How to Set or Change Hostname in CentOS 7

Posted in Linux Servers on Oct 31, 2018

to change or set a CentOS 7 machine hostname, use the hostnamectl

hostnamectl set-hostname your-new-hostname

hostname command you can also use hostnamectl command to display a Linux machine hostname

hostnamectl

New hostname, a system reboot is required, issue one of the below commands in order to reboot a CentOS 7 machine

init 6
systemctl reboot
shutdown -r