How Do You Name Your Servers

2 points by magnetion 9y ago ↗ HN

Random question, as I sit here trying to determine how to creatively name a block of servers. What kind of naming scheme do you use to name your servers?

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stuff4ben 9y ago ↗

Repeat after me, servers are cattle, not pets.

stray 9y ago ↗

Elsie.

gspyrou 9y ago ↗

Greek Gods names.

MrZongle2 9y ago ↗

Crack open Tolkien's The Silmarillion or the appendices to Return of the King and you won't lack for names.

[dead] spidergears 9y ago ↗

Whatever you do, don't name them like gitlab did.

stray 9y ago ↗

Beach cities. Navy ships. Grateful Dead songs.

bwackwat 9y ago ↗

This is a hilariously difficult question, and I think stuff4ben provided a great answer.

I'm going to start naming my web servers:

web-server-load-balancer

web-server-1

web-server-2

web-server-3