# Setting custom server node name

**Category:** [Platform](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/platform-implem/7)
**Created:** 2021-05-30 11:11 UTC
**Views:** 760
**Replies:** 2
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/setting-custom-server-node-name/1586

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## Post #1 by @Dileep_V_S

By default EHRBase seems to add local.ehrbase.org to all the URIs that it creates

For example versioned compositionUid - ac760392-f56a-40f0-a4dd-ccd769625ea9::local.ehrbase.org::2

In my understanding the nodename is used in these URIs. I tried changing it by starting the JAR as below

#java -jar application/target/application-0.16.5.jar -server.nodename=local.ehr.network

Though the server starts OK, I do not see any difference to the URIs after that also. Is there any way to check the nodename in an running instance of EHRbase? How do I control the structure of the URIs

regards

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## Post #2 by @jake.smolka

Hey @Dileep_V_S! The mechanisms are the same like here: https://discourse.openehr.org/t/list-of-available-override-the-application-properties-like-database-settings-in-ehrbase/1580/5?u=jake.smolka

So you could change the node name with, for instance:

``` bash
SERVER_NODENAME=test java -jar application-0.16.5.jar
```

And, just as a side note, to quickly check the result:

``` bash
curl --header "PREFER: return=representation" \
        --request POST \
    http://localhost:8080/ehrbase/rest/openehr/v1/ehr | jq
```

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## Post #3 by @Dileep_V_S

Thank you. That works

regards

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