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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      You could have something like nyc-ub1404-mysql55-1

      But then do you change the name when you update? How much details goes into a hostname? How long does it get?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
        last edited by

        @anonymous said:

        @scottalanmiller

        Pinging dny-lnx-jump.ntg.co [65.75.137.152] with 32 bytes of data:
        Request timed out.
        Request timed out.
        Request timed out.
        Request timed out.

        Ping statistics for 65.75.137.152:
        Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

        You have ping disabled?

        We don't put our internal names into public DNS. That would be silly 😉

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          Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          You could have something like nyc-ub1404-mysql55-1

          But then do you change the name when you update? How much details goes into a hostname? How long does it get?

          I didn't say anything about version numbers..... nyc-cent-web-1

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            Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
            last edited by Alex Sage

            @scottalanmiller said:

            How often do you need to really know that at a glance?

            You don't need to know at a glance, but why not? If you going to take up characters to define it as linux, why not give the distro instead?

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
              last edited by

              @anonymous said:

              @scottalanmiller said:

              How often do you need to really know that at a glance?

              You don't need to know at a glance, but why not? If you going to take up characters to define it as linux, why not give the distro instead?

              Well if you are going to script things super quickly, it's nice to say...

              for i in $(grep lnx servers); do ssh $i uptime; done

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
                last edited by

                @anonymous said:

                @scottalanmiller said:

                How often do you need to really know that at a glance?

                You don't need to know at a glance, but why not? If you going to take up characters to define it as linux, why not give the distro instead?

                Well if you are going down that path, though, wouldn't version numbers be useful? Whats the benefit of knowing CentOS but not 5 vs 6? Knowing the OS is somewhat useful, but I'm not sure it is useful enough. What change in behaviour are you anticipating from identifying CentOS, Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora, Arch, etc.?

                We DO code VyOS differently, even though it is Linux under the hood.

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                  Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by Alex Sage

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  What change in behaviour are you anticipating from identifying CentOS, Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora, Arch, etc.?

                  Different commands, - yum, vs apt-get, etc.

                  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromLinux/RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAndFedora

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
                    last edited by

                    @anonymous said:

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    What change in behaviour are you anticipating from identifying CentOS, Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora, Arch, etc.?

                    Different commands, - yum, vs apt-get, etc.

                    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromLinux/RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAndFedora

                    But you need version numbers for that too. The distro name alone is not enough. Fedora 22 drops YUM, for example. Different versions have different service commands and packages.

                    When would you use only the distro name?

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                      A Former User @IRJ
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                      @IRJ said:

                      Server1
                      Server2
                      Server3
                      Server4
                      Server5
                      Server6
                      Server7
                      ......
                      ......
                      ......
                      Server88
                      Server89
                      Server90
                      ......
                      ......
                      Server152
                      Server153
                      Server154
                      .......
                      .......
                      and so on

                      Um I hope not How do you know what they do?

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                        A Former User @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        We use a code like this....

                        [datacenter]-[os]-[application or function][number]

                        So a Toronto based Linux server for MySQL might be...

                        to-lnx-maria1

                        Pretty much what we use. Except Ours is

                        [Business Unit]-[Datacenter]-[OS]-[Function]-[Number if multiples in the same location]

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                        • creaytC
                          creayt @Alex Sage
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                          @anonymous said:

                          What do you name your servers?

                          We have a very small pool of servers ( less than 15 ) and use fun names based on their overall prowess or any unique characteristics.

                          Goliath
                          Ares
                          Achilles
                          Cheetara
                          Sanctuary

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch
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                            I once named the devices of an entire network after the characters in the 5th element.

                            Currently, everything is named
                            [client][primary role][server number]
                            bundydc01
                            bundysd01
                            etc.

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                            • gjacobseG
                              gjacobse @JaredBusch
                              last edited by

                              @JaredBusch said:

                              I once named the devices of an entire network after the characters in the 5th element.

                              Currently, everything is named
                              [client][primary role][server number]
                              bundydc01
                              bundysd01
                              etc.

                              Did you have a security server called Multi-Pass?

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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch @gjacobse
                                last edited by

                                @g.jacobse said:

                                Did you have a security server called Multi-Pass?

                                It was the ID card printing computer actually.

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                                • nadnerBN
                                  nadnerB
                                  last edited by

                                  Work stuff is kind of boring
                                  Location-<abbreviation of function><number = orderofbuild>
                                  Home stuff is always planets from the Star Wars Universe.

                                  • Main Home PC is Courescant (bright center of the universe 😛 )
                                  • NAS is Hoth (it's white)
                                  • eeepc is Corellia
                                  • Xubuntu laptop is Byss
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