therealjcdenton ,
@therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip avatar

Nice try fed, won't get my hostname that easily

hperrin ,

I don’t really name my servers anything special (just hperrin-server, smtp1, smtp2, etc), but I like to name my projects after figures in Greek mythology.

thebardingreen ,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

All my machines are named after Autobots.

jo3shmoo ,

Same, though I've got a couple Decepticons sprinkled in. They all connect to the Allspark ssid.

spacemanspiffy ,

sol

terra

mars

venus

hubble

nibiru

voyager

groundcontrol (router)

deepspacenetwork1 and 2 (wifi access points)

Trigger2_2000 ,

Where's Major Tom?

downhomechunk ,
@downhomechunk@midwest.social avatar

Everything has some sort of top:

Slacktop, craptop, proxtop, oldtop, wifetop, and batocera (because I keep forgetting to ssh in and change it).

dandroid ,

Mine are named after fictional robots, computer programs, or AI. It started with my wifi being GLaDOS for 5 GHz and Wheatley for 2.4 GHz. I thought it was funny that everyone could immediately tell that Wheatley was the slower one. Over time, I continued the trend. My gaming PCs are named after characters from the Mega Man X series (desktop is Zero, laptop is X, steam deck is Sigma). My macs are named EVE and WALL-E. My server is named Sibyl System (from Psycho Pass).

Nibodhika ,

I always name my PCs with characters from the book I'm currently reading. Here are a few: Teatime, Cthulhu, Dirk, Horus, Binky, Pteppic

Infinite ,

It's pronounced Teatime, sir.

shnizmuffin ,
@shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol avatar

Butts. It hosts web applications. The public ones are on the domain "InButts.LOL" where the subdomain is more or less the application name.

vk6flab , (edited )
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio avatar

My first networked computer, on an AppleTalk network was called "()/)/)()"

It was an Apple Macintosh IIci.

It had that name for less than five minutes. That's how long it took the network manager to find me and demand that I rename it to something that didn't appear at the top of the Chooser, since that's where the ADMIN NetWare server should be.

He suggested "ob1", and that's what it has been and continues to be for the past 32 years. My laptop became ob2.

Servers under my custody are called short words, generally four characters or less unless they're disposable and they don't get a name beyond what the installation process creates.

Edit: Oops, one too many slashes. Fixed.

astraeus ,
@astraeus@programming.dev avatar

That first name is despicable, I love it

UnRelatedBurner ,

what does "()/)/)/()" mean?

vk6flab ,
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio avatar

Take note of my username and then squint at it.

AtariDump ,

OAAIO?

vk6flab ,
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio avatar

I just spotted an extraneous slash. I fixed my comment. Hopefully that clears up any confusion.

AtariDump ,

OAAO?

https://www.vk6flab.com/

vk6flab , (edited )
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio avatar

You're going to kick yourself in a moment..

What is my name?

Edit: it seems that names are not always visible on Lemmy. If you're playing at home, my name is Onno.

AtariDump ,

Vk6flab

vk6flab ,
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio avatar

It turns out that some clients don't show my name together with my account. My name is Onno.

AtariDump ,

THAT MAKES SENSE!

felbane ,

You should know that not all clients display your display name, some only show your username@instance.

It's not apparent to everyone that your name is Onno.

Ref.

vk6flab , (edited )
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio avatar

Thank you, that's not something I knew, the three clients I've used show both the account and the name.

Edit: This is weird, my current client (Connect) shows the name, but only for my account, not for any other account.

UnRelatedBurner ,

lol, /) kinda does spell A instead of N. But I get it, it's creative, nice.

|\| N

fiendishplan ,

All my machines are named on some variation of David Bowie albums. Outside - my laptop, Blackstar - server 1, Stardust - server 2, etc.

elDalvini ,

My router is called Jupiter, everything connected to it is named after a moon. Callisto, Ganymede, Thelxinoe, Kallichore are what I'm currently using.

danielquinn , (edited )
@danielquinn@lemmy.ca avatar
  • Kubernetes Cluster
    • pi-left
    • pi-right
    • pi-centre
  • Other Servers
    • pi-katamari (file server & database)
    • pi-athens (DHCP, DNS, pi-hole)
    • Alexandria (Synology)
  • Desktops
    • Berlin
  • Laptops
    • London
    • Brighton
    • Brussels
    • Cambridge
    • Toronto
  • Phones
    • Laconia
    • Vulcan
    • Bajor
cybersandwich ,

"rocinante" for my proxmox host.

"awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities." From don Quixote's wiki page.

It seemed fitting considering it is a server built from old PC parts..engaged in tasks beyond its abilities.

The rest of my servers (VMs moslty) are named for what they actually do/which vlan they are on (eg vm15) and aren't fun or excitin names. But at least I know if I am on that VM it has access to that vlan(or that it's segregated from my other networks).

DeltaTangoLima ,
@DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com avatar
  • Phone: yoda
  • Desktop: bb8
  • Firewall: c3po
  • Switch: macewindu
  • NASes:
    • anakin
    • r2d2
  • Wireless APs:
    • biggs
    • garven
    • poe
    • typho
    • thane
    • wedge (virtual controller)
  • Proxmox nodes:
    • chewy
    • hansolo
    • obiwan
  • Raspberry PIs:
    • bobafett
    • lando
    • jangofett
    • quigon
    • rey
    • finn
corsicanguppy ,

The gist of rfc1178 is

  • don't name them incomprehensible shit
  • don't name them indistinguishable shit
  • don't name them unpronounceable shit
  • don't name them after their ephemeral purpose (less an issue now since it's one service per cattle member)

I worked at a shop where it was all ussfllb02 (a Linux load balancer in San Fran) and ukloesto12 (an emc array in London) and that's how they went all over the globe for like 15 DCs.

But then it got hard to keep the numbers straight, and we'd patch boxb10 instead of 01 or something, and the very real issue where humans can't keep abstract glyphs in their head for too long became a problem.

I'll do RedTruck and GreenBoat every time.

kurotora ,

I've felt the same pain, coming from enterprise environment with strict naming convention. So, of course, at home I avoid that like eating sh*t.

At home my servers are called after my deceased pets, little tribute of their precious time on earth, based on their "capabilities".
Some raspberry pis with small services named after our squirrel and cats and the big ones named after our dogs. That way they continue somehow with us, even after leaving us for more than 15 years.

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