All host names are resolved to IP addresses. > does the listen_address have to be hardwired to that same EXACT hostname for > lookup purposes as well? Not sure exactly what you mean here. I think if you only supply the host name, and your DNS is set correctly will work.
Hope that helps. ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 28/08/2012, at 5:00 AM, "Hiller, Dean" <dean.hil...@nrel.gov> wrote: > In the example, I see all ips being used, but our machines are on dhcp so I > would prefer using hostnames for everything(plus if a machine goes down, I > can bring it back online on another machine with a different ip but same > hostname). > > If I use hostname, does the listen_address have to be hardwired to that same > EXACT hostname for lookup purposes as well? Or will localhost grab the > hostname though it looks like it grabs the ip. > > Thanks, > Dean
