Difference between revisions of "System naming"

Latest revision as of 19:33, 21 October 2021

The naming scheme of physical systems in the hackspace (hostname) is "people involved in computing, mathematics, or engineering" This includes pioneers in similar relevant fields. As a usability concern, pronunciation and spelling difficulties may rule out names like Dijkstra, Kay and Hoare.

Suggested name lists:

Virtual instances treated slightly differently: Please note that the naming scheme of virtual machines or containerised systems on-site is to be nearer to their purpose. An example of a VM passing messages via MQTT might be "mqtt-gateway" or "message-hub" instead of "vanrossum"

Current names

machines should be available as hostname.lan.hackspace.org.uk from inside the space (just hostname should work). some machines are available from the outside as hostname.hack.rs or hostname.london.hackspace.org.uk

Off-site Servers

Turing Bitfolk VM - sensitive public services (membership DB, website, LDAP), UK Hackspace Foundation web site
Church DigitalOcean droplet - new machine for sensitive public services
Knuth DigitalOcean droplet - less-sensitive public services (wiki)

Infrastructure

Blanton Network CCTV Server
Boole main router, dhcp, dns, ntp, syslog etc. [1]
Hamming runs runs voice announcers and doorbell in the 1st Floor at Ujima House in Wembley. [2]
Holonyak runs the board installed on Ground Floor [3]
Landin hypervisor for VMs
- Chomsky shared Linux systems (accessible via ssh from outside using member LDAP credentials)
- ACServer ACnode server
- Adminstuff a poorly but accurately named server for admin "stuff"
- ~~Services Importantish services that were on babbage, robonaut etc~~
- Concourse CI Pipeline-as-code based CI system. Currently experimental.

PCs/Laptops/Printers

Joy Laser Cutter workstation running Windows
Tesla public shared Linux workstation on the 1st floor.
Cray Dell Studio 1559 laptop, Robotics Group, running Windows 7 or Ubuntu 14.04 dual boot
Herd Dell Optiplex 990 desktop, Classroom presentation PC.
Dickinson Dell Optiplex 990 desktop, Do-not-disturb room.
Epp Dell Optiplex 990 desktop, Electronics Lab.
Oliver HP 20-R100NA all-in-one PC, 3d printer room.

Potential names

Please be cautious when adding to this list. Pronunciation and spelling difficulties may rule out names like Dijkstra, Kay and Hoare. Make sure that the name can be pronounced, written unambiguously from hearing it, and does not sound like another word. This probably means puns are unsuitable.

Previously used names

https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/w/index.php?title=System_naming&diff=51807&oldid=51337

Old names

Names used on systems no longer in use. These can be recycled with care after a sensible period of time.

Booch OLD SPACE emoncms power monitoring raspberry pi thing [4]
Capek Lobby display
Difference - Public Terminal
Lattner OLD SPACE - ZFS-based File server.
Lovelace (Workstation for Makerbot)
Shannon (IRC Terminal)
Torvalds 3D printer PC running Windows.

Potential names on the edge of the scheme

Don't be afraid to use these, especially if they're meaningful to you, but please try to include a short justification for why the Hackspace should care about them.

Adams - UUNET
Armstrong - FM
Backus - Naur Form
Beer - Regulatory systems
Black - Feedback amp
Brown - Servomechanics
Darwin
Dirac - Quantum mechanics
Erwin - Userfriendly character
Faraday
Flood - Prisoner's dilemma, travelling salesman problem
Gray - Music synth
Heron - Automata
Hollerith - Automated punch card systems, his company eventually became IBM
Korolyov - Rocket science
Maxwell - Electromagnetic theory
Moog
Norton - Circuit analysis
Pitts - Neural Networks
Reeves - PCM
Simon - AI
Smith - RF analysis
Stob - IT satirist
Tesla
Watt - Steam Engine Bad-Ass

Potential names not from the scheme

Bubbles, Buttercup & Blossom
FuzzyWhif
heck-a-tombical plus minus
Micropig/Spiderpig
NPR (No Prescription Required)
Pong/Bong

