Apache VirtualHost wildcards with IPv6

Question

Using Apache 2.4 on Ubuntu, I have the following in ports.conf:

Listen XX.73.44.57:80
Listen [2001:XX:0:2c38::39]:80

<IfModule ssl_module>
         Listen XX.73.44.57:443
         Listen [2001:XX:0:2c38::39]:443
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_gnutls.c>
         Listen XX.73.44.57:443
         Listen [2001:XX:0:2c38::39]:443
</IfModule>

I'd like to have the following in my server configs:

 <VirtualHost *:80>

but that doesn't seem to work properly as the hosts don't respond. I've also tried:

 <VirtualHost *:80 [::]:80>

The following works:

<VirtualHost [2001:XX:0:2c38::39]:80 XX.73.44.57:80>

but I'd prefer a wildcard. Do I have to give the IP addresses explicitly?

Answer 1

If you want to use a wildcard address (listen on all IP addresses) in a VirtualHost, you need your Listen directive to be listening on all IP addresses.

Listen 80
Listen 443

Answer 2

Try putting Listen 0.0.0.0:80 in ports.conf instead of Listen 80. This helped me.