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.