Canonical Netplan Reviews & Product Details

The best thing I liked about Canonica Netplan is how easily it lets you manage networking. Its declarative approach simplifies network management, and it also makes broader system management easier. Network testing is straightforward too, since you can do it through a single command. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A few things I disliked: for simple tasks, it can become unnecessarily complex, although it’s very good when the complexity is high. Sometimes I also felt that it makes a few changes in iptables without clearly notifying me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I personally like about Canonical Netplan for its simplicity and YAML-based configuration. It provides a straightforward way to manage network settings and offers a unified approach across various linus releases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can have more advanced features as its competitors. That's only I dislike for Canonical Netplan Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The documentation is wide and helpful for usage. The online customer support is amazing and quick. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is no free version available for trial purpose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As per my knowledge this is so Centralized Configuration provides a centralized location for configuring network settings. It can be particularly useful for system administrators and managing multiple machines and navigating through various configuration files spread across the Network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's consists Limited Backend Tool Control users who were accustomed to manually configure backend tools like network manage, It might have felt constrained by the limited control they had over those tools when using Netplan. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Good things about Canonical Netplan -

1. A powerful and flexible tool for configuring networking on Linux systems.

2. It is simple to learn how to use Canonical Netplan because of its clear and comprehensive documentation.

3. Numerous network configurations, including IP addresses, DNS servers, gateways, and network interfaces, are supported by Netplan. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Here are a few things that I dislike about Netplan -

1. Troubleshooting with Netplan is difficult as the errors are ambiguous and unclear.

2. There are still a lot of bugs that need to be solved thus not so easy for amateur developers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability to copy network configuration files for similar configurations from one device / server to another without having to run through an entire GUI / TUI setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The YAML syntax was hard to grasp at first, and although the netplan try can check one config file, I did not see any warning for when you have multiple files conflicting as I ran into a very difficult issue with the network changing and booting connections, all because I had left a default YAML file in /etc/netplan/ that had a different configuration from the primary YAML file I intended to use and caused intermittent issues for the interface I configured it for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What's most useful with the tool is its ability to troubleshoot any challenge in your Linux system. All you need to do is to create a YAML, and the tool will regenerate the necessary DHCP once it detects your subscriber. Its an easy-to-use tool if you have networking and coding knowledge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The tool is effective and efficient when it comes to networking troubleshooting. Highly recommend the use of the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to scale/configure NetworkManager to manage, remotely install/set up/ pre-load all my devices over Linux. Netplan makes it relatively simple and layman-friendly for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly, not much, but why is there no windows support :-). Such a great utility should scale across platforms, especially Windows. Overall, no complaints about Netplan. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Creating a YAML description of the required network interfaces is seamless, and a layman can configure it. Does not require too much expertise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited Compatibility as it is not compatible with all Linux systems. Also, it can have more advanced features as its competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It simplifies and partially automates the task of configuring new devices, It generates all the necessary configurations from YAML Description Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish if they can introduce a way to automate/simplify YAML Descriptions, It can help everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.