Hello!
In this week’s feature highlight, we look at how to change the Hostname of your VPS on CrownPanel.
![](https://blog.crowncloud.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Hostname-1024x415.png)
Before learning How to set the Hostname in CrownPanel, let us learn what is a Hostname.
A hostname is a domain name assigned to a host computer. For example, if Computer “A” had two computers on its network named “A1” and “A2,” the domain name “A1.abc.com” is connecting to the “A1” computer.
A hostname may have appended the name of a Domain Name System (DNS) domain, separated from the host-specific label by a period (“dot”) then the hostname is said to be a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
OpenVZ Based VPS
OpenVZ VPSes pull the hostname from the config file which is updated when setting the hostname via our panel
Login to https://crownpanel.com/ and click on the “Manage” button beside the VPS you wish to edit the hostname for.
Next click on the “Hostname” listed beside the IP address,
![](https://wiki.crowncloud.net/images/changing_your_vps_hostname_on_crownpanel/edit_hostname.png)
This will open a new form where you can edit the hostname as you wish. Once the hostname is edited/changed, the VPS hostname is updated.
KVM Based VPS
Click on the “Manage” button beside the VPS you wish to edit the hostname for.
![](https://wiki.crowncloud.net/images/changing_your_vps_hostname_on_crownpanel/1.png)
Next click on the “Hostname” listed beside the IP address,
![](https://wiki.crowncloud.net/images/changing_your_vps_hostname_on_crownpanel/2.png)
This will open a new form where you can edit the hostname as you wish. Once the hostname is edited/changed, the VPS hostname is updated.
![](https://wiki.crowncloud.net/images/changing_your_vps_hostname_on_crownpanel/3.png)
CentOS
How do I see the Host names?
hostnamectl
OR
hostnamectl status
How do I set the Host name? The new hostname can be set with the following command,
hostnamectl set-hostname YourHostname --static
To set Hostname as “myvps”, enter:
hostnamectl set-hostname myvps --static
To verify the new hostname, enter:
hostnamectl status
Ubuntu / Debian
Check your hostname status first:
hostnamectl status
Output shown will be something like:
[root@idroot ~]# hostnamectl status
Static hostname: vps.server.com
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Architecture: x86_64
To change the hostname to your preferred hostname, replace “YOUR_PREFERRED_HOSTNAME” with your hostname,
hostnamectl set-hostname YOUR_PREFERRED_HOSTNAME
Check your hostname status again in a new terminal:
hostnamectl status