Ubuntu

Migrating from ifupdown to netplan

Registered by Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre on 2017-05-02

Deprecate ifupdown and previous-generation networking tools in Ubuntu for the 17.10 release. Target a unified network stack of netplan, networkd, and network-manager across all 17.10 images in preparation for the 18.04 LTS, phasing out ifupdown.

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Blueprint information

Status:: Not started

Approver:: Steve Langasek

Priority:: Undefined

Drafter:: Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre

Direction:: Needs approval

Assignee:: Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre

Definition:: New

Series goal:: None

Implementation:: Unknown

Milestone target:: ubuntu-17.10

Related branches

Related bugs

Bug #1655440: "unconfigured" NIC can still get IPv6 addresses via RA	Fix Released
Bug #1664698: No documented way to set the MAC for a bridge or bond	In Progress
Bug #1664702: No documented way to pass in bond or bridge paramters	Fix Released
Bug #1664806: No documented way to set a default DNS server if no per-interface servers exist	Won't Fix
Bug #1664818: Not possible to render pre-up, pre-down, post-up, or post-down snippets	Won't Fix
Bug #1664844: No distinction between link-up and link-down interfaces	Fix Released
Bug #1664846: [Wishlist] Support for teaming driver	Won't Fix
Bug #1688345: [RM] netcf from 22.04	Fix Released
Bug #1690388: wrong hwaddr on the vlan bond with nplan and cloud-init	Fix Released
Bug #1697730: Long boot time due to systemd-networkd-wait-online.service failure	Triaged
Bug #1698181: Switch to netplan renderer in Artful	Fix Released

Sprints

Whiteboard

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Work Items

Work items for ubuntu-17.06:
[cyphermox] blog about netplan and its awesomeness: INPROGRESS
[cyphermox] netplan cheerleading: INPROGRESS
[cyphermox] document/discuss/announce plan on ubuntu-devel@: DONE
[cyphermox] review systemd issues with applying MAC addresses: DONE
[cyphermox] merge MAC address code: DONE
[cyphermox] teach netcfg to write netplan config on install: DONE
[cyphermox] teach ubiquity to write netplan config on install: DONE
[cyphermox] update seeds to not install ifupdown: DONE

Work items:
review and fix netcf usage of ifupdown / add support for netplan: TODO
[raharper] IPv6 MTU code: TODO
[raharper] cloud-init pass-through config for netplan v2 yaml: TODO
[cyphermox] implement Device Add?: TODO
[cyphermox] implement Device Removal?: TODO
[cyphermox] implement "show current config": TODO
[cyphermox] netplan integration when libvirt/lxd are installed: TODO
implement MOTD/command-not-found documentation for new commands: TODO
test migration code existing in netplan: TODO
fix/update migration code: TODO

Work items for ubuntu-17.09:
get attention from the proper people for go/no-go decision: TODO
announce changes again / reminder on ubuntu-devel@: TODO

Work items for ubuntu-17.10:
release note the changes: TODO
cleanup remaining affected packages (demotions, etc.): TODO
discuss extra UI features with server team: TODO

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