TJ - this isn't exactly the same issue if I understand correctly what you are doing. I ran into what I think is your issue last week. I installed using the 18.04.1 alternate server installation and then installed the 'ubuntu-desktop' meta package which pulled in network- manager. My interface was working, but not managed by network-manager until I added it as the renderer in the netplan yaml file.
Is that the same issue you are reporting? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1676547 Title: No network connectivity (NIC unmanaged) after upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1676547/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs