Hello, We are generating interfaces, vlan and bridges (.netdev and .network files) via ansible, and we push them to a remote machine. Then ansible is ordered to restart systemd-networkd when files have been changed, or added, or removed.
We realize that if we remove a file corresponding to a vlan, then the vlan will still exist on the remote machine, even though we restarted systemd-networkd. It looks like it is stated in the documentation: "When systemd-networkd exits, it generally leaves existing network devices and configuration intact. This makes it possible to transition from the initramfs and to restart the service without breaking connectivity. This also means that when configuration is updated and systemd-networkd is restarted, netdev interfaces for which configuration was removed will not be dropped, and may need to be cleaned up manually" It is a little bit annoying. Do you know any workaround for this kind of issue? I am trying to automate the process through ansible, so do you think it is possible to ask ansible to remove every interfaces/vlans/bridges on the machine (using 'ip link' tools), then restart systemd-networkd (thus re-creating only what is listed in the files), in order to have a state that mirrors what is in the files? Or do you have a better solution in mind? Restarting the whole device would do the trick as well, but this solution is to be avoided: because it takes too much time. Regards, Yves
