Naming Conventions¶

To try and standardize things, aim to use the following naming conventions when assigning server hostnames, etc.

Hostnames¶

Hostnames are assigned as follows:

env-category-(subservice)-(subdomain)-(##)

env: the environment being hosted. Options are prod, stg, dev, test
category: what is being hosted. Options are pubinfra, intinfra, or a specific product (sourcecamp, casper, postline, etc.)
subservice: optional, used with pubinfra and intinfra. For shared infrastructure, what service(s) are being hosted. For example, auth, accounts, portal, etc.
subdomain: optional, used for specific products. Identifies the specific user's instance that is being hosted.
##: optional, typically used with subservice, when we might be running more than one server with the same category/criteria (for example, a monitoring server). To differentiate between servers, add a sequential number (starting at 01) to each hostname. If the number is one digit, add a 0 buffer before.

So, for the StarCat Systems Git server, the hostname is prod-sourcecamp-starcatsys. (env=prod, category=sourcecamp, subservice=empty, subdomain=starcatsys) Or, one of our monitoring servers is prod-intinfra-monitoring-01.