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6 <refentry id="networkctl" conditional='ENABLE_NETWORKD'
7 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
8
9 <refentryinfo>
10 <title>networkctl</title>
11 <productname>systemd</productname>
12 </refentryinfo>
13
14 <refmeta>
15 <refentrytitle>networkctl</refentrytitle>
16 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
17 </refmeta>
18
19 <refnamediv>
20 <refname>networkctl</refname>
21 <refpurpose>Query the status of network links</refpurpose>
22 </refnamediv>
23
24 <refsynopsisdiv>
25 <cmdsynopsis>
26 <command>networkctl</command>
27 <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
28 <arg choice="plain">COMMAND</arg>
29 <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">LINK</arg>
30 </cmdsynopsis>
31 </refsynopsisdiv>
32
33 <refsect1>
34 <title>Description</title>
35
36 <para><command>networkctl</command> may be used to introspect the
37 state of the network links as seen by
38 <command>systemd-networkd</command>. Please refer to
39 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
40 for an introduction to the basic concepts, functionality, and
41 configuration syntax.</para>
42 </refsect1>
43
44 <refsect1>
45 <title>Options</title>
46
47 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
48
49 <variablelist>
50 <varlistentry>
51 <term>
52 <option>-a</option>
53 <option>--all</option>
54 </term>
55
56 <listitem>
57 <para>Show all links with <command>status</command>.</para>
58 </listitem>
59 </varlistentry>
60
61 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
62 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
63 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-legend" />
64 <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
65
66 </variablelist>
67 </refsect1>
68
69 <refsect1>
70 <title>Commands</title>
71
72 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
73
74 <variablelist>
75 <varlistentry>
76 <term>
77 <command>list</command>
78 <optional><replaceable>PATTERN…</replaceable></optional>
79 </term>
80
81 <listitem>
82 <para>Show a list of existing links and their status. If one ore more
83 <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only links matching one of them are shown.
84 If no further arguments are specified shows all links,
85 otherwise just the specified links. Produces output similar to:
86
87 <programlisting>IDX LINK TYPE OPERATIONAL SETUP
88 1 lo loopback carrier unmanaged
89 2 eth0 ether routable configured
90 3 virbr0 ether no-carrier unmanaged
91 4 virbr0-nic ether off unmanaged
92
93 4 links listed.</programlisting></para>
94
95 <para>The operational status is one of the following:
96 <variablelist>
97 <varlistentry>
98 <term>off</term>
99 <listitem>
100 <para>the device is powered down</para>
101 </listitem>
102 </varlistentry>
103 <varlistentry>
104 <term>no-carrier</term>
105 <listitem>
106 <para>the device is powered up, but it does not yet have a carrier</para>
107 </listitem>
108 </varlistentry>
109 <varlistentry>
110 <term>dormant</term>
111 <listitem>
112 <para>the device has a carrier, but is not yet ready for normal traffic</para>
113 </listitem>
114 </varlistentry>
115 <varlistentry>
116 <term>degraded-carrier</term>
117 <listitem>
118 <para>for bond or bridge master, one of the bonding or bridge slave network interfaces is
119 in off, no-carrier, or dormant state</para>
120 </listitem>
121 </varlistentry>
122 <varlistentry>
123 <term>carrier</term>
124 <listitem>
125 <para>the link has a carrier, or for bond or bridge master, all bonding or bridge slave
126 network interfaces are enslaved to the master.</para>
127 </listitem>
128 </varlistentry>
129 <varlistentry>
130 <term>degraded</term>
131 <listitem>
132 <para>the link has carrier and addresses valid on the local link configured</para>
133 </listitem>
134 </varlistentry>
135 <varlistentry>
136 <term>enslaved</term>
137 <listitem>
138 <para>the link has carrier and is enslaved to bond or bridge master network interface</para>
139 </listitem>
140 </varlistentry>
141 <varlistentry>
142 <term>routable</term>
143 <listitem>
144 <para>the link has carrier and routable address configured</para>
145 </listitem>
146 </varlistentry>
147 </variablelist>
148 </para>
149
150 <para>The setup status is one of the following:
151 <variablelist>
152 <varlistentry>
153 <term>pending</term>
154 <listitem>
155 <para>udev is still processing the link, we don't yet know if we will manage it</para>
156 </listitem>
157 </varlistentry>
