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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'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.

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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!

      L This user is from outside of this forum
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      #41

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

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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!

          K This user is from outside of this forum
          K This user is from outside of this forum
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          wrote on last edited by
          #43

          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).

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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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            wrote on last edited by
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            AI from fiction:

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

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            • K [email protected]

              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).

              K This user is from outside of this forum
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              #45

              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

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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!

                isokiero@sopuli.xyzI This user is from outside of this forum
                isokiero@sopuli.xyzI This user is from outside of this forum
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                #46

                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.

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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!

                  akatsukilevi@lemmy.worldA This user is from outside of this forum
                  akatsukilevi@lemmy.worldA This user is from outside of this forum
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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #47

                  'fuck' and the family of 'fucking'

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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!

                    circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orgC This user is from outside of this forum
                    circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orgC This user is from outside of this forum
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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #48

                    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.

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                      I'm missing the rpi1 in that list. Please fix ASAP.

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                      #49

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

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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!

                        N This user is from outside of this forum
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                        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.

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                          I use some generic names.

                          • Phone: phone
                          • Current Laptop: fedora
                          • Old laptop: laptop
                          • Router: openwrt
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                          Lol, it's 20x easier when you're looking at a dump from nmap.

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                          • kelo@lemmy.worldK [email protected]

                            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.

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                            Lol, my server goes by "nas"

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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!

                              tal@lemmy.todayT This user is from outside of this forum
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                              wrote on last edited by
                              #53

                              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
                              
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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!

                                tal@lemmy.todayT This user is from outside of this forum
                                tal@lemmy.todayT This user is from outside of this forum
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                                wrote on last edited by
                                #54

                                Reserved for future use: krex & krox

                                Poor "kryx".

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

                                  swab148@startrek.websiteS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  You're naming them out of the stuff that specifically isn't space!

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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!

                                    anunusualrelic@lemmy.worldA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #56

                                    My only currently active machine is a laptop named buttwarmer as per my cat's suggestion.

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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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                                      @Krik devnull, devzero, devrandom
                                      obv, devnull runs fileserver

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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!

                                        brighteast@lemmy.worldB This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #58

                                        Fictional planet names (mostly early Star Wars because I’m old): Dantooine, Naboo, Tatooine, Jabba (not a planet, but server for “data storage” hence smuggler reference), Bespin and odd one out Arrakis (laptop).

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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!

                                          marighost@lemm.eeM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          wrote on last edited by
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                                          My devices are cringely named after songs in Haken's discography.

                                          Desktop is MESSIAH.
                                          Laptop is AFFINITY.
                                          Phone is NIGHTINGALE.
                                          Steam Deck is SHAPESHIFTER.
                                          Router (and its WAP) is PORTALS.
                                          My NAS is the only one that falls outside of this, it's generically (last name)NetNAS. I should rename it, but I don't want to break anything 😅

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