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11<refentry id="networkd.conf" conditional='ENABLE_NETWORKD'
12 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
13 <refentryinfo>
14 <title>networkd.conf</title>
15 <productname>systemd</productname>
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16 </refentryinfo>
17
18 <refmeta>
19 <refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle>
20 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
21 </refmeta>
22
23 <refnamediv>
24 <refname>networkd.conf</refname>
25 <refname>networkd.conf.d</refname>
26 <refpurpose>Global Network configuration files</refpurpose>
27 </refnamediv>
28
29 <refsynopsisdiv>
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30 <para><simplelist>
31 <member><filename>/etc/systemd/networkd.conf</filename></member>
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32 <member><filename>/run/systemd/networkd.conf</filename></member>
33 <member><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/networkd.conf</filename></member>
73e97bb0 34 <member><filename>/etc/systemd/networkd.conf.d/*.conf</filename></member>
38b4eb22 35 <member><filename>/run/systemd/networkd.conf.d/*.conf</filename></member>
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36 <member><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/networkd.conf.d/*.conf</filename></member>
37 </simplelist></para>
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38 </refsynopsisdiv>
39
40 <refsect1>
41 <title>Description</title>
42
8835a6ff 43 <para>These configuration files control global network parameters.</para>
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44 </refsect1>
45
46 <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="main-conf" />
47
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48 <refsect1>
49 <title>[Network] Section Options</title>
50
bdac5608 51 <para>The following options are available in the [Network] section:</para>
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52
53 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
54 <varlistentry>
55 <term><varname>SpeedMeter=</varname></term>
56 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. If set to yes, then <command>systemd-networkd</command>
57 measures the traffic of each interface, and
d91b9bbc 58 <command>networkctl status <replaceable>INTERFACE</replaceable></command> shows the measured speed.
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59 Defaults to no.</para>
60
61 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v244"/></listitem>
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62 </varlistentry>
63
64 <varlistentry>
65 <term><varname>SpeedMeterIntervalSec=</varname></term>
66 <listitem><para>Specifies the time interval to calculate the traffic speed of each interface.
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67 If <varname>SpeedMeter=no</varname>, the value is ignored. Defaults to 10sec.</para>
68
69 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v244"/></listitem>
c9fdaed0 70 </varlistentry>
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72 <varlistentry>
73 <term><varname>ManageForeignRoutingPolicyRules=</varname></term>
74 <listitem><para>A boolean. When true, <command>systemd-networkd</command> will remove rules
75 that are not configured in .network files (except for rules with protocol
76 <literal>kernel</literal>). When false, it will not remove any foreign rules, keeping them even
77 if they are not configured in a .network file. Defaults to yes.
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78 </para>
79
80 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/></listitem>
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81 </varlistentry>
82
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83 <varlistentry>
84 <term><varname>ManageForeignRoutes=</varname></term>
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85 <listitem><para>A boolean. When true, <command>systemd-networkd</command> will remove routes
86 that are not configured in .network files (except for routes with protocol
87 <literal>kernel</literal>, <literal>dhcp</literal> when <varname>KeepConfiguration=</varname>
88 is true or <literal>dhcp</literal>, and <literal>static</literal> when
89 <varname>KeepConfiguration=</varname> is true or <literal>static</literal>). When false, it will
90 not remove any foreign routes, keeping them even if they are not configured in a .network file.
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91 Defaults to yes.</para>
92
93 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
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94 </varlistentry>
95
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96 <varlistentry>
97 <term><varname>ManageForeignNextHops=</varname></term>
98 <listitem><para>A boolean. When true, <command>systemd-networkd</command> will remove nexthops
99 that are not configured in .network files (except for routes with protocol
100 <literal>kernel</literal>). When false, it will
101 not remove any foreign nexthops, keeping them even if they are not configured in a .network file.
102 Defaults to yes.</para>
103
104 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/></listitem>
105 </varlistentry>
106
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107 <varlistentry>
108 <term><varname>RouteTable=</varname></term>
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109 <listitem><para>Defines the route table name. Takes a whitespace-separated list of the pairs of
110 route table name and number. The route table name and number in each pair are separated with a
111 colon, i.e., <literal><replaceable>name</replaceable>:<replaceable>number</replaceable></literal>.
112 The route table name must not be <literal>default</literal>, <literal>main</literal>, or
113 <literal>local</literal>, as these route table names are predefined with route table number 253,
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114 254, and 255, respectively. The route table number must be an integer in the range 1…4294967295,
115 except for predefined numbers 253, 254, and 255. This setting can be specified multiple times.
