diff --git a/hardware/ovh_rise-1/network.sh b/hardware/ovh_rise-1/network.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb78674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardware/ovh_rise-1/network.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+address=$(ip addr show dev eth0 scope global | grep -F 'inet ' | perl -pe 's#.*inet (.*?) .*#$1#')
+gateway=$(echo "$address" | perl -pe 's#\d*/24$/#254#')
+
+# $interface differs from the live system because of different naming schemes
+# see https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkInterfaceNames for more details
+interface='eno1'
+
+
+echo "[Match]
+Name=$interface
+
+[Network]
+Address=$address
+Gateway=$gateway" > "/etc/systemd/network/${interface}.network"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/post-debootstrap-installer.sh b/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
index 970f164..d24501f 100755
--- a/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
+++ b/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
@@ -44,9 +44,18 @@ esp_uuid=$(blkid --output value "/hardware-setup/hardware/${1}/esp" | head -n1)
 sed -i "s/%esp_uuid%/${esp_uuid}/" /etc/fstab
 
 
-### Docker
+### networking
 
-apt-get -y install docker-ce
+# generate configs for systemd-networkd.service
+# this is template specific
+"/hardware-setup/hardware/${1}/network.sh"
+
+# systemd-networkd.service is disabled by default
+systemctl enable systemd-networkd.service
+
+# set DNS
+echo 'nameserver 1.1.1.1
+nameserver 8.8.8.8' > /etc/resolv.conf
 
 
 ### users
@@ -67,6 +76,11 @@ for key in /hardware-setup/authorized_keys/*; do
 done
 
 
+### Docker
+
+apt-get -y install docker-ce
+
+
 ### administration tools
 
 apt-get -y install \