Bionic: systemd: rename interface

[Thorsten]

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)
Release: 18.04

2) apt-cache policy systemd
systemd:
  Installed: 237-3ubuntu8

3) Kernel: linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 4.15.0.17.18

/etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

/etc/systemd/netword/uplink0.link
[Match]
Path=pci-0000:02:00.0

[Link]
Name=uplink0

# update-initramfs -u

4) journalctl -b | grep rename
kernel: tg3 0000:02:00.1 eno2: renamed from eth1
kernel: tg3 0000:02:00.0 eno1: renamed from eth0

[Thorsten (itopsatheg)]

systemd.network is working

cat /etc/systemd/network/uplink0.network
[Match]
Path=pci-0000:02:00.0
#Name=uplkink0

[Network]
DHCP=yes

networkctl status eno1
 Path: pci-0000:02:00.0

This was no solution:
cp /etc/systemd/netword/uplink0.link /lib/systemd/network/
update-initramfs -u

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

/etc/systemd/netword/uplink0.link

that's invalid path, no?

/etc/systemd/network/ is the right path, and should work.

[Thorsten (itopsatheg)]

typo

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

Can you please elaborate?

If one puts .link files in /etc/systemd/network, they should be copied into the initramfs, and they should results in the correct interface renames in the initramfs.

Once the typo was corrected (not sure if on the system, or it was in the bug description only), was everything working fine?

Or is it still a bug that .link files from /etc are not getting picked up into the initramfs for you?

[Thorsten (itopsatheg)]

the fault was somewhere else, this issue can be closed