by amluto on 11/14/23, 6:19 PM
Hopefully netplan sucks less by then?
Seriously, current versions are barely usable, and I don’t think I’m doing anything particularly hard. Want to verify your config before committing to it? Nope. Want to delete a vlan? Not happening without bypassing netplan. Want to bring up a vlan on an interface with a long name (which is the default on a fresh Ubuntu install with a NIC in a PCIe slot)? Netplan will accept the configuration, but it won’t work, and you’ll have to do quite a bit of digging to find out why your vlan doesn’t exist as far as the kernel is concerned.
The latter one is nasty if you upgrade Ubuntu on a system where the management interface is on a vlan.
by pxeboot on 11/14/23, 6:11 PM
On the server side, this is one of the reasons my company is quickly moving all Ubuntu servers to Debian. It is so much easier to just edit /etc/network/interfaces.
by cozzyd on 11/14/23, 6:11 PM
Let's see how many releases before they give up and go with the Fedora/EL solution.
by polski-g on 11/14/23, 5:59 PM
Ubuntu continuing to try to push their snowflakes. nmcli/nmtui works acceptably well. ifupdown-ng works great. What problem is Ubuntu trying to solve?
by freedomben on 11/14/23, 7:13 PM
by k_roy on 11/14/23, 5:54 PM
My only real problem with it is that even now, it's not complete for advanced configurations
by Takennickname on 11/15/23, 4:47 AM
Literally the main reason I left Ubuntu for Debian. Would have probably still been on Ubuntu if it wasn't for Netplan.
(Now happily in the Fedora/Red Hat ecosystem)
by throwaway67743 on 11/17/23, 2:48 AM
Can someone explain to me why netplan even exists? I don't see any utility in it, I don't change out my network connection manager on a daily basis so what use is a sub par abstraction when I can configure my manager of choice directly? For me it's just one of the many many reasons I don't touch Ubuntu, but sometimes I have to deal with it and I always end up shaking my head at the half baked crap they keep adding.
by cvccvroomvroom on 11/14/23, 7:46 PM
Friends don't let friends Ubuntu and drive. Don't do crippled, insecure commercial-ware run by crazy people.
by nik736 on 11/14/23, 5:53 PM
Great. I love it.