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Admin Guide > Appendix D: ICE Agent Operation > Installing ICE Agent > Installing ICE Agent as a Docker Container > 5. Specifying a Hostname
5. Specifying a Hostname
When using the external command, ICE Agent creates an external server entity in the ICE Server when the ICE Agent is initially run. ICE Agent applies a default description to the entity containing the hostname of the system where the server is running and the time and date when it was created. For example:
Running on Bill's Computer. Created on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 8:45:27 PM.
The name 'Bill's Computer' in this example comes from the hostname reported by the operating system. By default, Docker containers are assigned a random alphanumeric string as their hostname, which results in descriptions such as Running on 6c922183b0ba....
Since the entity description may be useful in knowing where in the network an agent is running, its recommended that you explicitly specify a hostname using the --hostname switch:
docker run --hostname "Bill's Computer" ...