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Change Ubuntu 20.04 server netplan to use NetworkManager instead of networkd
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# netplan2NM.sh
# Ubuntu server 20.04 Change from netplan to NetworkManager for all interfaces
echo 'Changing netplan to NetowrkManager on all interfaces'
# backup existing yaml file
cd /etc/netplan
cp 01-netcfg.yaml 01-netcfg.yaml.BAK
# re-write the yaml file
cat << EOF > /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# For more information, see netplan(5).
network:
version: 2
renderer: NetworkManager
EOF
# setup netplan for NM
netplan generate
netplan apply
# make sure NM is running
systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
systemctl restart NetworkManager.service
echo 'Done!'
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Yes, that would be a reasonable addition. What I have is only for updating netplan. On Ubuntu Server NetworkManager is not installed by default but I believe it is for Desktop. (?)

You would probably want to add something like
sudo apt-get -y -qq install network-manager
sudo systemctl enable NetworkManager --now

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