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Batch — Node settings

This article refers to Platform v3.4.0. The current Platform version is v3.4.0.

Overview​

Network Settings is one of the three top-level categories of the Configure Batch wizard, and it bundles the commands that change network configuration on many nodes at once.

Selecting it in Step 1 — Action expands into five entries: Ethernet, WLAN, Mobile, Standalone, and Proxy. Standalone expands into a further level, Enable and Disable. See Batch operations for a screenshot of the expanded menu.

warning

Enable Rollback, shown at the bottom of Parameters for the interface commands, protects the node from losing connectivity. When enabled, a node that loses communication with Barbara Panel after applying the new configuration automatically reverts to the previous one. Keep it on for any bulk network change.

Network interface commands​

1. Ethernet​

Parameters step of an Ethernet batch, with Interface Parameters, Network Identification, and the target-interface policy

Parameters step of an Ethernet batch

Updates the selected Ethernet interfaces. Parameters covers three sections: Interface Parameters (Metric, MTU), Network Identification (Primary IP with a DHCP/static toggle plus IP aliases, and Primary DNS with its own additions), and Policies, where you pick which interfaces the batch targets:

  • All Ethernet interfaces on every selected node.
  • All disconnected Ethernet interfaces on every selected node.
  • First disconnected Ethernet interface on every selected node.
  • Interface with name, typed explicitly (eth0, etc.).

The command only applies to nodes that have the selected interface available.

2. WLAN​

Parameters step of a WLAN batch, with Interface Parameters, Network Identification, and the target-interface policy

Parameters step of a WLAN batch

Updates the selected WiFi interfaces. Parameters mirrors Ethernet's layout: Interface Parameters (SSID, SSID Hidden, Password, Metric), Network Identification (Primary IP with a DHCP/static toggle plus IP aliases, and Primary DNS with its own additions), and Policies, where you pick which interfaces the batch targets:

  • All Wifi interfaces on every selected node.
  • All disconnected Wifi interfaces on every selected node.
  • First disconnected Wifi interface on every selected node.
  • Interface with name, typed explicitly.

The command only applies to nodes that have the selected interface available.

3. Mobile​

Parameters step of a Mobile batch, with Interface Parameters and the target-interface policy

Parameters step of a Mobile batch

Updates the selected mobile interfaces. Parameters is simpler than Ethernet's or WLAN's: just Interface Parameters (APN, User, Password, Metric), with no separate Network Identification section, and the same Policies target-interface choice:

  • All Mobile interfaces on every selected node.
  • All disconnected Mobile interfaces on every selected node.
  • First disconnected Mobile interface on every selected node.
  • Interface with name, typed explicitly.

The command only applies to nodes that have the selected interface available.

Node-wide commands​

4. Standalone​

Toggles Standalone Mode on every selected node, through two further actions:

  • Enable — switches the node into Standalone Mode so the local UI takes over network configuration. Remote configuration from Barbara Panel is disabled until Standalone Mode is turned off again.
  • Disable — turns Standalone Mode off, returning the node to managed operation under Panel.
Parameters step of a Standalone Enable batch, with Interface Selection

Parameters step of a Standalone Enable batch

Enable's Parameters step is an Interface Selection: pick the Interface Type (ETH or otherwise), an Interface Name (for example ETH0), and, behind See less, its IP, Netmask, Gateway, DNS, and Metric — the interface Standalone Mode will serve its local UI on. Enable Rollback is available here too.

Disable needs no parameters: its Parameters step states the command requires no additional input, leaving only Enable Rollback.

Update Global Config is not a Network Settings command. It now lives under Batch — Workloads, alongside the other workload configuration commands.

5. Proxy​

Configures the Proxy on every selected node, through the same Enable/Disable pair seen in Standalone.

Action step with Proxy expanded into Enable and Disable

Action step with Proxy expanded into Enable and Disable

Parameters step of a Proxy Enable batch, with Proxy Configuration

Parameters step of a Proxy Enable batch

Enable's Parameters step is a Proxy Configuration: URL (protocol://server:port), User, and Password. Disable needs no parameters, the same as Standalone's. Both carry Enable Rollback.

warning

New proxy settings take effect only after a manual reboot of the target nodes.

Summary​

The Network Settings batch category lets you push network configuration to many nodes consistently. Keep Enable Rollback on for bulk changes — losing connectivity to a fleet at once is much more painful than to a single node.