systemd/man/hostnamectl.xml

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<refentry id="hostnamectl" conditional='ENABLE_HOSTNAMED'
          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">

        <refentryinfo>
                <title>hostnamectl</title>
                <productname>systemd</productname>

                <authorgroup>
                        <author>
                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
                                <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
                                <surname>Poettering</surname>
                                <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
                        </author>
                </authorgroup>
        </refentryinfo>

        <refmeta>
                <refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
        </refmeta>

        <refnamediv>
                <refname>hostnamectl</refname>
                <refpurpose>Control the system hostname</refpurpose>
        </refnamediv>

        <refsynopsisdiv>
                <cmdsynopsis>
                        <command>hostnamectl</command>
                        <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
                        <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
                </cmdsynopsis>
        </refsynopsisdiv>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Description</title>

                <para><command>hostnamectl</command> may be used to
                query and change the system hostname and related
                settings.</para>

                <para>This tool distinguishes three different
                hostnames: the high-level "pretty" hostname which
                might include all kinds of special characters
                (e.g. "Lennart's Laptop"), the static hostname which
                is used to initialize the kernel hostname at boot
                (e.g. "lennarts-laptop"), and the transient hostname
                which is a default received from network configuration.
                If a static hostname is set, and is valid (something other
                than localhost), then the transient hostname is not used.</para>

                <para>Note that the pretty hostname has little
                restrictions on the characters used, while the static
                and transient hostnames are limited to the usually
                accepted characters of Internet domain names.</para>

                <para>The static hostname is stored in
                <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see
                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                for more information. The pretty hostname, chassis
                type, and icon name are stored in
                <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>, see
                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>

                <para>Use
                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                to initialize the system host name for mounted (but
                not booted) system images.</para>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Options</title>

                <para>The following options are understood:</para>

                <variablelist>
                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>

                                <listitem><para>Do not query the user
                                for authentication for privileged
                                operations.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><option>--static</option></term>
                                <term><option>--transient</option></term>
                                <term><option>--pretty</option></term>

                                <listitem><para>If
                                <command>status</command> is used (or
                                no explicit command is given) and one
                                of those fields is given,
                                <command>hostnamectl</command> will
                                print out just this selected
                                hostname.</para>

                                <para>If used with
                                <command>set-hostname</command>, only
                                the selected hostname(s) will be
                                updated. When more than one of those
                                options is used, all the specified
                                hostnames will be updated.
                                </para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />

                        <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
                        <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
                </variablelist>

                <para>The following commands are understood:</para>

                <variablelist>
                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><command>status</command></term>

                                <listitem><para>Show current system
                                hostname and related
                                information.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><command>set-hostname <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term>

                                <listitem><para>Set the system
                                hostname to
                                <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. By
                                default, this will alter the pretty,
                                the static, and the transient hostname
                                alike; however, if one or more of
                                <option>--static</option>,
                                <option>--transient</option>,
                                <option>--pretty</option> are used,
                                only the selected hostnames are
                                changed. If the pretty hostname is
                                being set, and static or transient are
                                being set as well, the specified
                                hostname will be simplified in regards
                                to the character set used before the
                                latter are updated. This is done by
                                replacing spaces with
                                <literal>-</literal> and removing
                                special characters. This ensures that
                                the pretty and the static hostname are
                                always closely related while still
                                following the validity rules of the
                                specific name. This simplification of
                                the hostname string is not done if
                                only the transient and/or static host
                                names are set, and the pretty host
                                name is left untouched.</para>

                                <para>Pass the empty string
                                <literal></literal> as the hostname to
                                reset the selected hostnames to their
                                default (usually
                                <literal>localhost</literal>).</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><command>set-icon-name <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term>

                                <listitem><para>Set the system icon
                                name to
                                <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. The
                                icon name is used by some graphical
                                applications to visualize this host.
                                The icon name should follow the <ulink
                                url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">Icon
                                Naming Specification</ulink>.</para>

                                <para>Pass an empty string to reset
                                the icon name to the default value,
                                which is determined from chassis type
                                (see below) and possibly other
                                parameters.</para></listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><command>set-chassis <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></command></term>

                                <listitem><para>Set the chassis type
                                to <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable>.
                                The chassis type is used by some
                                graphical applications to visualize
                                the host or alter user interaction.
                                Currently, the following chassis types
                                are defined:
                                <literal>desktop</literal>,
                                <literal>laptop</literal>,
                                <literal>server</literal>,
                                <literal>tablet</literal>,
                                <literal>handset</literal>,
                                <literal>watch</literal>, as well as
                                the special chassis types
                                <literal>vm</literal> and
                                <literal>container</literal> for
                                virtualized systems that lack an
                                immediate physical chassis.</para>

                                <para>Pass an empty string to reset
                                the chassis type to the default value
                                which is determined from the firmware
                                and possibly other parameters.</para>
                                </listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><command>set-deployment <replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable></command></term>

                                <listitem><para>Set the deployment
                                environment
                                description. <replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable>
                                must be a single word without any
                                control characters. One of the
                                following is suggested:
                                <literal>development</literal>,
                                <literal>integration</literal>,
                                <literal>staging</literal>,
                                <literal>production</literal>.
                                </para>

                                <para>Pass an empty string to reset to
                                the default empty value.</para>
                                </listitem>
                        </varlistentry>

                        <varlistentry>
                                <term><command>set-location <replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></command></term>

                                <listitem><para>Set the location
                                string for the system, if it is
                                known. <replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable>
                                should be a human-friendly, free-form
                                string describing the physical
                                location of the system, if it is known
                                and applicable. This may be as generic
                                as <literal>Berlin, Germany</literal>
                                or as specific as <literal>Left Rack,
                                2nd Shelf</literal>.</para>

                                <para>Pass an empty string to reset to
                                the default empty value.</para>
                                </listitem>
                        </varlistentry>
                </variablelist>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Exit status</title>

                <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
                code otherwise.</para>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>See Also</title>
                <para>
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                </para>
        </refsect1>

</refentry>