Resource Type: network_config

Overview

Manage non-volatile network configuration information

Properties

ensure (defaults to: present)

The basic property that the resource should be in.
Supported values:
- present
- absent
family (defaults to: inet)

The address family to use for the interface
Supported values:
- inet
- inet6
- inet4 (alias for: inet)
hotplug (defaults to: true)

Allow/disallow hotplug support for this interface
ipaddress

The IP address of the network interfaces
method (defaults to: dhcp)

The method for determining an IP address for the interface
Supported values:
- static
- manual
- dhcp
- loopback
- none (alias for: static)
mode (defaults to: raw)

The exclusive mode the interface should operate in
Supported values:
- raw
- vlan
mtu

The Maximum Transmission Unit size to use for the interface
netmask

The subnet mask to apply to the interface
onboot (defaults to: true)

Whether to bring the interface up on boot
options

Provider specific options to be passed to the provider
startmode (defaults to: auto)

Allow/disallow startmode support for this interface

Parameters

name (namevar)

The name of the physical or logical network device
provider

The specific backend to use for this ‘network_config` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.
reconfigure

Reconfigure the interface after the configuration has been updated

Features

provider_options —

The provider can accept a hash of arbitrary options. The semantics of these options will depend on the provider.
hotpluggable —

The system can hotplug interfaces
reconfigurable —

The provider can update live interface configuration after the non-volatile network configuration is updated. This may entail a momentary network disruption as it may mean bringing down the interface for a short period.
startmode —

The system can define startmode of an interface