YaST2 Developers Documentation: Network configuration



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Network configuration

modules/Lan.ycp
Network card data
Representation of the configuration of network cards. Input and output routines.

Imports

  • Arch
  • DNS
  • Detection
  • Firewall
  • Host
  • IP
  • Map
  • Mode
  • NetworkConfig
  • NetworkDevices
  • NetworkModules
  • ProductFeatures
  • Progress
  • Routing
  • Summary

Includes

  • network/hardware.ycp
  • network/install.ycp
  • network/routines.ycp
  • network/runtime.ycp

Global Variables

Global Functions

Local Variables

Local Functions

Info:

Current module information

global hotplug -> string

Hotplug type ("" if not hot pluggable)

global AbortFunction -> block<boolean>

Abort function return boolean return true if abort

local Hardware -> list<map>

Hardware information

See:
ReadHardware

Info:

Modules information

See:
ReadModules

Info:

Deleted modules

local InstallInf -> map

/etc/install.inf data

local modified -> boolean

Data was modified?

global operation -> symbol

Which operation is pending?

global Modified () -> boolean

Data was modified?

Return value:
true if modified

global DriverType (string type) -> string

For s390 hwinfo gives us a multitude of types but some are handled the same, mostly acording to the driver which is used. So let's group them under the name Driver Type.

Parameters:
type a type, as in Lan::type
Return value:
driver type, like formerly type2 for s390

global Read () -> boolean

Read all network settings from the SCR

Return value:
true on success

global Write () -> boolean

Update the SCR according to network settings

Return value:
true on success

global WriteOnly () -> boolean

Only write configuration without starting any init scripts and SuSEconfig

Return value:
true on success

global Import (map settings) -> boolean

Import data

Parameters:
settings settings to be imported
Return value:
true on success

global Export () -> map

Export data

Return value:
dumped settings (later acceptable by Import())

global SelectHW (integer which) -> void

Select the hardware component

Parameters:
which index of the component

global Summary (boolean split) -> list

Create a textual summary and a list of unconfigured devices

Parameters:
split split configured and unconfigured?
Return value:
summary of the current configuration

global Overview () -> list

Create an overview table with all configured devices

Return value:
table items

global FreeDevices (string type) -> list

Return 10 free devices

Parameters:
type device type
Return value:
of 10 free devices

global FreeAliases (string type, integer num) -> list

Return 10 free aliases

Parameters:
type device type
num device number
Return value:
of 10 free devices

Info:

Set various device variables

Parameters:
devmap map with variables

global Select (string dev) -> boolean

Select the given device

Parameters:
dev device to select ("" for new device, default values)
Return value:
true if success

global Add () -> boolean

Add a new device

Return value:
true if success

global Edit (string name) -> boolean

Edit the given device

Parameters:
name device to edit
Return value:
true if success

global Delete (string name) -> boolean

Delete the given device

Parameters:
name device to delete
Return value:
true if success

global Commit () -> boolean

Commit pending operation

Return value:
true if success

local GetModuleForInterface (string ay_device, list<map> ay_modules) -> map

Get the module configuration for the modules configured in the interface section

Parameters:
ay_device Device, for example eth0
ay_modules list of modules from the AY profile
Return value:
the module map with module name and options

local FindMatchingDevice (map interface) -> integer

Find matching device Find a device, optionally with some predefined values

Parameters:
interface interface map
Return value:
The index into the Hardware list, or -1

global ProposeInterfaces () -> boolean

Propose interface configuration

Return value:
true if something was proposed

local ProposeHostname () -> boolean

Propose the hostname See also DNS::Read

Return value:
true if something was proposed

global ProposeRoutesAndResolver () -> boolean

Propose configuration for routing and resolver

Return value:
true if something was proposed

global Propose () -> boolean

Propose a configuration

Return value:
true if something was proposed

global Autoinstall () -> boolean

Create a configuration for autoyast

Return value:
true if something was proposed

global AnyDHCPDevice () -> boolean

Check if any device except the current one is configured with DHCP. The current one is checked separately because there may be uncommitted changes. (#17391)

Return value:
true if any DHCP device except the current one is configured

global HasAliases (string dev) -> boolean

Check if the given device has any virtual alias.

Parameters:
dev device to be checked
Return value:
true if there are some aliases

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