I got an application where I’d like to start the node with a (long) name dynamically determined during runtime based on the computer’s IP address. However when I run mix release the application is given a node at compile time. I can’t for the life of me get anything useful out the mix release docs

So my question is, how do configure my project to not start the system with a pre-defined node.

Bonus question would be why does mix release hard code a node name? Won’t it make it impossible to differentiate between two nodes of the same application?

This is mostly what’s in my mix.exs

defmodule Elevator.MixProject do
  use Mix.Project

  def project do
    [
      app: :elevator,
      version: "0.8.0",
      elixir: "~> 1.13",
      start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
      env: Mix.env(),
      releases: [
        win_debug: [
          include_executables_for: [:windows],
          applications: [runtime_tools: :permanent],
          path: "releases/win_debug/"
        ],
        lab_debug: [
          include_executables_for: [:unix],
          applications: [runtime_tools: :permanent],
          path: "releases/lab_debug/"
        ]
      ]
    ]
  end

  def application() do
    [
      extra_applications: [:logger, :runtime_tools],
      mod: {Main, []}
      # Switch with Main to simulate single elevator
      # mod: {ElevatorSimul, []}
    ]
  end
end