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-rwxr-xr-xclaim/netdata-claim.sh.in9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/claim/netdata-claim.sh.in b/claim/netdata-claim.sh.in
index 8f58cfe3b2..f2120ae9cd 100755
--- a/claim/netdata-claim.sh.in
+++ b/claim/netdata-claim.sh.in
@@ -151,7 +151,14 @@ NETDATA_USER=$(get_config_value netdata global "run as user")
gen_id() {
local id
- id="$(uuidgen)"
+ if command -v uuidgen > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ id="$(uuidgen)"
+ elif [ -r /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid ]; then
+ id="$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid)"
+ else
+ echo >&2 "Unable to generate machine ID."
+ exit 18
+ fi
if [ "${id}" = "8a795b0c-2311-11e6-8563-000c295076a6" ] || [ "${id}" = "4aed1458-1c3e-11e6-a53f-000c290fc8f5" ]; then
gen_id