{"id":3038,"date":"2021-10-14T06:45:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T06:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=3038"},"modified":"2021-10-14T06:45:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T06:45:57","slug":"how-to-change-the-server-hostname-on-centos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/how-to-change-the-server-hostname-on-centos-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change the Server Hostname on CentOS ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article will show you how to change the <a href=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/dedicated-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dedicated server<\/a> hostname on CentOS. There are two ways through which you can be able to change server hostname.<\/p>\n<p>The first process by which you can change the server hostname is by using the \u201c<strong>Hostname command<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Enter the below command into the console:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>hostname my.server.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>By using the above command, the server hostname will gets changed automatically.<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p>you have to change the server hostname using the \u201c<strong>Editing network file<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Into the console enter the command as follow:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>vi \/etc\/sysconfig\/network<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After entering the command you will see something like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>NETWORKING=\u201dyes\u201d<br \/>\nGATEWAY=\u201d192.0.2.2\u2033<br \/>\nHOSTNAME=\u201dsome.servername.com\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Simply, change your \u201chostname\u201d there and you are completed with it. 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