This article will install dhclient for setting hostname provided by DHCP server.
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1 udhcpc command
The hostname provided by DHCP server is not set.
localhost:~$ cat /etc/hostname localhost localhost:~$ hostname -f localhost.hiroom2.com
2 Install dhclient
Install dhclient and reboot. The coreutils is needed for avoiding dhclient script error with busybox command.
$ sudo apk add dhclient coreutils $ sudo reboot
The hostname provided by DHCP server is set.
kvm-alpinelinux-3-8-dhclient:~$ cat /etc/hostname localhost kvm-alpinelinux-3-8-dhclient:~$ hostname -f kvm-alpinelinux-3-8-dhclient.hiroom2.com