How to Change the Hostname on a Vultr Cloud GPU Instance
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How to Change the Hostname on a Vultr Cloud GPU Instance
Learn how to modify the hostname on your Vultr Cloud GPU instance for proper system identification.
Changing the default hostname on an instance modifies the default server configuration and reinstalls the operating system.
Follow this guide to change the hostname on a Vultr Cloud GPU instance using the Vultr Customer Portal, or Terraform.
Vultr Customer Portal
- Navigate to Products and click Compute.
- Click your target Cloud GPU instance to open its management page.
- Navigate to the Settings tab.
- Find and click Change Hostname on the left navigation menu.
- Replace the existing value with your new hostname.
- Click Reinstall to change your instance hostname.
- Check the confirmation prompt and click Change Hostname to apply your new hostname.
Terraform
- Open your Terraform configuration for the existing Cloud GPU instance.
- Update the
hostname
value in the instance resource to the new hostname.terraformresource "vultr_instance" "gpu" { # ...existing fields (region, plan, label, etc.) hostname = "new-hostname" }
- Apply the configuration and observe the following output:
Apply complete! Resources: 0 added, 1 changed, 0 destroyed.
How to Change the Hostname on a Vultr Cloud GPU Instance Learn how to modify the hostname on your Vultr Cloud GPU instance for proper system identification. Changing the default hostname on an instance modifies the default server configuration and reinstalls the operating system. Follow this guide to change the…
How to Change the Hostname on a Vultr Cloud GPU Instance Learn how to modify the hostname on your Vultr Cloud GPU instance for proper system identification. Changing the default hostname on an instance modifies the default server configuration and reinstalls the operating system. Follow this guide to change the…