diff --git a/data/products.yml b/data/products.yml
index e7f51d03a..5ff3d8eba 100644
--- a/data/products.yml
+++ b/data/products.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ influxdb:
   namespace: influxdb
   menu_category: self-managed
   list_order: 4
+  placeholder_host: localhost:1313
   versions:
     - v2.7
     - v2.6
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ influxdb_cloud:
   versions: [cloud]
   list_order: 1
   latest: cloud
+  placeholder_host: cloud2.influxdata.com
 
 influxdb_cloud_serverless:
   name: InfluxDB Cloud Serverless
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ influxdb_cloud_serverless:
   versions: [cloud-serverless]
   list_order: 2
   latest: cloud-serverless
+  placeholder_host: cloud2.influxdata.com
 
 influxdb_cloud_dedicated:
   name: InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ influxdb_cloud_dedicated:
   list_order: 3
   latest: cloud-dedicated
   link: "https://www.influxdata.com/contact-sales-form/"
+  placeholder_host: cluster-id.influxdb.io
   latest_cli: 2.0.1
 
 telegraf:
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/influxdb/host.html b/layouts/shortcodes/influxdb/host.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..003c0b140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/influxdb/host.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{{- $productPathData := findRE "[^/]+.*?" .Page.RelPermalink -}}
+{{- $currentVersion := index $productPathData 1 -}}
+{{- $isOSS := ne (len (findRE `^v[0-9]\.` $currentVersion)) 0 -}}
+{{- $parsedProductKey := cond $isOSS "oss" $currentVersion -}}
+{{- $productKey := .Get 0 | default $parsedProductKey -}}
+{{- $productAliases := dict "oss" "influxdb" "cloud" "influxdb_cloud" "cloud-tsm" "influxdb_cloud" "cloud-serverless" "influxdb_cloud_serverless" "serverless" "influxdb_cloud_serverless" "cloud-dedicated" "influxdb_cloud_dedicated" "dedicated" "influxdb_cloud_dedicated" "clustered" "influxdb_clustered" -}}
+{{- $productRef := index $productAliases $productKey -}}
+{{- $productData := index .Site.Data.products $productRef -}}
+{{ $productData.placeholder_host }}
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