---
name: "avahi.hosts"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "avahi"
version: "1:0.9rc5-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/avahi.hosts"
---

# avahi.hosts(5)

avahi-daemon static host name file

## NAME

avahi.hosts - avahi-daemon static host name file

## SYNOPSIS

**/etc/avahi/hosts**

## DESCRIPTION

*/etc/avahi/hosts* is a file which may be used to define static host name to IP address mappings for multicast DNS. This is especially useful when publishing DNS-SD services on behalf of other hosts. See **[avahi.service(5)](/avahi.service/5.md)** for more information.

The file format is similar to the one of */etc/hosts*: on each line an IP address and the corresponding host name. The host names should be in FQDN form, i.e. with appended .local suffix.

## AUTHORS

The Avahi Developers \<avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org\>; Avahi is available from **http://avahi.org/**

## SEE ALSO

**[avahi-daemon(8)](/avahi-daemon/8.md)**, **[avahi.service(5)](/avahi.service/5.md)**

## COMMENTS

This man page was written using **xml2man(1)** by Oliver Kurth.