Set hostname of guest during installation time

[Michal Prívozník]

On 27. 3. 2020 16:48, Michal Prívozník wrote:
> On 27. 3. 2020 14:57, john doe wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to set the hostname when installing a guest, with the below
>> command the hostname is not set to 'try06' in the guest:
>>
>> virt-install --name=try06 --graphic none --pxe --network bridge=virbr0
> 
> This is the name of the guest registered in libvirt. I don't think that
> virt-install has wired up setting hostname, but it looks like it can do
> it. I mean, use --name for both libvirt name and guest hostname.

On the other hand, users might want to set it to something else. So we
really should have a separate argument for that. Anyway, I've reported
it to virt-install developers:

https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/issues/94

Michal