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!

  • mbirth@lemmy.mlEnglish
    15·
    1 month 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

  • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 month 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
      2·
      1 month ago

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

  • DaPorkchop_@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    1 month 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
  • dave@hal9000@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 month 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

  • fiendishplan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 month ago

    my local hostnames are all David Bowie related. I have: outside (my laptop) blackstar (server 1) starman (server 2) heros (desktop1)

  • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 month ago

    I named mine after Rocket League cars.

    • Octane (main desktop)
    • Breakout (laptop)
    • Dominus (laptop; older, larger)
  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    ok so don’t hate me but h001, h002, h003, and so on.

    That’s h for host. I also use n to number networks, and k to number physical keys.

    I list them all in my keepassxc password database, where I can include any additional information.

    With the prevalence of vms, docker containers, and docker networks, there’s just too many things to name. By numbering them I can just side step that whole game.

  • Kelo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    They’re all some kind of machine. Steam deck: SteamMachineryV1

    PC: ArchMachineryV2

    Phone: Android_μMachine

    Oddly enough my server goes by MonoVerse, which I named first and I guess it just stuck.

  • Kelo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    They’re all some kind of machine. Steam deck: SteamMachineryV1

    PC: ArchMachineryV2

    Phone: Android_μMachine

    Oddly enough my server goes by MonoVerse, which I named first and I guess it just stuck.

  • clif@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    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.