seems to have completly limited and abandoned us.
When will cPanel employ a replacement for David ? When will we know what is planned for 11.36 ? When will the features that were planned for 11.34 be implemented ? When will you allow me to post new feature requests again (blocked because of the new stupid limitation of 10 votes every two months…) ?
Hiya!
I am Travis Ellis, a Technical Product Specialist at cPanel.
We can never replace David. He was a beloved member of the community and company. He wore many hats and worked with the company so long that he became intrenched in many aspects.
Regarding the release of features and timelines. We recently talked about the changes to the release cycle at cPanel. The first is the move to a three times a year release cycle. The next is the concept that cPanel will not commit to a feature on a specific version until the feature is finished. This prevents a feature from delaying the release of other features.
We are still fine tuning the Feature Request system, we have some changes we are developing right now. When these are available it should help alleviate some of your issues.
Thanks!
Travis
Hiya!
I am Travis Ellis, a Technical Product Specialist at cPanel.
We can never replace David. He was a beloved member of the community and company. He wore many hats and worked with the company so long that he became intrenched in many aspects.
Regarding the release of features and timelines. We recently talked about the changes to the release cycle at cPanel. The first is the move to a three times a year release cycle. The next is the concept that cPanel will not commit to a feature on a specific version until the feature is finished. This prevents a feature from delaying the release of other features.
We are still fine tuning the Feature Request system, we have some changes we are developing right now. When these are available it should help alleviate some of your issues.
Thanks!
Travis
I'm not looking for cPanel to commiting to a feature but would like very much to know what features might make it to the next release, maybe a sort of priority list so we can at least get some sort of idea of what might be implemented.
Of course you can't replace David but he used to update feature requests ETA on a regular basis that meant we had a idea of what would be comming out next. When a feature couldn't make it out in time he simply changed or removed the ETA.
I don't see what is complicated about doing this as well as having someone who regularly participates in the feature requests section, gives his oppinion, asks questions etc, but for this to work you would need to have someone paid to spend time in this section, maybe not 6 hours a day but at least 2 or 3 hours.
I'm very disapointed about the limitation of the number of votes, I rearly don't get your idea of how someone could spam votes or create noise. I get the idea of a vote meaning "I love" but this means you have removed the ability to say "I like", on the forums a +1 meant I like, I would like to have this ability back.
I'm not looking for cPanel to commiting to a feature but would like very much to know what features might make it to the next release, maybe a sort of priority list so we can at least get some sort of idea of what might be implemented.
Of course you can't replace David but he used to update feature requests ETA on a regular basis that meant we had a idea of what would be comming out next. When a feature couldn't make it out in time he simply changed or removed the ETA.
I don't see what is complicated about doing this as well as having someone who regularly participates in the feature requests section, gives his oppinion, asks questions etc, but for this to work you would need to have someone paid to spend time in this section, maybe not 6 hours a day but at least 2 or 3 hours.
I'm very disapointed about the limitation of the number of votes, I rearly don't get your idea of how someone could spam votes or create noise. I get the idea of a vote meaning "I love" but this means you have removed the ability to say "I like", on the forums a +1 meant I like, I would like to have this ability back.
I feel that CPanel should not feel "threatened" to commit to a release cycle.
3 releases a year? This would mean that according to original projections, you should have IPv6 rolled out by .36 or .38. Alright.
Tell us when you currently aim to implement it, flag it as such, and if you find that it doesn't make the cut, change it.
Waiting until release .38 to tell it it's coming at .40 is not a solution - It will simply drive people to think CPanel does not care about X or Y feature.
And well - I can't blame them, especially on some features which have been requested...forever (IPv6, clone server, some others) you have taken some sweet time to take them forward, much more than would be normally anticipated for a major vendor releasing 2-3-4 major versions per year.
I like the new WHM, but there are better priorities out there, y' know...
I feel that CPanel should not feel "threatened" to commit to a release cycle.
3 releases a year? This would mean that according to original projections, you should have IPv6 rolled out by .36 or .38. Alright.
Tell us when you currently aim to implement it, flag it as such, and if you find that it doesn't make the cut, change it.
Waiting until release .38 to tell it it's coming at .40 is not a solution - It will simply drive people to think CPanel does not care about X or Y feature.
And well - I can't blame them, especially on some features which have been requested...forever (IPv6, clone server, some others) you have taken some sweet time to take them forward, much more than would be normally anticipated for a major vendor releasing 2-3-4 major versions per year.
I like the new WHM, but there are better priorities out there, y' know...
I just wanted to voice my opinion on the fact that I find it absolutely absurd that this feature still isn't implemented (and the same goes for a variety of other feature requests that people have been requesting for years). It's almost 2013 and you don't have IPv6 support, nor a clear ETA.
Travis Ellis: I must say that I find your response in this topic outright rude. You respond to this matter while completely ignoring everyone's concerns. At this stage, nobody cares about release cycles if that doesn't specifically define what can be expected. And nobody cares about a new interface. Everyone cares about their business continuity (which relies on IPv6).
The internet has arrived to a stage where end-users are demanding IPv6 support for their websites. Everyone saw that coming many years ago, and cPanel should have acted upon that a long time before it became relevant. But the opposite is true: it currently is more than relevant and still cPanel doesn't address this matter by committing to a specific release date (yes cPanel, you owe that to your customers). If this were a feature that came out of the blue, it may have been a different story - but you could've seen this one coming for ages.
I have been a huge cPanel fan/partner for more than 10 years now, but right now this has come to a point where I can just no longer defend/recommend cPanel as the best control panel out there. No matter what arguments I bring up in a discussion, as soon as anyone brings up IPv6 (or any other feature that's being requested for years), cPanel just loses.
At this point, as a partner, I demand that you commit to your clients' interests and specify a date on which we can expect IPv6 support, so we can plan accordingly. The alternative is that we switch to a better alternative.
I just wanted to voice my opinion on the fact that I find it absolutely absurd that this feature still isn't implemented (and the same goes for a variety of other feature requests that people have been requesting for years). It's almost 2013 and you don't have IPv6 support, nor a clear ETA.
Travis Ellis: I must say that I find your response in this topic outright rude. You respond to this matter while completely ignoring everyone's concerns. At this stage, nobody cares about release cycles if that doesn't specifically define what can be expected. And nobody cares about a new interface. Everyone cares about their business continuity (which relies on IPv6).
The internet has arrived to a stage where end-users are demanding IPv6 support for their websites. Everyone saw that coming many years ago, and cPanel should have acted upon that a long time before it became relevant. But the opposite is true: it currently is more than relevant and still cPanel doesn't address this matter by committing to a specific release date (yes cPanel, you owe that to your customers). If this were a feature that came out of the blue, it may have been a different story - but you could've seen this one coming for ages.
I have been a huge cPanel fan/partner for more than 10 years now, but right now this has come to a point where I can just no longer defend/recommend cPanel as the best control panel out there. No matter what arguments I bring up in a discussion, as soon as anyone brings up IPv6 (or any other feature that's being requested for years), cPanel just loses.
At this point, as a partner, I demand that you commit to your clients' interests and specify a date on which we can expect IPv6 support, so we can plan accordingly. The alternative is that we switch to a better alternative.
Greetings,
Support for IPv6 is prioritized for delivery during 2013. Adding support for this protocol requires making fundamental changes to cPanel & WHM. A sample of some of the changes planned are:
* Support for cPanel accounts having multiple IP addresses (multiples of IPv6 and IPv4).
* New privileges (ACLs) so Resellers can perform basic IP management on accounts they own (think Change Site's IP Address)
* Improved IP Delegation that scales from a single IP address to a /64 (which is 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 addresses)
* User Interfaces that currently accept IPv4 addresses will be updated to work with IPv6 addresses
Please keep the discussion here focused on what needs prioritized to support IPv6. Our interest is in identifying the simplest things needed to get IPv6 functionality in your hands sooner, versus later.
Greetings,
Support for IPv6 is prioritized for delivery during 2013. Adding support for this protocol requires making fundamental changes to cPanel & WHM. A sample of some of the changes planned are:
* Support for cPanel accounts having multiple IP addresses (multiples of IPv6 and IPv4).
* New privileges (ACLs) so Resellers can perform basic IP management on accounts they own (think Change Site's IP Address)
* Improved IP Delegation that scales from a single IP address to a /64 (which is 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 addresses)
* User Interfaces that currently accept IPv4 addresses will be updated to work with IPv6 addresses
Please keep the discussion here focused on what needs prioritized to support IPv6. Our interest is in identifying the simplest things needed to get IPv6 functionality in your hands sooner, versus later.
Yeah just tried buying an IP with one of the largest webhosts, Liquid
Web. Was 2.00 month.. now 5.00! That is insanity. They said IPv6 would
be free and are ready to support it.. except.... CPANEL doesn't support
it! Seriously, this needs to be top priority. Hopefully you realize that
what is holding up all the webhosts from being able to offer their
customers lower costs is you. You put out great stuff so hope to see
this real soon.
Yeah just tried buying an IP with one of the largest webhosts, Liquid
Web. Was 2.00 month.. now 5.00! That is insanity. They said IPv6 would
be free and are ready to support it.. except.... CPANEL doesn't support
it! Seriously, this needs to be top priority. Hopefully you realize that
what is holding up all the webhosts from being able to offer their
customers lower costs is you. You put out great stuff so hope to see
this real soon.
Hi Kenneth,
Thank you for your response and explaination.
Do you have a more exact date then 2013?
I hope to see this feature really soon, because we are also running out of IPv4 addresses and more and more Dutch accessproviders and ISP start supporting IPv6
So please cPanel get us out this Virtuous circle that we can also support IPv6 100%
Hi Kenneth,
Thank you for your response and explaination.
Do you have a more exact date then 2013?
I hope to see this feature really soon, because we are also running out of IPv4 addresses and more and more Dutch accessproviders and ISP start supporting IPv6
So please cPanel get us out this Virtuous circle that we can also support IPv6 100%
Hi,
cPanel must support IPv6 in all services (dns, apache, exim) and support for Tunnel Broker, like hurricane electric
the all support, in mi opinion, must have finish this year... and YES.. that is talk about a new cPanel because cPanel Inc must change a lot a lot of thing to support in all services.. is A LOT OF WORK.
Support to IPv6 in ALL services and ACL
Support to Tunnel Broker
Hi,
cPanel must support IPv6 in all services (dns, apache, exim) and support for Tunnel Broker, like hurricane electric
the all support, in mi opinion, must have finish this year... and YES.. that is talk about a new cPanel because cPanel Inc must change a lot a lot of thing to support in all services.. is A LOT OF WORK.
