Server cluster hostnames from constellations

.constellation-hostnames.md

What?

A list of constellations with associated hostname-compatible star names in a JSON format.

Why?

Ever wanted to name servers with more friendly names than DB-13, but had no idea what to name them? Simply name each server in your cluster after a star in a constellation! This way, you have a common 'group' under which to put every server, and you will have no problems whatsoever. I use the Aquila constellation for my jumbled mess that I call a network.

Plus, you can come up with all sorts of omens. Make the royal Regulus star your API gateway! Or if one server constantly keeps crashing and is a pain to debug, say it's because you named it Horna!

How?

This data was obtained from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proper_names_of_stars by simply dumping the table, grouping by constellation, lowercasing all stars, then filtering out any star names with non-ASCII-alphabetical characters (excluding the *s and †s that Wikipedia puts). It only contains constellations which have >= 5 stars, so that every constellation in this JSON can extend up to at least 5 servers.

Which?

My personal favourites are Aquila (this is the one I use) and Puppis. Pegasus is used by Serokell, which was the main inspiration for this in the first place.

constellation-hostnames.json

{
  "Andromeda": [
    "adhil",
    "alamak",
    "almach",
    "alpheratz",
    "buna",
    "mirach",
    "nembus",
    "sterrennacht",
    "titawin",
    "veritate"
  ],
  "Aquarius": [
    "albali",
    "ancha",
    "bosona",
    "bunda",
    "lionrock",
    "sadachbia",
    "sadalmelik",
    "sadalsuud",
    "situla",
    "skat"
  ],
  "Aquila": [
    "alshain",
    "altair",
    "chechia",
    "libertas",
    "okab",
    "petra",
    "phoenicia",
    "tarazed"
  ],
  "Aries": [
    "bharani",
    "botein",
    "hamal",
    "mesarthim",
    "sheratan"
  ],
  "Auriga": [
    "almaaz",
    "capella",
    "haedus",
    "hassaleh",
    "lucilinburhuc",
    "mahasim",
    "menkalinan",
    "nervia",
    "saclateni",
    "tevel"
  ],
  "Boötes": [
    "alkalurops",
    "arcturus",
    "izar",
    "merga",
    "muphrid",
    "nekkar",
    "nikawiy",
    "seginus",
    "xuange"
  ],
  "Cancer": [
    "acubens",
    "copernicus",
    "gakyid",
    "meleph",
    "nahn",
    "piautos",
    "tarf",
    "tegmine"
  ],
  "Canis Major": [
    "adhara",
    "aludra",
    "amadioha",
    "atakoraka",
    "furud",
    "mirzam",
    "muliphein",
    "sirius",
    "unurgunite",
    "wezen"
  ],
  "Carina": [
    "aspidiske",
    "avior",
    "canopus",
    "miaplacidus",
    "tapecue"
  ],
  "Cassiopeia": [
    "achird",
    "caph",
    "castula",
    "fulu",
    "navi",
    "nushagak",
    "ruchbah",
    "schedar",
    "segin"
  ],
  "Centaurus": [
    "dofida",
    "hadar",
    "menkent",
    "nyamien",
    "toliman",
    "uklun"
  ],
  "Cetus": [
    "diphda",
    "felixvarela",
    "kaffaljidhma",
    "menkar",
    "mira",
    "mpingo"
  ],
  "Crux": [
    "acrux",
    "gacrux",
    "ginan",
    "imai",
    "mimosa"
  ],
  "Cygnus": [
    "albireo",
    "aljanah",
    "azelfafage",
    "deneb",
    "fawaris",
    "sadr"
  ],
  "Delphinus": [
    "aldulfin",
    "moriah",
    "musica",
    "rotanev",
    "sualocin"
  ],
  "Draco": [
    "aldhibah",
    "alrakis",
    "alruba",
    "alsafi",
    "altais",
    "athebyne",
    "dziban",
    "edasich",
    "eltanin",
    "fafnir",
    "funi",
    "giausar",
    "grumium",
    "kuma",
    "rastaban",
    "taiyi",
    "thuban",
    "tianyi"
  ],
  "Eridanus": [
    "acamar",
    "achernar",
    "angetenar",
    "ayeyarwady",
    "azha",
    "beemim",
    "beid",
    "chaophraya",
    "cursa",
    "keid",
    "koeia",
    "montuno",
    "mouhoun",
    "ran",
    "sceptrum",
    "theemin",
    "tojil",
    "zaurak",
    "zibal"
  ],
  "Gemini": [
    "alhena",
    "alzirr",
    "castor",
    "jishui",
    "mebsuta",
    "mekbuda",
    "pollux",
    "propus",
    "tejat",
    "wasat"
  ],
  "Hercules": [
    "cujam",
    "franz",
    "hunor",
    "irena",
    "kornephoros",
    "maasym",
    "marsic",
    "ogma",
    "pipoltr",
    "rasalgethi",
    "sarin"
  ],
  "Hydra": [
    "alphard",
    "ashlesha",
    "felis",
    "lerna",
    "minchir",
    "ukdah",
    "zhang"
  ],
  "Leo": [
    "adhafera",
    "algieba",
    "alterf",
    "chertan",
    "denebola",
    "dingolay",
    "formosa",
    "rasalas",
    "regulus",
    "sagarmatha",
    "shama",
    "subra",
    "zosma"
  ],
  "Lynx": [
    "absolutno",
    "alsciaukat",
    "gloas",
    "koit",
    "stribor"
  ],
  "Lyra": [
    "aladfar",
    "alathfar",
    "chason",
    "sheliak",
    "sulafat",
    "vega",
    "xihe"
  ],
  "Ophiuchus": [
    "cebalrai",
    "guniibuu",
    "mahsati",
    "marfik",
    "rasalhague",
    "sabik",
    "timir"
  ],
  "Orion": [
    "alnilam",
    "alnitak",
    "bellatrix",
    "betelgeuse",
    "hatysa",
    "meissa",
    "mintaka",
    "rigel",
    "saiph",
    "tabit",
    "thabit"
  ],
  "Pegasus": [
    "algenib",
    "alkarab",
    "anadolu",
    "biham",
    "enif",
    "helvetios",
    "homam",
    "markab",
    "matar",
    "morava",
    "sadalbari",
    "salm",
    "scheat",
    "solaris",
    "tangra"
  ],
  "Perseus": [
    "algol",
    "atik",
    "berehynia",
    "menkib",
    "miram",
    "mirfak",
    "misam",
    "muspelheim"
  ],
  "Pisces": [
    "alpherg",
    "alrescha",
    "citadelle",
    "ebla",
    "fumalsamakah",
    "parumleo",
    "revati",
    "torcular"
  ],
  "Puppis": [
    "azmidi",
    "naos",
    "nosaxa",
    "tislit",
    "tureis"
  ],
  "Sagittarius": [
    "ainalrami",
    "albaldah",
    "alnasl",
    "ascella",
    "belel",
    "gumala",
    "nunki",
    "pincoya",
    "polis",
    "rukbat",
    "sika",
    "terebellum"
  ],
  "Scorpius": [
    "acrab",
    "alniyat",
    "antares",
    "dschubba",
    "fang",
    "fuyue",
    "graffias",
    "iklil",
    "jabbah",
    "larawag",
    "lesath",
    "paikauhale",
    "pipirima",
    "rapeto",
    "sargas",
    "sharjah",
    "shaula",
    "xamidimura"
  ],
  "Serpens": [
    "alasia",
    "alya",
    "gudja",
    "kaveh",
    "unukalhai"
  ],
  "Taurus": [
    "ain",
    "alcyone",
    "aldebaran",
    "atlas",
    "celaeno",
    "chamukuy",
    "electra",
    "elnath",
    "hoggar",
    "maia",
    "merope",
    "pleione",
    "taygeta",
    "tianguan"
  ],
  "Ursa Major": [
    "alcor",
    "alioth",
    "alkaid",
    "alkaphrah",
    "aniara",
    "chalawan",
    "dombay",
    "dubhe",
    "intercrus",
    "liesma",
    "mazaalai",
    "megrez",
    "merak",
    "mizar",
    "muscida",
    "phecda",
    "taiyangshou",
    "talitha"
  ],
  "Ursa Minor": [
    "baekdu",
    "kochab",
    "pherkad",
    "polaris",
    "yildun"
  ],
  "Vela": [
    "alsephina",
    "kalausi",
    "markeb",
    "natasha",
    "regor",
    "suhail"
  ],
  "Virgo": [
    "elgafar",
    "flegetonte",
    "heze",
    "kang",
    "khambalia",
    "lich",
    "malmok",
    "minelauva",
    "porrima",
    "spica",
    "syrma",
    "vindemiatrix",
    "zaniah",
    "zavijava"
  ]
}