support setting hostname

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ec2-init.py b/ec2-init.py
index 6944ff54..45932fa7 100755
--- a/ec2-init.py
+++ b/ec2-init.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ def main():
         sys.stderr.write("Failed to get instance data")
         sys.exit(1)
 
+    hostname = cloud.get_hostname()
+    subprocess.Popen(['hostname', hostname]).communicate()
     #print "user data is:" + cloud.get_user_data()
 
     # store the metadata
diff --git a/ec2init/__init__.py b/ec2init/__init__.py
index 7a9c8a95..270414f7 100644
--- a/ec2init/__init__.py
+++ b/ec2init/__init__.py
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ class EC2Init:
     def get_mirror(self):
         return(self.datasource.get_local_mirror())
 
+    def get_hostname(self):
+        return(self.datasource.get_hostname())
+
     def apply_credentials(self):
         user = self.get_cfg_option_str('user')
         disable_root = self.get_cfg_option_bool('disable_root', True)