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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "custom-entities.ent" >
+%entities;
+]>
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
+
+<refentry id="hostnamectl" conditional='ENABLE_HOSTNAMED'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>hostnamectl</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>hostnamectl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Control the system hostname</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>hostnamectl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>hostnamectl</command> may be used to query and change the system hostname and related
+ settings.</para>
+
+ <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and this tool distinguish three different hostnames: the high-level "pretty" hostname which might include
+ all kinds of special characters (e.g. "Lennart's Laptop"), the "static" hostname which is the
+ user-configured hostname (e.g. "lennarts-laptop"), and the transient hostname which is a fallback value
+ received from network configuration (e.g. "node12345678"). If a static hostname is set to a valid value,
+ then the transient hostname is not used.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that the pretty hostname has little restrictions on the characters and length used, while the static and
+ transient hostnames are limited to the usually accepted characters of Internet domain names, and 64 characters at
+ maximum (the latter being a Linux limitation).</para>
+
+ <para>Use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> to
+ initialize the system hostname for mounted (but not booted) system images.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Commands</title>
+
+ <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>status</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show system hostname and related information. If no command is specified,
+ this is the implied default.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>hostname</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If no argument is given, print the system hostname. If an
+ optional argument <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> is provided then the command changes the
+ system hostname to <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. By default, this will alter the
+ pretty, the static, and the transient hostname alike; however, if one or more of <option>--static</option>,
+ <option>--transient</option>, <option>--pretty</option> are used, only the selected hostnames are changed. If
+ the pretty hostname is being set, and static or transient are being set as well, the specified hostname will be
+ simplified in regards to the character set used before the latter are updated. This is done by removing special
+ characters and spaces. This ensures that the pretty and the static hostname are always closely related while
+ still following the validity rules of the specific name. This simplification of the hostname string is not done
+ if only the transient and/or static hostnames are set, and the pretty hostname is left untouched.</para>
+
+ <para>The static and transient hostnames must each be either a single DNS label (a string composed of
+ 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and no spaces or dots, limited to the format allowed for DNS domain
+ name labels), or a sequence of such labels separated by single dots that forms a valid DNS FQDN. The
+ hostname must be at most 64 characters, which is a Linux limitation (DNS allows longer names).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>icon-name</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If no argument is given, print the icon name of the system. If an
+ optional argument <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> is provided then the command changes the
+ icon name to <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. The icon name is used by some
+ graphical applications to visualize this host. The icon name
+ should follow the <ulink
+ url="https://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">Icon
+ Naming Specification</ulink>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>chassis</command> [<replaceable>TYPE</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If no argument is given, print the chassis type. If an
+ optional argument <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable> is provided then the command changes the
+ chassis type to <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable>. The chassis type is used by
+ some graphical applications to visualize the host or alter user interaction.
+ Currently, the following chassis types are defined:
+ <literal>desktop</literal>,
+ <literal>laptop</literal>,
+ <literal>convertible</literal>,
+ <literal>server</literal>,
+ <literal>tablet</literal>,
+ <literal>handset</literal>,
+ <literal>watch</literal>,
+ <literal>embedded</literal>,
+ as well as the special chassis types
+ <literal>vm</literal> and
+ <literal>container</literal> for virtualized systems that lack
+ an immediate physical chassis.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>deployment</command> [<replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If no argument is given, print the deployment environment. If an
+ optional argument <replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable> is provided then the command changes the
+ deployment environment to <replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable>.
+ Argument <replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable>
+ must be a single word without any control characters. One of the following is suggested:
+ <literal>development</literal>,
+ <literal>integration</literal>,
+ <literal>staging</literal>,
+ <literal>production</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>location</command> [<replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If no argument is given, print the location string for the system. If an
+ optional argument <replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable> is provided then the command changes the
+ location string for the system to <replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable>.
+ Argument <replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable> should be a
+ human-friendly, free-form string describing the physical
+ location of the system, if it is known and applicable. This
+ may be as generic as <literal>Berlin, Germany</literal> or as
+ specific as <literal>Left Rack, 2nd Shelf</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for
+ privileged operations.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--static</option></term>
+ <term><option>--transient</option></term>
+ <term><option>--pretty</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If <command>status</command> is invoked (or no explicit command is given) and one of these
+ switches is specified, <command>hostnamectl</command> will print out just this selected hostname.</para>
+
+ <para>If used with <command>set-hostname</command>, only the selected hostnames will be updated. When more
+ than one of these switches are specified, all the specified hostnames will be updated. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="json" />
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
+ otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>