116 If an empty string is specified, then the list specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.
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117 </para>
118
119 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v248"/></listitem>
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120 </varlistentry>
121
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122 <varlistentry>
123 <term><varname>IPv4Forwarding=</varname></term>
124 <listitem>
125 <para>Configures IPv4 packet forwarding for the system. Takes a boolean value. This controls the
126 <filename>net.ipv4.conf.default.forwarding</filename> and
127 <filename>net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding</filename>sysctl options. See
128 <ulink url="https://docs.kernel.org/networking/ip-sysctl.html">IP Sysctl</ulink>
129 for more details about the sysctl options. Defaults to unset and the sysctl options will not be
130 changed.</para>
131
132 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/>
133 </listitem>
134 </varlistentry>
135
136 <varlistentry>
137 <term><varname>IPv6Forwarding=</varname></term>
138 <listitem>
139 <para>Configures IPv6 packet forwarding for the system. Takes a boolean value. This controls the
140 <filename>net.ipv6.conf.default.forwarding</filename> and
141 <filename>net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding</filename> sysctl options. See
142 <ulink url="https://docs.kernel.org/networking/ip-sysctl.html">IP Sysctl</ulink>
143 for more details about the sysctl options. Defaults to unset and the sysctl options will not be
144 changed.</para>
145
146 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/>
147 </listitem>
148 </varlistentry>
149
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150 <varlistentry>
151 <term><varname>IPv6PrivacyExtensions=</varname></term>
152 <listitem>
153 <para>Specifies the default value for per-network <varname>IPv6PrivacyExtensions=</varname>.
154 Takes a boolean or the special values <literal>prefer-public</literal> and
155 <literal>kernel</literal>. See for details in
156 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
157 Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
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158
159 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v254"/>
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160 </listitem>
161 </varlistentry>
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162
163 <varlistentry>
164 <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
165 <listitem>
4f529440 166 <para>Specifies the network- and protocol-independent default value for the same settings in
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167 [IPv6AcceptRA], [DHCPv4], and [DHCPv6] sections below. Takes a boolean, or the special value
168 <option>route</option>. See the same setting in
169 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
170 Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
171
172 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/>
173 </listitem>
174 </varlistentry>
175 </variablelist>
176 </refsect1>
177
178 <refsect1>
179 <title>[IPv6AcceptRA] Section Options</title>
180
181 <para>This section configures the default setting of the Neighbor Discovery. The following options are
182 available in the [IPv6AcceptRA] section:</para>
183
184 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
185 <varlistentry>
186 <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
187 <listitem>
188 <para>Specifies the network-independent default value for the same setting in the [IPv6AcceptRA]
189 section in
190 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
191 Takes a boolean, or the special value <option>route</option>. When unspecified, the value specified
192 in the [Network] section in
193 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
194 which defaults to <literal>no</literal>, will be used.</para>
195
196 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/>
197 </listitem>
198 </varlistentry>
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199 </variablelist>
200 </refsect1>
201
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203 <title>[DHCPv4] Section Options</title>
204
205 <para>This section configures the DHCP Unique Identifier (DUID) value used by DHCP protocol. DHCPv4
206 client protocol sends IAID and DUID to the DHCP server when acquiring a dynamic IPv4 address if
207 <option>ClientIdentifier=duid</option>. IAID and DUID allows a DHCP server to uniquely identify the
208 machine and the interface requesting a DHCP IP address. To configure IAID and ClientIdentifier, see
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209 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
210 </para>
413708d1 211
e2e08e77 212 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
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213
214 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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215 <varlistentry>
216 <term><varname>DUIDType=</varname></term>
217 <listitem><para>Specifies how the DUID should be generated. See
218 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3315#section-9">RFC 3315</ulink>
219 for a description of all the options.</para>
220
80500bb5 221 <para>This takes an integer in the range 0…65535, or one of the following string values:
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222 <variablelist>
223 <varlistentry>
319b94bc 224 <term><option>vendor</option></term>
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225 <listitem><para>If <literal>DUIDType=vendor</literal>, then the DUID value will be generated using
226 <literal>43793</literal> as the vendor identifier (systemd) and hashed contents of
227 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
228 This is the default if <varname>DUIDType=</varname> is not specified.
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229 </para>
230
231 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v230"/></listitem>
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232 </varlistentry>
233
234 <varlistentry>
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235 <term><option>uuid</option></term>
236 <listitem><para>If <literal>DUIDType=uuid</literal>, and <varname>DUIDRawData=</varname> is not set,
237 then the product UUID is used as a DUID value. If a system does not have valid product UUID, then
238 an application-specific
239 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
240 is used as a DUID value. About the application-specific machine ID, see
241 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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242 </para>
243
244 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v230"/></listitem>
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245 </varlistentry>
246
247 <varlistentry>
8fa266c2 248 <term><option>link-layer-time[:<replaceable>TIME</replaceable>]</option></term>
319b94bc 249 <term><option>link-layer</option></term>
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250 <listitem><para>If <literal>link-layer-time</literal> or <literal>link-layer</literal> is specified,
251 then the MAC address of the interface is used as a DUID value. The value <literal>link-layer-time</literal>
252 can take additional time value after a colon, e.g. <literal>link-layer-time:2018-01-23 12:34:56 UTC</literal>.
