Manual: systemd-network-generator

SYSTEMD-NETWORK-GENERATOR.SERVICE(8)	      systemd-network-generator.service		SYSTEMD-NETWORK-GENERATOR.SERVICE(8)

NAME
       systemd-network-generator.service, systemd-network-generator - Generate network configuration from the kernel command
       line

SYNOPSIS
       systemd-network-generator.service

       /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-network-generator

DESCRIPTION
       systemd-network-generator.service is a system service that translates ip= and related settings on the kernel command
       line (see below) into systemd.network(5), systemd.netdev(5), and systemd.link(5) configuration files understood by
       systemd-networkd.service(8) and systemd-udevd.service(8).

       Files are generated in /run/systemd/network/.

       Note: despite the name, this generator executes as a normal systemd service and is not an implementation of the
       systemd.generator(7) concept.

KERNEL COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
       This tool understands the following options:

       ip=, nameserver=, rd.route=, rd.peerdns=
	   Translated into systemd.network(5) files.

	   In addition to the parameters dracut.cmdline(7) defines the ip= option accepts the special value "link-local". If
	   selected, the network interfaces will be configured for link-local addressing (IPv4LL, IPv6LL) only, DHCP or
	   IPv6RA will not be enabled.

	   Added in version 245.

       ifname=, net.ifname_policy=
	   Translated into systemd.link(5) files.

	   Added in version 245.

       vlan=, bond=, bridge=, bootdev=
	   Translated into systemd.netdev(5) files.

	   Added in version 245.

       See dracut.cmdline(7) and systemd-udevd.service(8) for option syntax and details.

CREDENTIALS
       systemd-network-generator supports the service credentials logic as implemented by
       ImportCredential=/LoadCredential=/SetCredential= (see systemd.exec(5) for details). The following credentials are
       used when passed in:

       network.conf.*, network.link.*, network.netdev.*, network.network.*
	   These credentials should contain valid networkd.conf(5), systemd.link(5), systemd.netdev(5), systemd.network(5)
	   configuration data. From each matching credential a separate file is created. Example: a passed credential
	   network.link.50-foobar will be copied into a configuration file 50-foobar.link.

	   Note that the resulting files are created world-readable, it is hence recommended to not include secrets in these
	   credentials, but to supply them via separate credentials directly to systemd-networkd.service(8).

	   Added in version 256.

       Note that by default the systemd-networkd.service(8) service is set up to inherit the these credentials from the
       service manager.

SEE ALSO
       systemd(1), systemd-networkd.service(8), dracut(8)

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