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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
+
+<refentry id="networkctl" conditional='ENABLE_NETWORKD'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>networkctl</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>networkctl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>networkctl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Query or modify the status of network links</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>networkctl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">COMMAND</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">LINK</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>networkctl</command> may be used to query or modify the
+ state of the network links as seen by
+ <command>systemd-networkd</command>. Please refer to
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for an introduction to the basic concepts, functionality, and
+ configuration syntax.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Commands</title>
+
+ <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>list</command>
+ <optional><replaceable>PATTERN…</replaceable></optional>
+ </term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Show a list of existing links and their status. If one or more
+ <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified, only links matching one of them are shown.
+ If no further arguments are specified shows all links,
+ otherwise just the specified links. Produces output similar to:
+
+ <programlisting>IDX LINK TYPE OPERATIONAL SETUP
+ 1 lo loopback carrier unmanaged
+ 2 eth0 ether routable configured
+ 3 virbr0 ether no-carrier unmanaged
+ 4 virbr0-nic ether off unmanaged
+
+4 links listed.</programlisting></para>
+
+ <para>The operational status is one of the following:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>missing</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The device is missing.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v245"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>off</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The device is powered down.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>no-carrier</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The device is powered up, but does not yet have a carrier.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>dormant</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The device has a carrier, but is not yet ready for normal traffic.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>degraded-carrier</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>One of the bonding or bridge slave network interfaces is in off, no-carrier, or
+ dormant state, and the master interface has no address.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v242"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>carrier</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The link has carrier, or for bond or bridge master, all bonding or bridge slave
+ network interfaces are enslaved to the master.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>degraded</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The link has carrier and addresses valid on the local link configured. For bond or
+ bridge master this means that not all slave network interfaces have carrier but at least
+ one does.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>enslaved</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The link has carrier and is enslaved to bond or bridge master network interface.
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v242"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>routable</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The link has carrier and routable address configured. For bond or bridge master it is
+ not necessary for all slave network interfaces to have carrier, but at least one must.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The setup status is one of the following:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>pending</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ is still processing the link, we don't yet know if we will manage it.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>initialized</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ has processed the link, but we don't yet know if we will manage it.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v251"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>configuring</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Configuration for the link is being retrieved or the link is being configured.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>configured</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Link has been configured successfully.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>unmanaged</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><command>systemd-networkd</command> is not handling the link.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>failed</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><command>systemd-networkd</command> failed to configure the link.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>linger</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The link is gone, but has not yet been dropped by <command>systemd-networkd</command>.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v219"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>status</command>
+ <optional><replaceable>PATTERN…</replaceable></optional>
+ </term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Show information about the specified links: type, state, kernel module driver, hardware and
+ IP address, configured DNS servers, etc. If one or more <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are
+ specified, only links matching one of them are shown.</para>
+
+ <para>When no links are specified, an overall network status is shown. Also see the option
+ <option>--all</option>.</para>
+
+ <para>Produces output similar to:
+ <programlisting>
+● State: routable
+ Online state: online
+ Address: 10.193.76.5 on eth0
+ 192.168.122.1 on virbr0
+ 169.254.190.105 on eth0
+ fe80::5054:aa:bbbb:cccc on eth0
+ Gateway: 10.193.11.1 (CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.) on eth0
+ DNS: 8.8.8.8
+ 8.8.4.4</programlisting></para>
+
+ <para>In the overall network status, the online state depends on the individual online state of all
+ required links. Managed links are required for online by default. In this case, the online state is
+ one of the following:
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>unknown</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>All links have unknown online status (i.e. there are no required links).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>offline</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>All required links are offline.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>partial</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Some, but not all, required links are online.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>online</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>All required links are online.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v219"/>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>lldp</command>
+ <optional><replaceable>PATTERN…</replaceable></optional>
+ </term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Show discovered LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) neighbors. If one or more
+ <replaceable>PATTERN</replaceable>s are specified only neighbors on those interfaces are shown.
+ Otherwise shows discovered neighbors on all interfaces. Note that for this feature to work,
+ <varname>LLDP=</varname> must be turned on for the specific interface, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <para>Produces output similar to:
+ <programlisting>LINK CHASSIS ID SYSTEM NAME CAPS PORT ID PORT DESCRIPTION
+enp0s25 00:e0:4c:00:00:00 GS1900 ..b........ 2 Port #2
+
+Capability Flags:
+o - Other; p - Repeater; b - Bridge; w - WLAN Access Point; r - Router;
+t - Telephone; d - DOCSIS cable device; a - Station; c - Customer VLAN;
+s - Service VLAN, m - Two-port MAC Relay (TPMR)
+
+1 neighbors listed.</programlisting></para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v219"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>label</command>
+ </term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show numerical address labels that can be used for address selection.
