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What host names do you use? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 months ago by Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hi fellow selfhosters!

What hostnames do you use for your systems and services?
And maybe why if it's an interesting story.

I'll start:
Steam Deck: krax
Smartphone: krix (once I get LineageOS installed again)
MiniPC: krux
Reserved for future use: krex & krox

Creative, I know. πŸ˜… The names have no deeper meaning. The x comes from Linux. That's it.

I know some of you use god names of certain pantheons, such as Thor. But I find that boring as a lot of people are doing that. Β 
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Now let your pants down and tell me all about

your embarrassing host names!

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

Reserved for future use: krex & krox

Poor "kryx".

[–] somenonewho@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

Naming my devices after stars. Specifically stars in Ursa-Major

Desktop: alioth Laptop: alkaid Smartphone: alcor SteamDeck: dubhe Server: sarir

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

For my ProxMox server stuff I went with Lord of the Rings. The idea being the servers would be locations and the VMs would characters.

So right now my main server is Rivendell, and my PiHole on it is Gandalf ("You shall not pass!" Heehee eventually he'll have OPNSense too...)

If I get HomeAssistant at some point, obviously that'll be Samwise!

My Klipper VM for 3D printing is Celebrimbor, and the individual printers are named after various deities or myth figures of crafting/smithing/creativity like Brigid and Eitri.

For my client devices, I name my personal hardware after BattleTech mechs and that works well. It's intuitive because I can line up various roles and weight classes.

So my main desktop is Timberwolf, and my laptops are named after light mechs like Kitfox or Mistlynx.

Phones and tablets I don't really care about, they usually just name themselves after their model anyway. :)

[–] FunkFactory@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

pretty new setup but so far I've got

symmetra - synology dsm (nas)
junkrat - intel nuc main server

need to name my desktop/laptop now and maybe networking gear. thinking ramattra for the router and zenyatta for the bridge

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I have pebble, pabble, pibble, rebble, rabble, ribble and nibble.

Though the primary server is old enough that it was from a time when I named everything after Transformers, so it's Shockwave.

[–] lipilee@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My little pony. My pihole is pinkypie, mediaserver trottingham, homeassistant is ponyville, and my backup server is canterlot. And so on... :)

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[–] Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

References to The Dark Tower or Murakami characters.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 3 points 1 month ago

Used to be names from Neuromancer like "ono-sendai" and variations of that.

Now laptop is "flat", server is named after it's purpose like log, mail, mon, hosting, storage, etc.

[–] dirtycrow@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

I call them after what service is running on it. E.g. openvpn.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I take a word that's related to the purpose of the new host and put it in an online translator and cycle through languages until I get something cool.

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[–] amphy@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I recently de-embarrassed my hostnames. I went with names that are one step removed from being dead obvious. Feels nice having descriptive, but not uncreative, names for everything

  • Custom built desktop pc: Studio
  • Home theater PC: Theater
  • Server: Gamut (this was Nexus until I ran into bs regarding the TLD preload list in web browsers... had to go with a non-tld name)
  • Everything else: Based off the model. For example, my Asus Vivobook S 15 is just "Vivobook", etc
[–] xyro@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

I use lore from Starcitizen (planet name, space station, satellite, etc.)

[–] ClemaX@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago
[–] hindy@mbin.lovetux.net 2 points 1 month ago

Hello!

Well I'm having the following hostnames on my LAN:

  • betelgeuse (Beelink server with Proxmox)
  • altair (an another Beelink server with Proxmox)
  • eudora (outgoing SMTP server)
  • polaris (my laptop)
  • epsilon (my desktop)

Have fun!

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