feat(live): Added new boot option "live.net_config_tui=1"

live/live-root/etc/systemd/system/initrd-nmtui.service

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Interactive network configuration in initrd
+DefaultDependencies=no
+
+# see https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/dracut.bootup.7.html
+# for the dependency order of the dracut services
+
+# after NetworkManager is started and network configured
+After=network-online.target
+# after the console is initialized
+After=systemd-vconsole-setup.service
+# before running the pre-pivot dracut hooks (before the driver update),
+# before the self-update and before displaying the Plymouth splash screen
+Before=dracut-pre-pivot.service live-self-update.service plymouth-start.service
+
+ConditionKernelCommandLine=live.net_config_tui=1
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+
+# disable the kernel output on the console
+ExecStartPre=dmesg --console-off
+# disable the systemd status messages on the console
+ExecStartPre=kill -SIGRTMIN+21 1
+
+ExecStart=initrd-network-setup.sh
+
+# enable back the kernel output on the console
+ExecStartPost=dmesg --console-on
+# enable back the systemd status messages on the console
+ExecStartPost=kill -SIGRTMIN+20 1
+
+Environment=TERM=linux
+
+StandardInput=tty
+StandardOutput=tty
+TimeoutStartSec=infinity
+RemainAfterExit=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=initrd.target

live/live-root/usr/bin/initrd-network-setup.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+BACK_TITLE="System installation - network configuration"
+# plain http is enough, we only check that the server is reachable via HEAD request
+TEST_URL="http://www.suse.com"
+
+# where to save the proxy configuration
+proxy_file="/etc/cmdline.d/99-proxy-setup.conf"
+
+# read the current proxy value
+# get the configured network proxy (empty string if not configured)
+# see ../lib/dracut/modules.d/98dracut-menu/dracut-cmdline-menu.sh
+# get the last found, it has the highest priority
+PROXY=$(grep "\bproxy=" /proc/cmdline /etc/cmdline.d/* | tail -n 1 | sed "s/.*\bproxy=\([^ \t]*\).*/\1/")
+if [ -n "$PROXY" ]; then
+  export http_proxy="$PROXY"
+  export https_proxy="$PROXY"
+fi
+
+while :; do
+  # repeat getting the config if it is empty (NM not ready yet)
+  for i in {1..5}; do
+    # delete the included help text at the end
+    summary=$(nmcli | sed '/^Use "nmcli device show"/,$d')
+    # break the loop if we have a non-empty summary without "connecting" status
+    if [ -n "$summary" ] && [[ "$summary" != *"connecting"* ]]; then
+      break
+    else
+      echo "Reading network configuration..."
+      sleep 2
+    fi
+  done
+
+  # list all devices
+  summary=$(
+    cat <<EOF
+Network Devices
+---------------
+$(nmcli d)
+
+Details
+-------
+$summary
+EOF
+  )
+
+  if [ -n "$http_proxy" ]; then
+    # hide the password in the proxy URL
+    proxy_label=$(echo "$http_proxy" | sed 's|://.*@|://*******@|')
+  else
+    proxy_label="<Not configured>"
+  fi
+  summary="$summary\n\nProxy configuration:\n      server: $proxy_label"
+
+  # terminal size might change during runtime, evaluate it in each iteration
+  term_width=$(tput cols 2>/dev/null || echo 80)
+  term_height=$(tput lines 2>/dev/null || echo 24)
+  # set to 80% of terminal size
+  width=$((term_width * 80 / 100))
+  height=$((term_height * 80 / 100))
+
+  dialog --clear --no-collapse --backtitle "$BACK_TITLE" --title "Current network configuration" \
+    --ok-label "Continue" \
+    --extra-button --extra-label "Edit" \
+    --help-button --help-label "Test connection" \
+    --cr-wrap --msgbox "\n$summary" "$height" "$width"
+
+  # the exit value refers to the pressed button
+  button=$?
+
+  # test button pressed
+  if [ $button -eq 2 ]; then
+    dialog --backtitle "$BACK_TITLE" --title "Network connection test" --infobox "\nTesting network connectivity...\nPlease wait." 7 50
+
+    # simple connectivity test
+    out=$(curl --head --silent --show-error --connect-timeout 20 --max-time 10 --retry 2 --retry-connrefused -o /dev/null "$TEST_URL" 2>&1)
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+      label="The network connectivity test succeeded."
+      dialog --clear --backtitle "$BACK_TITLE" --title "Network Test Result" --msgbox "\n$label" 7 50
+    else
+      label="Network connectivity test failed!\nCheck the network configuration."
+      # remove duplicate errors from retries
+      details=$(echo "$out" | uniq)
+      label="$label\n\nDetails:\n$details"
+
+      dialog --clear --backtitle "$BACK_TITLE" --title "Network Test Result" --msgbox "\n$label" 12 70
+    fi
+  # continue button or Esc (255) pressed, leave the script
+  elif [ $button -eq 0 ] || [ $button -eq 255 ]; then
+    # clear possible dialog leftovers on the screen
+    clear
+    exit 0
+  # edit button pressed, run the network configuration
+  else
+    nmtui
+
+    proxy_address=$(dialog --clear --no-cancel --backtitle "$BACK_TITLE" --title "HTTP proxy address" \
+      --stdout --inputbox "Enter the HTTP proxy URL (e.g. http://proxy.example.com:3128)\nor leave empty to not use any proxy." \
+      10 70 "$http_proxy")
+
+    exit_status=$?
+    if [ $exit_status -eq 0 ]; then
+      if [ -z "$proxy_address" ]; then
+        unset http_proxy
+        unset https_proxy
+        rm -f "$proxy_file"
+      else
+        echo "proxy=$proxy_address" >"$proxy_file"
+        export http_proxy="$proxy_address"
+        export https_proxy="$proxy_address"
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+done