Support to IPv6 in ALL services and ACL
Support to Tunnel Broker
Lack of IPv6 support in cPanel has actively kept me from considering cPanel as a viable product for some shared servers we manage for the past 5 years. We will not be able to consider cPanel as a means of letting our customers manage our dual-stack hosting environment until all services (DNS, HTTP, IMAP/SMTP) are supported.
We will not be forfeiting the functionality of our dual-stack environment just to use cPanel, despite its ubiquitous use in the hosting industry.
Lack of IPv6 support in cPanel has actively kept me from considering cPanel as a viable product for some shared servers we manage for the past 5 years. We will not be able to consider cPanel as a means of letting our customers manage our dual-stack hosting environment until all services (DNS, HTTP, IMAP/SMTP) are supported.
We will not be forfeiting the functionality of our dual-stack environment just to use cPanel, despite its ubiquitous use in the hosting industry.
11.36 is out and NO support for ipv6! Any ETA?! Its a joke!
11.36 is out and NO support for ipv6! Any ETA?! Its a joke!
$5 is nothing for an IP, something to keep in mind. I know plenty of providers that are charging $10-$20 a month per IP and the requirement is are that it's immediately used for SSL or it's pulled. If you can't get things in order within 24 hours, it's back to making another request.
While I definitely agree that cPanel needs to step on getting IPv6 integrated, SNI would solve this issue in the short term, or at least provide a somewhat viable solution. It may not work on XP, but at least it works. IPv6 *doesn't* work everywhere, so it's not just cPanel, ISP's need to take a leap and update their systems as well. Not all ISP's openly support IPv6 and probably won't for a while.
$5 is nothing for an IP, something to keep in mind. I know plenty of providers that are charging $10-$20 a month per IP and the requirement is are that it's immediately used for SSL or it's pulled. If you can't get things in order within 24 hours, it's back to making another request.
While I definitely agree that cPanel needs to step on getting IPv6 integrated, SNI would solve this issue in the short term, or at least provide a somewhat viable solution. It may not work on XP, but at least it works. IPv6 *doesn't* work everywhere, so it's not just cPanel, ISP's need to take a leap and update their systems as well. Not all ISP's openly support IPv6 and probably won't for a while.
NodeKi; it's not relevant which ISP's do or don't support IPv6. cPanel should have implemented it years ago.
Personally, I take offense to the fact that cPanel works on non-urgent stuff like interface design while critical matters like IPv6 still aren't implemented.
NodeKi; it's not relevant which ISP's do or don't support IPv6. cPanel should have implemented it years ago.
Personally, I take offense to the fact that cPanel works on non-urgent stuff like interface design while critical matters like IPv6 still aren't implemented.
As a UK based ISP, who can provide native IPv6 on all our connections, this is long overdue.
As a UK based ISP, who can provide native IPv6 on all our connections, this is long overdue.
We've already had cpanel hosting working with IPv6 since 2008 - would be good for it not to require so many hacks, scripts and includes all the time :)
We've already had cpanel hosting working with IPv6 since 2008 - would be good for it not to require so many hacks, scripts and includes all the time :)
The huge amount of interest in this request says it all - I'm just amazed how little we're hearing from cPanel on the matter. Has any progress been made at all or is there still just a vague deadline up in the air?
The huge amount of interest in this request says it all - I'm just amazed how little we're hearing from cPanel on the matter. Has any progress been made at all or is there still just a vague deadline up in the air?
Greetings, I am Phil King, the Product Owner of the Angry Llama Scrum team, which is actively working on IPv6.
For our first deliverable, we are enabling IPv6 addresses for website content. What this means is that IPv6 will find its way into Apache configuration, DNS zone files, and individual userdata files.
You can help us to build the right tools by telling us about your current needs.
1. Do your servers have IPv6 enabled currently?
2. How many IPv6 addresses are available to those servers?
One of the challenges of our project is finding a way to manage the vast number of IPv6 addresses available to a server. For example, a very common configuration is for hosting partners to provide a /64 allocation, or 2 to the 64th power of IPs (2^64). And considering that the total number of IPs in IPv4 is 2^32, we could comfortably give 4 billion users an IPv4 sized allocation and still have IPs left over.
What kind of allocations have you seen out in the wild? How many IPs would you want for your resellers, and for their cPanel users?
Greetings, I am Phil King, the Product Owner of the Angry Llama Scrum team, which is actively working on IPv6.
For our first deliverable, we are enabling IPv6 addresses for website content. What this means is that IPv6 will find its way into Apache configuration, DNS zone files, and individual userdata files.
You can help us to build the right tools by telling us about your current needs.
1. Do your servers have IPv6 enabled currently?
2. How many IPv6 addresses are available to those servers?
One of the challenges of our project is finding a way to manage the vast number of IPv6 addresses available to a server. For example, a very common configuration is for hosting partners to provide a /64 allocation, or 2 to the 64th power of IPs (2^64). And considering that the total number of IPs in IPv4 is 2^32, we could comfortably give 4 billion users an IPv4 sized allocation and still have IPs left over.
What kind of allocations have you seen out in the wild? How many IPs would you want for your resellers, and for their cPanel users?
Hi,
I'd like to chime in on the questions made (by the way, I am reiterating that CPanel, in my view, is handling the Feature Requests system quite abysmally - WHMCS, your close partners who copied your system, tends to actually change statuses to "Planned" or "In Progress" or even (gasp!) "Planned for X.Y. release", and I simply cannot understand why you launched such a system if you were planning to label everything as 'Open Discussion'. The forums could do pretty much the same, sorry to say.)
To the questions:
1) The datacenters we use allocate new servers with IPv6, and for older ones we can request an allocation for free. Right now, one of our 10+ servers has IPv6 addresses allocated, and uses CPanel.
2) It seems we get a /64 in all cases. I know they are a lot of IP's, but this is...the point, in IPv6.
Since a single server or even a cluster cannot accommodate tens of thousands of accounts (we could factor cloud into this, but still, there are limits related to factors such as disk usage or access, even in the cloud), I don't think there's a real issue as to "how many IP's should a reseller have". Meaning - I don't know - Even if a reseller actually received a billion of these, I don't really suppose they could use them, no more than I would use a /64 of course.
Just make the system flexible, catering for occasional "long-shots", for lack of a better term.
:)
Hi,
I'd like to chime in on the questions made (by the way, I am reiterating that CPanel, in my view, is handling the Feature Requests system quite abysmally - WHMCS, your close partners who copied your system, tends to actually change statuses to "Planned" or "In Progress" or even (gasp!) "Planned for X.Y. release", and I simply cannot understand why you launched such a system if you were planning to label everything as 'Open Discussion'. The forums could do pretty much the same, sorry to say.)
To the questions:
1) The datacenters we use allocate new servers with IPv6, and for older ones we can request an allocation for free. Right now, one of our 10+ servers has IPv6 addresses allocated, and uses CPanel.
2) It seems we get a /64 in all cases. I know they are a lot of IP's, but this is...the point, in IPv6.
Since a single server or even a cluster cannot accommodate tens of thousands of accounts (we could factor cloud into this, but still, there are limits related to factors such as disk usage or access, even in the cloud), I don't think there's a real issue as to "how many IP's should a reseller have". Meaning - I don't know - Even if a reseller actually received a billion of these, I don't really suppose they could use them, no more than I would use a /64 of course.
Just make the system flexible, catering for occasional "long-shots", for lack of a better term.
:)
So begin to copy the IPv4 functionality for IPv6 and then work at easy tools for adding and distributing IPv6 IPs.
But for answer your question:
1. Yes
2. A lot, but we only bind one IPv6 currently to an server, as this is only needed. Please keep the IPv6 easy and don't chatter the IPv6. This was done in the early with IPv4 and look in what kind of mess we are in. No more public available IPv4, but lots of subnets are empty but owned by others and not public available. (And yes they also thought that IPv4 would provide enough IPs in the future, same as we think of IPv6 today).
So begin to copy the IPv4 functionality for IPv6 and then work at easy tools for adding and distributing IPv6 IPs.
But for answer your question:
1. Yes
2. A lot, but we only bind one IPv6 currently to an server, as this is only needed. Please keep the IPv6 easy and don't chatter the IPv6. This was done in the early with IPv4 and look in what kind of mess we are in. No more public available IPv4, but lots of subnets are empty but owned by others and not public available. (And yes they also thought that IPv4 would provide enough IPs in the future, same as we think of IPv6 today).
Thanks for your reply cpanelphil.
Thanks for your reply cpanelphil.
Add IP6 this quarter or we cancel all our cp licenses and convert to plesk which has supported IP6 since 2010
Add IP6 this quarter or we cancel all our cp licenses and convert to plesk which has supported IP6 since 2010
Phil, to answer your questions... We have IPv6 disabled on our servers because of the lacking full cPanel support and it'll be on ready to roll when your team releases working support. A /64 would be standard I think.
Can we please have a timeframe here? 1.5 years ago we were quoted 11.36 support for IPv6 which was slated for the following March (which was 1 year ago now!). We need timeframes, we need your team to meet the needs of your client base. We are all paying to manage large server fleets and we feel really neglected in this area. It is disappointing to say the least.
Phil, to answer your questions... We have IPv6 disabled on our servers because of the lacking full cPanel support and it'll be on ready to roll when your team releases working support. A /64 would be standard I think.
Can we please have a timeframe here? 1.5 years ago we were quoted 11.36 support for IPv6 which was slated for the following March (which was 1 year ago now!). We need timeframes, we need your team to meet the needs of your client base. We are all paying to manage large server fleets and we feel really neglected in this area. It is disappointing to say the least.
Talking from over 10 years of experience managing +/- 100 cPanel servers, I would like to put in my $0.02.
We have been running dual stack for about two years now. If you are willing to take off your gloves and go into the rough, you can have Exim, Bind, MySQL and Apache all running IPv6. It is however a continuous battle against your own server, which intermittently messes up the manual adjustments that are necessary to have a cPanel server do IPv6.
Even if you use all the appropriate cPanel-appointed template files, every now and then some anomaly pops up and messes up some critical config file (i.e. httpd.conf, virtual hosts losing their IPv6-data or /var/cpanel/userdata/* data corruption out of the blue). It is always something. It may work well for 6 months or 6 hours; sooner or later some glorious update will come and mess things up. We saw it with suPHP before it was adopted by cPanel and now we see it with IPv6 -- customizing a cPanel server to have it do things that are not officially supported by cPanel can be a real pain. But what can we do? Our clients expect us to be on top of the game. EU regulations basically force governments into implementing IPv6 in all their new IT-projects. So, if you want to do some serious business, IPv6 is obligatory. And yes, I am fully aware that cPanel is more of a tool for the smaller hosting environments, but there is such a thing as "the multiplier effect". If you do projects for larger organizations, public op private sector, it will attract business from its employees and other people in their network. If you ignore this fact, think small and focus merely on the needs of people running a small Wordpress blog, you'll find yourself working your ass off for a lousy dime. I don't know about you all, but that is not where I want to end up.
cPanel needs to deliver a professional cutting edge tool, that we and our customers can rely on and use as a competitive advantage. That's where the millions of dollars in licensing fees are for. This way, with cPanel shoving fundamental technical requirements aside, we might as well get ourselves some $100 lifetime DirectAdmin licenses and cut some very serious costs. By the way, that "small Wordpress blog" consumer oriented shabby control panel that I was referring to... they have native IPv6 support for some time now.
I think it was Steve Jobs who once pointed this out in one of his many speeches: "You can't just ask consumers what they want and then try to give it to them." You'll be too late. Imagine what happens if consumers feel the need to start telling you what they want and you still don't deliver..?
Talking from over 10 years of experience managing +/- 100 cPanel servers, I would like to put in my $0.02.
We have been running dual stack for about two years now. If you are willing to take off your gloves and go into the rough, you can have Exim, Bind, MySQL and Apache all running IPv6. It is however a continuous battle against your own server, which intermittently messes up the manual adjustments that are necessary to have a cPanel server do IPv6.
Even if you use all the appropriate cPanel-appointed template files, every now and then some anomaly pops up and messes up some critical config file (i.e. httpd.conf, virtual hosts losing their IPv6-data or /var/cpanel/userdata/* data corruption out of the blue). It is always something. It may work well for 6 months or 6 hours; sooner or later some glorious update will come and mess things up. We saw it with suPHP before it was adopted by cPanel and now we see it with IPv6 -- customizing a cPanel server to have it do things that are not officially supported by cPanel can be a real pain. But what can we do? Our clients expect us to be on top of the game. EU regulations basically force governments into implementing IPv6 in all their new IT-projects. So, if you want to do some serious business, IPv6 is obligatory. And yes, I am fully aware that cPanel is more of a tool for the smaller hosting environments, but there is such a thing as "the multiplier effect". If you do projects for larger organizations, public op private sector, it will attract business from its employees and other people in their network. If you ignore this fact, think small and focus merely on the needs of people running a small Wordpress blog, you'll find yourself working your ass off for a lousy dime. I don't know about you all, but that is not where I want to end up.
cPanel needs to deliver a professional cutting edge tool, that we and our customers can rely on and use as a competitive advantage. That's where the millions of dollars in licensing fees are for. This way, with cPanel shoving fundamental technical requirements aside, we might as well get ourselves some $100 lifetime DirectAdmin licenses and cut some very serious costs. By the way, that "small Wordpress blog" consumer oriented shabby control panel that I was referring to... they have native IPv6 support for some time now.
I think it was Steve Jobs who once pointed this out in one of his many speeches: "You can't just ask consumers what they want and then try to give it to them." You'll be too late. Imagine what happens if consumers feel the need to start telling you what they want and you still don't deliver..?
Agreed it would be useful if we could get an update on this as soon as possible.
Agreed it would be useful if we could get an update on this as soon as possible.
Hi Phil,
I would like to leave my feedback for how we would want it. We have our own /32 IPv6 network since 2010 and are still waiting for this cPanel update.
I would prefer to allocate a subnet to a server. Any size.
Those adresses should not be assigned to an interface until it's actually needed (leaving them unreachable until assigned to something). When an account is created or when an admin wants to assign a new/specific IP for a account/domain/reseller, then the IP is assigned to the interfaces and connected to the account/domain/reseller.
This would leave the interface less messy and easier to work with. And the ISP or whoever hosts the server can in an easy way have a well organizsed plan with their subnets.
I should also mention that I think there should be a possibility for more than one subnet to be assigned. So that end-users can get addressses from different subnets.
Another nice feature would be to allow the user to select their own custom IP within the allocated subnet as long as its free.
Allocating separate subnets or reserving subnets within the "primary" subnet for reseller accounts would also be very handy. Enables you to enter that resellers info in RIPE/ARIN DB.
I would like to see all this along with a much improved IPv4 handling in a new WHM tab.
Personally about the sizes I would probably allocate a /112 per server.
Within that I would probably allocate a /120 per reseller and leave whatever is left for root-owned accounts.
Edit: It's very important that every account gets its own IP or that it's a setting in tweak settings. I would also very much prefer that mail traffic goes through their own IP (i know you already support this, but you need to think about PTR records in a good way also here). This way a banned IP for spam does not affect other customers.
Regards
Marcus
Hi Phil,
I would like to leave my feedback for how we would want it. We have our own /32 IPv6 network since 2010 and are still waiting for this cPanel update.
I would prefer to allocate a subnet to a server. Any size.
Those adresses should not be assigned to an interface until it's actually needed (leaving them unreachable until assigned to something). When an account is created or when an admin wants to assign a new/specific IP for a account/domain/reseller, then the IP is assigned to the interfaces and connected to the account/domain/reseller.
This would leave the interface less messy and easier to work with. And the ISP or whoever hosts the server can in an easy way have a well organizsed plan with their subnets.
