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index 20f9f9fb57..6b12680129 100644
--- a/man/nmcli-examples.xml
+++ b/man/nmcli-examples.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd">
<!--
-Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2013 - 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
-->
<refentry id="nmcli-examples">
<refentryinfo>
<title>nmcli-examples</title>
- <date>16 July 2013</date>
+ <date>15 January 2014</date>
<author>NetworkManager developers</author>
</refentryinfo>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
- <emphasis>nmcli</emphasis> is a command line client for NetworkManager. It
+ <emphasis>nmcli</emphasis> is a command-line client for NetworkManager. It
allows controlling NetworkManager and reporting its status. For more information
please refer to <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmcli</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
manual page.
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ $ nmcli device wifi list
</screen>
</example>
<para>
- This command shows how to list available Wi-Fi networks (APs).
+ This command shows how to list available Wi-Fi networks (APs). You can also use
+ <emphasis>--fields</emphasis> option for displaying different columns.
+ <emphasis role="bold">nmcli -f all dev wifi list</emphasis> will show all of them.
</para>
<example><title>Showing general information and properties for a Wi-Fi interface</title>
@@ -84,11 +86,12 @@ $ nmcli -p -f general,wifi-properties device show wlan0
GENERAL.DEVICE: wlan0
GENERAL.TYPE: wifi
GENERAL.VENDOR: Intel Corporation
-GENERAL.PRODUCT: --
+GENERAL.PRODUCT: PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
GENERAL.DRIVER: iwlwifi
-GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 3.8.11-100.fc17.x86_64
+GENERAL.DRIVER-VERSION: 3.8.13-100.fc17.x86_64
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-VERSION: 8.83.5.1 build 33692
GENERAL.HWADDR: 00:1E:65:37:A1:D3
+GENERAL.MTU: 1500
GENERAL.STATE: 100 (connected)
GENERAL.REASON: 0 (No reason given)
GENERAL.UDI: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0/net/wlan0
@@ -96,7 +99,9 @@ GENERAL.IP-IFACE: wlan0
GENERAL.NM-MANAGED: yes
GENERAL.AUTOCONNECT: yes
GENERAL.FIRMWARE-MISSING: no
-GENERAL.CONNECTION: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/5
+GENERAL.CONNECTION: My Alfa WiFi
+GENERAL.CON-UUID: 85194f4c-d496-4eec-bae0-d880b4cbcf26
+GENERAL.CON-PATH: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/10
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WEP: yes
WIFI-PROPERTIES.WPA: yes
@@ -143,7 +148,33 @@ org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.settings.modify.hostname auth
More information about polkit can be found at http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/polkit.
</para>
- <example><title>Adding a bonding master and two slave connections</title>
+ <example><title>Listing NetworkManager log level and domains</title>
+ <synopsis><emphasis role="bold">
+$ nmcli general logging
+ </emphasis></synopsis>
+ <screen>
+LEVEL DOMAINS
+INFO PLATFORM,RFKILL,ETHER,WIFI,BT,MB,DHCP4,DHCP6,PPP,IP4,IP6,AUTOIP4,DNS,VPN,SHARING,SUPPLICANT,AGENTS,SETTINGS,SUSPEND,CORE,DEVICE,OLPC,WIMAX,INFINIBAND,FIREWALL,ADSL,BOND,VLAN,BRIDGE,TEAM,CONCHECK,DCB
+ </screen>
+ </example>
+ <para>
+ This command shows current NetworkManager logging status.
+ </para>
+
+ <example><title>Changing NetworkManager logging</title>
+ <synopsis><emphasis role="bold">
+$ nmcli g log level DEBUG domains CORE,ETHER,IP
+$ nmcli g log level INFO domains DEFAULT
+ </emphasis></synopsis>
+ </example>
+ <para>
+ The first command makes NetworkManager log in DEBUG level, and only for CORE, ETHER and
+ IP domains. The second command restores the default logging state. Please refer to the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>NetworkManager.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> manual page
+ for available logging levels and domains.
