How do you come up with your naming scheme for Linux hostnames?

Janus_Hyperion · 10-04-2016, 10:53 AM

Lord of the Rings places here.

Shire
Imladris
Numenor
Mordor

Even flash drives are labeled with LOTR places.

shep1939 · 10-04-2016, 11:25 AM

Celestial bodies. Planets main servers, moons ancillary servers. SUN administrative server.

skogsjanne · 10-04-2016, 11:36 AM

For my ThinkPads I use latin names for different toads. (Swedish "padda" = english "toad")
For my servers and stationary computers I use first names of russian writers or composers, like Igor (Stravinskij).

Dresden · 10-04-2016, 12:50 PM

Workstations other than WindBlows - "Good" characters from the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
Servers other that WindBlows - "Good" locations within Middle Earth
WindBlows Workstations - "Evil" character names from orcs, goblins, etc
WindBlows Servers - "Evil" locations within Middle Earth

All names are found in the works of Tolkien and/or the Peter Jackson films.

ironhead · 10-04-2016, 01:24 PM

Have been using Linux for over 15 years; no Windo$e other than the one on my wife's embroidery machine.

I have three boxes in the home net. They're named after the location in the house, e.g. library, Ham-shack, etc. I currently run Mint 17, PCLos (always up to date) and Mepis on the laptop.

DoctorPepper · 10-04-2016, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ironhead

Have been using Linux for over 15 years; no Windo$e other than the one on my wife's embroidery machine.

I have three boxes in the home net. They're named after the location in the house, e.g. library, Ham-shack, etc. I currently run Mint 17, PCLos (always up to date) and Mepis on the laptop.

Cool! This November will mark 18 years for me, and I run strictly Linux and OpenBSD at the house. My wife likes Linux better than she did Windows or OSX. Besides, it's easier for me to maintain

david_42 · 10-04-2016, 01:38 PM

For my home, I just use the name of the main user or the location. At work we used functional names for each layer, followed by a number assigned chronologically as the layer expanded. Replacement systems adopted the original name. Made backup/restore operations easy.

Sid Nethery · 10-04-2016, 01:39 PM

Norse Gods

szboardstretcher · 10-04-2016, 01:48 PM

Corporate naming policy:
function[num].os.rack.datacenter.city.state.country.domain.com

Example:
laptop01.win.f01.level3.miami.fl.us.domain.com
coresw01.hw.s30r02f02.level3.miami.fl.us.domain.com
fs01.linux.s03r02f02.level3.miami.fl.us.domain.com

jeffreyq · 10-04-2016, 02:34 PM

My favorite musical artists and groups. I've got enough to last me decades, and there are always new ones to add, just like their namesake devices.

lq130118200914 · 10-04-2016, 02:36 PM

Colours of the rainbow. After the names run out, switch to frequencies or wavelengths - no limits there.

JeremyBoden · 10-04-2016, 02:50 PM

I've named my computers (so far) after computers in films that have behaved rather badly:-

HAL - 2001
PROTEUS - Demonseed
HECTOR - Saturn 3

Shm00nix · 10-04-2016, 03:05 PM

I take my host names from a short list of revolutionary socialist heroes and leaders. Or even pretenders to such a designation.

Makes me popular with the NSA types, I'm sure.

jefelex · 10-04-2016, 03:24 PM

mainuser.computertype like file.server and spare.laptop

Daniel304 · 10-04-2016, 04:20 PM

I used egyptian gods after that roman and then norwegian, partially inspired by stargate.
Due to new policies and easier maintainablity we now use first two letters of the company - application - incremental number so af-mail-01.
However our esx clusters are named after mario characters