NAME¶

systemd-network-generator.service, systemd-network-generator - Generate network configuration from the kernel command line

SYNOPSIS¶

systemd-network-generator.service

/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-network-generator

DESCRIPTION¶

systemd-network-generator.service is a system service that translates ip= and related settings on the kernel command line (see below) into systemd.network(5), systemd.netdev(5), and systemd.link(5) configuration files understood by systemd-networkd.service(8) and systemd-udevd.service(8).

Files are generated in /run/systemd/network/.

Note: despite the name, this generator executes as a normal systemd service and is not an implementation of the systemd.generator(7) concept.

KERNEL COMMAND LINE OPTIONS¶

This tool understands the following options:

ip=, nameserver=, rd.route=, rd.peerdns=

ifname=, net.ifname_policy=

vlan=, bond=, bridge=, bootdev=

See dracut.cmdline(7) and systemd-udevd.service(8) for option syntax and details.

CREDENTIALS¶

systemd-network-generator supports the service credentials logic as implemented by ImportCredential=/LoadCredential=/SetCredential= (see systemd.exec(5) for details). The following credentials are used when passed in:

network.conf.*, network.link.*, network.netdev.*, network.network.*

Note that by default the systemd-network-generator.service unit file is set up to inherit the these credentials from the service manager.

SEE ALSO¶

systemd(1), systemd-networkd.service(8), dracut(8)