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Diffstat (limited to 'cloudinit/config/cc_set_hostname.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | cloudinit/config/cc_set_hostname.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_set_hostname.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_set_hostname.py index 3d2b2da3..10d6d197 100644 --- a/cloudinit/config/cc_set_hostname.py +++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_set_hostname.py @@ -21,7 +21,17 @@ key, and the fqdn of the cloud wil be used. If a fqdn specified with the the ``fqdn`` config key. If both ``fqdn`` and ``hostname`` are set, ``fqdn`` will be used. -**Internal name:** per instance +This module will run in the init-local stage before networking is configured +if the hostname is set by metadata or user data on the local system. + +This will occur on datasources like nocloud and ovf where metadata and user +data are available locally. This ensures that the desired hostname is applied +before any DHCP requests are preformed on these platforms where dynamic DNS is +based on initial hostname. + +**Internal name:** ``cc_set_hostname`` + +**Module frequency:** per always **Supported distros:** all |