Ruaidhrigh Featherstonehaugh

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@Pohl
That said, I did minimal research (for device support) and no planning, and HA is running my house, which includes 30 or so Z-Wave devices, a couple external cameras, a smart doorbell, my HVAC, and my irrigation system. Some of the systems are controlled by their own software (the bespoke stuff is often much more user friendly than the HA integration controls), but I have triggers for things like the front door keypad disarming the alarm when it’s unlocked by the pet sitter and we’re on vacation.

You may be right that it’s better to plan things, but it’s also entirely possible to successfully wing it.
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@aquova
At the University (West coast, USA), it was a mix based on the department. I worked in the physics lab, and all the machines were named after physicists.

Then I spent a decade in industry on the east coast, and all the machines were named by the common “scheme”: location, purpose, number, etc. Very dry, unimaginative, and IMHO, very East Coast Corporate.

My personal servers are Greek Titans - Phaethusa, Tethys, etc. - and my home network is Middle Earth-based: WiFi networks are forests, servers and PCs are swords. I give our phones our initials; modern phones don’t last long enough to name.
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@Drudge
That’s a pretty solid plan, although I’d use WireGuard instead of OpenVPN. Otherwise, step 1 may take a lot of time, whereas WG makes all that dumb simple. There are even tools (eg dsnet) that generate client configs that work with the WG Android client.

One fantastic thing about WG is not having to dick with CAs or CA authorities.