Updating cloud-init causes the set_hostname routine to change the hostname.
Issue
- After updating to newer versions of cloud-init the hostname is appended with a ".novalocal" FQDN.
- This issue was first noticed during an upgrade of Red Hat Enterprise Linux from version 7.4 to version 7.6
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
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