Solaris 11 set hostname

In Solaris 11 you will need few steps in order to set server hostname.

Check what was the current hostname

$ svccfg -s system/identity:node listprop config config                       application config/enable_mapping       boolean     true config/ignore_dhcp_hostname boolean     false config/nodename             astring     abc config/loopback             astring     abc

Set new hostname

$ svccfg -s system/identity:node setprop config/nodename="emp1"

Refresh and restart the system/identity:node service

$ svcadm refresh system/identity:node $ svcadm restart system/identity:node

Verify changes

$ svccfg -s system/identity:node listprop config config                       application config/enable_mapping       boolean     true config/ignore_dhcp_hostname boolean     false config/nodename             astring     emp1 config/loopback             astring     emp1 $ hostname emp1

Add in hosts file too

root@conoemp1 # cat /etc/hosts # # Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved. # Use is subject to license terms. # # Internet host table # ::1 localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost loghost 10.10.10.1    emp1 emp1.com