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@@ -197,15 +197,18 @@ are connecting to OpenStack can share a cache should you desire. IPv6 ---- -IPv6 may be a thing you would prefer to use not only if the cloud supports it, -but also if your local machine support it. A simple boolean flag is settable -either in an environment variable, `OS_PREFER_IPV6`, or in the client section -of the clouds.yaml. +IPv6 is the future, and you should always use if if your cloud supports it and +if your local network supports it. Both of those are eaily detectable and all +friendly software should do the right thing. However, sometimes you might +exist in a location where you have an IPv6 stack, but something evil has +caused it to not actually function. In that case, there is a config option +you can set to unbreak you `force_ipv4`, or `OS_FORCE_IPV4` boolean +environment variable. :: client: - prefer_ipv6: true + force_ipv4: true clouds: mordred: profile: hp @@ -222,9 +225,8 @@ of the clouds.yaml. project_name: mordred@inaugust.com region_name: DFW -The above snippet will tell client programs to prefer returning an IPv6 -address. This will result in calls to, for instance, `shade`'s `get_public_ip` -to return an IPv4 address on HP, and an IPv6 address on Rackspace. +The above snippet will tell client programs to prefer returning an IPv4 +address. Usage ----- |