Starting erlang without fully qualified hostnames in AWS
<p>when starting erlang on my local machine I am able to do </p>

<p><code>
erl -name testnode
</code></p>

<p>this starts up an erlang node with the fully qualified hostname of my machine </p>

<pre><code>~ erl -name test
Erlang/OTP 18 [erts-7.3] [source-d2a6d81] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:10] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]

Eshell V7.3  (abort with ^G)
(test@laptop.hanahaus.com)1&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>when I do the same thing on AWS I get back</p>

<pre><code>({application_start_failure,kernel,{{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,net_sup,{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,net_kernel,{'EXIT',nodistribution}}}}}
</code></pre>

<p>what am I missing? </p>