Machine Hostnames
Some sysadmins choose to name their machines using strict alphanumeric schemes which contain information like operating system, service, number, or location. Others choose to give their machines pet-like names which follow a certain theme or mean something to them.
I am of the latter camp since I don’t have many machines and my environment isn’t complex enough that I have to worry about losing track of which machine is which. I tend to name my machines after elements of the Greek Underworld mythology because it’s cool. Below is a table of hostnames that belong to my currently-running machines:
| Name | Description | Current Use |
|---|---|---|
| Acheron | River of pain | Router/Firewall |
| Lethe | River of forgetfullness | Git server |
| Oceanus | River that encircles the world, marks edge of Underworld | Dell Venue Tablet |
| Curae | Anxiety | Matrix Server |
| Geras | Old Age | Thinkpad T420s |
| Eris | Discord | Mastodon Instance |
| Charon | The ferryman of the dead | Nginx Web Server/Reverse Proxy |
| Cerberus | Guardian of the gates to the Underworld | Proxmox VE |
| Minos | Judge of the final vote | Monitoring Server |
| Hades | God of the Underworld | Desktop Computer |
| Tartarus | Pits of oblivion, dungeon of torment and suffering | Mail Server |
This used to be a page on my wiki and will now become part of my Uses page.
This is my sixty-seventh post for the #100DaysToOffload challenge. You can learn more about this challenge over at https://100daystooffload.com.