+ </para>
+
+ <example><title>Adding a bonding master and two slave connection profiles</title>
<programlisting><emphasis role="bold">
$ nmcli con add type bond ifname mybond0 mode active-backup
$ nmcli con add type bond-slave ifname eth1 master mybond0
@@ -159,7 +190,7 @@ $ nmcli con add type bond-slave ifname eth2 master mybond0
<emphasis>eth2</emphasis>.
</para>
- <example><title>Adding an ethernet connection with manual IP configuration</title>
+ <example><title>Adding an ethernet connection profile with manual IP configuration</title>
<programlisting>
<emphasis role="bold">
$ nmcli con add con-name my-con-em1 ifname em1 type ethernet ip4 192.168.100.100/24 gw4 192.168.100.1 ip4 1.2.3.4 ip6 abbe::cafe
@@ -170,11 +201,11 @@ $ nmcli -p con show conf my-con-em1
</programlisting>
</example>
<para>
- The first command adds an Ethernet connection named <emphasis>my-con-em1</emphasis>
- that is bound to interface name <emphasis>em1</emphasis>. The connection is configured
+ The first command adds an Ethernet connection profile named <emphasis>my-con-em1</emphasis>
+ that is bound to interface name <emphasis>em1</emphasis>. The profile is configured
with static IP addresses. The second and third commands modify DNS parameters of the
new connection profile. Using the last <emphasis>con show configured</emphasis> the
- connection is displayed so that all parameters can be reviewed.
+ profile is displayed so that all parameters can be reviewed.
</para>
<example><title>Escaping colon characters in tabular mode</title>
@@ -184,7 +215,7 @@ $ nmcli -t -f general -e yes -m tab dev show eth0
</emphasis>
</programlisting>
<screen>
-GENERAL:eth0:ethernet:Intel Corporation:--:e1000e:2.1.4-k:1.8-3:00\:22\:68\:11\:59\:01:100 (connected):0 (No reason given):/sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:19.0/net/eth0::yes:yes:no:connected
+GENERAL:eth0:ethernet:Intel Corporation:82567LM Gigabit Network Connection:e1000e:2.1.4-k:1.8-3:00\:22\:68\:15\:29\:21:1500:100 (connected):0 (No reason given):/sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:19.0/net/eth0:eth0:yes:yes:no:ethernet-13:89cbcbc6-dc85-456c-9c8b-bd828fee3917:/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/9
</screen>
</example>
<para>
@@ -192,22 +223,60 @@ GENERAL:eth0:ethernet:Intel Corporation:--:e1000e:2.1.4-k:1.8-3:00\:22\:68\:11\:
useful for script processing, because ':' is used as a field separator.
</para>
+ <example><title>nmcli usage in a NetworkManager dispatcher script to make Ethernet and Wi-Fi mutually exclusive</title>
+ <programlisting>
+#!/bin/bash
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+enable_disable_wifi ()
+{
+ result=$(nmcli dev | grep "ethernet" | grep -w "connected")
+ if [ -n "$result" ]; then
+ nmcli radio wifi off
+ else
+ nmcli radio wifi on
+ fi
+}
+
+if [ "$2" = "up" ]; then
+ enable_disable_wifi
+fi
+
+if [ "$2" = "down" ]; then
+ enable_disable_wifi
+fi
+ </programlisting>
+ </example>
+ <para>
+ This dispatcher script makes Wi-Fi mutually exclusive with wired
+ networking. When a wired interface is connected, Wi-Fi will be set
+ to airplane mode (rfkilled). When the wired interface is disconnected,
+ Wi-Fi will be turned back on.
+ Name this script e.g. 70-wifi-wired-exclusive.sh and put it into /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/
+ directory.
+ See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>NetworkManager</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ manual page for more information about NetworkManager dispatcher scripts.
