How to Configure Network Static IP Address in Ubuntu 18.04

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Netplan

Netplan is a new command-line network configuration utility introduced in Ubuntu 17.10 which helps you manage and configure network settings easily in Ubuntu systems.

• It allows you to configure a network interface using YAML abstraction. It works in conjunction with the NetworkManager and system-networkd networking daemons (referred to as renderers –

Interfaces to the Kernel

• you may choose which one of those to use) as interfaces to the kernel.
• It reads network configuration described in /etc/netplan/*.yaml, and you could store configurations for all your network interfaces in those files.

Ubuntu Network Configuration

In this tutorial, we will show you how to configure a static or dynamic network IP address for a network interface in Ubuntu 18.04 using the Netplan utility.

List All Active Network Interfaces on Ubuntu

First, you have to identify the network interface you will be configuring. You can list all attached network interfaces on your system by using the ifconfig command as in the example below:

$ ifconfig -a

Set Static IP  in Ubuntu 18.04

In this example, we are going to configure a static IP for the enp0s8 ethernet network interface. Open the netplan configuration file using your text editor as shown below.

YAML file

Important: in case a YAML file is not created by the distribution installer, you may generate the needed configuration for the renderers by using the command below:

$ sudo netplan generate

In addition, auto-generated files might have a different filename between desktops, servers, cloud instantiations etc., (for example 01-network-manager-all.yaml or 01-netcfg.yaml) but every file under /etc/netplan/*.yaml is going to be read by netplan.

$ sudo vim /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml

Now append the following configuration under the Ethernet area.

enp0s8:
dhcp4: no
dhcp6: no
addresses: [192.168.56.110/24, ]
gateway4:  192.168.56.1
nameservers:
addresses: [8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4]

Where:

• enp0s8 – network interface name.
• dhcp4 and dhcp6 – dhcp properties of an interface for IPv4 and IPv6 receptively.
• addresses – sequence of static addresses to the interface.
• gateway4 – IPv4 address for default gateway.
• nameservers – sequence of IP addresses for nameserver.

After you have addended this, your configuration file will now have the following content.
The first interface, enp0s3, is configured to use DHCP, and enp0s8 will use a static IP address.

IP Address Property

The addresses property of an interface expects a sequence entry, for example [192.168.14.2/24, “2001:1::1/64”] or [192.168.56.110/24, ] (see netplan man page for more information).

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# For more information, see netplan(5).
network:
version: 2
renderer: networkd
ethernets:
enp0s3:
dhcp4: yes
enp0s8:
dhcp4: no
dhcp6: no
addresses: [192.168.56.110/24, ]
gateway4:  192.168.56.1
nameservers:
addresses: [8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4]

Save the file and exit. Then apply the recent network changes by using the netplan command below:

$ sudo netplan apply

Now confirm the available network interfaces again. The enp0s8 ethernet interface will now be connected to the local network and have an IP address.

$ ifconfig -a
Set Dynamic DHCP IP Address in Ubuntu

In order to configure the enp0s8 ethernet interface to retrieve an IP address dynamically through DHCP, just use the following configuration:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# For more information, see netplan(5).
network:
version: 2
renderer: networkd
ethernets:
enp0s8:
dhcp4: yes
dhcp6: yes

Save the file and exit. Then apply the recent network changes and confirm the IP address using the following commands:

$ sudo netplan apply
$ ifconfig -a

From now on, your system will get an IP address dynamically from a router.
You should be able to find more information and configuration options by consulting the netplan man page.

$ man netplan

Congratulations

Congratulations! You’ve successfully configured a network static IP address to your Ubuntu servers. If you have any queries, share them with us via the comment form below.
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