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Esxi 6.5 on Kimsufi IPV6 and 4 working!! (walk through)
Hi,
so as you know some providers only provide 1 ipv4, this isn't good if you want to host esxi for example.
With IPV6 you can use this as the esxi host then configure PFsense using the IPV4 address.
setup as normal, access esxi over V4,
here:https://communities.vmware.com/thread/336166
setup V6 on the esxi host.
this is the important bit !!
you need to enter BOTH V6 address.(replace with yours)
2001:41d0:2:b749:dead:beef:cafe:1/64 < this will be your IP in the portal
2001:41d0:2:b7ff:dead:beef:cafe:1/64 < change the last 2 for ff
gateway - 2001:41d0:2:36FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
then the gateway will be accepted.
if configured correctly you will see a NEW IPV6 port group.
i setup a AAAA dns to point to the ::1 V6 address, once you have access to the esxi host on the V6 address, go into the vmk0 and replace the V4 address with (i used) 12.12.12.0)
MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING THE IPV6 ADDRESS AT THIS TIME!!!!!!!!!
once done install PFsense, change the MAC address of the 1st vm adapter (spoofing). (bound to the external card.) WAN
create a new Virtual switch, call it LAN, add this a the 2nd network card. LAN
once booted you should see the pfsense get the ipv4 from dhcp.
either cli to open the wan port to administrator the pfsense or instill an OS to access.
you now should be able to install vm's to get internet via the pfsense on the LAN interface.
its taken me about a week to finally do it and its working great !!
James.
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v6 works fine on Kimsufi also with Proxmox, nothing new.
All machines get a dedicated v6 address, runs fine.
not disputing ipv6 is working, its a help so you can use esxi to host other vms on IPV4.
You could also do this with a private v4 network NATed and/or masqueraded.
I couldn't get VMware ESXi installed on a Kimsufi 4C, the template does not appear in the drop-down menu. Any idea why?
ESXi templates have been removed from Kimsufi some time ago ;-)
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To set up IPv6, change your netmask to /56 and you are all good. No need to add 2 IPs.
For NAT, pfSense is one option, but you can also go with any router image, OpenWRT be one of them.
Can anyone explain to me how this walkthrough can be useful if there's no option to install ESXi on a Kimsufi? Maybe together with another walkthrough...
ESXi is available only in Xeon. Just KS Xeon is the servers with SYS which were transferred to KS and therefore ESXi is available for them.
In my opinion this is too much of a hassle since for a few euros more you can get a SyS with a bit better specs and 16 IPv4 IP's plus the IPv6 /64. The KS Xeon is just a downgraded SyS.
On SYS - Xeon E3-1245v2/1225v2 is not available for installation of VMware. Previously it was possible, now it is impossible.
Available for installation only on E3-1231v3, E5-2650v2, E5-2670v2, E5-2690v2, E5-1630v3, E5-1650v3, I7-6700K, i7-4790K (selectively, not all available), E5-1620v2, E5-1650v2, E5-1620, E5-1650, E5-2670, Opteron 6128, Opteron 4334 servers.