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This manual is the reference documentation for NetworkManager, the standard Linux network management service. It is intended for system administrators and integrators who need to understand the capabilities of NetworkManager, its configuration options, command line tools and the D-Bus API for programmatic control of the service.

The end users NetworkManager should instead refer to respective documentation of their desktop environment of choice.

The application developers who prefer not to use the D-Bus API directly can use the libnm library shipped with NetworkManager or its bindings to a higher level language such as Python, Ruby or Vala via GObject introspection.


I. Manual Pages
NetworkManager — network management daemon
NetworkManager.conf — NetworkManager configuration file
NetworkManager-dispatcher — Dispatch user scripts for NetworkManager
NetworkManager-wait-online.service — Wait for the network to come online
nmcli — command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager
nmcli-examples — usage examples of nmcli
nmtui — Text User Interface for controlling NetworkManager
nm-settings-dbus — Description of settings and properties of NetworkManager connection profiles on the D-Bus API
nm-settings-nmcli — Description of settings and properties of NetworkManager connection profiles for nmcli
nm-settings-keyfile — Description of keyfile settings plugin
nm-settings-ifcfg-rh — Description of ifcfg-rh settings plugin
nm-online — ask NetworkManager whether the network is connected
nm-initrd-generator — early boot NetworkManager configuration generator
nm-cloud-setup — Overview of Automatic Network Configuration in Cloud
nm-openvswitch — overview of NetworkManager Open vSwitch support
II. Network Configuration Setting Specification
Configuration Settings
connection — General Connection Profile Settings
6lowpan — 6LoWPAN Settings
802-1x — IEEE 802.1x Authentication Settings
adsl — ADSL Settings
bluetooth — Bluetooth Settings
bond — Bonding Settings
bridge — Bridging Settings
bridge-port — Bridge Port Settings
cdma — CDMA-based Mobile Broadband Settings
dcb — Data Center Bridging Settings
dummy — Dummy Link Settings
ethtool — Ethtool Ethernet Settings
generic — Generic Link Settings
gsm — GSM-based Mobile Broadband Settings
hsr — HSR/PRP Settings
infiniband — Infiniband Settings
ipv4 — IPv4 Settings
ipv6 — IPv6 Settings
ip-tunnel — IP Tunneling Settings
macsec — MACSec Settings
macvlan — MAC VLAN Settings
match — Match settings
802-11-olpc-mesh — OLPC Wireless Mesh Settings
ovs-bridge — OvsBridge Link Settings
ovs-dpdk — OvsDpdk Link Settings
ovs-interface — Open vSwitch Interface Settings
ovs-patch — OvsPatch Link Settings
ovs-port — OvsPort Link Settings
ppp — Point-to-Point Protocol Settings
pppoe — PPP-over-Ethernet Settings
proxy — WWW Proxy Settings
serial — Serial Link Settings
sriov — SR-IOV settings
tc — Linux Traffic Control Settings
team — Teaming Settings
team-port — Team Port Settings
tun — Tunnel Settings
user — General User Profile Settings
vlan — VLAN Settings
vpn — VPN Settings
vrf — VRF settings
vxlan — VXLAN Settings
wifi-p2p — Wi-Fi P2P Settings
wimax — WiMax Settings
802-3-ethernet — Wired Ethernet Settings
wireguard — WireGuard Settings
802-11-wireless — Wi-Fi Settings
802-11-wireless-security — Wi-Fi Security Settings
wpan — IEEE 802.15.4 (WPAN) MAC Settings
bond-port — Bond Port Settings
hostname — Hostname settings
link — Link settings
loopback — Loopback Link Settings
ovs-external-ids — OVS External IDs Settings
ovs-other-config — OVS Other Config Settings
veth — Veth Settings
Secret flag types
III. D-Bus API Reference
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager object
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager — Connection Manager.
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/AgentManager object
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.AgentManager — Secret Agent Manager.
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/DnsManager object
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.DnsManager — DNS Configuration State.
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings object
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings — Connection Settings Profile Manager.
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/* objects
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.Connection — Connection Settings Profile.
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/* objects
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device — Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Statistics — Device Statistic Counters.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Adsl — ADSL Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Bluetooth — Bluetooth Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Bond — Bonding Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Bridge — Bridging Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Dummy — Dummy Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Generic — Unrecognized Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Hsr — HSR Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.IPTunnel — IP Tunneling Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Infiniband — Infiniband Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Loopback — Loopback Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Lowpan — 6LoWPAN Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Macsec — MACSec Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Macvlan — MAC VLAN Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Modem — Modem Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.OlpcMesh — OLPC Wireless Mesh Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.OvsBridge — OvsBridge Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.OvsInterface — OvsInterface Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.OvsPort — OvsPort Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Ppp — PPP Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Team — Teaming Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Tun — Userspace Tunneling Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Veth — Virtual Ethernet Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Vlan — Virtual LAN Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Vrf — VRF Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Vxlan — VXLAN Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.WifiP2P — Wi-Fi P2P Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.WireGuard — WireGuard Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Wired — Wired Ethernet Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Wireless — Wi-Fi Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device.Wpan — IEEE 802.15.4 (WPAN) MAC Layer Device.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP — Helper interface for a PPP plugin.
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/* objects
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Connection.Active — Active Connection.
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.VPN.Connection — Active VPN Connection.
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/IP4Config/* objects
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.IP4Config — IPv4 Configuration Set.
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/IP6Config/* objects
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.IP6Config — IPv6 Configuration Set.
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/DHCP4Config/* objects
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.DHCP4Config — IPv4 DHCP Client State.
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/DHCP4Config/* objects
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.DHCP6Config — IPv6 DHCP Client State.
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/AccessPoint/* objects
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.AccessPoint — Wi-Fi Access Point.
The /org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.WifiP2PPeer/* objects
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.WifiP2PPeer — Wi-Fi P2P Peer.
The /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Checkpoint/* objects
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Checkpoint — Configuration and State Snapshot.
Types
NetworkManager D-Bus API Types
IV. Secret Agent D-Bus API Reference
Secret agents
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.SecretAgent — User Secret Agent.
V. VPN Plugin D-Bus API Reference
VPN services
org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.VPN.Plugin — VPN Service.
Types
VPN Plugin D-Bus API Types
Index
A. License