On 10/3/19 9:57 PM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Thu, 3 Oct 2019, Jerry Geis wrote: > >>>> systemctl status network >> >> >> AT BOOT: >> ● network.service - LSB: Bring up/down networking >> Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network; generated) >> Active: inactive (dead) >> Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) >> >> After: service network restart >> ● network.service - LSB: Bring up/down networking >> Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/network; generated) >> Active: active (running) since Thu 2019-10-03 15:12:05 EDT; 7s ago >> Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) >> Process: 7755 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/network start (code=exited, >> status=0/SUCCESS) >> Tasks: 1 (limit: 24034) >> Memory: 8.7M >> CGroup: /system.slice/network.service >> └─7940 /sbin/dhclient -1 -q -lf >> /var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-6ada23ed-d1ad-4f37-935c-86163fe61e7b-eth0.lease >> >> -pf /run/dhclient-eth0.pid eth0 >> >> Oct 03 15:12:02 localhost.localdomain network[7755]: WARN : >> [network] >> 'network-scripts' will be removed in one of the next major releases of >> RHEL. >> Oct 03 15:12:02 localhost.localdomain network[7755]: WARN : >> [network] >> It is advised to switch to 'NetworkManager' instead for network >> management. >> Oct 03 15:12:02 localhost.localdomain network[7755]: [46B blob data] >> Oct 03 15:12:02 localhost.localdomain network[7755]: Bringing up >> interface >> eth0: >> Oct 03 15:12:02 localhost.localdomain dhclient[7907]: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 >> to 255.255.255.255 port 67 (xid=0x75ae6376) >> Oct 03 15:12:02 localhost.localdomain dhclient[7907]: DHCPACK from >> 10.0.2.2 >> (xid=0x75ae6376) >> Oct 03 15:12:04 localhost.localdomain dhclient[7907]: bound to >> 10.0.2.15 -- >> renewal in 34365 seconds. >> Oct 03 15:12:04 localhost.localdomain network[7755]: Determining IP >> information for eth0... done. >> Oct 03 15:12:04 localhost.localdomain network[7755]: [13B blob data] >> Oct 03 15:12:05 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started LSB: Bring >> up/down networking. >> >> Contents of ifcfg-eth0 >> # Generated by parse-kickstart >> TYPE="Ethernet" >> DEVICE="eth0" >> UUID="6ada23ed-d1ad-4f37-935c-86163fe61e7b" >> ONBOOT="yes" >> BOOTPROTO="dhcp" >> IPV6INIT="yes" >> >> >> Why is it not starting at boot ? > > I'd take a look at what NetworkManager thinks about it: > > nmicli connection show eth0 | grep autoconnect: > > If it's not set to 'yes', then you'll want to do so: > > nmcli connection modify eth0 connection.autoconnect yes > > As to the 'why,' I don't know. Here's the official explanation: > > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/configuring_and_managing_networking/index#configuring-an-interface-with-static-network-settings-using-ifcfg-files_configuring-ip-networking-with-ifcfg-files > > In ifcfg-eth0 you need: NM_CONTROLED=NO and/or to disable NetworkManager: systemctl stop NetworkManager.service systemctl disable NetworkManager.service -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant