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

Posted January 22, 2018
DigitalOcean Ubuntu 16.04

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?

lsbyerley

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bburdick • January 22, 2018

Accepted Answer

change the value in /etc/hostname

Jon Leibowitz • January 23, 2018

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

lsbyerley • January 22, 2018

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

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