Connecting WordPress to remote database using IPV6
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Hello, would anyone be able to confirm if WordPress can connect to a remote database using IPv6?
I am trying to connect WordPress to a remote MariaDB database using an IPV6 address. When I input all of the information, WordPress returns “Error establishing a database connection”.
The servers are definitely connecting to each other correctly, I am able to use MySQL Client to connect to the database using the credentials, and I am even able to install Joomla using the credentials, just not WordPress.
If it helps, Joomla will only install when using MySQLi, not MySQL (PDO). We have tried changing the MariaDB bind address to the IPv6 address and also tried this as “::” as the bind address, but WordPress still does not connect through IPv6.
We have entered the IPv6 address on WordPress with brackets (e.g. [2a01:7e00::f03c:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX]).
WordPress will connect using an IPv4 address, just not IPv6. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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This seems to be a real bug. Can you post details at https://core.trac.ww.wp.xz.cn ?
Update:
if you define the IPv6 address in /etc/hosts, it will work.
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