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!

  • ThePooDragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    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)

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    I just memorise the IPs lmao. then again I only have 1 or 2 hosts up on my network ever

  • caseyweederman@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    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.

  • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    9 days ago

    Server (big iron): Bender

    Desktop (main character): Fry

    Laptop (for accounting): Hermes

    Netbook (small and dumb): Nibbler

    Phone (held to my head): BrainSlug

    HTPC (one big viewport): Leela

    • Reven@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 days ago

      This is my scheme as well! Pretty much to the t. Except my HTPC is hypnotoad and nibbler is my NAS.

  • mbirth@lemmy.mlEnglish
    16·
    9 days ago

    MacBook Pro: mbp.domain.com
    Raspberry Pi 2: rpi2.domain.com
    Raspberry Pi 3: rpi3.domain.com
    Raspberry Pi 4: rpi4.domain.com
    Raspberry Pi 5: rpi5.domain.com
    (Yes, I have one of each.)
    Synology DS415+: ds415.domain.com
    Phone: iphone.domain.com
    Watch: watch.domain.com
    AppleTV: appletv.domain.com
    Nintendo Switch: switch.domain.com

  • DaPorkchop_@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    9 days ago

    Y’all are too creative for me… I have:

    • poweredge-r520-0
    • poweredge-t620-0
    • poweredge-t620-1
    • pi4-0
    • pi3b-0
    • pi3b-1
    • pi3b-2
    • pi3b-3
    • vostro-3525-0
    • ideapad-c340-0
  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialEnglish
    7·
    9 days ago

    Huh. I thought for sure someone else would be using my scheme.

    LAN computers are all Tolkien swords: sting, orcrist, gurthang, glamdring, etc. If I run out of swords, I’ll start adding other weapons: aeglost, the spear; dailir, the arrow. We don’t get a lot of named battle axes, which I always thought weird; I’d think dwarves of all people would forge legendary axes, and certainly name them.

    My WiFi and VPN networks are forests in Middle Earth: fangorn, bindbole, dimholt, lothlorien, etc. The only exception is my LAN itself which is… “lan”. Because short.

    My cloud VPSes are named after Greek Titans: hyperion, phaethusa, tethys, etc.

    Mobile devices have whatever names they come with, because they’re so ephemeral.

  • dave@hal9000@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    9 days ago

    Desktop: HAL9000

    laptop: HALjr

    Phone: HALnano

    Then HALserver, HALprinter (octoprint), HALhome (home assistant) and so on… Big fan of Stanley Kubrick haha

    Tried to get the hal9.ooo domain name but it was taken…

    Edit: I use Dave as the username, so that in the terminal it is dave@hal9000, which just seems appropriate

  • Kurotora@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    9 days ago

    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).

    • Kurotora@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 days ago

      At home at least try to put some meaning, but at corporate environments as some have mention I got with the classical location-function-environment-XXX _U

      Edit: some typos, because fat-fingers are a thing.

  • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    I named mine after Rocket League cars.

    • Octane (main desktop)
    • Breakout (laptop)
    • Dominus (laptop; older, larger)
  • sandwichwhiplashparrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    9 days ago

    I do marvel weapons/artifacts:

    Phone: Mjolnir

    Tablet: Stormbreaker

    Laptop: Darkhold

    Earbuds: I.C.E.R

    Backup NAS: EyeOfAgamotto

    Etc, etc 😅