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nmcli - Manage Networking

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • Manage the network devices. Create, modify, and manage, ethernet, teams, bonds, vlans etc.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • nmcli
  • dbus
  • NetworkManager-glib

Options

parameter required default choices comments
ageingtime
no 300
This is only used with bridge - [ageing-time <0-1000000>] the Ethernet MAC address aging time, in seconds
arp_interval
no None
This is only used with bond - ARP interval
arp_ip_target
no None
This is only used with bond - ARP IP target
autoconnect
no yes
  • yes
  • no
Whether the connection should start on boot.
Whether the connection profile can be automatically activated
conn_name
yes
Where conn_name will be the name used to call the connection. when not provided a default name is generated: <type>[-<ifname>][-<num>]
dns4
no None
A list of upto 3 dns servers, ipv4 format e.g. To add two IPv4 DNS server addresses: "192.0.2.53 198.51.100.53"
dns6
no
A list of upto 3 dns servers, ipv6 format e.g. To add two IPv6 DNS server addresses: "2001:4860:4860::8888 2001:4860:4860::8844"
downdelay
no None
This is only used with bond - downdelay
egress
no None
This is only used with VLAN - VLAN egress priority mapping
flags
no None
This is only used with VLAN - flags
forwarddelay
no 15
This is only used with bridge - [forward-delay <2-30>] STP forwarding delay, in seconds
gw4
no
The IPv4 gateway for this interface using this format ie: "192.0.2.1"
gw6
no None
The IPv6 gateway for this interface using this format ie: "2001:db8::1"
hairpin
no True
This is only used with 'bridge-slave' - 'hairpin mode' for the slave, which allows frames to be sent back out through the slave the frame was received on.
hellotime
no 2
This is only used with bridge - [hello-time <1-10>] STP hello time, in seconds
ifname
no conn_name
Where IFNAME will be the what we call the interface name.
interface to bind the connection to. The connection will only be applicable to this interface name.
A special value of "*" can be used for interface-independent connections.
The ifname argument is mandatory for all connection types except bond, team, bridge and vlan.
ingress
no None
This is only used with VLAN - VLAN ingress priority mapping
ip4
no None
The IPv4 address to this interface using this format ie: "192.0.2.24/24"
ip6
no None
The IPv6 address to this interface using this format ie: "abbe::cafe"
mac
no None
This is only used with bridge - MAC address of the bridge (note: this requires a recent kernel feature, originally introduced in 3.15 upstream kernel)
master
no None
master <master (ifname, or connection UUID or conn_name) of bridge, team, bond master connection profile.
maxage
no 20
This is only used with bridge - [max-age <6-42>] STP maximum message age, in seconds
miimon
no 100
This is only used with bond - miimon
mode
no balence-rr
  • balance-rr
  • active-backup
  • balance-xor
  • broadcast
  • 802.3ad
  • balance-tlb
  • balance-alb
This is the type of device or network connection that you wish to create for a bond, team or bridge.
mtu
no 1500
The connection MTU, e.g. 9000. This can't be applied when creating the interface and is done once the interface has been created.
Can be used when modifying Team, VLAN, Ethernet (Future plans to implement wifi, pppoe, infiniband)
path_cost
no 100
This is only used with 'bridge-slave' - [<1-65535>] - STP port cost for destinations via this slave
primary
no None
This is only used with bond and is the primary interface name (for "active-backup" mode), this is the usually the 'ifname'
priority
no 128
This is only used with 'bridge' - sets STP priority
slavepriority
no 32
This is only used with 'bridge-slave' - [<0-63>] - STP priority of this slave
state
yes
  • present
  • absent
Whether the device should exist or not, taking action if the state is different from what is stated.
stp
no None
This is only used with bridge and controls whether Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is enabled for this bridge
type
no
  • ethernet
  • team
  • team-slave
  • bond
  • bond-slave
  • bridge
  • vlan
This is the type of device or network connection that you wish to create or modify.
updelay
no None
This is only used with bond - updelay
vlandev
no None
This is only used with VLAN - parent device this VLAN is on, can use ifname
vlanid
no None
This is only used with VLAN - VLAN ID in range <0-4095>