+ </para>
+
+
<para><emphasis role="bold">Example sessions of interactive connection editor</emphasis></para>
- <example><title>Adding an ethernet connection in interactive editor (a)</title>
+ <example><title>Adding an ethernet connection profile in interactive editor (a)</title>
<programlisting>
<emphasis role="bold">
$ nmcli connection edit type ethernet
</emphasis>
</programlisting>
<screen>
+
===| nmcli interactive connection editor |===
Adding a new '802-3-ethernet' connection
Type 'help' or '?' for available commands.
+Type 'describe [&lt;setting&gt;.&lt;prop&gt;]' for detailed property description.
-You may edit the following settings: connection, 802-3-ethernet (ethernet), 802-1x, ipv4, ipv6
+You may edit the following settings: connection, 802-3-ethernet (ethernet), 802-1x, ipv4, ipv6, dcb
nmcli> print
===============================================================================
Connection details
@@ -224,6 +293,7 @@ connection.zone: --
connection.master: --
connection.slave-type: --
connection.secondaries:
+connection.gateway-ping-timeout: 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
802-3-ethernet.port: --
802-3-ethernet.speed: 0
@@ -237,18 +307,43 @@ connection.secondaries:
802-3-ethernet.s390-nettype: --
802-3-ethernet.s390-options:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-nmcli> goto ethernet
+ipv4.method: auto
+ipv4.dns:
+ipv4.dns-search:
+ipv4.addresses:
+ipv4.routes:
+ipv4.ignore-auto-routes: no
+ipv4.ignore-auto-dns: no
+ipv4.dhcp-client-id: --
+ipv4.dhcp-send-hostname: yes
+ipv4.dhcp-hostname: --
+ipv4.never-default: no
+ipv4.may-fail: yes
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ipv6.method: auto
+ipv6.dns:
+ipv6.dns-search:
+ipv6.addresses:
+ipv6.routes:
+ipv6.ignore-auto-routes: no
+ipv6.ignore-auto-dns: no
+ipv6.never-default: no
+ipv6.may-fail: yes
+ipv6.ip6-privacy: -1 (unknown)
+ipv6.dhcp-hostname: --
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+nmcli> goto ethernet
You may edit the following properties: port, speed, duplex, auto-negotiate, mac-address, cloned-mac-address, mac-address-blacklist, mtu, s390-subchannels, s390-nettype, s390-options
nmcli 802-3-ethernet> set mtu 1492
nmcli 802-3-ethernet> b
-nmcli> goto ipv4.addresses
+nmcli> goto ipv4.addresses
nmcli ipv4.addresses> desc
=== [addresses] ===
-[setting description]
-Array of IPv4 address structures. Each IPv4 address structure is composed of three 32-bit values; the first being the IPv4 address (network byte order), the second the prefix (1 - 32), and last the IPv4 gateway (network byte order). The gateway may be left as 0 if no gateway exists for that subnet. For the 'auto' method, given IP addresses are appended to those returned by automatic configuration. Addresses cannot be used with the 'shared', 'link-local', or 'disabled' methods as addressing is either automatic or disabled with these methods.
+[NM property description]
+Array of IPv4 address structures. Each IPv4 address structure is composed of 3 32-bit values; the first being the IPv4 address (network byte order), the second the prefix (1 - 32), and last the IPv4 gateway (network byte order). The gateway may be left as 0 if no gateway exists for that subnet. For the 'auto' method, given IP addresses are appended to those returned by automatic configuration. Addresses cannot be used with the 'shared', 'link-local', or 'disabled' methods as addressing is either automatic or disabled with these methods.
-[nmcli description]
+[nmcli specific description]
Enter a list of IPv4 addresses formatted as:
ip[/prefix] [gateway], ip[/prefix] [gateway],...
Missing prefix is regarded as prefix of 32.
@@ -256,6 +351,8 @@ Missing prefix is regarded as prefix of 32.
