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Published on: 28 November 2021

VM template has same IP and Hostname

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sudo truncate -s 0 /etc/machine-id
sudo rm /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
sudo ln -s /etc/machine-id /var/lib/dbus/machine-id

Change /etc/hostname contents to the new hostname
Change /etc/hosts contents to the new hostname

Reboot

Note: If necessary also edit /etc/network/interfaces

References

Fixing Virtual Machines that fight over the same IP address