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Network Management CLI

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This page applies to:

  • HAProxy ALOHA 16.5 and newer

The HAProxy ALOHA Network Management CLI provides a way to manage connection profiles via the command line. Connection profiles are collections of network interface settings. You can use the Network Management CLI to manage physical and virtual network interfaces on the command line.

Common use cases for the Network Management CLI include managing VLAN interfaces, managing link bonding, and configuring VRRP.

This section describes how to install the HAProxy ALOHA management package which includes the Network Management CLI.

Install the HAProxy ALOHA network management package Jump to heading

Network Management CLI may already be installed

If you installed the Data Plane API on HAProxy ALOHA using the HAProxy ALOHA management package version 16.5 or greater, the Network Management CLI is already installed. If you installed the Data Plane API using the HAProxy ALOHA management package version 16.0 or earlier, you may need to update to a newer version of the API.

To install the Network Management CLI, follow the instructions to install the Data Plane API on HAProxy ALOHA. Both the Network Management CLI and Data Plane API belong to the same HAProxy ALOHA management package. You must install version 16.5 or later of the management package to enable the Network Management CLI.

To verify the Network Management CLI is ready for use, navigate to the File Manager in the Tools tab, and check that the netctl binary exists in /app/management/usr/bin. This means that the Network Management CLI is successfully installed. The netctl utility is what you will use when calling Network Management CLI commands.

Use the Network Management CLI Jump to heading

You can use the Network Management CLI to view your devices and your connection profiles. A device is either a physical network interface on the host, for example eth0, or a virtual network interface, for example eth1.1 for VLAN, that is created when its connection profile is activated. A connection profile is a collection of network interface settings.

List devices Jump to heading

To list devices use the following command:

nix
sudo netctl device
nix
sudo netctl device
output
text
eth0    ethernet  connected  724c15e7-b28c-496b-97f9-c55be72973ec
eth1    ethernet  connected  957fd9a2-90ee-4f6e-b8a9-3b8b1aa3b45d
eth2    ethernet  connected  d2113eaf-ed24-44d2-85c8-c26d2336bb16
eth3    ethernet  connected  8ebb39e8-6dcd-4009-abab-aa787cdec405
eth4    ethernet  connected  cc47d1af-f0b9-4368-a9cf-4d4525d4037a
lo      loopback  unmanaged  --  
output
text
eth0    ethernet  connected  724c15e7-b28c-496b-97f9-c55be72973ec
eth1    ethernet  connected  957fd9a2-90ee-4f6e-b8a9-3b8b1aa3b45d
eth2    ethernet  connected  d2113eaf-ed24-44d2-85c8-c26d2336bb16
eth3    ethernet  connected  8ebb39e8-6dcd-4009-abab-aa787cdec405
eth4    ethernet  connected  cc47d1af-f0b9-4368-a9cf-4d4525d4037a
lo      loopback  unmanaged  --

Each device will show a status. If the connection is activated for the device it will show as connected. If its connection is not activated, it will show as unavailable. Devices showing as unmanaged cannot have a connection activated on them.

List connection profiles Jump to heading

To list all connection profiles use the following command:

sudo netctl connection
sudo netctl connection
output
text
ID           UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE
ethernet-eth0  724c15e7-b28c-496b-97f9-c55be72973ec  ethernet  eth0  
ethernet-eth1  957fd9a2-90ee-4f6e-b8a9-3b8b1aa3b45d  ethernet  eth1  
ethernet-eth2  d2113eaf-ed24-44d2-85c8-c26d2336bb16  ethernet  eth2  
ethernet-eth3  8ebb39e8-6dcd-4009-abab-aa787cdec405  ethernet  eth3  
ethernet-eth4  cc47d1af-f0b9-4368-a9cf-4d4525d4037a  ethernet  eth4 
output
text
ID           UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE
ethernet-eth0  724c15e7-b28c-496b-97f9-c55be72973ec  ethernet  eth0  
ethernet-eth1  957fd9a2-90ee-4f6e-b8a9-3b8b1aa3b45d  ethernet  eth1  
ethernet-eth2  d2113eaf-ed24-44d2-85c8-c26d2336bb16  ethernet  eth2  
ethernet-eth3  8ebb39e8-6dcd-4009-abab-aa787cdec405  ethernet  eth3  
ethernet-eth4  cc47d1af-f0b9-4368-a9cf-4d4525d4037a  ethernet  eth4

