Disable ipv6 just in Cacti

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itsegner
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Disable ipv6 just in Cacti

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Hi,

is there a way to Disable ipv6 in Poller or, Perfences. So it is not using ipv6 entry from DNS name for example server2.its-egner.de ?

I just Want to use IPv4 but the Server should still have ipv6 Address

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Re: Disable ipv6 just in Cacti

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Be more specific. What plugin/component?
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Re: Disable ipv6 just in Cacti

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Hi,

when I want to add an Devie and enter a Domain with AAA Record it uses ipv6 to try to reach the device. But I want that Cacti use A Record. Hope that clearify

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Re: Disable ipv6 just in Cacti

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I think that this is operating system thing. When you have DNS records "server2.its-egner.de A 1.2.3.4" and "server2.its-egner.de AAAA 2001:13e7::...." your OS resolves server2.its-egner.de and got 2 records. All modern OS prefering IPv6.

So you can disable IPv6 on host or add specific DNS record only with IPv4 address.
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Re: Disable ipv6 just in Cacti

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Hmm. Might be, but on most COmmands you can add like -4 option to force IPv4 and avoid ipv6. Maybe that could be implemented in Device configuration.
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Re: Disable ipv6 just in Cacti

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Please create Feature request here
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues

We can discus about it
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