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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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 go for the unoriginal but oh so simple: location-type-No
So HL-SRV-01 is “homelab server no 1”
HS-DSK-02 is “House desktop no2”
NA-LPT-01 is “Not Applicable” because this is my admin laptop that I expect to move around a lot so I always treat it as high-risk.
I named mine after Rocket League cars.
- Octane (main desktop)
- Breakout (laptop)
- Dominus (laptop; older, larger)
localhost
Why: for privacy/anonymity concerns
I have three Proxmox nodes named:
acid1,freebones, and a partially decommissioned node aptly namedpveacid1 was named from a sticker I got in a big collection. I was extra sold on the name when I did some research into acid1 tests.
freebones is from an inside joke from a GPT3.5 bot I terribly finetuned using my friend groups entire chat history. At one point the bot randomly said “algebra: you get free bones” and I kind of just ran with that
I have node named pve too. Small world.
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.
Nice. I might copy your idea.
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 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).
So many answers!!
First it was from planets from Ursula Le Guin’s Hainish cycle.
Now it’s the names of birds visiting my feeder: chickadee, titmouse, mockingbird, etc.
- Knowledge - Desktop
- Enlighten - Laptop
- Insanity - Server
- Madness - Router
My phone’s name is “Samsung Smart Fridge™” because I think it’s hilarious if someone is looking at hotspots or network info and go “what the hell is a fridge doing here-”
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.
Me too: firstname-device_model
alice-laptop_XPS
bob-cell_i12
I feel so boring!
Shit. Here I thought I was creative.
I use my alias butter. With either the device or the OS if I’m dual booting or distrohopping.
I usually name my devices after Greek gods and godesses; Artemis, Hermes, Metis, Athena, Apollo etc.
Shit I thought I was so damn novel. Blast you.
weeb ones
I use League of Legends regions. Except for one of them which is not a region but is called “lantern” after the Thresh’s lantern in which souls are trapped.
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.
