How to Change Hostname in CentOS 7

January 12, 2021July 4, 2020 by Tharanga

Manage the Hostname Using hostnamectl. You can run the following command to check for the current hostname

Confirm that your current hostname, execute the following command

[root@nod home]# hostnamectl

hostnamectl status

change your current hostname, execute the following command

[root@nod home]# hostnamectl set-hostname server1.mydomain.com --static

hostnamectl hostname update

That’s it! You’ve just changed your server hostname to server1.mydomain.com