Change Ubuntu 20.04 server netplan to use NetworkManager instead of networkd

netplan2NM.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# netplan2NM.sh
# Ubuntu server 20.04  Change from netplan to NetworkManager for all interfaces

echo 'Changing netplan to NetowrkManager on all interfaces'
# backup existing yaml file
cd /etc/netplan
cp 01-netcfg.yaml 01-netcfg.yaml.BAK

# re-write the yaml file
cat << EOF > /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# For more information, see netplan(5).
network:
  version: 2
  renderer: NetworkManager

EOF

# setup netplan for NM
netplan generate
netplan apply
# make sure NM is running
systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
systemctl restart NetworkManager.service

echo 'Done!'

Work like a charmed :-)

This worked for me too on 20.04 though on running the script there was an error re 01-netcfg.yaml not being found. Thanks. 👍

• added correct yaml for Ubuntu Server 20.04.3
• added installation of networkmanager

https://gist.github.com/poltpolt/772618cfead9c1b63b246584024d7765

for anyone who may need it, i wrote a updated version for 22.04!
https://github.com/M00NL16H7/randomScripts/blob/main/netplan2NM.sh

you need to add to install NetworkManager, by default is not installed

Yes, that would be a reasonable addition. What I have is only for updating netplan. On Ubuntu Server NetworkManager is not installed by default but I believe it is for Desktop. (?)

You would probably want to add something like
sudo apt-get -y -qq install network-manager
sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager --now