Naming Convention

Global Naming Pattern

[project]-[env]-[datacenter]-[type]-[purpose]-[number]

With the following attributes:

• project: project name
• env: in which environment are we? dev | tst | prd
• datacenter: datacenter in which the server is
• type: which kind of ressource? physical | virtual
• purpose: short description of the purpose of this server
  • app: application server
  • bkt: storage bucket
  • cfg: configuration management server
  • dns: name server
  • fwl: firewall
  • ftp: SFTP server
  • lb: load balancer server
  • mon: monitoring server
  • pdu: power distribution unit
  • prx: proxy server
  • rtr: router
  • sql: database server
  • ssh: SSH jump/bastion host
  • sto: storage server
  • swt: switch
  • ups: uninterruptible power supply
  • vcs: version control software server
  • vpn: VPN server
  • web: web server
• number: unique number

DNS Naming Pattern

[project].[env].[dns_domain]

With the following attributes:

• project: project name
• env: in which environment are we? dev | stage | prod
• dns_domain: DNS domain used

Thanks

Thanks to Stepan for his blog article which inspired most of this page.