How to Configure IPv6 on SLES 12

Introduction

This tutorial covers How to Configure IPv6 on SLES 12 on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management.

Prerequisites

Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: zypper refresh && zypper update -y

Step 1 — Installation

Install required packages:

zypper install -y 

Step 2 — Configuration

Configure the service as needed for your environment.

Step 3 — Enable Service

systemctl enable --now 

Step 4 — Verify

systemctl status 

AppArmor Considerations

Note: SLES 12 uses AppArmor for mandatory access control. Check AppArmor status with aa-status and enforce profiles with aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/<profile>.

Conclusion

You have successfully completed: How to Configure IPv6 on SLES 12. For more SLES 12 tutorials, see our full SLES 12 series.