4 Using OSO with IPv6

This section details the steps to access OSO services like Prometheus and Alertmanager using IPv6.

Note:

You can use the Installing OSO using CSAR procedure to install OSO in an IPv6 cluster.

• To access Prometheus GUI using IPv6, use the following URL format and open the GUI using any IPv6 supported browser:
  Load Balancer:

  LoadBalancerIP-Prometheus]

  Example:

  http://[2606:b400:605:b819:4631:92ff:fe73:9d2c]

  Node Port:

  [AnyWorkerNodeIP]:NodePort-Prometheus

  Example:

  http://[2606:b400:605:b819:4631:92ff:fe73:9d2c]:30090

• Currently, Alertmanager has an issue in accessing Alertmanager GUI with IPv6 (see, Parsing URLs with IPv6 host issue). To overcome this issue, perform the following steps to use the DNS names concept as Alertmanager does not support IPv6 address format.
  1. Open the hosts file from the following path: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.
  2. Add the following entry to map the worker-node IP of IPv6 cluster with a DNS name:

     # DNS Mapping for alertmanager 
     2606:b400:605:b819:4631:92ff:fe73:9d2c alertmanager

  3. Open GUI using NodePort and DNS name. For example, http://alertmanager:30854/alertmanager