Static IP address Orange Pi

[DiBosco]

Folks,

 

I've got an Orange pi 5 plus up and running using Armbian, I've used the minimal install and although it's been plain sailing for the main part, no matter what I do I can't work out how to give it a static IP address (dynamic works fine). I've spent an hour trying:

 

armbian-config, - Network | IP | Static  and setting it to what I want - it ignores it and when I go back in it's gone back to 127.0.0.1

 

This page: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Networking/

 

Creates the yaml file with my interface abd required address as here:

 GNU nano 7.2                                                /etc/netplan/20-static-ip.yaml                                                           
network:
 version: 2
 renderer: networkd
 ethernets:
   enP4p65s0: # Change this to your ethernet interface
     addresses:
     - 192.168.5.2/24
     routes:
     - to: default
       via: 192.168.5.1
     nameservers:
      addresses:
        - 9.9.9.9
        - 1.1.1.1

Following this to get rid of the issues with netplan  test

 

Looked high and wide for other tips but can't see anything that would help me. I'm used to Red Hat distros where you just go in  and edit an existing config file, but that doesn't seem to be the case with Debian variants?

 

Anyone able to help me please? Been using Linux for twenty-five years so am no noob, never had a problem like this before setting a fixed IP address!

 

Thanks
 

Edited October 18 by DiBosco

[Werner]

moved

[DiBosco]

OK, finally got it working, not sure if it's the best way, but completely started form scratch, emptying out the contents of the original yaml file and replacing contents with this:

https://github.com/canonical/netplan/blob/main/examples/static.yaml

But with my preferred addresses.

 

What a crazy, over complicated system netplan is.