https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/administration/5684/i-have-a-question-regariding-hostnames-i-have-a-ubuntu-64-running-on-a-virtualI have a question regariding hostnames. I have a ubuntu 64 running on a virtual client and everytime i power off and power back on the OS and i run the k on the temporary license my FQDN is different. I can&#39;t submit this output to the Appian team foren-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/21597?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:46:28 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:af2c79df-ae17-4641-8ff2-a0eae051fcedPhilBTry using the format myhost.mydomain.com in /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/21596?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:38:05 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:4e0681c7-9faa-4db3-9cf1-fc5ae34b3e73aswinb93i only have domain name of my organization in /etc/hostname but the k output always gives some string expression appended to the beginning of the domain name as the FQDN every time I power on the machine.....<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/21595?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:26:30 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:7e9043d8-392f-4583-bb54-2ffe12ace96fPhilBYou could try setting the FQDN in /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts.<br /><br />I think that, although that&#39;s not recommended as a configuration in Ubuntu (you&#39;re only supposed to put the hostname in /etc/hostname, not the domain), it&#39;ll probably work. <br /><br />That said, I suspect the licence is granted only to hosts on a set domain for a very good reason...<div style="clear:both;"></div>