[GRLUG] NetworkManager for servers

[Grand Rapids Linux Users Group]

Hey all!
Just a general question for those managing Linux servers - what has your experience been with NetworkManager in the server environment?

I'm running AlmaLinux (RHEL clone) as our primary OS and just recently started transitioning to Alma 9, where the old /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts ifcfg files are supposedly depreciated and networking *should* be done through NetworkManager. I haven't had any issue for generic VM guests with simple IP assignments, but anything more complex just seems to get increasingly tedious.  For example, bonded-vlan-bridge interfaces with policy based routing has become massive scripting project in Puppet & Ansible.
 
I see a few projects exist to restore some of the original config capability, like the NetworkManager-dispatcher-routing-rules package, and I know there's a way to use keyfiles to generate NM connections but, is anyone using them or are you running nmcli commands?  Or ditching NM altogether and restoring systemd-network where possible?
 
 
Thanks!
Scott Tanner
Sys Admin
  
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