Change hostname and static IP on Centos 7

Change hostname

  • Edit file: /etc/sysconfig/network
    HOSTNAME=servername.domain.com
    
  • Add the servername in /etc/hosts file
  • Run hostname command
    sudo hostname servername.domain.com
    
  • Restart network service
    sudo /etc/init.d/network restart
    

Change dynamic IP to static IP

  • Edit file: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
    BOOTPROTO="static"
    IPADDR="192.168.68.229"
    NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
    GATEWAY="192.168.68.1"
    DNS1="192.168.68.227"
    DNS2="192.168.68.218"
    DOMAIN=domain.com
    
  • Restart network service
    sudo /etc/init.d/network restart
    
Written on May 5, 2017