Systemd/man/networkctl.xml

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<refentry id="networkctl" conditional='ENABLE_NETWORKD'
          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">

  <refentryinfo>
    <title>networkctl</title>
    <productname>systemd</productname>

    <authorgroup>
      <author>
        <contrib>Documentation</contrib>
        <firstname>Zbigniew</firstname>
        <surname>Jędrzejewski-Szmek</surname>
        <email>zbyszek@in.waw.pl</email>
      </author>
    </authorgroup>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>networkctl</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>networkctl</refname>
    <refpurpose>Query 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 introspect 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>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>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <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>Commands</title>

    <para>The following commands are understood:</para>

    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>list</command>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Show a list of existing links and their
          status. 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>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>status</command>
          <optional><replaceable>LINK...</replaceable></optional>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Show information about the specified links: type,
          state, kernel module driver, hardware and IP address,
          configured DNS servers, etc.</para>

          <para>When no links are specified, routable links are
          shown. Also see the option <option>--all</option>.</para>

          <para>Produces output similar to
          <programlisting>
●      State: routable
     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>
        </listitem>

      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term>
          <command>lldp</command>
        </term>

        <listitem>
          <para>Show LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)
          status.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </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>
    </para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>