Re: Listen on IPv6 only

Gilberto Castillo Martnez wrote:
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> El mi?, 09-03-2011 a las 13:58 +0100, Dyonisius Visser escribi?:
> > hi guys
> >
> > I am in the process of converting my network to IPv6 only (well, as
> > much as possible).
> > Since our own network has fully functional IPv6 connectivity, I should
> > be able to move all services that are used internally only, to IPv6
> > only.
> > Postgres is one of those services.
> >
> > I could not find anywhere in the docs how to configure this.
> > However, the following seems to do the trick:
> >
> > listen_addresses = '::'
> >
> > This will make postgres listen on IPv6 only:
> >
> > root(at)cajones:~# telnet 127.0.0.1 5432
> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
> >
> > root(at)cajones:~# telnet ::1 5432
> > Trying ::1...
> > Connected to ::1.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> >
> > Might be an idea to add this to the docs.
>
> Maybe!!.

Interesting. How would someone listen only on IPv4 addresses?

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