Photon Network Manager Command-line Interface (netmgr)

For locally logged-on users, Photon OS provides a command line interface to manage network configuration of the system.

Setup Steps

The netmgr tool is included with your Photon OS distribution. To make sure that you have the latest version, you can run:

tdnf install netmgmt

Syntax

The CLI is built on set, get, add, delete command model and uses the option-name - option-value model of specifying command parameters.

netmgr <network object> <--get | --set | --add | --del> <command options>

Passed-in parameter values can be enclosed in single (') or double-quotes (") as long as you use matching characters to denote the beginning and end of the value. Unless a parameter value contains special characters or spaces, you can also omit quotes altogether.

network object

<network object> is one of the following values:

  • link_info
  • ip4_address
  • ip6_address
  • ip_route
  • dns_servers
  • dns_domains
  • dhcp_duid
  • if_iaid
  • ntp_servers
  • hostname
  • wait_for_link
  • wait_for_ip
  • error_info
  • net_info

Network Manager CLI

Get the mac address, MTU, link state, and link mode for the (optionally) specified interface.

netmgr link_info --get --interface <ifname>

Set the MAC address, link state (up or down), link mode (manual or auto), or MTU for the specified interface.

netmgr link_info --set --interface <ifname> --macaddr <mac_address>
netmgr link_info --set --interface <ifname> --mode <manual|auto>
netmgr link_info --set --interface <ifname> --state <up|down>
netmgr link_info --set --interface <ifname> --mtu <mtu>

ip4_address

Get the IPv4 address for the specified interface.

netmgr ip4_address --get --interface <ifname>

Set the IPv4 address (dot-decimal/prefix notation), mode (dhcp, static, or none), and (optionally) the default gateway for the specified interface.

netmgr ip4_address --set --interface <ifname> --mode <dhcp|static|none> --addr <ipv4_address/prefix> --gateway <gateway_address>

ip6_address

Get IPv6 addresses for the specified interface.

netmgr ip6_address --get --interface <ifname>

Add one or more IPv6 addresses (comma-separated list in colon-separated/prefix notation) to the specified interface.

netmgr ip6_address --add --interface <ifname> --addrlist <ipv6_addr1/prefix,ipv6_addr2/prefix,...>

Delete one or more IPv6 addresses (comma-separated list in colon-separated/prefix notation) from the specified interface.

netmgr ip6_address --del --interface <ifname> --addrlist <ipv6_addr1/prefix,ipv6_addr2/prefix,...>

Set the IPv6 DHCP mode (1=enable, 0=disable) and IPv6 auto-configuration settings (1=enable, 0=disable) for the specified interface.

netmgr ip6_address --set --interface <ifname> --dhcp <1|0> --autoconf <1|0>

ip_route

Get the static IP route for the specified interface.

netmgr ip_route --get --interface <ifname>

Add the static IP route (gateway IP, destination network, and metric) to the specified interface.

netmgr ip_route --add --interface <ifname> --gateway <gateway_address> --destination <destination_network/prefix> --metric <N>

Delete the specified static IP route from the specified interface.

netmgr ip_route --del --interface <ifname> --destination <destination_network/prefix>

dns_servers

Get the list of DNS servers.

netmgr dns_servers --get

Set the DNS mode (DHCP or static) for one or more DNS servers (comma-separated list).

netmgr dns_servers --set --mode <dhcp|static> --servers <server1,server2,...>

Add a DNS server to the list of DNS servers.

netmgr dns_servers --add --servers <server>

Remove the specified DNS server from the list of DNS servers.

netmgr dns_servers --del --servers <server>

dns_domains

Get the list of DNS domains.

netmgr dns_domains --get

Set the list of DNS domains (one or more DNS domains in a comma-separated list).

netmgr dns_domains --set --domains <domain1,domain2,...>

Add a DNS domain to the list of DNS domains.

netmgr dns_domains --add --domains <domain>

Delete a DNS domain from the list of DNS domains.

netmgr dns_domains --del --domains <domain>

dhcp_duid

Get the DHCP DUID (optionally interface-specific DUID) for the system.

netmgr dhcp_duid --get

Set the DHCP DUID for the system, optionally per-interface if the interface is specified.

netmgr dhcp_duid --set --duid <duid>

if_iaid

Get the IAID for the specified interface.

netmgr if_iaid --get --interface <ifname>

Set the IAID for the specified interface.

netmgr if_iaid --set --interface <ifname> --iaid <iaid>

ntp_servers

Get the NTP servers list.

netmgr ntp_servers --get

Set the NTP servers list.

netmgr ntp_servers --set --servers <server1,server2,...>

Add the specified server to the NTP servers list.

netmgr ntp_servers --add --servers <server>

Delete the specified server from the NTP servers list.

netmgr ntp_servers --del --servers <server>

hostname

Get the system hostname.

netmgr hostname --get

Set the system hostname.

netmgr hostname --set --name <hostname>

Wait for the specified network interface to be up and usable (it can send and receive packets).

netmgr wait_for_link --interface <ifname> --timeout <timeout>

The timeout (in seconds) specifies the maximum time to wait. Specify 0 for no timeout (wait indefinitely).

Note: You might need to use wait_for_ip to wait until you can send and receive IP packets.

wait_for_ip

Wait for the specified interface to acquire a valid IP address for the specified address type.

netmgr wait_for_ip --interface <ifname> --timeout <timeout> --addrtype <ipv4,ipv6,static_ipv4,static_ipv6,dhcp_ipv4,dhcp_ipv6,auto_ipv6,link_local_ipv6>

The timeout (in seconds) specifies the maximum time to wait. Specify 0 for no timeout (wait indefinitely).

error_info

Get error information about the specified error code.

netmgr error_info --errcode <error_code>

Here is a list of error codes:

  • 4097 - invalid parameter
  • 4098 - not supported
  • 4099 - out of memory
  • 4100 - value not found
  • 4101 - value exists
  • 4102 - invalid interface
  • 4103 - invalid mode
  • 4104 - bad configuration file
  • 4105 - write failed
  • 4106 - timeout
  • 4107 - DCHP timeout

net_info

Get the specified network configuration parameter for the specified object.

netmgr net_info --get --object <ifname or filename> --paramname <param_name>

Note: The object can be an interface name (for example, "eth0") or a file name (for example, /etc/systemd/resolved.conf).

Set the value of the specified network configuration parameter for the specified object (interface or file).

netmgr net_info --set --object <ifname or filename> --paramname <param_name> --paramvalue <param_value>

Note : You can add (+) or remove (-) a parameter by prepending the parameter name with + or -.

For example, in order to add static IPv4 address “10.10.10.1/24” to eth0 interface, the following command adds this Address to the Network section of the eth0 network configuration file.

netmgr net_info --set --object eth0 --paramname +Network_Address --paramvalue "10.10.10.1/24"
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