How to set the hostname before a cPanel installation

Introduction

How can I specify my desired hostname before I install cPanel?

Procedure

There are 2 tools that can be used to perform this task, either one will work. Please make sure to use a fully qualified domain name as your hostname. You can read more about this here.

Hostname guidelines

• Method 1)

hostname $HOSTNAME

• Method 2)

hostnamectl set-hostname $HOSTNAME