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What does hostnamectl do?

query and change the system hostname and related metadata.

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hostnamectl examples, explained

$ hostnamectl status

  • hostnamectlquery and change the system hostname and related metadata
  • statusshow the current hostname and machine information

$ hostnamectl set-hostname web01

  • hostnamectlquery and change the system hostname and related metadata
  • set-hostnameset the system hostname
  • web01an argument passed to the command

hostnamectl subcommands

status — show the current hostname and machine informationset-hostname — set the system hostnameset-icon-name — set the icon name shown in graphical toolsset-chassis — set the chassis type (laptop, server, vm, ...)set-location — set a free-form location string

hostnamectl flags & options

--staticoperate on the static (persistent) hostname
--prettyoperate on the pretty (free-form) hostname
--transientoperate on the transient (runtime) hostname
--no-ask-passworddo not prompt for authentication

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