NOTE: THIS IS AN ARCHIVED KB ARTICLE THAT ONLY APPLIES TO OUR OLDER, LEGACY VPS PLANS THAT ARE NOW DISCONTINUED. IF YOU HAVE ORDERED A VPS IN 2025 OR LATER, CHANCES ARE THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU. INSTEAD, PLEASE REVIEW THE CURRENT ARTICLES HERE: https://portal.incognet.io/knowledgebase/14/KVM-VPS-or-vDedi-Articles
At IncogNET, we randomly generate all VPS hostnames at time of ordering. If you have several servers in your account, this can get quite confusing when trying to determine which VPS is hosting what service.
From your VPS control panel:
- Login here: https://control.incogvps.com:4083/
- Select the VPS from your list.
- Navigate to "Settings" and then, "Change Hostname"
Your hostname does NOT need to a FQDN. You can put anything there. "XMPP-Server", "Website1", "Netherlands-VPN" or whatever you'd like.
From your VPS, logged in via ssh:
sudo hostnamectl set-hostname example-server
Once you logout and log back in to SSH, you'll see your new hostname is reflected in the terminal. (Ex: root@new-hostname instead of root@srv-8BR92PV4 )
