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How to Change the Hostname on a Vultr Cloud GPU Instance

Updated on 28 August, 2025

Changing the default hostname on an instance modifies the default server configuration and reinstalls the operating system.

Follow this guide to change the hostname on a Vultr Cloud GPU instance using the Vultr Customer Portal, or Terraform.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Terraform
  1. Navigate to Products and click Compute.
  2. Click your target Cloud GPU instance to open its management page.
  3. Navigate to the Settings tab.
  4. Find and click Change Hostname on the left navigation menu.
  5. Replace the existing value with your new hostname.
  6. Click Reinstall to change your instance hostname.
  7. Check the confirmation prompt and click Change Hostname to apply your new hostname.

  1. Open your Terraform configuration for the existing Cloud GPU instance.

  2. Update the hostname value in the instance resource to the new hostname.

    terraform 
    resource "vultr_instance" "gpu" {
    # ...existing fields (region, plan, label, etc.)

    hostname = "new-hostname"
}

  3. Apply the configuration and observe the following output:

    Apply complete! Resources: 0 added, 1 changed, 0 destroyed.

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