config file for second network device

[silentbirdie]

ok so i have a virtual machine set up for a school assignement where i need to allow forwarding using iptables. the only issue i am having is whenever i try to have a second network interface there is never a second config file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ my first card that was setup automatically on install has the file ifcfg-ens33, my second network card doesn't have a file called ifcfg-ens37 to configure it. how to i get my operating system to create this file or how to i create it so the system uses the file and load up the settings? I can do it via gui but would like to kow how to do it via command line for future reference.

[TrevorH]

One way is to copy the existing one and edit it, changing MAC address, and mentions of one device name to the other.

[jlehtone]

I can do it via gui but would like to kow how to do it via command line for future reference.

CentOS 7 has two services that can configure network settings: NetworkManager.service and network.service.
Only one of them can manage any given interface/connection and it is usually better, if only one service is enabled.
NetworkManager.service is the default. Its command line tool is nmcli.

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man nmcli
man nmcli-examples

One does not "edit a file" for NetworkManager. One uses NM tools (GUI applet, nmtui, nmcli) that modify files for you.