Connecting to WiFi on Ubuntu without GUI

wifi-ubuntu.md

Connecting to WiFi on Ubuntu without GUI

Navigate to /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml

network:
    ethernets:
         eth0:
             dhcp4: true
             match:
                 driver: bcmgenet smsc95xx lan78xx
             optional: true
             set-name: eth0
    version: 2
    wifis:
        wlan0:
            optional: true
            access-points:
                "REPLACE-WITH-SSID-NAME":
                    password: "REPLACE-WITH-SSID-PATH"
            dhcp4: true

Generate config files

sudo netplan --debug generate

Apply changes

sudo netplan apply

reboot

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See https://netplan.io/examples/ for more details