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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For my servers I try to use names from the Final Fantasy universe. Lately been focusing on FFXI end game bosses.
Kirin (opnsense firewall) Byakko (proxmox host) Tiamat (proxmox backup) Shiva (Nas)
The only clever virtual machine names I care to brag about are: DockBox (VM running docker) Jellxc (proxmox lxc running jellyfin)
I just memorise the IPs lmao. then again I only have 1 or 2 hosts up on my network ever
The printer’s name is Marvin, from HHGTTG.
It never wants to work and always complains.
pretty new setup but so far I’ve got
symmetra - synology dsm (nas)
junkrat - intel nuc main serverneed to name my desktop/laptop now and maybe networking gear. thinking ramattra for the router and zenyatta for the bridge
Mine are named after the penguins from the Madagascar movie : Skipper, Private, Kowalski, and Rico.
Unfortunately there’s only four so I often supplement with a suffix. For example, I’ve got an old windows laptop kicking around that is “rico-w”
… I should really commit to a naming scheme with a wider array of options.
I named mine after Rocket League cars.
- Octane (main desktop)
- Breakout (laptop)
- Dominus (laptop; older, larger)
I started with pirates of the carribean, so…
blackpearl: main PC Redpearl: raspberry pi Purplepearl: refurbished laptop. The router is … router
The phone is zizidane (“donkey dick” in French, also playword on Zinedine Zidane).
I’ve named my last few computers after planets, with disks named after moons.
When I worked at Microsoft they had all kinds of clusters - OurGang with Spanky, Darla, Alfalfa… Addams with Gomez etc, Disney with Mickey, etc.
Same, all celestial names.
I’m similar, but it’s internal drives are planets, while external drives are moons.
When I run out of the solar system I’m going to move on to Star Wars.
I use the most boring names: LASTNAME-LAPTOP LASTNAME-PHONE LASTNAME-SERVER LASTNAME-ROUTER
But, living in tight suburban spaces, I’m never confused whether a device is mine or somebody else’s.
I went with Willow related naming.
My main server and NAS is Madmartigan. Proxmox server is Willow. Headless gaming machine is Sorsha. Bedroom/office laptop is Elora Danan Living room laptop is High Aldwin Then two raspberry Pi’s named Rool and Franjean.
I’m not even into Willow that much, I just wanted to find a world of characters I liked.
I use characters from whichever book I’m reading at the time. Examples:
- Arya: From ASOIAF, a small but powerful Ultrabook
- Cthulhu: From HP Lovecraft, a huge 17" laptop
- Horus: From the Horus Heresy books, A powerful laptop
- Binky: Death’s white horse from discworld, a white desktop
- Peaches: A rat that always carries a book with her. My home server
My devices are named after planets from Doctor Who: mondas, telos, skaro, villengard.
I used the names of the eldrazi from magic the gathering:
Ulamog: desktop PC Emrakul: NAS / Plex server name Kozilek: NUC mini PC
my local hostnames are all David Bowie related. I have: outside (my laptop) blackstar (server 1) starman (server 2) heros (desktop1)
All of my infrastructure is named after terminator.
