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How do you remove old DNS entries from manageAppHost showconfig

Troubleshooting


Problem

You changed the name of the IBM Security QRadar SOAR App Host server and notice multiple entries for the same IP address when viewing via manageAppHost showconfig.
 

-bash-4.2$ sudo manageAppHost showconfig

        Validity: [ From: Wed Mar 23 16:03:54 EDT 2022,  To: Sat Mar 20 16:03:54 EDT 2032 ]

App Registry: quay.io

Proxy Settings: none

DNS Settings:

192.168.22.17 apphost.localdomain

Example:

Current hostname:

-bash-4.2$ sudo hostname

apphost.localdomain

Change hostname to test1 and restart k3s

-bash-4.2$ sudo hostnamectl set-hostname test1

-bash-4.2$ sudo systemctl restart k3s

Change hostname to test2 and restart k3s

-bash-4.2$ sudo hostnamectl set-hostname test2

-bash-4.2$ sudo systemctl restart k3s

Check config

-bash-4.2$ sudo manageAppHost showconfig 

        Validity: [ From: Wed Mar 23 16:03:54 EDT 2022,  To: Sat Mar 20 16:03:54 EDT 2032 ] 

App Registry: quay.io 

Proxy Settings: none 

DNS Settings:

192.168.22.17 apphost.localdomain

192.168.22.17 test1

192.168.22.17 test2

Resolving The Problem

First is to determine what is the top node being used in conjunction with the App Host hostname
-bash-4.2$ sudo kubectl top node
NAME                  CPU(cores)   CPU%   MEMORY(bytes)   MEMORY%
test2                 194m         9%     1920Mi          24%
test1                 <unknown>                           <unknown>               <unknown>               <unknown>
apphost.localdomain   <unknown>                           <unknown>               <unknown>               <unknown>
-bash-4.2$
Next is to remove the unwanted nodes displaying <unknown>, in this case test1 and apphost.localdomain
-bash-4.2$ sudo kubectl delete node test1
node "test1" deleted
-bash-4.2$ sudo kubectl delete node apphost.localdomain
node "apphost.localdomain" deleted
-bash-4.2$
Check config
        Validity: [ From: Wed Mar 23 16:03:54 EDT 2022,  To: Sat Mar 20 16:03:54 EDT 2032 ]

App Registry: quay.io

Proxy Settings: none

DNS Settings:
192.168.22.17 test2

-bash-4.2$

Document Location

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Document Information

Modified date:
27 April 2022

UID

ibm16575517