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JeffW_124536
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Feb 23, 2016

Change BigIP hostname in AWS

How can I change the hostname of my F5 BigIP instance in AWS? I have changed it through the GUI and from CLI. The hostname does change but then when I reboot the instance the original ip hostname c...
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Kosan_Koh_51462
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Feb 24, 2016
I am able to change the hostname via the BIG-IP GUI/CLI on v12 and do not have the issue you described after a reboot(either through AWS or BIG-IP). The new hostname sticks. What version of F5 BIG-IP instance are you running on AWS? Can you reproduce the issue?