Update hostname or domain name
To change the hostname or the DNS domain name of your IP Fabric machine from the CLI, please do the following:
-
Connect to the IP Fabric appliance via SSH as the
osadmin
user. -
Run the
sudo nimpee-net-config -n
command to launch the network configuration wizard. -
Modify the
hostname
– the very first option:Valid Hostnames
Valid characters for hostnames are ASCII letters from
a
toz
, the digits from0
to9
, and the hyphen (−
). A hostname may not start with a hyphen. -
Modify the
DNS domain name
– the second option:Note
The IP Fabric Boot Wizard can modify other configuration items like Network Interface configuration, NTP etc.
To change only the
hostname
orDNS domain name
, leave everything as is until you reach theReboot system
prompt screen. -
Select
Yes
to reboot the system: