[systemd-devel] Disabling 'Predictable Network Interface Names'

[Jan Synacek]

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 9:25 AM, Lucas Ventura Carro
<useyour.mind at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've recently installed a CentOS 7 minimal ISO[1], where I found the new
> Predictable Network Interface Naming strategy enabled.
>
> But in my current environment this naming strategy is not viable, and I'd
> like to get back to old _unpredictable_ strategy for all the interfaces. So
> according to documentation on how to disable[2] there are 2 options:
> (1) Creating a symlink
> (2) Changing a kernel boot parameter
>
> But, using option (1) doesn't work, and I'm still having predictable names.
> It is a CentOS 7 issue? Because '/etc/systemd/network' folder did not
> existed in this clean install, I had to create myself.
> Inspecting the '/lib/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules' will disable
> predictable names only if kernel boot param is present.

Hi,

check out the official Red Hat documentation [1] on how to disable the
naming scheme. If what's described there doesn't work, please, file a
bug report.

[1] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Networking_Guide/sec-Disabling_Consistent_Network_Device_Naming.html

Cheers,
-- 
Jan Synacek
Software Engineer, Red Hat