+ This is the same information that
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>ip-addrlabel</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ shows. See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3484">RFC 3484</ulink>
+ for a discussion of address labels.</para>
+
+ <para>Produces output similar to:
+ <programlisting>Prefix/Prefixlen Label
+ ::/0 1
+ fc00::/7 5
+ fec0::/10 11
+ 2002::/16 2
+ 3ffe::/16 12
+ 2001:10::/28 7
+ 2001::/32 6
+::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 4
+ ::/96 3
+ ::1/128 0</programlisting></para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v234"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>delete</command>
+ <replaceable>DEVICE…</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem><para>Deletes virtual netdevs. Takes interface name or index number.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v243"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>up</command>
+ <replaceable>DEVICE…</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem><para>Bring devices up. Takes interface name or index number.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>down</command>
+ <replaceable>DEVICE…</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem><para>Bring devices down. Takes interface name or index number.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>renew</command>
+ <replaceable>DEVICE…</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem><para>Renew dynamic configurations e.g. addresses received from DHCP server.
+ Takes interface name or index number.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v244"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>forcerenew</command>
+ <replaceable>DEVICE…</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem><para>Send a FORCERENEW message to all connected clients, triggering DHCP reconfiguration.
+ Takes interface name or index number.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v246"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>reconfigure</command>
+ <replaceable>DEVICE…</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem><para>Reconfigure network interfaces. Takes interface name or index number. Note that
+ this does not reload <filename>.netdev</filename> or <filename>.network</filename>
+ corresponding to the specified interface. So, if you edit config files, it is necessary to call
+ <command>networkctl reload</command> first to apply new settings.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v244"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>reload</command>
+ </term>
+ <listitem><para>Reload <filename>.netdev</filename> and <filename>.network</filename> files.
+ If a new <filename>.netdev</filename> file is found, then the corresponding netdev is created.
+ Note that even if an existing <filename>.netdev</filename> is modified or removed,
+ <command>systemd-networkd</command> does not update or remove the netdev.
+ If a new, modified or removed <filename>.network</filename> file is found, then all interfaces
+ which match the file are reconfigured.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v244"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>edit</command>
+ <replaceable>FILE</replaceable>|<replaceable>@DEVICE</replaceable>…
+ </term>
+ <listitem><para>Edit network configuration files, which include <filename>.network</filename>,
+ <filename>.netdev</filename>, and <filename>.link</filename> files. If no network config file
+ matching the given name is found, a new one will be created under <filename>/etc/</filename>.
+ Specially, if the name is prefixed by <literal>@</literal>, it will be treated as
+ a network interface, and editing will be performed on the network config files associated
+ with it. Additionally, the interface name can be suffixed with <literal>:network</literal> (default)
+ or <literal>:link</literal>, in order to choose the type of network config to operate on.</para>
+
+ <para>If <option>--drop-in=</option> is specified, edit the drop-in file instead of
+ the main configuration file. Unless <option>--no-reload</option> is specified,
+ <command>systemd-networkd</command> will be reloaded after the edit of the
+ <filename>.network</filename> or <filename>.netdev</filename> files finishes.
+ The same applies for <filename>.link</filename> files and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ Note that the changed link settings are not automatically applied after reloading.
+ To achieve that, trigger uevents for the corresponding interface. Refer to
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more information.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v254"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <command>cat</command>
+ <replaceable>FILE</replaceable>|<replaceable>@DEVICE</replaceable>…
+ </term>
+ <listitem><para>Show network configuration files. This command honors
+ the <literal>@</literal> prefix in the same way as <command>edit</command>.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v254"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-a</option>
+ <option>--all</option>
+ </term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Show all links with <command>status</command>.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v219"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-s</option>
+ <option>--stats</option>
+ </term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Show link statistics with <command>status</command>.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v243"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-l</option></term>
+ <term><option>--full</option></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Do not ellipsize the output.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v245"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-n</option></term>
+ <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>When used with <command>status</command>, controls the number of journal lines to show,
+ counting from the most recent ones. Takes a positive integer argument. Defaults to 10.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v245"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--drop-in=</option><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>When used with <command>edit</command>, edit the drop-in file <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>
+ instead of the main configuration file.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v254"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-reload</option></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>When used with <command>edit</command>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ or
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ will not be reloaded after the editing finishes.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v254"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="json" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-legend" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>ip</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>