How to change the virtual machine name in Azure
By: Jason in Cloud Tutorials on 2020-06-01
To change the hostname from an SSH terminal, follow these steps:
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Log in to your server via SSH using a user with root or sudo privileges.
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Open the file /etc/hostname in a text editor. For example:
sudo nano /etc/hostname
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Replace the existing hostname with the new hostname that you want to set. Save and close the file.
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Open the file /etc/hosts in a text editor. For example:
sudo nano /etc/hosts
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Find the line that contains the old hostname and replace it with the new hostname. Save and close the file.
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Reboot the server for the changes to take effect. You can do this by running the command:
sudo reboot
After the reboot, your server will use the new hostname.
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