158 <varlistentry>
159 <term>failed</term>
160 <listitem>
161 <para>networkd failed to manage the link</para>
162 </listitem>
163 </varlistentry>
164 <varlistentry>
165 <term>configuring</term>
166 <listitem>
167 <para>in the process of retrieving configuration or configuring the link</para>
168 </listitem>
169 </varlistentry>
170 <varlistentry>
171 <term>configured</term>
172 <listitem>
173 <para>link configured successfully</para>
174 </listitem>
175 </varlistentry>
176 <varlistentry>
177 <term>unmanaged</term>
178 <listitem>
179 <para>networkd is not handling the link</para>
180 </listitem>
181 </varlistentry>
182 <varlistentry>
183 <term>linger</term>
184 <listitem>
185 <para>the link is gone, but has not yet been dropped by networkd</para>
186 </listitem>
187 </varlistentry>
188 </variablelist>
189 </para>
190 </listitem>
191 </varlistentry>
192
193 <varlistentry>
194 <term>
195 <command>status</command>
196 <optional><replaceable>PATTERN…</replaceable></optional>
197 </term>
198
199 <listitem>
200 <para>Show information about the specified links: type, state, kernel module driver, hardware and
201 IP address, configured DNS servers, etc. If one ore more <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are
202 specified, only links matching one of them are shown.</para>
203
204 <para>When no links are specified, an overall network status is shown. Also see the option
205 <option>--all</option>.</para>
206
207 <para>Produces output similar to:
208 <programlisting>
209 ● State: routable
210 Address: 10.193.76.5 on eth0
211 192.168.122.1 on virbr0
212 169.254.190.105 on eth0
213 fe80::5054:aa:bbbb:cccc on eth0
214 Gateway: 10.193.11.1 (CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.) on eth0
215 DNS: 8.8.8.8
216 8.8.4.4</programlisting></para>
217 </listitem>
218
219 </varlistentry>
220
221 <varlistentry>
222 <term>
223 <command>lldp</command>
224 <optional><replaceable>PATTERN…</replaceable></optional>
225 </term>
226
227 <listitem>
228 <para>Show discovered LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) neighbors. If one or more
229 <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified only neighbors on those interfaces are shown.
230 Otherwise shows discovered neighbors on all interfaces. Note that for this feature to work,
231 <varname>LLDP=</varname> must be turned on for the specific interface, see
232 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
233 details.</para>
234
235 <para>Produces output similar to:
236 <programlisting>LINK CHASSIS ID SYSTEM NAME CAPS PORT ID PORT DESCRIPTION
237 enp0s25 00:e0:4c:00:00:00 GS1900 ..b........ 2 Port #2
238
239 Capability Flags:
240 o - Other; p - Repeater; b - Bridge; w - WLAN Access Point; r - Router;
241 t - Telephone; d - DOCSIS cable device; a - Station; c - Customer VLAN;
242 s - Service VLAN, m - Two-port MAC Relay (TPMR)
243
244 1 neighbors listed.</programlisting></para>
245 </listitem>
246 </varlistentry>
247
248 <varlistentry>
249 <term>
250 <command>label</command>
251 </term>
252
253 <listitem><para>Show numerical address labels that can be used for address selection.
254 This is the same information that
255 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ip-addrlabel</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
256 shows. See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3484">RFC 3484</ulink>
257 for a discussion of address labels.</para>
258
259 <para>Produces output similar to:
260 <programlisting>Prefix/Prefixlen Label
261 ::/0 1
262 fc00::/7 5
263 fec0::/10 11
264 2002::/16 2
265 3ffe::/16 12
266 2001:10::/28 7
267 2001::/32 6
268 ::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 4
269 ::/96 3
270 ::1/128 0</programlisting></para>
271 </listitem>
272 </varlistentry>
273
274 <varlistentry>
275 <term>
276 <command>delete</command>
277 </term>
278 <listitem><para>Deletes virtual netdevs. Takes interface name or index number.</para></listitem>
279 </varlistentry>
280
281 </variablelist>
282 </refsect1>
283
284 <refsect1>
285 <title>Exit status</title>
286
287 <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
288 </refsect1>
289
290 <refsect1>
291 <title>See Also</title>
292 <para>
293 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
294 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
295 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
296 <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>ip</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
297 </para>
298 </refsect1>
299 </refentry>