I picked up a cheap IPv6-only instance from Contabo last week for a side project. Deployed fine, updated packages, then hit a wall: git clone from GitHub times out every time. A bit of digging shows GitHub still lacks AAAA records for their main endpoints. This is 2025. I find this mildly embarrassing for them. :)
Has anyone solved this cleanly without just tunnelling everything through my home connection? I would prefer something I can leave running unattended on a small footprint.
Pop a Vultr edge node as your origin's emotional support animal. I did this last month, it's $12 now from my main box.
Cache hit: their anycast pops v4 and v6 both. Miss: trying to explain to support why you need custom headers.
Seriously though, a tiny v4 gateway at the edge of your setup solves the origin sadness. Pop it in the same metro as your Contabo for latency that doesn't hurt. My miss rate on this approach is zero so far.
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