Setting the Hostname Prefix for a Desktop Pool
Set a custom hostname prefix used for desktops in Secure Desktops.
During desktop pool creation, an OCI compute instance is created for each desktop in the pool. For each instance, a hostname is automatically set in the format <prefix>-<32-bit hash>.
Where:
<prefix>is a hostname prefix specified by the administrator through a desktop pool tag. The default value issd.<32-bit hash>is an 8-character hexadecimal number based on the OCID of the desktop instance.
For example:
oci:desktops:hostname=sd-20b2c2fb
To specify a custom prefix, add the following tag when creating the desktop pool from the Secure Desktops administrator console:
oci:desktops:hostname_prefix=<prefix>
where
<prefix> is a 1-6 character alphanumeric string.- The first character must be alphabetic.
- Special characters are not allowed.
- If the prefix specified is invalid, it is rejected.
To add this tag, DNS must be enabled for your VCN and subnet. Otherwise, the request fails with the following error message:
The hostname prefix cannot be set when DNS is not enabled
If you choose not to add the tag, the desktop pool uses the following defaults:
- If DNS is enabled for your VCN and subnet, desktops launch using the default hostname prefix
sd. - If DNS is not enabled for your VCN and subnet, desktops launch using hostname
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