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Changing hostname of aws instance
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hostname_aws
# Change content of file /etc/hostname to
princessleia
# Add same hostname to /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 princessleia
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
# reboot
$ sudo reboot
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