Change Hostname On Ubuntu Linux CLI

Posted Jul 24, 2022

By Mark Riggs

1 min read

To view the current hostname setup

hostnamectl

Run command to change the hostname

sudo hostnamectl set-hostname <NEW_HOSTNAME_HERE>

Edit the /etc/hosts file and update any localhost entries

sudo nano /etc/hosts

Reboot the host

sudo reboot

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