Why are scripts under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory gone on rhel8/rhel9?

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Issue

  • Why are scripts under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory gone in rhel8/9?
  • How to install scripts under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory in rhel8/9?
  • Why are files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts ignored? Where are interface configs now?
  • My directory /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts is empty, but apparently from somewhere my system is picking up network interface configs?
  • I changed a config in an ifcfg-file in directory /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, why are these changes apparently ignored by the system?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 and 9
  • NetworkManager, version 1.22.8 and later
  • ifcfg-rh scripts
  • keyfile
  • ifcfg

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