[Bug 1770082] Re: systemd-networkd not renaming devices on boot

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This bug was fixed in the package netplan.io - 0.38

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netplan.io (0.38) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release:
    - Write udev .rules files to /run/udev/rules.d to enforce interface
      renaming. (LP: #1770082)
    - Don't traceback for 'netplan ip leases' when iface is not managed or
      doesn't DHCP (LP: #1768823)
    - Fix duplicate "/" path separator in error messages (LP: #1771440)
    - Fix incorrect terminal reset in 'netplan try' on Ctrl-C. (LP: #1768798)
    - Updated doc entries: mtu, fix fwmark->mark, cleanup optional.
      (LP: #1768783)
    - Added documentation validation at build.
    - Added configuration example for multi-ip interfaces.
  * tests/integration.py: fix test_eth_and_bridge autopkg test harder.
  * debian/control:
    - Add iproute2 to Depends.
    - Add python3-netifaces to Depends, Build-Depends.

 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <cyphermox at ubuntu.com>  Mon, 04 Jun 2018
14:45:26 -0400

** Changed in: netplan.io (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  systemd-networkd not renaming devices on boot

Status in netplan:
  Confirmed
Status in cloud-init package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in netplan.io package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  === systemd issue ===

  Renaming devices doesn't seem to work.

  If I disable all other network configuration and create
  /etc/systemd/network/10-network.link with:

  [Match]
  MACAddress=52:54:00:c1:c9:bb

  [Link]
  Name=myiface3

  I expect this to cause the device with that MAC address to be renamed
  to  myiface3. However, when I reboot, I instead see:

  $ ip l
  1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
      link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
  2: ens3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
      link/ether 52:54:00:c1:c9:bb brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

  The device is not renamed.

  This link file is pretty much identical to Example 2 in
  https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.link.html.

  The renaming does work if I boot with net.ifnames=0, and oddly, it
  also works if I unbind the device and rebind it as netplan apply does.
  No setting of NamePolicy seems to help.

  === Original Bug ==

  'set-name:' doesn't change the name of a network interface on boot, it
  only works when you do netplan apply.

  Say I take this 50-cloud-init.yaml file:

  # This file is generated from information provided by
  # the datasource.  Changes to it will not persist across an instance.
  # To disable cloud-init's network configuration capabilities, write a file
  # /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg with the following:
  # network: {config: disabled}
  network:
      version: 2
      ethernets:
          ens3:
              dhcp4: true
              match:
                  macaddress: 52:54:00:de:bd:f6
              set-name: ens3

  Say I change set-name to 'myiface3' and reboot. I expect that the
  device will be called myiface3 and brought up fine with dhcp. However,
  instead I see:

  $ ip a
  1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
      link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
      inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
      inet6 ::1/128 scope host
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
  2: ens3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
      link/ether 52:54:00:de:bd:f6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

  The name has not been changed, and the device has not been brought up.

  If I run netplan apply however, I see the following:

  1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
      link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
      inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
      inet6 ::1/128 scope host
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
  3: myiface3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
      link/ether 52:54:00:de:bd:f6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
      inet 192.168.122.151/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global dynamic myiface3
         valid_lft 3575sec preferred_lft 3575sec
      inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fede:bdf6/64 scope link
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

  So names are successfully changed with netplan apply.

  This seems to be some udev-related timing or priority issue that I'm
  still trying to hunt down.

  This breaks some forms of migration in certain cloud environments.

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