Adding NetworkManager Connections via CLI
Summary
Support for adding 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
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 19
- Last updated: 2013-03-12
- Percentage of completion: 75%
Detailed description
Administrators will be able to configure new connections via a simple command-line interface. It will be possible to create and activate new connections, as well as delete them.
Benefit to Fedora
Fedora is moving towards using NetworkManager as the main network configuration software. Adding new network connections is a common task and thus should be supported on the command line, in addition to GUI clients like nm-connection-editor. There will be two modes for connection addition: interactive - suitable for running in scripts, non-interactive guided mode targeted for manual editing.
Scope
NetworkManager's nmcli tool.
How To Test
Create a connection using nmcli and check that it was successful.
User Experience
Administrators will be able to configure new connections via a simple command-line interface
Dependencies
None.
Contingency Plan
Administrators can continue hand-editing configuration files in keyfile or ifcfg format.
Documentation
Documentation will be drafted at Networking/CLI.
Release Notes
NetworkManager now supports adding new connections via CLI.