network.managed doesn't support static networks on CentOS 7

Description of Issue/Question

I traced this a little ways and it looks like the network state relies on the ip module which is actually a virtual module and is being supplied by rh_ip.py. There is a list of supported protocols in the _parse_settings_eth function with only none, bootp, and dhcp are present. This is in contrast to the debian_ip.py which includes static, loopback and ppp (but not none).

Setup

eth0:
  network.managed:
    - enabled: True
    - type: eth
    - proto: static
    - ipaddr: 10.1.0.7
    - netmask: 255.255.255.0
    - gateway: 10.1.0.1

The start of the state.network example from the documentation

Steps to Reproduce Issue

$ salt minion state.apply core.net test=True
minion:
----------
          ID: eth0
    Function: network.managed
      Result: False
     Comment: Invalid option -- Interface: eth0, Option: static, Expected: [none|bootp|dhcp]
     Started: 13:35:49.561414
    Duration: 4.534 ms
     Changes:

Summary for minion
------------
Succeeded: 0
Failed:    1
------------
Total states run:     1
Total run time:   4.534 ms

Versions Report

Salt Version:
           Salt: 2018.3.3

Dependency Versions:
           cffi: Not Installed
       cherrypy: Not Installed
       dateutil: Not Installed
      docker-py: Not Installed
          gitdb: Not Installed
      gitpython: Not Installed
          ioflo: Not Installed
         Jinja2: 2.8
        libgit2: Not Installed
        libnacl: Not Installed
       M2Crypto: Not Installed
           Mako: Not Installed
   msgpack-pure: Not Installed
 msgpack-python: 0.5.6
   mysql-python: Not Installed
      pycparser: Not Installed
       pycrypto: 2.6.1
   pycryptodome: Not Installed
         pygit2: Not Installed
         Python: 2.7.5 (default, Oct 30 2018, 23:45:53)
   python-gnupg: Not Installed
         PyYAML: 3.11
          PyZMQ: 15.3.0
           RAET: Not Installed
          smmap: Not Installed
        timelib: Not Installed
        Tornado: 4.2.1
            ZMQ: 4.1.4

System Versions:
           dist: centos 7.6.1810 Core
         locale: UTF-8
        machine: x86_64
        release: 3.10.0-957.1.3.el7.x86_64
         system: Linux
        version: CentOS Linux 7.6.1810 Core

[alexkolomolo]

In Centos 8 this does not work.

[gee456]

Same here, the lack of NetworkManager/nmcli support show a lack of OS commitment from the Salt developer community. Ansible has it. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/nmcli_module.html This should have been implemented Years ago. Why was the Feature request closed?