Xen on Ubuntu 18.04 with IPv4 (NAT) and IPv6












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I'm renting a dedicated server at Hetzner and installed Ubuntu server 18.04 LTS on it.
I've got two public IPv4 addresses named x.x.x.x and y.y.y.y and one IPv6 /64 block for connecting my private networks to the internet. I use NAT for IPv4.



XEN Schema
My network is configured using Netplan as follows:



network:    
version: 2
renderer: networkd
ethernets:
eth0:
addresses:
- x.x.x.x/32
- y.y.y.y/32
- a.a.a.a::2/64
routes:
- on-link: true
to: 0.0.0.0/0
via: z.z.z.z
gateway6: fe80::1
nameservers:
addresses:
- 1.1.1.1
- 1.0.0.1
- 2606:4700:4700::1111
- 2606:4700:4700::1001
bridges:
xenbr0:
interfaces:
addresses:
- 192.168.0.1/24
- a.a.a.a::3/64
parameters:
forward-delay: 0
stp: false
xenbr1:
interfaces:
addresses:
- 192.168.1.1/24
- a.a.a.a::4/64
parameters:
forward-delay: 0
stp: false


The installation and configuration of XEN:



sudo apt-get install xen-hypervisor-amd64 xen-tools
sudo reboot
sudo vim /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN_DEFAULT="dom0_mem=min:1024M,max:1024M dom0_max_vcpus=2 dom0_vcpus_pin"
sudo vim /etc/xen/xl.conf
autoballoon=0
sudo update-grub
sudo reboot


VM's should be accessible to and from the Internet using IP forwarding and NAT.



sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo apt-get install iptables-persistent


The NAT part:



sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE


Forward HTTP and HTTPS requests to our VM2 server:



sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -i eth0 -d x.x.x.x --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.11:80
sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -i eth0 -d x.x.x.x --dport 443 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.11:443


We don't want any traffic between 192.168.0.x <-> 192.168.0.y so we drop all data packages with some simple rules. This Blocks communication between the bridges:



sudo iptables -P FORWARD DROP
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o xenbr0 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i xenbr0 -o eth0 -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o xenbr1 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i xenbr1 -o eth0 -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j ACCEPT


The IPv4 part works perfectly but the IPv6 doesn't. I've assigned an IPv6 address manually to my VM's.When logged in to VM1 i can ping xenbr0 at address ::3 and VM2 at address ::11 but can't ping eth0 at address ::2.
It's like the bridge prevents the IPv6 traffic from leaving the network but can't figure out why.










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I'm renting a dedicated server at Hetzner and installed Ubuntu server 18.04 LTS on it.
I've got two public IPv4 addresses named x.x.x.x and y.y.y.y and one IPv6 /64 block for connecting my private networks to the internet. I use NAT for IPv4.



XEN Schema
My network is configured using Netplan as follows:



network:    
version: 2
renderer: networkd
ethernets:
eth0:
addresses:
- x.x.x.x/32
- y.y.y.y/32
- a.a.a.a::2/64
routes:
- on-link: true
to: 0.0.0.0/0
via: z.z.z.z
gateway6: fe80::1
nameservers:
addresses:
- 1.1.1.1
- 1.0.0.1
- 2606:4700:4700::1111
- 2606:4700:4700::1001
bridges:
xenbr0:
interfaces:
addresses:
- 192.168.0.1/24
- a.a.a.a::3/64
parameters:
forward-delay: 0
stp: false
xenbr1:
interfaces:
addresses:
- 192.168.1.1/24
- a.a.a.a::4/64
parameters:
forward-delay: 0
stp: false


The installation and configuration of XEN:



sudo apt-get install xen-hypervisor-amd64 xen-tools
sudo reboot
sudo vim /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN_DEFAULT="dom0_mem=min:1024M,max:1024M dom0_max_vcpus=2 dom0_vcpus_pin"
sudo vim /etc/xen/xl.conf
autoballoon=0
sudo update-grub
sudo reboot


VM's should be accessible to and from the Internet using IP forwarding and NAT.



sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo apt-get install iptables-persistent


The NAT part:



sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE


Forward HTTP and HTTPS requests to our VM2 server:



sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -i eth0 -d x.x.x.x --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.11:80
sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -i eth0 -d x.x.x.x --dport 443 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.11:443


We don't want any traffic between 192.168.0.x <-> 192.168.0.y so we drop all data packages with some simple rules. This Blocks communication between the bridges:



sudo iptables -P FORWARD DROP
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o xenbr0 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i xenbr0 -o eth0 -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o xenbr1 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i xenbr1 -o eth0 -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j ACCEPT


The IPv4 part works perfectly but the IPv6 doesn't. I've assigned an IPv6 address manually to my VM's.When logged in to VM1 i can ping xenbr0 at address ::3 and VM2 at address ::11 but can't ping eth0 at address ::2.
It's like the bridge prevents the IPv6 traffic from leaving the network but can't figure out why.










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I'm renting a dedicated server at Hetzner and installed Ubuntu server 18.04 LTS on it.
I've got two public IPv4 addresses named x.x.x.x and y.y.y.y and one IPv6 /64 block for connecting my private networks to the internet. I use NAT for IPv4.



