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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
index 10e07e82..ea0bac23 100644
--- a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
@@ -146,17 +146,37 @@ class Distro(object):
def update_hostname(self, hostname, fqdn, prev_hostname_fn):
applying_hostname = hostname
+
+ # Determine what the actual written hostname should be
hostname = self._select_hostname(hostname, fqdn)
- prev_hostname = self._read_hostname(prev_hostname_fn)
+
+ # If the previous hostname file exists lets see if we
+ # can get a hostname from it
+ if prev_hostname_fn and os.path.exists(prev_hostname_fn):
+ prev_hostname = self._read_hostname(prev_hostname_fn)
+ else:
+ prev_hostname = None
+
+ # Lets get where we should write the system hostname
+ # and what the system hostname is
(sys_fn, sys_hostname) = self._read_system_hostname()
update_files = []
+
+ # If there is no previous hostname or it differs
+ # from what we want, lets update it or create the
+ # file in the first place
if not prev_hostname or prev_hostname != hostname:
update_files.append(prev_hostname_fn)
+ # If the system hostname is different than the previous
+ # one or the desired one lets update it as well
if (not sys_hostname) or (sys_hostname == prev_hostname
and sys_hostname != hostname):
update_files.append(sys_fn)
+ # Remove duplicates (incase the previous config filename)
+ # is the same as the system config filename, don't bother
+ # doing it twice
update_files = set([f for f in update_files if f])
LOG.debug("Attempting to update hostname to %s in %s files",
hostname, len(update_files))
@@ -173,6 +193,8 @@ class Distro(object):
LOG.debug("%s differs from %s, assuming user maintained hostname.",
prev_hostname_fn, sys_fn)
+ # If the system hostname file name was provided set the
+ # non-fqdn as the transient hostname.
if sys_fn in update_files:
self._apply_hostname(applying_hostname)