[Bug 890501] [NEW] EC2 cloud-init overwrites 127.0.1.1 in /etc/hosts on every reboot

Public bug reported: cloud-init sets up /etc/hosts with a default value for 127.0.1.1 looking something like: 127.0.1.1 ip-10-202-61-233.ec2.internal ip-10-202-61-233 I edit /etc/hosts to change this value to something that makes more sense to my internal software (e.g., Apache), say:

[Bug 890501] [NEW] EC2 cloud-init overwrites 127.0.1.1 in /etc/hosts on every reboot

Public bug reported: cloud-init sets up /etc/hosts with a default value for 127.0.1.1 looking something like: 127.0.1.1 ip-10-202-61-233.ec2.internal ip-10-202-61-233 I edit /etc/hosts to change this value to something that makes more sense to my internal software (e.g., Apache), say: