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13<refentry id="systemd.network" conditional='ENABLE_NETWORKD'>
14
15 <refentryinfo>
16 <title>systemd.network</title>
17 <productname>systemd</productname>
18
19 <authorgroup>
20 <author>
21 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
22 <firstname>Tom</firstname>
23 <surname>Gundersen</surname>
24 <email>teg@jklm.no</email>
25 </author>
26 </authorgroup>
27 </refentryinfo>
28
29 <refmeta>
30 <refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle>
31 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
32 </refmeta>
33
34 <refnamediv>
35 <refname>systemd.network</refname>
36 <refpurpose>Network configuration</refpurpose>
37 </refnamediv>
38
39 <refsynopsisdiv>
40 <para><filename><replaceable>network</replaceable>.network</filename></para>
41 </refsynopsisdiv>
42
43 <refsect1>
44 <title>Description</title>
45
46 <para>Network setup is performed by
47 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
48 </para>
49
50 <para>The main network file must have the extension <filename>.network</filename>; other
51 extensions are ignored. Networks are applied to links whenever the links appear.</para>
52
53 <para>The <filename>.network</filename> files are read from the files located in the system
54 network directory <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/network</filename>, the volatile runtime network
55 directory <filename>/run/systemd/network</filename> and the local administration network
56 directory <filename>/etc/systemd/network</filename>. All configuration files are collectively
57 sorted and processed in lexical order, regardless of the directories in which they live.
58 However, files with identical filenames replace each other. Files in <filename>/etc</filename>
59 have the highest priority, files in <filename>/run</filename> take precedence over files with
60 the same name in <filename>/usr/lib</filename>. This can be used to override a system-supplied
61 configuration file with a local file if needed. As a special case, an empty file (file size 0)
62 or symlink with the same name pointing to <filename>/dev/null</filename> disables the
63 configuration file entirely (it is "masked").</para>
64
65 <para>Along with the network file <filename>foo.network</filename>, a "drop-in" directory
66 <filename>foo.network.d/</filename> may exist. All files with the suffix
67 <literal>.conf</literal> from this directory will be parsed after the file itself is
68 parsed. This is useful to alter or add configuration settings, without having to modify the main
69 configuration file. Each drop-in file must have appropriate section headers.</para>
70
71 <para>In addition to <filename>/etc/systemd/network</filename>, drop-in <literal>.d</literal>
72 directories can be placed in <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/network</filename> or
73 <filename>/run/systemd/network</filename> directories. Drop-in files in
74 <filename>/etc</filename> take precedence over those in <filename>/run</filename> which in turn
75 take precedence over those in <filename>/usr/lib</filename>. Drop-in files under any of these
76 directories take precedence over the main netdev file wherever located. (Of course, since
77 <filename>/run</filename> is temporary and <filename>/usr/lib</filename> is for vendors, it is
78 unlikely drop-ins should be used in either of those places.)</para>
79
80 <para>Note that an interface without any static IPv6 addresses configured, and neither DHCPv6
81 nor IPv6LL enabled, shall be considered to have no IPv6 support. IPv6 will be automatically
82 disabled for that interface by writing "1" to
83 <filename>/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/<replaceable>ifname</replaceable>/disable_ipv6</filename>.
84 </para>
85 </refsect1>
86
87 <refsect1>
88 <title>[Match] Section Options</title>
89
90 <para>The network file contains a <literal>[Match]</literal>
91 section, which determines if a given network file may be applied
92 to a given device; and a <literal>[Network]</literal> section
93 specifying how the device should be configured. The first (in
94 lexical order) of the network files that matches a given device
95 is applied, all later files are ignored, even if they match as
96 well.</para>
97
98 <para>A network file is said to match a device if each of the
99 entries in the <literal>[Match]</literal> section matches, or if
100 the section is empty. The following keys are accepted:</para>
101
102 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
103 <varlistentry>
104 <term><varname>MACAddress=</varname></term>
105 <listitem>
106 <para>A whitespace-separated list of hardware addresses. Use full colon-, hyphen- or dot-delimited hexadecimal. See the example below.
107 This option may appear more than one, in which case the lists are merged. If the empty string is assigned to this option, the list
108 of hardware addresses defined prior to this is reset.</para>
109
110 <para>Example:
111 <programlisting>MACAddress=01:23:45:67:89:ab 00-11-22-33-44-55 AABB.CCDD.EEFF</programlisting></para>
112 </listitem>
113 </varlistentry>
114 <varlistentry>
115 <term><varname>Path=</varname></term>
116 <listitem>
117 <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs
118 matching the persistent path, as exposed by the udev
119 property <literal>ID_PATH</literal>. If the list is
120 prefixed with a "!", the test is inverted; i.e. it is
121 true when <literal>ID_PATH</literal> does not match any
122 item in the list.</para>
123 </listitem>
124 </varlistentry>
125 <varlistentry>
126 <term><varname>Driver=</varname></term>
127 <listitem>
128 <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs
129 matching the driver currently bound to the device, as
130 exposed by the udev property <literal>DRIVER</literal>
131 of its parent device, or if that is not set the driver
132 as exposed by <literal>ethtool -i</literal> of the
133 device itself. If the list is prefixed with a "!", the
134 test is inverted.</para>
135 </listitem>
136 </varlistentry>
137 <varlistentry>
138 <term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
139 <listitem>
140 <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs
141 matching the device type, as exposed by the udev property
142 <literal>DEVTYPE</literal>. If the list is prefixed with
143 a "!", the test is inverted.</para>
144 </listitem>
145 </varlistentry>
146 <varlistentry>
147 <term><varname>Name=</varname></term>
148 <listitem>
149 <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs
150 matching the device name, as exposed by the udev property
151 <literal>INTERFACE</literal>. If the list is prefixed
152 with a "!", the test is inverted.</para>
153 </listitem>
154 </varlistentry>
155 <varlistentry>
156 <term><varname>Host=</varname></term>
157 <listitem>
158 <para>Matches against the hostname or machine ID of the
159 host. See <literal>ConditionHost=</literal> in
160 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
161 for details.
162 </para>
163 </listitem>
164 </varlistentry>
165 <varlistentry>
166 <term><varname>Virtualization=</varname></term>
167 <listitem>
168 <para>Checks whether the system is executed in a virtualized
169 environment and optionally test whether it is a specific
170 implementation. See <literal>ConditionVirtualization=</literal> in
171 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
172 for details.
173 </para>
174 </listitem>
175 </varlistentry>
176 <varlistentry>
177 <term><varname>KernelCommandLine=</varname></term>
178 <listitem>
179 <para>Checks whether a specific kernel command line option is
180 set (or if prefixed with the exclamation mark unset). See
181 <literal>ConditionKernelCommandLine=</literal> in
182 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
183 for details.
184 </para>
185 </listitem>
186 </varlistentry>
187 <varlistentry>
188 <term><varname>KernelVersion=</varname></term>
189 <listitem>
190 <para>Checks whether the kernel version (as reported by <command>uname -r</command>) matches a certain
191 expression (or if prefixed with the exclamation mark does not match it). See
192 <literal>ConditionKernelVersion=</literal> in
193 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
194 details.
195 </para>
196 </listitem>
197 </varlistentry>
198 <varlistentry>
199 <term><varname>Architecture=</varname></term>
200 <listitem>
201 <para>Checks whether the system is running on a specific
202 architecture. See <literal>ConditionArchitecture=</literal> in
203 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
204 for details.
205 </para>
206 </listitem>
207 </varlistentry>
208 </variablelist>
209
210 </refsect1>
211
212 <refsect1>
213 <title>[Link] Section Options</title>
214
215 <para> The <literal>[Link]</literal> section accepts the following keys:</para>
216
217 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
218 <varlistentry>
219 <term><varname>MACAddress=</varname></term>
220 <listitem>
221 <para>The hardware address to set for the device.</para>
222 </listitem>
223 </varlistentry>
224 <varlistentry>
225 <term><varname>MTUBytes=</varname></term>
226 <listitem>
227 <para>The maximum transmission unit in bytes to set for the
228 device. The usual suffixes K, M, G, are supported and are
229 understood to the base of 1024.</para>
230 <para>Note that if IPv6 is enabled on the interface, and the MTU is chosen
231 below 1280 (the minimum MTU for IPv6) it will automatically be increased to this value.</para>
232 </listitem>
233 </varlistentry>
234 <varlistentry>
235 <term><varname>ARP=</varname></term>
236 <listitem>
237 <para> A boolean. Enables or disables the ARP (low-level Address Resolution Protocol)
238 for this interface. Defaults to unset, which means that the kernel default will be used.</para>
239 <para> For example, disabling ARP is useful when creating multiple MACVLAN or VLAN virtual
240 interfaces atop a single lower-level physical interface, which will then only serve as a
241 link/"bridge" device aggregating traffic to the same physical link and not participate in
242 the network otherwise.</para>
243 </listitem>
244 </varlistentry>
245 <varlistentry>
246 <term><varname>Unmanaged=</varname></term>
247 <listitem>
248 <para>A boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, no attempts are
249 made to bring up or configure matching links, equivalent to
250 when there are no matching network files. Defaults to
251 <literal>no</literal>.</para>
252 <para>This is useful for preventing later matching network
253 files from interfering with certain interfaces that are fully
254 controlled by other applications.</para>
255 </listitem>
256 </varlistentry>
257 <varlistentry>
258 <term><varname>RequiredForOnline=</varname></term>
259 <listitem>
260 <para>A boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, the network is deemed
261 required when determining whether the system is online when running
262 <literal>systemd-networkd-wait-online</literal>.
