NetworkManager Cheat Sheet

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Instal​lation Activity Monitor Examples

RedHat nmcli Observe Networ​kMa​nager Listing available Wi-Fi APs

yum install Networ​​kM​a​nager monitor activity nmcli device wifi list
yum install Networ​​kM​a​n​ag​​er-​tui
Showing general inform​ation and properties
Networking Control Commands
Archlinux for a Wi-Fi interface
nmcli Enable or disable
pacman -S networ​kma​nager nmcli -p -f genera​l,w​ifi​-pr​ope​rties device
networking [on networking control by
show wlan0
Debian | off] Networ​kMa​nager
apt-get install networ​k-m​anager Listing Networ​kMa​nager polkit permis​sions
nmcli connec​tivity [check]
networking nmcli general permis​sions
Networ​kMa​nager Initia​liz​ation connec​tivity Listing Networ​kMa​nager log level and
Systemd [check] domains

systemctl start Networ​kMa​nager nmcli general logging

Radio Transm​ission Control Commands
systemctl enable Networ​kMa​nager Changing Networ​kMa​nager logging
systemctl status Networ​kMa​nager nmcli radio Show or set status of Wi-Fi
nmcli g log level DEBUG domains
wifi [on |
CORE,E​THER,IP
General Commands off]
nmcli g log level INFO domains
nmcli radio Show or set status of WWAN
nmcli general Show overall status of DEFAULT
wifi wwan
status Networ​kMa​nager
Activating a VPN connection profile
[on | off]
nmcli general Get and change requiring intera​ctive password input
nmcli radio Show or set all previously
hostname system hostname
nmcli --ask con up my-vpn-con
wifi all [on | mentioned radio switches at
[hostname]
off] the same time Adding a bonding master and two slave
nmcli general Show the permis​‐
connection profiles
permis​sions sions
Secret Agent nmcli con add type bond ifname
nmcli general Get and change
nmcli agent Run nmcli as a Networ​‐ mybond0 mode active​-backup
logging [level level] Networ​kMa​nager
{secret | kMa​nager secret agent, or nmcli con add type ethernet ifname eth1
[domains domain​‐ logging level and
polkit | all} polkit agent master mybond0
s...] domains
nmcli con add type ethernet ifname eth2
master mybond0

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Examples (cont) Examples (cont) Examples (cont)

Adding a team master and two slave Adding an ethernet connection profile with Adding an ethernet connection profile in
connection profiles manual IP config​uration intera​ctive editor
nmcli con add type team con-name nmcli con add con-name my-con-em1 nmcli connection edit type ethernet
Team1 ifname Team1 config team1-​‐ ifname em1 type ethernet ip4 192.16​8.1​‐ print
mas​ter​-js​on.conf 00.1​00/24 gw4 192.16​8.100.1 ip4 goto ethernet
nmcli con add type ethernet con-name 1.2.3.4 ip6 abbe::cafe goto ipv4.a​ddr​esses
Team1-​slave1 ifname em1 master nmcli con mod my-con-em1 ipv4.dns "​‐ set ipv4.g​ateway 192.16​8.1.1
Team1 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4​" verify
nmcli con add type ethernet con-name nmcli con mod my-con-em1 +ipv4.dns print
Team1-​slave2 ifname em2 master 1.2.3.4 set ipv4.dns 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
Team1 nmcli con mod my-con-em1 ipv6.dns "​‐ print
nmcli con add type ethernet con-name 200​1:4​860​:48​60:​:8888 2001:4​860​:48​‐ verify
Team1-​slave2 ifname em2 master 60:​:88​44" save
Team1 nmcli -p con show my-con-em1 quit
nmcli con up Team1-​slave1
Convenient field values retrieval for
nmcli con up Team1-​slave2 Running Networ​kMa​nager
scripting
Adding a bridge and two slave profiles nmcli -g ip4.ad​dress connection show --version | - Print Networ​kMa​nager
nmcli con add type bridge con-name my-con​-eth0 V software version
TowerB​ridge ifname TowerB​ridge nmcli -g ip4.ad​dre​ss,​ip4.dns connection --help | -h Print Networ​kMa​nager
nmcli con add type ethernet con-name show my-con​-eth0 options
br-slave-1 ifname ens3 master TowerB​‐ nmcli -g ip4 connection show my-con​-
--no-d​‐ Do not daemonize
ridge eth0
aemon | -n
nmcli con add type ethernet con-name
Adding an Ethernet connection and config​‐ --debug | -d Print output to STDOUT
br-slave-2 ifname ens4 master TowerB​‐
uring SR-IOV VFs
ridge --pid-file | - Specify location of PID file
nmcli con add type ethernet con-name p
nmcli con modify TowerB​ridge bridge.stp
EthernetPF ifname em1
no --stat​e-file Specify file for storing state
nmcli con modify EthernetPF sriov.t​ot​al-
--config Specifiy config​uration file
vfs 3 sriov.a​ut​opr​obe​-dr​ivers false
nmcli con modify EthernetPF sriov.vfs '0 --log-​level Set Networ​kMa​nager logging
mac=00​:11​:22​:33​:44:55 vlans=10, 1 --log-​‐ List operations to log
trust=true spoof-​che​ck=​false' domain
nmcli con modify EthernetPF +sriov.vfs
--prin​t-c​‐ Print Networ​kmanger config​‐
'2 max-tx​-ra​te=20'
onfig uration
Escaping colon characters in tabular mode
nmcli -t -f general -e yes -m tab dev
show eth0

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Connection Management Commands Connection Management Commands Config​uring Networ​kMa​nager

(cont)
nmcli connection show [-- List all plugins Lists plugin separated by ','
active] [--order [+-]ca​teg​‐ profiles nmcli connection Edit an existing auth-p​‐ Whether to use PolicyKit for
ory​:...] edit {[id | uuid | path] connection or add a olkit author​ization
nmcli connection show [-- Show ID | [type type] [con- new one, using an
dhcp Sets up DHCP client
active] [id | uuid | path | apath] details for name name]} intera​ctive editor
dns Set DNS processing mode e.g.
ID... specified nmcli connection Clone a connection
dnsmasq, system​d-r​eso​lved,
connec​‐ clone [--tem​porary]
unbound, none.
tions [id | uuid | path] ID
level Set log level e.g. OFF,ER​R,W​‐
nmcli connection up [id | uuid | Activate a new_name
ARN​,IN​FO,​DEB​UG,​TRACE
path] ID [ifname ifname] [ap connection nmcli connection Delete a configured
domains Set log domain e.g. NONE,A​LL,​‐
BSSID] [passw​d-file file] delete [id | uuid | connection
DEF​AUL​T,D​HCP,IP.
nmcli connection down [id | Deactivate path] ID...
backend Set logging backend e.g. syslog,
uuid | path | apath] ID... a nmcli connection Monitor connection
journal
connection monitor [id | uuid | profile activity
nmcli connection modify [-- Add, path] ID...
Device Management Commands
tem​porary] [ id | uuid | path ] modify or nmcli connection Reload all
ID {option value | [+|-]s​ett​‐ remove reload connection files nmcli device status Print status
ing.pr​operty value} ... properties from disk of devices

nmcli connection add [save Create a nmcli connection Load/r​eload one or nmcli device show [ifname] Show
{yes | no}] {option value | [+|- new load filena​me... more connection detailed
]s​ett​ing.pr​operty value} ... connection files from disk inform​ation
about
nmcli connection Import an extern​al/​‐
devices
import [--tem​porary] foreign config​uration
type type file file nmcli device set [ifname] Set device
ifname [autoc​onnect {yes properties
nmcli connection Export a connection
|no}] [managed {yes | no}]
export [id | uuid |
path] ID [file] nmcli device connect Connect the
ifname device

nmcli device reapply Attempt to

ifname update
device

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Device Management Commands (cont) Device Management Commands (cont)

nmcli device modify ifname Modify the nmcli device wifi hotspot Create a
{option value | [+|-]s​ett​ing.pr​‐ settings [ifname ifname] [con-name Wi-Fi
operty value} ... name] [ssid SSID] [ band {a | hotspot
nmcli device disconnect Disconnect bg} ] [channel channel]
ifname... a device [password password]

nmcli device delete ifname... Delete a nmcli device wifi rescan Re-scan
device [ifname ifname] [ssid SSID...] for
available
nmclie device monitor [ifnam​‐ Monitor
access
e...] device
points
activity
nmcli device lldp [list [ifname Display
nmcli device wifi [list [--rescan List
ifname]] inform​‐
| auto | no | yes] [ifname available
ation
ifname] [bssid BSSID]] Wi-Fi
about
access
neighb​‐
points
oring
nmcli device wifi connect Connect to
devices
(B)SSID [password password] a Wi-Fi
[wep-k​ey-type {key | phrase}] network
Dispatcher Scripts
[ifname ifname] [bssid BSSID]
Script should be owned by root
[name name] [private {yes |
no}] [hidden {yes | no}] chown root:root /etc/N​etw​ork​Man​age​r/d​‐
isp​atc​her.d/​10-​scr​ipt.sh

Must not be writable by group or other

chmod 755 /etc/N​etw​ork​Man​age​r/d​isp​‐
atc​her.d/​10-​scr​ipt.sh

Each script receives two arguments

The first argument is the interface name
The second argument is the network
action e.g. up, down, etc.

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