nmcli cheat! Setting up network using nmcli in Red Hat 7 in less than a 30 seconds - QUICK & EASY!!!
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: Setting up network using nmcli without learning in less than a 30 seconds like a pro!
This procedure will work on server which does not have any NetworkManager connection configured but also on server which has already some NetworkManager connections configured.
1) Find out name of your ethernet device:
ip a
or
nmcli dev
2) redirect first 4 lines of Example 9 from nmcli-examples man page into a file.
man nmcli-examples | grep -A 4 "Example 9" nmcli.sh
3) modify new file "nmcli.sh" and update it with desired IP address, gateway, DNS servers and given interface name.
vi nmcli.sh
#!/bin/bash
nmcli con add con-name my-con-em1 ifname eth0 type ethernet ip4 172.16.99.98/24 gw4 172.16.99.1
nmcli con mod my-con-em1 ipv4.dns "8.8.8.8 208.67.222.222"
nmcli con up my-con-em1
4) Modify permissions of a new file "nmcli.sh" to executable and run the script "nmcli.sh"
chmod a+x nmcli.sh
./nmcli.sh
5) Verify IP address
ip a
6) Verify gateway
ip r
7) Verify /etc/resolv.conf file
cat /etc/resolv.conf
8) verify DNS server functionality
dig redhat.com
9) Verify if remote destination is pingable
ping redhat.com
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