Linux Host Machine ID

1. Machine ID is unique Identifier for Linux Systems
2. It is stored in /etc/machine-id
3. Typically, 128-Bit
4. Generated during installation of the system

cat /etc/machine-id

1. This id is used to request IP from DHCP

Truncate Machine ID

sudo truncate -s 0 /etc/machine-id

:::info truncate -s 0 will make the file size 0 :::