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@small-tech/cross-platform-hostname

v1.0.0

Published

Cross platform version of os.hostname() that returns the full computer name (including the primary DNS prefix) on Windows so you can write code that relies on the hostname (e.g., automatic TLS certificate provisioning) that will also work on Windows.

Downloads

108

Readme

Cross-platform hostname

On Linux and macOS, your hostname can be a fully-qualified domain name (e.g., my-linux-laptop.small-tech.org). This can be used, for example, as an intelligent default for setting up a staging server and automatically provisioning TLS certificates.

On Windows 10, however, the situation is (of course, because Windows) different. Your hostname, as returned by os.hostname() in Node is just your computer name (e.g., my-linux-laptop).

To get the equivalent of a usable hostname as under Linux or macOS, you have to jump through a few hoops to set your primary DNS suffix, which is then combined with your hostname to give you your full computer name (or what we would call your hostname on Linux or macOS).

If you adhere to this convention on Windows 10, this module will return your full computer name (usable hostname) and you can write cross-platform code that relies on this.

How to set your full computer name on Windows 10

Say you want to set your hostname to my-windows-laptop.small-tech.org:

  1. Control Panel → System And Security → System → Change Settings link (next to Computer name) → [Change…] Button
  2. Under Computer name, enter your subdomain (my-windows-laptop)
  3. [More…] Button → enter your domain name (small-tech.org) in the Primary DNS suffix of this computer field.
  4. Press the various [OK] buttons to dismiss the various modal dialogues and restart your computer.

Install

npm i @small-tech/cross-platform-hostname

Use

const hostname = require('@small-tech/cross-platform-hostname')
console.log(`Your hostname is ${hostname}`)

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