Putting interface always up with NetworkManager

[Andrei Petru Mura <mapandrei gmail com>]

Hi,

In my CentOS 8, I want to make my network card to be configured at boot time. The networking is managed by NetworkManager. I configured the connection with nmcli as such:

nmcli con add type ethernet ifname enp5s0f1 con-name enp5s0f1 autoconnect yes save yes ipv4.addresses 192.168.1.10/25 ipv4.method manual

The problem is that when I reboot the machine, the interface is down. In order to have it available, I have to always up it first:

nmcli con up enp5s0f1

Is there a way to force it via NetworkManager to be always up?

N.B. This card isn't physically connected.

Thanks,

Mura Andrei