How to Change the Hostname on a Vultr Bare Metal Instance

1 min readUpdated 4 November 2026

Rename a Vultr Bare Metal instance with the Console or Terraform. A hostname change reinstalls the operating system.

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 Bare Metal instance using the Vultr Console or Terraform.

Changing the hostname reinstalls the operating system and wipes all the data on your server.

Navigate to Compute and click Instances.
Click your target Bare Metal instance to open its management page.
Navigate to the Settings tab.
Click Change Hostname on the left navigation menu.
Replace the existing value with your new hostname.
Click Change Hostname to change the instance hostname.
Select Yes, change the hostname and reinstall this server in the confirmation prompt and click Change Hostname to apply the new hostname.

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