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!

  • @[email protected]English
    15•4 months 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

  • @[email protected]English
    14•4 months 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

  • @[email protected]English
    7•4 months 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
  • Piranha PhishEnglish
    5•4 months ago

    The printer’s name is Marvin, from HHGTTG.

    It never wants to work and always complains.

  • dave@hal9000English
    5•4 months 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

  • @[email protected]English
    4•4 months ago

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

  • VictorEnglish
    4•4 months ago

    I named mine after Rocket League cars.

    • Octane (main desktop)
    • Breakout (laptop)
    • Dominus (laptop; older, larger)
  • slazer2auEnglish
    4•4 months ago

    I am a simple person.

    My PC: Panda
    My wifes PC: notpanda
    Docker VM: dockerhost.home

  • @[email protected]English
    3•4 months 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.

  • @[email protected]English
    3•4 months 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.

  • @[email protected]English
    3•4 months ago

    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).

  • Lovable SidekickEnglish
    3•4 months ago

    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.