CentOS 8 RHEL 8 Alma Linux Rocky Linux how to restart the network!
Yes you have that right, the network service in RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 / Rocky Linux / Alma Linux no longer exists. So there is no more systemctl restart network
You can restart NetworkManager but it doesn't have the same effect or ifup/ifdown on all interfaces.
Generally if NetworkManager is installed you will want to restart it or it won't apply the settings from ifcfg.
systemctl restart NetworkManager
To replicate that the best you can do is type the following commands to nmcli
nmcli networking off; nmcli networking on
*Don't forget the semi-colon otherwise you'll go offline if you are connecting to a remote Virtual or Dedicated Server
If you added new IPs/aliases just do this (replace eth0 with your NIC name):
*A lot of RHEL 8 versions like Alma do not have this by default though
ifdown eth0;ifup eth0
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