{"id":1761,"date":"2023-01-24T08:22:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T02:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2023-01-24T08:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T02:52:43","slug":"alpine-linux-change-hostname-computer-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/alpine-linux-change-hostname-computer-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpine Linux Change Hostname (computer name)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Alpine Linux, you can change the hostname (computer name) by following these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>First, open the system&#8217;s hostname configuration file, typically located at <code>\/etc\/hostname<\/code>, by running the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre-wrap hljs language-bash\">nano \/etc\/hostname<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Replace the current hostname with your desired hostname in the file, then save and close the file.<\/li>\n<li>Next, you should also update the hostname in the system&#8217;s hosts file located at <code>\/etc\/hosts<\/code>, by running the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre-wrap hljs language-bash\">nano \/etc\/hosts<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the file, change the name at the first line after <code>127.0.0.1<\/code>, with your new hostname.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Now, you need to tell the running system to update the hostname by running the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre-wrap hljs language-bash\">hostname -F \/etc\/hostname<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Finally, restart the networking service to apply the changes:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre-wrap hljs\">rc-service networking restart<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>You can also use the <code>hostname<\/code> command to check the current hostname, for example <code>hostname<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to keep in mind that the changes will only take effect for the current session, if you reboot the machine, the original hostname will be used again. 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