Tuesday, 25 April 2023

RHEL 8: ifup fails with Error: unknown connection '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ensX'

If we are getting below error when try to bring up ens192 interface in redhat 8 system, then you need to follow the below standard process to resolve this issue. 

[root@localhost~]# ifup ens192

Error: unknown connection '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens192'. 

To resolve this issue, please follow the two approach. 

1. Remove NM_CONTROLLED=no option from ifcfg-ensX file.

2. Install network-scripts rpm package to use the legacy ifup command in redhat 8.

Hope, above solution will resolve your issue.