One use case for this is rabbitmq-server; to make active/active rabbitmq clusters, rabbit nodes need to be joined just using the hostname; if this does not resolve, clustering fails.
I think this is actually an erlang issue (which behaves oddly when DNS is not configured properly). ** Changed in: maas Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1274947 Title: juju lxc instances deployed via MAAS don't have resolvable hostnames To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1274947/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs