On Friday 07 Mar 2014 21:35:05 you wrote: > While I can grant most of your points, Dave and Julian, for some > deployments of MAAS (or even other clouds), there are plenty of cases > where random machine names are not very user friendly. > > As a compromise, what if this were a configurable option, in the MAAS > configuration? Something like: > > HOST NAMING SCHEME > (x) Random, e.g. Xzkmd > ( ) Enumerated, e.g. node42 > ( ) Random dictionary word, e.g. barley
I could get behind this, yes. The next thing you're going to see is people asking to upload their own dictionaries, mark my words :) > Where the default is the current status quo (5 random chars). But > there's also support for some friendlier options too. > > For the dictionary, to Dave's point, I propose that we create a curated > list of ~1024 or so adjectives+nouns that are least likely to offend. Everything offends someone, somewhere. I personally would not bother going down that route, it's easy to edit hostnames if someone dislikes one. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to maas in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287224 Title: MAAS random generated hostnames are not pronounceable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1287224/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs