The techniques I use to name cloud servers.

ServerNamingSchemes.md

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Environment

• dev - Development
• tst - Testing
• stg - Staging
• prd - Production

Purpose

• app - Application Server (Non-Web)
• cfg - Configuration Management (puppet/ ansible/ etc)
• con - Console/ Terminal Server
• dns - Name Server
• eip - Elastic IP
• ftp - FTP/SFTP Server
• fwl - Physical Firewall
• igw - Internet Gateway
• lba - Load Balancer / Proxy
• mta - Mail Server
• mon - Monitoring Server
• sec - Security Group (AWS Software Firewall)
• sgp - Subnet Group (AWS Networking)
• skt - WebSocket Server
• sub - Subnet Group (AWS Networking)
• sql - Relational Database Server
• ssh - SSH Jump/ Bastion Host
• sto - Storage Server
• ups - Uninterruptible Power Supply
• vcs - Version Control Software Server (Git/ SVN/ etc)
• vmm - Virtual Machine Manager
• vpn - VPN Gateway
• web - Web Server

Geography

• PDX - Oregon AWS US-WEST-2
• SFO - California AWS US-WEST-1

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