Set Hostname

2014/07/13
The example for setting Hostname of your system.

[1] Change hostname. (but if rebooting, it will be back).

# show current hostname

[root@localhost ~]# hostname

localhost.localdomain

# change hostname

[root@localhost ~]# hostname dlp.srv.world

[root@localhost ~]# hostname

dlp.srv.world
# just changed

[2] Change hostname permanently.

[root@localhost ~]# hostnamectl set-hostname dlp.srv.world

# show status

[root@localhost ~]# hostnamectl

Static hostname: dlp.srv.world

Icon name: computer-vm
Chassis: vm
Machine ID: 98a49a78fc9ad91f1b99304c75b94c31
Boot ID:
09b95ce0bc7f4179b1e8a011ed314c6b
Virtualization: kvm
Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7
Kernel: Linux 3.10.0-
123.4.2.el7.x86_64
Architecture: x86_64