# Troubleshooting the Docker daemon — Un-manage Docker interfaces

> In some cases, the network manager will attempt to manage Docker interfaces by default.

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## Knowledge

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In some cases, the network manager will attempt to manage Docker interfaces by default. You can try to explicitly flag Docker networks as un-managed by editing your system's network configuration settings.

If you're using NetworkManager, edit your system network configuration under /etc/network/interfaces

Create a file at /etc/network/interfaces.d/20-docker0 with the following contents

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```text
   iface docker0 inet manual
```

Note that this example configuration only "un-manages" the default docker0 bridge, not custom networks.

Restart NetworkManager for the configuration change to take effect.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ systemctl restart NetworkManager
```

Verify that the docker0 interface has the unmanaged state.

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```console
   $ nmcli device
```

If you're running Docker on a system using systemd-networkd as a networking daemon, configure the Docker interfaces as un-managed by creating configuration files under /etc/systemd/network

Create /etc/systemd/network/docker.network with the following contents

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```ini
   # Ensure that the Docker interfaces are un-managed

   [Match]
   Name=docker0 br-* veth*

   [Link]
   Unmanaged=yes
```

Reload the configuration.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ sudo systemctl restart systemd-networkd
```

Restart the Docker daemon.

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```console
   $ sudo systemctl restart docker
```

Verify that the Docker interfaces have the unmanaged state.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ networkctl
```

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