Setting a server's hostname used to be as simple as running the hostname command and adding a "HOSTNAME" entry in /etc/sysconfig/network. However things have changed quite a bit in RHEL7. Apparently, systemd now controls setting a server's hostname. The 'hostname' command no longer works to set your hostname, however the command is still available just to confuse you.
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Redhat 6 Minimal Kickstart Configuration with VMware Tools and Puppet Agent Install
Here is my small, crude, little Kickstart configuration and post install script that I have up and running in my lab at home. Don't expect to find anything too fancy here, as this Kickstart was purposefully built to be small and to the point. Here, the point was to spin up a VM, run through a basic install of CentOS/Redhat Linux, and install VMware Tools along with a Puppet agent.
Puppet: How Not To Generate a Certificate with Your Correct Hostname
So, I've been hacking away in my homelab as of late, building out a CentOS kickstart server, a Git server, and a puppet server. Right now, I am working on how to roll my puppet agent installs into my kickstart process. I just started on this, so I have yet to nail it down.