Conventions
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Naming convention for servers
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Server names have the form ``lx-purpose-[0-9][0-9].psi.ch``, where
``purpose`` is the purpose of the server or the service provided by it. Examples are:

- ``lx-boot-01.psi.ch`` is the **boot** server

The production server always has an DNS alias `purpose.psi.ch` and clients should always use this alias to connect to the server.

When putting system names into configuration files, we always use lower case and
the fully qualified domain name. Good: ``boot.psi.ch``.


Names for programs
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The general conventions regarding filenames apply (see `File system hierarchy
and filenames`_). In addition, scripts should not include a suffix indicating
the language they are written in. The latter is an implementation detail and
does not matter to the caller of the script/program. A good name could be
``pli-system-info``, a bad one would be ``pli-system-info.sh``.