IPv6 for repo.linuxfabrik.ch and the Mirror Servers

Better late than never: our package repository, the download server and the mirror servers for RHEL 8, 9 and 10 are reachable over IPv6. Hosts in IPv6-only networks get their packages directly, without NAT64 or a proxy.

What is reachable over IPv6

All services run dual-stack, IPv4 stays as it is.

• repo.linuxfabrik.ch: RPM and DEB packages, among them the Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins
• download.linuxfabrik.ch: source archives and downloads
• ip.linuxfabrik.ch: returns the public IP address of the calling host, over IPv6 its IPv6 address
• mirror.linuxfabrik.ch and mirror-rhel8.linuxfabrik.ch: mirror servers for RHEL 8
• mirror-rhel9.linuxfabrik.ch: mirror server for RHEL 9
• mirror-rhel10.linuxfabrik.ch: mirror server for RHEL 10

curl shows whether your host takes the IPv6 path:

$ curl --ipv6 --head https://repo.linuxfabrik.ch/

What to check

Firewalls with rules per IP address. If you allow outgoing traffic to our servers by address, add the IPv6 addresses (excerpt):

$ dig +short AAAA repo.linuxfabrik.ch
$ dig +short AAAA mirror-rhel9.linuxfabrik.ch

Access to the mirror servers by IP address. Besides username and password, we also grant access to the mirror servers by source address. These grants apply per address family. A host with IPv6 whose network is registered with us by its IPv4 address only gets a 401 Unauthorized over IPv6. In that case, send us your IPv6 prefix, or use username and password.

We help you

Moving your Linux servers to dual-stack, or need access to the mirror servers? Have a look at our mirror servers and get in touch.