chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

A systems integration framework, built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure.

Chef::DataCollector::Messages::Helpers#node_uuid

Returns a UUID that uniquely identifies this node for reporting reasons.

The node is read in from disk if it exists, or it's generated if it does
does not exist.

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Edit

git clone [email protected]:opscode/chef.git

cd chef

open lib/chef/data_collector/messages/helpers.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--DataCollector--Messages--Helpers-node_uuid-for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/chef/data_collector/messages/helpers.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::DataCollector::Messages::Helpers#node_uuid"

# Open pull request

gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`

hub fork

git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-Chef--DataCollector--Messages--Helpers-node_uuid-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!