> Hi Folks,
>
> Managed to get what I wanted via a combination of ...
> my xl create image.conf file(s) ...
> """
> # Guest name
> name = "<hostname here>"
> hostname = "<hostname here>"
> """
> and adding the following to my bb image recipe(s) ....
> """
> # Set hostname
> run_postprocess() {
> echo "<hostname here" > ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/hostname
> }
>
> ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += " run_postprocess ; "
> """
> Not the most elegant, but it will do.
>
> Sincerely,
> Ken Bassford
> Apertus Solutions
> (U) 301-490-4299 (x1292)
>
> ---- On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:31:34 -0400 Ken Bassford
> <kbassf...@apertussolutions.com> wrote ----
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I'm rather new to Yocto so please forgive me (and please correct me) if I
> have some of the terminology wrong.
> >
> > I am currently building a Xen dom0 with two guest domain images running
> under the dom0. These directories for building each of these images are
> located under the meta-virtualization directory in the build environment as
> recipe directories (recipe-xxx). Dom0 and each of the images work fine.
> >
> > The trouble I am having is that I wanted to give each domU a unique
> name/hostname to make networking and management easier so I don't have to
> manually set them up each time one is modified. Since each recipe only
> consisted of several sub-directories containing .bb files, I created a
> "base-files_3.0.14.bbappend" to each recipe's 'image' sub-directory
> (consisting of one line: hostname_pn-base-files = "<name of host>"). Now it
> seams that every time meta-virtualization is called bitbake "sees" the first
> .bbappend it comes across and tries to change the hostname regardless of
> which recipe I am building (i.e. If you run "bitbake -e base-files | grep
> ''hostname" it will always result in the same custom hostname). Obviously
> this is not the proper way to set the hostname.
> >
> > What is the proper way to go about this? Can I set it on the bitbake
> command line for building the image?
> >
> > I'd like for the hostname to be tied to the custom image recipe I am
> building. If I don't specifically call one of my custom recipes, neither
> should automatically be changing the hostname.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your time.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Ken Bassford
> > Apertus Solutions
> >
> >
> >
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