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Is there any way to permanently change the hostname for the Venus OS device? I'm running it on an RPi 3B and if I change the hostname in /etc/hostname it survives reboots but not firmware upgrades.
A static and custom hostname is handy when attempting to access the device from the LAN. A hostname of 'raspberrypi2' isn't very useful or friendly.
Why was this closed @Jeroen? I already searched this forum for "hostname" and there were only 4 results, none of which answered my question.
Because it is already discussed over and over again, see e.g. https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/13646/upgrading-pi-erased-settings.html
Question# i want to change the name of the hostname in raspberrypi2 powered venusOS.
Answer# edit with your favorite text editor:
** /etc/hosts
# replace [raspberrypi2] with [your new cool hostname]
.
.
** /etc/hostname
# replace [raspberrypi2] with [your new cool hostname]
.
reboot
:)