I should also mention that I think there should be a possibility for more than one subnet to be assigned. So that end-users can get addressses from different subnets.
Another nice feature would be to allow the user to select their own custom IP within the allocated subnet as long as its free.
Allocating separate subnets or reserving subnets within the "primary" subnet for reseller accounts would also be very handy. Enables you to enter that resellers info in RIPE/ARIN DB.
I would like to see all this along with a much improved IPv4 handling in a new WHM tab.
Personally about the sizes I would probably allocate a /112 per server.
Within that I would probably allocate a /120 per reseller and leave whatever is left for root-owned accounts.
Edit: It's very important that every account gets its own IP or that it's a setting in tweak settings. I would also very much prefer that mail traffic goes through their own IP (i know you already support this, but you need to think about PTR records in a good way also here). This way a banned IP for spam does not affect other customers.
Regards
Marcus
Our servers (non-cpanel) mostly have ipv6 available. We have a /32 allocated and in use for about 4 years. We plan to provide each cpanel server with a /64. We would like to be able to split up that /64 for use for separate resellers so they can manage their own "little" block.
We are willing and looking forward to beta-testing any ipv6 functionality.
Kind regards,
Rogier
Our servers (non-cpanel) mostly have ipv6 available. We have a /32 allocated and in use for about 4 years. We plan to provide each cpanel server with a /64. We would like to be able to split up that /64 for use for separate resellers so they can manage their own "little" block.
We are willing and looking forward to beta-testing any ipv6 functionality.
Kind regards,
Rogier
When is this coming, it's not in 11.38 which means we won't see it until at least the end of the year now?
When is this coming, it's not in 11.38 which means we won't see it until at least the end of the year now?
2 - The tool should allow Server administrators to give resellers a given CIDR range up to /100
3 - In addition the reseller tool will need the same ability to give their own customers up to /116
This should cover the basic needs until this can be a little more balanced. And will solve our more immediate customer as well as reseller and administrator needs.
2 - The tool should allow Server administrators to give resellers a given CIDR range up to /100
3 - In addition the reseller tool will need the same ability to give their own customers up to /116
This should cover the basic needs until this can be a little more balanced. And will solve our more immediate customer as well as reseller and administrator needs.
Any further news on IPv6 compatibility with cPanel, earlier comments say possibly release 11.40. As far as i know rival Control Panels Plesk & DirectAdmin already work with IPv6. I am using cPanel 11.36 & i have IPv6 with my VPS i cannot use with cPanel at present
Any further news on IPv6 compatibility with cPanel, earlier comments say possibly release 11.40. As far as i know rival Control Panels Plesk & DirectAdmin already work with IPv6. I am using cPanel 11.36 & i have IPv6 with my VPS i cannot use with cPanel at present
It seems like most servers are allocated a /64 or a /48 by some providers.
I can see each domain being allocated a /120, which could be used for the domain itself, subdomains and individual services. I especially see each mail server being allocated its own IP address.
Resellers could be allocated a /100, which would be enough for over a million /120's.
It seems like most servers are allocated a /64 or a /48 by some providers.
I can see each domain being allocated a /120, which could be used for the domain itself, subdomains and individual services. I especially see each mail server being allocated its own IP address.
Resellers could be allocated a /100, which would be enough for over a million /120's.
currently im hacking my way around with an nginx plugin customized to my needs. this way nginx acting as a reverse proxy to apache which is listening on ipv4 addresses on different ports for different virtualhosts..
currently im hacking my way around with an nginx plugin customized to my needs. this way nginx acting as a reverse proxy to apache which is listening on ipv4 addresses on different ports for different virtualhosts..
the odd thing is that so many ISPs do not support ipv6. Instead, you use ipv6 in your house, the ISP uses ipv4 and passes it into an ipv6 system to continue the connections journey. So long as one end is supported, it should work fine.
The IPv6 rollout in the UK pretty much failed and here in the Philippines, we are still using IPv4 with no rollout date for IPv6.
the odd thing is that so many ISPs do not support ipv6. Instead, you use ipv6 in your house, the ISP uses ipv4 and passes it into an ipv6 system to continue the connections journey. So long as one end is supported, it should work fine.
The IPv6 rollout in the UK pretty much failed and here in the Philippines, we are still using IPv4 with no rollout date for IPv6.
If you are coming to HostingCon in Austin next week, please stop by booth 323 to see cPanel's IPv6 demo. I want to show what the Angry Llama team has implemented so far, what we are working on currently, and discuss which IPv6 features you would like next.
If you are coming to HostingCon in Austin next week, please stop by booth 323 to see cPanel's IPv6 demo. I want to show what the Angry Llama team has implemented so far, what we are working on currently, and discuss which IPv6 features you would like next.
Eric, do you have any video of the working demo presented at Hostingcon?
Eric, do you have any video of the working demo presented at Hostingcon?
Eric - you have thousands of people waiting for IPv6, why are you not being more transparent about what these people can expect? Before Hostingcon, you guys were talking about announcing IPv6 at Hostingcon. Now you are saying that you *HINTED* on a mailinglist when it will be released. Come on.. hint? We are not talking about hiding candy for a kid's birthday bash here, we are talking about functionality which company's continuity rely on - this isn't some sort of game. Why can't you just be transparent about what people should expect?
