You need to use systemd style of networking.
Take a look at these:
https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/master/packages/bsp/mvebu64
https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/master/config/sources/mvebu64.conf#L60-L67
All those features are built into latest:
Espressobin
Rather start with it – it’s in a much better state than anything else. Menu driven network config is also planned.