Server or environment determination 2

[johnherman]

Is there an internal shell command or env variable that can tell me which server I am on?
Objective – use the server name as a switch to populate various environment variables for development, QA/test, or production as applicable.
If not, any ideas?


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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was - Steven Wright

 

[LKBrwnDBA]

Did you try hostname?

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[johnherman]

Thanks for your suggestion, however, my SA is telling me that if we switch to virtual names for high availability, then hostname (as well as uname -n) will not work.

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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was - Steven Wright

 

[LKBrwnDBA]

Create your own environment variable (HOST maybe) and set it in the /etc/profile script.

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[Chacalinc]

OR (in addition to LKBrwnDBA's post) write a simple file in /etc/me.txt and write down the server name into it? and make a simple script called [tt]servername.sh[/tt] with [tt]cat /etc/me.txt[/tt]

Chacal, Inc.

 

[johnherman]

Thanks. Sometimes the simple solution can get lost in the mix.

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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was - Steven Wright