NetworkManager, a system service and set of tools for managing network connections adopted by most Linux distributions, has just released version 1.56.1 as a small maintenance update to the 1.56 series.
The main addition in this release is support for GENEVE (Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation) interfaces – a tunneling protocol used in virtualized and cloud environments to transport network traffic across overlay networks, which NetworkManager can now manage directly.
This release also enables persistent managed state for devices across reboots via nmcli and the D-Bus API. Administrators can now specify whether a device is managed by NetworkManager and retain this setting after system restarts.
Additionally, administrators can now change a device’s administrative state in the kernel simultaneously with its managed state using nmcli and the D-Bus API. This provides more direct control when switching devices between managed and unmanaged states.
For more details, see the changelog. NetworkManager 1.56.1’s source code is available for download from the project’s GitLab page.
