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What host names do you use? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 month 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. 😅 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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[–] eru@mouse.chitanda.moe 3 points 1 month ago

weeb ones

[–] 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.

[–] bikooo2@r.nf 3 points 1 month ago

I Used Gondolin for my PC but after reinstalling I didn't put it back on and left the default

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say my hostnames are very creative, but they all have some kind of backstory.

Main desktop: POwOful
It's a pretty powerful desktop, so why not call it that :)

Laptop: LenOwO
Can you guess the laptop brand?

Server 1: Shitbox
It's my first server box I ever built, so it's underpowered and pretty shitty.

Server 2: Stowage
My proper server with actual data parity, and it's pretty powerful

Server 3: Jank
This one is another shitmix of hardware with random harddrives in raid 0. I am aware that they'll die at some point, and all of that data stored on it will be lost, so i use it as temporary storage whenever I need to copy something from one machine to another.

Robot vacuum: suckywucky
Yea....

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[–] 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.

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

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

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

Reserved for future use: krex & krox

Poor "kryx".

[–] dirtycrow@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] 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

[–] 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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[–] Xartle@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

I've gone through lots of themes. These days it's mostly where things are or what they are for. Topshelf, closet, code lives on monkey, work laptop is named work. I've had more fun themes but the novelty wore off.

[–] amphy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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

[–] Zag010@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] ClemaX@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month 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!

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I used the names of the eldrazi from magic the gathering:

Ulamog: desktop PC Emrakul: NAS / Plex server name Kozilek: NUC mini PC

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Norbert, Norbina, Morbert, Morbina, Hassio, Nassio

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