<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*--> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <!-- This file is part of systemd. Copyright 2015 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <refentry id="networkctl" 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 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-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. See also 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>