How To Install NetworkManager-config-server.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-config-server.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. NetworkManager-config-server.noarch is NetworkManager config file for “server-like” defaults

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-config-server.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `NetworkManager-config-server.noarch`

This adds a NetworkManager configuration file to make it behave more like the old “network” service. In particular, it stops NetworkManager from automatically running DHCP on unconfigured ethernet devices, and allows connections with static IP addresses to be brought up even on ethernet devices with no carrier. This package is intended to be installed by default for server deployments.

We can use yum to install NetworkManager-config-server.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install NetworkManager-config-server.noarch.

Install NetworkManager-config-server.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install NetworkManager-config-server.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install NetworkManager-config-server.noarch

How To Uninstall NetworkManager-config-server.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the NetworkManager-config-server.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove NetworkManager-config-server.noarch

NetworkManager-config-server.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/NetworkManager
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/00-server.conf

References

NetworkManager-config-server.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-config-server.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.