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diff --git a/docs/system/host-information.rst b/docs/system/host-information.rst index 89f1c6ad..30efe01e 100644 --- a/docs/system/host-information.rst +++ b/docs/system/host-information.rst @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ network and is used to distinguish one device from another on specific networks or over the internet. On the other hand this will be the name which appears on the command line prompt. -.. cfgcmd:: set system host-name '<hostname>' +.. cfgcmd:: set system host-name <hostname> Set system hostname. The hostname can be up to 63 characters. A hostname must start and end with a letter or digit, and have as interior characters @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ unique. VyOS appends the domain name as a suffix to any unqualified name. For example, if you set the domain name `example.com`, and you would ping the unqualified name of `crux`, then VyOS qualifies the name to `crux.example.com`. -.. cfgcmd:: set system domain-name '<domain>' +.. cfgcmd:: set system domain-name <domain> Configure system domain name. A domain name must start and end with a letter or digit, and have as interior characters only letters, digits, or a hyphen. @@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ unqualified name of `crux`, then VyOS qualifies the name to `crux.example.com`. Static Hostname Mapping ======================= -How an IP address is assigned to an interface in :ref:`interfaces-addresses`. +How an IP address is assigned to an interface in :ref:`ethernet-interface`. This section shows how to statically map an IP address to a hostname for local (meaning on this VyOS instance) name resolution. -.. cfgcmd:: set system static-host-mapping host-name '<hostname>' inet '<address>' +.. cfgcmd:: set system static-host-mapping host-name <hostname> inet <address> Create a static hostname mapping which will always resolve the name `<hostname>` to IP address `<address>`. -.. cfgcmd:: set system static-host-mapping host-name '<hostname>' alias '<alias>' +.. cfgcmd:: set system static-host-mapping host-name <hostname> alias <alias> Create named `<alias>` for the configured static mapping for `<hostname>`. Thus the address configured as :cfgcmd:`set system static-host-mapping - host-name '<hostname>' inet '<address>'` can be reached via multiple names. + host-name <hostname> inet <address>` can be reached via multiple names. Multiple aliases can pe specified per host-name. |