topic Re: Host naming rule: host name format to incl. process name in Open Q&A

Host naming rule: host name format to incl. process name

andre_vdveen — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:19:10 GMT

There are a number of EKS hosts that shows up with very random names. Creating a host naming rule using the k8s node_group_name removes the very random names, but the result is that all hosts now have the same name e.g., eks-node-other, based on the node_group_name.

If I could use e.g., the process name on each of the nodes and make that part of the host name, that would be helpful. as it would split the 16 hosts into at least four different names - some of the hosts run the same process (workload) and it's OK for them to have the same name.
However, I don't see an option to use process name or something else that is not host related, for the naming rule.

I'm hoping someone has some clever ideas on what I could try to make the host names more unique?

Re: Host naming rule: host name format to incl. process name

Julius_Loman — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:23:33 GMT

Any chance of using k8s metadata to construct the name?

Re: Host naming rule: host name format to incl. process name

andre_vdveen — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:40:40 GMT

Unfortunately, there's nothing unique in the k8s metadata.
But, I've spoken to the client and they are looking into changing that - at least then I might be able to use the metadata, yes.