• Python code examples
  • Interface common tasks
    • Remove interface configuration
    • Set static IP address
    • DHCP/Autoconf
      • Enable DHCP/Autoconf
      • Enable DHCP/Autoconf without DNS configuration
      • Enable DHCP/Autoconf without gateway configuration
      • Enable DHCP/Autoconf without route configuration
  • Ethernet
    • Change Ethernet MTU
  • DNS
  • Route configuration
    • Add static route entry
    • Change default gateway
    • Remove all routes next hop to eth1
  • Bond
    • Create Bond
    • Add Interface to Bond
    • Delete Bond
  • VLAN
    • Create VLAN
    • Change VLAN ID
    • Delete VLAN
  • Linux Bridge
    • Create Linux Bridge
    • Add Interface to Linux Bridge
    • Delete Linux Bridge
  • Open vSwitch Bridge
    • Create Open vSwitch Bridge
    • Delete Open vSwitch Bridge

Python code examples

Interface common tasks

Remove interface configuration

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceState

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.ABSENT
        }
    ]
})

Set static IP address

Define an ethernet interface with two static IPv4 addresses and two static IPv6 addresses.

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceIPv4
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceIPv6

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP
            Interface.IPV4: {
                InterfaceIPv4.ENABLED: True,
                InterfaceIPv4.ADDRESS: [
                    {
                        InterfaceIPv4.ADDRESS_IP: '192.168.0.1',
                        InterfaceIPv4.ADDRESS_PREFIX_LENGTH: 24,
                    },
                    {
                        InterfaceIPv4.ADDRESS_IP: '192.168.1.1',
                        InterfaceIPv4.ADDRESS_PREFIX_LENGTH: 24,
                    },
                ],
                InterfaceIPv4.DHCP: False,
            },
            Interface.IPV6: {
                InterfaceIPV6.ENABLED: True,
                InterfaceIPv6.ADDRESS: [
                    {
                        InterfaceIPv6.ADDRESS_IP: '2001:db8:1::1',
                        InterfaceIPv6.ADDRESS_PREFIX_LENGTH: 64,
                    },
                    {
                        InterfaceIPv6.ADDRESS_IP: '2001:db8:2::1',
                        InterfaceIPv6.ADDRESS_PREFIX_LENGTH: 64,
                    },
                ],
                InterfaceIPV6.DHCP: False,
                InterfaceIPV6.AUTOCONF: False,
            },
        }
    ]
})

DHCP/Autoconf

Enable DHCP/Autoconf

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceIPv4
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceIPv6

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP
            Interface.IPV4: {
                InterfaceIPv4.ENABLED: True,
                InterfaceIPv4.DHCP: True,
            },
            Interface.IPV6: {
                InterfaceIPV6.ENABLED: True,
                InterfaceIPV6.DHCP: True,
                InterfaceIPV6.AUTOCONF: True,
            },
        }
    ]
})

Enable DHCP/Autoconf without DNS configuration

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceIPv4
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceIPv6

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP
            Interface.IPV4: {
                InterfaceIPv4.ENABLED: True,
                InterfaceIPv4.DHCP: True,
                InterfaceIPv4.AUTO_DNS: False
            },
            Interface.IPV6: {
                InterfaceIPV6.ENABLED: True,
                InterfaceIPV6.DHCP: True,
                InterfaceIPV6.AUTOCONF: True,
                InterfaceIPv6.AUTO_DNS: False
            },
        }
    ]
})

Enable DHCP/Autoconf without gateway configuration

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceIPv4
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceIPv6

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP
            Interface.IPV4: {
                InterfaceIPv4.ENABLED: True,
                InterfaceIPv4.DHCP: True,
                InterfaceIPv4.AUTO_GATEWAY: False
            },
            Interface.IPV6: {
                InterfaceIPV6.ENABLED: True,
                InterfaceIPV6.DHCP: True,
                InterfaceIPV6.AUTOCONF: True,
                InterfaceIPv6.AUTO_GATEWAY: False
            },
        }
    ]
})

Enable DHCP/Autoconf without route configuration

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceIPv4
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceIPv6

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP
            Interface.IPV4: {
                InterfaceIPv4.ENABLED: True,
                InterfaceIPv4.DHCP: True,
                InterfaceIPv4.AUTO_ROUTES: False
            },
            Interface.IPV6: {
                InterfaceIPV6.ENABLED: True,
                InterfaceIPV6.DHCP: True,
                InterfaceIPV6.AUTOCONF: True,
                InterfaceIPv6.AUTO_ROUTES: False
            },
        }
    ]
})

Ethernet

Change Ethernet MTU

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP
            Interface.MTU: 1460
        }
    ]
})

DNS

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import DNS

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: []
    DNS.KEY: {
        DNS.CONFIG: {
            DNS.SEARCH: [
                'example.org'
            ],
            DNS.SERVER: [
                '192.0.2.251'
            ]
        }
    }
})

Route configuration

Add static route entry

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import Route

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1'
        }
    ]
    Route.KEY: {
        Route.CONFIG: [
            {
                Route.DESTINATION: "198.51.100.0/24",
                Route.NEXT_HOP_INTERFACE: "eth1",
                Route.NEXT_HOP_ADDRESS: "192.0.2.1",
            }
        ]
    }
})

Change default gateway

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import Route

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1'
        }
    ]
    Route.KEY: {
        Route.CONFIG: [
            {
                Route.STATE: Route.STATE_ABSENT,
                Route.DESTINATION: "0.0.0.0/0",
            }
        ]
        Route.CONFIG: [
            {
                Route.DESTINATION: "0.0.0.0/0",
                Route.NEXT_HOP_INTERFACE: "eth1",
                Route.NEXT_HOP_ADDRESS: "192.0.2.1",
            }
        ]
    }
})

Remove all routes next hop to eth1

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import Route

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1'
        }
    ]
    Route.KEY: {
        Route.CONFIG: [
            {
                Route.STATE: Route.STATE_ABSENT,
                Route.NEXT_HOP_INTERFACE: "eth1",
            }
        ]
    }
})

Bond

Create Bond

Create bond with two interfaces.

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Bond
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceState
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceType

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP,
        },
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth2',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP,
        },
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'bond99',
            Interface.TYPE: InterfaceType.BOND
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP,
        }
    ]
})

Add Interface to Bond

Add an interface to existing bond.

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Bond
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceState

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth3',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP,
        },
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'bond99',
            Interface.TYPE: InterfaceType.BOND
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP,
            Bond.CONFIG_SUBTREE: {
                Bond.PORT: ['eth1', 'eth2', 'eth3']
            }
        }
    ]
})

Delete Bond

Delete bond.

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceState

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'bond99',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.ABSENT,
        }
    ]
})

VLAN

Create VLAN

Create VLAN for VLAN ID 101 of interface ‘eth1’.

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import VLAN
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceState

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP,
        },
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1.101',
            Interface.TYPE: InterfaceType.VLAN,
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP,
            VLAN.CONFIG_SUBTREE: {
                VLAN.ID: 101,
                VLAN.BASE_IFACE: 'eth1'
            }
        }
    ]
})

Change VLAN ID

TBD

Delete VLAN

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceState

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'eth1.101',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.ABSENT
        }
    ]
})

Linux Bridge

Create Linux Bridge

Create a linux bridge with two interfaces.

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceType
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceState
from libnmstate.schema import LinuxBridge

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'br0',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP,
            Interface.TYPE: LinuxBridge.TYPE,
            LinuxBridge.CONFIG_SUBTREE: {
                LinuxBridge.PORT_SUBTREE: [
                    {
                        LinuxBridge.PORT_NAME: 'eth1'
                    },
                    {
                        LinuxBridge.PORT_NAME: 'eth2'
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
})

Add Interface to Linux Bridge

Add eth3 to existing linux bridge.

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import LinuxBridge

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'br0',
            LinuxBridge.CONFIG_SUBTREE: {
                LinuxBridge.PORT_SUBTREE: [
                    {
                        LinuxBridge.PORT_NAME: 'eth1'
                    },
                    {
                        LinuxBridge.PORT_NAME: 'eth2'
                    },
                    {
                        LinuxBridge.PORT_NAME: 'eth3'
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
})

Delete Linux Bridge

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceState

libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'br0',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.ABSENT
        }
    ]
})

Open vSwitch Bridge

Create Open vSwitch Bridge

Create Open vSwitch bridge with two interfaces and one internal interface.

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceType
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceState
from libnmstate.schema import OVSBridge
from libnmstate.schema import OVSBridgePortType


libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'ovs0-br0',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.UP,
            Interface.TYPE: OVSBridge.TYPE,
            OVSBridge.CONFIG_SUBTREE: {
                OVSBridge.PORT_SUBTREE: [
                    {
                        OVSBridge.PORT_NAME: 'eth1',
                    },
                    {
                        OVSBridge.PORT_NAME: 'ovs0',
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
    ]
})

Delete Open vSwitch Bridge

import libnmstate
from libnmstate.schema import Interface
from libnmstate.schema import InterfaceState


libnmstate.apply(
{
    Interface.KEY: [
        {
            Interface.NAME: 'ovs0-br0',
            Interface.STATE: InterfaceState.ABSENT
        }
    ]
})