Re: CentOS-7 x86_64 AMIs and consistent network device naming

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Jinesh,
I think centOS still stay on ifcfg-* fashsion. 
For network manager, it is optional for networking in CentOS.
For AMI, I think you should stay for a while until it is no longer present
in kernel.

Xlord
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On Behalf Of Karanbir Singh
Sent: Friday, November 4, 2016 9:23 PM
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Subject: Re:  CentOS-7 x86_64 AMIs and consistent network
device naming

On 04/11/16 11:18, Jinesh Choksi wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Re:
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux
> /7-Beta/html/7.3_Release_Notes/bug_fixes_general_updates.html
> 
> Are there any upcoming plans for turning off the use of legacy 
> interface names in the next official CentOS 7.x AMI?
> 
> Currently, both the official RHEL 7.3 GA AMI and the latest available 
> official CentOS-7 x86_64 AMI use legacy interface names via either:
> 
> - "net.ifnames=0" kernel boot parameter or
> - "ln -vs /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules"
> 
> As I'm setting up some automation which will use the official CentOS 7 
> AMI, I'm wondering whether to switch on the new naming scheme manually 
> and pre-empt the switch over or wait until the official AMIs switch over.
> 
> Also, will the next CentOS 7 AMI start using NetworkManager instead of 
> the traditional ifcfg-* scripts?


would making these changes not break the existing automation that folks
might have in place ?




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