Submitted 7 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to selfhosted@lemmy.world
Mimicing a thread I saw elsewhere.
I generally use this list to name my machines: en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_mythological_objects
For my main server I use loeding: a modified version of Lædingr, a chain forged by Thor to bind and were broken by Fenrir. (Norse Mythology)
My Raspberry Pi is named ‘raspberrypi’. I’m very creative.
Just as creative as my server called proxmox.
Similar to my scheme:
laptop = “laptop”
nas = “nas”
router = “router”
Then if there are more than one in each category I use nas-0, nas-1, etc.
Same thing here, except with a one extra number:
“raspberrypi5”
I have a pi4b called pi4b, a server called Server, an OMV server called OMV and an ARR server called… Arr
Nice try, NSA.
Let’s invent password reveal day instead.
My stuff is named after planets / ships in Star wars.
Server is coruscant Desktop is malastare Laptop is anaxes
Portable hard drives are ships
My router is called Jupiter, everything connected to it is named after a moon. Callisto, Ganymede, Thelxinoe, Kallichore are what I’m currently using.
My Proxmox server is called ARCADE and each VM is named after a game. Currently we have:
SpyHunter was a great game (the 3D ones). I still have both (?) for Playstation.
I started with the 2D arcade game of course. Both 3D games (SpyHunter and SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run) are solid as well
This has big “lol tell me your mother’s maiden name and your first pet and I’ll tel you what Harry Potter house you belong to!” Energy.
One place I worked we had a rule - do not name a server for any group using it. It seems the groups become territorial when you try to add a different group to “their” server.
Office culture nuances… I enjoy them.
web01, web02, … db01, db02, … api01, api02, …
You get the idea.
I named my PiHole holypi
There is no original thought.
A friend of mine had some explaining to do when he screwed up a dhcp config change and started routing his guest wifi through his “personal” pihole instead of the restricted guest one (he had family/children over often and did not want to be the reason nephew Timmy got an eyeful of wet bush or a beheading).
His family-friendly pihole was at holypi.lastname.local and his private one was creampi.lastname.local
I’m a Sysadmin, so my names are purely functional:
host-pmx-01 through 03, my 3 node Proxmox cluster vm-[SERVICE], optional 01-03 if needed ct-[SERVICE], for LXC containers
It makes it easy to reference things via DNS for service discovery.
My self-hosted docker server is called Ark. My NAS is called NAS. The two remote servers are simply called the name of the country they reside in.
It’s not very colourful :)
Nice try fed, won’t get my hostname that easily
My home assistant is on an old laptop, so obviously it’s names HAL 9000.
Just never make it lie…
I use names of known computers or androids in fiction. My main computer is always Ralf (the compute built by Richie Adler in Whiz Kids), and my main phone is Lal (Data’s daughter). My girlfriend uses other franchises (GlaDOS, Wheatley, Marvin).
My first server was called xenon because I misread Xeon for Xenon but I decided to stick with it. My new server is called argon. For beefy servers I will now go with noble gases.
I have only one cloud VM and called it firstborn. 🤷
All my PCs get names I like Aveline, Elisabeth, Amanda…
Periodic table names best names
vault101 was retired a few years ago and migrated to vault111
fedora@server
I use names off the list of 22 fallen angels from the Book of Enoch.
It’s a really interesting piece of hebrew apocrypha that details the circumstances leading to the flood. Feels much more high fantasy/pagan myth than the modern bible/torah.
These names are really fun! Good ones to add to my list…
the collection of books of Enoch are wild and pretty crazy if they hold any truth
Proxmox Machine: Vimes LinuxVM (Web and Appserver): Carrot WinServer: Angua NAS: Colon OPNSense Router: Pessimal
My only server is named domino server because just a small change and everything on it will break. Yes, it is that unstable.
I used to just name it after the os running on it, but I’ve now switched to periodic elements. But to not be too predictable, I randomly choose one, e.g. osmium, then helium, then argon etc
This is the less edg version of my naming scheme; greek gods
“why are the servers all fucking each other?”
As a huge fan of Stat Wars before Disney got involved and poisoned it (notable exceptions of Andor, some of the animated shows, etc.), I utilize warship names from the Expanded Universe (now called “Legends”) - what I like to call True Star Wars.
My main server is Chimaera. My backup server that also performs as an NVR is Lusankya. My separate mostly-NAS server away from my server rack is Admonitor.
I have sci-fi themed names for the storage pools too (using TrueNAS SCALE on all three servers):
DomainCode-SiteCode-Function##
ACME-USCA-WEB01 ACME-GERM-DC02
I worked for a company where the previous IT dorks named the servers after startrek ships. It’s cute at home. Had to rename everything and readdress the whole organization.
Weatherwax, Ogg, Nitt, Aching, Warbeck, Hamstring and few others
A man of culture I see hahaha. Just like VLC devs.
GNU Terry Pratchett
esmeralda
sadly i only have one server for now
Is it a smoky server with a sexy accent?
sadly no she’s a little clumsy
My tangible servers and clients have people’s names
My system components VMs have mythology names.
My non prod VMs have identifiable names like routeros, debiangui etc.
Fun stuff are my smart vacuums, I give them old women names from different countries. My very first one was Consuela, thinking of Family Guy.
I don’t have many now, just minstrel (it plays music) but previously they’ve always just be sounds. Rawr, groan, whimper, bark, moan, growl etc.
Except minstrel (it plays music) :p
OK what is whimper’s job?
whimper was a dovecot and postfix machine. Email isn’t very fun
No phantasy involved here.
Just my initials & “server” & a number.
Or, if the device isn’t exactly a server, it can also be my initials & “router” & a number, or “bridge” etc.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 7 months ago
My first networked computer, on an AppleTalk network was called “()/)/)/()”
Ir was an Apple Macintosh IIci.
It had that name for less than five minutes. That’s how long it took the network manager to find me and demand that I rename it to something that didn’t appear at the top of the Chooser, since that’s where the ADMIN NetWare server should be.
He suggested “ob1”, and that’s what it has been and continues to be for the past 32 years. My laptop became ob2.
Servers under my custody are called short words, generally four characters or less unless they’re disposable and they don’t get a name beyond what the installation process creates.
astraeus@programming.dev 7 months ago
That name is despicable, I love it
UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
what does “()/)/)/()” mean?
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 7 months ago
Take note of my username and then squint at it.