Are you sure that advice is valid?

-John

On Jul 19, 2013, at 2:03 PM, Eric Redmond <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In source/languages/en/riak/ops/building/basic-cluster-setup.md:
> 
> > +    {pb_ip,   "192.168.1.10" },
> > +
> > +
> > +Next edit the `etc/vm.args` file and change the `-name` to your new IP:
> > +
> > +    -name riak@127.0.0.1
> > +
> > +becomes
> > +
> > +    -name riak@192.168.1.10
> > +
> > +<div class="info">
> > +<strong>Node Names</strong>
> > +<p>Use fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) rather than IP addresses
> > +for the cluster member node names. For example, "riak@cluster.example.com" and "riak@192.168.1.10" are both acceptable node naming schemes, but using the FQDN style is preferred.</p>
> > +<p>Once a node has been started, in order to change the name you must either remove ring files from the data directory, [[riak-admin reip|riak-admin Command Line#reip]] the node, or [[riak-admin cluster force-replace|riak-admin Command Line#cluster-force-replace]] the node.
> All of the examples use IPs, then this note says not to use IPs. Probably should change the examples.
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