Exercise 1.5 – Configuring the Hostname

Prerequisites:

  • You must have root access to the system.
  • By default, the hostname is set to localhost but you can change it.

Steps:

  1. Login to Cockpit.
  2. Click on System/Overview.
  3. Click on Current hostname (Which is by default set to localhost)
  4. In the change hostname dialog box enter the hostname.
  5. Click on change.

Task by Trainer:-

  • Check the Hostname.
  • Set hostname as “rhel8.example.com“.