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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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JeffW_124536
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Feb 25, 2016

I am running version 11.6. I found out how to change the hostname and make it stick. Once the hostname is changed then run the below commands. It will configure the BIGIP to not get its hostname from dhcp.

 

1. tmsh modify sys management-dhcp sys-mgmt-dhcp-config request-options delete { host-name } 2. save sys config

 

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    Brian_10532
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    Nov 08, 2017

    I have tried this several times on my AWS LTMs and it does not work. They always go back to the DHCP hostname. I am running 11.6.1. What happens is I change the hostname. Then I run the commands suggested. Then in about 15 minutes or so it just goes right back to the DHCP hostname. I have 6 AWS instances that have this issue.

     

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    Brian_10532
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    Nov 16, 2017

    As a follow-up. I opened a case regarding this issue and the following commands resolved this issue:

     

    modify sys management-dhcp sys-mgmt-dhcp-config request-options delete { host-name } save sys config modify sys global-settings hostname denbigipname01.bubbles.com save sys config reboot