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  • S [email protected]

    What happens if you add another RPi?

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    #176

    I might rename them. So, e.g. if I’d add another Pi5, the existing one would become rpi5-1 and the new one rpi5-2.

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    • M [email protected]

      Like after specific Terminator models, or characters or...?

      Lol just had a funny thought:


      "What's the server's name?"

      "Max"

      T800@localhost: ping Wolfie
      PING Wolfie (192.168.1.10): 65 bytes of data.
      64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.123 ms
      64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.110 ms
      64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.115 ms
      64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.118 ms
      64 bytes from 192.168.1.10: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.121 ms
      
      --- Wolfie ping statistics ---
      5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
      round-trip min/avg/max = 0.110/0.117/0.123 ms
      
      

      "Your server is pwned..."

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      #177

      Yeah, my WiFi is called Skynet. My main nas s skynet vault. I have main vm called T800

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      • M [email protected]

        "Scale with more ProxMox nodes? Don't you mean

        S̸̡̗͉̰̭̬͙̲̩̖̫͔̹̓͛̓̈́̋̈́̊̂̕͡P̶̫̱̜͌́̒̐̄̈́́͐̒̅̆̎͋́͘A̴͙̬͇̐̋̓̋̇̋̒̏̀̀͒͡W̷̡̧̙̭̫̅̐͂̿̋̔̏͗͗̔̄͌̈́͝N̷̡̨̙͉̜̲̗̽͆̊̒̽̐̏̾̇̊̋̓̎͝ ̷̛̟͗̈́Ṃ̸̛͖̤̖̐̇́́̏̐́̋Ơ̶̼̤̣̊̎̔͑̈̈́̇̊͝A̸̧̢͇̣̰̫̙̼͈͈͈͉̼͙̻͑̽̿̊̌͝Ŗ̵̜̦͇̲̜̼͕̞̮̱̝̬̯̓͒̀͛̅͐̌͡͠ͅ ̵̧̺͕̖̘̟̭̥̳̪͖̗̤̞̎̈́̔͊͝O̴͓̼̥͆̈́̓̓͗̐̆̐́̀͂̕V̵̡͎͈͈̗̞̺̭̘͓̬̻̦̙͉̿̎ͅE̷̓̃̄̿̓̒̈́̇͋̑͘ͅŖ̵̛͖̣̼̘̜̹̻̜͍͉̫͍̞̉͆́̐̍̓̊̈͜L̴̛͉̜̩̞͇͕̞̟͎̱͛̇̎̓͝ͅO̸̡̧̢̯̭̟̝̺̩͔̬̜̼͚̬̽́̇̃̌̏̎̏́́̓͒̅̓͘R̷̨̫͍̹̗̮̹̯͆͗̕ͅD̶̨̡̪̼͕͇̻̲͊͑́͋̈̈́̔̅͠S̷̥̼̘̾̽̆̿̃̈́̾͆̾̏͝͡???"

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        #178

        Hah, they're TrueNAS BSD jails, but yes, now I need to figure out how to rename the "Jails" tab in my UI to overlords.

        Also, all the extra work my self-hosting endeavors generate is "creep".

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        • M [email protected]

          Ha! Clever and humerus!

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          I guess with planets it always comes down to that funny one at some point

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          • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

            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. 😅
            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.
             
             
             

            Now let your pants down and tell me all about

            your embarrassing host names!

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            #180

            References to The Dark Tower or Murakami characters.

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            • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

              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. 😅
              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.
               
               
               

              Now let your pants down and tell me all about

              your embarrassing host names!

              thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyzT This user is from outside of this forum
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              #181

              Every computer I own is an autobot. My primary machine is always Optimus Prime, has been since 2008. Other machines get other names generally slightly inspired by their role / nature. Bumblebee and CliffJumper are miniPCs of various persuasions, Preceptor is my "mess around with AI" box, my big server that handles most of my data and network services is Wheeljack, my Macbook is Mirage, my backup server is Powerglide, my TV (which is an old Dell all in One running Linux Mint) is UltraMagnus.

