Mimicing a thread I saw elsewhere.
I generally use this list to name my machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mythological_objects
For my main server I use loeding: a modified version of Lædingr, a chain forged by Thor to bind and were broken by Fenrir. (Norse Mythology)
My Raspberry Pi is named ‘raspberrypi’. I’m very creative.
Just as creative as my server called proxmox.
Similar to my scheme:
laptop = “laptop”
nas = “nas”
router = “router”Then if there are more than one in each category I use nas-0, nas-1, etc.
Nice try, NSA.
Let’s invent password reveal day instead.
My stuff is named after planets / ships in Star wars.
Server is coruscant
Desktop is malastare
Laptop is anaxes
Portable hard drives are ships
My Proxmox server is called ARCADE and each VM is named after a game. Currently we have:
- SpyHunter (PiHole and WireGuard VPN)
- Pacman (Ubuntu Server w/ Dashy, Syncthing, Portainer, and NextCloud inside Docker)
- MsPacMan (Ubuntu server for failover purposes. Still under construction)
- CrazyTaxi (Windows Desktop)
- MissleCommand (Linux Desktop)
- MonkeyIsland (qBitTorrent)
SpyHunter was a great game (the 3D ones). I still have both (?) for Playstation.
I started with the 2D arcade game of course. Both 3D games (SpyHunter and SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run) are solid as well
I’ve played the 2D very briefly, but it was before my time so I lack the nostalgia and interest. Seeing the car transform was freaking awesome at the time, so futuristic. I was a kid back then and obtaining all secondary objectives was legitimately hard, but provided replay value.
I’d really like to see another, but I don’t know if whoever has the IP has any interest, or is even in business anymore.
My router is called Jupiter, everything connected to it is named after a moon. Callisto, Ganymede, Thelxinoe, Kallichore are what I’m currently using.
fedora@server
web01, web02, … db01, db02, … api01, api02, …
You get the idea.
I named my PiHole
holypiThere is no original thought.
A friend of mine had some explaining to do when he screwed up a dhcp config change and started routing his guest wifi through his “personal” pihole instead of the restricted guest one (he had family/children over often and did not want to be the reason nephew Timmy got an eyeful of wet bush or a beheading).
His family-friendly pihole was at
holypi.lastname.localand his private one wascreampi.lastname.local
My first server was called xenon because I misread Xeon for Xenon but I decided to stick with it. My new server is called argon. For beefy servers I will now go with noble gases. Now that I think about it maybe I will use other elements in the future. Bismut sounds cool.
I have only one cloud VM and called it firstborn. 🤷
All my PCs get names I like Aveline, Elisabeth, Amanda, Eve…
I have yet to decide on a naming scheme for mobile phones.
Networking hardware gets descriptive names for their location and purpose.
Periodic table names best names
My home assistant is on an old laptop, so obviously it’s names HAL 9000.
vault101 was retired a few years ago and migrated to vault111
As a huge fan of Star Wars content from before Disney got involved and poisoned it (notable exceptions of Rogue One, Andor, some of the animated shows, etc.), I utilize warship names from the Expanded Universe (now called “Legends”) - what I like to call True Star Wars.
My main server is Chimaera. My backup server that also performs as an NVR is Lusankya. My separate mostly-NAS server away from my server rack is Admonitor.
I have sci-fi themed names (not all Star Wars - two other franchises represented here, virtual kudos to those who can identify) for the storage pools too (using TrueNAS SCALE on all three servers):
- Chimaera (Main Server)
- Star-Forge (Apps/VM Pool)
- Holocron (Data Pool)
- Lusankya (Backup + NVR Server)
- Shadow-Broker (Apps Pool)
- Resurrection (Backup Pool)
- Spynet (NVR Pool)
- Admonitor (NAS Server)
- Mount-Tantiss (Apps Pool)
- Datacron (Data Pool)
- Chimaera (Main Server)
I used to just name it after the os running on it, but I’ve now switched to periodic elements. But to not be too predictable, I randomly choose one, e.g. osmium, then helium, then argon etc
This is the less edg version of my naming scheme; greek gods
“why are the servers all fucking each other?”
No phantasy involved here.
Just my initials & “server” & a number.
Or, if the device isn’t exactly a server, it can also be my initials & “router” & a number, or “bridge” etc.
I use names off the list of 22 fallen angels from the Book of Enoch.
It’s a really interesting piece of hebrew apocrypha that details the circumstances leading to the flood. Feels much more high fantasy/pagan myth than the modern bible/torah.
These names are really fun! Good ones to add to my list…
the collection of books of Enoch are wild and pretty crazy if they hold any truth
