Subject: [bug#51440] [PATCH 00/10] Declarative static networking interface

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 18:13:51 +0100

Hi!

Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> skribis:

>   tests: Add 'static-networking' test.
>   tests: openvswitch: Check whether ovs0 is up.
>   doc: Add new "Networking Setup" node for the main setup options.
>   gnu: guile-netlink: Allow cross-compilation.
>   services: static-networking: Use Guile-Netlink on GNU/Linux.
>   services: secret-service: Turn into a Shepherd service.
>   services: static-networking: Change interface to mimic netlink.
>   services: Define '%qemu-static-networking'.
>   services: Define '%loopback-static-networking'.
>   tests: Replace uses of deprecated 'static-networking-service'.

I pushed this as ‘wip-networking-netlink’ to make it easier for people
to test with something like:

  guix time-machine --branch=wip-networking-netlink -- \
    reconfigure …

Useful test scenarios:

  • You’re already using the ‘static-networking-service’ procedure; it’s
    now deprecated but you can reconfigure without changing your config
    file and check that networking works the same as before.

  • Using the new ‘static-networking’ records to define your network,
    particularly with IPv6 connectivity, crazy routes, or anything that
    was not previously possible.

Thanks in advance.  :-)

Ludo’.