[AMBARI-1255] Make the agent hostname determination scriptable

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.1, 1.2.3
• Component/s: ambari-agent
• Assignee: Nate Cole
• Reporter: Nate Cole
• Created: 24/Jan/13 21:05
• Updated: 07/May/13 23:07
• Resolved: 25/Jan/13 23:21

Description

Make the agent flexible enough to determine the hostname via script. Some organizations use multiple names for a host, and there's no guarantee that the correct one is used during registration.