[rabbitmq-discuss] IPv6 issue?

Thu May 8 14:33:32 BST 2014

On 08/05/14 14:00, gdubicki wrote:
> For the reference I would like to report that I have had similar problem
> with rabbitmq 2.6.16:

There was no RabbitMQ 2.6.16 release.

> I have had IPv6 turned off in sysctl.conf via:
>
> net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
> net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
> net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
>
> ..but my rabbitmq still listened on tcp6:
>
> 2014-05-08 14:43:32 root at api:~ # netstat -an|grep 5672
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:15672           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:55672           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
> tcp6       0      0 :::5672                 :::*                    LISTEN

If those disable_ipv6 config items had taken effect then your system 
would not permit IPv6 connections at all. Since we can see IPv6 
connections I suggest the sysctl.conf changes did not take effect.

Cheers, Simon

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Simon MacMullen
RabbitMQ, Pivotal