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# Setting a unique hostname to the BMC machine on first boot
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Author: Asmitha KR
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Other contributors: None
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Created: 2019-05-07
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## Problem Description
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In OpenBMC, the hostname discovery is done by the avahi Dbus service at the
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startup. In a network where there are multiple OpenBMC machines, avahi keeps
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getting the hostname conflict and the service name conflict. Hence, the problem
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is to find a solution that resolves these conflicts.
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## Background and References
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The detailed issue regarding the hostname and service name conflicts is
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described in the following links.
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https://github.com/openbmc/openbmc/issues/1741.
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https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/avahi/2018-January/002492.html
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https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/117
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## Requirements
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None.
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## Proposed Design
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To solve this, we are proposing a service which assigns a unique hostname to the
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BMC and runs on the very first boot. one of the ways to generate the unique
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hostname is to append the Serial Number retrieved from Inventory Manager to the
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existing default hostname.
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## Alternatives Considered
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None.
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## Impacts
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None.
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## Testing
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None.
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