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@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ If you don't want to destroy and recreate your container, you can edit the Agent
above section on [configuring Agent containers](#configure-agent-containers) to find the appropriate method based on
how you created the container.
+Alternatively, you can directly use the hostname from the node running the container by mounting
+`/etc/hostname` from the host in the container. With `docker run`, this can be done by adding `--volume
+/etc/hostname:/etc/hostname:ro` to the options. If you are using Docker Compose, you can add an entry to the
+container's `volumes` section reading `- /etc/hostname:/etc/hostname:ro`.
+
### Add or remove other volumes
Some volumes are optional depending on how you use Netdata: