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Host name strategy¶
Before installing MKE, plan a single host name strategy to use consistently throughout the cluster, keeping in mind that MKE and MCR both use host names.
There are two general strategies for creating host names: short host names and fully qualified domain names (FQDN). Consider the following examples:
Short host name:
engine01Fully qualified domain name:
node01.company.example.com