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IPv6-only VPS for $1/month—ready to ditch IPv4 entirely?

VPS Hosting by ronwit 2 replies 141 views
9 #1

So basically I got this RackNerd IPv6-only plan, actually $0.99/month, 1GB RAM, 20GB SSD. They give you a /64 which is basically overkill for one VPS lol (´・ω・`)

Wanted to see if I can actually survive without IPv4. Running nginx, few static sites, mailserver. Results after 2 weeks:

  • ~85% of internet reachable directly
  • GitHub works (they have v6)
  • My bank's website... no v6 (´;ω;`)
  • Docker Hub needs mirror, official is v4-only
  • apt mirrors mostly fine actually

For broken stuff I use public NAT64 (nat64.xyz). Latency is meh but works.

Question is: anyone running IPv6-only in production? Or is this just toy? I want to know if 15% breakage is actually acceptable for real site.

instant noodles, instant deploys
#2

Wey I tried this! Same provider almost, GreenCloudVPS has ipv6-only for $1.20

Problem is email deliverability... lots of mailservers still no v6, your mail bounce back to spam folder? I learned this hard way

Also cloudflare proxy saves you, they give ipv4 frontend. But then you are not really ipv6-only, you are hiding behind cloudflare wey

declarative or death
#3

Do you need another server as jump host?

Also is the $1/month really cheaper than just getting ipv4, or is it more for the experiment? Thanks everyone!

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