Follow the following post to change hostname: https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-change-hostname-on-ubuntu-18-04/ 1. sudo hostnamectl set-hostname [new hostname] 2. nano /etc/hosts 3. ls -l /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg If there is a cloud.cfg file, edit the following to "true" 4. # This will cause the set+update hostname module to not operate (if true) preserve_hostname: true
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