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Use "host" instead of "server"

Open andrewrynhard opened this issue 5 years ago • 6 comments
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In the next version of Sidero (v0.2), we should rename "Server" to "Host" (still don't love it, and open to alternatives).

andrewrynhard avatar Sep 19 '20 03:09 andrewrynhard

Node?

smira avatar Sep 19 '20 08:09 smira

Node?

We can't do node because then kubectl get nodes would have 2 different meanings.

andrewrynhard avatar Sep 19 '20 14:09 andrewrynhard

MetalServer as more specific than Server as one more idea

smira avatar Sep 21 '20 13:09 smira

IMO: a Machine is what is currently a Server. That is, it is a piece of hardware which is not in and of itself a part of anything. It is simply a Machine.

A Server, on the other hand, is a Machine which has been assigned the role of Server. That is, it has something in particular which it will serve.

A Node is a computing member of a Cluster, as it already is in Kubernetes.

Ulexus avatar Oct 29 '20 21:10 Ulexus

Obviously, switching those up at this point is probably a "Bad Idea"

Ulexus avatar Oct 29 '20 21:10 Ulexus

IMO: a Machine is what is currently a Server. That is, it is a piece of hardware which is not in and of itself a part of anything. It is simply a Machine.

A Server, on the other hand, is a Machine which has been assigned the role of Server. That is, it has something in particular which it will serve.

A Node is a computing member of a Cluster, as it already is in Kubernetes.

Agree. But, unfortunately we can't use Machine because that is a cluster api type.

andrewrynhard avatar Oct 29 '20 21:10 andrewrynhard

This can be closed now, right?

makuser avatar May 15 '23 20:05 makuser

yes, no plans to change the names

smira avatar May 16 '23 10:05 smira