gistfile1.sh

#! /bin/sh
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## Tested on Linux Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
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# OK I know this is nothing new/special.
# If you've always configured your LBs a certain way, you might have to use this method instead.
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# Scenario: High-availability setup with 2 HAProxy/Keepalived load-balancers on IPv6
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# Problem: HAProxy won't start (cannot bind socket) because the virtual IPv6 address is not assigned
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# With IPv4, you can set the sysctl parameter: net.ipv4.ip_nonlocal_bind=1
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# Solution: configure the floating/virtual IPv6 address on the LOOPBACK interface
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# Example:

/sbin/ip -6 addr add 2001:db8::ffff:1/64 dev lo