Hostname (FQDN)

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Hello i have a short question. I try to install ipsconfig but it ask for the follow thing.

Full qualified hostname (FQDN) of the server, eg server1.domain.tld  [server1.example.com]:

I don't know what i must fill in here. My domain called devhouse.nl. but i have any kind of name servers. Must i full in my ip adrres or something else?

Edit: or is het my vps hostname?? vps{number}.domain.ext

Tom

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Do you mean you DON'T have any kind name servers? If this is the case, you can put:

server1.devhouse.nl

However, you will have to make sure to specify the IP address that this name resolves to in your local host file (/etc/hosts).

An IP address should also work fine. If ISPConfig is on the same machine as the web server, localhost or 127.0.0.1 will also work.

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You can find it in the system properties ("Computer name" tab).

With the command line, you can run IPCONFIG /ALL and have a look at the "Host name" and "Primary DNS suffix" fields.

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Try using an explicit call to hostname -f to get the fqdn of the system

export PS1="\[\u@$(hostname -f): \w\]\$ "

e.g.

iain$ export PS1="\[\u@$(hostname -f): \w\]\$ "
iain@ub10-04-1.lan: ~$

EDIT:

Further research shows that the contents of /etc/hostname (Ubuntu) and /etc/sysconfig/network (CentOS) are relevant. If the FQDN is in the file then the \H works correctly.

The hostname(1) man page for Ubuntu does though say that you shouldn't put the FQDN in /etc/hostname but gives no reason as to why.

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