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-The naming scheme of physical systems in the hackspace (hostname) is "people involved in computing, mathematics, or engineering" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pioneers_in_computer_science] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company)#Distinguished_researchers].  This includes pioneers in similar relevant fields.  As a usability concern, pronunciation and spelling difficulties may rule out names like Dijkstra, Kay and Hoare.
+The naming scheme of physical systems in the hackspace (hostname) is "people involved in computing, mathematics, or engineering"
+This includes pioneers in similar relevant fields.  As a usability concern, pronunciation and spelling difficulties may rule out names like Dijkstra, Kay and Hoare.
-'''Virtual instances treated slightly differently:''' Please note that the naming scheme of virtual machines or containerised systems is to be nearer to their purpose. An example of a VM passing messages via MQTT might be "mqtt-gateway" or "message-hub" instead of "vanrossum"
+Suggested name lists:
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pioneers_in_computer_science Wikipedia's List of Pioneers in Computer Science]
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company)#Distinguished_researchers Distinguished Engineers of Xerox PARC].
+'''Virtual instances treated slightly differently:''' Please note that the naming scheme of virtual machines or containerised systems on-site is to be nearer to their purpose. An example of a VM passing messages via MQTT might be "mqtt-gateway" or "message-hub" instead of "vanrossum"
 == Current names ==
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 * [[Equipment/Blanton|Blanton]] Network CCTV Server
 * [[Equipment/Boole|Boole]] main router, dhcp, dns, ntp, syslog etc. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boole]
-* [[Equipment/Hamming|Hamming]] runs the board above the frontdoor and ?sixteen and the big clock. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamming]
+* [[Equipment/Hamming|Hamming]] runs runs voice announcers and doorbell in the 1st Floor at Ujima House in Wembley. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamming]
-* [[Equipment/Holonyak|Holonyak]] runs the board to be installed on Ground Floor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Holonyak]
+* [[Equipment/Holonyak|Holonyak]] runs the board installed on Ground Floor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Holonyak]
 * [[Equipment/Landin|Landin]] hypervisor for VMs
-** [[Equipment/Landin#Chomsky|Chomsky]] new general purpose box (replacement for Babbage)
+** [[Equipment/Landin#Chomsky|Chomsky]] shared Linux systems (accessible via ssh from outside using member [[LDAP]] credentials)
 ** [[Equipment/Landin#ACServer|ACServer]] ACnode server
 ** [[Equipment/Landin#Adminstuff|Adminstuff]] a poorly but accurately named server for admin "stuff"
-** [[Equipment/Landin#Services|Services]] Importantish services that were on babbage, robonaut etc
+** <del>[[Equipment/Landin#Services|Services]] Importantish services that were on babbage, robonaut etc</del>
+** [[Concourse|Concourse CI]] Pipeline-as-code based CI system. Currently experimental.
 === PCs/Laptops/Printers ===
-* [[Torvalds]] new 3D Printing Machine
 * [[Equipment/LaserCutter|Joy]] Laser Cutter workstation running Windows
 * [[Tesla]] public shared Linux workstation on the 1st floor.
 * [[Cray]] Dell Studio 1559 laptop, Robotics Group, running Windows 7 or Ubuntu 14.04 dual boot
 * [[Herd]] Dell Optiplex 990 desktop, Classroom presentation PC.
+* [[Dickinson]] Dell Optiplex 990 desktop, Do-not-disturb room.
+* [[Epp]] Dell Optiplex 990 desktop, Electronics Lab.
+* [[Oliver]] HP 20-R100NA all-in-one PC, 3d printer room.
 == Potential names ==
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 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Sinclair Sinclair]
 * [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Mills Mills]
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilkes]
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilkes Wilkes]
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radia_Perlman]
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radia_Perlman Perlman]
-* Gilmore
+* [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Gilmore Gilmore]
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper Hopper]
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Paul_Pedrick Pedrick]
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 * [[Lovelace]] (Workstation for [[Makerbot]])
 * [[Project/IRC Terminal|Shannon]] (IRC Terminal)
+* [[Torvalds]] 3D printer PC running Windows.
 == Potential names on the edge of the scheme ==
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 [[Category:Guides]]
 [[Category:Infrastructure]]
+[[Category:Update Needed]]