title: Cloud-Hosted Hostname Solution created at: Sun Nov 10 2024 08:38:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) updated at: Sat Feb 08 2025 14:22:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) --- # Cloud-Hosted Hostname Solution # Overview To configure VPS deployments, many cloud hosting providers use the `dhclient` script, which includes the configuration of the instance’s hostname. The `dhclient` script may not preserve the locally-configured hostname, so hosting providers use scripts to work around this issue. For example, the Google Cloud Platform service uses the `google_set_hostname` script. The workaround scripts may interfere with WHM’s [*Change Hostname*](https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/networking-setup/change-hostname/) feature *(WHM » Home » Networking Setup » Change Hostname)*, which causes hostname configuration issues and a locked cPanel & WHM license. # The solution To resolve this issue, you **must** create a `dhclient` exit hook script to set the hostname properly. Create the `zzz-set-hostname` file with the following contents in the `/etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/` directory, where `hostname.example.com` represents your server’s new hostname: ```javascript #!/bin/sh hostname hostname.example.com /scripts/fixetchosts ``` You can also create the file with the following command, where `hostname.example.com` represents your server’s new hostname: ```bash mkdir -p /etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/ && echo -ne '#!/bin/sh\nhostname hostname.example.com\n/scripts/fixetchosts\n' > /etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/zzz-set-hostname && chmod +x /etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/zzz-set-hostname ``` !! Warning: !! Make **certain** that you set the `zzz-set-hostname` file with 0755 permissions. If you don’t perform this action, the script won’t run.