How to set hostname on your system

Dear friends, today we are going to learn 2 different ways to set hostname.

1st method

hostnamectl set-hostname server.linuxlearning.com

You can set any hostname  by using above mentioned command. Give any hostname in the place of server.linuxlearning.com as per your mind.

2nd method

By editing configuration file /etc/hostname

Edit the file by using vi /etc/hostname Then enter a hostname as server.linuxlearning.com

After saving file reboot  the system by using reboot command.

Check hostname by using hostname command.

Hostname is the command to check hostname of a system. Hostname -I is used to check the IP address of a system.

Hostname -d is used to check domain name of a system.

Hostname -f is used to check fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of a system.

We can also set the hostname by using graphical user interface(GUI) 

Use command nmtui & press enter. You will get window as shown below. Click on Set System hostname. 

Press Enter & type hostname you want to set. here we have set hostname as server.linuxlearning.com             

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