live/live-root/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99initrd-nmtui/initrd-nmtui-cmdline.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# automatically configure network and start NetworkManager when live.net_config_tui=1
+
+. /lib/dracut-lib.sh
+
+# generate Dracut command line options
+FILE="/etc/cmdline.d/initrd-nmtui.conf"
+
+# only if interactive network config requested
+if getargbool 0 live.net_config_tui; then
+  # and network not disabled
+  if getargbool 1 rd.neednet; then
+    echo "rd.neednet=1" >"$FILE"
+    # use DHCP if there is no network configuration provided by user
+    if ! getarg "ip="; then
+      echo "ip=dhcp" >>"$FILE"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi

live/live-root/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99initrd-nmtui/module-setup.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# module-setup.sh for NetworkManger TUI configuration
+# see https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/dracut.modules.7.html
+
+# called by dracut
+check() {
+  # always include this dracut module in the initramfs
+  return 0
+}
+
+# called by dracut
+depends() {
+  echo network
+  return 0
+}
+
+installkernel() {
+  return 0
+}
+
+# install hook for dracut
+install() {
+  # install the hook for processing the boot parameters and enabling network support in dracut
+  inst_hook cmdline 99 "$moddir/initrd-nmtui-cmdline.sh"
+
+  # install the systemd service and the self-update script to the initramfs
+  inst_multiple "$systemdsystemconfdir"/initrd-nmtui.service initrd-network-setup.sh dialog nmtui nmcli kill tput clear
+
+  # enable the self-update service in the initramfs
+  $SYSTEMCTL -q --root "$initdir" enable initrd-nmtui.service
+}

live/src/agama-installer.changes

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Tue Jan  6 16:21:35 UTC 2026 - Ladislav Slezák <lslezak@suse.com>
 - Hide the data sharing notification in the Firefox browser
   (bsc#1252961)
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec  1 20:49:41 UTC 2025 - Ladislav Slezák <lslezak@suse.com>
+
+- Added new boot option "live.net_config=1" to interactively
+  configure network settings (gh#agama-project/agama#2923)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 12 15:42:29 UTC 2025 - Imobach Gonzalez Sosa <igonzalezsosa@suse.com>
 

live/src/agama-installer.kiwi

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
         <package name="blog" arch="s390x" />
         <package name="libblogger2" arch="s390x" />
         <package name="NetworkManager"/>
+        <package name="NetworkManager-tui"/>
         <package name="agama"/>
         <package name="agama-yast"/>
         <package name="agama-web-ui"/>

live/src/config.sh

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ mkdir /etc/cmdline.d
 echo "root=live:LABEL=$label" >/etc/cmdline.d/10-liveroot.conf
 echo "root_disk=live:LABEL=$label" >>/etc/cmdline.d/10-liveroot.conf
 echo 'install_items+=" /etc/cmdline.d/10-liveroot.conf "' >/etc/dracut.conf.d/10-liveroot-file.conf
-echo 'add_dracutmodules+=" dracut-menu agama-cmdline agama-dud live-self-update "' >>/etc/dracut.conf.d/10-liveroot-file.conf
+echo 'add_dracutmodules+=" dracut-menu agama-cmdline agama-dud live-self-update initrd-nmtui "' >>/etc/dracut.conf.d/10-liveroot-file.conf
 
 # decrease the kernel logging on the console, use a dracut module to do it early in the boot process
 echo 'add_dracutmodules+=" agama-logging "' > /etc/dracut.conf.d/10-agama-logging.conf