I am working on building a custom Torizon OS minimal that I would like to utilize the systemd–network instead of NetworkManager. I have another Yocto project from a different product that does this and I would like to utilize what I already have in place.
What would I have to add to the local.conf to disable NetworkMangager?
What would I have to add to the local.conf to ensure the systemd-network is enabled.
I already have the recipes for all the systemd network files required.
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Based on the Toradex documentation, here’s what you need to add to your local.conf:
Add these lines to remove NetworkManager packages (1):
IMAGE_INSTALL:remove = " connman"
IMAGE_INSTALL:remove = " connman-client"
IMAGE_INSTALL:remove = " connman-gnome"
IMAGE_INSTALL:remove = " connman-plugin-wifi"
IMAGE_INSTALL:remove = " connman-plugin-ethernet"
IMAGE_INSTALL:remove = " connman-plugin-loopback"
# Add NetworkManager
IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " networkmanager"
IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " modemmanager"
However, since you want to use systemd-networkd instead of NetworkManager, you should remove NetworkManager entirely rather than adding it.
The documentation shows that systemd-networkd can be enabled by ensuring the networkd PACKAGECONFIG is included (1). You would typically add this to your systemd bbappend file or local.conf:
PACKAGECONFIG:append = " networkd"
Since you mentioned you already have recipes for systemd network files, you’ll want to ensure they follow the integration pattern shown in the documentation (1). The network files should be installed to the appropriate systemd network directories as demonstrated in the systemd configuration examples.
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Greetings @pachanga,
Could you clarify what you want to achieve exactly when you say:
What would I have to add to the local.conf to ensure the systemd-network is enabled.
Systemd-networkd is already in Torizon OS by default as it’s a component of systemd. Do you just want to disable NetworkManager? In which case I guess you can just disable the systemd service which would stop NetworkManager from running entirely by default. Probably something like should work:
SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE:networkmanager = "disable"
If you want to remove NetworkManager completely it’s a bit more work as you need to remove the networkmanager package from being installed in the final image.
Best Regards,
Jeremias
Hi Jeremias
SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE:networkmanager = “disable” did not work for me.
I was able to do this.
CORE_IMAGE_BASE_INSTALL:remove = " networkmanager "
Once I got rid of the network manager, The network adapter no longer came up. I had to include a start script that called
ifconfig up
to manually get the network adapter up and running after boot. Is there another way that you know of?
to manually get the network adapter up and running after boot. Is there another way that you know of?
Well we don’t test Torizon OS at all without NetworkManager so it’s hard to say what exactly is needed, or different without it running. We’re talking about a completely different custom OS that we don’t test ourselves now. If ifconfig up works for you then I don’t see a problem with just using this however.
Best Regards,
Jeremias