This seems quite likely to be an issue with netplan; I've had a similar report on UC18; where systemd-networkd isn't started.
Turns out netplan moved the enablement of systemd-netwrokd to network- online.target; but unfortunately there may be no service or target depending on that. I'll revert the change to put systemd-networkd back under multi-user.target. ** Also affects: netplan.io (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: netplan.io (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: netplan.io (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: netplan.io (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1821867 Title: network interface is down after post-install reboot of a default disco installation Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems: New Status in netplan.io package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After doing a default disco installation on s390x using the beta ISO image aka daily from March 26th and the post-install reboot the system restarts aka reipls (in z/VM in this case) but the interface is not brought up. Hence no remote connections are possible. The ip cmd shows: ip a 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group defaul t qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: enc600: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default ql en 1000 link/ether 02:28:0b:00:00:15 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff The netplan yaml file looks fine: cat /etc/netplan/*.yaml # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # For more information, see netplan(5). network: version: 2 renderer: networkd ethernets: enc600: addresses: ¬ 10.245.236.27/24 | gateway4: 10.245.236.1 nameservers: search: ¬ canonical.com | addresses: - "10.245.236.1" Using ip to bring the interface up doesn't help: buntu§hwe0007:ß$ sudo ip link set enc600 up sudo ip link set enc600 up ubuntu§hwe0007:ß$ ip addr show enc600 ip addr show enc600 2: enc600: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP gr oup default qlen 1000 link/ether 02:28:0b:00:00:15 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet6 fe80::28:bff:fe00:15/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever ubuntu§hwe0007:ß$ But finally executing netplan apply does help: sudo netplan apply --dryrun sudo netplan apply --dryrun ubuntu§hwe0007:ß$ sudo netplan apply sudo netplan apply ubuntu§hwe0007:ß$ ip addr show enc600 ip addr show enc600 2: enc600: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP gr oup default qlen 1000 link/ether 02:28:0b:00:00:15 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 10.245.236.27/24 brd 10.245.236.255 scope global enc600 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::28:bff:fe00:15/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever ubuntu§hwe0007:ß$ (Sorry for the partly duplicate lines and some strange characters, but this is due to the fact that I copied the output from the console that requires a 3270 terminal emulation) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-z-systems/+bug/1821867/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp