networking - What is a hostname versus a computer name versus a . . . A “hostname” (aka “nodename”) is a network identifier: If I wanted to publicly advertise my local computer to others, I would have to attach a “hostname” to the IP address of my computer The “hostname” doesn’t really have to have anything to do with the computer name, but many times administrators like to use the same name to
Difference between Subdomain, hostname, host and www in a DNS system . . . Hostname A hostname is the name of a computer on a network This doesn't have link to domains or subdomains for example a computer could have a hostname of hostname and linked to a domain called domain com On windows this is generaly DESKTOP-XXXXXX WWW I am asuming that you mean the www in the web address like www google com This is just
Hostname (FQDN). . . . . . . huh? - Proxmox Support Forum Since your first node doesn't have an identification number, you could (if you font already have created VM's and Containers) change the host name from pve lan to pve1 lan but this ahs to be done in several paths etc hostname etc hosts and 2 more that I can't remember right now and from there you can rename your second node as pve2 lan (of course if you dont mind your first node don t have a
Setting the hostname: FQDN or short name? - Server Fault Setup prompts you to supply a host name for this computer, either as a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) in the format hostname domainname or as a short host name in the format hostname The Debian reference says the hostname should not use the FQDN: 3 5 5 The hostname The kernel maintains the system hostname
networking - localhost as hostname confusion - Super User The file etc hostname appears what your computer thinks its name is In Debian it appears to link 127 0 1 1 to this name in the etc hosts file [ You could probably set this to a "valid" IP address if you have a statically assigned one ]
Whats the difference between Host and HostName in SSH Config? Host specifies the command line argument, and could be thought of as a) actual host name IP, b) shorthand, c) alias The HostName is the real hostname IP of the machine you are connecting to In the HostName field, you can use %h as the host name string you specify on the command line (This was the part I wanted to use in my example )
linux - Hostnames - What are they all about? - Server Fault Entries in the hosts file, like the DNS system, are just a mapping from a hostname to an IP address In order to use the hostname 'localhost' (there's nothing special about it, it's a hostname like all the rest) it must be mapped to the loopback interface (so it will always point to the local computer)
What is the difference between a hostname and a fully qualified domain . . . The hostname is just the computer name and the fully qualified domain name is the hostname plus the domain name after it hostname: bigbox fqdn: bigbox mynetwork com or commonly the fqdn ends in local instead of com but that is environment specific
networking - What is a hostname? - Super User A hostname is a label that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network and that is used to identify the device in various forms of electronic communication such as the World Wide Web, e-mail or Usenet
Difference between host name and domain name - Super User hostname is the name given to the end-point (the machine in question) and will be used to identify it over DNS if that is configured; domain is the name given to the 'network' it will be required to reach the network from an external point (like the Internet) It is usually written in the form, hostname domain com-- for example