hostname - Manage hostname

New in version 1.4.

Synopsis

• Set system’s hostname, supports most OSs/Distributions, including those using systemd.
• Note, this module does NOT modify /etc/hosts. You need to modify it yourself using other modules like template or replace.
• Windows, HP-UX and AIX are not currently supported.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• hostname

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
name required		Name of the host

Examples

- hostname:
    name: web01

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• Adrian Likins (@alikins)
• Hideki Saito (@saito-hideki)

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