Setting up Podcast Producer errors out

It looks like I am almost done having this setup. My PcP 2 server is setup and forward / reverse DNS are working. I've kerberized the service.
When going through the setup assistant, at the last step, I am getting an error message that states setup of the PcP failed.
My podcast producer startup log returns this:
2009-11-04 18:23:59 -0600 - Checking Open Directory search policy…
2009-11-04 18:23:59 -0600 - Checking host names…
2009-11-04 18:23:59 -0600 - Error: no host name in system configuration
2009-11-04 18:23:59 -0600 - Checking users and groups…
2009-11-04 18:23:59 -0600 - Checking default cerificate file…
2009-11-04 18:23:59 -0600 - Checking preferences…
2009-11-04 18:23:59 -0600 - Checking shared filesystem…
2009-11-04 18:23:59 -0600 - Checking database…
2009-11-04 18:23:59 -0600 - Checking Kerberos…
2009-11-04 18:23:59 -0600 - Done. Fail.
How can I resolve the problem with No Host Name in System configuration. As far as I can tell, everything is setup properly on that box.

I had the same issue too and scutil verified my HostName (not to be confused with what `hostname` returns) was not set:
admin$ scutil --get HostName
HostName: not set
this did the trick for me:
admin$ scutil --set HostName foobar.domain.private

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