Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
NetworkManager service.
Issue
Disabling NetworkManagerhttp://www.cndba.cn/hbhe0316/article/78612

What steps are needed to disable the NetworkManager service?
What is needed to ensure it does not start again on a subsequent reboot?
Disabled NetworkManager but still seeing errors (need to fully disable)

Trouble configuring networking with NetworkManager and need to disable.
Disabled NetworkManager but still seeing errors about it and “Connection activation failed”
Resolution
FOR RHEL5 and RHEL6.

Disabling NetworkManager.
The steps below will disable network manager and allow the interface to be managed by the network service instead.

Stop the NetworkManager service:

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service NetworkManager stop
Disable it permanently so that the NetworkManager service will not be started on next boot:

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chkconfig NetworkManager off
Confirm if the NetworkManager service has been disabled:

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chkconfig —list|grep NetworkManager
Add below parameter in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX to ensure NetworkManagerdoes not take control of the interface in case if it is accidentally activated.

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NM_CONTROLLED=”no”
Note: Be sure to change the NM_CONTROLLED=”yes” to “no” or the network service may complain about “Connection activation failed” when it cannot find an interface to start.

Switching to the “network” service
Once NetworkManager is disabled, the interface can be configured for use with the network service.

Set the correct IP address by editing the file: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

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IPADDR=……
NETMASK=…..
GATEWAY=…..
ONBOOT=yes
BOOPROTO=static
NM_CONTROLLED=no
Set the DNS servers to be used by editing the file : /etc/resolv.confhttp://www.cndba.cn/hbhe0316/article/78612

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nameserver 10.x.x.1
nameserver I0.x.x.2
Restart the network service

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chkconfig network on
service network restart
FOR RHEL7 and RHEL8

For only RHEL8, network-scripts needs installing and enabling since it is deprecated.
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yum install network-scripts
systemctl enable network.service
Disabling NetworkManager.
Stop the NetworkManager service:http://www.cndba.cn/hbhe0316/article/78612

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systemctl stop NetworkManager
To disable the service permanently:http://www.cndba.cn/hbhe0316/article/78612

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systemctl disable NetworkManager
Add below parameter in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enXXX to ensure NetworkManagerdoes not take control of the interface in case if it is accidentally activated.

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NM_CONTROLLED=”no”
Switching to the “network” service
Once NetworkManager is disabled, the interface can be configured for use with the network service.

Set the correct IP address by editing the file: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enXXX

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IPADDR=……
NETMASK=…..
GATEWAY=…..
ONBOOT=yes
BOOPROTO=static
NM_CONTROLLED=no
Restart the network service

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systemctl restart network.service
Root Cause
The NetworkManager service may not be needed for server environments as it may override changes made to network configuration files, which may be undesirable.

If the NetworkManager services is not needed or not working as expected, then the network service can be used instead.

Diagnostic Steps
The NetworkManager service seems to be taking over the ifcfg script files and changing them to incorrect information.

Check on if the NetworkManager service is enabled or running to see if it should be disabled:

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chkconfig —list | grep NetworkManager
service NetworkManager status
If NetworkManager is disabled, but when starting the network service there are errors and messages regarding:http://www.cndba.cn/hbhe0316/article/78612

NetworkManager
“Connection activation failed”
Check to be sure that at least one working ifcfg-ethX file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts does not contain “NM_CONTROLED=yes” .http://www.cndba.cn/hbhe0316/article/78612

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