What host names do you use?

[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

[tal@lemmy.today]

Reserved for future use: krex & krox

Poor "kryx".

[swab148@startrek.website]

You're naming them out of the stuff that specifically isn't space!