Setting WiFi Static IP Address using Netplan with Network Manager

[Kyron Longwood]

OS info: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64) Desktop

netplan version:

#apt-cache policy netplan.io
netplan.io:
  Installed: 0.99-0ubuntu3~18.04.3
  Candidate: 0.99-0ubuntu3~18.04.3
  Version table:
 *** 0.99-0ubuntu3~18.04.3 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.40.1~18.04.4 500
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages
     0.36.1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages

The task to accomplish here is to establish a static ip address on the wifi interface using netplan rendered with Network Manager. Default netplan YAML file is defined shown below:

#01-network-manager-all.yaml
network:
version: 2
renderer: NetworkManager

Below is the following configurations are set and defined using sudo netplan apply for static ip address:

network:
  version: 2
  renderer: NetworkManager
  wifis:
    wlp1s0:
      addresses: [192.168.1.212/24]
      dhcp4: no
      dhcp6: no
      gateway4: 192.168.1.1
      nameservers:
        addresses: [192.168.1.1]
      access-points:
        accesspointename:
          password: passwordgoeshere

However after setting a static ip address, the device still has same ip4 address assigned before set by DHCP from router with no change. Also running the command nmcli con show, it lists a new connection:

netplan-wlp1s0-accesspointename 566d6c1e-3731-3b4a-9018-2f7b321324ce wifi --