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diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/network-config-format-eni.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/network-config-format-eni.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b0904952 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rtd/topics/network-config-format-eni.rst @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +.. _network_config_eni: + +Network Configuration ENI (Legacy) +---------------------------------- + +`Cloud-init`_ supports reading and writing network config in the ``ENI`` +format which is consumed by the ``ifupdown`` tool to parse and apply network +configuration. + +As an input format this is **legacy**. In cases where ENI format is available +and another format is also available, it will prefer to use the other format. +This can happen in either :ref:`datasource_nocloud` or +:ref:`datasource_openstack` datasources. + +Please reference existing `documentation`_ for the +``/etc/network/interfaces(5)`` format. + +.. _Cloud-init: https://launchpad.net/cloud-init +.. _documentation: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/man5/interfaces.5.html +.. vi: textwidth=78 |