Example: 192.168.1.5/24 192.168.1.1, 10.0.0.11/24
nmcli ipv4.addresses> set 192.168.1.100/24 192.168.1.1
+Do you also want to set 'ipv4.method' to 'manual'? [yes]: yes
+nmcli ipv4.addresses>
nmcli ipv4.addresses> print
addresses: { ip = 192.168.1.100/24, gw = 192.168.1.1 }
nmcli ipv4.addresses> back
@@ -266,7 +363,7 @@ nmcli> print
===============================================================================
Connection details
===============================================================================
-connection.id: ethernet-18
+connection.id: ethernet-4
connection.uuid: de89cdeb-a3e1-4d53-8fa0-c22546c775f4
connection.interface-name: --
connection.type: 802-3-ethernet
@@ -278,6 +375,7 @@ connection.zone: --
connection.master: --
connection.slave-type: --
connection.secondaries:
+connection.gateway-ping-timeout: 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
802-3-ethernet.port: --
802-3-ethernet.speed: 0
@@ -304,6 +402,18 @@ ipv4.dhcp-hostname: --
ipv4.never-default: no
ipv4.may-fail: yes
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ipv6.method: auto
+ipv6.dns:
+ipv6.dns-search:
+ipv6.addresses:
+ipv6.routes:
+ipv6.ignore-auto-routes: no
+ipv6.ignore-auto-dns: no
+ipv6.never-default: no
+ipv6.may-fail: yes
+ipv6.ip6-privacy: -1 (unknown)
+ipv6.dhcp-hostname: --
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
nmcli> set ipv4.dns 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
nmcli> print
===============================================================================
@@ -321,6 +431,7 @@ connection.zone: --
connection.master: --
connection.slave-type: --
connection.secondaries:
+connection.gateway-ping-timeout: 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
802-3-ethernet.port: --
802-3-ethernet.speed: 0
@@ -347,7 +458,19 @@ ipv4.dhcp-hostname: --
ipv4.never-default: no
ipv4.may-fail: yes
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-nmcli> verify
+ipv6.method: auto
+ipv6.dns:
+ipv6.dns-search:
+ipv6.addresses:
+ipv6.routes:
+ipv6.ignore-auto-routes: no
+ipv6.ignore-auto-dns: no
+ipv6.never-default: no
+ipv6.may-fail: yes
+ipv6.ip6-privacy: -1 (unknown)
+ipv6.dhcp-hostname: --
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+nmcli> verify
Verify connection: OK
nmcli> save
Connection 'ethernet-4' (de89cdeb-a3e1-4d53-8fa0-c22546c775f4) successfully saved.
@@ -359,39 +482,6 @@ nmcli> quit
The scenario creates an Ethernet connection (configuration) with static addressing (IPs and DNS).
</para>
- <example><title>nmcli usage in a NetworkManager dispatcher script to make ethernet/Wi-Fi mutually exclusive</title>
- <programlisting>
-#!/bin/bash
-export LC_ALL=C
-
-enable_disable_wifi ()
-{
- result=$(nmcli dev | grep "802-3-ethernet" | grep -w "connected")
- if [ -n "$result" ]; then
- nmcli radio wifi off
- else
- nmcli radio wifi on
- fi
-}
-
-if [ "$2" = "up" ]; then
- enable_disable_wifi
-fi
-
-if [ "$2" = "down" ]; then
- enable_disable_wifi
-fi
- </programlisting>
- </example>
- <para>
- This dispatcher script makes Wi-Fi mutually exclusive with wired
- networking. When a wired interface is connected, Wi-Fi will be set
- to airplane mode (rfkilled). When the wired interface is disconnected,
- Wi-Fi will be turned back on.
- Name this script e.g. 70-wifi-wired-exclusive.sh and put it into /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/.
- See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>NetworkManager</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- manual page for more information about NetworkManager dispatcher scripts.
- </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>