263 When <literal>no</literal>, the network is ignored when checking for
264 online state. Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.</para>
265 <para>The network will be brought up normally in all cases, but in
266 the event that there is no address being assigned by DHCP or the
267 cable is not plugged in, the link will simply remain offline and be
268 skipped automatically by <literal>systemd-networkd-wait-online</literal>
269 if <literal>RequiredForOnline=true</literal>.</para>
270 </listitem>
271 </varlistentry>
272 </variablelist>
273 </refsect1>
274
275 <refsect1>
276 <title>[Network] Section Options</title>
277
278 <para>The <literal>[Network]</literal> section accepts the following keys:</para>
279
280 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
281 <varlistentry>
282 <term><varname>Description=</varname></term>
283 <listitem>
284 <para>A description of the device. This is only used for
285 presentation purposes.</para>
286 </listitem>
287 </varlistentry>
288 <varlistentry>
289 <term><varname>DHCP=</varname></term>
290 <listitem>
291 <para>Enables DHCPv4 and/or DHCPv6 client support. Accepts
292 <literal>yes</literal>, <literal>no</literal>,
293 <literal>ipv4</literal>, or <literal>ipv6</literal>. Defaults
294 to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
295
296 <para>Note that DHCPv6 will by default be triggered by Router
297 Advertisement, if that is enabled, regardless of this parameter.
298 By enabling DHCPv6 support explicitly, the DHCPv6 client will
299 be started regardless of the presence of routers on the link,
300 or what flags the routers pass. See
301 <literal>IPv6AcceptRA=</literal>.</para>
302
303 <para>Furthermore, note that by default the domain name
304 specified through DHCP is not used for name resolution.
305 See option <option>UseDomains=</option> below.</para>
306
307 <para>See the <literal>[DHCP]</literal> section below for further configuration options for the DHCP client
308 support.</para>
309 </listitem>
310 </varlistentry>
311 <varlistentry>
312 <term><varname>DHCPServer=</varname></term>
313 <listitem>
314 <para>A boolean. Enables DHCPv4 server support. Defaults
315 to <literal>no</literal>. Further settings for the DHCP
316 server may be set in the <literal>[DHCPServer]</literal>
317 section described below.</para>
318 </listitem>
319 </varlistentry>
320 <varlistentry>
321 <term><varname>LinkLocalAddressing=</varname></term>
322 <listitem>
323 <para>Enables link-local address autoconfiguration. Accepts
324 <literal>yes</literal>, <literal>no</literal>,
325 <literal>ipv4</literal>, or <literal>ipv6</literal>. Defaults to
326 <literal>ipv6</literal>.</para>
327 </listitem>
328 </varlistentry>
329 <varlistentry>
330 <term><varname>IPv4LLRoute=</varname></term>
331 <listitem>
332 <para>A boolean. When true, sets up the route needed for
333 non-IPv4LL hosts to communicate with IPv4LL-only hosts. Defaults
334 to false.
335 </para>
336 </listitem>
337 </varlistentry>
338 <varlistentry>
339 <term><varname>IPv6Token=</varname></term>
340 <listitem>
341 <para>An IPv6 address with the top 64 bits unset. When set, indicates the
342 64-bit interface part of SLAAC IPv6 addresses for this link. Note that
343 the token is only ever used for SLAAC, and not for DHCPv6 addresses, even
344 in the case DHCP is requested by router advertisement. By default, the
345 token is autogenerated.</para>
346 </listitem>
347 </varlistentry>
348 <varlistentry>
349 <term><varname>LLMNR=</varname></term>
350 <listitem>
351 <para>A boolean or <literal>resolve</literal>. When true,
352 enables <ulink
353 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4795">Link-Local
354 Multicast Name Resolution</ulink> on the link. When set to
355 <literal>resolve</literal>, only resolution is enabled,
356 but not host registration and announcement. Defaults to
357 true. This setting is read by
358 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
359 </listitem>
360 </varlistentry>
361 <varlistentry>
362 <term><varname>MulticastDNS=</varname></term>
363 <listitem>
364 <para>A boolean or <literal>resolve</literal>. When true,
365 enables <ulink
366 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762">Multicast
367 DNS</ulink> support on the link. When set to
368 <literal>resolve</literal>, only resolution is enabled,
369 but not host or service registration and
370 announcement. Defaults to false. This setting is read by
371 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
372 </listitem>
373 </varlistentry>
374 <varlistentry>
375 <term><varname>DNSSEC=</varname></term>
376 <listitem>
377 <para>A boolean or
378 <literal>allow-downgrade</literal>. When true, enables
379 <ulink
380 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4033">DNSSEC</ulink>
381 DNS validation support on the link. When set to
382 <literal>allow-downgrade</literal>, compatibility with
383 non-DNSSEC capable networks is increased, by automatically
384 turning off DNSSEC in this case. This option defines a
385 per-interface setting for
386 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
387 global <varname>DNSSEC=</varname> option. Defaults to
388 false. This setting is read by
389 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
390 </listitem>
391 </varlistentry>
392 <varlistentry>
393 <term><varname>DNSSECNegativeTrustAnchors=</varname></term>
394 <listitem><para>A space-separated list of DNSSEC negative
395 trust anchor domains. If specified and DNSSEC is enabled,
396 look-ups done via the interface's DNS server will be subject
397 to the list of negative trust anchors, and not require
398 authentication for the specified domains, or anything below
399 it. Use this to disable DNSSEC authentication for specific
400 private domains, that cannot be proven valid using the
401 Internet DNS hierarchy. Defaults to the empty list. This
402 setting is read by
403 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
404 </listitem>
405 </varlistentry>
406 <varlistentry>
407 <term><varname>LLDP=</varname></term>
408 <listitem>
409 <para>Controls support for Ethernet LLDP packet reception. LLDP is a link-layer protocol commonly
410 implemented on professional routers and bridges which announces which physical port a system is connected
411 to, as well as other related data. Accepts a boolean or the special value
412 <literal>routers-only</literal>. When true, incoming LLDP packets are accepted and a database of all LLDP
413 neighbors maintained. If <literal>routers-only</literal> is set only LLDP data of various types of routers
414 is collected and LLDP data about other types of devices ignored (such as stations, telephones and
415 others). If false, LLDP reception is disabled. Defaults to <literal>routers-only</literal>. Use
416 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> to query the
417 collected neighbor data. LLDP is only available on Ethernet links. See <varname>EmitLLDP=</varname> below
418 for enabling LLDP packet emission from the local system.
419 </para>
420 </listitem>
421 </varlistentry>
422 <varlistentry>
423 <term><varname>EmitLLDP=</varname></term>
424 <listitem>
425 <para>Controls support for Ethernet LLDP packet emission. Accepts a boolean parameter or the special values
426 <literal>nearest-bridge</literal>, <literal>non-tpmr-bridge</literal> and
427 <literal>customer-bridge</literal>. Defaults to false, which turns off LLDP packet emission. If not false,
428 a short LLDP packet with information about the local system is sent out in regular intervals on the
429 link. The LLDP packet will contain information about the local host name, the local machine ID (as stored
430 in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>) and the
431 local interface name, as well as the pretty hostname of the system (as set in
432 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>). LLDP
433 emission is only available on Ethernet links. Note that this setting passes data suitable for
434 identification of host to the network and should thus not be enabled on untrusted networks, where such
435 identification data should not be made available. Use this option to permit other systems to identify on
436 which interfaces they are connected to this system. The three special values control propagation of the
437 LLDP packets. The <literal>nearest-bridge</literal> setting permits propagation only to the nearest
438 connected bridge, <literal>non-tpmr-bridge</literal> permits propagation across Two-Port MAC Relays, but
439 not any other bridges, and <literal>customer-bridge</literal> permits propagation until a customer bridge
440 is reached. For details about these concepts, see <ulink
441 url="http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.1AB-2009.pdf">IEEE 802.1AB-2009</ulink>. Note that
442 configuring this setting to true is equivalent to <literal>nearest-bridge</literal>, the recommended and
443 most restricted level of propagation. See <varname>LLDP=</varname> above for an option to enable LLDP
444 reception.</para>
445 </listitem>
446 </varlistentry>
447 <varlistentry>
448 <term><varname>BindCarrier=</varname></term>
449 <listitem>
450 <para>A link name or a list of link names. When set, controls the behavior of the current
451 link. When all links in the list are in an operational down state, the current link is brought
452 down. When at least one link has carrier, the current interface is brought up.
453 </para>
454 </listitem>
455 </varlistentry>
456 <varlistentry>
457 <term><varname>Address=</varname></term>
458 <listitem>
459 <para>A static IPv4 or IPv6 address and its prefix length,
460 separated by a <literal>/</literal> character. Specify
461 this key more than once to configure several addresses.
462 The format of the address must be as described in
463 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
464 This is a short-hand for an [Address] section only
465 containing an Address key (see below). This option may be
466 specified more than once.
467 </para>
468
469 <para>If the specified address is 0.0.0.0 (for IPv4) or
470 [::] (for IPv6), a new address range of the requested size
471 is automatically allocated from a system-wide pool of
472 unused ranges. The allocated range is checked against all
473 current network interfaces and all known network
474 configuration files to avoid address range conflicts. The
475 default system-wide pool consists of 192.168.0.0/16,
476 172.16.0.0/12 and 10.0.0.0/8 for IPv4, and fc00::/7 for
477 IPv6. This functionality is useful to manage a large
478 number of dynamically created network interfaces with the
479 same network configuration and automatic address range
480 assignment.</para>
481
482 </listitem>
483 </varlistentry>
484 <varlistentry>
485 <term><varname>Gateway=</varname></term>
486 <listitem>
487 <para>The gateway address, which must be in the format
488 described in
489 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
490 This is a short-hand for a [Route] section only containing
491 a Gateway key. This option may be specified more than
492 once.</para>
493 </listitem>
494 </varlistentry>
495 <varlistentry>
496 <term><varname>DNS=</varname></term>
497 <listitem>
498 <para>A DNS server address, which must be in the format
499 described in
500 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
501 This option may be specified more than once. This setting is read by
502 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
503 </listitem>
504 </varlistentry>
505 <varlistentry>
506 <term><varname>Domains=</varname></term>
507 <listitem>
508 <para>A list of domains which should be resolved using the DNS servers on this link. Each item in the list
509 should be a domain name, optionally prefixed with a tilde (<literal>~</literal>). The domains with the
510 prefix are called "routing-only domains". The domains without the prefix are called "search domains" and
511 are first used as search suffixes for extending single-label host names (host names containing no dots) to
512 become fully qualified domain names (FQDNs). If a single-label host name is resolved on this interface,
513 each of the specified search domains are appended to it in turn, converting it into a fully qualified
514 domain name, until one of them may be successfully resolved.</para>
515
516 <para>Both "search" and "routing-only" domains are used for routing of DNS queries: look-ups for host names
517 ending in those domains (hence also single label names, if any "search domains" are listed), are routed to
518 the DNS servers configured for this interface. The domain routing logic is particularly useful on
519 multi-homed hosts with DNS servers serving particular private DNS zones on each interface.</para>
520
521 <para>The "routing-only" domain <literal>~.</literal> (the tilde indicating definition of a routing domain,
522 the dot referring to the DNS root domain which is the implied suffix of all valid DNS names) has special
523 effect. It causes all DNS traffic which does not match another configured domain routing entry to be routed
524 to DNS servers specified for this interface. This setting is useful to prefer a certain set of DNS servers
525 if a link on which they are connected is available.</para>
526
527 <para>This setting is read by
528 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
529 "Search domains" correspond to the <varname>domain</varname> and <varname>search</varname> entries in
530 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
531 Domain name routing has no equivalent in the traditional glibc API, which has no concept of domain
532 name servers limited to a specific link.</para>
533 </listitem>
534 </varlistentry>
535 <varlistentry>
536 <term><varname>NTP=</varname></term>
537 <listitem>
538 <para>An NTP server address. This option may be specified more than once. This setting is read by
539 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
540 </listitem>
541 </varlistentry>
542 <varlistentry>
543 <term><varname>IPForward=</varname></term>
544 <listitem><para>Configures IP packet forwarding for the
545 system. If enabled, incoming packets on any network
546 interface will be forwarded to any other interfaces
547 according to the routing table. Takes either a boolean
548 argument, or the values <literal>ipv4</literal> or
549 <literal>ipv6</literal>, which only enable IP packet
550 forwarding for the specified address family. This controls
551 the <filename>net.ipv4.ip_forward</filename> and
552 <filename>net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding</filename> sysctl
553 options of the network interface (see <ulink
554 url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt">ip-sysctl.txt</ulink>
555 for details about sysctl options). Defaults to
556 <literal>no</literal>.</para>
557
558 <para>Note: this setting controls a global kernel option,
559 and does so one way only: if a network that has this setting
560 enabled is set up the global setting is turned on. However,
561 it is never turned off again, even after all networks with
562 this setting enabled are shut down again.</para>
563
564 <para>To allow IP packet forwarding only between specific
565 network interfaces use a firewall.</para>
566 </listitem>
567 </varlistentry>
568 <varlistentry>
569 <term><varname>IPMasquerade=</varname></term>
570 <listitem><para>Configures IP masquerading for the network
571 interface. If enabled, packets forwarded from the network
572 interface will be appear as coming from the local host.
573 Takes a boolean argument. Implies
574 <varname>IPForward=ipv4</varname>. Defaults to
575 <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
576 </varlistentry>
577 <varlistentry>
578 <term><varname>IPv6PrivacyExtensions=</varname></term>
579 <listitem><para>Configures use of stateless temporary
580 addresses that change over time (see <ulink
581 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4941">RFC 4941</ulink>,
582 Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
583 in IPv6). Takes a boolean or the special values
584 <literal>prefer-public</literal> and
585 <literal>kernel</literal>. When true, enables the privacy
586 extensions and prefers temporary addresses over public
587 addresses. When <literal>prefer-public</literal>, enables the
588 privacy extensions, but prefers public addresses over
589 temporary addresses. When false, the privacy extensions
590 remain disabled. When <literal>kernel</literal>, the kernel's
591 default setting will be left in place. Defaults to
592 <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
593 </varlistentry>
594 <varlistentry>
595 <term><varname>IPv6AcceptRA=</varname></term>
596 <listitem><para>Enable or disable IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) reception support for the interface. Takes
597 a boolean parameter. If true, RAs are accepted; if false, RAs are ignored, independently of the local
598 forwarding state. When not set, the kernel default is used, and RAs are accepted only when local forwarding
599 is disabled for that interface. When RAs are accepted, they may trigger the start of the DHCPv6 client if
600 the relevant flags are set in the RA data, or if no routers are found on the link.</para>
601
602 <para>Further settings for the IPv6 RA support may be configured in the
603 <literal>[IPv6AcceptRA]</literal> section, see below.</para>
604
605 <para>Also see <ulink
606 url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt">ip-sysctl.txt</ulink> in the kernel
607 documentation regarding <literal>accept_ra</literal>, but note that systemd's setting of
608 <constant>1</constant> (i.e. true) corresponds to kernel's setting of <constant>2</constant>.</para>
609 </listitem>
610 </varlistentry>
611 <varlistentry>
612 <term><varname>IPv6DuplicateAddressDetection=</varname></term>
613 <listitem><para>Configures the amount of IPv6 Duplicate
614 Address Detection (DAD) probes to send. Defaults to unset.
615 </para></listitem>
616 </varlistentry>
617 <varlistentry>
618 <term><varname>IPv6HopLimit=</varname></term>
619 <listitem><para>Configures IPv6 Hop Limit. For each router that
620 forwards the packet, the hop limit is decremented by 1. When the
621 hop limit field reaches zero, the packet is discarded.
622 Defaults to unset.
623 </para></listitem>
624 </varlistentry>
625 <varlistentry>
626 <term><varname>IPv4ProxyARP=</varname></term>
627 <listitem><para>A boolean. Configures proxy ARP for IPv4. Proxy ARP is the technique in which one host,
628 usually a router, answers ARP requests intended for another machine. By "faking" its identity,
629 the router accepts responsibility for routing packets to the "real" destination. (see <ulink
630 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1027">RFC 1027</ulink>.
631 Defaults to unset.
632 </para></listitem>
633 </varlistentry>
634 <varlistentry>
635 <term><varname>IPv6ProxyNDP=</varname></term>
636 <listitem><para>A boolean. Configures proxy NDP for IPv6. Proxy NDP (Neighbor Discovery
637 Protocol) is a technique for IPv6 to allow routing of addresses to a different
638 destination when peers expect them to be present on a certain physical link.
639 In this case a router answers Neighbour Advertisement messages intended for
640 another machine by offering its own MAC address as destination.
641 Unlike proxy ARP for IPv4, it is not enabled globally, but will only send Neighbour
642 Advertisement messages for addresses in the IPv6 neighbor proxy table,
643 which can also be shown by <command>ip -6 neighbour show proxy</command>.
644 systemd-networkd will control the per-interface `proxy_ndp` switch for each configured
645 interface depending on this option.
646 Defautls to unset.
647 </para></listitem>
648 </varlistentry>
649 <varlistentry>
650 <term><varname>IPv6ProxyNDPAddress=</varname></term>
651 <listitem><para>An IPv6 address, for which Neighbour Advertisement messages will be
652 proxied. This option may be specified more than once. systemd-networkd will add the
653 <option>IPv6ProxyNDPAddress=</option> entries to the kernel's IPv6 neighbor proxy table.
654 This option implies <option>IPv6ProxyNDP=true</option> but has no effect if
655 <option>IPv6ProxyNDP</option> has been set to false. Defaults to unset.
656 </para></listitem>
657 </varlistentry>
658 <varlistentry>
659 <term><varname>IPv6PrefixDelegation=</varname></term>
660 <listitem><para>Whether to enable or disable Router Advertisement sending on a link.
661 Allowed values are <literal>static</literal> which distributes prefixes as defined in
662 the <literal>[IPv6PrefixDelegation]</literal> and any <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal>
663 sections, <literal>dhcpv6</literal> which requests prefixes using a DHCPv6 client
664 configured for another link and any values configured in the
665 <literal>[IPv6PrefixDelegation]</literal> section while ignoring all static prefix
666 configuration sections, <literal>yes</literal> which uses both static configuration
667 and DHCPv6, and <literal>false</literal> which turns off IPv6 prefix delegation
668 altogether. Defaults to <literal>false</literal>. See the
669 <literal>[IPv6PrefixDelegation]</literal> and the <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal>
670 sections for more configuration options.
671 </para></listitem>
672 </varlistentry>
673 <varlistentry>
674 <term><varname>IPv6MTUBytes=</varname></term>
675 <listitem><para>Configures IPv6 maximum transmission unit (MTU).
676 An integer greater than or equal to 1280 bytes. Defaults to unset.
677 </para></listitem>
678 </varlistentry>
679 <varlistentry>
680 <term><varname>Bridge=</varname></term>
681 <listitem>
682 <para>The name of the bridge to add the link to. See
683 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
684 </para>
685 </listitem>
686 </varlistentry>
687 <varlistentry>
688 <term><varname>Bond=</varname></term>
689 <listitem>
690 <para>The name of the bond to add the link to. See
691 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
692 </para>
693 </listitem>
694 </varlistentry>
695 <varlistentry>
696 <term><varname>VRF=</varname></term>
697 <listitem>
698 <para>The name of the VRF to add the link to. See
699 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
700 </para>
701 </listitem>
702 </varlistentry>
703 <varlistentry>
704 <term><varname>VLAN=</varname></term>
705 <listitem>
706 <para>The name of a VLAN to create on the link. See
707 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
708 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
709 </listitem>
710 </varlistentry>
711 <varlistentry>
712 <term><varname>MACVLAN=</varname></term>
713 <listitem>
714 <para>The name of a MACVLAN to create on the link. See
715 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
716 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
717 </listitem>
718 </varlistentry>
719 <varlistentry>
720 <term><varname>VXLAN=</varname></term>
721 <listitem>
722 <para>The name of a VXLAN to create on the link. See
723 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
724 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
725 </listitem>
726 </varlistentry>
727 <varlistentry>
728 <term><varname>Tunnel=</varname></term>
729 <listitem>
730 <para>The name of a Tunnel to create on the link. See
731 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
732 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
733 </listitem>
734 </varlistentry>
735 <varlistentry>
736 <term><varname>ActiveSlave=</varname></term>
737 <listitem>
738 <para>A boolean. Specifies the new active slave. The <literal>ActiveSlave=</literal>
739 option is only valid for following modes:
740 <literal>active-backup</literal>,
741 <literal>balance-alb</literal> and
742 <literal>balance-tlb</literal>. Defaults to false.
