Nginx: Configure and Install With IPv6 Networking Support

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To configure and install Nginx with IPv6 networking support on a Debian-based system, follow these steps:

  1. Install Nginx:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nginx
  1. Verify that Nginx is installed by visiting the IP address of your server in a web browser.
  2. To enable IPv6 support in Nginx, open the Nginx configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
  1. Find the following line in the file:
listen 80;

This line tells Nginx to listen for incoming connections on port 80. To add IPv6 support, change the line to the following:

listen [::]:80;
  1. Save and close the file.
  2. Restart Nginx to apply the changes:
sudo service nginx restart
  1. Verify that Nginx is listening for IPv6 connections by using the following command:
sudo netstat -tlp | grep nginx

The output should show that Nginx is listening on both IPv4 and IPv6.

That’s it! You have now installed and configured Nginx with IPv6 networking support on a Debian-based system.

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