#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : Netplan changes do nothing, or take the network down # Fix : Stop cloud-init rewriting the network configuration # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-net-netplan # # Run as : Root shell # Expect : 15 minutes # Risk : medium # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # The configuration reverts on every reboot. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Remove /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg to hand # control back to cloud-init. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 4" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " Netplan changes do nothing, or take the network down" echo " Stop cloud-init rewriting the network configuration" echo echo " Risk: medium Reversible 15 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Confirm cloud-init is responsible.' '' cmd 'head -5 /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml' 'cloud-init status --long'; then head -5 /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml cloud-init status --long if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Disable its network module rather than removing cloud-init, which does other useful things.' 'Deleting 50-cloud-init.yaml alone does not work -- cloud-init simply writes it again at the next boot. This file is the supported way to tell it not to.' cmd 'echo '\''network: {config: disabled}'\'' | sudo tee /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg'; then echo 'network: {config: disabled}' | sudo tee /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Write the real configuration in a file of your own.' '' cmd 'sudoedit /etc/netplan/60-static.yaml'; then sudoedit /etc/netplan/60-static.yaml if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Apply and reboot to confirm it persists.' '' cmd 'sudo netplan apply' 'sudo reboot'; then sudo netplan apply sudo reboot if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'After a reboot, the address is the configured one and 50-cloud-init.yaml has not reappeared with different contents.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then ip -brief addr; ls -l /etc/netplan/ fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-net-netplan" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: Remove /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg to hand control back to cloud-init.' rule