Changeset 99f8c39 for BOOK/network/common/static.xml

Timestamp:

Jan 23, 2014, 11:46:09 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

William Harrington <kb0iic@…>

Branches:

clfs-3.0.0-systemd, clfs-3.0.0-sysvinit, master, systemd, sysvinit

Children:

4112469

Parents:

05d3e34

Message:

Redo some hosts configuration information regarding systemd.

File:

• BOOK/network/common/static.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

BOOK/network/common/static.xml

@@ -23 +23 @@
     address(es), subnet masks, and so forth.</para>
 
+    <note><para>Udev may assign random Network Card Interface names
+    for some network cards such as enp2s1. If you are not sure what
+    your Network Card Interface name is, you can always run
+    <command>ip l</command> after you have booted your system. Again,
+    it is important that <filename>ifconfig.xyz</filename> is named
+    after correct Network Card Interface name (e.g.
+    <filename>ifconfig.enp2s1</filename> or
+    <filename>ifconfig.eth0</filename>) or Systemd will fail to bring
+    up your network interface.</para></note>
+
     <para>The following command creates a sample <filename>ipv4</filename>
     file for the <emphasis>eth0</emphasis> device:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cd /etc/sysconfig/network-devices &amp;&amp;
-mkdir -v ifconfig.eth0 &amp;&amp;
-cat &gt; ifconfig.eth0/ipv4 &lt;&lt; "EOF"
-<literal>ONBOOT="yes"
+cat &gt; ifconfig.eth0 &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<literal>IFACE="eth0"
 SERVICE="ipv4-static"
 IP="192.168.1.1"
@@ -37 +46 @@
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para os="var-ob">The values of these variables must be changed in every file to match
-    the proper setup. If the <envar>ONBOOT</envar> variable is set to
-    <quote>yes</quote> the network script will bring up the Network Interface
-    Card (NIC) during booting of the system. If set to anything but
-    <quote>yes</quote> the NIC will be ignored by the network script and not
-    be brought up.</para>
+    <para os="var-ob">The values of these variables must be changed in every
+    file to match the proper setup.</para>
 
-    <para os="var-s">The <envar>SERVICE</envar> variable defines the method used for
-    obtaining the IP address. The CLFS-Bootscripts package has a modular IP
-    assignment format, and creating additional files in the <filename
-    class="directory">/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services</filename>
+    <para os="var-i">The <envar>IFACE</envar> variable defines the interface
+    name, for example, eth0. It is required for all network device configuration
+    files.</para>
+
+    <para os="var-s">The <envar>SERVICE</envar> variable defines the method used
+    for obtaining the IP address. The CLFS-Network-Scripts package has a modular
+    IP assignment format, and creating additional files in the <filename
+    class="directory">/lib/services</filename>
     directory allows other IP assignment methods.</para>
 
@@ -63 +72 @@
     <envar>PREFIX</envar> variable according to your specific subnet.</para>
 
+    <para>For more information see the <command>ifup</command> man page.</para>
+
     <para>To configure another DHCP Interface, Follow <xref linkend="ch-network-dhcp"/>.</para>
 
   </sect2>
 
+  <sect2>
+    <title>Configuring the Network Interface at boot</title>
+
+    <para>Enabling of the Network Interface configuration is
+    done per interface. To enable Network Interface
+    configuration at boot, run:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>systemctl enable ifupdown@eth0</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>To disable previously enabled Network Interface
+    configuration at boot, run:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>systemctl disable ifupdown@eth0</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>To manually start the Network Interface configuration,
+    run:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>systemctl start ifupdown@eth0</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>Replace eth0 with the correct Network Interface
+    name as described on the beginning of this page.</para>
+
+  </sect2>
+
 </sect1>