System Administration Guide, Volume 3

How to Add IPv6 Addresses to DNS

  1. Become superuser on system that has DNS.

  2. Edit the appropriate DNS zone file by adding AAAA records for the IPv6-enabled host, using the following format.


    host-name  IN   AAAA 	host-address
    
  3. Edit the DNS reverse zone file and add PTR records, using the following format.


    host-address IN   PTR   host-name
    

See RFC 1886 for more information about AAAA and PTR records.

Example--DNS Zone File


vallejo		IN		AAAA   2::9256:a00:20ff:fe12
IN		AAAA   fec0::9256:a00:20ff:fe12:528

Example--DNS Reverse Zone File


$ORIGIN	ip6.int.	
8.2.5.0.2.1.e.f.f.f.9.2.0.0.a.0.6.5.2.9.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.0 \
	IN		PTR		vallejo.Eng.apex.COM.
8.2.5.0.2.1.e.f.f.f.9.2.0.0.a.0.6.5.2.9.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.c.e.f \
	IN		PTR		vallejo.Eng.apex.COM.