networkd.conf, networkd.conf.d — Global Network configuration files
/etc/systemd/networkd.conf
/etc/systemd/networkd.conf.d/*.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/networkd.conf.d/*.conf
These configuration files control global network parameters. Currently the DHCP Unique Identifier (DUID).
The default configuration is defined during compilation, so a
configuration file is only needed when it is necessary to deviate
from those defaults. By default, the configuration file in
/etc/systemd/
contains commented out entries
showing the defaults as a guide to the administrator. This file
can be edited to create local overrides.
When packages need to customize the configuration, they can install configuration snippets in
/usr/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/
or /usr/local/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/
.
The main configuration file is read before any of the configuration directories, and has the lowest
precedence; entries in a file in any configuration directory override entries in the single configuration
file. Files in the *.conf.d/
configuration subdirectories are sorted by their
filename in lexicographic order, regardless of in which of the subdirectories they reside. When multiple
files specify the same option, for options which accept just a single value, the entry in the file with
the lexicographically latest name takes precedence. For options which accept a list of values, entries
are collected as they occur in files sorted lexicographically.
Files in /etc/
are reserved for the local administrator, who may use this
logic to override the configuration files installed by vendor packages. It is recommended to prefix all
filenames in those subdirectories with a two-digit number and a dash, to simplify the ordering of the
files.
To disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
recommended way is to place a symlink to
/dev/null
in the configuration directory in
/etc/
, with the same filename as the vendor
configuration file.
The following options are available in the "[Network]
" section:
SpeedMeter=
¶Takes a boolean. If set to yes, then systemd-networkd
measures the traffic of each interface, and
networkctl status INTERFACE
shows the measured speed.
Defaults to no.
SpeedMeterIntervalSec=
¶Specifies the time interval to calculate the traffic speed of each interface.
If SpeedMeter=no
, the value is ignored. Defaults to 10sec.
This section configures the DHCP Unique Identifier (DUID) value used by DHCP
protocol. DHCPv6 client protocol sends the DHCP Unique Identifier and the interface
Identity Association Identifier (IAID) to a DHCP server when acquiring a dynamic IPv6
address. DHCPv4 client protocol sends IAID and DUID to the DHCP server when acquiring
a dynamic IPv4 address if ClientIdentifier=duid
. IAID and DUID allows
a DHCP server to uniquely identify the machine and the interface requesting a DHCP IP.
To configure IAID and ClientIdentifier, see
systemd.network(5).
The following options are understood:
DUIDType=
¶Specifies how the DUID should be generated. See RFC 3315 for a description of all the options.
The following values are understood:
vendor
¶If "DUIDType=vendor
", then the DUID value will be generated using
"43793
" as the vendor identifier (systemd) and hashed contents of
machine-id(5).
This is the default if DUIDType=
is not specified.
uuid
¶If "DUIDType=uuid
", and DUIDRawData=
is not set,
then the product UUID is used as a DUID value. If a system does not have valid product UUID, then
an application-specific
machine-id(5)
is used as a DUID value. About the application-specific machine ID, see
sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific(3).
link-layer-time[:TIME
]
, link-layer
¶If "link-layer-time
" or "link-layer
" is specified,
then the MAC address of the interface is used as a DUID value. The value "link-layer-time
"
can take additional time value after a colon, e.g. "link-layer-time:2018-01-23 12:34:56 UTC
".
The default time value is "2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
".
In all cases, DUIDRawData=
can be used to override the
actual DUID value that is used.
DUIDRawData=
¶Specifies the DHCP DUID value as a single newline-terminated, hexadecimal string, with each
byte separated by ":
". The DUID that is sent is composed of the DUID type specified by
DUIDType=
and the value configured here.
The DUID value specified here overrides the DUID that systemd-networkd.service(8) generates from the machine ID. To configure DUID per-network, see systemd.network(5). The configured DHCP DUID should conform to the specification in RFC 3315, RFC 6355. To configure IAID, see systemd.network(5).
Example 1. A DUIDType=vendor
with a custom value
DUIDType=vendor DUIDRawData=00:00:ab:11:f9:2a:c2:77:29:f9:5c:00
This specifies a 14 byte DUID, with the type DUID-EN ("00:02
"), enterprise number
43793 ("00:00:ab:11
"), and identifier value "f9:2a:c2:77:29:f9:5c:00
".