The output includes the list of all connection profiles and their settings. These settings include:

  • the ID for the connection profile or its name
  • the UUID which is a unique identifier for the connection profile
  • the type of connection, for example bond, ethernet, and vlan
  • the interface-name or the name of the device associated with the connection profile

Show connection profile Jump to heading

You can view all of the attributes associated with a connection profile using the netctl connection show command:

nix
sudo netctl connection show ethernet-eth0 
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sudo netctl connection show ethernet-eth0 
output
text
connection.id                            ethernet-eth0
connection.interface-name                eth0
connection.master                        ---
connection.slave-type                    ---
connection.type                          802-3-ethernet
connection.uuid                          d6180bf1-6e06-486e-bc74-dda587cd9145
802-3-ethernet.auto-negotiate            false
802-3-ethernet.duplex                    ---
802-3-ethernet.mtu                       ---
802-3-ethernet.speed                     ---
ipv4.addresses                           192.168.0.200/24
ipv4.gateway                             192.168.0.1
ipv4.method                              auto
ipv4.routes                              ---
ipv6.addresses                           ---
ipv6.gateway                             ---
ipv6.method                              disabled
ipv6.routes                              ---
vrrp.instances                           ---
output
text
connection.id                            ethernet-eth0
connection.interface-name                eth0
connection.master                        ---
connection.slave-type                    ---
connection.type                          802-3-ethernet
connection.uuid                          d6180bf1-6e06-486e-bc74-dda587cd9145
802-3-ethernet.auto-negotiate            false
802-3-ethernet.duplex                    ---
802-3-ethernet.mtu                       ---
802-3-ethernet.speed                     ---
ipv4.addresses                           192.168.0.200/24
ipv4.gateway                             192.168.0.1
ipv4.method                              auto
ipv4.routes                              ---
ipv6.addresses                           ---
ipv6.gateway                             ---
ipv6.method                              disabled
ipv6.routes                              ---
vrrp.instances                           ---

Hit tab twice after the command

Enter TAB twice after your netctl command to see available parameters. Here are some examples:

nix
admin@ALOHA1:~$ netctl <TAB> <TAB>
connection  device
nix
admin@ALOHA1:~$ netctl <TAB> <TAB>
connection  device
nix
admin@ALOHA1:~$ netctl connection <TAB> <TAB>
add     delete  down    modify  show    up 
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admin@ALOHA1:~$ netctl connection <TAB> <TAB>
add     delete  down    modify  show    up 
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admin@ALOHA1:~$ netctl connection add 
802-3-ethernet.auto-negotiate  connection.interface-name      ethernet.mtu                   ipv4.routes                    type
802-3-ethernet.duplex          connection.master              ethernet.speed                 ipv6.addresses                 vlan.id
802-3-ethernet.mtu             connection.slave-type          id                             ipv6.gateway                   vlan.parent
802-3-ethernet.speed           connection.type                ifname                         ipv6.method                    vrrp.instances
bond.options                   dev                            ipv4.addresses                 ipv6.routes                    
con-name                       ethernet.auto-negotiate        ipv4.gateway                   master                         
connection.id                  ethernet.duplex                ipv4.method                    slave-type
nix
admin@ALOHA1:~$ netctl connection add 
802-3-ethernet.auto-negotiate  connection.interface-name      ethernet.mtu                   ipv4.routes                    type
802-3-ethernet.duplex          connection.master              ethernet.speed                 ipv6.addresses                 vlan.id
802-3-ethernet.mtu             connection.slave-type          id                             ipv6.gateway                   vlan.parent
802-3-ethernet.speed           connection.type                ifname                         ipv6.method                    vrrp.instances
bond.options                   dev                            ipv4.addresses                 ipv6.routes                    
con-name                       ethernet.auto-negotiate        ipv4.gateway                   master                         
connection.id                  ethernet.duplex                ipv4.method                    slave-type
nix
admin@ALOHA1:~$ netctl connection modify 
.config.rc2760958571:  .config.rc3922829236:  denied                 id                     open                   permission             uuid
nix
admin@ALOHA1:~$ netctl connection modify 
.config.rc2760958571:  .config.rc3922829236:  denied                 id                     open                   permission             uuid

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