Why does my server show up as localhost?

Question

Why does my server name show up as localhost in the Contrast UI?

Answer

Contrast agents attempt to obtain the name of the server name primarily by using operating system commands to determine the hostname set. In cases where we cannot obtain the server name we set the value to localhost. 

Contrast agents allow the customization of the server name. 

If you're using a contrast_security.yaml file

server:
  name: foo

If you're using environment variables

CONTRAST__SERVER__NAME    foo

If you're using JVM arguments

-Dcontrast.server.name=foo

If you're using web.config file for .NET

<configuration>
   <appSettings>
     <add key="contrast.server.name" value="foo" />
   </appSettings>
   <system.web>
     ...