What host names do you use?

[Guest]

They're all some kind of machine.
Steam deck: SteamMachineryV1

PC: ArchMachineryV2

Phone: Android_μMachine

Oddly enough my server goes by MonoVerse, which I named first and I guess it just stuck.

[thejml@lemm.ee]

Current homelab+desktop+laptop host count here is 22. All anime characters or references. It’s a fairly large pool to pull from, so it’s worked for me for 20+ years now. Mobile devices (phones, tablets, etc) and game consoles aren’t really as clever though.

All of them are in a piHole DNS though so no host files keeps it easy to track. Services have names that mostly are just what they are though and cnames to the matching host that hosts them (or load balancer, whatever)

[lorentz@feddit.it]

Devices are named after characters from books I recently read, trying to match the name with the character of the book.
But for virtual hosts for services I use their purpose (wiki, files, feed…) because I wasted too much time updating all the bookmarks last time I migrated to a new server.

[ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com]

I name based on OS and location.

fedoraDesktop
fedoraLaptop
fedoraServer
fedoraSchoolServer
unraid
qnap
ubuntuServer

[asparagus0098@sh.itjust.works]

I use some generic names.

• Phone: phone
• Current Laptop: fedora
• Old laptop: laptop
• Router: openwrt

[irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I use Arthurian legend related stuff. Servers and desktops are locations. My portable devices are the names of swords. IoT devices are more explicitly descriptive since I won't need to type in, but it's more important to recognize them when I see them, like lightswitch-livingroom.

[Guest]

I'm in the name after location and function fraction. All but my printer, he's named Cthulhu because printers are a menace to humanity and it supports wake-on-LAN.

[letsgo2themall@lemmy.world]

I name mine after space! Earth, Moon, Mars, Saturn, etc...

[Guest]

Man I’m lame.

Used to be {env}-function##

Now it’s {env}-{vlanlocation}-function##

VLAN location such as DMZ, Infra, Jump for jump boxes, IOTSec or IOTInsec, Etc

[Guest]

I think a similar post came few time ago, but no ashamed in my case.
I use late pet names, for me as a tribute to their memory. Also, I try to put some logic in the name, like the squirrel name for a lightweight VM with not much services / workload or dog name for the reverse proxy (guardian function).

[Guest]

AI from fiction:

HAL
M.O.T.H.E.R
AM
Jarvis

[Guest]

At home at least try to put some meaning, but at corporate environments as some have mention I gonwithbthe classical location-function-environment-XXX ^_^U

[isokiero@sopuli.xyz]

I mostly use battlestar galactica ship names for my own hardware, but it's been mixed with boring '<function>.mydomain.foo' names as well. I should rename a bunch of stuff around and include them in my DNS.

[Guest]

'fuck' and the family of 'fucking'

[circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org]

I tend to use food names, like tomato and sausage. But no potato, and definitely no apple.

I also utilize the special-use domain home.arpa for all my LAN systems, so accidental collisions are largely impossible.

[mbirth@lemmy.ml]

That one was called just rpi.domain.com, but didn't stand the test of time...

[null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

ok so don't hate me but h001, h002, h003, and so on.

That's h for host. I also use n to number networks, and k to number physical keys.

I list them all in my keepassxc password database, where I can include any additional information.

With the prevalence of vms, docker containers, and docker networks, there's just too many things to name. By numbering them I can just side step that whole game.

[beardedgingerwonder@feddit.uk]

Lol, it's 20x easier when you're looking at a dump from nmap.

[beardedgingerwonder@feddit.uk]

Lol, my server goes by "nas"

[tal@lemmy.today]

Three-letter names that can be typed with one hand, since I have to type them frequently.

$ egrep "^([qwertasdfgzxcvb]{3}|[yuiophjkllnm]{3})$" /usr/share/dict/words