Openstack instance changes name when DHCP lease renews

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

For some Openstack instances, when the DHCP lease renews, the hostname is reset to the one provided by DHCP rather than the one which was specified via cloud-init.

Environment

Instance running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 or newer

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