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--- docker:containers:assign_a_hostname_to_the_container [2020/05/13 08:28] – peter
+++ docker:containers:assign_a_hostname_to_the_container [2020/07/15 09:30] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Docker - Containers - Assign a hostname to the container ======
-The value supplied to the **--hostname** command is set inside **/etc/hostname** and **/etc/hosts** inside the container.
-Consequently, it appears in the command prompt.
-It plays a role in configuring container DNS and can be helpful while in the learning stages of a multi-container setup.
-It is not easy to access from outside the container, but it will appear in the container's log files, and when those files are written to a volume independent of the host, it can make it easier to identify the container.
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-While **<nowiki>--name</nowiki>** and **<nowiki>--hostname</nowiki>** are both useful for identification of containers, sometimes, it's not about naming the container at all.  Rather, it's about having a container clean up after itself without having to remember to do it yourself.
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  **<nowiki>--name</nowiki>** and **<nowiki>--hostname</nowiki>** are both useful for identification of containers.
+The value supplied to the **--hostname** command is set inside **/etc/hostname** and **/etc/hosts** inside the container.
+Consequently, it appears in the command prompt of the container.
+It plays a role in configuring container DNS.
+It is not easy to access from outside the container, but it will appear in the container's log files, and when those files are written to a volume independent of the host, it can make it easier to identify the container.
+</WRAP>