Hostname on Evan Hoffmanhttps://evan.wtf/tags/hostname/Recent content in Hostname on Evan HoffmanHugoen-USEvan HoffmanMon, 19 May 2014 15:24:09 +0000Setting hostname in an EC2 instance from the name taghttps://evan.wtf/2014/05/19/setting-hostname-in-an-ec2-instance-from-the-name-tag/Mon, 19 May 2014 15:24:09 +0000https://evan.wtf/2014/05/19/setting-hostname-in-an-ec2-instance-from-the-name-tag/<pre tabindex="0"><code># pip install awscli # HOSTNAME=`aws ec2 describe-tags --region us-east-1 --filters Name=resource-id,Values=`curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id 2&gt; /dev/null` Name=key,Values=Name --output text --query &#39;Tags[*].Value&#39;` # hostname $HOSTNAME # hostname &gt; /etc/hostname </code></pre>