Post your Servernames!
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 first networked computer, on an AppleTalk network was called "()/)/)()"
It was an Apple Macintosh IIci.
It had that name for less than five minutes. That's how long it took the network manager to find me and demand that I rename it to something that didn't appear at the top of the Chooser, since that's where the ADMIN NetWare server should be.
He suggested "ob1", and that's what it has been and continues to be for the past 32 years. My laptop became ob2.
Servers under my custody are called short words, generally four characters or less unless they're disposable and they don't get a name beyond what the installation process creates.
Edit: Oops, one too many slashes. Fixed.
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 router is called Jupiter, everything connected to it is named after a moon. Callisto, Ganymede, Thelxinoe, Kallichore are what I'm currently using.
My Proxmox server is called ARCADE and each VM is named after a game. Currently we have:
This has big “lol tell me your mother’s maiden name and your first pet and I’ll tel you what Harry Potter house you belong to!” Energy.
One place I worked we had a rule - do not name a server for any group using it. It seems the groups become territorial when you try to add a different group to "their" server.
Office culture nuances... I enjoy them.
web01, web02, ... db01, db02, ... api01, api02, ...
You get the idea.
Lastname-Server
I know, I'm boring. But at least my laptop and desktop have cool names:
Firstname-Laptop
Firstname-Desktop
Yeah, I have Featherserver for my server, Featherbeast for my laptop (named because it has decent specs), and Featherphone for my phone.
Forgot about the phone, you'll never guess what I call that one...
When you have a lot of devices like my family, it just makes everything easier to give descriptive names like that.
It’s not very colourful :)
Nice try fed, won't get my hostname that easily
I named my PiHole holypi
There 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.local and his private one was creampi.lastname.local
I use names of known computers or androids in fiction. My main computer is always Ralf (the computer built by Richie Adler in Whiz Kids), and my main phone is Lal (Data's daughter). My girlfriend uses other franchises (GLaDOS, Wheatley, Marvin).
My home assistant is on an old laptop, so obviously it's names HAL 9000.
Just never make it lie...
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
fedora@server
vault101 was retired a few years ago and migrated to vault111
Proxmox Machine: Vimes
LinuxVM (Web and Appserver): Carrot
WinServer: Angua
NAS: Colon
OPNSense Router: Pessimal
My only server is named domino server because just a small change and everything on it will break. Yes, it is that unstable.
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.
the collection of books of Enoch are wild and pretty crazy if they hold any truth
These names are really fun! Good ones to add to my list...
I used to have an old laptop stuck in a corner just running Transmission. I called that Seed because that was its sole purpose. Its replacement is fully automated *arr and media server, making it both seed and vault, so I had to call it Spitsbergen (reference)
Weatherwax, Ogg, Nitt, Aching, Warbeck, Hamstring and few others
A man of culture I see hahaha. Just like VLC devs.
GNU Terry Pratchett
My tangible servers and clients have people's names
My system components VMs have mythology names.
My non prod VMs have identifiable names like routeros, debiangui etc.
Fun stuff are my smart vacuums, I give them old women names from different countries. My very first one was Consuela, thinking of Family Guy.
esmeralda
sadly i only have one server for now
Is it a smoky server with a sexy accent?
sadly no she's a little clumsy
DomainCode-SiteCode-Function##
ACME-USCA-WEB01 ACME-GERM-DC02
I worked for a company where the previous IT dorks named the servers after startrek ships. It's cute at home. Had to rename everything and readdress the whole organization.
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.
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):
I had them once named after things ( mostly Ships) from Jules Verne Books: Nautilus, Albatross, Formentera, Duncan, Dobryna, Hansa.
Server1, server2 and server 3
I'll let myself out
I have server2 (which replaced server1). I also have 'nvr1'.
When I was growing up, my dad had some sort of email server or ftp server or something for the university he taught at. I have childhood memories of trying in odin@[university].edu. My first fileserver at home was just called The Vault, but when I put together a dedicated VM server, it became Odin. The long term VMs that I host on there are named after some of the lesser Nordic gods. I also have a Pi running NginX for reverse proxy passing, so after the latest season finale of Loki, that seemed like an appropriate name for that device.
My servers/desktops are named after celestial bodies:
My mobile devices are named after space ships from sci-fi shows and the like:
Dang. Mine are named after ancient Gods, so my first Server was named Neptune too.
Welcome to the Club.
I have to admit I was doing the same but with the greek versions. Though I liked to throw in hydra's and the like.
Years ago, I was in a University library and they had named all the printers after characters from the first three Star Wars movies.
I liked the idea of having a theme, so I use shark names. White, Blacktip, Mako, Hammerhead, etc etc.
Moxy does some Proxy
Cluster of the fuck
Boxxy
F8U12
Tumble me weed (laptop, not a server)
Not so much servers as removable media. Three letter creature names: ape, bat, cat, dog, elk, fox, gnu, hen, imp, jay, kit, lee (fish), mus, nan (from Inuit folklore), owl, pug, qua, rat, sas (from Slavic folklore) and so on (I need to find my printed list beyond here)
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T: "Tay" (a mythical creature from Scottish folklore, often described as a small, elf-like being)
U: "Ufi" (a legendary creature from Native American folklore, said to resemble a small humanoid figure)
V: "Vim" (a mythical creature from Hindu mythology, sometimes depicted as a bird-like being)
W: "Wyy" (inspired by the Wyvern, a legendary creature similar to a dragon but with only two legs)
X: "Xin" (a mythical creature from Chinese mythology, often depicted as a lion-like beast)
Y: "Yen" (a legendary creature from Vietnamese folklore, resembling a large, serpent-like creature)
Z: "Ziz" (a mythical creature from Jewish mythology, described as a giant bird)
RPI4
Shuttle
Transporter
Orbiter
Oh, I had one 'Shittle' or something.
Currently s1 and t6. I'm not a fun person.
"rocinante" for my proxmox host.
"awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities." From don Quixote's wiki page.
It seemed fitting considering it is a server built from old PC parts..engaged in tasks beyond its abilities.
The rest of my servers (VMs moslty) are named for what they actually do/which vlan they are on (eg vm15) and aren't fun or excitin names. But at least I know if I am on that VM it has access to that vlan(or that it's segregated from my other networks).
I got with Ancient Egyptian Deities for everything. (See: my username).
I call my server "the server", "the shitbox", or "the 36TB", my pc "the PC", and my surface... "the surface". Creative, I know.
Ant, Beetle, Caterpillar, Dragonfly
My SYNOLOGY NAS that's just shy of being used for too much stuff (96% CPU means I've got 4% left babyyyy) is, was, and will forever be: Senpai.
That way people (my wife and parents) notice it in the network list.
My server is called Mars, and the two clients I have are Phobos and Deimos (the moons of Mars). I though that's a good fit.
Since I'm kinda fan of Terry Pratchett, I naturally have HEX at home.
my storage machine is luggage, and i use discworld names that kind of are relevant to the gunction for everything else in my network, too. my robot vacuums name is lu-tze for example.
Nice ones! Since it ain't a server I haven't mentioned it, but I had my WiFi ssids named CLACKS.
remnant, partially because it's a frankestein of second hand from wallapop and dusted pieces from my old computers, partially as a weeb reference to the world of RWBY lol
Devices at home are named after Autobots and remote devices are named after Deceptions.