How to obtain a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)

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How to obtain a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)

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To obtain the UUID of a Ubuntu server, open a terminal window and execute this command:

sudo dmidecode -t system | grep UUID

 

To obtain a UUID of a Windows server, open a terminal window and execute this command:

wmic csproduct get UUID

Windows PowerShell UUID

The UUID is the string displayed under UUID: BCF482AC-0155-DBEE-D0E9-B9BD01E1E73C