Editing the /etc/hosts file

[Tanth]

I have to change the etc/hosts file as stated in the instructions below, but don't know how to do that. Can anyone give me instructions on how to do this. I'm running the Virtual Appliance of Zimbra.

Important: Make sure that FQDN entry in /etc/hosts appears before the hostnames. If this is missing, the creation of the Zimbra certificate fails. The FQDN entry should look like this example. See zmcreatecert in the Administrator’s Guide, CLI Commands appendix.

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
your.ip.address FQDN yourhostname

[gmsmith]

Originally Posted by Tanth

I have to change the etc/hosts file as stated in the instructions below, but don't know how to do that. Can anyone give me instructions on how to do this. I'm running the Virtual Appliance of Zimbra.

Important: Make sure that FQDN entry in /etc/hosts appears before the hostnames. If this is missing, the creation of the Zimbra certificate fails. The FQDN entry should look like this example. See zmcreatecert in the Administrator’s Guide, CLI Commands appendix.

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
your.ip.address FQDN yourhostname

You should be able to use nano or vi to edit the file located at /etc/hosts

Do you know what the IP address and associated dns name for your appliance is?

[Tanth]

Originally Posted by gmsmith

You should be able to use nano or vi to edit the file located at /etc/hosts

Do you know what the IP address and associated dns name for your appliance is?

The internal is 10.0.0.104

[gmsmith]

Originally Posted by Tanth

The internal is 10.0.0.104

So do you have a DNS name associated with the host?