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Hostname is a label assigned to a device connected to a computer network used to identify the device.

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. Hostnames may be simple names consisting of a single word or phrase, or they may have appended the name of a DNS domain, separated from the host specific label by a period (dot). In the latter form, a hostname is also called a domain name. If the domain name is completely specified including a top-level domain of the Internet, the hostname is said to be a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).

Hostnames that include DNS domains are often stored in the Domain Name System together with IP addresses of the host they represent for the purpose of mapping the hostname to an address, or the reverse process.

Source: Wikipedia.

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AWS route 53 database hostname best practice

So I have 3 components all connecting to same db. Should I use: comp1.domain.io comp1db.domain.io comp2.domain.io comp2db.domain.io comp3.domain.io comp3db.domain.io Or: comp1.domain.io comp2.domain.io comp3.domain.io …
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how to set linux hostname based on flashdisk volume label

i'am running live linux, which run from FAT32 flashdisk since i run a lot of pc using this flashdisk, its difficult to identify which IP for its hostname, since its ip need to be dynamically determined by dhcp, so i want set their hostname by volume…
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Reading tracert output - what does this address mean?

7 7 ms 2 ms 3 ms 83.149.18.148 8 * 78 ms * ae52.edge7.Frankfurt1.Level3.net [195.16.162.53] 9 * * * Request timed out. 10 80 ms 80 ms 80 ms xe-10-0-1.fra44.ip4.tinet.net…
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How can I make my Local Server accessible via hostname?

I've set up an Ubuntu Server with LAMP. Now I wish I could access it from the other computers in the network just by typing http://hostname/ in the browser. Is it possible without setting up a DNS server? Or should this server be also a DNS and…
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hostname doesnt work in sftp whereas works in ftp

Why I cant access a sftp server using my hostname? I can access the ftp server using hostname, but not the sftp server.I have not done any extra mapping for ftp anywhere. But when I tried it with ip address it worked. Why? And someone point on how…
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Postfix configuration hostname poor format?

Please help. I keep getting "relay host configuration problem." I think this is because I'm not setting up myhostname and mydomain correctly in main.cf. But I don't think my host name will work. I think I'm supposed to insert my machine's host name…
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How to get the computer's name running OSX from its IP

Some computer is doing some large data transfer on the office network, which we could only get the IP address. We know that it is running OSX, but we do not know its computer name so we do not know which computer it is. Are there any easy way to the…
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Can I use the server ip as its fully qualified hostname?

I am setting up a dedicated mysql box, and I am not assigning any domain name to it, as it will be a backend server. Can I set its ip address as its fully qualified hostname? I am installing virtualmin and it requires a fully qualified hostname.
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Rules for setting hostname

It's thought that for the hostname should be used FQDN. I have a doubts about whether using: host.domain.ltd and domain.ltd for the hostname is the same thing and will be equally correct / acceptable? I'm willing to use domain.ltd for the…
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Find Hostname by having IP-Address

Is there a way to find out hostnames only by having the IP's of the hosts, while only using Windows' command line (cmd)?
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DNS, domain, firewall issue on port 8090

I have a server running Jira and Confluence. Jira @ http://jira.domain.com:8080 Confluence @ http://wiki.domain.com:8090 I can reach the applications from the server, from my home pc. But on my work pc only Jira is accessible. What am I missing?? On…
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Multiple hostnames for one server?

Is this possible? The reason I ask this is because Gmail keeps attaching the 'via' field in the email messages originated from one of my sites that resides in a server with the hostname of a whole different domain. Besides moving this site to its…
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How can I manage hostnames across multiple servers?

In a lot of documentation I've seen recently, servers are referred to by internal hostnames, such as production-1, production-2, db-1. I realize I can associate these names in the hosts file on the server, but this would obviously mean maintaining…
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can't use periods in ServerName [Lion Apache installation]

I can access my host like this… http://keggyshop but can't use periods… http://keggyshop.dev here's my virtual host directive… ServerName keggyshop ServerAlias keggyshop.dev DocumentRoot…
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Ubuntu 10.04 server change ip

I have ubuntu 10.04 server configured to ip address x.x.x.200 and also have windows server 2003 with ip address x.x.x.100 (already setup as www.some-domain.com) Currently i trying to shutdown windows server 2003 and use only ubuntu 10.04 server, the…
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