Unable to change the Linux hostname using custom extension

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SomasundharamArjunan-2047 asked Jun 1, '20 azure-cxp-api edited Jun 2, '20

Unable to change the Linux hostname using custom extension

I am trying to change the linux hostname using ARM Template , find my code below

{
"type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions",
"apiVersion": "2019-12-01",
"name": "[concat('VMName','/HostnameChange')]",
"location": "Central US",
"copy": {
"name": "HostnameCopy",
"count": 1
},
"properties": {
"publisher": "Microsoft.Azure.Extensions",
"type": "CustomScript",
"typeHandlerVersion": "2.1",
"autoUpgradeMinorVersion": true,
"settings": {
"skipDos2Unix": false
},
"protectedSettings": {
"commandToExecute": "hostnamectl set-hostname VMName"
}
}
}

Kindly help me to resolve

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Answer 1 · 2020-06-01T09:51:51.35Z

vipullag-MSFT answered Jun 1, '20 vipullag-MSFT commented Jun 1, '20

@SomasundharamArjunan-2047

What Linux OS you are seeing the issue?
If its Suse, it could be due to the DHCLIENT, so in your custom script run this command try

sed -i 's/DHCLIENT_SET_HOSTNAME="yes"/DHCLIENT_SET_HOSTNAME="no"/' /etc/sysconfig/network/dhcp and you may need to add reboot at the end of the script.

Can you see what hostname is being displayed for these commands hostname cat /etc/hostname and cat /var/lib/waagent/published_hostname.
From this log (waagent.log) you can see what operation is overriding the hostname change cat /var/log/waagent.log , to see if any issue with Azure Linux Agent.

One more suggestion is to grep -r at /etc and see if there are any files with old hostname, try to change them and reboot the VM.

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SomasundharamArjunan-2047 · Jun 01, 2020 at 12:20 PM

I am trying with Redhat and Suse both OS, also trying to change the hostname via ARM template with CustomScriptExtension. find my code below

  {
       "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions",
       "apiVersion": "2019-12-01",
       "name": "[VirtualMachineName,'/HostnameChange')]",
       "location": "[parameters('Region')]",
       "properties": {
         "publisher": "Microsoft.Compute",
         "type": "CustomScriptExtension",
         "typeHandlerVersion": "1.7",
         "autoUpgradeMinorVersion": true,
         "settings": {
           "commandToExecute": "hostnamectl set-hostname VirtualMachineName"
         }
       }
     }

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vipullag-MSFT SomasundharamArjunan-2047 · Jun 01, 2020 at 03:01 PM

@SomasundharamArjunan-2047 Thanks for sharing the OS details.

Do you see any issues in the logs?

Debug and check if the Custom Script extension is being executed without any errors. Below are the log locations where you can check the details:

   /var/lib/waagent/
   /var/lib/waagent/Microsoft.Azure.Extensions.CustomScript-x
   /var/log/azure/custom-script

Also, as mentioned in the previous reply if the extension is deploying the template without any errors check for other logs to see what is causing the hostname error.

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