743 </para>
744 </listitem>
745 </varlistentry>
746 <varlistentry>
747 <term><varname>PrimarySlave=</varname></term>
748 <listitem>
749 <para>A boolean. Specifies which slave is the primary device. The specified
750 device will always be the active slave while it is available. Only when the
751 primary is off-line will alternate devices be used. This is useful when
752 one slave is preferred over another, e.g. when one slave has higher throughput
753 than another. The <literal>PrimarySlave=</literal> option is only valid for
754 following modes:
755 <literal>active-backup</literal>,
756 <literal>balance-alb</literal> and
757 <literal>balance-tlb</literal>. Defaults to false.
758 </para>
759 </listitem>
760 </varlistentry>
761 <varlistentry>
762 <term><varname>ConfigureWithoutCarrier=</varname></term>
763 <listitem>
764 <para>A boolean. Allows networkd to configure a specific link even if it has no carrier.
765 Defaults to false.
766 </para>
767 </listitem>
768 </varlistentry>
769 </variablelist>
770
771 </refsect1>
772
773 <refsect1>
774 <title>[Address] Section Options</title>
775
776 <para>An <literal>[Address]</literal> section accepts the
777 following keys. Specify several <literal>[Address]</literal>
778 sections to configure several addresses.</para>
779
780 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
781 <varlistentry>
782 <term><varname>Address=</varname></term>
783 <listitem>
784 <para>As in the <literal>[Network]</literal> section. This
785 key is mandatory.</para>
786 </listitem>
787 </varlistentry>
788 <varlistentry>
789 <term><varname>Peer=</varname></term>
790 <listitem>
791 <para>The peer address in a point-to-point connection.
792 Accepts the same format as the <literal>Address</literal>
793 key.</para>
794 </listitem>
795 </varlistentry>
796 <varlistentry>
797 <term><varname>Broadcast=</varname></term>
798 <listitem>
799 <para>The broadcast address, which must be in the format
800 described in
801 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
802 This key only applies to IPv4 addresses. If it is not
803 given, it is derived from the <literal>Address</literal>
804 key.</para>
805 </listitem>
806 </varlistentry>
807 <varlistentry>
808 <term><varname>Label=</varname></term>
809 <listitem>
810 <para>An address label.</para>
811 </listitem>
812 </varlistentry>
813 <varlistentry>
814 <term><varname>PreferredLifetime=</varname></term>
815 <listitem>
816 <para>Allows the default "preferred lifetime" of the address to be overridden.
817 Only three settings are accepted: <literal>forever</literal> or <literal>infinity</literal>
818 which is the default and means that the address never expires, and <literal>0</literal> which means
819 that the address is considered immediately "expired" and will not be used,
820 unless explicitly requested. A setting of PreferredLifetime=0 is useful for
821 addresses which are added to be used only by a specific application,
822 which is then configured to use them explicitly.</para>
823 </listitem>
824 </varlistentry>
825 <varlistentry>
826 <term><varname>Scope=</varname></term>
827 <listitem>
828 <para>The scope of the address, which can be <literal>global</literal>,
829 <literal>link</literal> or <literal>host</literal> or an unsigned integer ranges 0 to 255.
830 Defaults to <literal>global</literal>.</para>
831 </listitem>
832 </varlistentry>
833 <varlistentry>
834 <term><varname>HomeAddress=</varname></term>
835 <listitem>
836 <para>Takes a boolean argument. Designates this address the "home address" as defined in
837 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6275">RFC 6275</ulink>.
838 Supported only on IPv6. Defaults to false.</para>
839 </listitem>
840 </varlistentry>
841 <varlistentry>
842 <term><varname>DuplicateAddressDetection=</varname></term>
843 <listitem>
844 <para>Takes a boolean argument. Do not perform Duplicate Address Detection
845 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4862">RFC 4862</ulink> when adding this address.
846 Supported only on IPv6. Defaults to false.</para>
847 </listitem>
848 </varlistentry>
849 <varlistentry>
850 <term><varname>ManageTemporaryAddress=</varname></term>
851 <listitem>
852 <para>Takes a boolean argument. If true the kernel manage temporary addresses created
853 from this one as template on behalf of Privacy Extensions
854 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3041">RFC 3041</ulink>. For this to become
855 active, the use_tempaddr sysctl setting has to be set to a value greater than zero.
856 The given address needs to have a prefix length of 64. This flag allows to use privacy
857 extensions in a manually configured network, just like if stateless auto-configuration
858 was active. Defaults to false. </para>
859 </listitem>
860 </varlistentry>
861 <varlistentry>
862 <term><varname>PrefixRoute=</varname></term>
863 <listitem>
864 <para>Takes a boolean argument. When adding or modifying an IPv6 address, the userspace
865 application needs a way to suppress adding a prefix route. This is for example relevant
866 together with IFA_F_MANAGERTEMPADDR, where userspace creates autoconf generated addresses,
867 but depending on on-link, no route for the prefix should be added. Defaults to false.</para>
868 </listitem>
869 </varlistentry>
870 <varlistentry>
871 <term><varname>AutoJoin=</varname></term>
872 <listitem>
873 <para>Takes a boolean argument. Joining multicast group on ethernet level via
874 <command>ip maddr</command> command would not work if we have an Ethernet switch that does
875 IGMP snooping since the switch would not replicate multicast packets on ports that did not
876 have IGMP reports for the multicast addresses. Linux vxlan interfaces created via
877 <command>ip link add vxlan</command> or networkd's netdev kind vxlan have the group option
878 that enables then to do the required join. By extending ip address command with option
879 <literal>autojoin</literal> we can get similar functionality for openvswitch (OVS) vxlan
880 interfaces as well as other tunneling mechanisms that need to receive multicast traffic.
881 Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
882 </listitem>
883 </varlistentry>
884 </variablelist>
885 </refsect1>
886
887 <refsect1>
888 <title>[IPv6AddressLabel] Section Options</title>
889
890 <para>An <literal>[IPv6AddressLabel]</literal> section accepts the
891 following keys. Specify several <literal>[IPv6AddressLabel]</literal>
892 sections to configure several address labels. IPv6 address labels are
893 used for address selection. See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3484">RFC 3484</ulink>.
894 Precedence is managed by userspace, and only the label itself is stored in the kernel</para>
895
896 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
897 <varlistentry>
898 <term><varname>Label=</varname></term>
899 <listitem>
900 <para> The label for the prefix (an unsigned integer) ranges 0 to 4294967294.
901 0xffffffff is reserved. This key is mandatory.</para>
902 </listitem>
903 </varlistentry>
904 <varlistentry>
905 <term><varname>Prefix=</varname></term>
906 <listitem>
907 <para>IPv6 prefix is an address with a prefix length, separated by a slash <literal>/</literal> character.
908 This key is mandatory. </para>
909 </listitem>
910 </varlistentry>
911 </variablelist>
912 </refsect1>
913
914 <refsect1>
915 <title>[RoutingPolicyRule] Section Options</title>
916
917 <para>An <literal>[RoutingPolicyRule]</literal> section accepts the
918 following keys. Specify several <literal>[RoutingPolicyRule]</literal>
919 sections to configure several rules.</para>
920
921 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
922 <varlistentry>
923 <term><varname>TypeOfService=</varname></term>
924 <listitem>
925 <para>Specifies the type of service to match a number between 0 to 255.</para>
926 </listitem>
927 </varlistentry>
928 <varlistentry>
929 <term><varname>From=</varname></term>
930 <listitem>
931 <para>Specifies the source address prefix to match. Possibly followed by a slash and the prefix length.</para>
932 </listitem>
933 </varlistentry>
934 <varlistentry>
935 <term><varname>To=</varname></term>
936 <listitem>
937 <para>Specifies the destination address prefix to match. Possibly followed by a slash and the prefix length.</para>
938 </listitem>
939 </varlistentry>
940 <varlistentry>
941 <term><varname>FirewallMark=</varname></term>
942 <listitem>
943 <para>Specifies the iptables firewall mark value to match (a number between 1 and 4294967295).</para>
944 </listitem>
945 </varlistentry>
946 <varlistentry>
947 <term><varname>Table=</varname></term>
948 <listitem>
949 <para>Specifies the routing table identifier to lookup if the rule
950 selector matches. The table identifier for a route (a number between 1 and 4294967295).</para>
951 </listitem>
952 </varlistentry>
953 <varlistentry>
954 <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
955 <listitem>
956 <para>Specifies the priority of this rule. <varname>Priority=</varname> is an unsigned
957 integer. Higher number means lower priority, and rules get processed in order of increasing number.</para>
958 </listitem>
959 </varlistentry>
960 <varlistentry>
961 <term><varname>IncomingInterface=</varname></term>
962 <listitem>
963 <para>Specifies incoming device to match. If the interface is loopback, the rule only matches packets originating from this host.</para>
964 </listitem>
965 </varlistentry>
966 <varlistentry>
967 <term><varname>OutgoingInterface=</varname></term>
968 <listitem>
969 <para>Specifies the outgoing device to match. The outgoing interface is only available for packets originating from local sockets that are bound to a device.</para>
970 </listitem>
971 </varlistentry>
972 </variablelist>
973 </refsect1>
974
975 <refsect1>
976 <title>[Route] Section Options</title>
977 <para>The <literal>[Route]</literal> section accepts the
978 following keys. Specify several <literal>[Route]</literal>
979 sections to configure several routes.</para>
980
981 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
982 <varlistentry>
983 <term><varname>Gateway=</varname></term>
984 <listitem>
985 <para>As in the <literal>[Network]</literal> section.</para>
986 </listitem>
987 </varlistentry>
988 <varlistentry>
989 <term><varname>GatewayOnlink=</varname></term>
990 <listitem>
991 <para>The <literal>GatewayOnlink</literal> option tells the kernel that it does not have
992 to check if the gateway is reachable directly by the current machine (i.e., the kernel does
993 not need to check if the gateway is attached to the local network), so that we can insert the
994 route in the kernel table without it being complained about. A boolean, defaults to <literal>no</literal>.
