After Droplet Rename, terminal still says "user@old-droplet-name"

January 22, 2018 1.4k views
DigitalOcean Ubuntu 16.04
lsbyerley
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lsbyerley

I've renamed my droplet, shut it down via the terminal, and then started it back up using the Control Panel. When logging back in ssh, the terminal still lists the old droplet name.. like.. user@old-droplet-name: How can I change this?

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bburdick January 22, 2018
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change the value in /etc/hostname

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jonleibowitz January 23, 2018

Depending on your distro you can also use hostnamectl set-hostname

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lsbyerley January 22, 2018

If anyone is wondering, you also have to change /etc/hosts file. Then restart your server

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