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I really love seeing what DO is doing. We use a lot of providers, and seeing DO making this available while immediately making the API available is really impr

I really love seeing what DO is doing. We use a lot of providers, and seeing DO making this available while immediately making the API available is really impressive. A company that thinks about API first when enabling a new service (like Amazon) enables real developers. In comparison, we use CircleCI and often you wait for months for features to be available through the API.

IgorPartola 8y ago
Have they fixed their IPv6 support yet?
- markovbot 8y ago
  Last i checked, they still issue a single IPv6 address to each droplet (eg a /128, not a /64) and silently block certain ports on IPv6, so no.
  - IgorPartola 8y ago
    Well, I guess they will continue not getting my money then.
    - jbrooksuk 8y ago
      Can someone explain the significance of this?
      - jagger27 8y ago
        It's basically a non-standard use of IPv6, which is to ideally issue a /64 to each end point. Personally I don't mind, but some people think they need 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 addresses per host. The idea being with all those addresses you can create subrouters to manage your network topology. Unless you're doing some weird tunnelling setup through your VPS, I can't see why you'd need or want such a huge block. People complain about only getting a /64 on their home routers. Blocking certain outbound traffic is another matter: that really stinks.
    - markovbot 8y ago
      Who do you use instead? I'm really disappointed by their IPv6 support and undocumented egress firewall rules, but found other providers to have their own set of problems. Would love suggestions.
      - IgorPartola 8y ago
        Vultr has proper IPv6 and is the same price.
  - kamaln7 8y ago
    Each Droplet gets a /124 block, so 16 IPv6 addresses. Please see this page for more info: https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/networking/ipv6/overview/ https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/networking/ipv6/overview/
    - markovbot 8y ago
      Oh my bad. Point still stands.

IgorPartola 8y ago

Have they fixed their IPv6 support yet?

markovbot 8y ago
Last i checked, they still issue a single IPv6 address to each droplet (eg a /128, not a /64) and silently block certain ports on IPv6, so no.
- IgorPartola 8y ago
  Well, I guess they will continue not getting my money then.
  - jbrooksuk 8y ago
    Can someone explain the significance of this?
    - jagger27 8y ago
      It's basically a non-standard use of IPv6, which is to ideally issue a /64 to each end point. Personally I don't mind, but some people think they need 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 addresses per host. The idea being with all those addresses you can create subrouters to manage your network topology. Unless you're doing some weird tunnelling setup through your VPS, I can't see why you'd need or want such a huge block. People complain about only getting a /64 on their home routers. Blocking certain outbound traffic is another matter: that really stinks.
  - markovbot 8y ago
    Who do you use instead? I'm really disappointed by their IPv6 support and undocumented egress firewall rules, but found other providers to have their own set of problems. Would love suggestions.
    - IgorPartola 8y ago
      Vultr has proper IPv6 and is the same price.
- kamaln7 8y ago
  Each Droplet gets a /124 block, so 16 IPv6 addresses. Please see this page for more info: https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/networking/ipv6/overview/ https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/networking/ipv6/overview/
  - markovbot 8y ago
    Oh my bad. Point still stands.