How to Change the Hostname on a Vultr Cloud GPU Instance

1 min readUpdated 26 May 2026

Learn how to modify the hostname on your Vultr Cloud GPU instance for proper system identification.

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 Console, or Terraform.

Navigate to Products and click Compute.
Click your target Cloud GPU instance to open its management page.
Navigate to the Settings tab.
Find and click Change Hostname on the left navigation menu.
Replace the existing value with your new hostname.
Click Reinstall to change your instance hostname.
Check the confirmation prompt and click Change Hostname to apply your new hostname.

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