XEN Schema
My network is configured using Netplan as follows:



network:    
version: 2
renderer: networkd
ethernets:
eth0:
addresses:
- x.x.x.x/32
- y.y.y.y/32
- a.a.a.a::2/64
routes:
- on-link: true
to: 0.0.0.0/0
via: z.z.z.z
gateway6: fe80::1
nameservers:
addresses:
- 1.1.1.1
- 1.0.0.1
- 2606:4700:4700::1111
- 2606:4700:4700::1001
bridges:
xenbr0:
interfaces:
addresses:
- 192.168.0.1/24
- a.a.a.a::3/64
parameters:
forward-delay: 0
stp: false
xenbr1:
interfaces:
addresses:
- 192.168.1.1/24
- a.a.a.a::4/64
parameters:
forward-delay: 0
stp: false


The installation and configuration of XEN:



sudo apt-get install xen-hypervisor-amd64 xen-tools
sudo reboot
sudo vim /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN_DEFAULT="dom0_mem=min:1024M,max:1024M dom0_max_vcpus=2 dom0_vcpus_pin"
sudo vim /etc/xen/xl.conf
autoballoon=0
sudo update-grub
sudo reboot


VM's should be accessible to and from the Internet using IP forwarding and NAT.



sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo apt-get install iptables-persistent


The NAT part:



sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE


Forward HTTP and HTTPS requests to our VM2 server:



sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -i eth0 -d x.x.x.x --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.11:80
sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -i eth0 -d x.x.x.x --dport 443 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.11:443


We don't want any traffic between 192.168.0.x <-> 192.168.0.y so we drop all data packages with some simple rules. This Blocks communication between the bridges:



sudo iptables -P FORWARD DROP
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o xenbr0 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i xenbr0 -o eth0 -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o xenbr1 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i xenbr1 -o eth0 -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j ACCEPT


The IPv4 part works perfectly but the IPv6 doesn't. I've assigned an IPv6 address manually to my VM's.When logged in to VM1 i can ping xenbr0 at address ::3 and VM2 at address ::11 but can't ping eth0 at address ::2.
It's like the bridge prevents the IPv6 traffic from leaving the network but can't figure out why.










share|improve this question
















I'm renting a dedicated server at Hetzner and installed Ubuntu server 18.04 LTS on it.
I've got two public IPv4 addresses named x.x.x.x and y.y.y.y and one IPv6 /64 block for connecting my private networks to the internet. I use NAT for IPv4.



XEN Schema
My network is configured using Netplan as follows:



network:    
version: 2
renderer: networkd
ethernets:
eth0:
addresses:
- x.x.x.x/32
- y.y.y.y/32
- a.a.a.a::2/64
routes:
- on-link: true
to: 0.0.0.0/0
via: z.z.z.z
gateway6: fe80::1
nameservers:
addresses:
- 1.1.1.1
- 1.0.0.1
- 2606:4700:4700::1111
- 2606:4700:4700::1001
bridges:
xenbr0:
interfaces:
addresses:
- 192.168.0.1/24
- a.a.a.a::3/64
parameters:
forward-delay: 0
stp: false
xenbr1:
interfaces:
addresses:
- 192.168.1.1/24
- a.a.a.a::4/64
parameters:
forward-delay: 0
stp: false


The installation and configuration of XEN:



sudo apt-get install xen-hypervisor-amd64 xen-tools
sudo reboot
sudo vim /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN_DEFAULT="dom0_mem=min:1024M,max:1024M dom0_max_vcpus=2 dom0_vcpus_pin"
sudo vim /etc/xen/xl.conf
autoballoon=0
sudo update-grub
sudo reboot


VM's should be accessible to and from the Internet using IP forwarding and NAT.



sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo apt-get install iptables-persistent


The NAT part:



sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE


Forward HTTP and HTTPS requests to our VM2 server:



sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -i eth0 -d x.x.x.x --dport 80 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.11:80
sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -i eth0 -d x.x.x.x --dport 443 -j DNAT --to 192.168.0.11:443


We don't want any traffic between 192.168.0.x <-> 192.168.0.y so we drop all data packages with some simple rules. This Blocks communication between the bridges:



sudo iptables -P FORWARD DROP
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o xenbr0 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i xenbr0 -o eth0 -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o xenbr1 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i xenbr1 -o eth0 -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j ACCEPT


The IPv4 part works perfectly but the IPv6 doesn't. I've assigned an IPv6 address manually to my VM's.When logged in to VM1 i can ping xenbr0 at address ::3 and VM2 at address ::11 but can't ping eth0 at address ::2.
It's like the bridge prevents the IPv6 traffic from leaving the network but can't figure out why.







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  • 1





    If you are trying to create a guide, the re-write to be a question, and answer it. (self answered questions are encouraged).

    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Jan 20 at 15:57








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If you are trying to create a guide, the re-write to be a question, and answer it. (self answered questions are encouraged).

– ctrl-alt-delor
Jan 20 at 15:57





If you are trying to create a guide, the re-write to be a question, and answer it. (self answered questions are encouraged).

– ctrl-alt-delor
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