Chapter 3. Configuring Your Network
The recipes we'll be covering in this chapter are as follows:
- Creating a VLAN interface
- Creating a teamed interface
- Creating a bridge
- Configuring IPv4 settings
- Configuring your DNS resolvers
- Configuring static network routes
Introduction
This chapter will attempt to explain how to use NetworkManager
, which is the default network configuration tool and daemon in RHEL 7. It is a set of tools that makes networking simple and straightforward.
Configuring your network can be hard at times, especially when using the more exotic configuration options in combination with well-known configuration scripts. The NetworkManager
allows you to easily configure your network without needing to edit the configuration files manually.
Tip
You can still edit the network configuration files located in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
using your preferred editor; however, by default, NetworkManager
does not notice any changes you make. You'll need to execute the following...