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Cake day: July 15th, 2023

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  • I use a naming convention for my homelab stuff that is descriptive enough for future reference in case I don’t touch the machine in a while.

    <organization or domain><server type><sequence>

    so for example if you have a local domain you use for internal work and the name is Leet Hax my naming would look something like this

    leethax_prd01, leethax_prd02, leethax_proxmox01, leethax_nextcloud01, leethax_plex01

    you get the idea, in my network I don’t add the underscore but I figured for explanation sakes I would here. I’m sure without explaining what each server is, whether it’s a VM from proxmox or an actual machine, you know what they are when they show up on your router. I added the sequence numbering for future proofing my self hosted setup in case I get another machine in the future.

    I name my personal devices after Nasa projects and launches and my wife, well her phone is just called iPhone 1, 2, 3 etc. so everything is easy to spot on my home network.