[CentOS] C7 systemd and network configuration

Tue Apr 21 18:41:00 UTC 2015
Valeri Galtsev <galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu>

On Tue, April 21, 2015 1:35 pm, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote:
> On 21.04.2015 16:46, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>> On 04/21/2015 08:54 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 03:46:52PM +0200, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote:
>>>> Networking isn't really controlled by systemd but by NetworkManager. I
>>>> usually just yum remove NetworkManager* and then everything works just
>>>> as it did in CentOS 6.
>>>
>>> Note:  NetworkManager is in CentOS6 too, and is part of the default
>>> workstation install.  The NM in CentOS7 is a bit more polished than
>>> the NM in CentOS6, but it is configured in the same way, using files
>>> in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ (using the ifcfg-rh NetworkManager
>>> plugin).  In both cases, you can remove NM and use the 'network'
>>> service instead.
>>>
>>
>> You can disable NetworkManager for now in CentOS-7 and use the network
>> service .. but in reality I am not sure how long that is going to be
>> 100% true.  In fact, things like dnsmsq and even libvirt/qemu are
>> becoming much harder to configure to work via the network service and
>> are pre-configured to work with NetworkManager. (Don't yell at me, not
>> my decision :D)
>>
>> I have decided it is likely better to bite the bullet and learn how to
>> use and configure Network Manager if you are going to do anything other
>> than very simple things with your network .. at least on CentOS-7 or
>> higher (ie, Fedora > 18, etc.).
>>
>> Again, one CAN still use the network service .. but most documentation
>> available now assumes instead that Network Manager is being used.
>
> systemd-networkd is becoming increasingly capable and popular though so
> NetworkManager might not actually stay around for too long.
>

Saying the same differently: systemd gradually takes over everything ;-(

Valeri

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Valeri Galtsev
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