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              • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                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. 😅
                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.
                 
                 
                 

                Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                your embarrassing host names!

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                #182

                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.

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                • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                  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. 😅
                  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.
                   
                   
                   

                  Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                  your embarrassing host names!

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                  #183

                  I originally named all my hardware after members of the Wu-Tang Clan plus some close affiliates, but I actually ran out of names, so now I use MFDOOM aliases for my workstations, and keep Wu-Tang for infrastructure, because it's for the children.

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                  • K [email protected]

                    I have to ask, why start with 0? I never understood this with infrastructure. I would do something like 00000 if I did numbers so it would be easy to sort, but I always started with 1. I'm just curious.

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                    First non negative integer so easy for computer to display.

                    I only really use zero in networking names to correspond with an IPv4 address that ends with dot zero.

                    I think it's just what you're used to. Like counting bottom to top in teleco versus counting top to bottom in IT.

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                    • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                      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. 😅
                      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.
                       
                       
                       

                      Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                      your embarrassing host names!

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                      #185

                      I use the names of greek deities for my host names, mostly geared towards the function of the server/computer.

                      • Nyx (dark-blue laptop)
                      • Hypnos (gaming machine)
                      • Argus (pi-hole and reverse proxy)
                      • Prometheus (minecraft server)
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                      • clif@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                        Mine are named after the penguins from the Madagascar movie : Skipper, Private, Kowalski, and Rico.

                        Unfortunately there's only four so I often supplement with a suffix. For example, I've got an old windows laptop kicking around that is "rico-w"

                        ... I should really commit to a naming scheme with a wider array of options.

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                        Why limit yourself to the penguins?

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                        • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                          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. 😅
                          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.
                           
                           
                           

                          Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                          your embarrassing host names!

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                          #187

                          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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                            I use the names of greek deities for my host names, mostly geared towards the function of the server/computer.

                            • Nyx (dark-blue laptop)
                            • Hypnos (gaming machine)
                            • Argus (pi-hole and reverse proxy)
                            • Prometheus (minecraft server)
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                            #188

                            My two wifi bands have always been Castor and Pollux.

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                            • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                              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. 😅
                              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.
                               
                               
                               

                              Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                              your embarrassing host names!

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                              #189

                              I just memorise the IPs lmao. then again I only have 1 or 2 hosts up on my network ever

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                              • S [email protected]

                                Why not Saṃsāra? Or maybe it's Rin'ne in Japanese?

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                                I have been saving that one for when I get a framework laptop

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                                  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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                                  What names has this process come up with?

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                                  • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                                    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. 😅
                                    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.
                                     
                                     
                                     

                                    Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                                    your embarrassing host names!

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                                    #192

                                    For my servers I try to use names from the Final Fantasy universe. Lately been focusing on FFXI end game bosses.

                                    Kirin (opnsense firewall)
                                    Byakko (proxmox host)
                                    Tiamat (proxmox backup)
                                    Shiva (Nas)

                                    The only clever virtual machine names I care to brag about are:
                                    DockBox (VM running docker)
                                    Jellxc (proxmox lxc running jellyfin)

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                                    • krik@lemmy.dbzer0.comK [email protected]

                                      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. 😅
                                      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.
                                       
                                       
                                       

                                      Now let your pants down and tell me all about

                                      your embarrassing host names!

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                                      I self-host for learning and fun. So I name my home servers with the car names.

                                      Server Hostname car name
                                      RaspberryPi cooper Mini Cooper
                                      Old Laptop Raptor Ford F150 Raptor
                                      PC Hummer Hummer
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                                      • F [email protected]

                                        Why limit yourself to the penguins?

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                                        Yeah... I should expand. The penguins are just my favorite part of those movies and it matches the Linux motif that I started with yet falls apart, you know, when I name a windows laptop rico-w : P

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                                        • beattakeshi@lemmy.worldB [email protected]

                                          Where's Demogorgon?

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                                          #195

                                          Just to the left of Demimoore.

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