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please don't manually edit /etc/hosts
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@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ This section shows how to statically map an IP address to a hostname for local
(meaning on this VyOS instance) name resolution. This is the VyOS equivalent to (meaning on this VyOS instance) name resolution. This is the VyOS equivalent to
`/etc/hosts` file entries. `/etc/hosts` file entries.
.. note:: Do *not* manually edit `/etc/hosts`. This file will automatically be
regenerated on boot based on the settings in this section, which means you'll
lose all your manual edits. Instead, configure static host mappings, as follows.
.. cfgcmd:: set system static-host-mapping host-name <hostname> inet <address> .. cfgcmd:: set system static-host-mapping host-name <hostname> inet <address>
Create a static hostname mapping which will always resolve the name Create a static hostname mapping which will always resolve the name