Eric - you have thousands of people waiting for IPv6, why are you not being more transparent about what these people can expect? Before Hostingcon, you guys were talking about announcing IPv6 at Hostingcon. Now you are saying that you *HINTED* on a mailinglist when it will be released. Come on.. hint? We are not talking about hiding candy for a kid's birthday bash here, we are talking about functionality which company's continuity rely on - this isn't some sort of game. Why can't you just be transparent about what people should expect?
Can we get test version to see how far you are and test it?
Can we get test version to see how far you are and test it?
ERIC Please if that version exist:
WHM > Update Preferences > IPv6 cPanel Test Version
With that all customer can test the version (like EDGE) with technical feedback
Thanks
ERIC Please if that version exist:
WHM > Update Preferences > IPv6 cPanel Test Version
With that all customer can test the version (like EDGE) with technical feedback
Thanks
The image is very small? But if IPv6 is ready with not give more details to your clients?... ITs easy!
The image is very small? But if IPv6 is ready with not give more details to your clients?... ITs easy!
Hi
i can't understand if that version exist, why today is not available to Test??
WHM > Update Preferences > IPv6 cPanel Test Version
or your team wait the Hostingcon ?, and then the implementation?
Hi
i can't understand if that version exist, why today is not available to Test??
WHM > Update Preferences > IPv6 cPanel Test Version
or your team wait the Hostingcon ?, and then the implementation?
Plesk I hear already supports IP6. So, maybe it's time to dump cpanel and switch with our DC charging $5/IP4
Plesk I hear already supports IP6. So, maybe it's time to dump cpanel and switch with our DC charging $5/IP4
cPanel have more users/admin than other (plesk, direct admin)because that i believe cPanel don't worry about that, we hope cPanel show the test IPv6 Test version
i wait the answer about WHM > Update Preferences > IPv6 cPanel Test Version
cPanel have more users/admin than other (plesk, direct admin)because that i believe cPanel don't worry about that, we hope cPanel show the test IPv6 Test version
i wait the answer about WHM > Update Preferences > IPv6 cPanel Test Version
Is not this case because cPanel's employee request info about the feature IPv6, in that case if your team have a Test version may be can show that and user like me or others can test this and sent feedback, because that i request the test version, if exist what is the problem? or we must wait more.. i remember this must be finish in 11.36
don't angry with me
thanks
Is not this case because cPanel's employee request info about the feature IPv6, in that case if your team have a Test version may be can show that and user like me or others can test this and sent feedback, because that i request the test version, if exist what is the problem? or we must wait more.. i remember this must be finish in 11.36
don't angry with me
thanks
We looked though our ticket system, and could not find any tickets from you on the game server issues. We would love the opportunity to help resolve these issues. Would you please open a ticket at https://tickets.cpanel.net/review/login.cgi?redirect=/submit/
Thanks
We looked though our ticket system, and could not find any tickets from you on the game server issues. We would love the opportunity to help resolve these issues. Would you please open a ticket at https://tickets.cpanel.net/review/login.cgi?redirect=/submit/
Thanks
We generally do not release test builds beyond third party developers and integrators until the project has reached a state that will not place a significant support burden on the team developing the project. We definitely do not want a situation where we leave customers hanging or slow down the progress of the project because the team is attempting to handle the support for the project.
We generally do not release test builds beyond third party developers and integrators until the project has reached a state that will not place a significant support burden on the team developing the project. We definitely do not want a situation where we leave customers hanging or slow down the progress of the project because the team is attempting to handle the support for the project.
We are a hosting provider and ISP in the UK.
With the exception of the machines running cpanel, our entire infrastructure is fully IPv6 ready, with native IPv6 available for our broadband customers.
PLEASE give us some way to see and perhaps help you test ipv6 support.
Whether you add a new release tier, lets says "Edge - ipv6" with the changes merged or however you want to do this is up to you.
However we NEED this functionality now, as we are now starting to assign IP's from our last ever allocation of 1024 ipv4's.
We would love to be able to say that as a company we are fully IPv6 ready, however so long as we continue to use cPanel we cannot do that.
As for Erics comment
"with our previous history with IPv6 I would like to avoid an unreasonable commitment"
Your current commitment (or seeming lack of it) is what I consider unreasonable!
We are a hosting provider and ISP in the UK.
With the exception of the machines running cpanel, our entire infrastructure is fully IPv6 ready, with native IPv6 available for our broadband customers.
PLEASE give us some way to see and perhaps help you test ipv6 support.
Whether you add a new release tier, lets says "Edge - ipv6" with the changes merged or however you want to do this is up to you.
However we NEED this functionality now, as we are now starting to assign IP's from our last ever allocation of 1024 ipv4's.
We would love to be able to say that as a company we are fully IPv6 ready, however so long as we continue to use cPanel we cannot do that.
As for Erics comment
"with our previous history with IPv6 I would like to avoid an unreasonable commitment"
Your current commitment (or seeming lack of it) is what I consider unreasonable!
I would like to see a detailed demo of the IPv6 changes we can see coming... many screenshots, videos, blogs, whatever.
The 2 screenshots of whatever it was you were showing off at hostingcon just doesnt cut it!
I would like to see a detailed demo of the IPv6 changes we can see coming... many screenshots, videos, blogs, whatever.
The 2 screenshots of whatever it was you were showing off at hostingcon just doesnt cut it!
Greetings again, I am Phil King, the Product Owner of the Angry Llama Scrum team, which is actively working on IPv6.
