service dnsmasq failed to start during boot with unknown interface error.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • dnsmasq.service is failling to start with the below error.
    Oct 07 16:11:21 dnsmasq systemd[1]: Started DNS caching server..
    Oct 07 16:11:21 dnsmasq dnsmasq[1057]: listening on lo(#1): 127.0.0.1
    Oct 07 16:11:21 dnsmasq dnsmasq[1057]: listening on lo(#1): ::1
    Oct 07 16:11:21 dnsmasq dnsmasq[1057]: dnsmasq: unknown interface ens224
    Oct 07 16:11:21 dnsmasq dnsmasq[1057]: unknown interface ens224
    Oct 07 16:11:21 dnsmasq dnsmasq[1057]: FAILED to start up

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • dnsmasq

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