When installing Ubuntu Server using Subiquity (i.e. using the
ubuntu-18.04-live-server-amd64.iso installer image), the user is
prompted to enter a hostname for the new installation (along with
username/password info, etc.)
At the very end of the Subquity run, it writes this info into
var/lib/cloud/seed/nocloud-net/user-data within the installation target
filesystem (e.g.
======
root@bionic:/var/lib/cloud# head -6 seed/nocloud-net/user-data
#cloud-config
growpart: {mode: 'off'}
hostname: bionic
locale: en_US.UTF-8
resize_rootfs: false
users:
======
)
When the newly-installed system is booted for the first time, this file
causes cloud-init finish up the configuration of the new instance --
include setting the new system's hostname to the specified value as part
of that initial boot.
However, cloud-init on Bionic (e.g. 19.2-36-g059d049c-0ubuntu2~18.04.1)
calls the cc_set_hostname module upon every boot (from within the
cmd/main.py:main_init() function, thus overriding the normal "per-
instance" frequency for the module)...
...and because the "hostname" cloud-config parameter is found to be set,
the cc_set_hostname module will always re-write /etc/hostname back to
the originally-entered hostname at that point -- unexpectedly undoing
the user's manual change to the file.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1764172
Title:
Unable to change hostname from the one specified during Bionic server
installation
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
New
Status in hostname package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in subiquity package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
In Bionic Beta 2 I am not able on a host or in a guest VM to change
the hostname of a Bionic Beta 2 installation by changing
/etc/hostname. The name in the file can be changed but it always
reverts to the hostname configured during installation.
In the following thread on the topic it is suggested to remove a
number of cloud packages. When doing this in a VM install I could
change the hostname again via /etc/hostname.
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2389098&page=2
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