By default, the certname is the fully qualified domain. You can change it via the node_name_value or node_name_fact; however, you need to have a very good reason to change the settings before you move forward with it.
https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/configuration.html#certname - Rilindo > On May 13, 2015, at 3:22 AM, Anil Aix <danil....@gmail.com> wrote: > > We were trying to register gcloud instances to puppet master, but the > instance names are very long with uc1f-coster-xxx02.c.xxxa-xxxx-xx0.internal > Is it possible to register these nodes with a short hostname or an alias...?, > > I tried adding below line in /etc/puppet/puppet.cong of client. > dns_alt_names = costerinf2 > And ran > puppet cert sign -all --allow-dns-alt-names on master > + "uc1f-cstor-inf02.c.zeta-bonsai-770.internal" (SHA256) xxx S:costerinf2", > "DNS:uc1f-coster-xxx02.c.xxxa-xxxx-xx0.internal") > > > But it still registers with the long name, Even in Foreman interface it shows > long name, is there a way to register and show short names(the alias we > configured) in puppet. > Please help. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/56fdc977-e4f3-4bdd-a40e-f880416dfe1c%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/19E4CA7B-A72A-4429-9B24-6EC87D99B3CD%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
