The network interface

The network interface allows client access to the network.

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Developer details

Auto-connect : yes

The network interface allows all outbound network access from the application as a client. Should the application bind to a port, for example to run a server, then the network-bind interface should also be used.

Both network and network-bind interfaces are automatically connected on installation, and require no additional store review to be used.

Code examples

apps:
  client:
    command: bin/client-application
    plugs:
      - network
  frontend:
    command: bin/server-application
    plugs:
      - network
      - network-bind

Further network-related interfaces are typically not required, unless the application needs to interrogate or control network interfaces, or manage the local firewall. Most of these are not automatically connected, but can be manually connected by the end user. In addition, the publisher may request auto-connection of these interfaces via a snapcraft forum thread.

The test code for this interface can be found in the snapd repository: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/master/interfaces/builtin/network_test.go

The source code for this interface is in the snapd repository: https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/blob/master/interfaces/builtin/network.go

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Last updated 10 months ago.