# IPv6 support for reverse proxy

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ipv6-support-for-reverse-proxy/216266>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [January 31, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ipv6-support-for-reverse-proxy/216266 "2012-01-31T12:41:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ipv6-support-for-reverse-proxy/216266/1 "2012-01-31T12:41:46Z")

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Hi,

Can we use nginx to act as a reverse proxy for IPv6 servers?

i.e.,

server {  
listen [::]:80;  
listen 80;  
server\_name [kame-experiment.net](http://kame-experiment.net) \*.kame-experiment.net;

```
    location / {
            proxy_pass

```

http://[2001:200:dff:fff1:216:3eff:feb1:44d7];  
proxy\_redirect off;  
proxy\_set\_header Host $host;  
proxy\_set\_header X-Real-IP $remote\_addr;  
proxy\_set\_header X-Forwarded-For  
$proxy\_add\_x\_forwarded\_for;

```
    }

```

}

Thanks,

[simon.cpu]

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**Author:** ![Simon\_Cornelius\_PSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simon\_Cornelius\_PSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Simon_Cornelius_PSS)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ipv6-support-for-reverse-proxy/216266/2 "2012-01-31T15:29:03Z")

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Hello!

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 07:41:04PM +0800, Simon Cornelius P. Umacob  
wrote:

> ```
> location / {
> proxy_pass http://[2001:200:dff:fff1:216:3eff:feb1:44d7];
> 
> ```

No, it’s not currently supported.

Maxim D.