995 </para>
996 </listitem>
997 </varlistentry>
998 <varlistentry>
999 <term><varname>Destination=</varname></term>
1000 <listitem>
1001 <para>The destination prefix of the route. Possibly
1002 followed by a slash and the prefix length. If omitted, a
1003 full-length host route is assumed.</para>
1004 </listitem>
1005 </varlistentry>
1006 <varlistentry>
1007 <term><varname>Source=</varname></term>
1008 <listitem>
1009 <para>The source prefix of the route. Possibly followed by
1010 a slash and the prefix length. If omitted, a full-length
1011 host route is assumed.</para>
1012 </listitem>
1013 </varlistentry>
1014 <varlistentry>
1015 <term><varname>Metric=</varname></term>
1016 <listitem>
1017 <para>The metric of the route (an unsigned integer).</para>
1018 </listitem>
1019 </varlistentry>
1020 <varlistentry>
1021 <term><varname>IPv6Preference=</varname></term>
1022 <listitem>
1023 <para>Specifies the route preference as defined in <ulink
1024 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4191">RFC4191</ulink> for Router Discovery messages.
1025 Which can be one of <literal>low</literal> the route has a lowest priority,
1026 <literal>medium</literal> the route has a default priority or
1027 <literal>high</literal> the route has a highest priority.</para>
1028 </listitem>
1029 </varlistentry>
1030 <varlistentry>
1031 <term><varname>Scope=</varname></term>
1032 <listitem>
1033 <para>The scope of the route, which can be <literal>global</literal>,
1034 <literal>link</literal> or <literal>host</literal>. Defaults to
1035 <literal>global</literal>.</para>
1036 </listitem>
1037 </varlistentry>
1038 <varlistentry>
1039 <term><varname>PreferredSource=</varname></term>
1040 <listitem>
1041 <para>The preferred source address of the route. The address
1042 must be in the format described in
1043 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1044 </listitem>
1045 </varlistentry>
1046 <varlistentry>
1047 <term><varname>Table=<replaceable>num</replaceable></varname></term>
1048 <listitem>
1049 <para>The table identifier for the route (a number between 1 and 4294967295, or 0 to unset).
1050 The table can be retrieved using <command>ip route show table <replaceable>num</replaceable></command>.
1051 </para>
1052 </listitem>
1053 </varlistentry>
1054 <varlistentry>
1055 <term><varname>Protocol=</varname></term>
1056 <listitem>
1057 <para>The Protocol identifier for the route. Takes a number between 0 and 255 or the special values
1058 <literal>kernel</literal>, <literal>boot</literal> and <literal>static</literal>. Defaults to
1059 <literal>static</literal>.
1060 </para>
1061 </listitem>
1062 </varlistentry>
1063 <varlistentry>
1064 <term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
1065 <listitem>
1066 <para>The Type identifier for special route types, which can be
1067 <literal>unicast</literal> route to a destination network address which describes the path to the destination,
1068 <literal>blackhole</literal> packets are discarded silently,
1069 <literal>unreachable</literal> packets are discarded and the ICMP message host unreachable is generated,
1070 <literal>prohibit</literal> packets are discarded and the ICMP message communication administratively
1071 prohibited is generated. Defaults to <literal>unicast</literal>.
1072 </para>
1073 </listitem>
1074 </varlistentry>
1075 <varlistentry>
1076 <term><varname>InitialCongestionWindow=</varname></term>
1077 <listitem>
1078 <para>The TCP initial congestion window is used during the start of a TCP connection. During the start of a TCP
1079 session, when a client requests a resource, the server's initial congestion window determines how many data bytes
1080 will be sent during the initial burst of data. Takes a size in bytes between 1 and 4294967295 (2^32 - 1). The usual
1081 suffixes K, M, G are supported and are understood to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset.
1082 </para>
1083 </listitem>
1084 </varlistentry>
1085 <varlistentry>
1086 <term><varname>InitialAdvertisedReceiveWindow=</varname></term>
1087 <listitem>
1088 <para>The TCP initial advertised receive window is the amount of receive data (in bytes) that can initally be buffered at one time
1089 on a connection. The sending host can send only that amount of data before waiting for an acknowledgment and window update
1090 from the receiving host. Takes a size in bytes between 1 and 4294967295 (2^32 - 1). The usual suffixes K, M, G are supported
1091 and are understood to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset.
1092 </para>
1093 </listitem>
1094 </varlistentry>
1095 <varlistentry>
1096 <term><varname>QuickAck=</varname></term>
1097 <listitem>
1098 <para>Takes a boolean argument. When true enables TCP quick ack mode for the route. Defaults to unset.
1099 </para>
1100 </listitem>
1101 </varlistentry>
1102 <varlistentry>
1103 <term><varname>MTUBytes=</varname></term>
1104 <listitem>
1105 <para>The maximum transmission unit in bytes to set for the
1106 route. The usual suffixes K, M, G, are supported and are
1107 understood to the base of 1024.</para>
1108 <para>Note that if IPv6 is enabled on the interface, and the MTU is chosen
1109 below 1280 (the minimum MTU for IPv6) it will automatically be increased to this value.</para>
1110 </listitem>
1111 </varlistentry>
1112 </variablelist>
1113 </refsect1>
1114
1115 <refsect1>
1116 <title>[DHCP] Section Options</title>
1117 <para>The <literal>[DHCP]</literal> section configures the
1118 DHCPv4 and DHCP6 client, if it is enabled with the
1119 <varname>DHCP=</varname> setting described above:</para>
1120
1121 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1122 <varlistentry>
1123 <term><varname>UseDNS=</varname></term>
1124 <listitem>
1125 <para>When true (the default), the DNS servers received
1126 from the DHCP server will be used and take precedence over
1127 any statically configured ones.</para>
1128
1129 <para>This corresponds to the <option>nameserver</option>
1130 option in <citerefentry
1131 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1132 </listitem>
1133 </varlistentry>
1134 <varlistentry>
1135 <term><varname>UseNTP=</varname></term>
1136 <listitem>
1137 <para>When true (the default), the NTP servers received
1138 from the DHCP server will be used by systemd-timesyncd
1139 and take precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
1140 </listitem>
1141 </varlistentry>
1142 <varlistentry>
1143 <term><varname>UseMTU=</varname></term>
1144 <listitem>
1145 <para>When true, the interface maximum transmission unit
1146 from the DHCP server will be used on the current link.
1147 Defaults to false.</para>
1148 </listitem>
1149 </varlistentry>
1150 <varlistentry>
1151 <term><varname>Anonymize=</varname></term>
1152 <listitem>
1153 <para>Takes a boolean argument. When true, the options sent to the DHCP server will
1154 follow the <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7844">RFC 7844</ulink>
1155 (Anonymity Profiles for DHCP Clients) to minimize disclosure of identifying information.
1156 Defaults to false.</para>
1157
1158 <para>This option should only be set to true when
1159 <varname>MACAddressPolicy=</varname> is set to <literal>random</literal>
1160 (see <citerefentry
1161 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).</para>
1162
1163 <para>Note that this configuration will overwrite others.
1164 In concrete, the following variables will be ignored:
1165 <varname>SendHostname=</varname>, <varname>ClientIdentifier=</varname>,
1166 <varname>UseRoutes=</varname>, <varname>SendHostname=</varname>,
1167 <varname>UseMTU=</varname>, <varname>VendorClassIdentifier=</varname>,
1168 <varname>UseTimezone=</varname>.</para>
1169 </listitem>
1170 </varlistentry>
1171 <varlistentry>
1172 <term><varname>SendHostname=</varname></term>
1173 <listitem>
1174 <para>When true (the default), the machine's hostname will
1175 be sent to the DHCP server.</para>
1176 </listitem>
1177 </varlistentry>
1178 <varlistentry>
1179 <term><varname>UseHostname=</varname></term>
1180 <listitem>
1181 <para>When true (the default), the hostname received from
1182 the DHCP server will be set as the transient hostname of the system
1183 </para>
1184 </listitem>
1185 </varlistentry>
1186 <varlistentry>
1187 <term><varname>Hostname=</varname></term>
1188 <listitem>
1189 <para>Use this value for the hostname which is sent to the
1190 DHCP server, instead of machine's hostname.</para>
1191 </listitem>
1192 </varlistentry>
1193 <varlistentry>
1194 <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
1195 <listitem>
1196 <para>Takes a boolean argument, or the special value <literal>route</literal>. When true, the domain name
1197 received from the DHCP server will be used as DNS search domain over this link, similar to the effect of
1198 the <option>Domains=</option> setting. If set to <literal>route</literal>, the domain name received from
1199 the DHCP server will be used for routing DNS queries only, but not for searching, similar to the effect of
1200 the <option>Domains=</option> setting when the argument is prefixed with <literal>~</literal>. Defaults to
1201 false.</para>
1202
1203 <para>It is recommended to enable this option only on trusted networks, as setting this affects resolution
1204 of all host names, in particular of single-label names. It is generally safer to use the supplied domain
1205 only as routing domain, rather than as search domain, in order to not have it affect local resolution of
1206 single-label names.</para>
1207
1208 <para>When set to true, this setting corresponds to the <option>domain</option> option in <citerefentry
1209 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1210 </listitem>
1211 </varlistentry>
1212 <varlistentry>
1213 <term><varname>UseRoutes=</varname></term>
1214 <listitem>
1215 <para>When true (the default), the static routes will be requested from the DHCP server and added to the
1216 routing table with a metric of 1024, and a scope of "global", "link" or "host", depending on the route's
1217 destination and gateway. If the destination is on the local host, e.g., 127.x.x.x, or the same as the
1218 link's own address, the scope will be set to "host". Otherwise if the gateway is null (a direct route), a
1219 "link" scope will be used. For anything else, scope defaults to "global".</para>
1220 </listitem>
1221 </varlistentry>
1222
1223 <varlistentry>
1224 <term><varname>UseTimezone=</varname></term>
1225
1226 <listitem><para>When true, the timezone received from the
1227 DHCP server will be set as timezone of the local
1228 system. Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
1229 </varlistentry>
1230
1231 <varlistentry>
1232 <term><varname>CriticalConnection=</varname></term>
1233 <listitem>
1234 <para>When true, the connection will never be torn down
1235 even if the DHCP lease expires. This is contrary to the
1236 DHCP specification, but may be the best choice if, say,
1237 the root filesystem relies on this connection. Defaults to
1238 false.</para>
1239 </listitem>
1240 </varlistentry>
1241
1242 <varlistentry>
1243 <term><varname>ClientIdentifier=</varname></term>
1244 <listitem>
1245 <para>The DHCPv4 client identifier to use. Takes one of <literal>mac</literal>, <literal>duid</literal> or <literal>duid-only</literal>.
1246 If set to <literal>mac</literal>, the MAC address of the link is used.
1247 If set to <literal>duid</literal>, an RFC4361-compliant Client ID, which is the combination of IAID and DUID (see below), is used.
1248 If set to <literal>duid-only</literal>, only DUID is used, this may not be RFC compliant, but some setups may require to use this.
1249 Defaults to <literal>duid</literal>.</para>
1250 </listitem>
1251 </varlistentry>
1252
1253 <varlistentry>
1254 <term><varname>VendorClassIdentifier=</varname></term>
1255 <listitem>
1256 <para>The vendor class identifier used to identify vendor
1257 type and configuration.</para>
1258 </listitem>
1259 </varlistentry>
1260
1261 <varlistentry>
1262 <term><varname>UserClass=</varname></term>
1263 <listitem>
1264 <para>A DHCPv4 client can use UserClass option to identify the type or category of user or applications
1265 it represents. The information contained in this option is a string that represents the user class of which
1266 the client is a member. Each class sets an identifying string of information to be used by the DHCP
1267 service to classify clients. Takes a whitespace-separated list of strings.</para>
1268 </listitem>
1269 </varlistentry>
1270
1271 <varlistentry>
1272 <term><varname>DUIDType=</varname></term>
1273 <listitem>
1274 <para>Override the global <varname>DUIDType</varname> setting for this network. See
1275 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1276 for a description of possible values.</para>
1277 </listitem>
1278 </varlistentry>
1279
1280 <varlistentry>
1281 <term><varname>DUIDRawData=</varname></term>
1282 <listitem>
1283 <para>Override the global <varname>DUIDRawData</varname> setting for this network. See
1284 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1285 for a description of possible values.</para>
1286 </listitem>
1287 </varlistentry>
1288
1289 <varlistentry>
1290 <term><varname>IAID=</varname></term>
1291 <listitem>
1292 <para>The DHCP Identity Association Identifier (IAID) for the interface, a 32-bit unsigned integer.</para>
1293 </listitem>
1294 </varlistentry>
1295
1296 <varlistentry>
1297 <term><varname>RequestBroadcast=</varname></term>
1298 <listitem>
1299 <para>Request the server to use broadcast messages before
1300 the IP address has been configured. This is necessary for
1301 devices that cannot receive RAW packets, or that cannot
1302 receive packets at all before an IP address has been
1303 configured. On the other hand, this must not be enabled on
1304 networks where broadcasts are filtered out.</para>
1305 </listitem>
1306 </varlistentry>
1307
1308 <varlistentry>
1309 <term><varname>RouteMetric=</varname></term>
1310 <listitem>
1311 <para>Set the routing metric for routes specified by the
1312 DHCP server.</para>
1313 </listitem>
1314 </varlistentry>
1315
1316 <varlistentry>
1317 <term><varname>RouteTable=<replaceable>num</replaceable></varname></term>
1318 <listitem>
1319 <para>The table identifier for DHCP routes (a number between 1 and 4294967295, or 0 to unset).
1320 The table can be retrieved using <command>ip route show table <replaceable>num</replaceable></command>.
1321 </para>
1322 <para>When used in combination with <varname>VRF=</varname> the
1323 VRF's routing table is used unless this parameter is specified.
1324 </para>
1325 </listitem>
1326 </varlistentry>
1327
1328 <varlistentry>
1329 <term><varname>ListenPort=</varname></term>
1330 <listitem>
1331 <para>Allow setting custom port for the DHCP client to listen on.</para>
1332 </listitem>
1333 </varlistentry>
1334
1335 <varlistentry>
1336 <term><varname>RapidCommit=</varname></term>
1337 <listitem>
1338 <para>A boolean. The DHCPv6 client can obtain configuration parameters from a DHCPv6 server through
1339 a rapid two-message exchange (solicit and reply). When the rapid commit option is enabled by both
1340 the DHCPv6 client and the DHCPv6 server, the two-message exchange is used, rather than the default
1341 four-method exchange (solicit, advertise, request, and reply). The two-message exchange provides
1342 faster client configuration and is beneficial in environments in which networks are under a heavy load.
1343 See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3315#section-17.2.1">RFC 3315</ulink> for details.
1344 Defaults to true.</para>
1345 </listitem>
1346 </varlistentry>
1347
1348 </variablelist>
1349 </refsect1>
1350
1351 <refsect1>
1352 <title>[IPv6AcceptRA] Section Options</title>
1353 <para>The <literal>[IPv6AcceptRA]</literal> section configures the IPv6 Router Advertisement
1354 (RA) client, if it is enabled with the <varname>IPv6AcceptRA=</varname> setting described
1355 above:</para>
1356
1357 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1358 <varlistentry>
1359 <term><varname>UseDNS=</varname></term>
1360 <listitem>
1361 <para>When true (the default), the DNS servers received in the Router Advertisement will be used and take
1362 precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
1363
1364 <para>This corresponds to the <option>nameserver</option> option in <citerefentry
1365 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1366 </listitem>
1367 </varlistentry>
1368
1369 <varlistentry>
1370 <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
1371 <listitem>
1372 <para>Takes a boolean argument, or the special value <literal>route</literal>. When true, the domain name
1373 received via IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) will be used as DNS search domain over this link, similar to
1374 the effect of the <option>Domains=</option> setting. If set to <literal>route</literal>, the domain name
1375 received via IPv6 RA will be used for routing DNS queries only, but not for searching, similar to the
1376 effect of the <option>Domains=</option> setting when the argument is prefixed with
1377 <literal>~</literal>. Defaults to false.</para>
1378
1379 <para>It is recommended to enable this option only on trusted networks, as setting this affects resolution
1380 of all host names, in particular of single-label names. It is generally safer to use the supplied domain
1381 only as routing domain, rather than as search domain, in order to not have it affect local resolution of
1382 single-label names.</para>
1383
1384 <para>When set to true, this setting corresponds to the <option>domain</option> option in <citerefentry
1385 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1386 </listitem>
1387 </varlistentry>
1388
1389 <varlistentry>
1390 <term><varname>RouteTable=<replaceable>num</replaceable></varname></term>
1391 <listitem>
1392 <para>The table identifier for the routes received in the Router Advertisement
1393 (a number between 1 and 4294967295, or 0 to unset).
1394 The table can be retrieved using <command>ip route show table <replaceable>num</replaceable></command>.
1395 </para>
1396 </listitem>
1397 </varlistentry>
1398 </variablelist>
1399 </refsect1>
1400
1401 <refsect1>
1402 <title>[DHCPServer] Section Options</title>
1403 <para>The <literal>[DHCPServer]</literal> section contains
1404 settings for the DHCP server, if enabled via the
1405 <varname>DHCPServer=</varname> option described above:</para>
1406
1407 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1408
1409 <varlistentry>
1410 <term><varname>PoolOffset=</varname></term>
1411 <term><varname>PoolSize=</varname></term>
1412
1413 <listitem><para>Configures the pool of addresses to hand out. The pool
1414 is a contiguous sequence of IP addresses in the subnet configured for
1415 the server address, which does not include the subnet nor the broadcast
1416 address. <varname>PoolOffset=</varname> takes the offset of the pool
1417 from the start of subnet, or zero to use the default value.
