12.5 Interactive Editing

In addition to using nmcli with command-line options, the tool also includes an interactive mode that can be used to create and modify connection profiles. The following transcript, for example, shows interactive mode being used to create a new Ethernet connection named demo_con:

# nmcli con edit

Valid connection types: 6lowpan, 802-11-olpc-mesh (olpc-mesh), 802-11-wireless (wifi), 802-3-ethernet (ethernet), adsl, bluetooth, bond, bridge, cdma, dummy, generic, gsm, infiniband, ip-tunnel, macsec, macvlan, ovs-bridge, ovs-interface, ovs-port, pppoe, team, tun, vlan, vpn, vxlan, wimax, wpan, bond-slave, bridge-slave, team-slave

Enter connection type: ethernet

 

===| nmcli interactive connection editor |===

 

Adding a new ‘802-3-ethernet’ connection

 

Type ‘help’ or ‘?’ for available commands.

Type ‘print’ to show all the connection properties.

Type ‘describe...