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* Last updated: 2013- | * Last updated: 2013-10-14 | ||
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== Detailed Description == | == Detailed Description == | ||
Latest revision as of 16:14, 14 October 2013
Adding and Editing NetworkManager Connections via CLI
Summary
Support for adding and editing new NetworkManager connections using the nmcli commandline tool.
Owner
- Name: Jiří Klimeš
- Email: jklimes at redhat.com
- Name: Pavel Šimerda
- Email: psimerda at redhat.com
- Release notes owner:
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 20
- Last updated: 2013-10-14
- Tracker bug: #998530
- Percentage of completion: 100%
Detailed Description
NetworkManagers command line interface nmcli will get new functionality and be able to add, edit, delete, activate and deactivate connections.
Benefit to Fedora
Users more comfortable with the command-line will now have a capable network configuration tool in addition to directly editing network configuration files. Adding and changing network connections is a common task and should be easy to do from the command-line, in addition to GUI tools like nm-connection-editor. These enhancements will add support for configuring all major network connection types supported by NetworkManager (including bridge, bond, vlan, wifi, ethernet, 3G/4G, etc.) from an interactive mode of nmcli. nmcli can be used as a full replacement for existing UI tools. nmcli can also create easily parsable output intended for scripting so that shell scripts have an easier access to the dbus interface.
Scope
- Proposal owners: Jirka Klimes and Pavel Šimerda
- Other developers: N/A
- Release engineering: N/A
- Policies and guidelines: N/A
Upgrade/compatibility impact
Some of the arguments to nmcli will change, which may impact scripts. Reasonable efforts to interpret the old option formats will be made.
How To Test
Create a connection using nmcli and check that it was successful. Use the edit mode of nmcli to modify existing connections. It is especially interesting to test various and less common connection types beside ethernet and wifi.
User Experience
Users comfortable with the command-line can run nmcli in an interactive mode to create or edit network connections through an interface similar to mysql or fdisk.
Dependencies
None.
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: Administrators can continue hand-editing configuration files in keyfile or ifcfg format. For desktop users there are other UI configuration tools such as nm-connection-editor.
- Contingency deadline: N/A
- Blocks release? N/A
Documentation
Documentation will be drafted at Networking/CLI.
Release Notes
NetworkManager's nmcli command-line tool now supports adding and editing network connections.