OES DNS does not listen or respond on IPv6 bound addresses

  • Document ID:7023618
  • Creation Date:07-Jan-2019
  • Modified Date:07-Jan-2019
    • Micro Focus Products:
      Open Enterprise Server

Environment

Open Enterprise Server 2018 (OES 2018) Linux
Open Enterprise Server 2015 (OES 2015) Linux
Open Enterprise Server 11 (OES 11) Linux
Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) Linux

Situation

OES DNS does not listen and respond on IPv6 bound addresses.
OES DNS does listen and respond on IPv4 bound addresses, and will resolve an IPV6 (AAAA) query.

Resolution

Use IPv4
Use a SLES DNS server
Use a third party DNS server

Cause

The code used for the OES DNS server does not have IPv6 support.