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      7.1.13.1 Verifying System Support for IPv6
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   Before MySQL Server can accept IPv6 connections, the operating
        system on your server host must support IPv6. As a simple test
        to determine whether that is true, try this command:
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   <pre class="programlisting language-terminal"><div class="docs-select-all right" id="sa79199387"><div class="copy-help left">Press ⌘+C to copy</div> <div class="right"><button class="clipboard-btn" title="Copy to Clipboard"><span class="icon-clipboard"></span></button></div></div><code class="language-terminal"><span class="token prompt">$&gt; </span><span class="token command">ping6</span> <span class="token punctuation">:</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span>1
16 bytes from <span class="token punctuation">:</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span>1<span class="token punctuation">,</span> icmp_seq<span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation">=</span>0</span> hlim<span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation">=</span>64</span> time<span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation">=</span>0.171</span> ms
16 bytes from <span class="token punctuation">:</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span>1<span class="token punctuation">,</span> icmp_seq<span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation">=</span>1</span> hlim<span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation">=</span>64</span> time<span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation">=</span>0.077</span> ms
<span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span></code></pre>
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   To produce a description of your system's network interfaces,
        invoke
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     ifconfig -a
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   and look for IPv6
        addresses in the output.
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   If your host does not support IPv6, consult your system
        documentation for instructions on enabling it. It might be that
        you need only reconfigure an existing network interface to add
        an IPv6 address. Or a more extensive change might be needed,
        such as rebuilding the kernel with IPv6 options enabled.
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   These links may be helpful in setting up IPv6 on various
        platforms:
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      <a class="ulink" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd163569.aspx" target="_blank">
       Windows
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      <a class="ulink" href="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ipv6.xml" target="_blank">
       Gentoo
            Linux
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      <a class="ulink" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IPv6" target="_blank">
       Ubuntu
            Linux
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      <a class="ulink" href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/" target="_blank">
       Linux
            (Generic)
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      <a class="ulink" href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202237" target="_blank">
       macOS
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