Enabling IPV6 on an Amazon EC2 instance

By default, AWS EC2 instances are not connected to IPV6. Due to IPV6's benefits, we will want our EC2 instance to have it in a number of situations, including the following:

1. No more NAT (Network Address Translation)
2. Auto-configuration
3. No more private address collisions
4. Better multicast routing
5. Simpler header format
6. Simplified, more efficient routing
7. True quality of service (QoS), also called "flow labeling"
8. Built-in authentication and privacy support
9. Flexible options and extensions
10. Easier administration (no more DHCP)

I'll walk you through setting up your EC2 instance with an IPV6 address in no time today.

TOPOLOGY

STEP1 .

GO TO YOUR VPC AND EDIT CIDR

STEP2.

Edit CIDR , there is no associated IPV6 by default

STEP 3
Add new IPV6 CIDR

STEP 4
IPv6 will now associate itself with the VPC , the same way ipv4 was associated by default

STEP 5
Go to the subnet and enable IPV6 on us-east-1a subnet

STEP 6
Add subnet CIDR block

STEP 7
Edit ROUTE TABLES and point default ipv6 routes to INTERNET GATEWAY

STEP 8
Go ahead and launch your EC2 instance using the VPC edited

STEP 9
EC2 has been launched successfully with associated IPV6

STEP 10
Check your ipv6 configuration and ping to IPV6 google public DNS (2001:4860:4860::8888)

Comments

[Sulaiman Olubiyi]

Awesome
Well detailed and insightful

[ojo temitope seun]

Thanks Sulaiman

[Afolabi Gabriel Olaoluwa]

Great and helpful content...

[ojo temitope seun]

Thanks Gabriel