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Host name and description

CLI Guide | Forcepoint Appliances | v8.5.x

show system host

View the appliance hostname and description.

show system host

Usage guidelines

The hostname is set initially during the firstboot wizard.

Related commands


Command	Description
set system host	Change the hostname and description for the appliance.

set system host

Change the hostname and description for the appliance.

set system host --name <name> [--description <description>]


Parameter	Description
name	Fully qualified hostname.
description	(Optional) Unique appliance description to help you identify and manage the system.

Usage guidelines

The hostname must be 1 to 60 characters long.

The first character must be a letter.

Other characters can be letters, numbers, dashes, or periods.

The name cannot end with a period.

The name cannot have two periods in a row.

For Web mode appliances where Content Gateway will be configured to perform Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA), the hostname cannot exceed 11 characters, excluding the domain name.

In addition, if the hostname is changed after the appliance has been joined to a domain, IWA will immediately stop working and will not work again until the domain is unjoined and then rejoined with the new hostname. For more information, see the Content Gateway Manager Help.

The description is optional and may contain up to 100 characters.

(config)# set system host --name fp-apwebl.example.com --description "New York gateway."

Related commands


Command	Description
show system host	View the appliance hostname and description.

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