1418 <varname>PoolSize=</varname> takes the number of IP addresses in the
1419 pool or zero to use the default value. By default, the pool starts at
1420 the first address after the subnet address and takes up the rest of
1421 the subnet, excluding the broadcast address. If the pool includes
1422 the server address (the default), this is reserved and not handed
1423 out to clients.</para></listitem>
1424 </varlistentry>
1425
1426 <varlistentry>
1427 <term><varname>DefaultLeaseTimeSec=</varname></term>
1428 <term><varname>MaxLeaseTimeSec=</varname></term>
1429
1430 <listitem><para>Control the default and maximum DHCP lease
1431 time to pass to clients. These settings take time values in seconds or
1432 another common time unit, depending on the suffix. The default
1433 lease time is used for clients that did not ask for a specific
1434 lease time. If a client asks for a lease time longer than the
1435 maximum lease time, it is automatically shortened to the
1436 specified time. The default lease time defaults to 1h, the
1437 maximum lease time to 12h. Shorter lease times are beneficial
1438 if the configuration data in DHCP leases changes frequently
1439 and clients shall learn the new settings with shorter
1440 latencies. Longer lease times reduce the generated DHCP
1441 network traffic.</para></listitem>
1442 </varlistentry>
1443
1444 <varlistentry>
1445 <term><varname>EmitDNS=</varname></term>
1446 <term><varname>DNS=</varname></term>
1447
1448 <listitem><para>Configures whether the DHCP leases handed out
1449 to clients shall contain DNS server information. The
1450 <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> setting takes a boolean argument
1451 and defaults to <literal>yes</literal>. The DNS servers to
1452 pass to clients may be configured with the
1453 <varname>DNS=</varname> option, which takes a list of IPv4
1454 addresses. If the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> option is
1455 enabled but no servers configured, the servers are
1456 automatically propagated from an "uplink" interface that has
1457 appropriate servers set. The "uplink" interface is determined
1458 by the default route of the system with the highest
1459 priority. Note that this information is acquired at the time
1460 the lease is handed out, and does not take uplink interfaces
1461 into account that acquire DNS or NTP server information at a
1462 later point. DNS server propagation does not take
1463 <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> into account. Also, note
1464 that the leases are not refreshed if the uplink network
1465 configuration changes. To ensure clients regularly acquire the
1466 most current uplink DNS server information, it is thus
1467 advisable to shorten the DHCP lease time via
1468 <varname>MaxLeaseTimeSec=</varname> described
1469 above.</para></listitem>
1470 </varlistentry>
1471
1472 <varlistentry>
1473 <term><varname>EmitNTP=</varname></term>
1474 <term><varname>NTP=</varname></term>
1475
1476 <listitem><para>Similar to the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> and
1477 <varname>DNS=</varname> settings described above, these
1478 settings configure whether and what NTP server information
1479 shall be emitted as part of the DHCP lease. The same syntax,
1480 propagation semantics and defaults apply as for
1481 <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> and
1482 <varname>DNS=</varname>.</para></listitem>
1483 </varlistentry>
1484
1485 <varlistentry>
1486 <term><varname>EmitRouter=</varname></term>
1487
1488 <listitem><para>Similar to the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname>
1489 setting described above, this setting configures whether the
1490 DHCP lease should contain the router option. The same syntax,
1491 propagation semantics and defaults apply as for
1492 <varname>EmitDNS=</varname>.</para></listitem>
1493 </varlistentry>
1494
1495 <varlistentry>
1496 <term><varname>EmitTimezone=</varname></term>
1497 <term><varname>Timezone=</varname></term>
1498
1499 <listitem><para>Configures whether the DHCP leases handed out
1500 to clients shall contain timezone information. The
1501 <varname>EmitTimezone=</varname> setting takes a boolean
1502 argument and defaults to <literal>yes</literal>. The
1503 <varname>Timezone=</varname> setting takes a timezone string
1504 (such as <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or
1505 <literal>UTC</literal>) to pass to clients. If no explicit
1506 timezone is set, the system timezone of the local host is
1507 propagated, as determined by the
1508 <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> symlink.</para></listitem>
1509 </varlistentry>
1510
1511 </variablelist>
1512 </refsect1>
1513
1514 <refsect1>
1515 <title>[IPv6PrefixDelegation] Section Options</title>
1516 <para>The <literal>[IPv6PrefixDelegation]</literal> section contains
1517 settings for sending IPv6 Router Advertisements and whether to act as
1518 a router, if enabled via the <varname>IPv6PrefixDelegation=</varname>
1519 option described above. IPv6 network prefixes are defined with one or
1520 more <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal> sections.</para>
1521
1522 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1523
1524 <varlistentry>
1525 <term><varname>Managed=</varname></term>
1526 <term><varname>OtherInformation=</varname></term>
1527
1528 <listitem><para>Controls whether a DHCPv6 server is used to acquire IPv6
1529 addresses on the network link when <varname>Managed=</varname> boolean
1530 is set to <literal>true</literal> or if only additional network
1531 information can be obtained via DHCPv6 for the network link when
1532 <varname>OtherInformation=</varname> boolean is set to
1533 <literal>true</literal>. Both settings default to
1534 <literal>false</literal>, which means that a DHCPv6 server is not being
1535 used.</para></listitem>
1536 </varlistentry>
1537
1538 <varlistentry>
1539 <term><varname>RouterLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
1540
1541 <listitem><para>Configures the IPv6 router lifetime in seconds. If set,
1542 this host also announces itself in Router Advertisements as an IPv6
1543 router for the network link. Defaults to unset, which means the host is
1544 not acting as a router.</para>
1545 </listitem>
1546 </varlistentry>
1547
1548 <varlistentry>
1549 <term><varname>RouterPreference=</varname></term>
1550
1551 <listitem><para>Configures IPv6 router preference if
1552 <varname>RouterLifetimeSec=</varname> is non-zero. Valid values are
1553 <literal>high</literal>, <literal>medium</literal> and
1554 <literal>low</literal>, with <literal>normal</literal> and
1555 <literal>default</literal> added as synonyms for
1556 <literal>medium</literal> just to make configuration easier. See
1557 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4191">RFC 4191</ulink>
1558 for details. Defaults to <literal>medium</literal>.</para></listitem>
1559 </varlistentry>
1560
1561 <varlistentry>
1562 <term><varname>EmitDNS=</varname></term>
1563 <term><varname>DNS=</varname></term>
1564
1565 <listitem><para><varname>DNS=</varname> specifies a list of recursive
1566 DNS server IPv6 addresses that distributed via Router Advertisement
1567 messages when <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> is true. If <varname>DNS=
1568 </varname> is empty, DNS servers are read from the
1569 <literal>[Network]</literal> section. If the
1570 <literal>[Network]</literal> section does not contain any DNS servers
1571 either, DNS servers from the uplink with the highest priority default
1572 route are used. When <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> is false, no DNS server
1573 information is sent in Router Advertisement messages.
1574 <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> defaults to true.
1575 </para></listitem>
1576 </varlistentry>
1577
1578 <varlistentry>
1579 <term><varname>EmitDomains=</varname></term>
1580 <term><varname>Domains=</varname></term>
1581
1582 <listitem><para>A list of DNS search domains distributed via Router
1583 Advertisement messages when <varname>EmitDomains=</varname> is true. If
1584 <varname>Domains=</varname> is empty, DNS search domains are read from the
1585 <literal>[Network]</literal> section. If the <literal>[Network]</literal>
1586 section does not contain any DNS search domains either, DNS search
1587 domains from the uplink with the highest priority default route are
1588 used. When <varname>EmitDomains=</varname> is false, no DNS search domain
1589 information is sent in Router Advertisement messages.
1590 <varname>EmitDomains=</varname> defaults to true.
1591 </para></listitem>
1592 </varlistentry>
1593
1594 <varlistentry>
1595 <term><varname>DNSLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
1596
1597 <listitem><para>Lifetime in seconds for the DNS server addresses listed
1598 in <varname>DNS=</varname> and search domains listed in
1599 <varname>Domains=</varname>.</para></listitem>
1600 </varlistentry>
1601
1602 </variablelist>
1603 </refsect1>
1604
1605 <refsect1>
1606 <title>[IPv6Prefix] Section Options</title>
1607 <para>One or more <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal> sections contain the IPv6
1608 prefixes that are announced via Router Advertisements. See
1609 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4861">RFC 4861</ulink>
1610 for further details.</para>
1611
1612 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1613
1614 <varlistentry>
1615 <term><varname>AddressAutoconfiguration=</varname></term>
1616 <term><varname>OnLink=</varname></term>
1617
1618 <listitem><para>Boolean values to specify whether IPv6 addresses can be
1619 autoconfigured with this prefix and whether the prefix can be used for
1620 onlink determination. Both settings default to <literal>true</literal>
1621 in order to ease configuration.
1622 </para></listitem>
1623 </varlistentry>
1624
1625 <varlistentry>
1626 <term><varname>Prefix=</varname></term>
1627
1628 <listitem><para>The IPv6 prefix that is to be distributed to hosts.
1629 Similarly to configuring static IPv6 addresses, the setting is
1630 configured as an IPv6 prefix and its prefix length, separated by a
1631 <literal>/</literal> character. Use multiple
1632 <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal> sections to configure multiple IPv6
1633 prefixes since prefix lifetimes, address autoconfiguration and onlink
1634 status may differ from one prefix to another.</para></listitem>
1635 </varlistentry>
1636
1637 <varlistentry>
1638 <term><varname>PreferredLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
1639 <term><varname>ValidLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
1640
1641 <listitem><para>Preferred and valid lifetimes for the prefix measured in
1642 seconds. <varname>PreferredLifetimeSec=</varname> defaults to 604800
1643 seconds (one week) and <varname>ValidLifetimeSec=</varname> defaults
1644 to 2592000 seconds (30 days).</para></listitem>
1645 </varlistentry>
1646
1647 </variablelist>
1648 </refsect1>
1649
1650 <refsect1>
1651 <title>[Bridge] Section Options</title>
1652 <para>The <literal>[Bridge]</literal> section accepts the
1653 following keys.</para>
1654 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1655 <varlistentry>
1656 <term><varname>UnicastFlood=</varname></term>
1657 <listitem>
1658 <para>A boolean. Controls whether the bridge should flood
1659 traffic for which an FDB entry is missing and the destination
1660 is unknown through this port. Defaults to unset.
1661 </para>
1662 </listitem>
1663 </varlistentry>
1664 <varlistentry>
1665 <term><varname>HairPin=</varname></term>
1666 <listitem>
1667 <para>A boolean. Configures whether traffic may be sent back
1668 out of the port on which it was received. Defaults to unset. When this
1669 flag is false, and the bridge will not forward traffic back
1670 out of the receiving port.</para>
1671 </listitem>
1672 </varlistentry>
1673 <varlistentry>
1674 <term><varname>UseBPDU=</varname></term>
1675 <listitem>
1676 <para>A boolean. Configures whether STP Bridge Protocol Data Units will be
1677 processed by the bridge port. Defaults to unset.</para>
1678 </listitem>
1679 </varlistentry>
1680 <varlistentry>
1681 <term><varname>FastLeave=</varname></term>
1682 <listitem>
1683 <para>A boolean. This flag allows the bridge to immediately stop multicast
1684 traffic on a port that receives an IGMP Leave message. It is only used with
1685 IGMP snooping if enabled on the bridge. Defaults to unset.</para>
1686 </listitem>
1687 </varlistentry>
1688 <varlistentry>
1689 <term><varname>AllowPortToBeRoot=</varname></term>
1690 <listitem>
1691 <para>A boolean. Configures whether a given port is allowed to
1692 become a root port. Only used when STP is enabled on the bridge.
