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Updated ipv6 support docs
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bgrant0607 authored Jan 18, 2017
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Expand Up @@ -180,10 +180,11 @@ and the network plugin architecture Kubernetes uses needs to allow returning
IPv6 addresses too [CNI issue #245](https://github.com/containernetworking/cni/issues/245).
Kubernetes code that deals with IP addresses must then be audited and fixed to
support both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and not assume IPv4.
Additionally, direct ipv6 assignment to instances doesn't appear to be supported
by major cloud providers (e.g., AWS EC2, GCE) yet. We'd happily take pull
requests from people running Kubernetes on bare metal, though. :-)

AWS started rolling out basic
[ipv6 support](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/12/announcing-internet-protocol-version-6-support-for-ec2-instances-in-amazon-virtual-private-cloud/),
but direct ipv6 assignment to instances doesn't appear to be supported by other
major cloud providers (e.g. GCE) yet. We'd happily take pull requests from people
running Kubernetes on bare metal, though. :-)

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