nmcli connection

Connection management with NetworkManager.

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• List all NetworkManager connections (shows name, UUID, type and device):

nmcli connection

• Activate a connection by specifying a UUID:

nmcli connection up uuid {uuid}

• Deactivate a connection:

nmcli connection down uuid {uuid}

• Create an auto-configured dual stack connection:

nmcli connection add ifname {interface_name} type {ethernet} ipv4.method {auto} ipv6.method {auto}

• Create a static IPv6-only connection:

nmcli connection add ifname {interface_name} type {ethernet} ip6 {2001:db8::2/64} gw6 {2001:db8::1} ipv6.dns {2001:db8::1} ipv4.method {ignore}

• Create a static IPv4-only connection:

nmcli connection add ifname {interface_name} type {ethernet} ip4 {10.0.0.7/8} gw4 {10.0.0.1} ipv4.dns {10.0.0.1} ipv6.method {ignore}

• Create a VPN connection using OpenVPN from a OVPN file:

nmcli connection import type {openvpn} file {path/to/vpn_config.ovpn}

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