Connection Management Commands

nmcli connection { show | up | down | modify | add | edit | clone | delete | monitor | reload | load | import | export } [ARGUMENTS...]

nmcli connection { show | up | down | modify | add | edit | clone | delete | monitor | reload | load | import | export | migrate } [ARGUMENTS...]

NetworkManager stores all network configuration as "connections", which are collections of data (Layer2 details, IP addressing, etc.) that describe how to create or connect to a network. A connection is "active" @@ -934,6 +934,31 @@ data will be printed to standard output.

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+ migrate + [ + --plugin + plugin... + ] + [ id | uuid | path ] + [ID...] +

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Migrate connection profiles to a different settings plugin, such + as keyfile (default) or ifcfg-rh.

The connection to be migrated is identified by its name, UUID or D-Bus path. + If ID is ambiguous, a keyword id, + uuid or path can be used. See connection + show above for the description of the + ID-specifying keywords.

If no connections are specified, the command acts on all available + connections. Therefore, with no arguments, the command migrates all connection + profiles to the keyfile plugin.

If --wait option is not specified, the default timeout will be 10 + seconds.

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Connection that uses deprecated settings. It might not be possible to activate it.

Wi-Fi network that might be impossible to connect to due to use of deprecated functionality.