# Update hostname based on IP

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-hostname-based-on-ip/32023>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 22, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-hostname-based-on-ip/32023 "2020-01-22T08:17:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dudu.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@dudu.c](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dudu.c)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-hostname-based-on-ip/32023/1 "2020-01-22T08:17:31Z")

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Hi,  
I would like to update hostname based on server IP.  
In my ansible host, I have a group that includes 5 servers IP, for each server, I will need to define hostname name based on the IP.

[web server]  
130.1.1.1  
130.1.1.2

130.1.1.3

130.1.1.4

130.1.1.5

130.1.1.1 \>\> web-1  
130.1.1.2 \>\> web-2

130.1.1.3 \>\> web-3

130.1.1.4 \>\> web-4

130.1.1.5 \>\> web-5

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/update-hostname-based-on-ip/32023/2 "2020-01-22T14:10:30Z")

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[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/hostname\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/hostname_module.html)

‪On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 at 09:17, ‫דודו דודו‬‎ \<[dudu.confirm@gmail.com](mailto:dudu.confirm@gmail.com)\> wrote:‬