1. Overview
2. Usage
3. Reference
4. Limitations

Configure a Debian based OS hostname :

• Generate hostname
• Modify the /etc/hostname file content
• Make sure the /etc/hosts file has the related entry

include hostname

or

class { 'hostname':
	hostname => 'myhostname',
	domain   => 'mydomain',
}

Default values are

$hostname = $::clientcert
$domain = undef

• manifests/init.pp : Initiates the module, includes parameters and starts the config script.
• manifests/params.pp : Defines used parameters and related default values.
• manifests/config.pp : Configures hostname.

Tested on Debian 8 using Puppet 3.7.
Should work on any Debian and Ubuntu based OS.
Puppet >= 3.3 required.