systemd-id128 Command Examples

Generate and print sd-128 identifiers. More information: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-id128.html.

• Generate a new random identifier:

systemd-id128 new

• Print the identifier of the current machine:

systemd-id128 machine-id

• Print the identifier of the current boot:

systemd-id128 boot-id

• Print the identifier of the current service invocation (this is available in systemd services):

systemd-id128 invocation-id

• Generate a new random identifier and print it as a UUID (five groups of digits separated by hyphens):

systemd-id128 new --uuid