{"id":1836,"date":"2019-10-22T23:48:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T15:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2019-10-22T23:48:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T15:48:14","slug":"how-to-change-the-hostname-of-your-raspberry-pi-running-raspbian-with-raspi-config","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/how-to-change-the-hostname-of-your-raspberry-pi-running-raspbian-with-raspi-config\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change the hostname of your Raspberry Pi, running Raspbian, with raspi-config"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you deploy multiple Raspberry Pis in your house, it is a good practice to give each of them a unique hostname. Since the default hostname for Raspbian is raspberrypi<\/strong>, it will be easier to look for the IP address of a new Raspbian installation in this situation.<\/p>\n

Given that, let us look at how you can change the hostname of your Raspberry Pi in Raspbian via the Raspberry Pi Software Configuration Tool (raspi-config<\/code>).<\/p>\n

Since the Raspberry Pi Software Configuration Tool is a command line application, you will need a terminal program to use it.<\/p>\n

If you are using Raspbian (for example Raspbian Buster) with a windowing system, then you will click on the terminal program icon to start a terminal program:
\n\"Raspbian<\/p>\n

When you have started a terminal program, enter the following command to launch the Raspberry Pi Software Configuration Tool:<\/p>\n

\r\nsudo raspi-config\r\n<\/pre>\n
After you had done so, the Raspberry Pi Software Configuration Tool will start in your terminal program:
\n\"20191022<\/p>\n
Given that, select Network Options<\/strong>:
\n\"\"<\/p>\n
Once the Network Options<\/strong> menu loads, select Hostname<\/strong>:
\n\"20191022<\/p>\n
After you had done so, raspi-config shows how you should name your new hostname, type enter<\/strong> to continue:
\n\"20191022<\/p>\n
Next, enter a new hostname for your Raspberry Pi:
\n\"20191022<\/p>\n
Once you are done, raspi-config<\/code> brings you to the initial page. Select Finish<\/strong> to complete the configuration change:
\n\"20191010<\/p>\n
At this point in time, raspi-config<\/code> will prompt you to restart you Raspberry Pi:
\n\"20191022<\/p>\n
After your Raspberry Pi had restarted, it will take the new hostname.<\/p>\n\n