Ubuntu 18.04 missing wired connections in settings

I have installed 18.04 Ubuntu Server. Then in terminal installed:

sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop

and when I now log into the desktop gui, my network shows as unmanaged at the top right, and in settings I do not get any wired settings options, why is this?

I ran:

sudo lshw -c net

and had to take a picture of the results for the moment:

Solution 1:

I had this same issue which seems to be an Ubuntu NetworkManager bug. I was able to solve my problem by adding a missing config file and then restarting the NetworkManager as follows:

sudo touch /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf
sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager

This thread lead me to this solution, which I am posting here in case it helps you. Credit to skizo for finding something that worked.