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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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PhillyPDXMike
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Jul 16, 2020

The link below answers this question with an official KB article for 12.X & 13.X AWS BIG-IP VE instances:

 

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K45728203

 

Also, this behavior is referenced as bug ID744740:

 

https://cdn.f5.com/product/bugtracker/ID744740.html

NOTE: The procedure in the above BUG ID link worked on my 14.1.2.6 AWS BIG-IP VE w/ the addition of the modify hostname command.

 

bash

tmsh modify /sys global-settings hostname big-ip-hostname

tmsh modify sys global-settings mgmt-dhcp disabled

tmsh modify sys global-settings mgmt-dhcp enabled

tmsh save sys config