systemd

systemd Hostname API

The Hostname API from systemd — 3 operation(s) for hostname.

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Operations 4

GET /hostname Get The Current Hostname #

PUT /hostname Set The Transient Hostname #

PUT /static-hostname Set The Static Hostname #

PUT /pretty-hostname Set The Pretty Hostname #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: systemd-hostnamed (org.freedesktop.hostname1) Boot Hostname API
  version: '1.0'
  summary: D-Bus API of systemd-hostnamed modeled as REST operations.
  description: 'Documentation/contract artifact for the `org.freedesktop.hostname1` D-Bus interface on the

    system bus. Manages the system hostname (static, transient, pretty), chassis type, deployment,

    location, icon name, and other machine info.

    '
  license:
    name: LGPL-2.1-or-later
    url: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/LICENSES/LGPL-2.1-or-later.txt
servers:
- url: dbus://system/org.freedesktop.hostname1
tags:
- name: Hostname
paths:
  /hostname:
    get:
      tags:
      - Hostname
      operationId: GetHostname
      summary: Get The Current Hostname
      description: Returns the transient hostname (or static if not set).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Hostname.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  hostname:
                    type: string
    put:
      tags:
      - Hostname
      operationId: SetHostname
      summary: Set The Transient Hostname
      description: Mirrors `SetHostname(name, interactive)`.
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                hostname:
                  type: string
                interactive:
                  type: boolean
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Updated.
  /static-hostname:
    put:
      tags:
      - Hostname
      operationId: SetStaticHostname
      summary: Set The Static Hostname
      description: Mirrors `SetStaticHostname(name, interactive)`. Persisted to /etc/hostname.
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                hostname:
                  type: string
                interactive:
                  type: boolean
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Updated.
  /pretty-hostname:
    put:
      tags:
      - Hostname
      operationId: SetPrettyHostname
      summary: Set The Pretty Hostname
      description: Mirrors `SetPrettyHostname(name, interactive)`. Free-form UTF-8 name.
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Updated.