1693 Defaults to unset.</para>
1694 </listitem>
1695 </varlistentry>
1696 <varlistentry>
1697 <term><varname>Cost=</varname></term>
1698 <listitem>
1699 <para>Sets the "cost" of sending packets of this interface.
1700 Each port in a bridge may have a different speed and the cost
1701 is used to decide which link to use. Faster interfaces
1702 should have lower costs. It is an integer value between 1 and
1703 65535.</para>
1704 </listitem>
1705 </varlistentry>
1706 <varlistentry>
1707 <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
1708 <listitem>
1709 <para>Sets the "priority" of sending packets on this interface.
1710 Each port in a bridge may have a different priority which is used
1711 to decide which link to use. Lower value means higher priority.
1712 It is an integer value between 0 to 63. Networkd does not set any
1713 default, meaning the kernel default value of 32 is used.</para>
1714 </listitem>
1715 </varlistentry>
1716 </variablelist>
1717 </refsect1>
1718 <refsect1>
1719 <title>[BridgeFDB] Section Options</title>
1720 <para>The <literal>[BridgeFDB]</literal> section manages the
1721 forwarding database table of a port and accepts the following
1722 keys. Specify several <literal>[BridgeFDB]</literal> sections to
1723 configure several static MAC table entries.</para>
1724
1725 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1726 <varlistentry>
1727 <term><varname>MACAddress=</varname></term>
1728 <listitem>
1729 <para>As in the <literal>[Network]</literal> section. This
1730 key is mandatory.</para>
1731 </listitem>
1732 </varlistentry>
1733 <varlistentry>
1734 <term><varname>VLANId=</varname></term>
1735 <listitem>
1736 <para>The VLAN ID for the new static MAC table entry. If
1737 omitted, no VLAN ID information is appended to the new static MAC
1738 table entry.</para>
1739 </listitem>
1740 </varlistentry>
1741 </variablelist>
1742 </refsect1>
1743 <refsect1>
1744 <title>[BridgeVLAN] Section Options</title>
1745 <para>The <literal>[BridgeVLAN]</literal> section manages the VLAN ID configuration of a bridge port and accepts
1746 the following keys. Specify several <literal>[BridgeVLAN]</literal> sections to configure several VLAN entries.
1747 The <varname>VLANFiltering=</varname> option has to be enabled, see <literal>[Bridge]</literal> section in
1748 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1749
1750 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1751 <varlistentry>
1752 <term><varname>VLAN=</varname></term>
1753 <listitem>
1754 <para>The VLAN ID allowed on the port. This can be either a single ID or a range M-N. VLAN IDs are valid
1755 from 1 to 4094.</para>
1756 </listitem>
1757 </varlistentry>
1758 <varlistentry>
1759 <term><varname>EgressUntagged=</varname></term>
1760 <listitem>
1761 <para>The VLAN ID specified here will be used to untag frames on egress. Configuring
1762 <varname>EgressUntagged=</varname> implicates the use of <varname>VLAN=</varname> above and will enable the
1763 VLAN ID for ingress as well. This can be either a single ID or a range M-N.</para>
1764 </listitem>
1765 </varlistentry>
1766 <varlistentry>
1767 <term><varname>PVID=</varname></term>
1768 <listitem>
1769 <para>The Port VLAN ID specified here is assigned to all untagged frames at ingress.
1770 <varname>PVID=</varname> can be used only once. Configuring <varname>PVID=</varname> implicates the use of
1771 <varname>VLAN=</varname> above and will enable the VLAN ID for ingress as well.</para>
1772 </listitem>
1773 </varlistentry>
1774 </variablelist>
1775 </refsect1>
1776
1777 <refsect1>
1778 <title>Examples</title>
1779 <example>
1780 <title>Static network configuration</title>
1781
1782 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/50-static.network
1783[Match]
1784Name=enp2s0
1785
1786[Network]
1787Address=192.168.0.15/24
1788Gateway=192.168.0.1</programlisting>
1789
1790 <para>This brings interface <literal>enp2s0</literal> up with a static address. The
1791 specified gateway will be used for a default route.</para>
1792 </example>
1793
1794 <example>
1795 <title>DHCP on ethernet links</title>
1796
1797 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/80-dhcp.network
1798[Match]
1799Name=en*
1800
1801[Network]
1802DHCP=yes</programlisting>
1803
1804 <para>This will enable DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 on all interfaces with names starting with
1805 <literal>en</literal> (i.e. ethernet interfaces).</para>
1806 </example>
1807
1808 <example>
1809 <title>A bridge with two enslaved links</title>
1810
1811 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-static.network
1812[Match]
1813Name=bridge0
1814
1815[Network]
1816Address=192.168.0.15/24
1817Gateway=192.168.0.1
1818DNS=192.168.0.1</programlisting>
1819
1820 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-slave-interface-1.network
1821[Match]
1822Name=enp2s0
1823
1824[Network]
1825Bridge=bridge0</programlisting>
1826
1827 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-slave-interface-2.network
1828[Match]
1829Name=wlp3s0
1830
1831[Network]
1832Bridge=bridge0</programlisting>
1833
1834 <para>This creates a bridge and attaches devices <literal>enp2s0</literal> and
1835 <literal>wlp3s0</literal> to it. The bridge will have the specified static address
1836 and network assigned, and a default route via the specified gateway will be
1837 added. The specified DNS server will be added to the global list of DNS resolvers.
1838 </para>
1839 </example>
1840
1841 <example>
1842 <title></title>
1843
1844 <programlisting>
1845# /etc/systemd/network/20-bridge-slave-interface-vlan.network
1846[Match]
1847Name=enp2s0
1848
1849[Network]
1850Bridge=bridge0
1851
1852[BridgeVLAN]
1853VLAN=1-32
1854PVID=42
1855EgressUntagged=42
1856
1857[BridgeVLAN]
1858VLAN=100-200
1859
1860[BridgeVLAN]
1861EgressUntagged=300-400</programlisting>
1862
1863 <para>This overrides the configuration specified in the previous example for the
1864 interface <literal>enp2s0</literal>, and enables VLAN on that bridge port. VLAN IDs
1865 1-32, 42, 100-400 will be allowed. Packets tagged with VLAN IDs 42, 300-400 will be
1866 untagged when they leave on this interface. Untagged packets which arrive on this
1867 interface will be assigned VLAN ID 42.</para>
1868 </example>
1869
1870 <example>
1871 <title>Various tunnels</title>
1872
1873 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnels.network
1874[Match]
1875Name=ens1
1876
1877[Network]
1878Tunnel=ipip-tun
1879Tunnel=sit-tun
1880Tunnel=gre-tun
1881Tunnel=vti-tun
1882 </programlisting>
1883
1884 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-ipip.netdev
1885[NetDev]
1886Name=ipip-tun
1887Kind=ipip
1888 </programlisting>
1889
1890 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-sit.netdev
1891[NetDev]
1892Name=sit-tun
1893Kind=sit
1894 </programlisting>
1895
1896 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-gre.netdev
1897[NetDev]
1898Name=gre-tun
1899Kind=gre
1900 </programlisting>
1901
1902 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-vti.netdev
1903[NetDev]
1904Name=vti-tun
1905Kind=vti
1906 </programlisting>
1907
1908 <para>This will bring interface <literal>ens1</literal> up and create an IPIP tunnel,
1909 a SIT tunnel, a GRE tunnel, and a VTI tunnel using it.</para>
1910 </example>
1911
1912 <example>
1913 <title>A bond device</title>
1914
1915 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1.network
1916[Match]
1917Name=bond1
1918
1919[Network]
1920DHCP=ipv6
1921</programlisting>
1922
1923 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1.netdev
1924[NetDev]
1925Name=bond1
1926Kind=bond
1927</programlisting>
1928
1929 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1-dev1.network
1930[Match]
1931MACAddress=52:54:00:e9:64:41
1932
1933[Network]
1934Bond=bond1
1935</programlisting>
1936
1937 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1-dev2.network
1938[Match]
1939MACAddress=52:54:00:e9:64:42
1940
1941[Network]
1942Bond=bond1
1943</programlisting>
1944
1945 <para>This will create a bond device <literal>bond1</literal> and enslave the two
1946 devices with MAC addresses 52:54:00:e9:64:41 and 52:54:00:e9:64:42 to it. IPv6 DHCP
1947 will be used to acquire an address.</para>
1948 </example>
1949
1950 <example>
1951 <title>Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)</title>
1952 <para>Add the <literal>bond1</literal> interface to the VRF master interface
1953 <literal>vrf1</literal>. This will redirect routes generated on this interface to be
1954 within the routing table defined during VRF creation. For kernels before 4.8 traffic
1955 won't be redirected towards the VRFs routing table unless specific ip-rules are added.
1956 </para>
1957 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-vrf.network
1958[Match]
1959Name=bond1
1960
1961[Network]
1962VRF=vrf1
1963</programlisting>
1964 </example>
1965
1966 <example>
1967 <title>MacVTap</title>
1968 <para>This brings up a network interface <literal>macvtap-test</literal>
1969 and attaches it to <literal>enp0s25</literal>.</para>
1970 <programlisting># /usr/lib/systemd/network/25-macvtap.network
1971[Match]
1972Name=enp0s25
1973
1974[Network]
1975MACVTAP=macvtap-test
1976</programlisting>
1977 </example>
1978 </refsect1>
1979
1980 <refsect1>
1981 <title>See Also</title>
1982 <para>
1983 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1984 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1985 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1986 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1987 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1988 </para>
1989 </refsect1>
1990
1991</refentry>