Here is a link to a brief demo of the IPv6 features we have completed to date. Our focus thus far has been on enabling IPv6 on website content.
http://vimeo.com/69093666
Our IPv6 work is currently targeted for cPanel WHM version 11.40.
We are currently working on tools to better handle multiple IPv6 ranges or subnets. This will enable the customers that want to break up a large allocation (e.g., a /64) into smaller ranges, and also assists the customer that gets only a handful of IPv6 addresses.
As soon as we are finished with this feature, we will be publishing a test build to next.cpanel.net. I will provide more details on this as we get closer to that date.
With a few months of development time before our internal 11.40 deadline, now would be a great opportunity to let me know which features you would like to see next. The linked Google spreadsheet below lists upcoming features. For each feature, you can let me know how you feel if the feature were present, and how you feel if the feature were absent.
http://go.cpanel.net/ipv6survey
And I leave you with these questions. Take a look at your most heavily populated servers. How many users are there? How many bound IPv4 addresses do you have currently? And are your servers prepared for each of those users to have a dedicated bound IPv6 address?
Greetings again, I am Phil King, the Product Owner of the Angry Llama Scrum team, which is actively working on IPv6.
Here is a link to a brief demo of the IPv6 features we have completed to date. Our focus thus far has been on enabling IPv6 on website content.
http://vimeo.com/69093666
Our IPv6 work is currently targeted for cPanel WHM version 11.40.
We are currently working on tools to better handle multiple IPv6 ranges or subnets. This will enable the customers that want to break up a large allocation (e.g., a /64) into smaller ranges, and also assists the customer that gets only a handful of IPv6 addresses.
As soon as we are finished with this feature, we will be publishing a test build to next.cpanel.net. I will provide more details on this as we get closer to that date.
With a few months of development time before our internal 11.40 deadline, now would be a great opportunity to let me know which features you would like to see next. The linked Google spreadsheet below lists upcoming features. For each feature, you can let me know how you feel if the feature were present, and how you feel if the feature were absent.
http://go.cpanel.net/ipv6survey
And I leave you with these questions. Take a look at your most heavily populated servers. How many users are there? How many bound IPv4 addresses do you have currently? And are your servers prepared for each of those users to have a dedicated bound IPv6 address?
We have an alpha build of our 11.40 IPv6 work available to EDGE users.
If you are interested in trying this alpha release and sending feedback, I encourage you to join our EDGE users mailing list. You may ask to subscribe to this list here:
http://mail.cpanel.net/mailman/listinfo/edge-users_cpanel.net
Then, if you are already a cPanel license holder, and you have a non-production server or VM to spare, you can try out this alpha build.
I want to emphasize that this is an alpha build, and not intended to be used on production servers.
Join the EDGE users mailing list, and then take a look over last week's IPv6 thread:
http://mail.cpanel.net/mailman/private/edge-users_cpanel.net/2013-August/004693.html
We have an alpha build of our 11.40 IPv6 work available to EDGE users.
If you are interested in trying this alpha release and sending feedback, I encourage you to join our EDGE users mailing list. You may ask to subscribe to this list here:
http://mail.cpanel.net/mailman/listinfo/edge-users_cpanel.net
Then, if you are already a cPanel license holder, and you have a non-production server or VM to spare, you can try out this alpha build.
I want to emphasize that this is an alpha build, and not intended to be used on production servers.
Join the EDGE users mailing list, and then take a look over last week's IPv6 thread:
http://mail.cpanel.net/mailman/private/edge-users_cpanel.net/2013-August/004693.html
Nice! Do you have a rough indication of when you expect it'll be available in the release and stable tiers?
Nice! Do you have a rough indication of when you expect it'll be available in the release and stable tiers?
Please keep in mind that the first release of IPv6 support is not the final release.
Please keep in mind that the first release of IPv6 support is not the final release.
I love that you're implementing IPv6 since Google is now using it when possible (mostly Gmail), but it's not usable if you don't add a Shared IPv6 Address that's compatible with the SPF feature.
A lot of customers complain that when they enable SPF their e-mails get marked as Spam since cPanel doesn't add the IPv6 address of the server on the SPF (it doesn't even have an ip6 option to add it without editting the DNS's), and also, I don't want to buy one IP for each customer, I want to add all my shared accounts on a shared IPv6 as the IPv4 one.
Please, add IPv6 shared functionality and also SPF compatible IPv6 on the next release !
I love that you're implementing IPv6 since Google is now using it when possible (mostly Gmail), but it's not usable if you don't add a Shared IPv6 Address that's compatible with the SPF feature.
A lot of customers complain that when they enable SPF their e-mails get marked as Spam since cPanel doesn't add the IPv6 address of the server on the SPF (it doesn't even have an ip6 option to add it without editting the DNS's), and also, I don't want to buy one IP for each customer, I want to add all my shared accounts on a shared IPv6 as the IPv4 one.
Please, add IPv6 shared functionality and also SPF compatible IPv6 on the next release !
As a note for anyone finding this request: The completion of this request represents the support that we completed in 11.40 or 11.42. You can read about our current support of IPV6 here: https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/Guide+to+IPv6
Some of the most popular requests related to IPv6 that are not satisfied by this request:
As a note for anyone finding this request: The completion of this request represents the support that we completed in 11.40 or 11.42. You can read about our current support of IPV6 here: https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/Guide+to+IPv6
Some of the most popular requests related to IPv6 that are not satisfied by this request:
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