From 9b96fbcd4956059af0dc4e6dd426219f311f6778 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: KATO Tomoyuki Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 10:53:14 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] [user-guide] add note about hostname 63 chars limitation Change-Id: Ic8618ba864d8341d4d4df103c8cd33f10ce64b27 Closes-Bug: #1504213 --- doc/user-guide/source/dashboard_launch_instances.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/user-guide/source/dashboard_launch_instances.rst b/doc/user-guide/source/dashboard_launch_instances.rst index cc1b1bd86d..a07072a5a2 100644 --- a/doc/user-guide/source/dashboard_launch_instances.rst +++ b/doc/user-guide/source/dashboard_launch_instances.rst @@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ Launch an instance .. note:: - The name you assign here becomes the initial host name - of the server. + The name you assign here becomes the initial host name of the server. + If the name is longer than 63 characters, the Compute service + truncates it automatically to ensure dnsmasq works correctly. After the server is built, if you change the server name in the API or change the host name directly, the names are not updated in the