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The current Full Qualified Domain Name, in short FQDN is setup via the /etc/hosts File.

Configuration for a static IP adress

FQDN entry for static IP address:

File: /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       localhost
::1             localhost
192.168.0.123   machine1.domain.local        machine1

FQDN entry for dynamic IP address (e.g. via DHCP):

File: /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       machine1.domain.local        machine1        localhost

Configuration for a dynamic IP adress

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Check FQDN configuration

If everything is correctly configured a
# hostname --fqdn
should output the full FQDN.
Code: Output
machine1.domain.local