Examples

# These examples are using the following inventory:
#
# ## Directory layout:
#
# |_/inventory/cloud-hosts
# |           /group_vars/openstack-stage.yml
# |           /host_vars/controller-01.openstack.host.com
# |           /host_vars/controller-02.openstack.host.com
# |_/playbook/library/nmcli.py
# |          /playbook-add.yml
# |          /playbook-del.yml
# ```
#
# ## inventory examples
# ### groups_vars
# ```yml
# ---
# #devops_os_define_network
# storage_gw: "192.0.2.254"
# external_gw: "198.51.100.254"
# tenant_gw: "203.0.113.254"
#
# #Team vars
# nmcli_team:
#   - conn_name: tenant
#     ip4: '{{ tenant_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ tenant_gw }}'
#   - conn_name: external
#     ip4: '{{ external_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ external_gw }}'
#   - conn_name: storage
#     ip4: '{{ storage_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ storage_gw }}'
# nmcli_team_slave:
#   - conn_name: em1
#     ifname: em1
#     master: tenant
#   - conn_name: em2
#     ifname: em2
#     master: tenant
#   - conn_name: p2p1
#     ifname: p2p1
#     master: storage
#   - conn_name: p2p2
#     ifname: p2p2
#     master: external
#
# #bond vars
# nmcli_bond:
#   - conn_name: tenant
#     ip4: '{{ tenant_ip }}'
#     gw4: ''
#     mode: balance-rr
#   - conn_name: external
#     ip4: '{{ external_ip }}'
#     gw4: ''
#     mode: balance-rr
#   - conn_name: storage
#     ip4: '{{ storage_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ storage_gw }}'
#     mode: balance-rr
# nmcli_bond_slave:
#   - conn_name: em1
#     ifname: em1
#     master: tenant
#   - conn_name: em2
#     ifname: em2
#     master: tenant
#   - conn_name: p2p1
#     ifname: p2p1
#     master: storage
#   - conn_name: p2p2
#     ifname: p2p2
#     master: external
#
# #ethernet vars
# nmcli_ethernet:
#   - conn_name: em1
#     ifname: em1
#     ip4: '{{ tenant_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ tenant_gw }}'
#   - conn_name: em2
#     ifname: em2
#     ip4: '{{ tenant_ip1 }}'
#     gw4: '{{ tenant_gw }}'
#   - conn_name: p2p1
#     ifname: p2p1
#     ip4: '{{ storage_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ storage_gw }}'
#   - conn_name: p2p2
#     ifname: p2p2
#     ip4: '{{ external_ip }}'
#     gw4: '{{ external_gw }}'
# ```
#
# ### host_vars
# ```yml
# ---
# storage_ip: "192.0.2.91/23"
# external_ip: "198.51.100.23/21"
# tenant_ip: "203.0.113.77/23"
# ```



## playbook-add.yml example

---
- hosts: openstack-stage
  remote_user: root
  tasks:

  - name: install needed network manager libs
    yum:
      name: '{{ item }}'
      state: installed
    with_items:
      - NetworkManager-glib
      - libnm-qt-devel.x86_64
      - nm-connection-editor.x86_64
      - libsemanage-python
      - policycoreutils-python

##### Working with all cloud nodes - Teaming
  - name: try nmcli add team - conn_name only & ip4 gw4
    nmcli:
      type: team
      conn_name: '{{ item.conn_name }}'
      ip4: '{{ item.ip4 }}'
      gw4: '{{ item.gw4 }}'
      state: present
    with_items:
      - '{{ nmcli_team }}'

  - name: try nmcli add teams-slave
    nmcli:
      type: team-slave
      conn_name: '{{ item.conn_name }}'
      ifname: '{{ item.ifname }}'
      master: '{{ item.master }}'
      state: present
    with_items:
      - '{{ nmcli_team_slave }}'

###### Working with all cloud nodes - Bonding
  - name: try nmcli add bond - conn_name only & ip4 gw4 mode
    nmcli:
      type: bond
      conn_name: '{{ item.conn_name }}'
      ip4: '{{ item.ip4 }}'
      gw4: '{{ item.gw4 }}'
      mode: '{{ item.mode }}'
      state: present
    with_items:
      - '{{ nmcli_bond }}'

  - name: try nmcli add bond-slave
    nmcli:
      type: bond-slave
      conn_name: '{{ item.conn_name }}'
      ifname: '{{ item.ifname }}'
      master: '{{ item.master }}'
      state: present
    with_items:
      - '{{ nmcli_bond_slave }}'

##### Working with all cloud nodes - Ethernet
  - name: nmcli add Ethernet - conn_name only & ip4 gw4
    nmcli:
      type: ethernet
      conn_name: '{{ item.conn_name }}'
      ip4: '{{ item.ip4 }}'
      gw4: '{{ item.gw4 }}'
      state: present
    with_items:
      - '{{ nmcli_ethernet }}'

## playbook-del.yml example
- hosts: openstack-stage
  remote_user: root
  tasks:

  - name: try nmcli del team - multiple
    nmcli:
      conn_name: '{{ item.conn_name }}'
      state: absent
    with_items:
      - conn_name: em1
      - conn_name: em2
      - conn_name: p1p1
      - conn_name: p1p2
      - conn_name: p2p1
      - conn_name: p2p2
      - conn_name: tenant
      - conn_name: storage
      - conn_name: external
      - conn_name: team-em1
      - conn_name: team-em2
      - conn_name: team-p1p1
      - conn_name: team-p1p2
      - conn_name: team-p2p1
      - conn_name: team-p2p2

# To add an Ethernet connection with static IP configuration, issue a command as follows
  - nmcli:
    conn_name: my-eth1
    ifname: eth1
    type: ethernet
    ip4: 192.0.2.100/24
    gw4: 192.0.2.1
    state: present

# To add an Team connection with static IP configuration, issue a command as follows
  - nmcli:
    conn_name: my-team1
    ifname: my-team1
    type: team
    ip4: 192.0.2.100/24
    gw4: 192.0.2.1
    state: present
    autoconnect: yes

# Optionally, at the same time specify IPv6 addresses for the device as follows:
  - nmcli:
    conn_name: my-eth1
    ifname: eth1
    type: ethernet
    ip4: 192.0.2.100/24
    gw4: 192.0.2.1
    ip6: '2001:db8::cafe'
    gw6: '2001:db8::1'
    state: present

# To add two IPv4 DNS server addresses:
  - nmcli:
    conn_name: my-eth1
    type: ethernet
    dns4:
      - 192.0.2.53
      - 198.51.100.53
    state: present

# To make a profile usable for all compatible Ethernet interfaces, issue a command as follows
  - nmcli:
    ctype: ethernet
    name: my-eth1
    ifname: '*'
    state: present

# To change the property of a setting e.g. MTU, issue a command as follows:
  - nmcli:
    conn_name: my-eth1
    mtu: 9000
    type: ethernet
    state: present

# Exit Status's:
#     - nmcli exits with status 0 if it succeeds, a value greater than 0 is
#     returned if an error occurs.
#     - 0 Success - indicates the operation succeeded
#     - 1 Unknown or unspecified error
#     - 2 Invalid user input, wrong nmcli invocation
#     - 3 Timeout expired (see --wait option)
#     - 4 Connection activation failed
#     - 5 Connection deactivation failed
#     - 6 Disconnecting device failed
#     - 7 Connection deletion failed
#     - 8 NetworkManager is not running
#     - 9 nmcli and NetworkManager versions mismatch
#     - 10 Connection, device, or access point does not exist.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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© 2012–2017 Michael DeHaan
© 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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