253 The default time value is <literal>2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC</literal>.
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254 </para>
255
256 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/></listitem>
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257 </varlistentry>
258 </variablelist>
259 </para>
260
261 <para>In all cases, <varname>DUIDRawData=</varname> can be used to override the
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262 actual DUID value that is used.</para>
263
264 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v230"/></listitem>
e2e08e77 265 </varlistentry>
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413708d1 267 <varlistentry>
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268 <term><varname>DUIDRawData=</varname></term>
269 <listitem><para>Specifies the DHCP DUID value as a single newline-terminated, hexadecimal string, with each
270 byte separated by <literal>:</literal>. The DUID that is sent is composed of the DUID type specified by
271 <varname>DUIDType=</varname> and the value configured here.</para>
272
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273 <para>The DUID value specified here overrides the DUID that
274 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
275 generates from the machine ID. To configure DUID per-network, see
2ac5fe95 276 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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277 The configured DHCP DUID should conform to the specification in
278 <ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3315#section-9">RFC 3315</ulink>,
279 <ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6355">RFC 6355</ulink>. To configure IAID, see
280 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
281 </citerefentry>.</para>
282
283 <example>
284 <title>A <option>DUIDType=vendor</option> with a custom value</title>
285
286 <programlisting>DUIDType=vendor
287DUIDRawData=00:00:ab:11:f9:2a:c2:77:29:f9:5c:00</programlisting>
288
289 <para>This specifies a 14 byte DUID, with the type DUID-EN (<literal>00:02</literal>), enterprise number
290 43793 (<literal>00:00:ab:11</literal>), and identifier value <literal>f9:2a:c2:77:29:f9:5c:00</literal>.
291 </para>
292 </example>
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293
294 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v230"/>
e2e08e77 295 </listitem>
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298 <varlistentry>
299 <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
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300 <listitem>
301 <para>Same as the one in the [IPv6AcceptRA] section, but applied for DHCPv4 protocol.</para>
302
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303 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/>
304 </listitem>
305 </varlistentry>
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306 </variablelist>
307 </refsect1>
308
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309 <refsect1>
310 <title>[DHCPv6] Section Options</title>
311
312 <para>This section configures the DHCP Unique Identifier (DUID) value used by DHCPv6 protocol.
313 DHCPv6 client protocol sends the DHCP Unique Identifier and the interface Identity Association
314 Identifier (IAID) to a DHCPv6 server when acquiring a dynamic IPv6 address. IAID and DUID allows a
315 DHCPv6 server to uniquely identify the machine and the interface requesting a DHCP IP address. To
316 configure IAID, see
317 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
318 </para>
319
320 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
321
322 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
323 <varlistentry>
324 <term><varname>DUIDType=</varname></term>
325 <term><varname>DUIDRawData=</varname></term>
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326 <listitem><para>As in the [DHCPv4] section.</para>
327
328 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/></listitem>
4e26a5ba 329 </varlistentry>
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330
331 <varlistentry>
332 <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
333 <listitem><para>As in the [DHCPv4] section.</para>
334
335 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/></listitem>
336 </varlistentry>
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337 </variablelist>
338 </refsect1>
339
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340 <refsect1>
341 <title>[DHCPServer] Section Options</title>
342
343 <para>This section configures the default setting of the DHCP server. The following options are available
344 in the [DHCPServer] section:</para>
345
346 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
347 <varlistentry>
418f2dc7 348 <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
a3ed665a 349 <listitem>
418f2dc7 350 <para>Same as the one in the [IPv6AcceptRA] section, but applied for DHCPv4 protocol.</para>
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351
352 <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/>
353 </listitem>
354 </varlistentry>
355 </variablelist>
356 </refsect1>
357
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358 <refsect1>
359 <title>See Also</title>
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360 <para><simplelist type="inline">
361 <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
362 <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
363 <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
364 <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
365 <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
366 </simplelist></para>
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367 </refsect1>
368
369</refentry>